A history of the british infantry, told from the perspective of the common soldier. How they are recruited, trained and treated. Dj has tearing to edges with some loss. Plus spotting and toning. Mild foxing to top edge, Previous owner's inscription to ffe [more...]
Broadway booklets edition of Macaulay's dramatic historical poems based on heroic episodes from early roman history, engraving to soft cover. Spine is rubbed with some loss. Binding starting but contents clean. Fair. [more...]
Deutsch's essays on the concept of art: What is it? what is its value and function? Some very mild shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. very good. [more...]
Shakespeare Head Press; Odhams; Basil Blackwell 1947
Printed in double columns. With all Shakespeare's plays and poetical works, including the Sonnets. Sunning to spine. Wear, bumping and rubbing to edges, Light foxing to fore-edge. Binding sound. Fair+ [more...]
Collection of fascinating essays about Essex. Including pieces on Colchester, Chelmsford cathedral, the prettiest village of Finchingford, Royal imposters and more. With numerous b/w images and maps. Mild bumping to edges of DJ. Contents clean and tight. [more...]
Third printing. Maps to end-papers. With b/w images. Sunning and marking to spine, with closed tear to top. Occasional light spotting within. Contents otherwise clean and binding tight. Good. [more...]
A companion to the Ages in Chaos Series, in which Velikovsky traces the origins of the Oedipus myth to the 18th dynasty of Egypt. DJ is price clipped. Someubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
History of the English Reformation in the context of other economic and intellectual movements of the 16th century. Previous owner's name to ffep. Some rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Study of the philosophies, underpinning various religions and movements, including catholicism, Agnosticism, humanism and more. Bumping and rubbing to top and tail of spine. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
First edition. From the Handbook of European National Dances series. With a history of the dances, diagrams of their steps and music, plus full page colour illustrations of the dancers. Complete with DJ. Mild spotting to DJ. Tanning to page edges, else cle [more...]
Attractive Folio Society volume featuring the writings of 1st century jewish historian Josephus on Herod, king of Judea. With full colour images of sites and artifacts, decorated endpapers, notes and introduction and complete with slipcase. In fine/as new co [more...]
Second edition, adapted from various articles describing the history of christianity in Uganda and missionary efforts there. With b/w illustrations, charts and maps, including fold out of central eastern Africa. Rubbing to edges, marking to rear cover, foxin [more...]
Somewhat literary, poetic account of the London Assurance insurance company, from it's origins in the great south sea bubble. With tipped in images and facsimile of an early contract. Some mild shelf-wear and tanning. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
'An Eightieth Year Tribute to Winston Churchill'. With numeorus b/w and colour images and descriptions of the various stages of his life. large 4to. Some mild rubbing and small tears to edges. Contents clean and tight. Previous owner's scribbled inscripti [more...]
Astonishing story of the voyages of the Hankey, a ship that originally traveled to West Africa to start a colony free from Slavery and then, following the failure of the colony, sailed to the Americas, inadvertently spreading Yellow fever with disastrous and s [more...]
Nicely produced centenary edition of Kipling's unfinished 1937 auto-biography. Red cloth with gilt elephant motif to cover. DJ has some toning and rubbing and wear with small tears. Previous owner's name and a Kipling themed label pasted down to ffep. Cont [more...]
Account of the 100 year history of the famous Italian Woolen mill that became a textile empire. With numerous b/w images. Toning and marking to covers. Rubbing to edges with slight loss to top and taiil of spine. Toning and light spotting to page edges, Fa [more...]
First edition. Tears to DJ with loss to spine and rear cover, with previous owner's tape repair. Mild tanning to page edges, else clean and tight. Good overall. [more...]
