INGLIS, J C and F:

The Fordell Railway.

For the Authors, 1946. Old repair to inside of the covers at the top, else good condition with the folding map intact. A description of this early Scottish mining waggonway.

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Book number: 3387

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: railways,waggonways,mining

IRVINE, Wm Fergusson:

Notes on the Old Halls of Wirral.

Liverpool, Henry Young, 1903, pp. 40. Original cream buckram which is almost inevitably a bit soiled, else a very good copy.

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Book number: 3132

Catalogue: Cheshire

Keywords: Cheshire,Wirral

IRVINE, Wm. Fergusson:

A Short History of the Township of Rivington in the County of Lancaster.

Edinburgh, Ballantyne Press, 1904, 4to, pp. xv, 2ii, folding map and numerous illustrations. With some account of the church and grammar school.Original buckram with leather title label. Printed presentation inscription from W.H. Lever (later Lord Leverhulme). Leather label a little rubbed, small brown stain affecting the top outer corners through most of the book, but nowhere near the text. Otherwise a good, sound copy.

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Book number: 2771

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Lancashire,Rivington,Bolton,

JACKMAN, W. T:

The Development of Transportation in Modern England.

Cambridge, 1916, two volumes,pp. xvi, 460, vii, 461-820, folding map in back pocket of each volume. Original cloth. A very good set of the handsome original edition.

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Book number: 3120

Catalogue: Transport

Keywords: transport,canals,railways,steam,highways,roads,turnpikes,tolls,

JAMES, Rev. Richard, (Rev. Thomas Corser editor):

Iter Lancastrense; a Poem Written A.D.1636 by the Rev. Richard James.

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1845, small 4to,pp. cxii, 84, with folding coloured frontispiece, coloured plate and large folding pedigree of Heywood of Heywood. Original cloth, corners a little bumped, but very good condition. Chetham Society, First Series, Vol.7.

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Book number: 2636

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Lancashire,Chetham Society,Heywood, Assheton,

JAMES, F. L:

The Unknown Horn of Africa: An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River.

London, George Philip & Son, 1890, second edition, pp. xx, 273 plus adverts. Frontis, numerous illustrations, folding map at end. Original pictorial cloth, just a little rubbed, spine dull, but a good, sound copy.

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Book number: 2852

Catalogue: Travel-Africa

Keywords: Africa, Horn of Africa, Somaliland,

JARVIS, Rupert C. (editor):

Customs Letter-Books of the Port of Liverpool 1711-1813.

Manchester,Chetham Society,1954, small 4to,pp.xxiv,192. Slight creasing at top corners, previous owner's bookplate inside, else a very good copy in the original cloth. Chetham Society, Tthird Series, Volume 6.

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Book number: 2666

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Chetham Society,Lancashire,Liverpool,ships,shipping,ports,customs,trade

JENNER, Thomas:

Tsze Teen Piao Muh: A Guide to the Dictionary.

Luzac, 1907, second edition, pp. xiv, 122, 8, two large folding maps of China and Japan. Original cloth a bit stained, pencil annotations throughout, but a sound copy. Appears to lack the Psalm XXiii on Native Paper that should face page XI. The second part of the book is a treatment of the Katakana Syllabary of the Japanese language.

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Book number: 3096

Catalogue: Travel-China

Keywords: Chines language,Japanese language,

JESSOP, William:

An Account of Methodism in Rossendale and the Neighbourhood with Some Notices of the Rise and Progress of the United Societies and of Contemporary Events.

Manchester, Tubbs, Brook and Chrystal, 1880, pp. (8), 403. Original cloth, spine faded, inner hinges cracking, but a sound copy. Previoues owners' names and ownership stamps inside, else contents very good.

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Book number: 3028

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Lancashire,Rossendale,Methodism,Bacup,Rawtenstall,

JOHNSON, Trooper L. H:

The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry, 23rd Co., I.Y., A Record of Incidents Connected with the Services of the First Contingent of the D.L.O.Y.C. in the South African Campaign of 1899-1900-1901-1902; of interest also to the Westmorland & Cumb

Published for the author, 1902, pp. 158, coloured sketches by the author, frontis.portrait of Captain George Kemp, complete with the folding map. Original cloth rather marked, but very sound. Contents excellent.

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Book number: 2880

Catalogue: Military and Naval History

Keywords: Duke of Lancaster's Own,D.L.O.I.Y.,Boer War,Transvaal,Kimberley,

JOHNSTON, George:

A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes.

Lizars, Edinburgh, 1842, pp. xii, 264 with 25 lithographs, some tinted or with a touch of colour. Strongly rebound in modern cloth. A good, sound copy.

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Book number: 2986

Catalogue: Natural History-Invertebrates

Keywords: Sponges,Lithophytes,corralina,

JONES, David:

Chartism and the Chartists.

London, Allen Lane, 1975, pp.229. The hardback edition. A good, clean copy in price-clipped d.w.

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Book number: 1568

Catalogue: Chartism

Keywords: isbn 0713909218,Chartists, Chartism, Thomas Cooper, Cobbett,Harney, Ernest Jones,James Leach,Samuel Kydd,Lovett,Feargus O'Connor,Oastler. 0713909218

JONES, Dudley:

The Church in Chester 1300-1540.

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1957, small 4to, pp.xii, 209. Very good in the original cloth. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Chetham Society, Third Series, Volume 7. Very scarce as there were only 64 private members of the society at this time.

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Book number: 2367

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Chetham Society,Chester churches

JONES, Ernest (Editor):

Notes to The People 1851-1852.

London, Merlin Press, 1967, two volumes,pp.ix,v,1032. Facsimile editon of the original journal published in London in 1852 by J. Pavey. Signature on endpapers of both volumes, dust jackets browned to the spines, but a very good, sound set. Quite heavy so extra postage may be required. Use "ask bookseller a question" for a quote.

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Book number: 1563

Catalogue: Chartism

Keywords: Chartists,Chartism,Ernest Jones,Marx,Engels,Co-operative Movement,Trade Unions.

JONES, E. Alfred:

The Old Church Plate of the Isle of Man.

London, Bemrose, 1907, pp. xxxii,33 with 20 plates. Original buckram, ex-library with bookplate inside, small ink stamp to verso of title-page and unobtrusive blind stamps to some margins. There is some fading and marking to the binding, but this a sound, tight copy.

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Book number: 2125

Catalogue: Antiques and Collecting

Keywords: Isle of Man,church plate,