ARMAJANI, YAHYA.

MIDDLE EAST PAST AND PRESENT.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Prentice-Hall, 1970., 432 pages, including a chronology of important events, selected bibliography & index. Illustrated with black & white photographs & some maps. 23.5cm. x 15.5cm. Contents near fine, clean, no inscription or marks. Near fine cover except corners slightly bumped. No. d./w. ( Possibly SBN 135815797 ) 1970

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Book number: 7562

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Middle East Islam Ottoman Safavid Arabs Arabic Persian Turks

ARMSTRONG, EDWARD A.

The Folklore of Birds. An Enquiry into the Origin & Distribution of some Magico-Religious Traditions. (New Naturalist.)

London. Collins, 1958., Hardback. First edition of one of the rarer New Naturalist books. 272 pages, illustrated with 1 colour & 54 b./w. photographs, with 85 illustrations in the text. 22cm. x 15.5cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. priced 30s. 1958

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Book number: 9726

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: folklore tradition traditions birds ornithology

ARMSTRONG, KAREN.

A HISTORY OF JERUSALEM. One City, Three Faiths.

London. HarperCollins, 1996., 473 pages including chapter notes, bibliography & index. 10 colour and 36 b./w. photographs. 38 maps. 9.5" x 6.5". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. which. is inside protective sleeve. Heavy. ISBN 0002555220. 1996 ISBN: 0002555220

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Book number: 5150

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: Jerusalem Israel Palestine Hebrew Christianity Muslim religion faith

ARMSTRONG, KAREN

A HISTORY OF GOD. From Abraham to the Present: The 4000-year For God.

London. Mandarin, 1994, Paperback. First published Heinemann. The evolution of belief.... this examines Western society's unerring fidelty to the idea of One God. 511 pages. 9 maps. Contents very good, no inscription. Cover very good but back has a tear or crease which has been covered with tape. Priced on back £6.99. 7.75" x 5". ISBN 0749306920. 1994

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Book number: 6524

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: religion belief God faith worship Christianity Judaism Protestant Bible

ARMSTRONG, THOMAS.

KING COTTON.

London. Collins, 1947,, A novel set in the 1850's, about Lancashire cotton mills, Liverpool, the Slave Trade, the American Civil War, the mill owners and mill workers .928 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (12s. 6d.) but slightly foxed.on back, and on inside.. 8.25" x 5.5 1947

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Book number: 5129

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: cotton mills Lancashire Osmerod Liverpool

ARNAUD, EDMOND.

CHANTS de l'ALPE. 20 Chœurs du Cercle Choral Montagnard de Grenoble.

Grenoble. Deshairs,1945., Paperback. 100 pages. 20 songs with music for singing (or yodelling maybe?) in the mountains. With "Poésies de Victor Rambaud et Paul Coutier." 7¼" x 5¼". Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover slightly marked, corners & top of spine slightly bumped, and side of bottom of spine has a ¾" tear. 1945

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Book number: 4527

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: music mountain singing song Alps French Jun1022j Grenoble Rambaud

ARNDT, INGO; LIECKFELD, CLAUS-PETER; HUEMER, PETER.

NOMADS OF THE WIND. The Migration of the Monarch Butterfly, & Other Wonders of the Butterfly World.

Winterbourne, Berkshire. Papadakis, 2008., 191 pages, illustrated with colour photographs throughout, many are full page & most of them are stunning. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, orange cloth cover is near fine, d./w. near fine but 2 small tears front top edge. 22.5.cm. x 29.25.cm. ISBN 9781901092929. 2008 ISBN: 9781901092929

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Book number: 8008

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Monarch Butterfly butterflies caterpillars chrysalis cocoon

ARNOLD, BRUCE.

A CONCISE HISTORY OF IRISH ART.

London. Thames & Hudson,1969., Softback. One of T. & H.'s series "The World of Art Library History of Art." 216 pages including bibliography, list of illustrations & index. Errata slip enclosed. Illustrated with 20 colour and 160 b./w. photographs. Near fine but page edges are slightly browned, also a few faint spots of foxing in places & on bottom corner of half-title. Priced on bottom ofhalf title "21/-" (£1.05.) 8.25" x 5.75". 1969

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Book number: 3201

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Irish Ireland art Book of Kells Eire Celtic

ARNOLD, PETER.

THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD CRICKET.

London. W.H. Smith, 1988., Reprint, first published 1986 by Marshall Cavendish. Foreword by David Gower. 320 pages including index. Over 450 photographs, some in colour but most are in b./w. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. but slightly bumped on top & bottom edges. 12" x 8.75". 1988

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Book number: 5215

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: cricket bowler bat umpire David Gower W.G.Grace Ashes

ARNOLD, GUY.

MODERN NIGERIA.

London. Longman, 1977, Paperback. 192 pages including index. Near fine but corners bumped, and page edges slightly dusty. 20 b./w. photographs. ISBN 058264643X. 1977

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Book number: 5633

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: Nigeria Daisy108 Africa Obasanjo

ARNOLD WESKER, DAVID RUDKIN, & GILES COOPER.

NEW ENGLISH DRAMATISTS 7.

London. Penguin Books, 1968., Paperback. Reprint. Penguin Plays. "Chips With Everything" by Wesker. " Afore Night Come." by Rudkin. "Everything in the Garden." by Cooper. Very good, but school library stamp on front endpage & beside it written in ink "Bought at 2nd hand booksale". Very good cover but corners slightly bumped. 1968

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Book number: 6587

Catalogue: Film, Theatre, Television & Radio

Keywords: David Rudkin Giles Cooper drama dramatist

ARNOLD, RALPH.

NORTHERN LIGHTS. The Story of Lord Derwentwater.

London. Constable, 1959., Biography of James Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater. He was born 1689, & executed in 1716 for his part in the 1715 Jacobite Northumberland Uprising. When he died he had a small son & his young wife was expecting their 2nd baby. This account ends 1870 when most of the estate was sold, to settle a claim from a descendent. 268 pages including index. Illustrated with 7 b. & w. portraits & paintings, and facsimiles of letters. Near fine except the bottom corners are bumped, & a bookplate on the f.e.p. D./w. is worn & torn, with a piece 1½" x 1¼" in the middle of the spine is missing. 8.75" x 5.75". 1959

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Book number: 1924

Catalogue: Biography / History

Keywords: Lord Derwentwater Dillston Hall Jacobite Rebellion Radcliffe

ARNOTT, KATHLEEN.

AFRICAN MYTHS & LEGENDS.

London. Oxford University Press,1965, Reprint. First published 1962. One of the Oxford Myths & Legends series, Kathleen Arnott retells the tales in this anthology. Illustrated by Joan Keddell-Monroe with about 9 full page pictures in colour & many small ones in b./w. 212 pages. 8¾" x 5¾" . Near fine, no inscription or marks but top & bottom of spine slightly bumped & rubbed, bottom edge slightly shelf worn. Near fine d./w., not price clipped. 1965.

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Book number: 4576

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Africa myth legend Congo Ghana Nigeria Nyasaland Tanganyika Senegal Gambia South Africa Akan Bushong Hausa Ekoi Tiv Ibibio Ikom Swahili Kamba Fulani Baganda Zulu

ARNOTT, PETER.

Introduction To The Roman World.

London. Sphere, 1972., Paperback. First published 1970 by Macmillan. 318 pages, author's preface on pages 11 to 14.. 27 b./w. photographs on 16 pages. Priced 75p. on back cover. Very good condition, no inscription or marks but edges faintly rubbed. 1972.

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Book number: 10050

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Rome Romans Ostia Nimes Italy

ARTHUR, SIR GEORGE.

QUEEN MARY.

London. Thornton Butterworth,1935., Hardback. First edition. Biography of Princess Mary of Teck, wife of George Vth, mother of George VI & the Duke of Windsor, & grandmother of Elizabeth II. 205 pages, with a family tree. 26 b./w. family photographs. Contents near fine, no inscription. Silver cloth cover is faintly marked on front otherwise very good. Page edges slightly foxed. 8¼" x 5½". No d./w. 1935

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Book number: 1213

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Princess Mary of Teck George V Windsor Sandringham Buckingham Palace Duke of Windsor Queen Victoria Edward VII