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...]
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. Rubbing to edges. Toning to spine and edges of DJ. Contents clean an [more...]
No date but c. 1944. From the Britain in Pictures series but published in the Bahamas. With colour plates and b/w illustrations. Rubbing to edges of DJ. Foxing to DJ and page edges. Contents clean and sound. Good. [more...]
Detailed, illustrated history of arguably Britain's most successful post-war military aircraft. With b/w images. 8vo. 216pp. Dust jacket some light shelfwear and bumping. Contents clean and tight. Very good overall. [more...]
History of marine aviation from the earliest hydroplanes in 1911 to WW2. Dust jacket has some rubbing and creasing. Contents clean and tight. Good+ [more...]
Du Maurier's colourful history of her family since the early 19th century including, of course, her father George DuMaurier. Summer green faux leather covers with ornate gilt design. Sewn headband and silken marker. Some light rubbing to extremities of cove [more...]