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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. picture acknowledgements, chronology, and index. Red coloured endpapers. Coloured illustrated frontispiece, being a reproduction of Pierre Bonnards' painting " The Bourgeois Afternoon 1900 ". The text is illustrated with copious contemporary black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles on the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing on the front panel " The Cycling Hut in the Bois de Boulogne " by Jean Beraud and on the back panel " Le Moulin de la Galette " by Pablo Picasso, both paintings painted approximately 1900. Red and bone coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. A biography of the year 1900 and of the germination of momentous events that would shape the 20th century. Heavy shelfwear to the lower book edges and bumping to the lower book corners. The dustwrapper…
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1900
by West, Rebecca
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Ashes of the Victory: World War II and Its Aftermath
by Howe, Quincy
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Simon & Schuster, New York, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor. acknowledgements, bibliography and index. Map endpapers, both different, front and paper showing European theatre of war 1939-1945, rear endpapers: showing Pacific War Theatre 1941-1945. Black coloured boards with gilt facsimile signature on the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the spine. Bumping to the bottom corners of the book along with shelf wear. Bumping to the head and heel of spine with browning and grubby marks to the paper edges. Cloth has some dust marks. Photographic dustwrapper showing Winston Churchill, Stalin and Truman sitting on a bench, with red wash overlay and black decoration with white coloured background and yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and yellow coloured titles to the back strip. The dustwrapper is really in awful shape, there is chipping and pieces missing from the top edge and chipping to the bottom edge. Dustwrapper is…
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A History of the Frozen Meat Trade: An Account of the Development and Present-day Methods of Preparation, Transport, and Marketing of Frozen and Chilled Meats
by Critchell, JamesTroubridge & Raymond, Joseph
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Constable and Company, London, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. preface by authors, list of illustrations, 12 appendices, and the index. Black-and-white Illustrated frontispiece, showing " The S. S. Strathleven ". The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs and tables. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed titles to the front panel and back strip. A history of the frozen meat trade, being meats being transported to England from Australia, New Zealand and South America. Softening and chipping to back strip edges with some small tears present as well. Bumping to the book corners with the underlying board visible to the lower corners. Rubbing to the lower book edges with heavy staining, marks and rubs to the book panels. Fading and staining to the back strip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. The front panel is extensively rubbed, stained and marked. The lower stain of the front…
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In Our Time
by Wolfe, Tom
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Picador, London, 1980. First Edition. illustrated Card. Good for Age/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Tom Wolfe. X, 120 pages. The text is illustrated with black-and-white illustrations/cartoons by Tom Wolfe. Illustrated front cover ( in colour ), by Tom Wolfe, with purple background and white and yellow writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Some rubbing of the book's edges and a little creasing to the book corners. Some marks to the page edges Caricatures, cartoons and articles by Tom Wolfe about the zaniness of the latter part of the 20th century. " " Size: Quarto -- up to 12 " Tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Tom Wolfe. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; History -- Modern; ISBN: 0330262246. ISBN/EAN: 9780330262248. Inventory No: 0239643. . 9780330262248
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