Social History from Mike Park Ltd

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1933. First edition. 12mo, (measures 130mm x 187mm), pp 89 + 2 page publisher's catalogue, a little age-toned, some foxing to the edges and the endpapers, binding leaning slightly, green cloth rather faded and marked, the rear cover stained and a little wrinkled (se illustration). [SCARCE. The play premièred at St Martin's Theatre… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2006. Octavo, pp (8), 308, not illustrated, a very good copy in dustwrapper, as new. ["The story behind ginseng is as remarkable as the root itself. Prized for its legendary curative powers, ginseng launched the rise to power of China's last great dynasty; inspired battles between France and England; and sparked a boom in Minnesota comparable… Read more about this item

Birmingham: Thomas's Publications Ltd, 1945. Illustrated, 12mo (measures 178 x 120 mm], a small mark to a rear blank page, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth a bit rubbed, marked and blotched. Rare. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Illus. by Hilda W. Lomas.

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell: King of the Road Publications, 2024. Very well illustrated, tall quarto, pp 399, red cloth, a very good NEW copy in dustwrapper. Limited numbered edition of 400 copies, this copy signed by the author. A heavy book - extra postage will be needed. { The invention and popularizing of the bicycle was one of the many revolutions that affected… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 1969. Well illustrated, quarto, pp 128, very clean internally, paperback, a slight scuff to the uppe cover otherwise very bright, a very good copy.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Paris: Bloud et Cie, 1909. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 250, the edges slightly foxed, endpapers a little age-toned, otherwise very clean internally, cloth-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed. . First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good.

London: Duckworth & Co, 1920. Second edition. Small octavo, pp viii, 309, age-toned and slightly used internally, two inscriptions on the front endpaper, cloth dull and rubbed, the lower joint wearing, the spine dull and with a splut at the head. . Cloth. Fair.

Cambridge University Press, 1992. A few illustrations, large thick octavo, pp xxiv, 404, top edge slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth very good, in a very slightly scuffed dustwrapper. ["This book investigates maps and their reflection of and influence on the contemporary society of early modern Britain. It is concerned with rural estate maps, which were primarily drawn… Read more about this item

London: Spring Books Not dated - c. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 163, very clean internally, bound in anattractive decorated cloth, very slightly faded and marked. [ Originally written in Czech, so a very good source for Central European costumes.]. First British edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Faber & Faber, 1954. Illustrated, octavo, pp 224,very slight age-toning and a neat signature on the front endpaper, but otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly rubbed. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Frances Lincoln, 2005. Well illustrated, horizontal octavo, pp [c.150], very clkean internally, green cloth in excellent condition, in a very goo dustwrapper. ["This charming flower calendar is a facsimile edition of a hand-illustrated manuscript created in 1913 by A K Landale. Agnes Katherine Landale, or Aggie as she was known to her family and friends, was married to an… Read more about this item

Thrupp, Stroud.: Sutton Publishing, 2006. Illustrated, octavo, pp x, 278, very clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, an excellent copy in dustwrapper. ["From the early misfortunes of Eve, condemning her descendants to a dubious reputation for fruit management, to the acclaimed successes of plant breeders such as the eccentric Ellen Willmott who combined bankruptcy with iris breeding, the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1959. Illustrated with 12 plates and a few line drawings, thick octavo, pp x, 475, the top edge slightly foxed, the fore-edge faintly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly worn, the spine slightly faded and marked. [With the signature of Alan Roger, of Dundonnell House, Garden and Estate.]. First Edition. Cloth.… Read more about this item

London: S. Birt, C. Hitch, E. Wicksteed, J. Hodges, and E. Comyns., 1752. Ninth Edition. Octavo, pp (2), 480, (8), a little marked and age-toned throughout, some lower marginal staining but otherwise in quite good condition, lacking the frontispiece (and half-title if called-for?), a small worm-hole to the top inner corner of the title page which is also lacking… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1948. Illustrated, octavo, pp 410, very clean internally, lacking the front endpaper, the front hinge cracking a little but not at all weak, blue cloth slightly worn, the spine a little creased and age-toned. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

New York: Arno Press, 1979. Originally published 1897. Facsimile reprint, thick octavo, pp xviii, 486, traces of a price label on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, red cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is faded, age-toned and slightly worn.. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded.

New York, St Louis, San Francisco: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 192, the top edge foxed, the fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is badly stretched and slightly worn and age-toned.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Rather worn and stretched.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. Originally published 1862. Facsimile reprint, illustratewd, thick octavo, pp xviii, 484, the fore-edhe with a very slight mark, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped and sliightly worn and browned dustwrapper. [Vermuyden, embanking, draining, Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River, early roads, bridges, harbours, ferries, James… Read more about this item

1925. Illustrated with black and white plates and with three fine colour plates from watercolours by Norman Howard, [all the illustrations are high quality and tipped-in], large horizontal octavo, pp 30 + plates, the edges a little foxed, and large but faint foxing on several pages [not unsightly], paperback, yapp edges, in very good condition. In its original plain… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Ilustrated with eight colour plates from oils by Ruth Wright Paulsen, octavo, pp xvi, 120, grey cloth in dustwrapper, the spine slightly faded, a small geen plain label on the rear cover, otherwise as new. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly faded. Illus. by Ruth Wright Paulsen.