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FRENCH BATTLESHIPS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Robert Dumas.
Stock no. 1828115
Published by Seaforth Publishing.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were among the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period. This is a study of these important and technically interesting ships. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848320345. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (title has gone from red to pink).
FOR THE KING'S SERVICE RAILWAY SHIPS AT WAR
Written by A.J. Mullay.
Stock no. 1327798
Published by Pendragon Publishing.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
In two World Wars nearly 200 railway-owned ships were converted to operate as troop carriers, hospital ships, minesweepers and seaplane-carriers, while others carried on normal sailings in a world suddenly more dangerous than before. Railway ships took part in many battle, one in three of them failed to return. This book tells their story. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 9781899816163. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- WORLD WAR II
- MARITIME
- WARSHIP
THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1327797
Published by Oxford Publishing Co.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, track plans and locomotive sketches. 140 pages. ISBN: 0902888455. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- GWR (RAILWAYS)
- OXFORDSHIRE
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
NORTH WALES STEAM (1927-1968)
Written by E.N. Kneale.
Stock no. 1327796
Published by Oxford Publishing.
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first of two volumes in which the author portrays steam in North Wales over a period extending from the late twenties to the demise of steam locomotion on British Railways in 1968. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860930742. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top front corner.
HAND TO EARTH: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY SCULPTURE 1976-1990
Written by Andy Goldsworthy; Terry Friedman; Clive Adams; et al.
Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1828112
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photography. Terry Friedman has assembled Goldsworthy's lyrical photographs of his own works plus interviews and essays by ten contributors. ISBN: 0500511721. Lower board corners bumped and thus lower margins of first half of contents are also creased (dropped?). Green ink has imprinted from facing colour page onto page 73 lower corner (margin, not affecting text). Otherwise, contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper has narrow band of vertical fading along the front edge of spine, lightly creased at lower corners.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SCULPTURE
- PHOTOGRAPHY
GAINSBOROUGH'S FAMILY ALBUM
Written by David H. Solkin.
Illustrated by Thomas Gainsborough.
Stock no. 1828111
Published by National Portrait Gallery.
1st
2018.
Nearly fine condition.
Despite his famous antipathy towards portraiture, Gainsborough painted and drew over fifty portraits of his extended family. This book brings together some of his best loved works as well as many that are little known and rarely exhibited. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name that ran from 2018-2019. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781855147904. Corners of boards very lightly rubbed else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PORTRAITURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
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WARRIOR TO DREADNOUGHT: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1860-1905
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828109
Published by Caxton Editions.
1st thus
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The technological changes which transformed warships from the fully-rigged broadside ironclads of the mid-nineteenth century, through the centre battery ships, early turret vessels and barbette ships, to the turbine-powered Dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers which were to fight in the First World War. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 1840675292. Minor mark to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
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SANDWICH: THE 'COMPLETEST MEDIEVAL TOWN IN ENGLAND'
Written by Helen Clarke; Sarah Pearson; Mavis Mate; Keith Parfitt.
Stock no. 1828108
Published by Oxbow Books.
1st
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A study of the town and port from its origins to 1600. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174005. Light bumping & rubbing to corners. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- KENT
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
LORENZO LOTTO PORTRAITS
Written by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo; Miguel Falomir.
Illustrated by Lorenzo Lotto.
Stock no. 1828105
Published by Thames and Hudson.
Circa
2018.
Nearly fine condition.
Published to accompany the exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits of the Italian renaissance period. Edited by Dal pozzolo and Miguel Falomir. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500970935. A lovely copy with light scuffing to rear cover.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PORTRAITURE
- RENAISSANCE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
THE INNHOLDERS: A HISTORY OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INNHOLDERS
Written by Stephen Coote.
Stock no. 1327793
Published by Collectors' Books.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The lively history of a London Livery Company which has survived five hundred years of continuous challenge, occasional danger, and sometimes the threat of dissolution. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and crest to front. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0946604223. Minimal bumping to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- INNS
- LONDON
- COMPANY HISTORY
RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY: THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER CANAL
Written by Richard Skeet.
Stock no. 1327791
Published by The Herefordshire And Gloucestershire Canal Trust.
1st
2014.
Nearly fine condition.
The story of the building and operation of the canal and also how the canal trust set about the enormous task of restoring the 34 miles of this historic canal, reconnecting two ancient Cathedral Cities. Cardwraps. 200 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780992944100. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
THE THAMES & SEVERN CANAL
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 1327790
Published by Amberley Publishing.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781848680357. Minimal rubbing to corners of covers.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY