Revised edition. With b/w images. EX-Library with bookplate and tags to front pastedown. Stamps to plates. Rubbing to library binding. Tanning to edges but otherwise clean and binding sound. Fair+ [more...]
With tipped in colour illustrations (cigarette card style). With 4 colour plates and maps to end-papers. White mark to cover. Hinges weakening but holding, contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Pictorial history, showing the evolution of various forms of travel. With numerous b/w images. oblong 12mo. Light spotting to page edges, tanning within, else clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Reprint. With an introduction by Carl Sagan. B/w diagrams and illustrations. Light bumping to edges of DJ. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
The second volume of Jager's history of the world. Describing the middle ages, from Odoacer and Charlemagne to the Habsburgs. With numerous b/w illustrations within the text and several colour and b/w plates, plus facsimile's of manuscripts etc. Half leather [more...]
Charming anthology of sketches, remarks and extracts on dining within friends by a variety of well known authors, each with illustrations of artworks or old photographs on that theme. Oblong 12mo. Very good. [more...]
Account of the Jena set and the German Romantics of the late 18th century. Some light bumping to edges of DJ. Else clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Collection of short biographies of notable 16th century figures including Shakespeare, Walter Raleigh, Phillip Sidney, Thomas More, Francis Bacon and Edmund Spencer. Top edge gilt, decorative cloth. Bumping and rubbing to edges. Contents clean and sound. G [more...]
A 'straightforward' exploration of the work of six of the most important british dramatists of the last few decades. Wu charts how each writer responded to social and political changes. Also includes an interview with Ayckbourn and a preface discussing Stopp [more...]
Contains a key to over 650 library catalogues published in the english speaking world from the early 18th century to the present day. With an account of the history of such catalogues. DJ has slight sunning to spine. Mild bumping to top edge. Contents clea [more...]
Reprinted from Five years Work in Librarianship 1956 - 1960, chapter 29. Some toning and marking to covers. Foxing to top edge. contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Readable account of the Phoenician people from their origins to ultimate downfall. With b/w images and maps. DJ has rubbing and small tears to edges. Marking to edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Reprint. Collection of verse on key moments in English history including Waterloo, Fire of London etc. Including many traditional ballads. Small portion missing from title page. Mild shelf-wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Interesting soft cover edition with adverts to rear cover and prelims. rubbing and creasing to spine. Toning to page edges. Contents clean and binding holding. Fair/good. [more...]
Decorative edition of Trevelyan's biography of the controversial whig politician. Bumping and rubbing to edges. No date but c. 1910. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
