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...]
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...]
Nicely illustrated history of Britain over the nineteenth century, with key events and dates, each with colour illustrations by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Oblong 4to. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Previous owner's tape reinforcement to hinges. Toning within [more...]
Scarce, detailed account of the attempts to establish representative government in Britain, and the efforts to suppress it. In particular the reigns of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell. 8vo. Staining to fore-edges that intrudes slightly to margin. Staining/du [more...]
Engaging account of the relationship between Dog and Man with reference to historical record. Beginning in Ancient Egypt to the use of dogs in WWI. With b/w plates featuring images of dogs throughout history. Green cloth with tipped in labels. Fore-edge rou [more...]
Generously illustrated glossary of architectural words and terms, with b/w images within the text and 66 plates to the rear. With adverts to rear. Rubbing, wear and bumping to covers. Tanning to page edges. Contents otherwise clean and binding sound. Good [more...]
Cheeky sketches from English history told in verse by Seccombe. With b/w illustrations throughout plus chromolithographic plate. Oblong 4to. Rubbing to edges with loss to paper coverings. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Somewhat poetic account of trains, their history, use and the science behind them, intended for younger readers. With colour illustrations throughout. DJ has some spotting and small closed tears to edges. Light foxing to page edges. Contents clean and soun [more...]
Nicely produced edition of Hodgkin's 1891 account of the life of Theodoric, from the Heroes of Nations series. With numerous b/w illustrations, plates and fold out maps. Red cloth with gilt decoration. Mild rubbing to edges. Mild tanning to page edges, els [more...]
Charming little astronomical account of the stars as well as the history of their observation and the myths they inspired. With numerous b/w images and diagrams. With colour frontispiece. No date but c. 1890. Splitting to front joint. But binding sound. [more...]
Charming children's picture book featuring striking colour illustrations of common animals with brief descriptions highlighting their value and various strange but true stories and occasional verse. 4to. With beveled edges. Hinges split. Rubbing and bumpin [more...]
New edition of Butler's 1899 exploration of the 'thorny issues' raised by Shakespeare's sonnets, including publication history and dating. Also included is the full collection of sonnets with Butler's notes, plus a facsimile of the 1609 original edition. 8vo [more...]
The twelfth volume (of 24) of the Times Historians History of the world, with contributions from historians and specialists from around the world. A readable but hefty account of French history from the lead up to the Revolution to the defeat of Napoleon. W [more...]
Second volume of Wilson hefty topographical dictionary that began in 1870, 'forming a complete description of the country'. Quarter leather with marbled end-papers and matching marbling to page edges. 4to. Rubbing to edges. Cracking to front joint. Conten [more...]
