History from Thistle and Heather Books

Condition: Good; edge wear to the boards, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings except for a school label on the marbled endpapers. The gilt page ends on the top. There is a slight scratch on the gilt-decorated spine. Includes a folded map. Contains black and white plates. Ninth Impression. 395 pages.

Condition: Good. The boards have edge wear but no DJ. There is slight soiling to the boards. The interior is clean without markings. The spine has slight internal cracking, but the binding is still tight. Light foxing. With 75 colour illustrations by F. And W. Wright. Folded map in the back. 241 pages.

Condition: Fair. The boards have edge wear and light soiling, but there is no DJ. Spine ends are crushed. The interior is clean and without markings except for the previous owner's name—268 pages with additional advertising pages. B&W plates. Undated circa 1889.

First Edition. Condition: Poor; edge wear and soiling to the boards. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. Pages are rough cut. There is scattered foxing. They contain folding maps, one of which has a small tear in the map after page 522. (Vol II).

First Edition. Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings. There is light foxing to text block edges. 558 pages. Illustrated with black & white plates and maps.

Condition: Fair to Good; edge wear and some soiling to covers. The back cover is lifting slightly from the linen back strip. The interior binding is good. No marks except for the previous owner's name. 201 pages with additional advertising. Includes four foldout maps bound in, with a large map of Jaffa (22 x 23 inches) in a "pocket"… Read more about this item

Condition: Poor; edge-wear to the boards. Edges of the spine are deteriorating. The spine has internal cracking, but the binding is still tight. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. Has the bookplate of John Calthrop of Stanhoe Hall; Norfolk—colour plates. The spine has blind stamping and gilt decoration, and the title is in gilded… Read more about this item

First edition. Four volumes. Condition: Poor; edge-wear to the boards and spines. The interior is clean without markings. Embossed on the covers is "John Davies 1832" in gold lettering. Minor soiling throughout. All have colour illustrations—some foxing. There is a hinge weakness with the front board and the pages. Vol 1: 452 pages. May be missing some pages as the index… Read more about this item

Fourth printing. Condition: Near Fine; crisp, clean copy, no markings; appears unread. Slipcase is VG+ with minor surface wear. Translated by Robert Graves. Wood Engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned; another earned the nickname 'sphincter artist'. Six of their number were… Read more about this item

Third Printing. Condition: Very Good; Interior clean copy, appears unread—previous owner's name on inside front board. Slipcase is VG+ with minor surface wear. Introduced by Peter Jones. Translated from the German by David McLintock.

Condition: Near Fine; crisp, clean copy, no markings; appears unread. No slipcover.

Editor: Publisher: The Folio Society 2008 Hardcover Condition: Very Good; Interior clean copy, no markings. Colour plates. Does not include a slipcover.

​Condition: Good to acceptable; most stapled pages are rusted without markings. Some have age tanning. Issue No Month Year Notes 1 July 1960 2 August 1960 3 September 1960 4 October 1960 5 November 1960 6 Dec 1961/Jan 1962 1960 7 February 1961 9 March 1961 10 April 1961 11 May 1961 12/13 June/July 1961 14 August 1961 15 September 1961… Read more about this item

First edition; Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. Some minor soiling on the covers. The interior is clean without markings. Hinge weakness - cracking to back cover hinges, slightly exposing netting. Spine ends are crushed. Gilt lettering on the cover and spine. The front cover is decorated with red cloth.… Read more about this item

Second Edition. Condition: Fair; edge-wear to the boards and to the boards themselves, no DJ. There is a small tear on the upper spine. The interior is clean without markings. Hinge weakness in the middle of the book.

First Edition. Condition: Good in Fair DJ; Foxing to text block edges. DJ has some wear and minor foxing. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. A newspaper article is taped inside the front about the book.

Condition: Good; light edge-wear to the spine, corners are bumped, no DJ. The interior is clean, except for the previous owner's name in pencil. The edges are very slightly dust-toned with age.

Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings.

Condition: Fair; edge-wear to the boards and spine, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name and Ex Libris label.

2nd Ed. Condition: Fair; edge-wear to the boards, green cloth with gold lettering; boards have wear. no DJ. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name and six photographic plates.