Search Results: History from TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS

LONDON: LONGMAN. Hard cover with dust jacket. Very slight wear/creasing on DJ edges. No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Black boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. 373 pages with index, notes, maps etc. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1998.

OXFORD: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS/CLARENDON PRESS. Hard cover with light blue dust jacket. Some soiling on DJ. No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Creasing/slight wear and small tears on DJ edges. Black boards. Lightly tanned and partially soiled/foxed page edges. Slight scarrring on top edges of pages. Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. 763 pages. Notes, index and a fold out map. One edge of map has a small fold/crease. Location: CONE2 . Very Good. Hardcover. REPRINT. 1986.

LONDON: PELICAN(PENGUIN BOOKS). first published in 1952. Slight wear on cover edges. Tanned and slightly foxed pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. 256 pages with index. . Good. Mass Market Paperback. REPRINT. 1963.

LONDON: WEIDENFELD AND NICHOLSON. HISTORY OF THE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BYZANTINE EMPIRE, THE EASTERN ASPECT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. BEGINNING WITH THE DOMINANCE OF CHRISTANITY IN AD500 AND CONCLUDING WITH THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE TO THE TURKS IN 1453. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS PAID BY THE AUTHOR TO TO LITERATURE, ART, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION PLUS LANGUAGE, MUSIC, SCIENCE, EDUCATION AND LAW. THE BOOK IS ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 COLOUR AND 82 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. PENCIL MARK ON INSIDE FRONT OF DUST JACKET, 3 SMALL BLUE DOTS(POSSIBLY PEN MARKS) ON INSIDE BACK OF DJ. SLIGHT WEAR ON EDGES OF BOARDS. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1980.

U.K: PanTHER, 1975. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. THE HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR ARTHURIAN BRITAIN AND KING ARTHUR. Slight wear on cover edges. Tanned and foxed pages. Otherwise Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: STC91. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by BRIAN FROUD (COVER ART). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. HISTORY/MYTHOLOGY.

LONDON: B.T. BATSFORD. Hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear/rubbing on DJ edges. No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Blue boards with gilt titles on board spine. Moderate slant to board spine. Pages are slightly foxed. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. 321 pages with index. History/Archaeology. Pre Greek and Roman civilisations in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Crete, Syria, Anatolia, Iran and the Indus Valley. Black and white photograph ilustration(plates). Location: SG2 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thuis.. 1989.

LONDON: HUTCHINSON. Book about the Cambridge Spies(Burgess, Philby and Maclean) and other soviet agents, some of whom had yet to be publicly identified at the time of this book's publication. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white photograph illustration(plates). Newspaper clippings have been stored in this book causing light brown partial staining to the front and back endpapers, and some interior pages. Previous owner inscription on the front endpaper. Location: LPT1 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1979.

LONDON: HARPERCOLLINS. Hard cover with dust jacket. A study of the lives of five Royal courtesans, Diane de Poiters(Henri II of France), Nell Gwyn(Charles II), Madame de Pompadour(Louis XV of France), Marie Walewska(Napoleon), Lola Montez(King Ludwig I of Bavaria). Large hard cover. Red boards. Slight wear/creasing on dust jacket edges. Small fold on the bottom corner of the front flap. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustration(plates). . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1991.

LONDON: PENGUIN. Mass market Paperback. A dictionary of psychological terms and related medical terms. First published in 1952. This is the first publication of this revised edition. Slight creasing and wear on cover edges. Slight peeling on cover turning points. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Pages are lightly tanned. Location: EP4 . Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 1964.

CHICHESTER, UK: PHILIMORE. 2 volumes. Trade paperback format. Card covers. Slight wear on cover edges. Lightly tanned pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. The English county of Norfolk, as detailed in 'The Domesday Book' with introduction, original text and modern English translation, notes, Technical Terms etc. These two books comprise volume 33 of the Phillimore series reprinting 'The Domesday Book'. . Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Thus. 1984.

CHICHESTER, UK: PHILIMORE. 2 volumes. Trade paperback format. Card covers. Moderate wear on on cover edges(more wear on volume 1 than volume 2). Lightly tanned pages. Moderate soiling on page edges. Overall Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. The English county of Norfolk, as detailed in 'The Domesday Book' with introduction, original text and modern English translation, notes, Technical Terms etc. These two books comprise volume 33 of the Phillimore series reprinting 'The Domesday Book'. Location: CONE3 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Thus.. 1984.

LONDON: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Red boards. Top inside edge of dust and front board board is partially stained. Top edges of front and back endpapers are also partially stained.Otherwise clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Book Club edition. The discovery and study of the Pre Classical Greek Minoan civilisation, which is often identifed as being the legendary Atlantis. Colour and black and while illustration. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1973.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Slight creasing on DJ edges. No printed price on DJ, not price clipped. Red boards. Tanned and slightly foxed pages. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. The history of the first 35 years of Australia's colonial existence. Black and white plates.. Location: G5 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1972.

NEW YORK: BONANZA BOOKS. First Bonanza Books edition. The author recounts some of the noteable battles and incidents of the american Indian wars, from the perspectives of both sides in the conflict. Illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations. Small splits on the edges of the illustrated dust jacket. Brown cloth boards. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1953.

LONDON: BOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES. Hard cover with dust jacket. Slight wear on DJ edges. No printed price on DJ. Not price clipped. Black boards. Slight marking on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustration(plates). Book club edition. . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 1985.

LONDON: COLLINS. Paperback. A guide to Britain's foreign policy from the late Victorian period to the outbreak of World War one. Former school/college book has a previous owners book plate on the front free endpaper and text underlining/notes in pencil. Slight foxing/marking on some page edges. Tight pages. Strong binding. Location: P4/T . Good. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 1973.

LONDON: International Learning Systems Limited/Aldus Books Limited. Large format hard cover. Blue boards. No dust jacket. Illustration of an elephant on the front board in gold gilt. Gold gilt titles on board spine. Slight wear on board edges. Tanned pages. Slight fpxing on some pages. Sticker on the front pastedown with a Bookseller stamp. Rejected stamp on the front free endpaper(a blank page). History book covering Egypt, Phoenician Empire, Greece, Carthage, Rome etc. 191 pages with glossary and a guide to explorers. Slight surface wear/marking on boards. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 1973.

LONDON: JOHN HERITAGE, THE UNICORN PRESS. English Language edition. Hard cover with dust jacket. Tear, large splits and pieces missing on DJ, but the bulk of the DJ survives. Original printed price of 3/6 on DJ Spine. NB: some writing on DJ spine by a previous owner. Red boards. Moderate slant to board spine. Top edges of pages are stained black(part of the design). Moderate wear/creasing on some page edges. DJ and interior pages have moderate foxing. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Non-fiction. History. 164 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1935.

LONDON: FLAMINGO. Paperback.Slight wear on cover edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscription. Lightly tanned pages. Black and white photograph illustration. Location: ELB1/P . Very Good. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 1999.

LONDON: THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB/PURNELL, 1973. Book Club edition. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Large split on bottom section of DJ, near DJ spine. Smaller splits on other corners of DJ. Rubbing on DJ edges also. Flat creasing on DJ. Brown boards with gilt titles on board spine. Slight foxing/browning on page edges. Overall clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Black and white illustration with a fold out map. 182 pages. Location: STC109. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.