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The
First Casualty - The German Underground Hospital and Jersey's Occupation
Experience |
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Mothers'
Union Centenary Brochure 1876-1976 |
£5.50 |
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| Record
Repositories in Great Britain - a geographical directory |
£3.00 |
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Domesday
- 900 years of England's Norman Heritage |
£3.00 |
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| The
Formation of the Union - National Archives Publication No. 70-13 National Archives Trust Fund Board 1970 4to pb 80pp, v v min crsing + v v sl wr to cvrs o/w VG++ 320 gms (Order reference 11987). |
£5.50 |
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| Stonyhurst
Handbook - for visitors and others Stonyhurst College 2nd (revised) edn 1947 8vo pb 71pp, v v min crsing to cvrs + sl grubby o/w vg+ 80 gms (Order reference 6410). |
£40.00 |
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| The
People's History of Great Britain Volume 11 Eld & Blackham no date c 1900 4to, gold titling to spine + gold crown to fr bd, tiny nicks to edges of bds + v v min wr o/w VG++ 2kgs+ (Order reference 10521). |
£25.00 |
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| The
Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934 TUC General Council 1934 cartoons by Low & Will Dyson, sketch maps & portraits by Frank Horrabin, coloured plates & drgs by W G Easton, no d/w, min mrks o/w VG+ 1355 gms (Order reference 1145). |
£17.00 |
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| The
Battle of Britain August-October 1940 HMSO 1940 8vo stapled sftback 32pp, sl crsing to cvrs o/w VG+ 35 gms (Order reference 13821). |
£1.50 |
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| Front
Line 1940-41 - the official story of the Civil Defence of Britain HMSO 1942 4to pb 160pp, paper cvrs detached with tape repairs, bmps + wr to edges o/w G++ 320 gms (Order reference 13870). |
£4.00 |
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Bomber
Command - the Air Ministry account of Bomber Command's offensive against
the Axis HMSO 1st 1941 4to pb 128pp, wr + bmps to edges, sl dmge to tail of spine, sl spotting to cvrs o/w VG 290 gms (Order reference 13869). |
£4.50 |
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| Karl
Marx - Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Progress Publishers - Moscow 3rd prtg 1967 8vo, gold titling to fr bd + spine, min wr to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 285 gms (Order reference 12535). |
£8.00 |
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| 'A
Polish Doctor': Europe Under the Nazis
- I saw Poland Suffer Lindsay Drummond 1st 1941 8vo, no d/w, cloth cvred bds sunned + sl stained o/w VG+ 260 gms (Order reference 14025). |
£15.00 |
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| Crown
and Realm - Souvenir of the Coronation of King George V Burroughs & Wellcome & Co. sp sunned, v v min bmps o/w VG++ 890 gms (Order reference 3464). |
£30.00 |
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| Art
and History of Greece Casa Editrice Bonechi 1998 4to pb 192pp, v v min wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG++ 805 gms (Order reference 6575). |
£8.00 |
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| Postal
History Society Bulletin No. 69 July - August 1953 Postal History Society 1953 4to, pages numbered 49-64 library bound in boards with extra blank pages, ex library, bds sl grubby o/w VG+ 330 gms (Order reference 12851). |
£20.00 |
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| North
West Labour History - Journal of the North West Labour History group No.
11 1985/86 - Miners' History - the Lancashire Seam North West Labour History Group 1985 8vo pb 107pp, cvrs v sl worn + sl grubby o/w VG+ 155 gms (Order reference 14135). |
£5.00 |
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Ackroyd,
Peter: Albion - the origins of the English
Imagination |
£8.50
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Acland,
Arthur H Dyke & Ransome, Cyril: A Skeleton
Outline of the History of England |
£15.00 |
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Addison,
Paul: Now the War is Over |
£12.00 |
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Alecevich,
Francesco & Alessandro: The Lost Graffiti
of Berlin - the writing on the wall |
£20.00 |
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| Allen,
Charles (ed): Plain Tales from the Raj - images
of British India in the Twentieth Century Readers Union 1976 8vo, short tr to btm fr edge of d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 385 gms (Order reference 8096). |
£5.00 |
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| Arct, Squadron
Leader B: Secret Journal - Life in a World
War II Prison Camp Carlton Books/Past Times 1995 4to, glazed pictorial boards F 650 gms (Order reference 11162). |
£5.00 |
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| Arnot,
R Page: The Miners - A History of the Miners'
Federation of Great Britain 1889 -1910 George Allen & Unwin 2nd imp 1951 8vo, presentation plate from Nottingham area of the National Union of Mineworkers, dated 30th April 1954 to 1/2 title page with 5 signatures. Min tape stains (from small repairs) to d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 745 gms (Order reference 7267). |
£20.00 |
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| Arnot, R Page:
The Miners - A History of the Miners' Federation
of Great Britain. Vol 3 In Crisis and War (from 1930 onwards) George Allen & Unwin 1st 1961 8vo, rebound. 1/2 bound in brick coloured leather/cloth with 5 bands to spine and gold titling 915 gms (Order reference 7266). |
£38.00 |
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| Aughton,
Peter: North Meols and Southport - a history
Carnegie Press 1989 4to pb 224pp, minor rubs + wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG+ 515 gms (Order reference 14612). |
£8.50 |
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| Cabal,
Juan: Piracy and Pirates Jarrolds 1st 1957 8vo, no d/w, small name + date to fep, bds neatly cvred with self-adhesive film o/w VG++ 400 gms (Order reference 11976). |
£5.00 |
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| Calder, Jenni:
The Victorian Home BCA 1977 VG++/VG+ 816 gms (Order reference 2195). |
£7.00 |
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| Chambers,
William & Robert: Chambers's Edinburgh
Journal Vol XIII Nos 314-339 January-June 1850 William & Robert Chambers 1850 4to, bds wrn, rbbd + stned o/w VG 800 gms (Order reference 3406). |
£15.00 |
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| Christie,
Guy: Storey's of Lancaster 1848-1964 Collins 1st 1964 8vo, wr + small trs to sl grubby d/w o/w VG++/VG 620 gms (Order reference 8556). |
£4.00 |
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| Christie,
Guy: Storey's of Lancaster 1848-1964 Collins 1st 1964 8vo, wr + sm trs to slightly grubby d/w o/w VG++/VG 620 gms (Order reference 8555). |
£4.00 |
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| Churchill,
Winston S Compiled by Charles Eade: Secret
Session Speeches Cassell & Co. 1st 1946 8vo, blue bds with gold titling to spine, no d/w VG+ 240 gms (Order reference 13414). |
£7.00 |
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| Clark, Kenneth:
Civilisation BBC 11th imp 1979 pb inscr to title p, sl bmps o/w VG 948 gms (Order reference 826). |
£6.50 |
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| Collier,
Richard: Duce! The Rise and Fall of Benito
Mussolini Collins 1st 1971 8vo, v v min wr to edges of d/w o/w F/VG++ 805 gms (Order reference 12072). |
£7.50 |
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| Collingwood,
R G & Myres, J N L: The Oxford History
of England - Roman Britain and the English Settlements Oxford 2nd edn rep 1968 8vo, no d/w, wr + bmps to bds, ringstains to bds o/w VG+ 825 gms (Order reference 9649). |
£15.00 |
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| Conway,
Antony S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14175). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway, Antony
S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14176). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway,
Antony S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14177). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway, Antony
S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14178). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway,
Antony S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14179). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway, Antony
S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14180). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway,
Antony S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14181). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway, Antony
S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14182). |
£5.00 |
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| Conway,
Antony S: Boys of the Old Brigade Owl Books 1st 1992 8vo pb 191pp VG++ 295 gms (Order reference 14183). |
£5.00 |
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Corbridge,
Sylvia Lovat: It's An Old Lancashire Custom
Dennis Dobson 1st 1952 8vo, v min wr to bds, splitting to fr hnge, chps + v min crsing to d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 320 gms (Order reference 3434). |
£8.50 |
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Cordingly,
David: Life Among the Pirates - the romance
and the reality Little, Brown & Co. 1st 1995 M/F 740 gms (Order reference 3634). |
£12.00 |
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| Cox, Rev.
George W: The Tale of the Great Persian War
from the histories of Heroditus Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1861 8vo, gold stamped calf, area of damage to rear bd, all edges worn, split to fr joint, marbled eps, wr especially to spine, spotting to prelims + last few pages o/w VG 475 gms (Order reference 13694). |
£70.00 |
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| Crawford,
Vicki L; Rouse, Jacqueline Anne & Woods, Barbara: Women
in the Civil Rights Movement - trailblazers & torchbearers 1941-1965
Indiana University Press 1993 large 8vo pb 290pp, v min bmps to edges of cvrs o/w VG++ 510 gms (Order reference 13842). |
£12.00 |
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| Crouch, David:
Tournament Hambledon & London 1st 2005 8vo M/F++ 565 gms (Order reference 14435). |
£10.00 |
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Davies,
Alan: The Pit Brow Women of the Wigan Coalfield
Tempus 1st 2006 4to pb 128pp F+ 300 gms (Order reference 14408). |
£7.00 |
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| Davies, T
Barry (compiled and edited by): Letters from
America 1853-1860 Self Publishing Association 1st 1991 8vo, v v min bmps + v v sl dulling to bds, v v sl crsing to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 590 gms (Order reference 12343). |
£5.00 |
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| Deane,
Phyllis: The First Industrial Revolution Cambridge University Press 2nd edn rep 1986 8vo pb 318pp, v min bmps + wr to edges of cvrs, prev owner's name + address sticker to fep o/w VG++ 375 gms (Order reference 10070). |
£6.00 |
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| Delaney, John:
V E Day - the album. Photographs from the Imperial War Museum
Limited Editions 1st 1995 4to, glazed pictorial boards VG++ 850 gms (Order reference 10123). |
£6.00 |
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| Demarne,
Cyril OBE: Our Girls - a story of the nation's
war-time fiewomen Pentland Press 1st 1995 8vo, tiny mark to fr bd, small mrk to fep, 2 small bmps to top edge of bds o/w F/F. Signed by author on title p. 465 gms (Order reference 10713). |
£300.00 |
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| Demarne, Cyril
OBE: Our Girls - a story of the Nation's war-time
firewomen Pentland Press 1st 1995 8vo, ex lib, remains of date slip to fep, d/w foldovers taped to pastedowns o/w VG++/VG++ 485 gms (Order reference 10833). |
£150.00 |
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Denieffe,
Joseph: A Personal Narrative of the Irish
Revolutionary Brotherhood Irish University Press 1st 1969 8vo, v v min crsing to d/w edges+ v v min wr o/w F/VG++. Facsimile reprint of the 1906 edn. 535 gms (Order reference 7911). Joseph Denieffe was an envoy sent by the Irish revolutionary leaders in New York to Ireland to establish a link with revolutionary leaders in Ireland. With Stephens, Luby, Langan and Garret O’Shaughnessy, he took the oath of allegiance to the Irish Republic. The fortunes of the movement in its seminal first decade are recorded in this narrative which Denieffe says ‘is a personal one and deals only with the matters with which I was closely connected, and the facts which I can vouch for as being absolutely true’. |
£145.00 |
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| Derovet, Charles:
De la Desperance a l'espoir 1939-1944 Deslandes 1997 4to pb 175pp, crsing + sl wr to cvrs o/w VG+ 490 gms (Order reference 11337). |
£10.00 |
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| Dickinson,
J M: Mines and t'Miners - a history of lead
mining in Airdale, Wharfdale and Nidderdale J M Dickinson 1972 8vo pb 81pp, v v min wr to edges of cvrs, crsing to btm r h cnr o/w VG++ 115 gms (Order reference 11207). |
£14.00 |
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| Dodge, Thodore
Ayrault: A Bird's-eye view of our Civil War
Da Capo Press 1998 8vo pb 353pp F+. Available now. 465 gms (Order reference 11666). |
£6.50 |
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| Donia,
Robert J & Fine, John V A Jnr: Bosnia
and Herzogovina Columbia University Press 1994 4to pb 318pp, v min crsing to cvrs, name to fep o/w VG++ 410 gms (Order reference 6355). |
£8.00 |
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| Donnelly,
Elizabeth (translated by): An Army of Heroes
- true stories of Soviet fighting men Foreign Languages Publishing House 1944 8vo, no d/w, wr & bmps to bds, cockling to pastedowns + eps o/w VG 330 gms (Order reference 11627). |
£30.00 |
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| Doyle,
Arthur Conan: The British Campaign in France
and Flanders 1916 Hodder & Stoughton 1st 1918 large 8vo, blue cloth cvred bds, gold titling to spine. Bmps + wr to bds, fep mssg o/w VG 845 gms (Order reference 10028). |
£18.00 |
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| Dugan, Sally:
Men of Iron - Brunel, Stephenson and the
inventions that shaped the modern world Channel Four Books 1st 2003 4to, creasing to btm rear of d/w o/w F+/VG++ 845 gms (Order reference 12097). |
£8.00 |
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| Durham,
Philip & Jones, Everett L: The Negro Cowboys
University of Nebraska Press 1983 8vo pb 278pp, v sl sunning to spine o/w VG++ 315 gms (Order reference 13980). |
£6.50 |
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| Duruy, Victor:
Histoire de France Vol 2 Hachette & Co 1870 1/4 bound, marbled eps VG 590 gms (Order reference 467). |
£75.00 |
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| Ede,
Mary: Arts and Society in England under William
and Mary Stainer & Bell 1st 1979 bmps to bds o/w VG+/F 580 gms (Order reference 2597). |
£10.00 |
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| Emberton,
Wilfred: The English Civil War Day by Day
Grange Books 1997 4to, glazed pictorial boards in a similar d/w F+/F 795 gms (Order reference 9020). |
£7.50 |
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| Fabb,
John: The British Empire from Photographs
- India B T Batsford 1st 1986 4to, top + btm edges of bds v v sl dulled, prev owner's name + address sticker to fr pastedown, slight crsing + wr to price-clipped d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 670 gms (Order reference 12113). |
£20.00 |
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| Ferguson,
Niall: The Pity of War Allen Lane 1st 1998 large 8vo M/F 1280 gms (Order reference 10161). |
£15.00 |
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| Forrest, Denys:
Foursome in St. James - the Story of the East India, Devonshire, Sports
and Public Schools Club East India, Devonshire, Sports & Public Schools Club 1st 1982 gold stamped badge to fr bd + gold titling to sp, rbs + wr to d/w o/w F/VG+ 570 gms (Order reference 1895). |
£17.00 |
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| Foss,
Michael: Undreamed Shores - England's Wasted
Empire in America BCA 1974 8vo VG++/VG++ 580 gms (Order reference 10048). |
£7.00 |
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| Fraser, Antonia:
The Gunpowder Plot - terror and faith in
1605 Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1996 8vo, v v min crsing to d/w edges + tiny tr to btm rear of d/w o/w F/VG++ 845 gms (Order reference 7789). |
£10.00 |
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| Fraser,
Antonia: The Six Wives of Henry VIII Weidenfdeld & Nicholson 9th imp 1993 VG+/VG 105 gms (Order reference 627). |
£5.00 |
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| Fraser, Antonia
(Gen ed): The Life and Times of George V Weidenfeld & Nicolson/BCA rep 1993 M/VG++ 800 gms (Order reference 1887). |
£7.50 |
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| Freedman,
Sylvia: Poor Penelope - Lady Penelope Rich
- an Elizabethan Woman Kensal Press 1st 1983 4to M/F 600 gms (Order reference 8890). |
£12.00 |
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| Froude, J
A: The Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria -
The Earl of Beaconsfield Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. 1900 8vo, maroon cloth cvred bds with gold titling + decoration to fr bd + spine, slight dulling to bds + small mark to fr bd, bible class prize plate to fr pastedown o/w VG+ 395 gms (Order reference 13352). |
£10.00 |
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| Furneaux,
Rupert: The Seven Years War Hart-Davis MacGibbon 1st 1973 VG++/VG++ 688 gms (Order reference 575). |
£15.00 |
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| Furneaux,
Rupert: The Roman Siege of Jerusalem Hart-Davis MacGibbon 1st 1973 8vo F/F 420 gms (Order reference 13927). |
£5.50 |
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| Garfield,
Simon: The Last Journey of William Huskisson
Faber & Faber 1st 2002 8vo M/F 380 gms (Order reference 9043). ‘The engine attained the speed of 35 miles per hour, which made it the fastest train in the world. Unaware of the incident, vast crowds of onlookers waved heartily as the calamity rattled past...’ The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was the greatest engineering feat of its age. George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket was to become the most famous locomotive in history. William Huskisson was one of the greatest statesmen of his generation, and certainly the most accident prone. On 15 September 1830, the three met for the first time. Huskisson's fateful accident, in which the Rocket crushed his leg and thigh, is an unforgettable image of the Industrial Revolution. But what really happened on that day? How did the opening of the world's first passenger railway turn from a glorious morning into a tragic afternoon? The Last Journey of William Huskisson is a wonderfully entertaining tale of ambition, genius, rivalry and legend, plotting the eight~year struggle to build a railway with a cast of engineers, politicians, actresses, surgeons, socialites and breathtaking machines. It is a loud and evocative snapshot of the times, but above all it is a deeply affecting human story of one man's shocking and very gory demise. This is an uncorrected proof copy |
£7.00 |
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| Gascoigne,
Bamber: The Christians Jonathan Cape 1st 1977 min crsing + chps to d/w + other min marks o/w VG+/VG 1084 gms (Order reference 1493). |
£6.00 |
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| Gaskin,
Malcolm: Witchfinders - a seventeenth century
English tragedy John Murray 2005 4to, v slight cockling to surface of bds (binder's error) v v slight wr to edges of slightly grubby d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 735 gms (Order reference 11967). |
£20.00 |
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| Girouard,
Mark: Life in the English Country House BCA 1978 min wr to btm of bd edges, wr to d/w edges o/w VG+/VG+ 1095 gms (Order reference 2197). |
£8.00 |
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| Golby,
J M (ed): Culture & Society in Britain
1850-1890 - a sourcebook of contemporary writings OUP/Open University 1986 4to pb 342pp VG++ 640 gms (Order reference 6364). |
£12.00 |
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| Golby, J M
(ed): Culture & Society in Britain 1850-1890
- a sourcebook of contemporary writings OUP/Open University rep 1988 4to pb 342pp, min bmps, sl crsing + wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG+ 645 gms (Order reference 10774). |
£4.00 |
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| Goodell,
William: Slavery and Anti-Slavery - a history
of the great struggle in both hemispheres August M Kelly 1970 8vo, no d/w o/w F. A reprint of the publisher's original 1853 edition. 940 gms (Order reference 6407). |
£20.00 |
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| Griffiths,
Gareth: Women's Factory Work in World War
1 Alan Sutton 1st 1991 4to, black bds with gold titling to spine, v v sl spotting to fep o/w F/F 670 gms (Order reference 14480). |
£6.00 |
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| Gruhzit-Hoyt,
Olga: They Also Served - American Women in
World War II Birch Lane Press 1st 1995 8vo F+/F 650 gms (Order reference 11298). |
£6.50 |
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| Halliday,
Stephen: Making the Metropolis - creators
of Victoria's London Breedon Books 1st 2003 4to pb 199pp, v v min bmps to cvrs o/w near F 515 gms (Order reference 13697). |
£8.50 |
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| Harris, John:
Saga of the Pilgrims - from Europe to the New World The Globe Pequot Press 1st edn 2nd prtg 1990 4to pb 112pp VG++ 370 gms (Order reference 10639). |
£4.00 |
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| Hart-Davis,
Duff: The House the Berrys Built - inside
The Telegraph 1928-1986 Hodder & Stoughton 1st 1990 large 8vo F++/F+ 750 gms (Order reference 12888). |
£5.00 |
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| Hartman, Tom
(text) pictures selected by Robert Hunt: Swastika
at War Leo Cooper 1st 1975 4to, no d/w, v v min bmps to bds o/w VG++ 720 gms (Order reference 10725). |
£3.50 |
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| Healey, Tim:
Picture History of the 20th Century - the
1970s Franklin Watt 1st 1988 4to, glazed pictorial boards F 495 gms (Order reference 9490). |
£4.50 |
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| Hennessy,
R A S: Factories B T Batsford 1st 1969 4to, ex school lib, min crsing + wr to d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 500 gms (Order reference 7906). |
£12.50 |
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| Hewat, Tim
(ed): War File 1 (Arab-Israeli War of 1967)
Panther Record nd (1967?) 8vo, v v min wr + spotting to bds, wr, sl creasing, dulling + stains to d/w + sunning to d/w spine o/w VG++/VG 260 gms (Order reference 9005). |
£2.50 |
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| Hibbert,
Christopher: Benito Mussolini - a biography
Reprint Society 1963 8vo, v min bmps to bds, sl wr + rbs to d/w o/w VG+/VG+ 390 gms (Order reference 10277). |
£5.00 |
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| Hibbert, Christopher:
Cities and Civilizations Guild 1987 4to F/VG++ 1055 gms Order reference 10492). |
£7.50 |
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| Hilderbrandt,
Dr Rainer: It Happened at the Wall Verlag Haus Am Checkpoint Charlie 1984 4to pb 113pp, min wr + crsing to cvrs o/w VG+ 245 gms (Order reference 11865). |
£1.50 |
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| Hill, Rosalind
M T (ed): The Lincoln Record Society Volume
64 - The Rolls and Register of Bishop Oliver Sutton 1280-1299 Vol VI Lincoln Record Society 1969 4to, no d/w o/w VG++ 650 gms (Order reference 10921). |
£10.00 |
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| Holden,
Anthony: The Tarnished Crown - Crisis in the
House of Windsor Bantam 1st 1993 VG++/VG+ 772 gms (Order reference 802). |
£15.00 |
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Horn,
Pamela: The Victorian Country Child Alan Sutton 1990 4to, v v min crsing to d/w edges, small gift inscr to fep o/w F/VG++ 895 gms (Order reference 9702). |
£7.00 |
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| Horn, Pamela:
The Rise and Fall of the Victorian Servant
Alan Sutton 1st 1991 4to, d/w neatly price-clipped, F+/F 810 gms (Order reference 14046). |
£5.00 |
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| Horseley,
William & Buckley, Roger: Nippon - New
Superpower - Japan since 1945 BBC 1st 1990 M/F 660 gms (Order reference 731). |
£12.00 |
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| Howe, Ellic:
Astrology and Psychological Warfare During
World War II Rider & Co. 1972 8vo pb 208pp VG++ 275 gms (Order reference 12082). |
£22.00 |
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| Huggett,
Frank E: Life Below Stairs BCA 1977 min chps + wr to d/w o/w VG+/VG 694 gms (Order reference 2196). |
£7.00 |
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| Hunt, William:
The English Church from its foundation to the Norman Conquest (597-1066)
Macmillan 1931 8vo, maroon clth cvred bds, gold titling to spine, bds sl dulled, spine sl sunned, v v min bmps + mrking o/w VG+ 580 gms (Order reference 9911). |
£7.50 |
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| Jackson,
Brian: The Black Flag - a look at the strange
case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Routledge and Kegan Paul 1st 1981 8vo, small name + date to fep, small tr + v min crsing to d/w o/w F/VG+ 565 gms (Order reference 11561). |
£6.00 |
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| Jivani, Alkarim:
It's Not Unusual - A History of Lesbian and
Gay Britain in the 20th century Michael O'Mara 1st 1997 min bmps to bds o/w F/F 794 gms (Order reference 2880). |
£10.00 |
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| Jones,
Douglas C: Arrest Sitting Bull Charles Scribner's Sons 1st 1977 no d/w, tiny amt of wr to hd + tail of sp, sl brning to p edges o/w VG 542 gms (Order reference 1160). |
£6.00 |
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Just, Roger:
Women in Athenian Law and Life Routledge rep 1994 8vo pb 317pp, v v min indents to cvrs + v v min wr to edges of cvrs o/w VG++ 445 gms (Order reference 11864). This book provides a comprehensive account of the Athenians' conception of women during the classical period. Though nothing remains that represents the authentic voice of women themselves, there is a wealth of evidence showing how men sought to define women. By working through a range of material, from the provisions of Athenian law to the representations of tragedy and comedy, the author builds up, in the manner of an anthropological ethnography, a coherent and integrated picture of the Athenians' notion of 'woman'. 'Just
draws a clear and vivid picture of the "social complexities"
which" constitute the stuff of life" in classical Athens ...
excellent, thoroughly readable .. .' '
... admirably lucid ... Just's grasp of his classical sources is as firm
as his knowledge of the anthropological frameworks .. .' |
£20.00 |
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Katcher,
Philip: Brassey's Almanac - The American Civil
War Brassey's 1st 2003 8vo M/F 565 gms (Order reference 11265). |
£12.00 |
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| Kay, James
Phillips F'word by E L Burney: The Moral &
Physical Condition of the Working Classes Employed in the Cotton Manufacture
in Manchester E J Morten new impression 1969 8vo, maroon bds with gold titling to spine + front bd, sl wr + sl dulling to d/w especially to d/w spine o/w F/VG++ 355 gms (Order reference 12101). |
£75.00 |
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| Kee,
Robert: Ireland - a history Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1980 4to VG++/VG++ 975 gms (Order reference 11514). |
£10.00 |
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| Kee, Robert:
The Green Flag - Vol 1 - The Most Distressful
Country Quartet Books rep 1983 8vo pb 341pp VG++ 415 gms (Order reference 14666). |
£3.00 |
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| Kee,
Robert: The Green Flag - Vol 2 - The Bold
Fenian Men Quartet Books rep 1983 8vo pb VG++ 320pp 395 gms (Order reference 14667). |
£3.00 |
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| Klemperer,
Victor: I Shall Bear Witness - the diaries
of Victor Klemperer 1933-41 Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1998 8vo, v v min bmps to btm fr cnr of bds o/w F/F 1110 gms (Order reference 8158). |
£15.00 |
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| Lamb,
Richard: Mussolini and the British John Murray 1st 1997 8vo, v v min bmps to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 845 gms (Order reference 8175). |
£10.00 |
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| Le Bohec,
Yann: The Imperial Roman Army B T Batsford 1st in English 1994 8vo M/F 940 gms (Order reference 9013). |
£55.00 |
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Leonard,
Hugh: Parnell and the Englishwoman |
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| Lewis, Bernard:
The Muslim Discovery of Europe Phoenix 1994 4to pb 350pp, sl bmps to cnrs, small crease to rear cvr o/w VG+ 585 gms (Order reference 13680). |
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| Linklater,
Eric: The Prince in the Heather (the story
of Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape ) Hoddere & Stoughton 3rd imp 1965 min rbs + wr to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG 764 gms (Order reference 972). |
£15.00 |
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Lloyd, Christopher:
The British Seaman 1200-1860 - a social survey Collins 1st 1968 8vo, ex RN Air Station Arbroath library, sl wr + chps to sl dulled d/w o/w VG+/VG 610 gms (Order reference 11366). |
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| Lloyd,
Seton: Ruined Cities of Iraq Humphrey Milford
OUP 1st 1942 8vo pb, crsing, wr + small split to cvrs, seller's stamps to fep + title p, cvrs sl grubby o/w VG. Issued for the Iraq Government Directorate-General of Antiquities 175 gms (Order reference 8245). |
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| Lucas, James:
War on the Eastern Front - the German Soldier
in Russia 1941-1945 Greenhill Books 1st 1998 4to pb 214pp F 430 gms (Order reference 12852). |
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| Lumley,
Joanna F'word by Jilly Cooper: Forces Sweethearts
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Annaidh Seamas (gen ed): New Illustrated Irish
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| Mackay, James:
William Wallace - Brave Heart Mainstream rep 1997 large 8vo pb 288pp VG++ 510 gms (Order reference 13744). |
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| Mackay,
James: William Wallace - Brave Heart Mainstream Publishing rep 1998 4to pb 288pp F+ 505 gms (Order reference 12872). |
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| Maclaglen,
Eric: The Bayeux Tapestry King Penguin 1st 1943 no d/w, wr + bmps to bds, sl fxg to early pp o/w VG 140 gms (Order reference 990). |
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| Maclean,
Fitzroy: Bonnie Prince Charlie Athaneum 1st 1989 8vo, paper-cvred bds with cloth sp, v min fading to sp o/w VG++/VG++ 790 gms (Order reference 3979). |
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| Macleod, John:
No Great Mischief If You Fall - the Highland experience Mainstream 1st 1993 8vo, v v min bmps + sunning to bds, v v sl crsing to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 690 gms (Order reference 8164). |
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| Marcombe,
David: Shire Album 131 - The Victorian Sailor
Shire Publications rep 1995 8vo stapled sftbk 32pp F 85 gms (Order reference 14122). |
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| Martin, Colin
& Parker, Geoffrey: The Spanish Armada
Guild 1988 4to, v min bmps to bds, v slight tanning to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 1145 gms (Order reference 11587). |
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| Matthews,
C M: Your Family History - and how to discover
it Lutterworth Press rep 1977 8vo VG++/VG++ 500 gms (Order reference 9030). |
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| Matthiessen,
Peter: In the Spirit of Crazy Horse Harvill 1992 8vo pb 646pp, v sl dulling to page cnrs o/w F 780 gms (Order reference 12181). |
£6.00 |
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| Maugham,
R C F: Jersey Under the Jackboot W H Allen 1st 1946 sm 8vo, no d/w o/w VG++ 255 gms (Order reference 3433). |
£10.00 |
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| McLuhan, T
C: Touch the Earth - A self-portrait of Indian
existence Abacus 1999 square fmt small 4to pb 185pp VG++ 330 gms (Order reference 13647). |
£4.00 |
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| Medlicott,
W N: The Coming of War in 1939 (General series
no. G. 52) The Historical Association rep 1966 8vo stapled sftbk 32pp, cvrs v v sl grubby o/w VG+ 45 gns (Order reference 13336). |
£3.00 |
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| Messenger,
Charles: The Century of Warfare - worldwide
conflict from 1900 to the present day Harper Collins 1st 1995 4to pb 429pp, min wr + crsing to cvrs, gift inscr to title page o/w VG++ 1250 gms (Order reference 10719). |
£5.00 |
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| Mitchison,
Naomi: The Africans - a history Anthony Blond 1st 1970 8vo, v sl crsing to fep, small mrk to 1/2 title page, sl spotting to inside of d/w, v v sl wr to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG++ 445 gms (Order reference 9950). |
£90.00 |
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| Monick, Stanley:
Douglas's Tale of the Peninsula & Waterloo Leo Cooper rep 1998 8vo F+/F+ 3225 gms (Order reference 14611). |
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Naish,
Camille: Death Comes to the Maiden - sex and
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£48.00 |
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| Noone, John:
The Man Behind the Iron Mask
Alan Sutton rev edn 1994 4to, grey cloth cvred bds, v v min crsing/wr to d/w edges o/w VG++/VG++ 950 gms (Order reference 12341). |
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| Nottingham,
Lucy: Rathbone Brothers - from Merchant to
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Occleshaw,
Michael: The Romanov Conspiracies - the
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| Packard,
Jerrold M: Sons of Heaven - a portrait of
the Japanese monarchy Macdonald Queen Anne Press 1st 1988 large 8vo, v min curling to d/w edges, d/w spine sunned, d/w price-clipped o/w VG++/VG++ 840 gms (Order reference 7852). |
£5.00 |
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| Parker, David:
The Making of French Absolutism Edward Arnold 1st 1983 large 8vo pb 160pp F 275 gms (Order reference 9301). |
£12.50 |
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Parkman,
Francis F'word by C Vann Woodward: Montcalm
and Wolfe - the French & Indian War Da Capo Press 2001 large 8vo pb 590pp F+ 730 gms (Order reference 11653). “The strife that armed all the civilized world began here, “ wrote Francis Parkman of the conflict between the French and British in the New World. ‘Montcalm and Wolfe’, long considered Parkman’s masterpiece, is the grand, sweeping tale of that continental strife – what North America called the French and Indian War, and England called the Seven Years’ War. ‘Montcalme and Wolfe’ frames the war years through the lives of its two brilliant opposing generals. Weaving together the campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic, Parkham travels from opulent royal courts to muddy colonial fields, from Fort Necessity to the Plains of Abraham. He couples impeccable history with rich, insightful narration, revealing the war as a deeply personal conflict between Louis de Montcalm and James Wolfe, the two ambitious leaders who ultimately died heroes’ deaths on the frontlines. Accompanied
by over 40 detailed maps and illustrations – some selected specially
for this edition – Parkman’s timeless work shows how the enormous
transfer of land from France to England at the war’s end sowed the
first seeds of colonialism – seeds that, in due course, led America
to its revolution, and eventually, its independence. |
£20.00 |
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| Peddie, John:
The Roman War Machine Alan Sutton rep 1995 4to, v sl crsing to d/w edges o/w M/VG++ 575 gms (Order reference 10940). |
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| Pelling,
George: Beginning Your Family History Countryside Books 5th edn rep 1992 8vo, glazed pictorial boards F+ 250 gms £5.00 (Order reference 13013). |
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| Phillips,
A H (compiled by): Georgian Scrapbook - being
a most diverting miscellany of divers curious items pertaining to their
most exellent Majesties the four Georges of Gt. Britain and Hanover T Werner Laurie Ltd 1949 4to, clth cvred bds. Bds dulled with sl staining, chps, wr + small trs to dulled d/w o/w VG/VG 495 gms (Order reference 11341). |
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| Quant,
Charles: Croeso 69 Liverpool Daily Post 1969 150 copies of this 'scrapbook of memories' were printed and the plates destroyed. Copy No.1 was presented to HRH Prince Charles in Sept 1990 by the Croeso Committee to commemorate 'Croeso Year'. Folio, padded bds, marbled eps, impressed crse to back bd, marked 'File Copy', VG+ 820 gms (Order reference 596). |
£75.00 |
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| Quennell,
Marjorie & C H B: A History of Everyday
Things in England III 1733-1851 B T Batsford rep 1977 8vo, uncompleted book plate covers an area of abrasion to fep o/w F/VG++ 535 gms (Order reference 9515). |
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| Ramage,
Helen (gen editor): Studies in Anglesey History
Vol 8 - A New Natural History of Anglesey Anglesey Antiquarian Soc. 1990 8vo F/F 415 gms (Order reference 7451). |
£20.00 |
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| Rathbone,
Julian: The Last English King Abacus rep 1999 8vo pb 379pp VG++ 330 gms (Order reference 5394). |
£5.00 |
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| Read,
Donald: Documents from Edwardian England 1901
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£8.00 |
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| Reeves, William
Pember: The Long White Cloud - Ao Tea Roa
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£10.00 |
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| Reitlinger,
Gerald F'word by Martin Gilbert: The SS -
Alibi of a Nation 1922-1945 Arms & Armour Press rep 1986 8vo F/VG++ 700 gms (Order reference 9513). |
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| Robertson,
Esmonde M: The Making of the 20th Century
- Mussolini as Empire Builder - Europe and Africa 1932-36 Macmillan 1st 1977 8vo, v v min bmps to bds, wr, chps + sl wrinkling to edges of sl grubby cvrs o/w VG++/VG++ 440 gms (Order reference 12531). |
£18.00 |
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| Robinson,
William Intro by Oliver Warner: Jack Nastyface
- memoirs of an English Seaman Chatham 2002 8vo pb 155pp VG++ 250 gms (Order reference 14257). |
£4.50 |
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| Roeder, Bernhard:
Katorga - an aspect of modern slavery Heinemann 1st 1958 8vo, sl mrking + wr to bds, wr, chps, trs + abrasion to d/w o/w VG+/G 570 gms (Order reference 10268). |
£9.50 |
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| Rogers,
Colonel H C B: The British Army of the Eighteenth
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£10.00 |
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| Rosa, Joseph
G & May, Robin: Gunsmoke - a study of
violence in the Wild West New English Library 1st 1977 4to F/VG++ 565 gms (Order reference 9937). |
£12.50 |
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| Rosenbaum,
Ron: Explaining Hitler - the search for the
origins of his evil Macmillan 1st 1998 4to M/F 970 gms (Order reference 10198). |
£20.00 |
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| Rowse, A L:
Simon Forman - Sex and Society in Shakespeare's
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£20.00 |
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| Russell,
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£5.00 |
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Salgado,
Gamini: The Elizabethan Underworld Alan Sutton 1st thus 1992 M/F 806 gms (Order reference 2370). |
£10.00 |
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| Samuel, Rinna:
A history of Israel - the birth, growth and
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£10.00 |
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| Seaman,
L C B: Life in Britain Between the Wars B T Batsford 1st 1970 8vo, VG++ in sl worn + sl grubby price clipped d/w 510 gms (Order reference 3021). |
£7.50 |
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| Searle, Ronald
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- annals of the Hudson Bay Company 1670-1970 McClelland & Stewart 1st 1970 4to, min crsing + wr to slightly grubby d/w o/w VG++/VG+ 740 gms (Order reference 11591). |
£15.00 |
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| Selby,
John: Over the Sea to Skye - the Forty-Five
Hamish Hamilton 1st 1973 8vo, v min bmps + wr to bds, sl staining to btm edge of bds + btm edge of pages, sl staining to inside btm edge of d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 710 gms (Order reference 10910). |
£9.00 |
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| Severin, Tim:
Seeking Robinson Crusoe Macmillan 2nd imp 2002 8vo, min crsing to d/w edges o/w F/VG++ 665 gms (Order reference 10382). |
£5.00 |
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| Sewell,
Elizabeth M: The Child's First History of
Rome Longmans, Green & Co. 1894 small 8vo, dulled dark blue bds with dulled gold titling to spine, sl wr + marking, no d/w o/w VG+ 250 gms (Order reference 13198). |
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| Shanksy, Jean
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poverty and hardship during the Great Depression Smiths Press 1st 1995 8vo pb 117pp, min wr + crsing to cvrs, price neatly cut out from rear cvr o/w VG+ 210 gms (Order reference 11823). |
£7.50 |
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| Shotter,
David: Romans and Britons in North-West England
Centre for North-West Regional Studies University of Lancaster 3rd substantially revised and expanded edn 2004 4to pb 204pp F+ 550 gms (Order reference 8600). |
£12.50 |
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| Smith,
Anne: Women Remember - an oral history Routledge 1st 1989 8vo, v sl crsing + sunning to d/w o/w F/VG++ 530 gms (Order reference 9047). |
£12.00 |
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| Taylor,
Colin: North American Indians - a pictorial
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| Taylor,
Rev James (ed): The family History of England
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£7.00 |
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| Tillmans,
Martin: Bridge Hall Mills - Three Centuries
of Paper and Cellulose Film Manufacture Compton Press 1st 1978 4to, cloth covered bds with gold titling to sp, min wr + chps to d/w with rough sellotape repair to short tr o/w VG++/VG+ 815 gms (Order reference 5958). |
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| Tinnin,
David B: Hit Team - the exciting story of
Israel's strike against Arab terrorists in Europe Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1976 8vo F+/VG++ 425 gms (Order reference 7757). |
£8.00 |
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| Todd, Malcolm:
The Coritani Duckworth 1st 1973 8vo pb 164pp, cvrs slightly dulled o/w VG+ 265 gms (Order reference 10017). |
£6.50 |
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| Treherne,
John: The Canning Enigma Jonathan Cape 1st 1989 8vo, v v min bmps to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 495 gms (Order reference 13066). |
£6.00 |
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| Trevelyan,
G M: History and the Reader - National Book
League Third Annual Lecture Cambridge University Press 1945 small 8vo, red cloth cvred bds with gold titling to spine, v sl dulling to bds, v sl tanning to eps o/w VG+ 70 gms (Order reference 14494). |
£4.00 |
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| Trevelyan,
George Macaulay: Garibaldi and the Making
of Italy Longman's Green & Co. 2nd imp 1911 4to, red bds with gold titling to spine, bds sl sunned + mrked, spine dulled, v min wr to bds, spotting to foredge o/w VG. 48 b/w plates + 4 maps 845 gms (Order reference 10985). |
£8.50 |
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| Wacher,
J S (ed): The Civitas Capitals of Roman Britain
- a series of lectures Leicester University Press 1966 4to pb 124pp, min bmps + crsing to cvrs o/w VG+. Papers given at a conference held at the University of Leicester 13-15 December 1963. 435 gms (Order reference 10162). |
£11.00 |
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| Ward, Geoffrey
C: The West - an illustrated history Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1996 F/F over 2kgs (Order reference 1951). |
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| Ward,
J T: The Factory System Vol 2 - The Factory
System and Society David & Charles 1st 1970 8vo F/VG++ 485 gms (Order reference 10749). |
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| Ward, J T
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£3.50 |
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| Warner,
Oliver: Great Naval Actions David & Charles 1st 1976 4to F/VG++ 635 gms (Order reference 11586). |
£3.00 |
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| Wasserstein,
Bernard: Vanishing Diaspora - the Jews in
Europe since 1945 Hamish Hamilton 2nd imp 1996 8vo M/F 690 gms (Order reference 7880). |
£9.00 |
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| Waugh,
John C: Reelecting Lincoln - the battle for
the 1864 presidency Da Capo Press 2001 8vo pb 452pp F+ Available now. 640 gms (Order reference 11664). |
£15.00 |
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| Wayre, Philip:
The River People Collins & Harvill Press 1st 1976 8vo VG++/VG++ 500 gms (Order reference 9800). |
£5.00 |
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| Wedgwood,
C V: The Bedford Historical Series - Strafford
Jonathan Cape rep 1949 large 8vo, no d/w, sl dulling + sl marking to bds o/w VG+ 565 gms (Order reference 12991). |
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| Weightman,
Gavin: Pictures from the Past - the seaside
Collins & Brown 1st 1991 4to pb 96pp VG++ 290 gms (Order reference 9354). |
£5.00 |
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| West,
Nigel: A Matter of Trust - MI5 1945-72 Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1st 1982 F/F 524 gms (Order reference 1891). |
£8.00 |
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| Wicks, Ben:
No Time To Wave Goodbye - true stories of Britain's 3, 500, 000 evacuees
Bloomsbury 3rd reprint 1988 8vo F/VG++ 550 gms (Order reference 8115). |
£6.50 |
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Wieder,
Joachim & von Einsiedel, Heinrich Graf: Stalingrad
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£8.50 |
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| Wiesner, Merry
E: Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe
Cambridge University Press 1st 1993 large 8vo pb 264pp VG++ 405 gms (Order reference 12800). |
£8.00 |
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| Wilson,
James: The Earth Shall Weep - a history of
Native America Picador 1st 1998 4to, large impact dent to btm of fr bd, v v sl crsing to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 870 gms (Order reference 12187). |
£8.00 |
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| Winstanley,
Michael (Ed): Working Children in Nineteenth-Century
Lancashire Lancashire County Books 1st 1995 8vo pb 145pp F 270 gms (Order reference 8209). |
£12.50 |
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| Wise,
Sarah: The Italian Boy - murder and grave-robbery
in 1830s London Jonathan Cape 1st 2004 large 8vo, sl wrinkling/curling to d/w edges o/w F/VG++ 620 gms (Order reference 13105). |
£6.50 |
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| Wolff-Monckeberg,
Mathilde: On the Other Side - to my children:
from Germany 1940-1945 Mayflower Books 1st 1979 8vo, v v min marking to d/w o/w F/VG++ 350 gms (Order reference 8985). |
£15.00 |
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Wood,
Michael: In Search of the Trojan War BBC rep 1985 F/F 880 gms (Order reference 3429). The tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest non-religious story ever told. It has haunted the western imagination for nearly 3000 years. But there is another story almost as exciting - the story of the modern quest for the reality behind Homer's epic. Was there ever an actual siege of Troy? Did Helen, Agamemnon, Paris and the other titanic characters really walk the earth? This modern epic concerns a host of adventurers, but above all it is the tale of the amateur Heinrich Schliemann, who determined to find Troy and uncovered what he claimed were the Jewels of Helen and the Mask of Agamemnon; Arthur Evans, who excavated the Palace of Minos at Knossos in Crete and found the writing of the Bronze-Age Aegean; and Wilhelm Dorpfeld and Carl Blegen, who both claimed to have proved the historical truth of the Trojan War. On one level this is a romantic tale of heroes, adventure and buried treasure; on another it is a fascinating scholarly search into the world of Bronze-Age Greece, where new discoveries are constantly adding to our knowledge. In this book, which is based on the BBC TV series, Michael Wood has made a wideranging study of the complex archaeological, literary and historical records which make up the background to the tale of Troy. He has visited all the key sites and his researches have led him to some original speculations, in particular on the part played in the story by the powerful but mysterious Hittite empire. He also comes to a new conclusion about the identity of the legendary city itself, the city which he believes was Homer's Troy. The result is a superbly illustrated book containing not only the latest conclusions of scholars and archaeologists, but also a detailed survey of the quest for the lost site of Troy. In Search of the Trojan will enthral not only those who love the Iliad and the Odyssey; but also all those who perhaps have never read a line of Homer but are still familiar with the legend of Helen and Paris, Achilles and Hector - and, of course, the Wooden Horse of Troy. |
£15.00 |
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Wood, Michael:
In Search of the Trojan War BBC 1st 1985 4to, small stain to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 920 gms (Order reference 14009). The tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest non-religious story ever told. It has haunted the western imagination for nearly 3000 years. But there is another story almost as exciting - the story of the modern quest for the reality behind Homer's epic. Was there ever an actual siege of Troy? Did Helen, Agamemnon, Paris and the other titanic characters really walk the earth? This modern epic concerns a host of adventurers, but above all it is the tale of the amateur Heinrich Schliemann, who determined to find Troy and uncovered what he claimed were the Jewels of Helen and the Mask of Agamemnon; Arthur Evans, who excavated the Palace of Minos at Knossos in Crete and found the writing of the Bronze-Age Aegean; and Wilhelm Dorpfeld and Carl Blegen, who both claimed to have proved the historical truth of the Trojan War. On one level this is a romantic tale of heroes, adventure and buried treasure; on another it is a fascinating scholarly search into the world of Bronze-Age Greece, where new discoveries are constantly adding to our knowledge. In this book, which is based on the BBC TV series, Michael Wood has made a wideranging study of the complex archaeological, literary and historical records which make up the background to the tale of Troy. He has visited all the key sites and his researches have led him to some original speculations, in particular on the part played in the story by the powerful but mysterious Hittite empire. He also comes to a new conclusion about the identity of the legendary city itself, the city which he believes was Homer's Troy. The result is a superbly illustrated book containing not only the latest conclusions of scholars and archaeologists, but also a detailed survey of the quest for the lost site of Troy. In Search of the Trojan will enthral not only those who love the Iliad and the Odyssey; but also all those who perhaps have never read a line of Homer but are still familiar with the legend of Helen and Paris, Achilles and Hector - and, of course, the Wooden Horse of Troy. |
£4.00 |
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| Woods,
Lawrence M: British Gentlemen in the Wild
West - the era of the intensely English cowboy Robson Books 1st 1990 8vo F/VG++ 620 gms (Order reference 8929). |
£6.00 |
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| Wynn, Humphrey:
Darkness Shall Cover Me - night bombing over
the Western Front 1918 Airlife 1st 1989 8vo, F/F. D/w in protective wrapper. 560 gms (Order reference 13258). |
£8.00 |
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| Yalichev,
Serge: Mercenaries of the Ancient World Constable 1st 1997 large 8vo, indent to fr bd + fr of d/w, crsing + sl wear to d/w o/w VG++/VG++ 670 gms (Order reference 10907). |
£12.00 |
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| Young, Alan
& Stead, Michael, J: In the Footsteps
of Robert the Bruce Sutton Publishing 1st 1999 4to, cockling/curling to top front edge of d/w o/w F+/VG++ 945 gms (Order reference 11739). |
£12.50 |
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| Young,
Peter & Adair, John: Hastings to Culloden
G Bell 1st 1964 8vo, no d/w, damage to btm r h cnr of bds o/w VG+ 555 gms (Order reference 9516). |
£8.00 |
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| Zarubica,
Mladin: The Year of the Rat - the astonishing
war-time masquerade that hoaxed Hitler Collins 1st UK 1965 8vo, bmps + sl wr to bds, wr, chps, tiny portions mssg to sl grubby d/w o/w VG+/VG 370 gms (Order reference 12426). |
£6.00 |
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| Ziegler,
Philip: Elizabeth's Britain 1926 to 1986 Guild 1986 large 4to, blue bds with gold titling to spine, v v min marks to d/w o/w F/VG++ 1780 gms (Order reference 13366). |
£2.00 |
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| Zurhorst,
Charles: The First Cowboy - and those who
followed Cassell 1st 1973 4to, v minor sunning + sl marking to bds o/w VG++/VG++ 635 gms (Order reference 10688). |
£15.00 |
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