Search Results: Titles starting with T from Wadard Books PBFA

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977 Besieged by journalists in 1935, one of them asked, 'Do you intend to make yourself Dictator of England?' Absurd as it now seems, the journalist's question was evidence of the extraordinary degree to which Aircraftsman Shaw, the last guise of Lawrence of Arabia - a man without financial backing, organised following or known political ideas - continued to stir the imagination of his contemporaries. 352 pages with b/w plates.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943 The dream team, Liddell Hart on Lawrence. A good historical prologue to the Arab Revolt in addition to the story of Lawrence. First published in 1934. 491pp with black and white plates.

London: BCA, 1975 An illustrated biography, well presented in colour and black and white. 232pp.

A La Haye - De l'Imprimerie De Theodore Maire, 1640 Housed in a nineteenth century binding being half calf with marbled boards and trimmed at the time of binding. xvi, 903pp+12 with pagination skip between pp. 248 and 253. Engraved title page by Crispin van de Pas.Double page map of the Principality. 13 engraved plates of architectural antiquities. 4 folding genealogical trees. 5 portrait plates. Some plates where they have exceeded the trimmed size have been expertly folded in but most are 'as was' A very nice copy with no foxing and exceptionally clean throughout. Note; Since the Pricipality D'Orange ajoins that of Languedoc see also our copy of Memoires de L'Histoire de Languedov, Guillaume de Catel, 1633 - stock No.10536

London: The Commissioners of Longtitude, 1781 viii, 47pp. Nevil Maskelyne, the fifth Astronomer Royal 1765-1811 developer of the Lunar Distance method. Recently recovered with the earlier sugar paper covers bound in.

Simmern: Pandion, 1996 Eine familiensaga vom Hunsruck 1860 bis 1942. Herausgegeben von Walter Gohl. 260pp, German text, interspersed throughout with black and white photographs.

London: Pelham Books, 1968 Dorset farming reminiscences from this well known radio boadcaster whose voice has been variously described as heather honey, goose grease, or just plain comic. 160 pages.

Southampton: Ashford Press Publishing., 1987 Over 80 17th century recipes paired with modern equivalents. Lots of pertinent historical background and well illustrated with artifacts and fashions of the period in b/w and colour. 180 pages.

New York: Putnam, 1968 Few Americans realised how great an industry was in the making, first by Wright, Curtiss, and Martin, followed by those whose names are recognised today anywhere planes fly - Douglas, Lockheed, Boeing, Cessna, Sikorsky, and others. 256pp well illustrated in black and white. Dustjacket a little edgeworn.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1874 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" - the powerful opening line of this story.
176pp with 25 illustrations by F.Barnard
Book size 250x190mm

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925 The tale of a shipwrecked sailor, told in verse, with a happy ending. Undated circa 1925. Twenty two full page illustrations in colour with facing text. Pages unpaginated. Brown paper wrapped over boards with relief stamped medallion to front cover. A fine copy.

London: Frederick Warne An exceptionally nice copy of Hans Andersen's Tales. Undated circa 1890. 383pp with original illustrations in colour and monochrome. Black and gilt illustrated spine and upper board, bright with little or no wear.

London: Picador, 2004 Part memoir, part travelogue. The tropics cover almost one third of the earths surface - a febrile, debt ridden and politically unstable region which keeps yielding surprises. 380pp.

London: Trust Houses Limited, 1929 The history, legend and romance of some of our older hostelries. Illustrated with pencil drawings, old prints and sepia photographs. Attractive patterned boards with with title label. Armorial bookplate to front paste down. 169 pages. Very good throughout.

London: Trust Houses Ltd, 1929 The history, legend and romance of some of our older hostelries, most of which are still alive and prospering. Illustrated with pencil drawings, photographs and maps. 169pp. Bookplate on front paste down. Very good throughout.

London: Oxford University Press, 1933 Being studies of medieval life, manners, art, minstrelsy, and religion, in the form of short stories. "The scene of these stories is laid at the place I know best, my old home in Derbyshire, where for more than seventy years I have been Lord of the manor." 229 pages. Some scuff marks and light foxing to covers and end papers otherwise very good throughout.

Rochford, Essex: Leagas Publications, 1987 Memoirs of Ernest Warwick. Signed and inscribed by him "18th Combat Division (1939-45) 4th Suffolks. Japanes prisoner of war, survivor from the Siam - Burma railway." 180pp with sketch map and portrait of the author created in 1944 in a POW camp in Thailand.

London: Burgess & Bowes Three volumes in a slipcase bound by Geoffrey Parker. Pages gilt edged with rounded corners. Undated circa mid 1960s.

Detroit, Michigan: Chrysler Corporation, 1946 Outlining the work of the Chrysler tank arsenal, the first and biggest in 1941 of America's defense plants. From it came 25,059 medium and heavy tanks of twelve different types.
The title is a quote from a Marine, wounded and pinned down in a field of sugar cane but rescued by being hoisted into a tank through the lower escape hatch.
144pp in colour and black and white.

London: J. and R.Tonson, 1759 Written in French by the celebrated Mr Guelletee author of the Chinese. Mogul, and other Tales. The whole now for the first time translated into English by Thomas Flloyd. 1-X plus 369 pages. Recently rebound in half calf with title panel and marbled boards. Binding therefore fine.