GIBBON, EDWARD, J L CARR ED.

The Fall of Constantinople

J L Carr Kettering PB. Soft cover. Undated, first, J L. Carr pocket book. 16pp abridged from Gibbon's Fall of Constantinople. Stapled booklet in VG condition. 16pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 8535

Catalogue: History

Keywords: EDWARD GIBBON, CONSTANTINOPLE, J L CARR POCKET BOOKS, BYZANTINE EMPIRE, CONSTANTINE XI, MEHMET II

GIBSON, ARRELL M

The Indians of the Mississippi

University and College Press of Mississippi. 1973. Soft cover. This is an off-print of vol 1 chapter 3 of A History of Mississippi edited by R A McLemore. Stapled booklet, covers a little worn and marked, no inscriptions, good. Good.

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Book number: 12168

Catalogue: History

Keywords: AMERICAS, HISTORY

GOLDING, VAUTIER

The Story of H M Stanley

T C & E C Jack London HB. Hardcover. Undated. In the series The Children's Heroes. Illustrated by L D Luard. Past-on illus. to front cover, worn to corners and spine extremities, end-papers grubby but no inscriptions, some pages roughly cut, generally VG. 120pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 5843

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, CHILDREN'S BOOKS, JUVENILE, STANLEY, LIVINGSTONE, EXPLORATION, TRAVEL, AFRICA General

JOHN J GRAHAM

The Shetland Dictionary

Shetland Times. 1993. (ISBN: 090066293x). Soft cover. Reprint. History, etymology, words lists, use in context: a working dictionary of the Shetland dialect. Edge of page block slightly marked, generally VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 13790

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: 090066293x Scottish, Scotland, local history,

GRAINGE, WILLIAM

The Battles and Battle Fields of Yorkshire from the Earliest Times to the End of the Great CIVIL War

York/London, James Hunton/A Hall & Co. 1854. Hardcover. Uncoloured map frontis. Original blind-stamped brown cloth, much of the title broken from the upper spine, but loosely laid inside, lower spine also chipped, name to ffep, no other inscriptions, slight foxing to pages and occasional grubby marks, otherwise tight and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 11002

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY,

GRAY, W FORBES

The Scott Centenary Handbook: A Guide to Edinburgh and the 'Rob Roy' Country

Edinburgh, Grant & Murray. 1932. Soft cover. Places associated with Sir Walter Scott. Illustrative covers very lightly worn, remains of sticker (1/-) covering original price, no inscriptions, clean, tight and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 10388

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, GUIDEBOOK, WALTER SCOTT Scottish Travel

GRIFFITHS, DAVID

Early Medieval Whithorn: The Irish Sea Context: 21st Whithorn Lecture 2013

Whithorn, Friends of the Whithorn Trust. 2014. (ISBN: 9780956368737). Soft cover. The twenty first Whithorn Lecture: social and economic links with the Hiberno-Norse. Stapled booklet, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10871

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9780956368737 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, WHITHORN, WHITHORN TRUST Scottish Archaeology

GRIMES, W F ED.

Archaeological Bibliography for Great Britain and Ireland - 1957

Council for British Archaeology London 1958 PB. Soft cover. A listing of archaeological publications. Stapled booklet, covers a little worn and marked, no inscriptions, good. 130pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 9033

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, PREHISTORY

CRAWFORD, W H AND TRAINOR, B, EDS. INTRODUCTION BY J C BECKETT

Aspects of Irish Social History 1750 - 1800

Belfast, HMSO. 1969. Soft cover. Documents selected from Ulster archives illustrating, among others, landlord/tenant relationships, agrarian unrest, emigration, and industrial development. Light wear to covers, no inscriptions, clean, tight and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 10049

Catalogue: History

Keywords: IRISH, IRELAND, ULSTER, HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY Local history

HAGGAR, REGINALD G

Sculpture Through the Ages

Methuen London 1st 1960 HB. Hardcover. Covers a little sunned, crease to ffep, good, in marked, chipped and edge-worn, good DJ. 80pp 0. Good/Good.

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Book number: 5666

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, ART, ART HISTORY, SCULPTURE, SCULPTING, SCULPTORS General

F E IAN HAMILTON

Poland's Western and Northern Territories

Oxford University Press. 1975. (ISBN: 0199131058). Soft cover. In the series Problem Regions of europe. Light wear to covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 13095

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0199131058 HISTORY, POLITICS Politics

HAMLIN, ANN, EDITED BY MALCOLM FRY

Ninian and Nendrum: Whithorn and the Early Church in East Ulster: 10th Whithorn Lecture

Whithorn, Friends of the Whithorn Trust. 2014. Soft cover. The tenth Whithorn lecture, delivered in 2001 - possible links between Nendrum in County Down and Ninian's church in Galloway. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10705

Catalogue: History

Keywords: WHITHORN, WHITHORN LECTURE, SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, RELIGIOUS HISTORY Scottish Archaeology

HARWITT, MARTIN

Cosmic Discovery. The Search, Scope and Heritage of Astronomy.

The Harvester Press Brighton 1981 HB. (ISBN: 0710803710). Hardcover. Accessible survey of Astronomical discovery, policy and history and which speculates from a 1980 (approx) standpoint what future trends may be in store. Numerous b&w. illustrations. Very good in un-price-clipped DJ with light creases and small blemish to rear. 334pp 0. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 8637

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0710803710 ASTRONOMY, COSMOLOGY, STARGAZING, HISTORY OF SCIENCE Space Astronomy

WALTER HAVIGHURST

Land of Promise: The Story of the Northwest Territory

Macmillan. 1946. Hardcover. Green cloth a little sunned, map end-papers, names to ffep verso and to half title page, clean and sound, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 13894

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, Canada Travel

HERRMANN, PAUL

The World Unveiled - the Story of Exploration from Columbus to Livingstone

Hamish Hamilton London 1st English Edition 1958. Hardcover. VG in good DJ (price clipped, small tear and staining, tape mark on inside of DJ). Green cloth. 507pp 0. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 5089

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, TRAVEL, HISTORY, EXPLORATION Travel General