Burton, Elizabeth

The Elizabethans at Home.

Arrow, 1973. Mass Market Paperback, Ill.: Felix Kelly. 276pp, the edges browning a little with age, illustrated softback covers. B + w illustrations. A clean, tight copy. The houses, food, games, medicine etc of the Elizabethans... Very Good.

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Book number: 11599

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Elizabethan, Tudor, History

Byrne, Muriel St Clare and Boland, Bridget (eds)

The Lisle Letters An Abridgement.

Secker & Warburg, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover, Foreword by Hugh Trevor Roper. A heavy book of 436pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket is a very little rubbed to the top edge. B + w illustrations. A very clean copy. An abridgement of the 6 volume original editon of the letters, giving an account of family life in Tudor England from 1533 to 1540 in the household of Arthur Plantagenent, Lord Lisle, the Governor of Calais, against the background of intrigue and politics at the court of Henry VIII which led to Lord Lisle's trial for treason... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 9909

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Correspondence, Tudor, History, Calais, Henry VIII, Treason, Tudor Politics

Calvocoressi, M D

A Survey of Russian Music.

Penguin Pelican, 1944. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback, 142pp, blue and white softback covers with a little wear to ends of spine. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean and tight. The history and special features of music in Russia, famous composers, music under the soviets etc... Very Good.

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Book number: 14310

Catalogue: History

Keywords: music, russian Music

Camic, Charles

Experience and Enlightenment Socialization for Cultural Change in Eighteenth Century Scotland.

Edinburgh University Press, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover, 301pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. A very clean copy. A detailed investigation of the great revolution in attitudes and ideas that occurred during the Scottish Enlightenment... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 7049

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Scottish History, Enlightenment

Carr, Albert

A Matter of Life And Death How The Conflicts of Our Century Arose.

Gollancz, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover, 191pp. Dustjacket with a little wear to the top of the spine. Internally clean. The basic causes of wars, shown by the reasons for the Spanish-American war of 1898, World War I and II... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 6838

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Spanish American War, WWI, WWII, World War

Carter, E H and Holroyd, G H

The American Story.

Arnold, 1942. Hard Cover, 114pp, green cloth covered boards. Endpaper maps. B + w photographs. Original owner's name on title page and shelf mark, otherwise internally clean. Foreword by Prof. Arthur Newell. Interesting wartime history of the USA... Very Good /No Jacket.

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Book number: 6618

Catalogue: History

Keywords: WWII, Arthur Newell, american history

Carter, Charles H

The Western European Powers 1500 1700.

The Sources of History & Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. Soft Cover, Softback. 347pp, A very clean copy. Part of the Sources of History series, studies in the use of historical evidence, especially diplomatic materials... Very Good.

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Book number: 5653

Catalogue: History

Keywords: diplomatic, diplomacy, archive

Chamberlin, E R

Preserving The Past.

Dent, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover, 205pp, complete dustjacket a little faded to the top edge.. B + w photographs. Internally very clean. Why and how we are interested in preserving the past - from the Elgin marbles to the removal of London Bridge... Fine /Very Good.

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Book number: 7562

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Archaeology, Rome, Elgin, Warsaw. Abu Simbel, Preservation

Chandler, David G (ed)

Great Battles of the British Army As Commemorated in the Sandhurst Companies.

Arms And Armour, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover, 288pp. Complete illustrated dustjacket. Numerous colour and b + w illustrations. Previous owner's label has been removed to flyleaf, otherwise very clean. Describes and illustrates 16 battles - Blenheim, Dettingen, Salamanca, Waterloo, Inkerman, Somme, Marne, Ypres, Gaza, Amiens, Alamein, Salerno, Normandy, Arnhem, Rhine Crossing and Burma... Very Good /Fine.

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Book number: 5434

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Waterloo, Ypres, Marne, Salerno, Gaza

Chaplin, John

Wings and Space.

Ian Allan, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover, A tall book of 160pp. Complete dustjacket. Many b + w illustrations. A clean copy. The history of man's invention of flight, from the Wright Brothers to Apollo 11's flight to the Moon... Fine /Fine.

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Book number: 8297

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Aeroplane, history of Flight

Chater, Kathy

How to Trace Your Family Tree in England Ireland Scotland and Wales.

Hermes House, 2007. Soft Cover, A large heavy book of 256pp with illustrated laminated covers.Many colour and sepia illustrations. A very clean copy. The complete practical handbook for all detectives of family history... As New.

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Book number: 12526

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Genealogy, Family History

Cherry, Alastair

National Library of Scotland Princes Poets & Patrons The Stuarts and Scotland.

HMSO, 1987. First Edition. Soft Cover, 131pp. Illustrated gold card covers. Many colour and b + w illustrations. A very clean, tight copy. The Stuart Kings and Queens of Scotland as poets, musicians, scholars and patrons of art and architecture, and their enduring effect on Scotland's culture... Fine.

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Book number: 11311

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Stuart, Scottish Culture, Scottish History., Scottish king

Childs, Joy

Dorothy The Romantic Story of Dorothy Vernon Of Haddon Hall.

Derby, J H Hall, 1988. Soft Cover, Ill.:. 206pp,a little curved to the edges. Colour illustrated soft covers. B + w illustrations. SIGNED by the author on the title page, otherwise internally clean and tight. The story of Dorothy Vernon, who eloped from Haddon Hall in the reign of Elizabeth I to marry John Manners, and their relationship with the captive Mary Queen of Scots.. Signed by Author. Very Good.

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Book number: 3279

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Historical Fiction, Biography, History, Tudor, Mary Queen of Scots

Chubb, Basil

The Government and Politics of Ireland.

Longman, 1992. Soft Cover, Third edition, partly rewritten with a new chapter on the impact of membership of the European Community. A full size book of 342pp Softback covers without creases. Small marks to the edge of the foredge, otherwise a clean, tight, Near Fine copy. The standard work on Irish politics since 1970... Very Good.

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Book number: 13986

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Irish History, Irish Politics, Politics, EEC

Clark, Graham

Archaeology and Society Reconstructing the Prehistoric Past.

University Paperbacks, 1965. Mass Market Paperback, 272pp, b + w illustrations. Original owner's name on flyleaf, one crease to front cover, otherwise clean and VG. How archaeologists find and explore ancient sites... Very Good.

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Book number: 8676

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Archaeology