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Austria: Ueberreuter. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. The History of Austria, written in German. ; Black & White & Colour Photographs and diagrams; 615 pages .

London: Richard L Feigen & Co. ,. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1873232004 . Fine dark blue cloth gilt titles to the front and spine, no inscriptions or marks. Near fine matching blue dust jacket. Enerally in a near fine condition, illustrated in black and white and sepia. An inspiring look at the work of Flemish engraver and draughtsman Jan Wierex concentrating on twenty drawings that illustrate the Creation. ; Tall 8vo 9" - 10" ; xxiii 102 pages .

Amsterdam, Elsevier. Phaidon, 1975. Fine green glossy boards with gold lettering to spine, very good coloured pictorial dust jacket some wrinkling to the surface, not price clipped, small neat inscription of previous owner on page following endpapers, 4to, illustrated endpapers, 536 plates in full colour. .

New York: William Morrow and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Not price clipped, no inscriptions, a fine copy. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages .

London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. 1408806118 . The dustjacket has been price clipped otherwise no inscriptions or marks. "Tommy's Ark looks at the war through the eyes of the soldiers who were there, and examines their relationship with a strange and unexpected range of animal life, from horses, dogs and cats to monkeys and birds - even in one case a golden eagle." ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages .

Hodder And Stoughton, 1878. Second edition 8vo xxii + 818 pages minor foxing to endpapers, some small black spots to closed page edges otherwise very good and sound brown cloth, black & gilt decoration to front board and spine, gilt titles. Bevelled edges to boards. No inscriptions. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First English Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0340246642 . Illustrated with colour and black & white plates and diagrams in text. Very good blue leatherette hard back with dust jacket that is a trifle worn to the extremities, otherwise very good. No inscriptions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 328 pages .

Hersham: Ian Allan. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0711029539 . Fine maroon cloth with a near fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. ; Black & white and colour photographs; landscape 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages .

London, Castletown Publications, 1981. 0950780006 . First Edition: Brown boards with gold lettering to the front and spine, a hint of fading to extremities, hardback, 11.50 x 8.5 inches approx. , coloured pictorial dust jacket in very good condition, faded to spine, not clipped, no inscriptions, 75 pages, 50 delightful coloured illustrations. .

Hersham, Ian Allan Publishing, 2004. Fine. Hardcover. 0711028362 . Fine black boards (hardback) with gilt lettering to the spine, fine coloured pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped, no inscriptions and no marks. Internally immaculate, 160 pages, illustrated in black and white, over the 200 year history of railways in the British Isles there have been a number of design and engineering blunders connected to the railways. In this book many of these unforeseen problems are highlighted. Size 10 x 8.00 inches approx. .

London, Weidenfeld And Nicolson,. 0297784048 . Fine brown boards with gold lettering to spine, large 8 vo. , fine illustrated dust jacket, not price clipped, no inscriptions, tan endpapers, 274 pages, black and white illustrations.. .

Bath: Mulberry Company. Fine. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0956759408 . Fine pictorial laminated boards, grey cloth spine. Lavishly illustrated with colour and black & white photographs by Venetia Dearden. No inscriptions or marks, an excellent copy. This is a heavy item weighing 3Kgs; Colour and Black & white photgraphs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 479 pages .

London, Studio Editions, 1988. Good+. Hardcover. Original dark blue boards, hardback, gitl lettering to spine, a trace of wear but generally very good and clean, coloured pictorial dust jacket, not clipped, small tear to the top edge of the rear of the dust jacket, no inscriptions or marks, upon opening the book the front endpapers are clean but just at the bottom of the front pastedown there is a very tiny triange of white paper that is missing near the hinge, this does not interfere with the binding, fully illustrated in colour and black & white, pages 1-42 introduction and biography laid out in two columns, after this there are the Plates in colour and black & white, showing a full page illustration with description adjacent to it, 143 pages. Size 12.00 x 11.25 inches approx. John Constable was a contemporary of J M W Turner, an incredible period for in the history of English Painting. A heavy book. .

Poole: Blandford Press, 1982. 0713710012 . First edition tall quarto 192 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine bright yellow cloth boards with fine dust jacket. No incriptions or marks. .

Lewes, Sussex Record Society, 1989. 085445036X . First edition, Sussex Record Society Volume 75. 8vo 211 pages illustrated with black & white photographs and map. Fine brown cloth and gilt hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. Contains the returns made for Sussex in accordance with the Census of Religious Worship held in conjunction with the decennial Census of Population of 1851. .

Turnstile Press London 1947. First edition: Illustrated cream boards, very good condiiton slight bumping to corners and spine flaking, 39 numbered pages, illustrated in black, white and red, a political satire about the first labour government. .

David & Charles 1989. Fine. Hardcover. 0715394460 . First edition, large format, 96 pages illustrated with colour plates. Fine blue cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. This is a guide through the fashions of the last 100 years of British painting spiced with details of the artists. It relates the problems faced by the modern marine artist - why he finds no inspiration in modern ships - and explains why representational art has remained supreme in the face of Cubism, Futurism, Impressionism and Pop Art. The book includes some 70 colour plates. .

Newton Abbott: David & Charles. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0715392786 . First edition. Fine pale green cloth hardback with a near fine clipped dust jacket, no inscriptions or marks. Pictures of ships and the sea have always challenged painters, and the Victorians produced some of the most attractive examples of the genre. This book takes us on a pictorial tour of 19th century maritime painting in Britain and there are full-colour illustrations of watercolours not normally seen by the general public, together with notes on each and brief biographies of the artists. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 96 pages .

Stroud: Alan Sutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Revised and expanded edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0750903597 . Fine black cloth hardcover with a fine unclipped dust jacket, no inscriptions or marks, an excellent copy. ; Black & white photgraphs and maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages .

Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good black boards, a hint of rubbing to extremities, near fine coloured pictorial dust jacket. No inscriptions. Fully illustrated with colour photographs. The book covers the development of manned aircraft from the days of the early pioneers to the late 1930's. A very good, smart and clean copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 128 pages .