Covent Garden Books Number One. Collection of essays and articles on the history and performances at Covent Garden Opera Hall. with numerous b/w and colour images. 4to. Some mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and sound. Good+ [more...]
First printing From the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs by Loudun Sainthill. With an introduction by John Gielgud. Complete with Dust Jacket. DJ has tears to edges, with slight loss. Some light foxing [more...]
Reprint. Description of the topography and attendant history of Leicestershire. With b/w illustrations by Hugh Thomson. With fold out map to rear. Some mild bumping to edges. Some mild tanning to page edges, else clean and prim. Very good. [more...]
The tenth volume from the Folio History of England Series. With b/w images and frontispiece. Complete with slipcase. Previous owner's small sticker to ffep. Else crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition of the memoirs of the conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, written in the late sixteenth century. Green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration. With maps to endpapers and complete with slipcase. Mild wear to slipcase. Light s [more...]
'A Natural History of the first four thousand million years of Life on Earth.' Terrific volume detailing the evolution of life and the environment that permits it. With colour images throughout. Green cloth of gilt decoration and titling. Decorated slipcas [more...]
'A Natural History of the first four thousand million years of Life on Earth.' Terrific volume detailing the evolution of life and the environment that permits it. With colour images throughout. Green cloth of gilt decoration and titling. Decorated slipcas [more...]
'being a history taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in The Glenkens and told over again'. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough cut. Bumping and marking to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Cracking to front hinge. Binding sound. Content [more...]
Accessible guide to the history and appreciation of oriental rugs with 8 colour plates and numerous b/w images.s DJ has some shelf-wear and rubbing to edges. Sunning to spine. Small chip to tail of rear cover. Contents clean and prim. Binding tight. Very [more...]
An interesting account of the fall of the (western) Roman Empire that takes its lead from Gibbon. With numerous b/w and colour illustrations. Some mild rubbing and wear to edges. Clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
No date but c. 1910. Decorative cloth. Top edge gilt. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Foxing to page edges. Mild foxing to front matter, contents otherwise clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Accessible but detailed guide to the architectural and decorative elements of churches. With plates and b/w illustrations. DJ in protective case. Light foxing to top edge and end-papers. Contents clean and sound. Good+ [more...]
Considered guide to the history, country, peoples and cultures of southern africa, with a view to missionary work. With numerous b/w images and maps. Maps to end-papers. Toning to spine. Rubbing to edges. Boards very slightly bowed. Contents clean. Bind [more...]
Lists of casts and productions, with 91 b/w photographic images. Toning to spine and cover. Mild tanning to page edges, else clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Decorative gilt on cloth, based on a 17th century example. With b/w images. Some mild rubbing to edges, rubbing to gilt. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
From the collected essays of Huxley, with pieces on a scientific appreciation of the bible and chirstianity throughout history. Rubbing to edges, Foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
The fifth volume from the Folio History of England Series. With b/w images and frontispiece. Complete with slipcase. Some light shelf-wear to slipcase. Previous owner's small sticker to ffep. Else crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
