The Sea Warriors chronicles the real-life adventures of the great sea captains who spent long, arduous years on the world's oceans, fighting for king and country, to win and rule the waves. The struggles of the Royal Navy's finest commanders encompass the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, as well as fights against pirates and battles with the sea itself...... Originally published: United Kingdom : Constable, 2001. This edition originally published in paperback: United Kingdom : Robinson, 2002. xvi, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. NB - Postal Rates sh... View More...
Story of English Gentlemen who went to make their fortune in the Old West. 1st British printing, 8vo, 245pp, photo illustrated. Hardcover in brown cloth with unclipped dustjacket. As new copy. Weight, 604g. View More...
English drawings from the Tudor and Stuart periods [1485-1660]. OCLC Number: 3470628. 57 p. 64 plates. 29 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding. Slight wear to cloth at corners. Weight, 570g. View More...
An account of the significance and development of the countryside around London. OCLC Number: 519129. 223 p. illus. 23 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding, no wear to the cloth. Price-clipped dustjacket is also bright and clean showing minor wear at tips of corners. Attractive copy. Weight, 440g. View More...
Fifty-two, full-page, b&w photographs of the city of Windsor, in England. Bright, clean copy. Ink signature to head of tp, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 220g. View More...
Story of the Royalist uprising against the Protectorate in England's West Country in 1655. 28pp. Historical Association General Series G.29. Clean copy with a sound binding. View More...
A volume in the British Battles Series, Pan M165. Complete and detailed account of three Battles of the English Civil War, Marston Moor [1644], Naseby [1645], and Preston [1648]. 208pp, photo illustrated, maps. Bright, clean copy overall. Interior browning. Binding is tight with faint, hairline creasing and a little discoloration. Probably unread and never fully opened. Weight, 150g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
One of the celebrated 'Clarendon Biographies'. 64pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy, unmarked. Tight, sound binding. Very minor wearto the boards at some edges. Eligible for inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates within Canada, slightly more to the USA and other Countries. View More...
A volume in the series, 'Britain in old photographs'. A fascinating collection of old photographs of Broadstairs in Kent, England and also the village of St. Peter's. 159 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm. Signed by the author on the title page. Gift inscription to the htp, otherwise unmarked. Bright and clea, still quite fresh. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Weight, 318g. View More...
Printed postcard [not a photo card] of the Royal Procession of King Edward VII in Scotland at Holyrood House. WR&S, Reliable Series. Postally unused. No message or writing on either side. Sharp corners, no creases. Reverse a little browned. To be shipped via in expensive lettermail. View More...
Printed postcard [not a photo card] of the Royal Procession of King Edward VII in Scotland at Waterloo Place. WR&S, Reliable Series. Postally unused. No message or writing on either side. Sharp corners, no creases. Reverse a little browned. To be shipped via in expensive lettermail. View More...
Antique postcard showing the Main Street, with onlookers in the old market town of Cockermouth. Located in Cumbria, England. Postally used, 1903. Although printed the scene is quite sharp with good detail. Clean with a little wear to the lower edge. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
Antique postcard showing an old street with onlookers in West Kirby's Old Village. Located on the north-west corner of the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England, at the mouth of the River Dee. Postally used, squared circl cancel, West Kirby, August 8, 1905. Clean. Light left top corner-tip crease. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide destinations. View More...
A Military History Classic - a detailed incisive re-telling of the momentous Battle of Hasstings in England in 1066. ix, 118 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a tight, square binding and an uncreased spine. About 'as new'. Weight, 228g. View More...
Literature of the Anglo-Norman period of Englishe medieval literary history. [6], xxiii, 491pp. Inerior of the book is very bright and clean. There is a stamp to the ffep indicating that the book was 'Sold...by the State University of Iowa Libraries'. No other library markings of n any kind. Binding is tight and square, no cracking etc to the hinges. Maroon cloth, with blindstamped designs, clean and unmarked. The spines, with gilt titles, is somewhat sun-faded. Attractive copy. Weight, 731g. View More...
History of England's celebrated Hampshire County Cricket Club. With a personal view by John Arlott. 275pp, photo illustrated, statistics by Victor Isaacs. Near new copy, bright, fresh and tight. View More...
Study of British sea shore. 'The New Naturalist Library No. '. 311pp, illustrated with 61 colour photographs, 62 b&w photographs, and 88 text figures. Clean, unmarked interior. Tiny signature to ffep. Tight, square binding. Minor wear to green cloth. A solid copy. Weight, 730g. View More...
Undated Guide book to the Yorkshire City of Bradford. Circa mid-1930s from internal evidence. Art Deco, orange wrappers. 115pp, photo illustrated, advertising, maps. Very bright, clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to spine. Bright, clean and unmarked wrappers. Beautiful copy. Weight, 130g. View More...
History of the Town and Environs of Bournemoth by its long-time librarian. 260pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Bookplate, unmarked, to ffep. Minor shelf wear to cloth. Solid, sound copy. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. This item weighs 520g unpacked. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates are based on specific destination and weight... View More...
Acollection of photographs of old Greasby, Irby, Woodchurch and Upton in the Wirral Peninsula duri ng the first part of the 20th century. Unpaginated [64pp] photo illustrated with descriptive text. Bright, clean, unmarked copy. Tight binding.. Clean photo illustrated covers, slight wear to the foot of the rear panel. Unpacked weight, 293g. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. No taxes on Canadian, American or Overseas Orders. Images always available. Packed well! View More...
