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ROY JENKINS: A WELL-ROUNDED LIFE
Written by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1330831
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
2014.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The best Prime Minister that Britain never had. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 818 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 9780224087506. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON: THE INVINCIBLE QUEST
Written by Conrad Black.
Stock no. 1330830
Published by Quercus.
1st
2007.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A thrilling and masterly re-appraisal of the most controversial president in US history. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w photos. 1152 pages (including index). ISBN: 184724209X. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower edges of front endpapers, also affecting the lower edges of the prelims and the lower edge of the textblock. Textblock is lightly fingered, top edge is grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
- POLITICS
THE ORIGINS OF THE LABOUR PARTY 1880-1900
Written by Henry Pelling.
Stock no. 1330829
Published by Oxford University Press.
2nd
1965.
Very good condition.
Second edition (first published by Macmillan). Blue cloth, git title to spine. 256 pages (including index). Some b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light and neat pencil annotations to page margins. Light foxing to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
THE OLD CAUSE: THREE BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES IN WHIGGISM
Written by John Carswell.
Stock no. 1330828
Published by The Cresset Press Ltd..
1st
1954.
Almost very good condition.
The lives of Wharton, Dodington and Fox which span the century and a quarter that elapsed between the Restoration and the Regency. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 402 pages (including index). B/w plates. Spine slightly bumped. Light spotting to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and pale page browning. Light musty smell to contents.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
- POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
THE AKENHAM BURIAL CASE
Written by Ronald Fletcher.
Stock no. 1330827
Published by Purnell Book Services Limited.
Circa
1974.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The nationwide scandal in Akenham over the burial of an unbaptised child of non-confirmist parents in 1870's. Book Club Edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 280 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and textblock, page browning throughout. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with tiny tears at top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- RELIGION
- EAST ANGLIA
- SUFFOLK
CONSENSUS AND DISUNITY: THE LLOYD GEORGE COALITION GOVERNMENT 1918-1922
Written by Kenneth O. Morgan.
Stock no. 1330826
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st PB
1986.
Very good condition.
The pattern of political and social change in Britain during the period of the Lloyd George Coalition government. Black cardwraps. 436 pages (including index). ISBN: 0198229755. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Spine lightly creased where book has been held open to read. Light foxing to textblock and top edge of textblock a bit grubby. Name and date in ink to half title-page.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
Written by James M. McPherson.
Stock no. 1330825
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Civil War Era. The Oxford History of the United States Volume 6. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0195038630. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing and browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and lightly browned, foxed on verso.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- CIVIL WAR (AMERICAN)
- MILITARY
RESTORATION LONDON: EVERYDAY LIFE IN LONDON 1660-1670
Written by Liza Picard; Jenny Uglow.
Stock no. 1830950
Published by Folio Society.
Fine condition.
Introduced by Jenny Uglow. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and a gilt blocked design to front board. Colour illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Still in original shrinkwrap! Unread!
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A HISTORY OF LLANBADARN FAWR
Written by E.G. Bowen.
Stock no. 1830949
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Llanbadarn Fawr is one of the most interesting and important ecclesiastical settlements in Wales. This book is a record of what is known of it's very long and distinguished history. Limited Edition. Blue boards with gilt titles and vignette to front. Folding colour frontispiece: Llanbadarn in the time of St. Padarn. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxxiii and 237 pages including index. ISBN: 0850885027. This is copy 237. Damp mottling to boards (not too bad - appears a darker shade of blue to the overall original colour). Text block lightly browned, foxed to top edge. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine, foxed at edges, creased to top & tail of spine with a few tiny nicks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
THE HISTORY OF ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY SCHOOL (ARDWYN) 1896-1973
Written by Huw Spencer Lloyd.
Stock no. 1830948
Published by Ardwynian Association.
1st
1996.
Very good condition.
This book is an attempt to trace the development and the subsequent history of a secondary school founded in the last years of the last century; in common with other Welsh county schools it was a step into the unknown. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 340 pages including subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 0900439807. Cover edges lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded with vertical reading crease. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- SCHOOL HISTORY
- SCHOOLS
- HISTORY
A HISTORY OF THE HAY: THE STORY OF HAY-ON-WYE
Written by Geoffrey L. Fairs.
Stock no. 1830947
Published by Phillimore.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of Hay-On-Wye, the first international booktown. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 356 pages including index. ISBN: 0900592672. Light shelf-rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- BRECONSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
FROM MOTORCYCLES TO MONOPLANES
Written by David Snow.
Stock no. 1330821
Published by Diana Snow.
1st
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of George Barnes, an Edwardian Record Breaker, Sportsman and Entertainer. Large format. Cardwraps. 130 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780952902911. SIGNED by the author to inside front cover. Slight wear to spine and corners. Contents clean.