Lavishly illustrated guide to accompany the 2012 exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, that tells the story of the Thames and its significance throughout British history. With hundreds of colour images and photographs. With an introduction b [more...]
Comprehensive study of corruption in American life, with an exploration of its types and origins to the examples. Some toning to covers. Light bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Important collection of primary sources, detailing the lives of the ordinary people of Essex, from a variety of professions. Dj has some sunning to spine and tears/marking to rear cover and now in protective jacket. Faint foxing to fore-edge, contents clean [more...]
Charming account of French Canada, featuring numerous colour illustration by Boswell. With illustrated end-papers. Canvas type cloth. Oblong 8vo. Toning to spine and covers. Previous owner's name to fly leaf. Contents clean and tight. Very good. [more...]
Nicely presented accessible, history of London with numerous illustrations, produced by the Hotel Cecil. No date but c. 1924. With 34 pages of advertisements to rear. 4to. Some creasing to cover. Small tear repaired to one page. Binding sound and contents [more...]
No date but c. 1900. Collection of b/w photographic images of Bognor and the surrounding arears. 4to. Rubbing to edges, some cracking to spine. Toning to title page, else sound. Good. [more...]
'mit 30 zum teil farbigen Lithographien und 57 Tafeln'. Marbled end-papers. With b/w and colour illustrations of patterns and artworks plus photographic images. 4to. In protective wrapper. Toning and marking to front matter, mild spotting within. Binding [more...]
Fourth edition, revised. The first two volumes (of three) of Kitchin's history of France. With b/w and colour maps and family trees, including fold-outs. Some bumping and rubbing to edges. Previous owner's name to ffep. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Handsome 'Gemel' (an old English word meaning twin) edition of Forsyth's two volumes on perculiar words and their histories, including The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language (2012) and The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll [more...]
'Being a series of unmethodical explorations of the county, illustrated in line and colour by the author'. Readable, often humourous account of Essex, featuring numerous b/w illustrations and colour plates by Maxwell. Fore edge rough cut. Front joint split. [more...]
First Folio Society Edition of Defoe's epistolary account of his travels through Britain, first published between 1724 and 1727 as A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain. Complete with three volumes in pictorial slipcase. Bound in brown cloth with a g [more...]
Impressive decorative leather binding of the collected National Geographic Magazines from January 1955 to June 1955. Features hundreds of articles and photographs in both full colour and b/w on a variety of topics including exploration, science, wildlife and [more...]
Impressive decorative leather binding of the collected National Geographic Magazines from January 1956 to June 1956. Features hundreds of articles and photographs in both full colour and b/w on a variety of topics including exploration, science, wildlife and [more...]
A historical account of love and various notable french love affairs. Blind-stamped cloth. tissue guarded frontispiece. Covers toned and marked. Contents clean and binding sound. Good. [more...]
Fascinating account of man's relationship with animals, told primarily through their depiction in art. With numerous images including 40 full page colour plates. 4to. DJ has some rubbing and tearing to edges. Toning to edges of cloth boards. Contents clean [more...]
Reappraisal of the Battle of the Glorieta Pass, an often neglected encounter but one that Scott suggests stopped the Confederate invasion of the west. With b/w images. Previous owner's bookplate to ffep. Mild shelf-wear. Contents clean and tight. Very goo [more...]
New, updated edition of Leckie's hefty history of american wars from colonial times to the 1990s. Some foxing to page edges. Mild shelf-wear to DJ. Contents clean and tight. Very good. *Due to size and weight extra shipping fees may apply to overseas orde [more...]
Collection of essays on the history and nature of Aboriginal art. With numerous colour images. Some minor shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. [more...]
Decorative edition of Macaulay's letters together with a biography of his nephew Trevelyan. With frontisportraits. Bumping and rubbing to edges. No date but c. 1910. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
