Third edition. With b/w illustrations and images. Comprehensive account of the legendary chicken, who, as the author notes in his preface to this updated edition, rose from obscurity to overwhelming dominance in the ten years since the first edition. Gloriou [more...]
With 25 plates of notable items of furniture or decoration described i detail by Sanders. Decorated initials throughout. Quarter cloth with beveled edges. List of subscribers. Folio (440 x 340 mm). General wear, marking and bumping to covers. Mild spotti [more...]
Handsome five volume Folio Society set of various histories of aspects of the Renaissance including: The Flowering of the Renaissance by Vincent Cronin (first published in1969); The Florentine Renaissance by Cronin (1967); Europe from Renaissance to Reformat [more...]
'Compiled and Arranged from the most authentic sources.' Comprehensive, 'unbiased' account of the Crimean War, written/compiled soon after its completion. With engraved frontispiece and title page. 32mo. (130x90mm). Rubbing to edges. Sticker partially re [more...]
Voltaire's great and grandiose history of the reign of Louis XIV. In French. Contemporary Half leather with marbled boards. Bookplate of William and Marianne Salloch to front-pastedown. 12mo. Wear and rubbing to leather. Both labels missing from spine. M [more...]
Detailed bibliography of books written on the military history of India, with essays on the various types of books included. DJ has rubbing to edges with small tears including slight loss to top of spine. DJ is priceclipped. Contents clean and tight. Good/ [more...]
Accessible account of Chinese culture through the eyes of a missionary. With 74 b/w images. 8vo. Toning to covers, esp. to spine. Rubbing to edges with slight fraying/tearing to corners. Mild toning to page edges, else contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Lively Folio Society edition of Darwin's journal of his voyage and research aboard the HMS Beagle on its round the world voyage, that was first published in 1839 as Journal and Remarks. This edition uses the revised text of the 1860 edition that includes Darw [more...]
Limited special edition of Cunningham's account of the life of Nell Gwyn, actress and mistress of Charles II. With anecdotes describing the character and sayings of the restoration monarch. Half leather binding. All edges gilt. With numerous b/w engravings. [more...]
Study of the late 8th/early 9th century Confucian, his life and times, his political beliefs and his literary output. DJ is sunned to spine. Some mild shelf-wear and rubbing to edges. Volume is clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Glorious, fun exploration of topographical and architectural mysteries and kinks, and what they reveal about british history and society. With chapters such as the Indignant Witch-finder and The Clue of the Smuggler's towers. With numerous b/w images by auth [more...]
Second volume of the english transalation of Ratzel's history of the world and its people. This volume containing the various cultures of the americas and africa. With 10 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. With excellent images of various artifac [more...]
History of the french textile company, with numerous b/w images, plus facsimile documents, illuminated crests etc. Folio. Quarter cloth. Previous owner's name to end-papers. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning within, Binding sound. Good. [more...]
Fetching thick, denim like cloth binding of Abbot's nicely produced history. With b/w illustrations by W. E. Jackson and decorated initial and engravings by various other artists. 8vo. Boards slightly bowed as is common. Spine sunned. Occasional spotting w [more...]
Articles, advertisements with numerous tipped in colour plates. Including pieces on Murghal Portriature and Tantric Art. 4to. Creasing and small tears to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Hefty, readable history of Romania and its people from prehistoric time to the present day. Profusely illustrated with b/w and colour images plus maps. With bibliographies for each section. 4to. (265x210mm) 640pp. No DJ. Fading and wear to spine. unobtr [more...]
Hefty study of Stubbs' less well known but significant work as an anatomist; how it fits into the history of anatomy and how it influenced his work. With 278 b/w images of his works plus historical examples of anatomy. Folio. DJ has wear, marking and small [more...]
Generously illustrated history of Art. With numerous colour images tracing the development of human art from cave paintings to the modern day. 4to. Dust jacket has slight sunning to spine. mild shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. *Due to size [more...]
First edition from the Folio Society series of Shakespeare's complete plays. Illustrated with the designs for costumes and stages by Tanya Moiseiwitsch done for the Stratford Company's tour of Australia and New Zealand. With an introduction by Ivor Brown. [more...]
