Pleasant edition of Thackeray's historical novel. Red leather with top edge gilt. Tear to front joint but binding holding soundly. Light foxing to fore-edge. Contents clean. Fair+ [more...]
History of the royal warrant and many of the notable companies that have supplied royalty. With copious full page colour pictures of the products and their production. 4to. Some mild bumping to DJ. Contents crisp and clean. Very good. *Due to size and weigh [more...]
Readable but comprehensive description of the slave trade, drawing on the accounts of slave traders, merchants and slaves. Spine creased and slightly cocked. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Early Folio Society volume, account by a veteran of the Crimean war with contemporary illustrations. Some light toning and marking to covers. Mild tanning to page edges but contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Gentle Folio Society edition of the letters exchanged between the ill fated 12th century Monk and Nun on spiritual matters and their catastrophic love affair and marriage. With wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. No slipcase but with protective wrapper. Som [more...]
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...]
From the English Men of Action Series. With frontisportrait. Some toning to spine. Bumping to edges. Tanning to page edges. 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...]
