GRIMSTED, PATRICIA KENNEDY

Archives and Manuscript Repositories In The USSR. Moscow and Leningrad.

New Jersey. Princeton University Press, 1972., Ex Reference Library. One of Columbia University's "Studies of the Russian Institute" series. 437 pages including glossary, author-title index, and subject index. 9.5" x 6.25". Contents near fine, except library labels and "cancel" on endpapers. D./w. near fine inside library sleeve but its price clipped, slight mark bottom of spine where small label was removed, & 2 faint fingermarks on front. ISBN 0691051496 1972

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Book number: 5312

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Leningrad Moscow Russia manuscript archive USSR

GROSSETT, HARRY

DOWN TO THE SHIPS IN THE SEA.

London. Hutchinson, 1953, About deep sea diving. 256 pages. 26 b./w. photographs. No d./w. Top of spine, edges of spine & corners are worn, with ½" split in cloth on top of spine. Very interesting account of diving for the Navy and Admiralty Salvage. Not a common book. 8½" x 5½". 1953

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Book number: 2627

Catalogue: Naval History

Keywords: Thetis divers diving decompression ship salvage Lyness underwater Scapa Flow Raglan Affray

GUNTHER, JOHN.

INSIDE EUROPE TODAY.

London. Hamish Hamilton,1961., This isn't a revision of "Inside Europe" pub. 1936, its a new fresh study, comparing the Europe of the past with the Europe of the present (1961). 352 pages. 6 maps. Endpapers illustrated with map of Europe today. Hardback. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (25/-) 8.5" x 5.5". 1961.

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Book number: 5130

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Europe Great Britain France Germany Italy Poland Yugoslavia Russia Belgium Sweden Norway

GUY, JOHN.

TUDOR ENGLAND.

Oxford. Oxford University Press, 1992., Reprint. 582 pages including chapter notes, bibliography, glossary, & index. 34 b./w. illustrations on 16 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. except front top corner has a small tear. 22cm. x 14.5cm. ISBN 0198730888. 1992

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Book number: 6780

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history Tudor Henry VII Henry VIII

HAGENEDER, FRED.

THE SPIRIT OF TREES. Science, Symbiosis, and Inspiration.

New York. Continum, 2001., ... explores.. the ability of trees to inspire, soothe, and sustain humankind." 251 pages including etymological appendix, bibliography, & index. Illustrated in colour and black & white photographs, paintings, drawings, charts, diagrams & maps. Near fine hardback, in near fine d./w., priced $29.95. Floris price label for £16.99 on back. 25 cm. x 17.5 cm. ISBN 0826413358. 2001

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Book number: 6682

Catalogue: Science / Natural History / Religion & Philosophy

Keywords: tree trees symbiosis arbor wood timber forest aspen apple ash beech birch hazel oak elm pine poplar willow xylem yew

HÄGGE, ERIC.

NORRE PORT REDIVIVA. En krönika kring den gamla stadsporten i krig och fred, i förnedring och återupprättelse.

Halmstad. Bulls Tryckeri AB, 1981., Text is in Swedish. Limited to 3000 copies. " En krönika kring en gammal stadsport och dess öden under fyra sekler, dess byggnad, förfall och återupprättelse." (An account of Norre Port Rediviva in war and peace.) Foreword by Styrelsen. 79 pages, illustrated with photographs, prints, maps & diagrams, 4 in colour and 50 in black & white. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is near fine except 1.5cm. closed tear top edge and top corners slightly worn. 22.5cm x 22.75cm. ISBN 9172605650. 1981

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Book number: 7955

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Sweden Swedish military history Halmstead

HALL, MARTIN.

The Blue Plaque Guide To London Homes.

London. Queen Anne Press, 1976., Ex Library. Foreword by Elizabeth Longford. 159 pages. About 112 b./w. photographs, some are double page. 9.75" x 7.75". Near fine apart from 3 library stamps, and front endpage has been removed. Near fine d./w., priced £5.95. ISBN 0362002878 1976

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Book number: 5056

Catalogue: History

Keywords: London Blue Plaque residence home house

HALLAM, ELIZABETH M.

DOMESDAY BOOK. Through Nine Centuries.

London. Thames & Hudson, 1986., Ex library. 224 pages, including chapter notes, select glossary, & index. 79 b./w. pictures, prints & documents. 14 maps. 23cm. x 18cm. Contents near fine apart from library marks on front endpages. Cover is very good. D./w. is very good, priced on back £12.50. ISBN 0500250979. 1986

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Book number: 7377

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Domesday King William I William of Normandy

HAMILTON, DICK. (SIGNED BY AUTHOR).

FOUL BILLS AND DAGGER MONEY. 800 Years of Lawyers and Lawbreakers.

London. Cassell, 1979., Signed by the author on f.e.p..297 pages including further reading list & notes. 22cm. x 14cm. Cover & contents near fine. Near fine d./w. but spine is faded. ISBN 304298572 1979 ISBN: 304298572

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Book number: 6708

Catalogue: History

Keywords: lawbreaker Foul bills Border Raiders dagger money Northern Circuit lawyers lawbreakers

HANZAK, J.

THE PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIRDS. Nearly 750 species described.

London. Hamlyn, 1977., Reprint, first printed 1965 by Artia.Translated by Olga Kuthanova. Edited by Bruce Campbell. 582 pages. 45 colour & 1075 b./w. photographs. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £2.95. 23cm..x 16.5cm. ISBN 0600030784. 1977 ISBN: 0600030784

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Book number: 8785

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: bird ornithology crane swan owl parrot goose geese duck chicken hawk falcon crow rook swallow penguin

HARDY, ERIC.

Bird - Watching in Cheshire.

Rock Ferry. Countryvise, 1988., Softback. 112 pages. Frontispiece in colour & about 20 b./w. photographs, maps & diagrams. 21cm. x 15cm. Price label £3.95 on back. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but tip of front top corner of cover slightly bumped. ISBN 0907768083. 1988 ISBN: 0907768083

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Book number: 5573

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Cheshire bird-watching birds ornithology Wirral River Dee Mersey

HARDY, ALISTER C.

THE OPEN SEA. Its Natural History: The World of Plankton. New Naturalist.

London. Collins, 1956., One of the "New Naturalist " series. First edition. 335 pages including bibliography, glossary & index. With 142 watercolour drawings by the author,.67 b./w. photographs by Douglas Wilson and others, and 300 line drawings & maps. Contents clean & near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover is clean but ends of spine slightly bumped, & front is faintly rubbed. 1956

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Book number: 4924

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: sea plankton ocean jellyfish New Naturalist barnacle squid fish cuttlefish whale fisheries

HARGRAVES, IAN.

THEY ALWAYS COME BACK. The stpry of the Owen Owen organisation's contribution to the shopping public during the last one hundred years.

Liverpool. Owen Owen, 1968., Hardback. The story of the Owen Owen group. It was begun in 1868 with a small shop on London Road in Liverpool by a 20 year old Welshman Owen Owen. By 1968 they had 8 department stores in England, & 2 in Canada. 50 pages, with many illustrations and b./w. photographs on most pages. 1968.

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Book number: 10145

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Liverpool

HARRISON, DR. JAMES M.

BRISTOW AND THE HASTINGS RARITIES AFFAIR.

Published by the author, 1968., Ex Library. About a taxidermist, ornithologists who were his customers, and birds never normally seen in this country which were supposedly shot in Sussex & then stuffed & mounted by Bristow.161 pages, illustrated with 1 plate in colour and 11 in black & white. At the end are 18 photographs of letters from George Bristow & Dr. N.F. Tilehurst. Contents are very good apart from a library ticket pocket in front, and library marks on front & rear end pages. The cover is very good, its laminated, possibly the d./w. was laminated on to the cover. 25cm. x 15cm. 1968

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Book number: 8162

Catalogue: Natural History / Crime

Keywords: Bristow Ticehurst Harrison taxidermy ornithology bird-watchers

HARRISON, H.D.

THE SOUL OF YUGOSLAVIA.

London. Hodder & Stoughton, 1941., Hardback, first edition. At Belgrade in 1941 the young Prince Peter was named King Peter of Yugoslavia. This book describes those turbulent times, the problem of trying to unify Serbs, Croats & Slovenes in one democratic country. 288 pages, and 35 b. & w. photographs. No dustwrapper. Near fine, except blue cloth cover has 9 small faint damp spots on front cover, front endpaper has 1" closed tear top edge near hinge, and foxing on edges of pages when book is closed. 7½" x 5". 1941

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Book number: 1094

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Yugoslavia Serbs Croats Slovenia King Peter II