Account of this boom period for Country Houses and how it changed the physical and cultural landscape. With b/w images. Some light rubbing to edges. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
Wilson classic text on the history, design and craft of bookmaking. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. Some creases to cover, otherwise crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
Folio Society edition of Newby's 1956 account of his time at sea aboard a windjammer working in Australia's grain trade in the late 1940s. With b/w images from the voyage. Complete with slipcase. Spine is sunned. Small mark to top edge. Contents clean and [more...]
Written in 1796, Spavens gives a thorough and illuminating account of his time at sea as well as explaining nautical life, navigation and geography to the lay-person. Featuring terrific colour images of relevant contemporary water-colours. Complete with slip [more...]
Swift but scholarly history of Greece from pre-history to the hellenistic period. Some rubbing to edges. Marking to page edges. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
Second edition of the second series. a collection of essays and reviews culled from various publications on Ancient Greece and Rome. Previous owner's bookplate to front-pastedown. Mild sunning to spine and tanning to page edges. Contents clean and sound. [more...]
First edition of the third series. A collection of essays and reviews culled from various publications on late antiquity and the early middle ages. Previous owner's stamp to half-title. Mild sunning to spine and tanning to page edges. Contents clean and so [more...]
From the New Library Edition of Parkman's work, featuring the latest revisions. Top edge gilt. Bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
With tissue guarded frontisportrait. Some sunning to spine. Bumping to edges. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Pleasant edition of Thackeray's historical novel. With gilt and blind-stamped decoration to covers. Top edge gilt. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Spine slightly cocked. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. [more...]
The first volume of Haggard's readable by thorough biography of Louis XV, with numerous b/w images. Toning to spine, rubbing to edges. Tanning to page edges, Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Superb Folio Society volume detailing some of the earliest expeditions to ancient Egypt with a special view to how the sights and artworks were recorded. With copious colour and b/w images, including paintings by David Roberts and from the Description de L'Eg [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. Toning to DJ, esp. to spine, rubbing to edges. previo [more...]
History of the buildings of Parliament with numerous b/w images. No DJ. Spine faded, boards very slightly bowed. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
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. Ex-Library with stamps to title page and end-papers. Rubbing to edge [more...]
Illustrated account of the motor car, based on the film The Moving Spirit. Numerous colour illustrations. oblon 4to. Lacks ffep. Previous owner's name to title page. Rubbing to edges, light fraying to top and tail of spine. Contents clean and tight. Goo [more...]
Folio Society edition of Newby's 1956 account of his time at sea aboard a windjammer working in Australia's grain trade in the late 1940s. With b/w images from the voyage. Complete with slipcase. Spine is slightly toned as is common. Very light shelf-wear. [more...]
