HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY from Fortuna Books

Manchester: Co-op Printing Works, 1909 lacks backstrip, boards detached, edges rubbed, name to paste down, prelims including two frontispeice photographs have yellowed tape rust to them, collations still sewn but in two parts, will need rebinding but serviceable as a reading copy as is, 670pp, rear hinge tape rust as well, printed on sized paper. First Edition. Decorative Boards. Fair/No… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Methuen, 1966 first issue in paperback of the 1954 third edition, light handling soiling to wrappers, name stamp to first page, prelims, 582pp + adverts, an overview of the various Latin authors and their works. third edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Leeds: Harrison & Waide, 1895 minor age related wear, slight foxing,151+16pp adverts, illustrated with plates and fold out col. map of the Promised Land, British Israelite theory, original edition 1894 this 1895. Second Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: W. H. Guest , 1877 gilt dec cloth rubbed and soiled, upper joint split and hinge also ( upper board is detached from book block but attached via backstrip, owner's copper plate inscription to paste down, all edges gilt, internallly tidy copy, British Israelite theory, scarce title, 86pp. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? -… Ler mais sobre este item

London: James Burns, 1841 original cloth rubbed at spine ends, pencil names to endpapers, ink name facing half title, tissue guard missing at frontis, some light foxing, xii 240pp + 16pp adverts, two folding maps and a frontis of The Englishman's Library, from 4004 BCE follows the Biblical account up to historical times to the fall of Rome and… Ler mais sobre este item

Surrey: Girls Own Paper, 1943 8 issues each with a part of a Worrals serial by WE Johns, the magazine may be missing a coupon clipped at time of publication but the pages bearing the Worrals tales are complete. stapled sheets rubbed heavily along the spines, Issues for May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov 1943 and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1964 DW tear at head of upper joint with the title part flapping loose, tear to top of cover as well but no loss, unclipped, light water stain to spine edge of front panel, name to fep, 180pp the southern states african-american school integration crisis . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo… Ler mais sobre este item

Wexford: John English and Co. this book has few publishing details given, I would guess probably circa 1920, blue yapped limp paper wraps with calligrahic design include coat of arms, faint pen name to top corner. 80pp of black and white photos and some text detailing the abbey and its holdings in the local countryside, and its history including… Ler mais sobre este item

Surrey: Girls Own Paper, 1944 8 issues these magazines may be missing a coupon clipped at time of publication, stapled sheets rubbed heavily along the spines, sold as a lot. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mays. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Collins, 1964 unclipped DW rubbed and worn to edges with short tears and light chipping, soiled, book is VG with minimal foxing to closed edges, map endpapers, 383pp + plates. The life and death of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Munchen: R Piper & Co, 1950 black cloth with gilt kouros design to upper board, library call number in white to spine, a few library stamps or marks and one bookplate to half title, 157pp and 180 B&W photographic images in the text, GERMAN TEXT, study of ancient Greek Kouros ( young male) staues and sculptures. (sehr gut,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Oxford University Press, 1960 tidy ex-library with cancellations and bookplate, head of spine pulled, shelf mark to spine in white ink, bottom edges of cloth rubbed to board, otherwise tidy copy, viii 126pp with colour photographic plates pasted onto text pages and B&W plates within the pagination, history , art and architecture of the Italian city. First Edition.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1876 ex library in victorian binding, boards detached but present but in need of repairs, sections still well held together on perished backstrip, transalted from the French by Mrs Tait, tidy library stamps, viii + 358 + 32pp adverts, text block clean and tidy. First Edition. Disbound. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? -… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Dakers, 1951 ex convent library, stamps to feps only, minimal tape residue to DW flaps and endpapers, DW under plastic sleeve, 270pp. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

Wellington: New Zealand Archaeological Association, 1973 perfect bound illustrated card wraps, 135pp VG. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981 first one volume edition combines Text plus Notes and Bibliography, bound in soft card wrappers, sunned spine otherwise near fine condition, 314 + 335pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: George Allen, 1901 tidy green limp cloth boards with rounded corners, original chocolate endpapers, folding map present in publishers pocket at front, small square of paper affixed to fep otherwise excellent tidy near fine copy, xv 94 + 8pp adverts, with three maps and thirty-two illustrations on plates. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo -… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Marion Boyars, 1981 glue stain (from binding) at front hinge, private book club stamp to title page otherwise VG in unclipped DW. 152pp In five essays, Illich embarks on a major historical and sociological analysis of modern man's economic existence. He traces and analyzes options which surpass the conventional political "right-left" and the technological "soft-hard" alternatives and… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Muller, 1959 257pp + plates and illustrations in text, spine cloth mottled a little, DW unclipped VG intact complete small area dust soiling top right, minor edge wear or rubbing, minor foxing to feps only, chronological and general indices. A survey of the nineteen twenties socially, culturally, politically. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo -… Ler mais sobre este item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998 VG used softcover, no markings, minimal handling wear to covers. ix, 221pp. A study of the "common woman" in medieval England - characterized as such for being a prostitute and therefore belonging to all men. Karras explores their experiences, relations and treatment under the law and concludes that prostitution was central to the medieval… Ler mais sobre este item