DAY, E HERMITAGE

Ober-Ammergau and the Passion Play - a Practical and Historical Handbook for Visitors

A R Mowbray & Co London 1910 HB. Hardcover. New impression. Illustrated with 24 contemporary b/w photographs of the village. Green cloth covers worn and marked, gold lettering still bright, neat name to ffep, clean, tight and sound, good. 96pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8889

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, OBERAMMERGAU, TRAVEL, HISTORY, RELIGION, CHRISTIANITY, SACRED DRAMA General

INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE AND AID FUND FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

Nelson Mandela - I Am Prepared to Die

1984 PB. Soft cover. Extracts from the 1962 trial, and his statement from the dock in the 'Rivonia Trial'. Stapled booklet, cover a little marked, generally good. 48pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 6016

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, POLITICS, AFRICA, MANDELA, SOUTH ANC, RIVONIA General

DANIEL DEFOE

The Genuine Works of Mr. Daniel Defoe, Author of the True-Born English-Man, a Satyr. Containing Thirtynine Scarce and Valuable Tracts, Upon Many Curious and Uncommon Subjects. To Which Is Added a Complete Key to the Whole, Never Before Printed. Vol II

London, Printed and Sold by the Booksellers (Price Twelve Shillings). 1744. Hardcover. Vol 2 only. Original full leather worn and marked, spine edges and corners restored, new eps, neat name (Anthony Quirke) to title verso, pages foxed and stained, complete, sound. Contains A New Discovery of an Old Intreague: a Satyr levell'd at Treachery and Ambition; More Reformation, a Satyr on Himself; An Elegy on the Author of a True-Born English Man; The Storm, an Essay; A Hymn to the Pillory; A Hymn to Victory; The Pacificator; The double Welcome, a Poem to the Duke of Marlborough; The Dissenters Answer to the High-Church Challenge; A Challenge of Peace, address'd to the Whole Nation; Peace without Union; More Short Ways with the Dissenters; A new Test of the Church of England's Honesty; A serious Enquiry .;The Dissenter Misrepresented and Represented; The Parallel: or Persecution of Protestants the shortest way to prevent the Growth of Popery in Ireland; Giving Alms no Charity .; Royal Religion. Good.

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Book number: 12617

Catalogue: History

Keywords: POLITICS, RELIGION, HISTORY Politics Religion

J R DICKINSON

The Lordship of Man Under the Stanleys: Government and Economy in the Isle of Man, 1580 - 1704

Manchester, Chetham Society. 1996. Hardcover. CS vol XLI third series. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 12510

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, MANX

DILWORTH, MARK

Whithorn Priory in the Late Middle Ages - 2nd Whithorn Lecture

Friends of the Whithorn Trust 1999 PB. (ISBN: 0952572680). Soft cover. Reprint. The Abbot of Fort Augustus outlines the history of the Premonstratensian Priory, at the 2nd Whithorn Lecture 1993. Stapled booklet, VG. 16pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 9114

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0952572680 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH, HISTORY, PREHISTORY, WHITHORN, WHITHORN LECTURE, CANDIDA CASA, GALLOWAY Scottish Archaeology

DONALDSON, CHRISTOPHER

A Short History and Guide of St. Martin's Church, Canterbury

Canterbury, Friends of St. Martin's Church. 1966. Soft cover. The oldest parish church in England, in use since the 6th Century. Stapled booklet, illustrative covers a little worn, name to front cover verso, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 11486

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, RELIGION Religion Archaeology

DREVER, HELEN, ILLUSTRATED BY A MASON TROTTER

Tales of the Scottish Clans for Children (and Grown-Ups)

Edinburgh, Grant & Murray. 1931. Hardcover. Illustrative purple cloth worn, marked and sunned, prize label to front paste-down, sound, good, in much chipped and mended, good DJ. Good/Good.

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Book number: 11981

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, CHILDREN'S, JUVENILE Scottish Children's

R L DUFFUS

The Santa Fe Trail

University of New Mexico. 1975. Soft cover. Reprint. Illustrative covers a little worn and marked, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 13358

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Americas, history

WILLIS F DUNBAR AND GEORGE S MAY

Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State

William B Eerdmans. 1995. (ISBN: 0802870554). Soft cover. Third revised edition. Neat name to ffep (Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone), otherwise VG. A heavy book. Very Good.

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Book number: 13838

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0802870554 Americas, history

MOUL, DUNCAN AND HILL, R H ERNEST

Picturesque Essex

F E Robinson and Co London 1905 HB. Hardcover. Sketches by Moul, description by Hill - a classic study of long-lost charm. Red cloth worn and marked, spine restored, age-mottling to prelims, no inscriptions, some gatherings loosening, good. 192pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8509

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, TRAVEL, GUIDE, HISTORY, HISTORICAL ESSEX, BRITAIN, ENGLAND General

WINDSOR, M E AND TURRAL, J EDS.

Lyra Historica - Poems of British History a D 61 - 1910

OUP London 1926 HB. Hardcover. Reprint (first published 1911). Narrative verse, including ballads, illustrative of the picturesque version of British history. Olive green decorated cloth, name to ffep, pages a little yellowed and with very occasional grubby marks, generally VG, no DJ. 96pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 8218

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, POETRY, POEMS, BALLADS General

ECCLESTON, JAMES

An Introduction to English Antiquities; Intended As a Companion to the History of England

London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1847. Hardcover. Illustrated with many woodcuts. Original blind-stamped brown cloth worn and marked, neat name to front paste-down, occasional foxing throughout, one gathering sprung, good. Good.

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Book number: 10753

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY Archaeology

JOHN L KINLOCH EDITOR

The Hardy Scot: A Live Paper for Scottish Youth Vol 1 No 3 September 1920

Glasgow, R Thomson. 1920. Soft cover. Fascinating, filled with short stories, articles on how to recognize the new cars (Rolls Royce, Overland and Citroen), the stamps of the new Europe, the International Jamboree report etc. Full of period advertisements. Good, stapled newspaper, staples rusted away so pages loose. Age spotting, and rust marks by remains of staples but text clear. Good.

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Book number: 12372

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTLAND, SCOUTS, HISTORY, CHILDREN Scottish Children's

EDMONDS, FIONA

Whithorn's Renown in the Early Medieval Period: Whithorn, Futerna and Magnum Monasterium - 16th

Friends of the Whithorn Trust 2009 PB. (ISBN: 9780956368706). Soft cover. Glimpses of 7th to 12th century Whithorn from stories of early Irish Saints who studied there. 16th Whithorn Lecture 2008. Stapled booklet, VG. 40pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 9115

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9780956368706 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH, HISTORY, PREHISTORY, WHITHORN, WHITHORN LECTURE, CANDIDA CASA, GALLOWAY Scottish Archaeology

EDWARDS, W

A Mediaeval Scrap-Heap

London, Rivington's. 1930. Hardcover. The medieval view of religion. 58 plates. Original black cloth slightly cockled and worn at corners and spine ends, notice of other titles pasted to front paste-down, otherwise clean and sound, good, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 10679

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, MIDDLE AGES, MEDIEVAL, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS HISTORY Religion