Search Results: Titles starting with M from Rickaro Books Ltd

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Third Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and inscribed by Colin Cowdrey on the half title. His own account of a distinguished career in County and Test cricket. Published in 1976, this is a third impression printed in the same year. Laid in is a cutting of a poem by John Major praising and recalling Cowdrey's character career. D/w, non price-clipped, slightly sunned to spine which has small chips to top edge of spine. 252pp. .

Wakefield: Wakefield Historical Publications, 1999. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine as new copy of this scholarly study of this Yorkshire village. 150pp.

London: Selwyn & Blount, 1920. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy of the first edition in original green cloth. A nice copy of the great Arabian traveller's epic poem creating metaphysical views derived from the ageing Doughty's earlier travels, encounters with Arabic literature, as well as his philosophy of language. .

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fiirst Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good copy bound in grey boards with green cloth spine. With an original etching frontispiece and other illustrations. 94pp..

Donington: Paul Watkins Publishing, 2016. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. 336pp + illustrations..

London: Macmillan and Co, 1903. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volumes bound in original cloth. Some minor scattered foxing. Volume 1 with bookplate of Robert F. Causland. 243pp. + 224pp..

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An attractive copy in quarter red leather, teg, with Prze Plate, dated 1927, to inside of front board and Stockton Grammar School crest in gilt to front board. 251pp illustrated with photographs..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine copy of this now classic novel of the famous surveyors of America. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the US edition..

Oxford: Casemate, 2018. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. 184pp. Striking where the enemy is weakest and melting away into the darkness before he can react. Never confronting a stronger force directly, but willing to use audacity and surprise to confound and demoralize an opponent. Operations driven by good intelligence, area knowledge, mobility, speed, firepower, and detailed planning and executed by a few specialists with indigenous warriors - this is unconventional warfare.T. E. Lawrence was one of the earliest practitioners of modern unconventional warfare. His tactics and strategies were used by men like Mao and Giap in their wars of liberation. Both kept Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom close at hand. This book looks at the creation of the HEDGEHOG force, the formation of armoured car sections and other units, and focuses the Hejaz Operations Staff, the Allied officers and men who took Lawrence's idea and prosecuted… Read More

London: Printed for Wilkie and Robinson, 1811. Book. Good. Hardcover. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Half leather with marbled paper-covered boards, marbled eps. Heraldic bookplate of W.G.M. Clibborn to front paste down; Clibborn was an Ensign with the North Hampshire 37th Regiment of Foot and later an army Paymaster. Pages 1 to 8 missing, pp9-256. Bound with A Compendium of Algebra, pp3 to 122. Clibborn signature to tp and to first page of Algebra volume; 'Clonmel Ireland' to fep. .

London: Methuen, 1911. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very good copy in original maroon boards with gilt decoration, Tissue guarded frontispiece, 333pp. + 31pp catalogue. Signature of R & WA Thomas and neat label of previous owner to fep. Eckert p.215..

Minneapolis: Motor Books, 2010. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A fine new copy of this fascinating volume on the machines owned by Steve McQueen. A Foreword by Chad McQueen and lavishly illustrated throughout. 184pp..

Donington: Shaun Tyas, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. A collection of scholarly articles in the Harlaxton tradition. 480pp..

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1991. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine as new copy of this study of aspects of the life of T.E. Lawrence. 220pp..

Wakefield: Wakefield Historical Publications, 1983. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. A study of the collection of alabaster tombs in the church at Harewood, West Yorkshire. A scholarly monograph detailing the history of the monuments and of their conservation. Illustrated throughout with photographs and reproductions of manuscripts. Fine in as new condition with a striking cover showing one of the effigies. A significant work on the subject..

Wakefield: Wakefield Historical Publications, 1983. Book. Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. A study of the collection of alabaster tombs in the church at Harewood, West Yorkshire. A scholarly monograph detailing the history of the monuments and of their conservation. Illustrated throughout with photographs and reproductions of manuscripts. Fine in as new condition with a striking cover showing one of the effigies. A significant work on the subject..

Donington: Shaun Tyas , 2011. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. A look at one of the defining but generally neglected cultural artefacts of the Middle Ages. With multiple contributors, this book explores the aristocratic medieval house, an important aspect of medieval history that has been somewhat neglected by scholars, complete with illustrations. Perfect for the historical scholar or enthusiast. 264 pp.

Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2022. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. This sourcebook will aid anyone who seeks to develop a deeper understanding by introducing and presenting the primary sources in which these artefacts are first mentioned. Over a hundred original documents are transcribed and translated, including wills and inventories, craft statutes, chronicle accounts, and challenges to single combat. The book also includes an extensive glossary, lavishly illustrated with fifty-two images of extant armour and weapons from the period, and contemporary artistic depictions from illuminated manuscripts and other sources. This book will therefore be of interest to a wide audience, from the living history practitioner, crafter, and martial artist, to students of literature, military history, art, and material culture. 352pp, 49 colour, 3 b/w illus..

Woodridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2024. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. This sourcebook will aid anyone who seeks to develop a deeper understanding by introducing and presenting the primary sources in which these artefacts are first mentioned. Over a hundred original documents are transcribed and translated, including wills and inventories, craft statutes, chronicle accounts, and challenges to single combat. The book also includes an extensive glossary, lavishly illustrated with fifty-two images of extant armour and weapons from the period, and contemporary artistic depictions from illuminated manuscripts and other sources. This book will therefore be of interest to a wide audience, from the living history practitioner, crafter, and martial artist, to students of literature, military history, art, and material culture. 266pp, 13 colour, 37 b/w illus..

Donnington: Shaun Tyas, 2023. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine new copy. Here are 19 peer-reviewed essays by leading historians exploring medieval travel in general, not pilgrimage which is more frequently studied. Many medieval journeys were undertaken for reasons other than religion. The essays reveal the roads traversed by travellers, the maps they used, their provision for travel sicknesses and the inns where they stayed. Some of the papers deal with international diplomatic travel, such as the visit of the Emperor Sigismund to England in 1416, exotic journeys round the Mediterranean and along the Silk Road, but much travel was quotidian: to visit relatives, to settle business accounts, to serve on juries or to pursue cases in civil and ecclesiastical courts. Women were frequent travellers, sometimes for pleasure or for family matters, and sometimes for economic reasons. The authors of the essays in order of appearance are Alfred Hiatt, David… Read More