Constable london 1998 (25 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. An interesting history of the Celts in Rome during the 4th to the 2nd centuries BC including their conquest of Rome in 390 BC; includes bibliography and index; 288 pages Very Good in dust jacket; large chip in upper right of dj and some damage to upper corner of front board; text clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First edition 8vo 288 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine black cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks, an excellent copy. "This is the first popular account of the Celts of Italy and the land known as Cisalpine Gaul. " "In 390 BC a Celtic army captured Rome and occupied it for seven months until the Roman Senate paid them off. For the next fifty years, Celtic armies remained nearby; and for two centuries the Celts of Italy resisted Rome with a stubborn defiance, often annihilating entire consular armies sent against them. Rome could not claim to be master of the Po Valley Celts until 191 BC. It explains the historical factors behind Rome's overt racial prejudice against the Celts and shows at the same time the important Celtic contribution to the development of Roman culture - in weaponry and warfare, in transport technology and, above all, in the Celtic contribution to early Latin literature".…

hardback, 192pp, edges browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper , wrapper top edge slightly frayed, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0094783500.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 160pp, slight browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0094791007.

Condición: Fine. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. As new.

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, xiv,281pp, illustrated, maps, slight browning, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0094791406.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1998). (1986) 1998 paperback reprint. 8vo paperback (138 x 205mm). Pp184. Line illustrations by Rodger McPhail, b/w photographs. Edges & end-papers quite browned. A good working copy. A very good practical introduction to stalking. Sections on rifles & ammunition, telescopic sights, equipment, species of deer, the stalk, the shot and afterwards, trophies, legislation, seasons etc. .…

1st. Ed. 8vo. xi + 273pp. B/w ills. and maps, signed by the author on title page. Original boards with d/w. ISBN 0094764204 US$15.

Original publisher's red cloth spine, orange paper-covered boards, gilt title spine, pictoral dustjacket, large 8vo: xiv, 428pp., [ij], illustrations, acknowledgements, chronology, sources, dates, transliterations, general bibliography, index. Untrimmed. Very fine copy.

Soft Cover. Condición: As New. No Jacket. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Colour portrait frontispiece; 16 black & white plates; Hardback: navy blue cloth lettered in silver on spine; Near fine in slightly less fine dustwrapper.

8vo [24 x 16 cm]; xii, 322 pp, double-page map showing author's route, photo plates, appendix of qat glossary and consumer's guide, index. original brown cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), clean and fine, unmarked. A fascinating and dangerous journey through Ethiopia and Yemen, with an explanation of the rich and varied culture surrounding the drug qat, legal in UK but banned in US. 'Eating the Flowers of Paradise is an extraordinary journey in a corner of the earth which has eluded investigation by explorers until this time. It abounds with fascinating and exciting fresh material presented in a style comparable to the accepted classics of travel in Arabia and the Middle East' (Norman Lewis). Qat is legal in UK but not in US, experts claim its mild as tea or as addictive as cocaine, but Rushby explores its use which is central to life in Yemen. A picture of this book is available on request.…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine quarto 136pp., col. pls., appends., index.

Condición: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep purple cloth covers, silver lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼'' 224 pp. ISBN 0094780609. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper with tiny impression marks to the lower cover, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. AUSTRIA.…

Condición: Fine. Brand new first edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, silver lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' [xvi] 237 printed pages of text. Monochrome photographs to the centre. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. The Times newspaper clipping dated March 12th 1998 referring to the book loosely enclosed. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0094779902 ROMAN EMPIRE (Romanum).…

4°, 238 S. mit zahlreichen farbigen Abbildungen, Orig.-Pappband und illustrierter Orig.-Umschlag. Erste Ausgabe.- Gutes Exemplar.

1st edition / 1st printing hardback with dust jacket As New octavo xi + 288pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, The first popular account of the Celts of Italy and the land known as Cisalpine Gaul.

1st edition torn dust jacket Fine octavo. 229pp., b/w pls., index.

reprint dust jacket New Book octavo 176pp., maps, index, The Diary of Lieutenant H. A. Vossler a soldier of the Grand Army 1812-1813.

reprint dust jacket New Book octavo xxiv + 300pp., b/w pls., maps, text ills., bibliog., The period 1797-1815. Napoleon's Campaigns, Marshals & Family. Biographies of Military Naval & Political figures. Arranged alphabetically, a list of the most prominent figures in the Napoleonic Era.

1st ed. thus dust jacket Fine octavo 318pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, 'Napoleon lost his Army not by folly but by default'. Napoleon's lack of foresight lost the War. Originally published 1967.

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo 336pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Looks at the Career of Rupert as an Admiral. His maintenance of the Royalist Navy through the Civil War and as Commander of the Fleet during the second & third Dutch Wars.

1st edition dust jacket Fine octavo viii + 532pp., bibliog., index, 'Best one-volume history of the Third Reich'.

1st edition dust jacket New Book octavo xiii + 284pp., maps, plans, bibliog., index, A Historical guide to the Military Actions in Spain, Portugal and Southern France between June 1808 and April 1814, with notes for Wargamers.

Condición: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy paper covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine, lavender end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. ISBN 009476770X. Contains [xii] 290 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Small erased pencil mark to the front free end paper. Fine condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with one 3 mm tear to the top front corner, small rubs to the corners of the spine tip, not price clipped. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to the title page 'With love to Dear Kate, Saeed Jaffrey.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).…