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Aidan Ellis, U.K. 1979.. ISBN 0 85628 083 6. First U.K. edition. 385pp. With 31 illustrations. Translated by Emily Read. Hardcover. Book in very good condition, top of spine very slightly bumped. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly bumped at top spine edge.. more information

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket and book in very good condition, just very slightly bumped at spine ends. Price clipped. 338pp. Illustrated. From Friday the 13th, movies to pro wrestling, from Stephen King novels to heavy metal music videos. Why do these entertainments find such huge audiences? Seeking to understand the phenomenon, rather than to condemn or defend it, the author offers a lively look at some modern 'fables of aggression' and their historical precursors, starting with the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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London: A. and C. Black, 1963. Reprinted with corrections. Book in very good condition, a few spots of foxing on free endpapers, no foxing on rest of pages which are in fine condition. Prize label 'King's Heath Boys Technical School' on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends slightly bumped. Price clipped. With over 200 drawings and maps by Stanley Herbert. The book tells the story of England from the year 1485, when Henry Tudor won the Battle of Bosworth, until 1688, when William Orange landed at Torbay to claim the crown. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Stanley Herbert. more information

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London: Bracken Books, 1985. Book in very good condition, photo of dog rose (3" x 4") pasted on front free endpaper. A very small black spot (ink?) at top edge and pages from 105 to 124 also have a very tiny black spot at the top edge, otherwise the book is a fine copy. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends slightly bumped. Price clipped. xii, 220pp, including index. With frontispiece and engravings on almost every page, 22 of them are full page, and one map. This illustrated panorama of India in the 1880s recaptures the infinite variety and exotic splendours of the British Raj at its zenith. Includes: Ceylon - Madras Presidency - The Bengal Provinces - North-west Provinces and Oude - The Punjab - Rajputana and Central India Agency - Bombay Presidency. (11"h x 7½"w) (28cms x 19cms) approx. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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London: Atlantic Books, 2002. First U.K. ediiton. Book in very good plus condition, very slightly bumped at spine ends and tiny dent at top front edge. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends and outer corner edges are slightly rubbed and two ¼" closed tears by back top outer corner edge. xiii, 495pp, including Selected Bibliography - Index of Names and Places. With 22 colour photographs plus numerous drawings in the text. Appendices: One: Basic Dimensions of the Pyramids - Two: Egyptologists and Pyramid Scholars - Three: Chronological List of Rulers and Dynasties - Four: Glossary. "From d/j flap - "The author recounts the history of ancient Egyptian culture before and during the period of the pyramids, as well as the remarkable story of modern research, which began when Napoleon's troops conquered Egypt two hundred years ago. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Paris: Calmann Levy, 1891. Nouvelle edition. Quarter-Leather. With gilt edges and five raised bands on spine, very slightly rubbed at top spine edge and corner edges, last page and endpapers very slightly browned and with a few spots of foxing, 2cm tear halfway up front edge on page 145. Marbled endpapers, and small label inside front board. A very good tight copy. Two tipped in letters (copies) one dated 1631 this one has a 7cms closed tear on letter along left margin. The second letter has a 1cm tear at top edge and is dated 1640, both are written in French. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper dated 5th July 1899. 496pp, including table. (18cms high x 12cmd wide). (7¼"h x 4¾"w).. Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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St. James's Library, Collins, London. 1950.. vii, 255pp. Frontispiece. Hardcover. Book in very good condition, bottom edge rough trimmed. Price clipped. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine slightly tanned, spine ends slightly bumped. Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most outstanding men in the Elizabethan age. He was a soldier of fortune, poet, explorer, historian, naval commander, courtier and statesman.. more information

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Andre Deutsch, London. 1975.. ISBN 0 233 96671 4. First edition. 128pp. With 71 black and white illustrations in the text and eight pages of full colour. The author demonstrates her admiration for our earliest ancestors, ending each section with a clear look forward that shows how much we owe to the countless generations who first inhabited and walked this country. Dustjacket and book in very good condition.. Hard Cover. more information

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London: B.T. Batsford, 1979. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition except a little rubbed at spine ends. Price clipped. xii, 256pp. With 106 illustrations. The story of the North American Indian, from his earliest beginnings, as an immigrant from the Asian mainland. Tracing his career as a nomad and hunter, when he spread throughout the length and breath of the New World, and how eventually he settled down as a farmer and, before the advent of the Europeans, created brilliant and varied cultures distinguished by their elaborate architecture and forms of art. Price clipped. Dustjacket in very good condition except a little rubbed at spine ends. Book in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1983. Book in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped, and tiny letter"M" on front free endpaper, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends slightly bumped. 165pp, including gazetteer, bibliography and index. With 59 engravings and photographs. From d/j flap - "Dragons are woven into British folk history, and the author found almost two hundred places in England, Wales and Scotland where there is evidence of a dragon tradition. He describes every one in a comprehensive gazetteer, and also provides in his long introduction an examination of dragon legends throughout history and in other lands. Also examines the way which the Church made use of the dragon lore to put across its ideas." (9½"h x 6¼"w) (24cms x 16cms).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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London: Quiller Press, 1990. Book in very good condition - only fault, five small dents on front board. Dustjacket in very good condition, top of spine slightly bumped, also have five small dents on front cover. viii, 132pp, including index. With colour frontispiece, and numerous colour and black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. From d/j flap - "The author has entwined the early days of the tea trade with a graphic sketch of Birmingham from the time it was a small town with 15 streets, 900 houses and 5,500 souls. This with the rapid Victorian expansion is the backcloth he uses against which to tell the story of John Summer, the Coleshill grocer, and his invention in 1903 of the Oriental sounding alliterative and memorable name 'Ty-phoo' tipps." (10¾"h x 8½") (27.5cms x 21.5cms).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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London: Phoenix House, 1964. First edition. viii, 360pp. Hardcover in near fine condition, spine slightly faded, bottom spine edge very slightly bumped, small red circular label on front endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition, some small light marks on front cover, spine slightly faded.. more information

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Newton Abbot, U.K: David and Charles, 1976. Hardcover in very good condition, spine ends slightly bumped. Dustjacket in very good+ condition, spine ends and top edge slightly rubbed. Price clipped. 128pp, including bibliography and index. With numerous illustrations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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