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Wild Harvest, a novel of transition days in Oklahoma

JOHN M. OSKISON · 1925 · Marion Pitman Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

New York & London, D. Appleton. 1925, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Endpapers brown, few spots of foxing, binding bit worn, corners bruised. Appletons' Colonial Library sticker inside front cover. Brown cloth, black titles, 300 pages. "John Milton Oskison, 1874-1947, was bor...

The Byzantine Commonwealth : Eastern Europe, 500-1453

DIMITRI OBOLENSKY · 1974 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Cardinal (Sphere). 1974, New Edition. (ISBN: 0351176446) Soft cover. Book, Covers creased and worn. History of Civilization. Illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

A Short Guide to Scottish Antiquities

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Edinburgh, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. 1967, Not Known. Soft cover. Book, 47 pages, card covers, b/w illustrations. Also, loosely inserted, 4 page booklet "James and Wililam Tassie, an account of the collection of Portrait Medallions & Gem-stone reproductions a...

Christopher Columbus, the tragedy of a Discoverer

H. H. HOUBEN, TRANS. JOHN LINTON · 1935 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, George Routledge. 1935, First ?. Hardcover. Book, Translated from the German by John Linton. Good condition except that most of one side of the spine has been eaten by something, probably mice. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Chattily written biography. Fair/No Jacket.

Indian Country

PETER MATTHIESSEN · 1985 · Marion Pitman Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

London, Collins Harvill. 1985, First UK. (ISBN: 000217345X) Hardcover. Book, Edges a bit darkened, slight crease some page corners, dustwrapper a little worn on top edge. Account of the white man's abuse of the native American, and appeal for preservation of the traditional wa...

Winchester Cathedral - an Anthology

J. M. G. BLAKISTON, COMPILER · 1970 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Winchester, Friends of Winchester Cathedral. 1970, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, A thousand years of comment, anecdote and allusion. Staples rusty. 30 pages, card covers, 82 short pieces of prose and verse. Good Plus/No Jacket.

An Island of Poetry

RICHARD J. HUTCHINGS - COMPILER · 1979 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Saunders. 1979, New Edition. Soft cover. Ill.: Richard J. Hutchings. Book, An illustrated anthology of Isle of Wight poetry. 40 pages, card covers. Very Good/No Jacket.

The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Session 1936

LL. WYN GRIFFITH, EDITOR · 1937 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, Society of Cymmrodorion. 1937, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Spine a little dull, few marks front cover, front hinge a little weak. The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Session 1936. Illustrated. Includes Ancient Celtic Symptoms in Arthurian R...

History of the War in the Peninsula

MAJOR GENERAL SIR WILLIAM NAPIER · 1973 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Folio Society. 1973, New Edition. Hardcover. Book, Couple of small marks on fore-edge and lower edge and two small stains front cover. Illustrated. Edited and introduced by Brian Connell. Blue cloth with gilt decoration. Good/No Jacket.

Welsh Place Names, Their Meanings Explained

E. M. DAVIES · 1979 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Not Known, Celtic Educational. 1979, Revised Edition. (ISBN: 0860051129) Soft cover. Book, 70 pages; top corner creased. Good/No Jacket.

Oxfordshire Parish Registers and Bishops Transcripts

C. G. HARRIS · 1984 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Oxford, Oxfordshire Family History Society. 1984, Second Edition. (ISBN: 0095863097) Soft cover. Ex-Library, Neat library stamps, otherwise very good condition. Good/No Jacket.

Curious Cornwall

B. TREVAIL · 1969 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

Truro, Tor Mark Press. 1969, First. Soft cover. Book, Illustrated, 48 pages, card covers. Short chapters of Cornish history. Some small marks on front cover, otherwise very good condition. China clay, Lyonesse, Billy Bray, wreckers, Cornish language, pilchard seining, tinners'...

The Story of Cornwall's Lifeboats

CYRIL NOALL · 1970 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Truro, Tor Mark Press. 1970, First. Soft cover. Book, Illustrated, 48 pages, card covers. Edges of front cover slightly darkened, otherwise very good. Good Plus/No Jacket.

Signaal, Nummer 1, 1944

1944 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Berlin, 1944. Soft cover. Book, Large format illustrated magazine, in Dutch language, published in Germany in 1944. Edges frayed, covers torn. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Lettre Ouverte aux Coupeurs de Têtes et aux Menteurs du Bicentenaire

PHILIPPE DE VILLIERS · 1989 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Paris, Albin Michel. 1989, First. Soft cover. Book, Slight discolouration of covers, otherwise very good state. Collection Lettre ouverte. Text in French. Good/No Jacket.

An Introductory History of England, from the Earliest Times to the close of the Middle Ages

C. R. L. FLETCHER · 1905 · Marion Pitman Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, John Murray. 1905, Second Edition. Hardcover. Book, Bookplate of Charles W. Whistler (1856-1913), writer of historical fiction; engraving of knight in armour with vanquished dragon, and motto Justus et Fidelis. On flyleaf "C. W. Whistler, Oct. 30 1905, from his friend ...

The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West

ROBERT E. ANDERSON · 1903 · Marion Pitman Books

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, George Newnes. 1903, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Small format, decorated blue cloth, maps, illustrations in text, 201 pages + catalogue. Some foxing, few pencil markings & underlinings; a little loose; binding dull, worn on corners & edges. Ancient civilizations of...

The Origins of Civilization, the Earliest Phase - Benn's Sixpenny Library No. 5

E. N. FALLAIZE · 1928 · Marion Pitman Books

£6.50 (€7.79 | $8.59 | ¥1,372)

London, Ernest Benn. 1928, First Edition. Soft cover. Book, Orange wrappers, 79 pages. Few page corners creased, smudge on back cover. Good Plus/No Jacket.

Daily Mail Silver Jubilee Number

EDITOR · 1935 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Associated Newspapers. 1935, First. Soft cover. Book, Silver Jubilee Daily Mail, Monday May 6, 1935. George V & Queen Mary. Large broadsheet, 8 pages, printed in black on silver. Folded in four; worn and split on folds, curled at corners, but otherwise good. Illustrate...

Fire in the Ashes - Europe in Mid-Century

THEODORE H. WHITE · 1953 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York, William Sloane Associates. 1953, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Black cloth, partly faded. Map endpapers. Good/No Jacket.