Search Results: History / Reference from Hall of Books

Bracken Books, 1994. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First Bracken Books hardback edition, 1994, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed; black cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Copper Development Association, 1934. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1934, with no jacket. In overall good condition with only the usual signs of handling and storage - original green cloth boards tanned to spine and spine head frayed. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends and prelims with a few light age-spots, text and plates clean and clear throughout. Private copy, not an old library book.

Longmans, 1945. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition second impression hardback, May 1945, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition - dj is worn to edges with a couple of chips; original brown cloth boards rubbed to edges. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's signature to ffep; very slight yellowing to pages (wartime economy paper) but text clean and clear throughout.

Odhams, 1970. 1st. Hardback. Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1970, with no jacket. Ex-library book with the usual markings. In overall good condition - original blue cloth boards are lightly tanned to spine and edges, with nick to spine head. The dust jacket flaps and part of the original cover illustration have been retained with the book. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, tanning to page-ends but text and plates clean and clear throughout.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1972. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First edition first impression hardback, 1972, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - black cloth boards slightly rubbed. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - ownership signature of of J. S. Rowett, academic, author and historian, to front endpaper; text and maps bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948. Hardback. Good. Hardback edition 1948, with no jacket. Ex. Library book, book plate to front pastedown and stamp to reverse of title page, no pages removed. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - maroon cloth boards rubbed to edges and spine a touch tanned. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; light tanning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout.

Collins, 1951. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition hardback, 1951, with no jacket. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name to ffep; text clean and clear throughout

Historical Association, 1971. Paperback. Good. Third Edition paperback, 1971, in overall good to very good condition. White covers slightly marked, spine creased and minor stain to front. Neat stamp to upper lh front cover - South East Oxfordshire Area Careers Office with address. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions, text clean and clear throughout.

George Allen and Unwin, 1950. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1950, with clipped jacket. In overall very good condition with minor signs of handling and storage - dj lightly tanned to spine and rubbed to edges. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name to ffep; top edge of page-block a little dust-marked but text bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book.

G. Bell And Sons, Ltd, 1953. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition hardback, 1953, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - brown cloth boards quite faded to spine. Internally clean. Binding tight; no annotations or inscriptions - owner's name in pencil neat to ffep; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Edinburgh: Canongate Academic, 1994. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback produced in conjunction with the Department Of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin, and the European Ethnological Research Centre, Edinburgh, 1994, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket a touch rubbed; boards clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text, tables and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. First edition hardback, 1981, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - white dj very slightly tanned and a touch rubbed to edges; tan cloth boards, with bright gilt titles to spine, very clean with upper rh corner a little bumped. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - owners name to ffep; page-ends slightly dust-marked but text very clean and clear throughout. From a private collection, not ex-library

University Of London Press Ltd, 1973. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1973, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a good dust jacket with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket worn to edges with several nicks and chips and label to front lower edge (now protected); green cloth boards clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm; Humanities Press, New York; Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd, London, 1970. Hardback. Very Good. Hardback edition, 1970, with no jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - red cloth boards slightly rubbed. Binding tight and appears little read - dust jacket flap with precise of the contents pasted to front endpaper. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions - Imperial Defence College Library bookplate to front pastedown, no other library markings; toning to page-ends but text, graphs and table bright and clear throughout. Photographs available.

Penguin, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. Penguin paperback edition, 1994, in overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - slight crease to front cover and edges lightly rubbed, spine uncreased. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions - address label to reverse of front cover has been covered with an additional plain white label; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

Robert Hale, 1967. 1st. Hardback. Very Good/Good. First edition hardback, 1967, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - dj rubbed to edges, with a couple of chips and closed tear to upper front edge; original cloth boards nice and crisp. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; slight toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. From a private collection, not an old library book. Photograph available.