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CONWAY'S ALL THE WORLD'S FIGHTING SHIPS 1906-1921
Written by Robert Gardiner.
Stock no. 1828012
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A complete listing of all the significant warships built, or projected, between the epoch-making Dreadnought and the Washington Treaty. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and drawings. 439 pages. ISBN: 0851772455. Reprint. A lovely copy. Green dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, is a little scuffed and laminate is peeling with loss at top and bottom edge of rear panel.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF AN ELIZABETHAN LADY: THE DIARY OF LADY MARGARET HOBY 1599-1605
Written by Joanna Moody.
Stock no. 1327713
Published by Sutton Publishing.
1st thus
2001.
Nearly fine condition.
Cardwraps. Tudor life in England. ISBN: 0750927976. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby else a fine copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TUDOR
- ELIZABETHAN
- DIARY
NORTH LANCASHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1327712
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096178. Initials and date in biro to front free-endpaper. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
A HISTORY OF BARBADOS
Written by Ronald Tree; E.L. Cozier.
Stock no. 1327707
Published by Granada.
1981.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition, revised and updated by Crozier. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 116 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0246110368. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- WEST INDIES
- BARBADOS
ELGAR IN AMERICA
Written by Richard Smith.
Stock no. 1827993
Published by Elgar Editions.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
Elgar Monographs No. 3. Elgar's American connections between 1895 and 1934. Blue cloth boards, red foil titles and vignette to front. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0954855310. SIGNED by the author (personal gift inscription) to half-title page. A few minor grubby marks to boards. Contents clean. Fairly strong odour present.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- MUSICIANS
THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME ONE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827985
Published by Kent County Cricket Club.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Being a reprint of the original text of 1907, edited by The Right Hon. Lord Harris, including Appendices A.B.C.D. & E, the last published in 1910. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Boards bright and clean. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SPORT
- CRICKET
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- KENT
- HISTORY
THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME TWO 1910-1984
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827983
Published by Kent County Cricket Club.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Being a reprint of Appendices F.G.H. & I. first published between 1924 & 1985. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Boards clean and bright. Some minor marks to text block. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SPORT
- CRICKET
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- KENT
- HISTORY
CREATION: ARTISTS, GODS & ORIGINS
Written by Peter Conrad.
Stock no. 1827982
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A book of breathtaking scope, in which the mystery of how the world began unfolds in an epic narrative that sets the Gods against the world's great artists, their rivals in creative energy. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 592 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500513569. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- HISTORY
- CHRISTIANITY
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORY OF WALES
Written by R.T. Jenkins; William Rees.
Stock no. 1327650
Published by University of Wales.
1st
1931.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt titles. xiv + 218 pages. Spine slightly bumped, covers edge rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Textblock is foxed at top and has a mark at fore-edge. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and chipped with some loss, spine and edges of wrapper are browned.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- BOOKS
MOSCOW'S ROAD TO NUREMBERG: THE SOVIET BACKGROUND TO THE TRIAL
Written by George Ginsburgs.
Stock no. 1827826
Published by Martinus Nijhoff.
Circa
1996.
Nearly fine condition.
The Soviet regime's contribution to the pre-history of the Nuremberg trial i.e. the repertory of official acts and pronouncements as well as scholarly treatment of issues which ultimately shaped the legal complexion of the Nuremberg test. Blue boards. ISBN: 9789041101822. Still in original shrinkwrap which is just starting to split at joins and lower corners are rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- RUSSIA
- NAZIS
- LAW
GEOLOGY AND WARFARE: EXAMPLES OF THE INFLUENCE OF TERRAIN AND GEOLOGISTS ON MILITARY OPERATIONS
Written by Edward P.F. Rose; C. Paul Nathanail.
Stock no. 1827824
Published by The Geological Society.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition.
Edited by Rose and Nathanail. Bringing together military applications of geology across a broad time frame and multi-national boundaries. While this work demonstrates the geological constraints on best use of ground for military purposes from a historical perspective, the principles are just as applicable today. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 1862390657. Spine faded else nice, clean copy.
INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTORS
Written by Luc Reydams; Jan Wouters; Cedric Ryngaert.
Stock no. 1327558
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition.
First book to analyse the crucial role played by the prosecution in international criminal trials. Glazed pictorial boards. 968 pages. ISBN: 9780199554294. Spine and corners bumped, contents fine (look unread).