Glorious, fun exploration of topographical and architectural mysteries and kinks, and what they reveal about british history and society. With chapters such as the Indignant Witch-finder and The Clue of the Smuggler's towers. With numerous b/w images by auth [more...]
Second volume of the english transalation of Ratzel's history of the world and its people. This volume containing the various cultures of the americas and africa. With 10 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. With excellent images of various artifac [more...]
History of the french textile company, with numerous b/w images, plus facsimile documents, illuminated crests etc. Folio. Quarter cloth. Previous owner's name to end-papers. Rubbing and bumping to edges. Toning within, Binding sound. Good. [more...]
Fascinating account of the Author's journeys, often by Reindeer pulled sledge, and experiences with the Sami and Finnish people. With b/w images. DJ is price-clipped with price label to tail of spine, rubbing to edges with small tears and slight loss to top [more...]
Fetching thick, denim like cloth binding of Abbot's nicely produced history. With b/w illustrations by W. E. Jackson and decorated initial and engravings by various other artists. 8vo. Boards slightly bowed as is common. Spine sunned. Occasional spotting w [more...]
Articles, advertisements with numerous tipped in colour plates. Including pieces on Murghal Portriature and Tantric Art. 4to. Creasing and small tears to covers. Contents clean and tight. Good. [more...]
Hefty study of Stubbs' less well known but significant work as an anatomist; how it fits into the history of anatomy and how it influenced his work. With 278 b/w images of his works plus historical examples of anatomy. Folio. DJ has wear, marking and small [more...]
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...]
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...]
