Fascinating collection of photographs from late 19th century london with descriptions of the curious professions etc. DJ has some bumping and tearing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
From the Britain in Pictures series. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Mild toning to DJ. Light foxing to page edges, contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
From the Britain in Pictures series. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges of DJ. Foxing to DJ and page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
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...]
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...]
No date but c. 1900. Second issue. Decorative cloth. With b/w illustrations. Cracking to front hinge, light foxing to page edges, mild rubbing and bumping. Contents sound. Good overall. [more...]
First edition. Comprehensive, readable history of Bruges with b/w images plus a maps and family trees. Toning to spine and covers, slight marking, rubbing to edges. Staining to frontispiece and tissue guard. Tanning to page edges. Previous owner's name t [more...]
With tipped in colour illustrations. Third edition. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Account of the double cross (or XX) system in which British intelligence managed to take control of German agents operating in Britain and use them to send back misleading information. Written by Masterson, the chairman of the Twenty Committee, who ran the op [more...]
'Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim, in Germany, Being the Person known by the Name of the Lady Roxana, in the Time of King Charles II'. Pleasant edition of Defoe's [more...]
Elegant Folio society of Irvine 1907 translation of Manucci's "Storia do Mogor", his 17th century account of his travels around the Murghal Empire and in particular its court. Bound in decorative cloth. With b/w illustrations from contemporary sources. Comp [more...]
Attractive edition of the memoirs of Madame de la Tour du Pin, witness to the Ancien Regime, the French Revolution, and the Imperial court of Napoleon. Complete with slipcase and b/w images. Some toning and light wear to slipcase. Previous owner's sticker a [more...]
Fun Folio Society edition of this comedic reworking of British History that first appeared in Punch Magazine in the early 20th century. With b/w illustrations by John Reynolds. With speckled edges to match the cover design. Complete with slipcase. Crisp and [more...]
