History of the long lived stationary company. With family trees and maps to end-papers. Some mild toning and marking to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Catalogue of children's book (or those adopted by children). With numerous b/w images. DJ is price clipped. Mild foxing to DJ and page edges. Some general shelfwear. Contents clean and prim. Very good. [more...]
Pleasing volume featuring 'The life of Thomas More' written by his son in Law, Roper, and a selection of his letters, introduced and edited by A. L. Rowse. Contains numerous full colour images. Attractive gilt to cover. Complete with slipcase. slipcase has [more...]
Lively study of the apogee of the avaricious and amoral city-state. Issued without slipcase as issued, but complete with glassine wrapper. Some light shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very Good. [more...]
Generously illustrated Folio Society edition of Ward's study of the design, construction and influence of Chartres Cathedral. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Numerous colour and b/w images of the cathedral, its plans, stained glass etc. Complete with slipc [more...]
Lively, illustrated history of spain, designed for students of the language with a vocabulary to the rear. Maps to end-papers. Sunnig to spine. Mild marking and wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Handsomely produced and generously illustrated history of The Cathedral at Canterbury with a foreword by the Archbishop. With b/w plates. Rubbing to edges. Light foxing to page edges, else 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. DJ is price-clipped with light rubbing to edges. Contents prim and [more...]
Eighth edition. With 12 colour plates and 300 illustrations. No date but c. 1930. Wear to covers. Lacks ffep. Tanning to page edges, contents otherwise sound. 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 and end-papers. Contents sound. Good. [more...]
From the Britain in Pictures series. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges of DJ, with small tears and slight loss. Slight foxing to page edge, toning to end-papers, 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. Rubbing to edges. Toning to spine and edges of DJ. Contents clean an [more...]
No date but c. 1944. From the Britain in Pictures series but published in the Bahamas. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges of DJ. Foxing to DJ and page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
History of England from prehistory to the reign of Henry VII. With b/w and colour images. Rubbing and small tears to edges of DJ. Very light foxing to top edge. Good. [more...]
'Being a further selection of Brief Lives, together with excerpts from his writings on antiquities and science'. Selected and edited by Richard Barber. With b/w images. Complete with slipcase. Slight sudge mark to cover. previous owner's bookplate to fron [more...]
Striking Folio Society edition of Cohen's selection and translation of numerous primary sources detailing the conquest of Peru. Featuring 'A translation of books I - IV of Agustin de Zarate's History of these events, supplemented by eye witness accounts of ce [more...]
Detailed, illustrated history of arguably Britain's most successful post-war military aircraft. With b/w images. 8vo. 216pp. Dust jacket some light shelfwear and bumping. Contents clean and tight. Very good overall. [more...]
History of marine aviation from the earliest hydroplanes in 1911 to WW2. Dust jacket has some rubbing and creasing. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]