AZNAVOUR, CHARLES.

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

London. W.H.Allen, 1979., Autobiography by the French singer. 202 pages. 33 b./w. photographs. Cover & contents near fine but a price written on top corner of f.e.p. has been inked out. D./w. has 2 very tiny holes on side of spine, slightly rubbed & faintly scratched on the back, o./w. near fine. 8.75" x 5.5". ISBN 0491024460. 1979

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Book number: 2331

Catalogue: Autobiography

Keywords: Aznavour Armenia music Piaf Chevalier crooner

BACKHOUSE, JANET

THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS.

Oxford. Phaidon, 1989., Paperback published in association with the British Library. 96 pages including bibliography. 30 full page colour photographs and 66 b./w. Priced on back cover £7.95. Card cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. 1989

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Book number: 6651

Catalogue: History / Religion

Keywords: Lindisfarne gospel St. Cuthbert

BACON, FRANCIS. EDITED BY SIDNEY WARHAFT.

FRANCIS BACON. A Selection of His Works.

Toronto, Canada. Macmillan, 1967., Paperback. From Macmillan's series "College Classics in English." 497 pages. 18.5cm. x 12.5cm. Contents very good. Stiff card cover is very good but slightly soiled. 1967

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Book number: 6315

Catalogue: Philosophy

Keywords: Francis Bacon essay philosophy education science

BACON, ROY.

TRIUMPH T90 & T100 UNIT TWINS. 1960 - 1974.

Devises, Wilts. Selecta Books,1995., Reprint. Laminated board cover. Illustrated throughout with b.& w. photographs. 55 pages. 8½" x 6". Near fine. ISBN 1856483088. 1995

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Book number: 2369

Catalogue: Motorcycles

Keywords: motorbikes bikes motorcycles Triumph

BADDELEY, SANDRA. (RECIPES)

Christmas At Home. Festive recipes and crafts for Christmas.

London. Marks & Spencer, 2011., 224 pages, with colour photographs of the food. Hardback, but the attractive cover is padded & soft, illustrated.with a Christmas pud, & closed with 2 green ribbons tied in a bow.at the side. 2011

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Book number: 9804

Catalogue: Cookery

Keywords: Christmas recipes decorations appetisers desserts cakes cookies

BADENI, JUNE.

THE SLENDER TREE. A Life of Alice Meynell.

Padstow, Cornwall. Tabb House, 1981., Ex Library. Biography of the writer, she was happily married with 7 children, beautiful, charming & a talented poet. Coventry Patmore, George Meredith & Francis Thompson were in love with her. 269 pages including bibliography, chapter notes and index. 10 b./w. plates. Cover & contents near fine but library marks on endpages. D./w. near fine, but price clipped & faint mark bottom of spine. 25p written in ink on f.e.p. ISBN 0907018017. 1981

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Book number: 6199

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: Alice Meynell Francis Thompson Alice Thompson Coventry Patmore Greatham

BAERLEIN, RICHARD.

JOE MERCER. THE PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY. (Signed copy)

London. Macdonald / Queen Anne Press, 1987., Biography of the jockey, and signed by him "To Ken,. Best wishes, Joe Mercer." Winner of many races, the St. Leger 4 times, he was crowned Champion Jockey in 1979.. 200 pages including charts showing career statistics. About 11 colour and many b. & w. photographs, some of them Mercer's own. 10" x 7½". Near fine, near fine d./w. ISBN 0356120007 1987

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Book number: 2470

Catalogue: Sports

Keywords: horse racing jockey Joe Mercer

BAGLEY, LAURENCE.

GLENANS WEATHER FORECASTING. A Manual For Yachtsmen.

Newron Abbot. David & Charles, 1980., Reprint, first published 1976 in French, translated by James MacGibbon. 192 pages. With b./w. photographs, drawings, diagrams, charts & maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 19cm. x 12.5cm. ISBN 0715379119. 1980

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Book number: 6790

Catalogue: Nautical

Keywords: weather forecast yachts atmosphere storm barometer Beaufort Scale sky cloud wind

BAGLEY, J.J.; DRAKE, K.B.; MURPHY, JAMES.(EDITORS.)

TRANSACTIONS Of The HISTORIC SOCIETY Of LANCASHIRE And CHESHIRE. Vol. 118

Liverpool. Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 1967., For the year 1966. Volume 118. Includes interesting articles such as buildings on Liverpool docks, the Glegg family of Wirral, a Civil War coin hoard, & rise of public elementary education in Liverpool. 153 pages. 18 b./ w. photographs & prints. 22cm. x 17cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. No d./w. 1967

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Book number: 6637

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Liverpool Wirral Civil War coins docks Glegg John Daniel Daresbury Lancashire Cheshire

BAGLEY, J.J. AND MURPHY, JAMES (HONORARY EDITORS)

TRANSACTIONS OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY LANCASHIRE & CHESHIRE For the Year 1964. Vol. 116.

Liverpool. Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire,1965, Hardback. Volume 116, published 1965 for the year 1964. 253 pages. 23 b./w. prints & photographs, 5 line illustrations, and a Blundell family tree. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. 22.5cm. x 14.5cm. 1965

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Book number: 9230

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Lancashire Cheshire Wirral Blundell family Liverpool Sparling & Bolden Blundell's Colleries Chester shipbuilding children's games & jingles George Lyon - highwayman

BAGLEY, J.J. AND MURPHY, JAMES. (HONORARY EDITORS)

TRANSACTIONS of the HISTORIC SOCIETY Of LANCASHIRE and CHESHIRE For the year 1965. Vol.117.

Liverpool. Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire, 1966, For the year 1965. 215 pages. 30 b./w. illustrations, & 14 figures of line illustrations. Among the articles are " Port of Chester in 15th c.; Lancashire Cavaliers; Cruck buildings Lancashire & Cheshire; Marshall's of Northwich, Salt proprietors; Bloomery Furnace at Hackensall; Blundell's Colleries; Poor Law in Preston Union 1838-1848; Battle of Whalley; Roger of Poitou, with 3 Tables showing his descendants; & Halmote Rolls of Great Crosby. Very good except previous owner taped a clear cover (removable) on this book which has left 4 faint impressions on the endpages, otherwise would be near fine. 22.5cm. x 14cm. 1966

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Book number: 9233

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Blundell's colleries Pemberton & Summersales Colliery iUp Holland Chester Cruck buildings Hackensall Whalley Halmote Preston Union Marshalls of Northwich Hartford Manor Hartford Beach

BAILEY, JOHN

Casting For Gold.

Ramsbury, Marlborough. The Crowood Press, 1991, Account of 2 years fishing, from Ireland to the Himalayas. Bailey, who appeared in the Granada programme "Casting for Gold" includes some stories of the places visited during filming. 143 pages. 12 colour & over 80 b. & w. photographs. 25.5cm. x 19.5cm. Cover & book are fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. has tiny tear top of spine o./w. near fine, & isn't price clipped (£15.95) ISBN 1852234539. 1991

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Book number: 2679

Catalogue: Sport

Keywords: fish fishing angling carp ferox mahseer pike trout Lough Mask Corrib Ghelum Kasmir Srinigar Dehra Dun Ganges

BAILEY, DAVID.

DAVID BAILEY's TROUBLE & STRIFE.

London Thames & Hudson, 1980., Bailey's photographs of his wife Marie Helvin. 81 photographs in duotone. 4 page introduction by Brian Clarke. 6 line preface by J.H.Lartigue. Red cloth cover and contents are near fine, no inscription or marks. Slightly worn & torn d./w. 1980

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Book number: 776

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Marie Helvin David Bailey photography

BAILLIE, JOHN.

Meditation in Flowers.

London. Clarius Publications,1966., Hardback. 80 pages. 10 chapters with 42 colour photographs of flower arrangements, based on special times in the year. for churches, St. Andrew, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Ascension, Whitsuntide and Trinity. 19cm. x 12.5cm. Cloth cover & contents near fine. D./w. very good but slightly worn on edges & corners, & 2.5cm. tear on front top corner. 1966

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Book number: 9678

Catalogue: Religion

Keywords: flowers floral arrangement church flower arranging

BAIN, KENNETH.

THE NEW FRIENDLY ISLANDERS.The Tonga of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1993., Published to mark the occasion of the seventy -fifth birthday of the King on 4 July 1993." With foreword by the King of Tonga. The Islands of Tonga, named by Captain Cook "The Friendly Islands." are the last surviving kingdom in Polynesia. 205 pages, including glossary. 8 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (£17.99) ISBN 034058338X. 1993

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Book number: 5953

Catalogue: Travel & Places

Keywords: Tonga Lifuka Polynesia King Taufa'ahau King Tupouto Pacific