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HOW TO HIDE AN EMPIRE: A HISTORY OF THE GREATER UNITED STATES
Written by Daniel Immerwahr.
Stock no. 1327714
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
1st
2019.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The overseas possessions that have played an essential role in America's story (Guano, Puerto Rico, etc). Black boards, cream title to spine. 516 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780374172145. Spine bumped. Initials in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
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
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THE LEICA WAY: THE LEICA PHOTOGRAPHER'S COMPANION
Written by Andrew Matheson.
Stock no. 1827999
Published by Focal Press.
2nd
1954.
Almost very good condition.
2nd edition. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos. Spine is faded and heavily foxed. Boards are scuffed and a little browned. Spine is cocked. Text block is grubby. Endpapers browned. First colour plate, 'Vison of a Reign' is almost detached. Hinges a little pulled but binding is tight. Contents are generally clean with a little minor foxing.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- CAMERA
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.
LLOYD'S REGISTER OF YACHTS 1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827998
Published by Lloyds.
1950.
Very good condition.
Oblong format, green cloth, gilt titles. All edges green. 23 colour plates of Flags of Yacht Clubs and Sailing Clubs of 1950. A heavy volume. 956 pages plus 45 pages of adverts to rear. Boards mottled, fairly heavily but not awful. Some light foxing to prelims. Comes with the first and the second supplement to the 1950 edition (paperwraps with some foxing, creasing and edge-wear. All contained in original shipping box which is heavily browned and marked.
PHOTOGRAPHING COLOUR
Written by Walter Benser.
Stock no. 1827997
Published by Fountain Press.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A book for the amateur photographer by a master of colour photography. Encouragement for those who, afraid of technical problems, have in the past hesitated to make their own colour photographs. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette to front. Colour photos & b/w text illustrations. Narrow band of fading to top & tail of spine. Boards a little dusty. Text block browned and a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss, a few closed tears repaired to verso with clear tape, and is scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHOTOGRAPHY
TIMBER DRYING AND THE BEHAVIOUR OF SEASONED TIMBER IN USE
Written by R.G. Bateson.
Stock no. 1327708
Published by Crosby Lockwood And Son Ltd.
1st
1938.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The principles of timber drying and methods of seasoning. Burgunby cloth, gilt title to spine. 138 pages. B/w plates and line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly faded. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some foxing. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repair to verso of spine and slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- WOODWORK
- ARCHITECTURE
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
HOW TO MAKE GOOD PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327706
Published by Kodak.
Circa
1939.
Almost very good condition.
The Kodak manual for amateur photographers. New, completely revised edition. Blue cloth spine, blue boards with dark blue title to front. B/w photos throughout. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Slight mark to front cover. Endpapers foxed. Tear to lower margin of page 29/30 and crease to lower margin of page 31-39.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- CAMERA
THE RURAL INDUSTRIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES I
Written by Helen E. Fitzrandolph; M. Doriel Hay.
Stock no. 1327705
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1926.
Good condition.
Vol 1: Timber and Underwood Industries and Some Village Workshops. A Survey made on behalf of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute Oxford. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Red ink(?) stain to rear cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WALES
- COUNTRYSIDE
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
CAKES & ALE: DISSERTATION ON BANQUETS
Written by Edward Spencer.
Stock no. 1327704
Published by Stanley Paul & Co..
1913.
Very good condition.
Cheap edition. Peach cloth, black title to front with vignette, gilt title to spine. Recipes and anecdotes. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Some light foxing. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- COOKERY AND FOOD
LEICA MANUAL (THIRD EDITION)
Written by Willard D. Morgan; Henry M. Lester; et al.
Stock no. 1327703
Published by Morgan & Lester Publishers.
1938.
Almost very good condition.
A manual for the amateur and professional covering the field of miniature camera photography. Blue cloth, red titles to spine and front cover. 578 pages. B/w photos throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Light foxing to endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- PHOTOGRAPHY
- CAMERA