KIPLING, LESLEY & HALL, NICK.

On The Trail of the Luddites.

Yorkshire. Pennine Heritage Network, 1980s, Softback."Trailblazing Guide to the Yorkshire Luddites.. Routes to help you follow their footsteps & a fresh look at the evidence - were the right men hanged?". 56 pages, illustrated with b./w. photographs, prints, maps & documents. 21cm. x 14.75cm. (Not stated but think it is a reprint?) Fine condition, no inscription or marks. 0.

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Book number: 10136

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Luddites workers labourers Huddersfield

KIRBY, PERCIVAL R.

THE TRUE STORY OF THE GROSVENOR, East Indiaman wrecked on the coast of South Africa.

Cape Town, South Africa. Oxford University Press, 1960., On 4th August 1782 the Grosvenor East Indiaman was wrecked on the coast of Pondoland, South Africa. The author became interested in her in 1944, when he read the journal of sailor Willam Habberley , & account of the trek overland by the survivors. 266 pages. 11 black & white photographs & prints. A sketch map, and a folding map at the end. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. slightly worn on corners & edges, o./w. very good, priced 30/- (£1.50) 22cm. x 14.5cm. 1960

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Book number: 8060

Catalogue: Maritime / Nautical / History

Keywords: Grosvenor East Indiaman Pondoland

KOHT, HALVDAN AND SKARD, SIGMUND.

THE VOICE OF NORWAY.

London. Hutchinson, 1943., Ex Boots Library. Small amount of pink label left on back endpaper, and between pages 81/82 is small rusty mark where ends of Boots metal hook was, affecting 2 or 3 pages before & after. First part by Koht, is 'State & Society'. Second part by Skard, is ''Literature'. 176 pages including index. 8½" x 5½". Contents very good apart from marks mentioned. Corners & edges of cover bumped. No d./w. 1943

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Book number: 4567

Catalogue: History / Non Fiction

Keywords: Norway Norwegians Holberg Ibsen Wergeland Bjørnson Nazis June1027 Edda bkchll

LABARGE, MARGARET WADE.

A SMALL SOUND OF THE TRUMPET. Women in Medieval Life.

London. Hamish Hamilton, 1990., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1986 as "Women in Medieval Life.". 271 pages including chapter notes, bibliography & index. 56 b./w. illustrations. Previous owners name on half-title page, small faint mark on side edge of back cover, otherwise clean & near fine. Corners of stiff card cover slightly bumped, o./w. near fine, priced on back £9.99. ISBN 0241129230. 1990

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Book number: 6770

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Medieval Eleanor of Aquitaine women Queens ladies nuns peasants nurses

LADURIE, EMMANUEL LE ROY

CARNIVAL. A People's Uprising at Romans 1579-1580.

London. Scolar Press, 1980, Romans is a town in south-east France. Every year a lively Mardi Gras was held there, heralding the end of winter & arrival of spring, but in 1580 there was a massacre. 426 pages, including chapter notes & manuscript sources. 2 maps, one is doublepage. Contents clean except previous owner's name & address on f.e.p. Near fine red cloth cover, in near fine d./w., priced £12.50. 24cm. x 16cm. ISBN 0859675912. 1980

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Book number: 8065

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Romans France Mardi Gras Dauphiné Antoine Guerin Grenoble

LAIDLER, KEITH.

SQUIRRELS IN BRITAIN.

Newton Abbot. David & Charles, 1980., 192 pages, illustrated with approximately 18 colour, and 27 black & white photographs, plus many drawings & diagrams. 8.5" x 6" Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w.. 1980

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Book number: 8755

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: squirrel drey sciurus rodents

LAING, LLOYD AND JENNIFER.

ART OF THE CELTS From 700 BC to the Celtic Revival..

London. Thames & Hudson, 1996., Reprint. Softback. From T. & H.'s "World of Art" series. 216 pages, including glossary & bibliography. 22 colour and 190 b./w. illustrations. 21cm. x 15cm. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Stiff card cover is near fine, priced on back £10.35. ISBN 0500202567. 1996

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Book number: 5589

Catalogue: Art & Design / History

Keywords: Celtic Celts Daisy101 shield bronze torc Book of Kells

LANDAU, JACOB M.

ABDUL-HAMID'S PALESTINE.

London. Andre Deutsch, 1979., Rare century-old photographs from the private collection of the Ottoman sultan now published for the first time." Sultan Abdul-Hamid reigned over the Ottoman Empire for 30 years & was a keen photographer. 144 pages. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Brown cloth cover is near fine. D./w. is worn on edges & corners, with 8.5cm. tear on back bottom edge & some smaller tears. ISBN 0233971351. 1979

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Book number: 7652

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Palestine Palestinians Jaffa Jerusalem Mosques Muslims

LANKA, VÁCLAV AND VIT, ZBYSEK

A FIELD GUIDE IN COLOUR. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES.

London. Octopus, 1989, Hardback. First published Prague 1985. 224 ages. Describes over 160 amphibians & reptiles. Over 200 colour paintings & line drawings by Libuse & Jaromir Knotek. Near fine in laminated boards. D./w. slightly worn with ½" tear front bottom edge, o./w. near fine & not price clipped (£4.95) 224 pages. 8½" x 6¼" ISBN 0706439309. 1989

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Book number: 3562

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: snake reptile amphibian lizards ecology viper skink chameleon turtle terrapin frog toad tortoise salamander newt boa gecko Gila monster

LANSING, ALFRED.

ENDURANCE. The Greatest Adventure Story Ever Told.

London. Ted Smart, c. 2000., Reprint. First published 1959, this edition was published 2000 by Hodder & Stoughton. Lansing did not go on Shackleton's 1914 -1915 Antarctic expedition, but he compiled this story from the log books, and crew's personal accounts The fine photography is by Frank Hurley. 278 pages on coated paper, many b./w. photographs, some of them full page. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine d./w.

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Book number: 7363

Catalogue: History/ Travel

Keywords: Shackleton Antarctic Frank Hurley

LASLETT, PETER.

THE WORLD WE HAVE LOST, Further Explained.

London. Routledge, 1994., Paperback. First published 1965, this 3rd edition has new material. 353 pages, including notes to the text, bibliography & index. 21.5cm. x 14cm. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Card cover near fine. ISBN 0415029759. 1994

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Book number: 6694

Catalogue: History

Keywords: social history Peter Laslett

LAVEN, MARY.

VIRGINS OF VENICE. Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Convent.

New York. Penguin Books, 2004., Paperback. Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. 280 pages. 17 b./w. illustrations & 2 maps. 7.75" x 5". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Priced on back $15. 2004 ISBN: 0142004014

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Book number: 5482

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Venice religion priest Nun convent

LAWRENCE, T. E.

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.

London. Jonathan Cape, 1935, First edition published for general circulation July 1935. Preface by A. W. Lawrence. 672 pages. 54 illustrations in pastel, chalk, pen & ink, pencil, photographs etc., most of them are portraits by Eric Kennington. 4 folded maps. Cover is faintly marked, ends of spine and corners are slightly bumped, otherwise very good. Contents are very good except sadly a passage of about 15 lines on page 30 has been inked over, and "Offensive passage" is written in ink beside it in the margin. The ink has seeped through the paper also marking 15 lines on page 29, though at least most words are still readable. Page 29 is the first page of chapter 1. 10.25" x 7.75". No d./w. 1935

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Book number: 5879

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Lawrence of Arabia Arab Revolt King Feisal Akaba Sinai

LEAKEY, RICHARD AND LEWIN, ROGER.

ORIGINS RECONSIDERED. In Search of What Makes Us Human.

London. Little, Brown & Co., 1992., Paperback. 375 pages including index. Illustrated with many b./w. photographs & some drawings. 23.5cm. x 14.5cm. Near fine. ISBN 0316902985. 1992

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Book number: 6570

Catalogue: History

Keywords: anthropology Louis Leakey Tanzania Turkana

LEFEVER, ERNEST W.

NUCLEAR ARMS IN THE THIRD WORLD. U.S. Policy Dilemma.

Washington D.C. The Brookings Institution, 1979, Paperback. 154 pages. 9" x 6" Contents very good, no inscription. Stiff card cover is creased on front bottom corner, & rubbed on edges. ISBN 0815752016. 1979

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Book number: 6539

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: nuclear Atomic energy