Dobson's essay on Oglethorpe and others. Spine is faded. Rubbing to edges. With an OUP advertisement for the book to front pastedown. Contents sound. Good [more...]
From the English Men of Action Series. With frontisportrait. Some sunning to spine. previous owner's bookplate to ffep. Mild foxing to page edges. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Everyman edition of Prescott's learned account of the Conquest of Peru written in 1847, soon after and in the same vein as his ground-breaking History of the Conquest of Mexico. DJ is price-clipped. Mild shelf-wear to DJ. Volume bright and clean. Very goo [more...]
Interesting history of Florence through the lives of some of its key figures: Dante, the Cathedral builders and the monks. Green cloth with gilt detailing. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly cocked. Bumping and rubbing to edges and joints, Marking to covers. [more...]
Selection of lively retellings of historical events. Some light foxing to page edges. Mild bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Comprehensive. generously illustrated guide to over 150 Dublin Churches with b/w images. DJ has sunning to spine, slight rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Guide to the buildings, history and context of Monasteries, with b/w engravings and diagrams. Sunning to spine. Bottom Corners clipped from front matter, not including title page, not affecting text. Binding sound. Good. [more...]
Account of Hampshire churches and their features, derived from the comprehensive survey of 1966. With b/w images and maps. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
Account of the famous medieval Norfolk churches and their features. With b/w images and maps. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
Handsomely produced and generously illustrated history of the chapel at Windsor. With b/w plates. . Spine cocked. Rubbing to edges. Light foxing to page edges, else clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Accounts of the various parishes of essex, arranged alphabetically. Do DJ. Mild rubbing to edges. Very light foxing to fore-edge. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Comprehensive biography of Henry St John, the frst Viscount Bolingbroke, describing his life, career and the events of his time. Toning to covers, sunning to spine. Foxing to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good overall. [more...]
First edition of Velikovsky's penultimate part of his Ages in Chaos series, dealing with the Persian invasion of Egypt and how this fits with his new chronology. Some light shelf-wear to DJ, contents bright and clean. Very good. [more...]
Generously illustrated account of faking and forgery throughout the ages as well as the techniques used and how to expose them. 4to. Some creasing to cover. Contents clean and tight. 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. DJ is price-clipped with light toning and rubbing to edges. Previou [more...]
From the Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures series. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing and wear to DJ, toning to spine. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
The complete collection of Clerihews, an invention of the author, being a four line biographical poem. Illustrated here with drawings by G. K. Chesterton. DJ has tears to edges with minor loss. Contents clean and binding tight. Good+ [more...]
Folding map of mexico, honduras etc. in the time before Cortez. With divisions showing the topography of four key sites. On the reverse is an index, a yardstick time-line of the main cultures, a short history of the time and a map of the Valley of Mexico. S [more...]
