Search Results: History from Nigel Sustins Books

France: Scripta Manent, 1928. Text in French: stamped number 2570, one of 100 copies bound in leather for 'les amis de librairies flammarion', cloth with brown leather to corners and spine, some rubbing to corners and spine ends, dust to edges, endpapers slightly browned, a few spots of foxing to pages, black and white woodcut illustrations, a very attractive copy.. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Francois-Martin Salvat.

UK: T Fisher Unwin, 1924. Ex-library, perforated library stamp to title page, catalogue number to verso, other neat ink stamps, large format maroon cloth with gilt lettering (dulled to spine), fan design in blue and gilt to front, some rubbing and marking to cloth, spine ends and corners pushed and rubbed, top of spine frayed with small cracks, edges dusty, some smudging to a few pages, internally substantially very good, with copious photographic illustrations. Heavy item: extra postage required.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Shrewsbury: Adnitt and Naunton, 1875. First complete edition, printed from one of the original manuscripts, and reproducing in facsimile the title page, and plans of the church, spelling has not been modernised, red/brown cloth with blind stamp designs, and gilt lettering on the front (Gough's History of Myddle 1700-1701), some wear and marking to cloth and board edges, corners bumped and frayed, spine is faded, some dust and foxing to edges, two small black strips to front pastedown, some foxing to grey endpapers and prelims, including the title page plate and its tissue guard, internally pages and other plates are very good; substantially a very pleasing copy of a medieval classic of topography and genealogy. 'Four Minsters Round the Wrekin' from the same publisher, 1877 first edition, also available (copies in leather and cloth).. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good.

Edinburgh, 1820. New edition, volume one (books 1 and 2), tan leather with gilt titles and decoration (some rubbing and marking), five raised bands to spine, some splitting to the spine ends, corners and spine ends rubbed/worn, board edges pushed, library plate (Dalton Hall Library), and bookplate of William Yates to front pastedown, signature of John Yates of Harrow to front free endpaper, pull-out map of Greece to front, internally generally very good with plates showing Greek wrestlers at the rear.. Hardcover. Good.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1895. Fourth edition 1895 with maps and illustrations, folded map in a pocket to the rear board, hinges weak, covers worn, dust and browning to edges, half-title torn out, erratum slip present, text complete and generally good. Extra postage required.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

UK: Privately Printed, 1914. Large format bound in blue cloth, ex-library with sticker, stamps, numbers to prelims, reference number to spine, wear/rubbing to spine ends and lower edge, contents including plates generally very good, some finger marks to page edges. 107 plates plus fold-out charts. Heavy book - will incur extra postage charges.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Edinburgh: Merchants Hall, 1931. Souvenir of the 250th Anniversary Celebrations of the Founding of the Company. Internally sound, card covers worn and marked.. Paperback. Acceptable.

Edinburgh: R and R Clark, 1909. Privately printed, one of forty copies bound in vellum with overlapping edges to the front (some soiling/browning), design in gilt to cover impressed by brass blocks, imperial octavo, top edge gilt, other edges rough-trimmed and dusty, internally generally very good. Extra postage required.. Hardcover. Good.

UK: Longmans Green, 1880. A very rare title, printed by Spottiswoode, bound in the original brown cloth with black borders and gilt lettering, but suffering from having been in 'Rice's Library' (blue sticker to the front board) where the spine has been repaired rather crudely with black tape, board edges rubbed, corners bumped and fraying, hinges cracked but still quite firmly attached, brown endpapers, stock number to front pastedown, page edges dusty and browned, strain to stitching internally with varying degrees of foxing to pages, but text complete and legible. 232 pages. Notes in pencil and pen to half-title, relating the former owner's family connections to Dr Rigby and his daughter; similar notes in pencil to title page. Unique eye-witness account of France on the eve of the Revolution of 1789.. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable.

UK: Benn, 1966. Signed with inscription by author to title page, good in blue cloth, foxing to edges and title page, owner bookplate, loosely inserted is the publisher's invitation to the book launch; dust-wrapper rubbed, chipped and marked.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

UK: Logaston Press, 2009. Mint, unread first printing, signed to title page by co-author Karen Johnson, and Ian Barge, writer of the foreword. David Lloyd, the main author and expert on Ludlow life and history, died shortly before publication, but a reproduction of his signature is tipped-in next to the others.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. As New.

Shrewsbury: Adnitt & Naunton & London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1877. Very scarce and attractive volume, in the original blind-decorated and panelled red leather boards, floral designs to upper and lower panels of both boards, gilt titles and leaf design to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, rubbing/wear to corners and to spine at head and heel and along its length (lettering clear), all edges gilt, blue ribbon marker is detached from its anchor in the spine, hinges good, endpapers may have been replaced (?), foxing stains to prelims, title page and frontispiece plate, showing the abbey seals, also some foxing to text pages within, but not serious; 8 sepia photographs, all generally in very good condition; 4 abbey plans, all with some foxing, but more to Buildwas and Lilleshull [sic]; 4 fold-out drawings of the abbeys, all with slight foxing, more to Wenlock; the stitching is strained at various points, more seriously in two places, with cracking and straining, (the pages protrude at the… Read More

Shrewsbury: Adnitt & Naunton & London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1877. Cloth edition with blind-stamped floral designs and gilt lettering to front (no title to spine), some wear/pushing to corners, wear/splitting to spine ends, abrasion to lower edge of front board, some strain to hinges, dust/foxing to edges, brown stains to endpapers, foxing to frontispiece plate, showing the abbey seals, and to abbey plans; 8 sepia photographs in very good condition, as are the double-page drawings of the abbeys; some foxing and handling marks within, but generally a better than average copy of this rare work. Gough's 'History of Myddle' from the same publisher, 1875 printing, cloth binding, also available.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

London: Cassell, 1964. Fifth edition 1964, inscribed for a friend and signed in full by author to title page, dated July 1965, good in red cloth with some wear and marking, dust to edges, internally very good with photographic illustrations, fold-out map at rear. No dust-wrapper.. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Copenhagan: Nationalmuseet, 1961. Main text in Danish, summaries in English, French and German. Illustrated. Some rubbing to covers.. Paperback. Good.

Paris: Victor Lecoffre, 1885. Three volumes in half-leather and brown cloth, worn and frayed to edges, ex-library (St. Andrew on Hudson Library, Poughkeepsie New York), various library stamps, sticker and number to spines, text complete and sound (pages tanned) Vol 1. Pendant les Deux Premiers Siecles (1885); Vol. 2. Pendant la Premiere Moitie du Troisieme Siecle (Septime Severe, Maximin, Dece), 1886; Vol. 3. Les Dernieres Persecutions Du Troisième Siècle ( Gallus, Valerien, Aurelien), 1887. Extra postage required.. Hardcover. Good.

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent No date but assume first edition 1890, red cloth (stained and rubbed) with gilt lettering, spine is faded and soiled with dulled gilt, pushing/wear to spine ends and corners, dust to edges, tear to verso of title page at the inner edge, 4 colour litho plates and other illustrations, with tissue guards, internally generally very good (top corner of two pages torn where they were once joined).. Hard Back. Good.

London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Ex-Cheltenham library, attractive library plate to front pastedown, library record sheet and barcode to front free endpaper, small circular library stamp to title page and to either side of the double page partially-coloured plates, ink numbers and presentation plate to verso of title page, re-bound in blue cloth (now worn and frayed to corners and spine ends) with gilt title and library reference to spine, the five maps are predominantly very good with a small tear to the margin of one, and wrinkling and marking to 'Saxon England', text predominantly clean and sound (a little straining to stitching). Extra postage required. . Hardcover. Good.

Charles Skilton, 1975. Signed by author to title page, blue cloth has some rubbing and marking, with slight fading to the board edges, page edges browned, internally clean and very good; cream dust-wrapper is rubbed and chipped in places, with some marking and crinkling, tear to base of wrapper spine.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent, 1894. Second edition with additions, 1894. Boards almost detached, spine split and frayed, but contents generally sound.. Hardcover. Acceptable.