PAGE, David:

The Philosophy of Geology.

William Blackwood and Sons, 1863, pp. ix, 160 plus adverts. Original cloth, a little rubbed, but good, sound condition.

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Book number: 3233

Catalogue: Geology and Palaeontology

Keywords: geology, palaeontology,fossils,natural selection,evolution,

PANIKKAR, K.M:

Malabar and the Portuguese.......from 1500 to1663.

Bombay,D.B.Taraporevala,1929, pp.xvi,221, frontispiece map. Ex-library with the usual stamps and label, class number on spine and the library name written in ink on the front cover. Nevertheless a sound, clean working copy.

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Book number: 1886

Catalogue: Travel-India

Keywords: Malabar,Portugal,India,Vasco da Gama,Calicut,Cochin,Zamorin,

PARKER, Barry and UNWIN, Raymond:

THE ART OF BUILDING A HOME: A Collection of Lectures and Illustrations.

Longmans, Green & Co., 1901 Very good condition in the original cloth. Previous owners' names inside. With 68 plates.

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Book number: 3269

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Barry Parker,Raymond Unwin,garden citie movement,garden cities,architecture

PARKER, John:

Lancashire Deeds Vol 1, Shuttleworth Deeds Part 1.

Manchester,Chetham Society,1934, first edition,small 4to,pp.vii,175,viii, frontispiece portrait of Fleetwood Barton and her mother. Very good in the original cloth which has faded to the spine as usual. Chetham Society publications, New Series,vol 91. Although titled volume 1, part 1, no further parts were published and this is complete in itself with an extensive index. Scarce, as few copies were printed owing to the declining membership of the Society at this time.

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Book number: 2359

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Chetham Society,Lancashire,Shuttleworth,Gawthorpe,Eccleshill,Darwen,Barton,Goosnargh,Whittingham,Padiham,

PARTINGTON, S.W:

The Danes in Lancashire.

Sherratt & Hughes, 1909, first edition, pp. viii,246. Original cloth, edge of text block foxed, else a good, sound copy. With the author's bookplate and presentation inscription.

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Book number: 3087

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Lancashire,Danes,Vikings,Extwistle,Heysham,Calderstones,Halton,

PARTINGTON S:

Jubilee of the Middleton & Tonge Industrial Society.

Manchester, 1900, pp. 190, well-illustrated. Original cloth gilt, spine faded, front joint a little cracked, else very good condition. The first half of the book is on Co-operation in Middleton, and the second half is a useful history of the town.

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Book number: 2656

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Middleton, Manchester, Co-operation, Tonge

PATON, C. I:

Manx Calendar Customs.

Folk-Lore Society, 1939, pp. xii, 147 with four plates. Original clooth, spine a bit dull and faded, some light foxing at beginning and end, but a good sound copy.

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Book number: 3447

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: Isle of Man, Manx, folk-lore, folklore.

PEACOCK, Thomas B:

P.L.A. Railways.

Locomotive Publishing, 1952, pp. xiv, 117. Very good condition in the uncommon dust jacket, which just has a slightly faded spine. A very detailed account of the Port of London railways.

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Book number: 3376

Catalogue: Railways

Keywords: railways,Port of London Authority,industrial railways,london Docks,

PEARSE, Arno S:

The Cotton Industry of Japan and China; being the Report of the Journey to Japan and China

February-April 1929 pp. 254. Original cloth-backed printed boards. Very good, clean condition.

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Book number: 3018

Catalogue: Industrial History

Keywords: Japan,China,cotton industry,

PEARSON, Mark:

Northowram : Its History and Antiquities. With a Life of Oliver Heywood.

Halifax, 1898, pp. xvi, 322, folding map, numerous illustrations, list od subscribers. Original cloth. A very detailed work and an exceptionally fresh and clean copy.

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Book number: 3154

Catalogue: Yorkshire

Keywords: Halifax,Yorkshire,Wesr riding,Oliver Heywood,Shibden,

PERCIVAL, Percival:

Failsworth Folk and Failsworth Memories. Reminiscences Associated with Ben Brierley's Native Place.

G. Hargreaves, Manchester, 1901, pp. 44 with illustrations from old photographs. Ex college library with labels to endpaper and stamp to back of title page, sellotape repair to front inner hinge. Still a good, sound copy in the original cloth. Scarce.

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Book number: 3316

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Failsworth,Manchester,Ben Brierley,

PETERS, J.E.C:

The Development of Farm Buildings in Western Lowland Staffordshire up to 1880.

Manchester University Press,1969 first edition, pp.xx, 284, numerous illustrations. Dust jacket a little used and with a darkened spine, book in very good condition.

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Book number: 3171

Catalogue: British Topography

Keywords: Staffordshire,farming,farm buildings,agriculture,barns,stables,isbn 0719003865, 0719003865

PICCOPE, Rev. G. J:

Lancashire and Cheshire Wills and Inventories.

Manchester, Chetham Society, !857-61, three volumes complete,small 4to,pp.vi,196,vi,283,v,271. Slight string mark and nick to the spine of the second volume, but a very good, tight set in the original cloth.Chetham Society, First Series, Vols 33,51 and 54. Heavy so please allow for extra postage.

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Book number: 2080

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Chetham Society,Lancashire,Cheshire,Wills,

PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, Rev O:

Monograph of the British Phalangidea or Harvest-Men.

Dorchester,Sime & Co,1890, pages run from 163 to 216,but complete in itself. With 5 plates each with a descriptive leaf of text. Ex-library in rather rubbed leather-backed boards,but still a tight,sound copy. There are several small library stamps, else contents good. Scarce.

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Book number: 1453

Catalogue: Natural History-Invertebrates

Keywords: entomology,insects,spiders,harvest-men,phalangidea,arachnida,

PILKINGTON, W:

The Makers Of Wesleyan Methodism In Preston And The Relation Of Methodism To The Temperance & Teetotal Movements.

1890. Original cloth, pp. viii, 275, illustrated, list of subscribers. Spine and corners a bit rubbed, inner hinges cracking, but still a sound copy.

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Book number: 3048

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Preston,methodism,Wesley,temperance,teetotalism,Livesey,