Verlag: Terence Dalton Ltd., Great Britain, 1992
ISBN 10: 0861381033 ISBN 13: 9780861381036
Anbieter: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Various (illustrator). This tall paperback has no creasing of the spine or covers, very little rubbing of the covers or edge wear. Interior text is clean and tight in binding, well illustrated. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Verlag: Terence Dalton Ltd, Great Britain, 1975
ISBN 10: 0900963166 ISBN 13: 9780900963162
Anbieter: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Vereinigtes Königreich
Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 3rd Impression. Hardback. Very slight foxing to edge. Shelf wear to top edge of D/J. This is the biography of a Victorian parson, the Reverend Henry Thompson. He was born in 1841 and educated at Blackheath and Corpus Christi, Cambridge, before his ordination in 1865. This beautiful story of a family catches the true flavour of the Victorian/Edwardian era. It was written by his daughter, Dorothy Thompson, who is now ninety-four years of age. Whilst a biography of her father, it is also a cameo of the times through which he lived. It tells of dangers at sea, including the wrecking of the Aldeburgh lifeboat; of a family adapting itself to country life, and the Suffolk dialect; their friends and neighbours. A story at times amusing, at times sad but at all times sincere. Illustrated. 160 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).
Verlag: Terence Dalton Ltd, Great Britain, 1973
ISBN 10: 0900963204 ISBN 13: 9780900963209
Anbieter: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
Cloth. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Seagates to the Saxon Shore. Couple of marks to paper edge. Back corner of cloth has been clipped. Browning to front corner cover to cloth. Wear and tear to edge of D/J. Browning to front corner cover of D/J. The Count of the Saxon Shore was the Roman commander responsible for the defence of coastal strongholds from Spitheads to the Wash. This book deals with that coastline north of the Thames Estuary and spans the period from those early days through to the present century. The author has the ability to make history far from dull as he tells of the ports, havens and estuaries that stretch along this eastern seaboard. The Kings Coel and Cymbeline, together with Queen Boadicea, are characters from our early history who rub shooulders in this absorbing book with the Mayflower, the Statue of Herrings, Martello towers, forts, oysters and an atomic power station. Illustrated. 263 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).