SIMON, ANDRE L

Port

London, Constable & Co. 1934. Hardcover. In the series Constable's Wine Library. A detailed study, both of the fortified wine and its history (the Peninsular War etc). Light wear to original boards, spine a little sunned, no inscriptions, foxing to prelims and edge of page block, clean, tight and sound, good, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 9450

Catalogue: History

Keywords: PORT, OPORTO, WINE, VINTAGE Wine

GRANT G SIMPSON AND JAMES D GALBRAITH, EDS.

Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland Preserved in the Public Record Office and the British Library: Vol V, 1106 - 1516 (Supplementary)

Scottish Record Office. Hardcover. Undated - 1970s. Documents omitted from Joseph Bain's earlier work. VG in VG DJ, in original card box. A heavy book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 12180

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY Scottish Archaeology

SINGH, GANDA

A Brief Account of the Sikh People

Sikh History Society Patiala 1956 PB. Soft cover. The revised edition, published in India in August 1956. Card covers with paper wraps, just a little marked, no inscriptions, tight and sound, VG. 109pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 7756

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, RELIGION, HISTORY, SIKH, SIKHISM General

SLOAN, PAT

Where Russia Stands Now

The Russia Today Society London 1945 PB. Soft cover. Pamphlet covering: Japan, The Big "3", Potsdam, and the San Francisco Conference where the charter for The United Nations was drawn up. Stapled booklet, good. 23pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 6819

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, RUSSIA, U.S.S.R., LEAGUE OF NATIONS, UNITED General

MRS SMEDLEY

Ladies' Manual of Practical Hydropathy

London, James Blackwood. Hardcover. Undated, reprint 'much enlarged with cuts'. Details of treatment and testimonials. Blue decorative cloth much worn, marked and sunned, spine sunned to illegibility, pages yellowed, a small red stamp 'in the year 1877' to frontis, no other inscriptions, good, no DJ. 0. Good.

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Book number: 10026

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HEALTH, MEDICINE, HYDROPATHY, MATLOCK BANK Medicine

SMITH, T LYNN

Agrarian Reform in Latin America

Alfred A Knopf New York 1968 HB. Hardcover. A Borzoi book on Latin America. Ex-academic-library, plate to front paste-down, good. 206pp 0. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 4939

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, ECONOMICS, SOUTH AMERICA, AGRICULTURE, FARMING, REFORM, REVOLUTION General

SMITH, G E KIDDER

The New Architecture of Europe

Pelican London 1962 PB. Soft cover. Good 349pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 3437

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY, EUROPE General

SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY

Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, 11th Volume

Edinburgh, Scottish History Society. 1990. (ISBN: 0906245125). Hardcover. Including A plea-roll of Edward I's army in Scotland 1296; Letters of John Graham of Claverhouse; Some late 17th century building contracts; Correspondence relating to Milburn Tower and garden 1804 - 1829. No inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 12262

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0906245125 SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY Scottish

GLASGOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society New Series : Volume XV Parts 1 to 4

Glasgow, Edinburgh, William Maclellan, Oliver and Boyd LTD. 1960. Soft cover. Four parts of Volume XV. Part I dated 1960, Good in stapled slightly worn card cover. 20 pages. Subjects include Castle Sween. Part II dated 1963, Good in rusting stapled card cover. 67 pages. Subjects include the Tormore Circles and Craignethan Castle including fold out maps. Part III dated 1966, Four vols. Good in stapled cover, slight age marking to FFEP. 138 pages. Subjects include Skipness Castle and also the Presidential Address A 70 year retrospective. Many illustrations. Part IV dated 1967, Good in card cover with light mark on RFEP. 199 pages. Subjects include the Early Christian Monuments at Govan and Inchinnan, also the Presidential Address on The Archaeology of Rural Settlement in Scotland. All text clean and clear in all four volumes. Good.

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Book number: 12447

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY , SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Scottish Archaeology

SOTHEBY'S

Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books Relating to Natural History

Sotheby & Co. London 1981 PB. Soft cover. Estimates and price lists loosely laid in. Catalogue referred to as 'Ann' Good 52pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 6230

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, SOTHEBY, AUCTION, CATALOGUE, ANN General

STICKINGS, THOMAS G

Stories of the Castles and Strongholds of Pembrokeshire

Tenby, H G Walters. 1972. Soft cover. The historical background and tales associated with the Welsh castles. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 9516

Catalogue: History

Keywords: WELSH, WALES, HISTORY, FOLKLORE, TRAVEL, GUIDE Welsh

STOPES, MARIE

'the First Five Thousand'

John Bale, Sons and Danielsson London 1st 1925 HB. Hardcover. The first report into the first birth control clinic (opened in 1921) in the British Empire - the Mothers' Clinic for constructive birth control, London. Cover worn, marked and faded, particularly to the spine, end-papers discoloured, tight and sound, good, no DJ. 67pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 7772

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, WOMEN'S STUDIES, GENDER FEMINISM, BIRTH CONTROL, STOPES General

STORM, RACHEL

Endless Path - Aztec

London, Flame Tree. 2006. (ISBN: 184451515x). Soft cover. An overview of Mesoamerican cultures from the Olmecs to the Aztecs, fully illustrated, with bite-sized but scholarly text. Some creases to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, generally VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10190

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 184451515x FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, CENTRAL AMERICA, OLMEC, HUASTEC, ZAPOTEC, TOTONAC, TEOTIHUACAN, MIXTEC, MAYA, TOLTEC, AZTECS Archaeology

STRINGER, KEITH J

The Reformed Church in Medieval Galloway and Cumbria: Contrasts, Connections and Continuities - 11th

Friends of the Whithorn Trust 2003 PB. (ISBN: 0954423208). Soft cover. Cross-border links, using church records from Cumbria, the Isle of Man and Ireland to illuminate the scantier records at Whithorn. The eleventh Whithorn Lecture, 2002. Stapled booklet, VG. 54pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 9117

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0954423208 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY,SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH, HISTORY, WHITHORN, WHITHORN LECTURE, CANDIDA CASA, GALLOWAY, EARLY CHURCH HISTORY Scottish Archaeology

VICTOR SUTHREN

The War of 1812

McClelland and Stewart. 1999. (ISBN: 0771083173). Hardcover. With accompanying CD-ROM to the back cover. Prelims very lightly marked, name to ffep, otherwise generally VG in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 13848

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0771083173 Canada, history