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Hessay Books: History
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Uppark and Its People.
George Allen & Unwin, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ill.:. 118pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, a little rubbed to the edges. B + w illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate tot he flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. The story of the inhabitants and people connected to Uppark, the stately home in Sussex, drawing on letters and documents in the house - letters from Repton, and glimpses of Emma Hamilton, who was Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh's mistress and H G Wells, whose mother was housekeeper there etc... Very Good /Very Good.
-- Boeknummer: 12867
GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.5]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: History, stately Home, Sussex, Emma Hamilton, H G Wells, Repton, Architecture
Illustrated Catalogue of Porcelains Decorated in Underglaze Blue and Copper Red in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art Section 3.
School of Oriental and African Studies University of London, 1963. First Edition. Soft Cover, Ill.:. First edition. 25pp Introduction and 78pp catalogue. Light blue card covers with a very small scrape mark. 24 b + w plates. Internally very clean and tight. The catalogue of over 300 mainly 15th and 16th century blue and white porcelain pieces in the Percival David Collection in London. Comes with a 4 page separate leaflet about the collection... Very Good.
Boeknummer: 12286
GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 12.5]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: Porcelain, Chinese Porcelain, Blue and White, Chinese Art, Ceramics
Chopin Playing From the Composer to the Present Day.
Gollancz, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover, Ex-Library, 289pp, complete dustjacket in removeable plastic sleeve. B + w illustrations. Ex library - label removed from flyleaf, stamp to title page, otherwise a clean 'reading copy' The history of playing Chopin, and descriptions and analysis of interpretations... Very Good /Very Good.
Boeknummer: 13920
GBP 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 20.75]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: Chopin, Music, Piano
The Plundered Past.
Arts Book Society, Readers Union, 1974. Hard Cover, 353 pp, green boards, dustjacket with one tear with loss to front. B + w photographs. The traffic in stolen art and pillaged antiquities.. Fine /Very Good.
Boeknummer: 417
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: antiquities, art, theft
The Reign of the Dinosaurs.
Thames and Hudson, 1994. Soft Cover, 143p, laminated illustrated softback covers. Many colour illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. The story of the dinosaurs, and what we know about them. Part of the New Horizons series... Fine.
Boeknummer: 12791
GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4.25]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: History, Dinosaurs, Prehistory
The Quality of Life.
Secker & Warburg, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover, First UK edition. 127pp. The dustjacket designed by Philip Mann is priceclipped, but otherwise complete and clean. Internally very clean. A thoughtful look at some of the most pressing problems of America and the world - pollution, drugs, crime, race, education, the cities etc... Fine /Fine.
Boeknummer: 12547
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14.75]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: Pollution, Environment, Race, Education, Drugs, Crime
The English Magistracy.
Oxford, 1967. Soft Cover, 146pp, illustrated softback covers. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise a clean, tight copy. The history of Justices of the Peace, and how the magistrates courts work... Very Good.
Boeknummer: 14281
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: Law, Magistrate, Legal System, Justice
The Battle of Britain August - October 1940.
HMSO, 1941. First Edition. Soft Cover, First edition. The illustrated 6d edition. 35pp. Illustrated soft covers, a little rubbed to the corners. Many b + w photographs. The staples are now rusty, otherwsie internally clean and tight. The official account of the Battle of Britain - 'An Air Ministry's Account of the Great Days from 8th August - 31st October 1940.'.. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 8330
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 9]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: WWII, RAF, Luftwaffe, History
Essays in Eighteenth Century History from the English Historical Review.
Longmans, 1111. Hard Cover, Circa 1970. A heavy book of 360pp. Complete dustjacket, a little worn to the ends of the spine. Previous owner's anme to the flyleaf,, a few light spots of foxing to the foredge, otherwise internally clean. Essays by various contributors to the English Hostorical review from 1921 to 1962 - the London West Indian interest, Lord Shelburne and Colonial policy, Edmund Burke, Henry Fox, Foreign Policy in the Age of Stanhope and Walpole, the Beginning of Parliamentary Reporting etc... Very Good /Very Good.
Boeknummer: 10672
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 9]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: History, Burke, Henry Fox, Colonial Policy
Storia Di Roma.
Rizzoli, 1974. Soft Cover, Text in Italian. 598pp, the paper tanning a little with age. Cream softback covers, Dustjacket with a little wear to the spine. Maps. Gift inscription to the flyleaf, otherwise internally very clean. The history of Rome from its foundation. Comes with a newspaper obituary of the author... Very Good /Very Good.
Boeknummer: 14477
GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.25]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: History, Italian History, Roman History
The Memoirs of Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K G.
Collins, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover, First edition. A heavy book of 574pp, Dustjacket with a couple of portions of loss to the back and spine. B + w photographs. Maps. Previous owner's name to the flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Monty's story of his life and the war in the desert and at NATO... Very Good /Poor.
Boeknummer: 4490
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 6]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: autobiography, WWII, Alamein, desert rat, NATO
The Government of Great Britain.
University Paperbacks, 1968. Soft Cover, Second edition. 214pp, softback covers. Original owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise clean. A study of the organization and functioning of government and politics in Britain... Very Good.
Boeknummer: 14280
GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.75]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: Parliament, Government, Politics
Stupid White Men.
Penguin, 2002. Mass Market Paperback, Revised UK edition, with new Introduction and Epilogue. 281pp, illustrated softback covers. A clean, tight copy. Furious and funny account of the state of the nation under Bush.. Very Good.
Boeknummer: 11174
GBP 1.50 [Appr.: EURO 2]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: Bush
NATSOPA Seventy Five Years.
Oxford, 1964. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover, 160 pp, green boards, priceclipped dustjacket. The history of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants 1889 - 1964.. As New /Very Good.
Boeknummer: 1533
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: printing, Trade union, Labour
From Know How to Nowhere the Development of American Technology.
Basil Blackwell, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover, 199pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket, faded to the spine. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. The history of how America's capacity for building and making things develeoped... Very Good /Very Good.
Boeknummer: 10318
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 9]
Catalogus: History
Trefwoorden: History, history of Technology, Technology, American History
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