HOBSBAWM, E.J.

THE AGE OF REVOLUTION. 1789 -1848.

London. New English Library, 1962., A Mentor paperback, uncertain of date. 416 pages, including chapter notes, bibliography & index. 102 b./w. pictures & photographs on 64 pages. 12 pages of maps & diagrams. Contents clean apart from previous owner's name. Cover slightly rubbed on edges & slightly soiled, o./w. very good. 1962

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Book number: 7247

Catalogue: History / Politics

Keywords: revolution industrial revolution capitalism Marx Lenin Communist Manifesto

HOBSBAWM, E. J. AND RUDE, GEORGE.

CAPTAIN SWING.

London. Penguin Books, 1973., Paperback., a Penguin University Book. 380 pages including bibliography, chapter notes, subject index, index of places, & index of names, followed by 7 pages of ads for Penguin books. With maps, copies of notices, bills, and letters. Card cover is slightly worn & bumped on corners, priced on back £1.40. Contents are clean, no inscription or marks, but top edge slightly dusty. ISBN 0140600132. 1973

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Book number: 8575

Catalogue: History

Keywords: agriculture riots objectors revolt labourers enclosure riots rick burner industrial revolution

HOCKEY, S.F.

QUARR ABBEY AND ITS LANDS 1132 - 1631.

Leicester. Leicester University Press, 1970, Ex Reference Library. 320 pages including list of Abbots of Quarr, & chapter notes. 8.75" x 5.5". Endpapers illustrated with map of Isle of Wight & medieval parishes. 8 more maps including 1 folded. Reference library's bookplate inside front cover, library marks, & 'SALE 1995' stamped in red on halftitle page, but contents are clean. D./w. is near fine but corners slightly rubbed, front flap has 1" tear on top edge & bottom edge folded under to fit inside library sleeve. SBN 718510879 1970

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Book number: 3869

Catalogue: History / Religion & Philosophy

Keywords: Isle of Wight Quarr Abbey monastery monks abbots Carisbrooke Newport Arreton

HODGSON, W. EARL.

TROUT FISHING.

London. Adam And Charles Black, 1908., Third Edition, which (according to the preface) has a new frontispiece in colour, a letter published in the 2nd edition has the reply published here, and some phrases are rewritten. Pp. vii-xxii. 328 pages including index, + 4 pages of book advertisements. A model book of flies for stream & lake "The Book of Flies" is at the front. This is 7 colour plates showing flies for March, April, May, June, July, Aug. & Sept., with tissue guards opposite printed with the names. Sadly the top front corner is badly bumped, (see scan) o./w. in very good condition. Contents near fine apart from slight foxing at ends. No inscription, no marks. 8" x 5½". 1908

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Book number: 3190

Catalogue: Natural History / Hobbies

Keywords: fish fishing trout lakes streams rivers pescator angling flies

HOGG, IAN V.

BRITISH & AMERICAN ARTILLERY OF WORLD WAR 2.

London. Arms and Armour Press, 1978., Encyclopedia of the guns used by the Allied armies of the West during the Second World War. 256 pages. Over 350 b./w. photographs.10" x 7½". Near fine, no name or inscription. Near fine d./w. except price clipped with publishers's own price label of £15.00 stuck on flap. ISBN 0853682429. 1978

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Book number: 1998

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: W./W. 2 artillery guns army Howitzer anti-aircraft gun anti-tank gun

HOLE, CHRISTINA.

BRITISH FOLK CUSTOMS.

London. Book Club Associates, 1976., First published 1976 by Hutchinson. 232 pages, illustrated with attractive b./ w. drawings by Val Biro. Contents near fine, but previous owner's name on f.e.p. Small 1cm. mark on top edge of black front cover. D./w. has a small tear front top edge & bottom edge, taped on inside, but a 10cm. tear on front has been taped on outside. 24.25cm. x 19cm. 1976

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Book number: 6333

Catalogue: History

Keywords: customs witches Fairs folklore traditions

HOME, MICHAEL, AND WEISSENBORN, HELLMUTH (ILLUSTRATOR.)

AUTUMN FIELDS.

London. Methuen, 1945., 2nd edition, first published Oct.1944. About a village called Heathley amd its inhabitants, in an area called Breckland. 197 pages. Contents clean & near fine, cover would be near fine but back bottom corner slightly, faintly creased. No d./w. 22 cm. x 14.5 cm. 1945

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Book number: 7038

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Heathley Breckland village countryside farming

HONIGSBAUM, MARK.

THE FEVER TRAIL. In Search Of The Cure For Malaria.

New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002., First U.S. edition, first published 2001 in U.K. by Macmillan. 307 pages including notes to sources. 5 maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced $25.00 on front flap. 9¼" x 6". ISBN 0374154694. 2002 ISBN: 0374154694

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Book number: 4049

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Malaria mosquito cinchona tree quinine vaccine parasite

HOPE, STANTON.

Ocean Odyssey. A Record Of The Fighting Merchant Navy.

London Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945, Hardback. Reprint, first published 1944. 220 pages, with 17 b./ w. photographs. 8½" x 5½". No d./w. Back cover has a faint white mark, and endpapers are slightly foxed, o./w. very good. 1945

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Book number: 2797

Catalogue: Naval History

Keywords: Merchant Navy W./W.2 Naval History Malta

HOPE, RONALD

THE SHOREGOER'S GUIDE TO WORLD PORTS.

London Maritime Press Ltd., 1963, Published in co-operation with the Seafarers' Educational Service. "A Guide to...168 ports throughout the world...to meet the needs of the voyager.. places of interest, restaurants, shops, sports facilities, entertainments, transport & sources of information... with clear street plans." 341 pages. Front endpaper illustrated with Mercator's map of the world, back e.p. has Mercator's map of Europe. Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is slightly grubby & has 3" x 2" tear back top edge, repaired on inside with tape, o./w. very good. 8.75" x 5.5". 1963

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Book number: 2785

Catalogue: Maritime History

Keywords: ports harbours docks ships seamen sailors

HORNBY, CLIFFORD.

RURAL AMATEUR.

London. Collins, 1943., The author writes about the countrylife, village life, hawking & falconry, hounds and the Isle of Lundy. 192 pages. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Corners of cover slightly bumped, o./w. very good. D./w. worn on edges, slightly stained & torn on top of spine, slightly foxed, price clipped, o./w. very good. 1943

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Book number: 6242

Catalogue: Natural History / Biography

Keywords: falconry Isle of Lundy agriculture farming falcon hounds village Lundy village

HOSKINS, W. G.

The Making of the English Landscape.

London. Guild Publishing, 1988., Reprint. First published 1955, this updated edition first published 1988 by Hodder & Stoughton. 256 pages including select bibliography & index. 120 colour & b./w. photographs. Cover & contents near fine, d./w. near fine except small tear front top.edge & corners slightly worn. 27cm. x 24cm. Heavy 1988

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Book number: 6760

Catalogue: History

Keywords: landscape countryside ancient trackways

HOWARTH, STEPHEN.

SEA SHELL: THE STORY OF SHELL'S BRITISH TANKER FLEETS, 1892-1992.

Box, Wiltshire. Thomas Reed, 1992., Foreword by Admiral Sir Julian Oswald. 10½" x 10½". 215 pages including a list of the Fleet. Colour & b./ w. photographs, prints & paintings. Near fine, no inscription. D./w. is slightly rubbed, with a few faint scratches on back, edges are starting to curl, o./w. near fine & not price clipped (£27.50). ISBN 094763732X. 1992

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Book number: 4006

Catalogue: Maritime History

Keywords: Shell Murx West Hartlepool tanker Marcus Samuel Royal Dutch oil tankers Deterding

HOWARTH, DAVID.

THE VOYAGE OF THE SPANISH ARMADA. The Spanish Story.

London. Collins,1981., 256 pages. Illustrated with 20 b./ w. photographs of portraits, landscape paintings etc. on 9 pages. Front endpaper is illustrated with an old chart from Lands End to Plymouth, the back endpaper shows the Isle of Wight to Dover. Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. near fine, price clipped, but publisher's price label on flap (£9.95). 9¼" x 6" ISBN 0002115751. 1981

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Book number: 2018

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Spanish Armada Phillip II of Spain Sir John Hawkyns Sir Francis Drake Elizabeth I

HOWE, T.

THE OWNER GROOM. A Guide To Horse Management By Amateurs.

London. Country Life Ltd., 1960., Third edition, first published 1938. "For this new edition (1960) the text has again been revised and brought up to date." 158 pages, with 26 b./w. photographs. Cover is near fine except corners are slightly bumped. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. D./w. is slightly dusty, torn on front bottom corner, worn & chipped on ends of spine, priced 15/-.. 22cm. x 14.25cm.

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Book number: 7927

Catalogue: Natural History / Medicine

Keywords: horse pony equine stable groom mare stallion veterinary