Historical Geography
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Historical Geography Books & Ephemera
John Darke's Sojourn in the Cotteswolds and Elsewhere
by Buckman, S.s
London: Chapman & Hall, 1890. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with discolouration to boards, rubbing to ends of very sunned spine and minor bumping to corners. 204pp. The author's rambles, the tales he tells and the people he meets. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (-)/No Jacket. 7.75 x 5.25 inches.
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$94.21
Sotheby's : Applied Arts from 1880 : 3rd May 1991
by Sotheby's
London: Sotheby's, 1991. No inscriptions or marks. Light creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, spine foot hole-punched and no bumping to corners. 159pp. Images and description of 446 Lots of Arts and Crafts style, Art Deco style and Art Nouveau style pottery, ceramics, furniture, sculptures, jewellery, glassware etc.. Paperback. Very Good. 10.5 x 8.25 inches.
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$10.36
HARD WORK AND NO CONSIDERATION 51 Years as a Carpenter-Joiner 1917-1968
by ALBERT PAUL
BRIGHTON: QUEENSPARK BOOKS, 1981 Illustrated card covers, 210 x 150 mm approx. 136 pp. Illustrated with unspecified b/w photo reproductions. First Edition 1981 of No 12 in the QueenSpark Books series. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Covers- shelf rubbed with creases, Book block- name of previous owner in ink to top corner of title page. Binding sound with no other notable defects).
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$10.05
B. M. W.: The Bavarian Motor Works (BMW)
by Michael Frostick
London: Dalton Watson Fine Books, 1976. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to top of spine and upper rear corner and a trace of sunning to upper flyleaf edges. Cover image has raised bars on the radiator grill. 207pp. A comprehensive account of the history of BMW from its origins which came from a number of sources as early as 1896. The story...
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$24.49
The Rushcart and the North Western Morris
by Helm, Alex
The Author, 1954. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 14pp. A study of the Morris Dance in the North West of England and its connection to Rushcarting. It includes a list of places where Rushbearing took place with references plus the places where the Morris was practised in the North West. Extremely scarce.. First Edition. Paperback with Oversize Covers. Very Good. 7.25 x 4.5 inches.
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$62.80
The English : The Countryside and Its People
by Watkins, Michael
London: Elm Tree Books, 1981. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very tiny bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 255pp. The view of rural England through the eyes of its inhabitants - eighteen people with widely differing trades or pastimes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 9.75 x 7.5 inches.
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$6.28
AN ELEGANT MADNESS: High Society in Regency England
by Murray, Venetia
NY: Viking, 1999. First American edition. Octavo. xvii, 316 pp; 28 b/w plates + b/w drawings in the text; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. A social history of the Regency, an era of lavish parties, ferocious gossip, relentless bed hopping, and notorious gambling that set a new standard for elegance and vulgarity.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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$20.00
Cheshire Life and Border Counties Magazine : October 1957
by The Editor
The Whitethorn Press Ltd, 1957. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with slightly dusty covers. 100pp. Social history of Cheshire with society events, nature, local thoughts, short stories and period fashion. Features on the Lion and Swan at Congleton, the ancestry of the Legh name, great Cheshire botanists, the tailor John Speed, Sandiway golf club, the Martini Rally, canal boat launching at Ellesmere Port, Rolls Royce Ghost 20 Club, and the Vauxhall Victor .. Soft...
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$10.49
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BRIDPORT PAST [ Dorset ]
by GOSLING , Gerald , Freelance Journalist, History
Chichester , Sussex: PHILLIMORE & Co Ltd, 1999 Large FINE H/b in FINE D/j 1st.Bridport has a long history beginning in the 9th c. - Bridport Harbour - Churches & Chapels - Staple Trade - WW1 - WW2 . Biblio .Profusely illus Listed old b/w photo-plates. [ maroon cloth gilt titles, no inscsp, book Fine] Dust Jacket not price clipped, also as new, no spine fade. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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$10.05
Diagnosing Giants: Solving the Medical Mysteries of Thirteen Patients Who Changed the World
by Philip A. Mackowiak
Hardback. New. This book provides an overview of the history of medicine through a discussion of the mysterious illnesses of thirteen patients who changed the world. The disorders of famous historical figures from King Tut to Eleanor Roosevelt are used as platforms to trace the evolution of medical concepts from the time of the ancient pharaohs to the present.
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$42.57
Accept this offering..." Serene Natural Landscape Valentine
by Meek
England, 1850. Very good. Minor staining. An attractive 12mo-sized Valentine by the maker Meek, using lace paper which has been lithographed and hand-colored. The text reads, "Accept this offering dear and true. Affection bids me pay to you." Image is of a serene lake with autumn trees, morning glories. Measures approx. 5.75" by 3.75
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$65.00
Speaking Freely : A Guided Tour Of American English From Plymouth Rock To Silicon Valley
by Soukhanov, Anne H. / Flexner, Stuart Berg
New York, New York: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1997. First Printing. Hard Cover. 472 pages: 8.75 x 11.25 in.: 3.6: KB#004676: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Here we discover not only the origin and history of many of our most delightful words but also the changing cultural conditions that produced them. With chapters on Americanisms, cyberspace, advertising, fighting words, fitness, geography, economics, sex, crime, gender,...
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$22.00
Hell's Foundations: A Town, its Myths and Gallipoli
by Moorhouse, Geoffrey
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1992. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 256 pages. The author looks at the effect Gallipoli has had on the small mill town of Bury in Lancashire. In this microcosm he answers some questions that may and should be asked everywhere of any war. How do we use our legends of military heroism in the years following the...
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$14.38
Tarihin Merkezine Seyahat: Fotograf ve Osmanlı Koklerinin Yeniden Kesfi (1886). Ömer M.Koç Koleksiyonu.
by Ed.: Bahattin Öztuncay, Özge Ertem
Istanbul: ANAMED / Koç Universitesi, 2019. New. Paperback. 24x30 cm. In Turkish. 176 p., b/w and colour ills. ANAMED'de ziyaretçiyle buluşan "Tarihin Merkezine Seyahat: Fotoğraf ve Osmanlı Köklerinin Yeniden Keşfi (1886)" sergisinin Türkçe yayını raflardaki yerini aldı. Editörlüğünü serginin küratörlerinden Bahattin Öztuncay ile birlikte Özge Ertem'in üstlendiği, İngilizce'den Türkçe'ye çevirisinin ise Umur Çelikyay tarafından yapıldığı kitap, sergiyle paralel olarak...
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$31.00
Bygone Kent : Introductory Issue : October 1979
by Preston, James (editor)
Rainham, Kent: Meresborough Books, 1979. No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to lower corner of front cover, nick to upper edge. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty rear and no bumping to corners. 63pp.. Soft Cover. Very Good (+). 8.25 x 6 inches.
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$6.28
American Geographical Society Know Your America Progam (12 vols.)
by Alice Taylor et.al
Nelson Doubleday, 1958. Paperback. Very Good. Nelson Doubleday,1958. Paperback. 12 vols. Philadelphia, Boston, California,America's Farms and Ranches, New Orleans, Pacific Northwest, Railroads, Mountain States, Our Nations Capital, Alaska,National Scenic Vacationlands, San Francisco.Covers have very slight shelfwear. Pages are clean and unmarked, slightly toned. These volumes contain stickers, 4 of the volumes have untouched stickers - they have not been placed on their pages. The other 8 have their...
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$70.10
A Nation Of Victims : The Decay Of The American Character
by Sykes, Charles J
New York, New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1992. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 289 pages: 6.5 x 9.5 in.: 1.8: KB#001786: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Jacket's front flap is creased. Worn spot on front flyleaf from removed original owner's nameplate. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Review "In a trenchant and tonic analysis of America's loss of backbone, the author of The Hollow Men alleges that we have become a...
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$19.00
A Miscellany of This and That and Things Remembered. (Totton & Eling Historical Society publication).
by ???
Totton: Totton & Eling Historical Society., 1988. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Revised. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 18 pages. 110g. Stapled paper covers FINE with contents and staples tight and clean. Illustrated with poorly reproduced b/w photographs. One of a series of historical publications of this area of Hampshire..
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$5.38
Blokes & Sheds
by Thompson, Mark
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1995. Oblong octavo size [approx 24x16cm]. Near Fine condition in pictorial laminated boards as issued. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 121 pages. Behind the corrugated iron curtain of Australia's sheds. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$13.07
East Midlands and The Peak : About Britain No 8
by Hoskins, W G
London: Collins, 1951. No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight dusting to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped with no marking and with small tears to top of spine and upper front edge. 92pp. Published for the Festival of Britain Office.. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8.75 x 5.5 inches.
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$10.36
Banbury: A History
by Alan Crossley (ed.)
Oxfordshire County Libraries, Oxford, 1984. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 4to <12". 128 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Edges slightly foxed and browned. Covers slightly marked. Being an extract from "The Victoria History of the County of Oxfordshire, Volume X". Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Genealogy & Local History; England; History. ISBN: 0906871026. ISBN/EAN: 9780906871027. Pictures of this item not...
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$12.56
Barnard Castle and Teesdale - A Victorian Perspective
by Rackham, Robin A
Barnard Caslte: The Teesdale Buildings Preservation Trust, 1988. Book. Fine. Stapled Card Covers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Not paginated but illustrated with 38 full page b/w photographs with descriptive text. 290g. Stapled soft card covers slightly edge-creased. Oblong format, FINE. Shows the major changes in the Townscape and Landscape of the area using photographs taken nearly 100 years ago..
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$16.12
Life in Elizabethan England (English Life Series)
by Dodd, A. H
London: B.T. Batsford Limited. 1961. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ has mildly age-toned spine and insect damage to both folds. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xv, 176 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$11.77
The Manchester Genealogist Vol 32 No 4
by Kent, J. S. (editor)
Manchester: The Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society, 1996. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to upper corner. 235-305pp. Journal of the Manchester, Lancashire, Bolton, Oldham and Anglo-Scottish Family History Societies, Irish Ancestry Group and the Computer Group.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8.25 x 5.75 inches.
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$6.22
