ADAMS, TONY & TEBBUT, MELANIE & WILSON, JOHN (EDITORS)

Manchester Region History Review Vol XV 2001

Manchester, Manchester Centre for Regional History. 2001. Paperback, 11.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Subjects covered include the Manchester and Salford Reformatory, the Co-operative Movement and Food Adulteration in 19th Century, Building of Barton High-level Bridge, Manchester Liberalism and the Unionist Secession, Salford in Regional Film Making. Fine.

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Book number: 015635

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Social; History, Manchester

W. AINSWORTH

The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest

Bolton, Lancashire, Aurora Publishing. 1994. (ISBN: 1859260381) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.25 inches. Appears unread No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease/bump to lower corner No creasing to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 492pp. A story based on Lancashire's dark past in the early 17th century and set in the Forest of Pendle. Near Fine.

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Book number: 020153

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Lancashire, Social History, 17th Century Social History 1859260381

AINSWORTH, CYRIL

A Prospect of Old Clitheroe

Chorley, Lancs, Countryside Publications Ltd. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0861571797) Soft Cover, 7.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of storage to covers and no bumping to corners. Scarce. 48pp. A series of captioned photographs of Clitheroe in Lancashire mainly from around the start of the 20th century and some much older drawings of the area. Very Good.

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Book number: 027156

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Lancashire 0861571797

ALEXANDER, JOHN

A Century of Newcastle

Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0750926570) Hard Cover, 10.75 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little light indenting. 121pp. Events, people and places around Newcastle upon Tyne over the 20th century. Descriptive sections plus captioned photographs. Tucked in is a newspaper article about the takeover of Newcastle United Football Team by Mike Ashley. Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 021354

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Northumberland, Newcastle Upon Tyne Social History 0750926570

ALEXANDER, JOHN

Tynemouth and Cullercoats : Images of England : SIGNED BY AUTHOR

Stroud, Gloucestershire, Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 0752416731) Paperback, 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Signed 'To Tony Horne - Best Wishes John Alexander' on half-title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Small crease to rear cover, none to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. There is also a typed, signed letter to Tony from John enclosed with the book. Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 000405

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: 0752416731

ANSDELL, IAN

Strange Tales of Old Edinburgh

Midlothian, Lang Syne Publishers. 1975. Soft Cover, 8 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 44pp. Stories of happenings, many gruesome, in the past in Scotland. Illustrated. Near Fine.

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Book number: 012374

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Scotland, Legends, Myths, Local History, Edinburgh Mythology

BRIAN MAC AONGUSA

Hidden Streams : a New History of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

Dublin, Currach Press. 2007, First Edition. (ISBN: 1856079503) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 191pp. From a starting point of the many rivers and streams in this area of south of Dublin, the author takes us on a historical voyage describing the significance of rivers and stream in the lives of the early prehistoric inhabitants, early Christians, Vikings and Anglo-Normans up to modern times when the importance these waterways has been realised. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 027317

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Ireland, History, Dublin 1856079503

ARMSTRONG, PETER

Excavations in Sewer Lane, Hull 1974 : East Riding Archaeologist Vol. 3. 1977 : Hull Old Town Report Series No. 1

East Riding Archaeological Society. 1977. Soft Cover, 11.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 82pp. Archaeological studies in Hull provided much evidence from the area in particular from the 15th and 16th centuries. Well illustrated. Near Fine.

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Book number: 013889

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Archaeology, East Yorkshire, Hull Archaeology

ARNOTT, ALASTAIR; WRAGG, RACHEL

Images of Southampton

Derby, Breedon Books. 2006. (ISBN: 1859835260) Soft Cover, 10.25 x 7.75 inches. Book in mint condition. 189pp. This volume has well-captioned photographs on local history taken from the City Heritages Services collection interspersed with articles featuring different areas of Southampton. New.

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Book number: 010957

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Southampton, England England_pictorial Works, Local History 1859835260

ASHTONIAN

Ashton Faces and Places Fifty Years Ago

Ashton-u-Lyne, J Andrew Ltd. 1970. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5 inches. Book in mint unread condition. 63pp. Undated ca 1970s reprint of 1922 original study of peoples and places in Ashton-under-Lyne, then in Lancashire. New.

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Book number: 025784

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Ashton, Lancashire

ASHWORTH, JOHN AND VAUGHAN, RITA

Stories About Mossley

Mossley, Tameside, The Authors. 2020. Soft Cover, 11.25 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 79pp. A large collection of short stories from early days and more recently of lives and events in Mossley, Greater Manchester. Fine.

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Book number: 028074

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Mossley, Greater Manchester

ASHWORTH, ANN

Yesterday in Marple and Mellor

Marple, Stockport, Ann Ashworth. 1989. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions and the tiniest of creases to upper corner of front cover. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. Sixty well-captioned black & white photographs of the Marple and Mellor districts of Stockport from the early part of the 20th century and before that. Scarce. Fine.

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Book number: 022673

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Stockport Social History

ATKINSON, FRANK

North-East England : People at Work, 1860-1950

Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Moorland Publishing Co Ltd. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0861900057) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. pp. Discussion and description of the many types of work carried out in the North East of England. Illustrated with 139 black & white photographs. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012499

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Socal History, Northumberland, Durham Social History 0861900057

ATKINSON, FRANK

Northern Life : Pictures from the Past

Devizes, Wiltshire, Promotional Reprint Company. 1993. (ISBN: 185648128X) Paperback, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, no bumping to corners and very minor traces of storage. 95pp. Domestic life in the town, country life, life at work and the north at play over the period from the 1920s to the 1950s. Fine.

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Book number: 027122

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Northern England, Social History Social History 185648128x

NO AUTHOR

100 Views of Oxford

Oxford, Penrose & Palmer. 1925. Paperback with Oversize Covers, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease down centre of entire booklet. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with slight wear to extremities of oversize covers. 32pp. No text but sepia photographs with identifying captions below. Undated ca. 1920s. Very Good.

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Book number: 007329

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History