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...]
Collection of educational and fun articles on history, mathematics etc. and fiction. With 12 colour plates and b/w illustrations. No date but c. 1914. Rubbing to edges with loss to top and tail of spine. Tanning within but contents otherwise clean and sound [more...]
The third volumes of diaries from the soldier and ornithologist, describing his experiences in Africa during WWI. With b/w images and colour maps/plans. No DJ. Spine sunned. Some light toning to covers, contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
The complete set of Trevelyan's important history of the reign of Queen Anne and Britain in the early 18th century. New impressions. With b/w maps. 8vo. No DJs. Small marks to fore-edge of one volume, mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Four extended essays detailing the history and function of Rural Slums, Victorian Slums, Slums in 19th century Bath and 20th century slums in London. With numerous charts, maps and b/w images. DJ has toning to spine and mild shelf-wear. Volume is crisp and [more...]
Biography of the american statesman and Lincoln's competitor. Top edge gilt. Some mild rubbing and bumping to edges. Small scratching to rear cover. Foxing to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Generously illustrated guide to the exhibition detailing of the flight of the Huguenots to England and how the flourished in various trades. Their story is told through the arts and crafts they produced, With numerous b/w and colour images. 4to. Some mild [more...]
First edition. Posthumously published from sections of Baker's extensive manuscripts on the history and antiquities of Cambridge. With the bookplate of Thomas Bowman Whytehead to front pastedowns. With technical library stamp to half-title. Rubbing and bump [more...]
'Containing a descriptive history of all the British species of Moths of the families Pyralidae, Pterophoridae and Orneodidae'. A new edition with new colour illustrations, part of the wayside and woodland series. With 405 illustrations, many in colour. B [more...]
Account of various types of municipalities across the Roman Empire and how they developed. Crease to spine. Mild rubbing to edges. Foxing to page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Interesting and well illustrated guide to the Mississippi river, its history, function and the cultures of the people that live around and work on it, originally intended for younger readers. Colour illustrations throughout, some of their time. 4to. Rubbin [more...]
No date but c. 1911. Comprehensive account of contemporary Swedish life and culture with an overview and frequent reference to its history. With 16 b/w photographic illustrations. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to edges, marking to covers. Light occasional spotti [more...]
Interesting realistic retellings of famous nursery rhymes, that 'reveals' the truth of them. With colour illustrations and b/w/sepia toned drawings within the text. oblong 12mo. Heavy rubbing and scratching to covers. Small tears to page edges, not affecti [more...]
Wellman Smith Owen Engineering Coporation Ltd. 1920
Section V of this edition of their catalogue, with a brief history of the company and numerous b/w images and diagrams of their products, with descriptions of industrial furnaces etc. With colour frontispiece. Rubbing to edges. Mild toning and spotting with [more...]
A fresh, unvarnished appreciation of the Texas Revolution and its 'messier' character. With maps and charts. Sunning to spine. Mild marking to cloth covers. Foxing to page edges but contents clean and binding tight. Good+ [more...]
Interesting study of the nature and origins of pre-hsitoric religion in Minoan and Mycenaean Greece. With b/w plates. DJ has staining and tears to edges. Volume is clean and tight. Good overall. [more...]
Reprints (1951 - 1952). Trevelyan's important, expansive social history of England from the time of Chaucer in the 14th century to the nineteenth century. Contains a multitude of b/w photos and images with notes. Colour Frontispieces. Red cloth boards with [more...]
Account of the original somerset house and its heyday as a palace for the Tudor queen consorts. The first such study since 1912, taking into account significant new research. With numerous b/w and colour images and maps 4to. [viii] 144pp. Dust jacket has som [more...]
No date but c. 1920. Account of a the childhood of an American Grandmother who was born in Sweden. With colour illustrations by Koehler-Broman and text by Smith. 4to. Some mild rubbing to edges of DJ. Previous owner's name to front-pastedown. Tanning to p [more...]
