STAFF, FRANK

The Valentine & Its Origins

London, Lutterworth Press. 1969, Another Edition. Hardcover, 285mm Tall, 4to. Book, The history of the Valentine card. Blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine and front cover. Dust jacket with some small tears around the edges. Very Good/Fair.

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Buchzahl: 003743

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: Arts & Crafts, History, Chaucer, Samuel Pepys, Love-Tokens, Romance, Lace-Paper, Fraktur Work, Crafts & Hobbies

STAFF, FRANK

The Valentine & Its Origins

New York, Frederick A. Praeger. 1969, Another Edition. Hardcover, 285mm Tall. Book, The history of the Valentine card. 144 pages. Book is accompanied by an amount of ephemera on the subject collected by a previous owner. Dust jacket with extensive and horrible tape repair to tears around the edges. Good/Poor.

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Buchzahl: 003583

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: History, Chaucer, Samuel Pepys, Love-Tokens, Romance, Lace-Paper, Fraktur Work, Arts & Crafts, Crafts & Hobbies

STERN, ANDY

Who Won the Oil Wars?

London, Collins and Brown. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 1843402912) Paperback, 200mm Tall, 8vo. Book, This book examines the role oil has played in conflicts around the globe over the last century. It looks at the actions governments and multinational companies have taken to secure their oil supplies since the 1920s, examining accusations that they promote conflict and support corrupt or violent regimes. Fine/Published Without Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 001760

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: 1843402912 Business, Industry and Law; History; Politics/Political Science; Oil; Suez Crisis; Iran-Iraq War; Royal Dutch Shell; Texaco; Nigeria; Kuwait; Gulf; Ibo; Afghanistan; Osama Bin Laden; Gran Chaco; Colombia; Politics/Political Science Business, In

STOW, JOHN

A Survay of London Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Description of That Citie, Written in the Year 1598

London, George Routledge and Sons. 1893, Another Edition. Hardcover, 195mm Tall, 12mo. Book, Edited by Henry Morley. 446 pages. Gilt title and decoration to spine. Light wear to cover corners and head/foot of spine. Small white spot on spine and a few on back cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 003431

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: History; Travel Guides; Travel Writing; Travel & Places Travel Guides

WINGFIELD-STRATFORD, ESME

The Victorian Aftermath 1901-1914

London, George Routledge and Sons. 1933, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 225mm Tall, 8vo. Book, Bookplate of Peter Edward Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, on front pastedown. Light foxing on pastedowns. Slight fading to spine, and slight wear to top/tail of spine and cover corners. Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 002279

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: History; Asquith; Balfour; Belloc; Joseph Chamberlain; Prince Von Bulow; Winston Churchill; Covenanters; Edward Vii; Lloyd George; Gladstone; Edward Grey; Ireland; Japan; Morocco; John Redmond; Marquis of Salisbury; Boer War; South African; H.G. Wells; Wi

PAUL TAYLOR

Condition: The Ageing Of Art

London, Paul Holberton Publishing. 2015, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9781907372797) Trade Paperback, 240mm Tall; 8vo. Book, Art restoration and conservation from the perspective of the viewer. Numerous illustrations. References and Index. 263 pages. Near Fine.

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Buchzahl: 7761

Katalog: Art History

Sonstige Stichworte: 9781907372797 Ageing of Paint, Cleaning Art Works, Darkening of Paintings, Impermanent Pigments,

THAKER, CHRISOPHER (HON EDITOR)

Garden History: The Journal of The Garden History Society Vol. VI No. 3 Winter 1978

The Garden History Society. 1978, First Edition. Soft cover, 255mm Tall, 4to. Book, Various contributors. 70 pages. Staple bound. Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 6924

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: Gardening in Lucknow; Gardens in Portugal; Queluz; Joseph Spence of Byfleet;

THOMAS, LEWIS HERBERT

The Struggle for Responsible Government in the North-West Territories 1870-97

University of Toronto Press. 1956, First Edition. Hardcover, 235mm Tall, 8vo. Book, A study of the evolution of the system of government in the North-West Territories from 1870 to 1897. 276 pages. Three maps, five tables; Light shelfwear to red cloth covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Buchzahl: 004686

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: History; Winnipeg; Battleford; Dr R.G. Brett; Edgar Dewdney; Haultain; Hudson's Bay Company; Legislative Assembly; Liquor Law; Sir John Macdonald; Manitoba; North-West Territories Act; Frank Oliver; Joseph Royal; Sir John Thompson; Politics/Political Scie

THOMPSON, ELIZABETH BARTLETT

Africa Past and Present

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company. 1966, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0395071208) Hardcover, 220mm Tall, 8vo. Book, A history of Africa from prehistoric times to the present day. Fifth printing. Numerous black and white photographs, maps and diagrams. Fifth printing. Shelfwear to dust jacket with a little wear to extremities. Very Good/Good.

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Buchzahl: 002861

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: 0395071208 History; Africa;

TOMLIN, E. W. F.

Die Welt Des Charles Dickens

Hamburg, Hoffmann Und Campe. 1969, Another Edition. Hardcover, 255mm Tall, 4to. Book, Dickens's world with numerous photographs and illustrations. Text in German. With various contributors including J. B. Priestley and Christopher Hibbert. Gilt title on spine and vignette of Charles Dickens in gilt on front cover. 279 pages. Fading to green cloth covers. General shelfwear to dust jacket. Good/Good.

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Buchzahl: 004237

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: History; Dickens;

TREVELYAN, RALEIGH

Rome '44 : The Battle for the Eternal City

London, Secker & Warburg. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0436534002) Hardcover, 245mm Tall. Book, The story of the battle for Rome in 1944. 366 pages. Well illustrated. Slight browning to top edge of dust jacket. Good/Good.

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Buchzahl: 004694

Katalog: Military History

Sonstige Stichworte: 0436534002 Military History; Rome; World War 2; World War Ii; General Alexander; Anzio; Ivanhoe Bonomi; Monte Cassino; Carla Capponi; Rosario Bentivegna; Lieutenant-General Mark Clark; Winston Churchill; Major Derry; Colonel Eugen Dollmann; Sir Bernard Fr

TREWIN, J. C.

The Edwardian Theatre

Oxford, Basil Blackwell. 1976, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0631148701) Hardcover, 215mm Tall, 8vo. Book, The Edwardian theatre from the beginning of the 20th Century to the outbreak of war in 1914. Blue cloth covers with metallic title on spine. With 18 plates. Index. xiv, 193 pages. Dust jacket price clipped. Very Good/Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 7272

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: 0631148701 Sir George Alexander; Harley Granville Barker; W. Somerset Maugham; Stephen Phillips; Arthur Pinero; Royal Court Theatre; Bernard Shaw;

TUGWELL, MAURICE

Airborne to Battle: A History of Airborne Warfare 1918-1971

London & Boston, William Kimber. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718302621) Hardcover, 240mm Tall; 8vo. Book, A study of airborne warfare analysing significant operations such as the battle for Crete, the allied invasion of Sicily, D-Day and Arnhem, Suez in 1956 and the U.S. Air Mobile Division in Vietnam. With Index and bibliographical references. Very Good/Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 004320

Katalog: Military History

Sonstige Stichworte: 0718302621 World War Two, Military and War, Red Devils, Paratroopers, D-Day, Vietnam War, Arnhem, Wingate, General Kurt Student, Major-General Ridgway, Maleme, Colonel Gavin, Ww2, Wwii,

TURNER, E.S.

Amazing Grace: The Great Days of Dukes

London, Michael Joseph. 1975, First Edition. Hardcover, 220mm Tall, 8vo. Book, An anecdote rich study, survey and history of the Dukes of Great Britain. Index. Red cloth covers; gilt title on spine. Stains on dust jacket front and back. Inscription on front free endpaper. Some marks to page edges. Good/Good.

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Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: Dukes; History; Wellington; Duke of Norfolk; Marlborough; John Howard;

TURNER, E. S.

Taking the Cure

London, The Quality Book Club. 1967, Another Edition. Hardcover, 230mm Tall, 8vo. Book, 'The lively and bizarre story of man's quest for healing and fortifying waters - cold, hot, stinking, pure or holy. With over 30 illustrations. 284 pages. Creases and some soiling to dust jacket on front and back with wear to top/tail of spine and edges. Book has foxing on page edges. Good/Fair.

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Buchzahl: 003253

Katalog: History

Sonstige Stichworte: Diet, Food, Drink, Health and Fitness, Baden, Bath, Bathing, Bohemia, Spas, Cold Water Cure, Grafenberg, Hydropathy, Malvern, Vincenz, Priessnitz, Turkish Baths, Dr James Wilson, Wells, Father Kneipp, Diet, Food, Drink, Health and Fitness