HISTORY GENERAL
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DUNGEON, FIRE AND SWORD
Written by John J. Robinson.
Stock no. 2126203
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited.
1st thus
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Knights Templar in the Crusades. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1854799568. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
- CRUSADES
VISIONS OF THE WORLD A HISTORY OF MAPS
Written by Jeremy Black.
Stock no. 2125898
Published by Mitchell Beazley.
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1840008342. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges; a little edge-creasing.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MAPS
- CARTOGRAPHY
THROWING FIRE PROJECTILE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH HISTORY
Written by Alfred W. Crosby.
Stock no. 2125837
Published by Cambridge University Press; Press Syndicate Of The University Of Cambridge.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Historian Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. ISBN: 0521791588. Wrapper is edge-creased.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BARBARIAN WARRIORS SAXONS, VIKINGS, NORMANS
Written by Dan Shadrake; Susanna Shadrake.
Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 2125466
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Brassey's History of Uniforms series. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1857532139. Wrapper is edge-creased.
ROMAN ARMY WARS OF THE EMPIRE
Written by Graham Sumner.
Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1816015
Published by Brassey's.
1st
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Brassey's History of Uniforms. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1857532120. Spine slightly cocked, contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (ROMAN)
- ROMAN
- UNIFORMS
- ARMY
- GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILISATION
- MILITARY
1922 LITERATURE, CULTURE, POLITICS
Written by Jean-Michel Rabate.
Stock no. 2124823
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book examines key aspects of culture and history in 1922, a year made famous by the publication of several modernist masterpieces, such as T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and James Joyce's Ulysses. ISBN: 9781107040540. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of closed tears to top edge of front panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- LITERATURE
- POLITICS
- ART
WHEN MOTORING WAS FUN EARLY DAYS ON THE OPEN ROAD
Written by Tom Tyler.
Stock no. 1815735
Published by Halsgrove.
1st
2008.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Large format. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. 'Transports of delight' Reminiscences by Tyler. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781841147659.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
MILLERGATE
Written by Wilbur Wright.
Stock no. 1610197
Published by Wrightway Publishing Limited.
1st
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The real Glenn Miller story. More than 60 illustrations, appendices and maps. ISBN: 0951254707. The audio tape mentioned on wrapper is NOT present.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- BIOGRAPHY
THE PASSAGE MAKERS
Written by Michael K. Stammers.
Stock no. 2124214
Published by Teredo Books.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
120 plates with 22 in colour. The story of the Liverpool Black Ball Line. ISBN: 090366206X. SIGNED by author to half-title page. This is a Review Copy. Wrapper is edge-creased with repaired tear to bottom of spine; fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- SAILING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- COMPANY HISTORY
A JUBILEE IN THE HARDWOOD TRADE 1945-1995
Written by Dan Kemp.
Stock no. 1815420
Published by The Kemp House Press.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
To commemorate 50 years in the Timber trade, the company is Timbmet. Orange cloth boars, gilt titles. B/w photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9780955584800.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- COMPANY HISTORY
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- FORESTRY
FROM SLAVERY TO CITIZENSHIP
Written by Richard Ennals.
Stock no. 1208880
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1st
2007.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
'This book reminds us that slavery was not abolished in 1807 but continues in modern forms today'. Green boards, white title to spine. Contributions from Africa, America, Europe and Asia and from discourses in work organisation, occupational health, psychiatry and human rights. 417 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780470028322. SIGNED by author on title page.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SLAVERY
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE BEAGLE RECORD SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL RECORDS AND WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
Written by R.D. Keynes.
Stock no. 2123683
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st thus
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Paperback reissue of the 1979 volume that gathered together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letter of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and Fitzroy in 1839. ISBN: 9780521338554.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MARITIME
- DIARY