COUHAT, JEAN LABAYLE.

FRENCH WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II.

London. Ian Allan, 1978., Third impression. One of the 'Warship Series'. Describes the warships in detail, modifications & weapons they carried. Also a list of war losses 1939-45. 176 pages with over 100 b.& w. photographs. Near fine. Slightly worn d./w. with one ½" tear & one ¼" tear on the bottom front edge, o./w. near fine. 7½" x 5". SBN 7110 0153 7. 1978

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 1457

Catalogue: Maritime History

Keywords: warships French warships shipping battleships 2nd W./W..

COWIE, L.W.

HANOVARIAN ENGLAND. 1714 - 1837.

London. G. Bell & Sons, 1969., Ex Library. Reprint, first pub.1967. One of the "Bell Modern Histories" series. 454 pages including bibliography & index. 8 maps. 8.75" x 5.5". Cover & contents near fine apart from a 'Cancelled' stamp, bits of library label & old glue on f.e.p., edges of pages slightly dusty, a mark on b.e.p., faint marks top & bottom of cover, front & back, where plastic sleeve was taped on. D./w. slightly worn top & bottom of spine & on edges & corners, small tear bottom of spine, o./w. near fine as was inside sleeve. SBN 7135 0234 7. 1969

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3548

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Hanovarian King George William Pitt Whigs Robert Peel Industrial Revolution American War of Independence

COWLES, VIRGINIA.

1913. THE DEFIANT SWAN SONG.

London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967., About life in 7 great cities on the eve of the First World War. The 7 cities were Berlin, St. Petersburg, New York, Paris, London, Vienna & Rome. 264 pages. 155 black & white photographs and illustrations. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Purple cloth cover with gold lettering. Near fine d./w. but edges slightly bumped, and sunlight has darkened the edge of the cream paper, priced 63s.( £3. ). 10" x 7¼". 1967

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 4518

Catalogue: History

Keywords: First world war W./W.I Berlin St. Petersburg Paris London New York Rome Vienna Vanderbilt Astor Czar Nikolas George V Kaiser

COX, JANE AND PADFIELD, TIMOTHY, ( PLUS AMANDA BEVAN & ANDREA DUNCAN AS ITS 4TH EDITION)

Tracing Your Ancestors In the Public Record Office.. New Edition.

London. HMSO, 1990., Paperback. Public Record Office Handbooks No 19. Fourth edition, first published 1981. A new edition, completely revised, enlarged & expanded. 244 pages. Priced £6.95 on back. 24.5cm. X 16cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine cover but the tip of front top corner is stubbed. ISBN 0114402221. 1990

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9968

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Archives documents historical records parish records service records landholdings census returns births marriages deaths wills taxes

CRAWFORD, PETER

THE LIVING ISLES. A Natural History of Britain and Ireland.

New York. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987, First US edition. First published by BBC in 1985, written to accompany the BBC series "The Living Isles." 450 sites, most of them open to the public, are listed in the gazetteer. 320 pages. 200 colour photographs & many attractive illustrations. 25.5cm. x 19.25cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. except small tear top of spine and small piece missing front bottom corner, priced $24.95. ISBN 0684188015. 1987

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3861

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: natural history Britain British Isles England Scotland Wales Ireland birds flowers animals conservation farms pasture lake river fish

CROSSING, WILLIAM, & LE MESSURIER, BRIAN (EDITED BY)

CROSSING'S DARTMOOR WORKER.

Newton Abbot. David & Charles, 1966., Ex Library. This is a new book by Crossing, but it first appeared in print in 1903 as articles under the title "Presenting Life on Dartmoor." in the Western Morning News. First edition thus. Edited and with an introduction by Brian Le Messurier. 163 pages, 25 b./w. photographs. Apart from a few library marks & stamps, in very good condition. Cover is very good but 2 marks on each side where cover was taped on. Near fine d./w. but top edge was folded under to fit inside library sleeve, not price clipped 30/- ( £1.50). 22.5cm. x 14.5cm. 1966

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6946

Catalogue: History::Travel & Places

Keywords: Dartmoor Devon William Crossing Sheepstor Ditsworthy Hexworthy Mine Bellaford Tor Bovey Tracey Trowlsworthy Brent Tor

CRUICKSHANK, DAN

INVASION. Defending Britain From Attack.

London. Boxtree, 2001, Written to accompany Cruickshank's BBC series. 185 pages with over 80 photographs and illustrations in colour & black & white. Near fine, in near fine d./w. which isn't price clipped ( £18.99.) 10" x 7½". ISBN 0752220292. 2001

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3836

Catalogue: History

Keywords: invaders invasion attack defence defend army conquest

CUMBRIA FEDERATIONS OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTES.

CUMBRIA WITHIN LIVING MEMORY.

Newbury, Berks. Countryside Books, 2005., Reprint, first published 1994. "Compiled by the Cumbria Federations of Women's Institutes from notes sent by Institutes in the County." Softback. 255 pages and b./w. photographs. Contents near fine, no inscription. Near fine cover, priced £9.99 on back. 21cm. x 15cm. ISBN 1853063010. 2005

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7778

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Cumbria Keswick Hawkshead Westmorland Cumberland

CUNLIFFE SHAW, R.

POST ROMAN CARLISLE AND THE KINGDOMS OF THE NORTH-WEST.

Preston. The Guardian Press, 1964., Ex library. 2nd edition with corrections & additions. 70 pages, includes index of personal names & index of place names. Folded errata slip glued to page opposite title page. 2 charts have been added in this 2nd edition, showing descendants of Ceretic of Allt Clud, and the descent of the Men of the North. Folded black & white frontispiece is from Cuck's drawing of 1745 of ancient Carlisle. B./w. photograph of the Magnus Maximus coin. 21.5cm.x 14.25cm.Contents are clean except for library marks & stamps, & "25p" is written on front endpages. Cover has been covered with clear plastic, otherwise very good. No d./w. 1964

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8076

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Carlisle Romans Magnus Magnimus Northumbria Whithorn Galloway Isle of Man Clydesdale Solway Firth Strathclyde Rheged

DARLEY, GILLIAN.

THE NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF THE FARM.

London. National Trust / Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1981., 256 pages. 32 colour photographs, and 198 black & white, by Pamla Toler. Near fine,no inscription or marks, in near fine cover. Near fine d./w., but price clipped. 29cm. x 22cm. ISBN 0297780069. 1981

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7529

Catalogue: Architecture / History

Keywords: farm farming agriculture National Trust

DARLING, F.FRASER.

NATURAL HISTORY IN THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS.

London. Collins,1947., Number 6 of the "New Naturalist Series". First edition. 303 pages. 24 maps & diagrams on 9 pages. 45 colour photographs on 32 pages, and 55 b. & w. photographs on 32 pages. 8.75" x 6". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. but price clipped. The land of Scotland, its lovely scenery, the animals & birds that inhabit it. The wildlife of the lochs, seacoast & islands are in this fine book. 1947

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 1688

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Scotland Cairngorms The Highlands Lochs Atlantic Grey Seal Puffins Highland cattle New Naturalist

DARLING, F. FRASER.

THE STORY OF SCOTLAND.

London, William Collins, 1945., Third Edition. One of Collins' series ' Britain In Pictures. The British people in pictures.' Dr. Darling writes of the Scottish people, their country's history, life & work in Scotland, Scotland's famous artists, authors & engineers. 48 pages. Illustrated with 8 plates in colour, taken from watercolours, aquatints & lithographs, and 17 black & white pictures including a map & 3 tailpieces. 9" x 6½". Near fine. D./w. is near fine except slightly worn on top of spine, & slightly creased on top edge. 1945

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 1687

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Scotland Scottish Britain in Pictures

DAVID, PETER (TEXT).

Triumph In The Desert.

London. Century, 1991., The Definitive Illustrated History of the Gulf War." Foreword by General Powell. In 1990 Iraq, under their leader Saddam Hussein, invaded the small country of Kuwait. The U.N. gave Saddam orders to withdraw within 30 hours but he ignored them. This is an account of the following 7 months when the U.S. troops & their allies battled to liberate Kuwait & her 2 million people. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. which isn't price clipped. (£17.99) 209 pages, with 150 colour photographs by some of the leading photojournalists. Paintings, maps & diagrams in colour by artists of the US Forces.11" x 9¼". ISBN 0712652280. 1991

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3007

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Gulf War Saddam Hussein George Bush General Schwarzkopf Kuwait General Powell

DAVIES, JOSEPH E.; UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE SOVIET UNION FROM 1936 TO 1938.

MISSION TO MOSCOW. "A record of confidential dispatches to the State Department, ...

London. Victor Gollancz, 1944.... official & personal correspondence, current diary and journal entries, including notes and comment up to October,1941." Reprint, 8th impression, first published 1942. 415 pages. Contents clean and very good except inscribed to previous owner on front end page. Corners of cover are bumped, and spine is faded, otherwise very good. 1944

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7859

Catalogue: History / Biography

Keywords: Moscow USSR Soviet Union United States ambassador State Department

DAVIS, MICHAEL JUSTIN, AND ALFRED WILLIAMS..

IN A WILTSHIRE VILLAGE. Scenes From Rural Victorian Life.

Gloucester. Alan Sutton, 1981., Softback. "Selected from the writings of Alfred Williams." Alfred Williams wrote about the people who lived in his villege, South Marston. 192 pages. Map of the villages, and 22 b./w. photographs & drawings. 22cm. x 15.5cm. ISBN 0904387623.

GBL BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7338

Catalogue: History

Keywords: South Marston Wiltshire Bassett Down Westbury Pewsey