History from Nigel Sustins Books

Edinburgh: Merchants Hall, 1931. Souvenir of the 250th Anniversary Celebrations of the Founding of the Company. Internally sound, card covers worn and marked.. Paperback. Acceptable.

UK: Sutton Publishing, 1999. Very good in dust-wrapper. Inscribed 'to Stan and Mary Turner, best wishes, David Trumper', dated 2.10.99. Newspaper cutting about the author is tucked in next to the front flap.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

UK: Leicester Co-operative Printing Being 21 years' history of the Glenfield 'Progress' Co., operative boot and shoe manufacturing society ltd. Very rare undated (c. 1914) publication in green boards with gilt titles. Some foxing/spotting to edges and pages. Illustrated with photographs.. Hardcover. Good.

London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent, 1894. Second edition with additions, 1894. Boards almost detached, spine split and frayed, but contents generally sound.. Hardcover. Acceptable.

London: HarperCollins [Harper Collins], 2003. First printing, very good used condition with some wear/rubbing to spine ends, paper colour varies to front page-block, dust-wrapper shows some rubbing/marking, creasing to base of wrapper spine. . First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good.

Copenhagan: Nationalmuseet, 1961. Main text in Danish, summaries in English, French and German. Illustrated. Some rubbing to covers.. Paperback. Good.

UK: Benn, 1966. Signed with inscription by author to title page, good in blue cloth, foxing to edges and title page, owner bookplate, loosely inserted is the publisher's invitation to the book launch; dust-wrapper rubbed, chipped and marked.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good.

UK: Cambridge at the University Press, 1938. 18th century essays, publisher's review slip inserted, small owner bookplate to front pastedown, turquoise cloth with some wear and mottling, fading to spine, dust/browning to edges, contents good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Cassell, 1964. Fifth edition 1964, inscribed for a friend and signed in full by author to title page, dated July 1965, good in red cloth with some wear and marking, dust to edges, internally very good with photographic illustrations, fold-out map at rear. No dust-wrapper.. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Paris: Victor Lecoffre, 1885. Three volumes in half-leather and brown cloth, worn and frayed to edges, ex-library (St. Andrew on Hudson Library, Poughkeepsie New York), various library stamps, sticker and number to spines, text complete and sound (pages tanned) Vol 1. Pendant les Deux Premiers Siecles (1885); Vol. 2. Pendant la Premiere Moitie du Troisieme Siecle (Septime Severe, Maximin, Dece),… Read more about this item

London: Clothworkers' Company, 1949. Rare 10-page booklet on the history and customs of the Clothworkers' Company bound in maroon boards with gilt lettering and coat of arms, September 1949. Inserted is a Christmas card for 1949 from the 'Master, Wardens and Court', four pages tied with ribbon in a card cover. There are two tinted illustrations showing 'Teaseling' and 'Shearing'… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1895. Fourth edition 1895 with maps and illustrations, folded map in a pocket to the rear board, hinges weak, covers worn, dust and browning to edges, half-title torn out, erratum slip present, text complete and generally good. Extra postage required.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Isle of Wight: Pinhorns, 1968. From the limited edition of 100 copies (unnumbered), near fine in grey buckram (slight bumping to top of spine), internally fine, wrapped in tissue inside custom-made card box. Extra postage required.. Hardcover. Very Good.

UK: Logaston Press, 2009. Mint, unread first printing, signed to title page by co-author Karen Johnson, and Ian Barge, writer of the foreword. David Lloyd, the main author and expert on Ludlow life and history, died shortly before publication, but a reproduction of his signature is tipped-in next to the others.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. As New.

Shrewsbury: Adnitt & Naunton & London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1877. Cloth edition with blind-stamped floral designs and gilt lettering to front (no title to spine), some wear/pushing to corners, wear/splitting to spine ends, abrasion to lower edge of front board, some strain to hinges, dust/foxing to edges, brown stains to endpapers, foxing to frontispiece plate, showing the abbey seals,… Read more about this item

London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Ex-Cheltenham library, attractive library plate to front pastedown, library record sheet and barcode to front free endpaper, small circular library stamp to title page and to either side of the double page partially-coloured plates, ink numbers and presentation plate to verso of title page, re-bound in blue cloth (now worn and frayed to corners and… Read more about this item

London: Printed by Ellerton and Henderson, 1824. With a preface containing some new facts illustrative of the subject; published with the sanction of the London Missionary Society in 1824. Ex-libris from the collection of John William Willis Bund. A poor, stained and battered copy of an extremely rare document in the original paper covers. Front cover and title page are… Read more about this item

London: William Miller, 1808. SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION. WAS £400. Volume One only, with the aquatints drawn and etched by Pyne, aquatinted by J Hill, oblong folio, ex-Cheltenham library re-bound in creamy yellow cloth (worn and marked in places), titles and library number in gilt to spine, new endpapers, library sticker ('not for loan') and barcode to first free new endpaper,… Read more about this item

UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. The third of novelist Delderfield's historical studies of Napoleon, signed by the author to title page, covers are marked in places with some wear to spine ends and corners, dust marks to edges, internally very good; dust-wrapper is marked and chipped, particularly to corners and top of wrapper spine, slight fading to spine.. Signed by… Read more about this item

UK: Privately Printed, 1914. Large format bound in blue cloth, ex-library with sticker, stamps, numbers to prelims, reference number to spine, wear/rubbing to spine ends and lower edge, contents including plates generally very good, some finger marks to page edges. 107 plates plus fold-out charts. Heavy book - will incur extra postage charges.. Hardcover. Very Good.