BREMER, Kare:

Asteraceae, Gladistics and Classification.

Timber Press, Oregon, 1994. Dust jacket spine a little faded, price-clipped, but a very good, clean copy.. Jacket in loose protective sleeve.

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Book number: 3276

Catalogue: Natural History-Botany

Keywords: isbn 0881922757,botany,,asteraceae, 0881922757

BRIDGEMAN, George T. O:

The History of the Church and Manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster.

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1888-1890, complete in four volumes, small 4to, pp. vii, 836. All in original cloth; the first three are from the country house library at High Legh, Knutsford and have faded spines and some light rubbing, but are in sound condition; the fourth volume is from the Old Rectory Club, Manchester and is in very good condition.. Chetham Society, New Series, Volumes 15-18. Heavy so may require extra postage, especially abroad. Tel;01706 658300.

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Book number: 2730

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Chetham Society,Lancashire,Wigan,Bridgeman,Billinge,Winstanley,Standish,Prescot,Orrell,

BRIERLEY, Morgan:

A Chapter from a MSS History of Saddleworth.

Oldham, 1891. A small booklet of 92 pages, bound in modern cloth with the original front wrapper preserved. The wrapper is browned, else very good condition.This is taken from a series of articles printed in the Oldham Weekly Chronicle, and is on the History of Saddleworth Schools. A scarce little Saddleworth item.

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Book number: 3334

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Saddleworth,Uppermill.Denshaw,Delph

BRIERLEY, Helen:

Morgan Brierley, a Selection from his Writings.

Rochdale, James Clegg, 1900, pp. 348, frontis. Original black cloth, very good condition.The lengthy biographical introduction has much information on the district of Saddleworth.

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Book number: 2631

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Morgan Brierley, Saddleworth,

BRITTON, Charles J:

Cricket Books. The 100 Best (Old and New). With Notes, Values Etc.

Birmingham, Cotterell & Co., 1929, pp. viii, 54. Original printed boards a little soiled, but good, sound condition.

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Book number: 2896

Catalogue: Sport-Cricket

Keywords: cricket books,bibliography,

BROCKBANK, Edward Mansfield:

Sketches of the Lives and Work of the Honorary Medical Staff of the Manchester Infirmary from its Foundation in 1752 to 1830.

Manchester University Press,1904, large 8vo,pp.(12),311,(7). Original cloth very slightly rubbed and with a few small marks, but a very good copy. Some foxing to first and last few leaves as usual, else contents good. With bibliographies of the published writings of everbody listed in the book.

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Book number: 1417

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Manchester Infirmary,Manchester Royal Infirmary,Thomas White,Charles White,John Ferriar,Roget,William Henry,

BROCKLEHURST, Henry:

" I Was in Prison ".

T. Fisher Unwin, 1898, pp. xxiv, 136. Original cloth, bevelled edges. A little dusty, but good, sound condition. A detailed account of the author's experiences during a month in Strangeways, Manchester in 1896.He was a councillor arrested for public speaking in Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley. Given the options of a £5 fine or a month in gaol he chose the latter.

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Book number: 3162

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Manchester,Strangeways,Prison Life,Prisons, prison reform,

BROCKMAN, H.A.N:

The British Architect in Industry 1841-1940.

London,George Allen & Unwin,1974, pp.186, with 85 illustrations. Very good in nice d.w.

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Book number: 1150

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: isbn 0047200197,architecture,industry,industrial buildings,industrial history,factories,warehouses,mills,airports, 0047200197

BRONTE, Patrick:

The Cottage in the Wood.

Bradford, T. Inkersley, 1818, second edition, pp. 69, [3], engraved frontis. original roan-backed boards. Binding slightly rubbed, some slight dustiness, but a very good copy. Both first and second editions are uncommon.

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Book number: 2799

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Patrick Bronte

BROWN, W. Henry:

The Rochdale Pioneers: A Century of Co-operation.

Manchester,Co-operative Union, c.1945. pp.108,illustrated. Original card covers, almost as new. Postage should be less than the standard rate.

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Book number: 2815

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Rochdale,co-operation,Rochdale pioneers,Lancashire, co-operative movement,

BROWNELL, F.R. "Bob":

Gunsmith Kinks.

Montezuma, Iowa, 1993, three volume set.. Very good condition in the dust jackets.

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Book number: 3114

Catalogue: Arms and Armour

Keywords: gunsmithing, firearms,rifkes,pistols,

BRUTON, F. A:

Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewitnesses.

Manchester University Press, 1921, pp. viii, 91, illustrated. Original black cloth. Spine very dull as usual, some foxing, but a sound copy.

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Book number: 3152

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Peterloo,Manchester,Radicals,Sam Bamford,Henry Hunt,, Nadin,

BUCKMAN, James:

The Natural History of British Meadow and Pasture Grasses: With an Account of Their Economy and Agricultural Indications.

Hamilton Adams, 1858, pp. (vi), 73 with 2 plates. Original cloth, spine ends worn, some marking, but good, sound condition. Home-made title label to spine.

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Book number: 3235

Catalogue: Natural History-Botany

Keywords: farming,agriculture,grasses,

BUCKTON, George Bowdler:

Monograph of the British Cicadae,or Tettigiidae.

London,Macmillan,1890-91, two volumes bound in one,pp. vi,(2),lxxvii,133,(3),(4),211. Neat old library binding of half cloth with marbled paper sides.Trace of numbers at foot of spine,but a nice,clean copy. Priced inexpensively as it is bound without the coloured illustrations.

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Book number: 1372

Catalogue: Natural History-Invertebrates

Keywords: insects,cicadae,tettigiidae,cicada,hemiptera,homoptera,cuckoo-spit,

BULLEN, A. H. (editor):

Antient Drolleries: Cobbes Prophecies 1614 and Pimlyco, or, Runne Red-Cap, 1609.

London and Oxford, 1890 and 1891, two pamphlets, facsimiles of the rare originals, printed for private circulation and each limited to 300 copies. Original wrappers, ex-library, a few stamps, worn and dusty. Sold as useable working copies.

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Book number: 2504

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: English literature early tracts