History

James Broderick
£15.00

Saint Francis Xavier (1506 - 1552)

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A biography of the life and travels in the far east of the Spanish Jesuit Saint Francis Xavier

James White
£150.00

Whites Farriery: A Compendium of the Veterinary Art (Three Volumes)

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A comprehensive veterinary manual for the care and treatment of horses, from the early 19th century.

William Douglas
£40.00

Horse-Shoeing as it is, and as it should be

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A scientific and instructional treatise on how to correctly shoe a horse, inspired by the authors observations of widespread poor practice at the time.

E.L. Grant Watson
£30.00

Walking With Fancy

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Charming sketches of country life in Sussex and Devonshire from before and during WWII.

Wilfrid Blunt and William T. Stearn
£18.00

The Art of Botanical Illustration

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A beautifully illustrated edition of the classic work on the history of botanical illustration, with a newly extended chapter on the twentieth century.

Una Woodruff
£20.00

Amarant: The Flora and Fauna of Atlantis by a Lady Botanist

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Works of the imagination, from the travel journals of the intrepid Lady Hurnshaw painted during her twenty years spent on the legendary island of Atlantis.

R. Lydekker
£38.00

The Sportsman's British Bird Book

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Detailed descriptions of approx. 200 birds which were once popular to be caught and mounted as trophies by contemporary sportsmen.

Tickner Edwards
£18.00

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

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A fascinating look at "The oldest craft under the sun," the long human history of bee-keeping from ancient times and the mythology and lore surrounding it.

Stanley Morison
£38.00

Letter Forms

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Two essays on Typographic and Scriptorial letter forms, their classification, history and bibliography.

Brooke Crutchely
£95.00

Two Men: Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison at Cambridge

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The memoires of a former assistant of the notable printing partnership of Lewis and Morison at the Cambridge University Press.

Tony Appleton (Compiler)
£25.00

The Writings of Stanley Morison: A Handlist

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A comprehensive annotated list of the published writings of Typographer Stanley Morison.

Oliver Simon, Editor
£80.00

The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography, No. IV

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Number IV in the periodically published journal, illustrated with many beautiful examples of the typographers art.

Alan Rowe
£15.00

Cyrenaican Expeditions of the University of Manchester 1955-1957

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A description of excavations carried out at the cemeteries at Cyrene by a team from Manchester University over three successive years following an earlier dig in 1952. Descriptions of coins by John F. Healy.

M.R. Hull
£25.00

Roman Colchester

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A comprehensive description of the important Roman town at Colchester, based on excavations and research to date.

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