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...]
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...]
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...]
Handsome decorative edition of Scott's lively somewhat apocryphal History of Scotland. Gilt design to cover. With engraved title page and tissue guarded frontispiece. Mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Light foxing and tanning to page edges. Else clean an [more...]
Later reprint of the 1899 study of Egyptian views on the afterlife. With b/w illustrations. Almost a grangerised volume, with a chapter from Sex and the Occult by Gordon Wellesley, titled The Pagan Heritage of Sex: Egypt" [more...]
Detailed but accessible history of ancient Greece. With 2 coloured maps and further b/w maps and illustrations. Previous owner's blind-stamped name to ffep. Marking/staining to covers, rubbing to edgs, tanning to edges, else clean and tight. Good. [more...]
A revised, enlarged edition. Top edge gilt. Tear with repair to ffep. Previous owner's name to ffep. Tanning within. Light foxing to page edges. Else clean and sound. Fair/good. [more...]
Biography of the Liberal philosopher and politician. large 8vo. With an inscription by presumably, the author's family. Some mild bumping to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
The third Volume of Churchill's second great 'contribution to History'. Published from 1948-1954. With b/w fold-out maps and diagrams. 8vo. (220x150mm). Complete with DJ, red titling clear still legible. Slight marking and Tearing to edges of DJ with some [more...]
