EKWALL, EILERT.

Street-Names of the City of London.

Oxford. At The Clarendon Press, 1965., Hardback. Ex Reference Library. Reprint of first edition with corrections. 211 pages. A folded map of the City of London c. 1600, 21cm. x 43cm. is at the end. Navyblue cover is near fine, inside is very good apart from library marks, 'Sale 1995' stamped in red, 'Cancelled' stamped in green, & barcode on front endpage. D./w. is very good but top edge was folded under to fit inside library sleeve, priced 25s (£1.25). 19.5cm. x 12.5cm. 1965

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Book number: 9731

Catalogue: History

Keywords: London City of London Streets street-names

ELIOT, SIMON AND STERN, BEVERLEY.

THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. Volume 1. An Anthology of 18th-Century Texts.

London. Ward Lock Educational / Open University, 1983., Paperback. Volume 1. An Open University set book. Reprint. 345 pages including index. Very good but previous owner has written some words neatly in margins. 9" x 6". ISBN 0706239210 1983 ISBN: 0706239210

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Book number: 5101

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Eighteenth century history revolution 18th century

ELLEN, R.G.

A LONDON STEEPLECHASE.A Consise Guide to 150 Old London Churches, with maps & illustrations.

London. City Press, 1972., Ex Library. "A Survey of the 150 Parish Churches historically associated with the Parish Clerks' Company of the City of London." Foreword by the Bishop of London. 163 pages. 24 black & white plates, of photographs, engravings & prints. 'Sale 1995' is stamped in red on front endpage, 'cancelled' & barcode label on half-title, o./w. near fine. Near fine d./w., priced £3.00. Front endpages are illustrated with a map of London showing where the churches are. Back endpages are a map of London showing locations of churches which had histoical links with 'The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks.' 1972

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Book number: 7543

Catalogue: History / Architecture

Keywords: London church City of London Thames steeple steeplechases

ELLIS, PETER BERRESFORD.

Caesar's Invasion of Britain.

London. Orbis, 1978., Ex Library. 144 pages, including bibliography & index. Over 60 b./w. photographs, maps & diagrams. 25.5 cm. x 19.5 cm. Near fine, except library marks on half-title.and back endpage. D./w. near fine, priced £5.95, but top corners are worn. ISBN 0856130184. 1978

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Book number: 7070

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Julius Caesar Romans Gauls Britain

ELLIS, MALCOLM (EDITOR) REYNOLDS, MIKE; MEYER, RICHARD; AND MANY EXPERTS.

Operation Chough. The Story of the Cornish Chough - will it ever return?

Hayle,Cornwall. Glasgow University / Paradise Park, c. 1990., Paperback. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Cornwall. Introduction by Mike Reynolds of "The Rare & Endangered Birds Breeding Centre" at Hayle. A Glasgow University Research Project. Pages not numbered but about 26. Colour and b./w. photographs. 9.5" x 6.75". All who contributed text, photographs etc. gave their services for free. Originally sold on behalf of the project "Operation Chough". 1990

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Book number: 5407

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Cornwall Chough bird ornithology Hayle

ELTRINGHAM, DR. S. K. (CONSULTANT)

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of ELEPHANTS.

London. Salamander Books, 1991., From Their Origins and Evolution to their Ceremonial and Working Relationship with Man." 188 pages. Many colour photographs, drawings, maps & charts. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription. D./w. edges bumped & corners slightly worn. 12" x 8.75". ISBN 0861015568. 1991

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Book number: 6350

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: elephant 5456 ivory conservation

EPTON, NINA.

LOVE AND THE ENGLISH.

London. Cassell, 1960., Divided into 6 parts:.1) The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Ages: The Awakening. II) The Sixteenth Century: An Age of Ripeness. III) The Seventeenth Century: An Age of Contrasts. IV) The Eighteenth Century: Silks & Shadows. V) The Nineteenth Century: From Beaux to the Steam Age. VI) The Twentieth Century: The Age of Sex. 390 pages. 17 b./w. paintings & prints. Previous owner's name on f.e.p. otherwise contents near fine. No d./w. 22.25cm. x 14cm. 1960

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Book number: 6309

Catalogue: History

Keywords: love romance sex couples marriage relationships

EVANS, GEORGE EWART.

WHERE BEARDS WAG ALL. The Relevance of the Oral Tradition.

London. Faber & Faber, 1971., Reprint. Rural life in East Anglia, mainly Norfolk & Suffolk. A collection of the stories and memories of the people themselves. Divided in 4 parts.1)The Craftsmen. 2) Agricuture. 3) The Village. 4) Migrant Workers. 296 pages including selected bibliography. 29 b./ w. photographs, some of them old and some new ones taken by David Gentleman, who also did the illustrations. 8.75" x 5.5". 2 line inscription on top of title page, neatly written in small handwriting, o./w. near fine. Near fine d./w. priced £2.50. ISBN 0571084117 1971

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Book number: 2024

Catalogue: History

Keywords: craftsmen agriculture Norfolk Suffolk villages agricultural labourers

FAGAN, BRIAN M.

THE RAPE OF THE NILE. Tomb Robbers, Tourists, & Archaeologists in Egypt.

London. Book Club, 1977., Reprint, first published 1975 by MacDonald & Jane's. 399 pages including sources, & index. Illustrated with black & white photographs, maps, & diagrams. Near fine but inscription on front free end page. Near fine d./w. but small tear front top edge,and top edge is slightly bumped. ISBN 035404091X. 1977

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Book number: 5760

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Cairo Nile Egypt pyramids PhilaeBerenice Dendereh Abu Simbel Luxor Nefertitiy Tut-ankh-Amun

FAIRSERVIS, WALTER A.

THE ROOTS OF ANCIENT INDIA. The Archaeology of Early Indian Civilization.

London. George Allen & Unwin, 1971., Previous owner wrote in pencil on half-title page ' Ex Library' although I can't see any library marks, but front end-page is missing. 482 pages including bibliography & index. Well illustrated with 58 b./w. photographs, 75 drawings, diagrams & figures, 28 maps, and 10 tables. Contents very good, but 2 small marks on end pages from old sellotape. Cover very good. D./w. slightly worn and bumped on edges, 3 cm. tear on front top edge, not price clipped (£4.50.) 24.5 cm. x 16.5 cm. 1971

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Book number: 7044

Catalogue: History

Keywords: India archaeology history Harrapan Kohtras Buthi Kandahar Mundigak Indus Gondrani Quetta Harrapan

FARNIE, D. A.

The Manchester Ship Canal and the rise of the Port of Manchester. 1894 - 1975

Manchester. Manchester University Press, 1980., Hardback. First edition. History of the company from the beginning, its construction & success, linking Manchester to the Americas, the Far East & the world. 187 pages, with 9 tables, 24 b. & w. photographs and maps. 21.5cm. x 15cm. Near fine but ends of spine slightly bumped & the topmost edge is slightly faded. This is hardly noticeable. ISBN 071900795X 1980

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Book number: 9454

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Manchester Liverpool Mersey Runcorn Eastham Ellesmere Trafford Barton Manchester Ship Canal Irlam Salford Cheshire Lancashire

FAST, HOWARD

PEEKSKILL: U S A ; A Personal Experience.

Moscow. Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954., (Seems to be a first USSR edition.) An account of a concert in 1953 where the black singer Paul Robeson was expected to appear, and the hostility of police & state troopers along side a very aggressive crowd of anti-negro protesters. 110 pages. 6 b./w. photographs. Foreword or introduction is in Russian. Cream coloured boards with brown linen spine is slightly dusty otherwise very good, but corners bumped. Contents very good, no inscription or marks. 20.5cm. x 13.5cm. 1954

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Book number: 7281

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Peeksgill negro Blacks African-American Paul Robeson

FAZAKERLEY LOCAL HISTORY GROUP.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF FAZAKERLEY AND DISTRICT.

Fazakerley. Fazakerley Local History Group, 1990, No publisher and no date are given, but as the group first formed in 1987 I'm guessing this book was published around 1989 or 1990. 21cm. x 14.25cm. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. 1990

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Book number: 9012

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Fazakerley Lancashire Liverpool Walton

FEATHERSTONE, DONALD

THE BOWMEN OF ENGLAND. The Story of the English Longbow.

Barnsley, Yorks. Pen & Sword Books, 2005., Paperback, irst published 1968 by Potter. A study of the longbow from the 12th to 17th century, & an account of how it was used in France in 1940. 200 pages including bibliography. 13 b./w. illustrations. 3 maps. 7.75" x 5". Near fine. ISBN 0850529468. 2005

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Book number: 2609

Catalogue: Military History / .History

Keywords: longbow arrow archery bowmen war-bow crossbow

FEHRENBACH, T. R.

LONE STAR. A History of Texas and the Texans.

New York. American Legacy Press, 1983., Reprint, first published 1968 for $17.50 by Macmillan. " The story of armed migration, of conquest, of courage, corruption, despair, vast dreams, and folly." 761 pages. 23.5cm. 15.5cm. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. ISBN 0517402807. 1983

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Book number: 8863

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Texas Texans San Antonio Kiowa Indians Comanche Indians Alamo Apache