LARSEN, JOHANNES TRANS. AND ILLUS.

De Islandske Sagaer Paa Dansk Ved Selskabet Til Udgivelse Af Islandske Sadaer Vol 2

Copenhagen, Gyldendal. 1960, 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Volume two only of three. Icelandic sagas, text in Danish, illustrated with b/w line drawings by the author, 3 maps, fold-out genealogical tables. Some local fading and a little shelf-rub to the boards else VG in brown half-peccary/printed boards, raised bands, headbands, spine decoratively blocked in black, letters gilt stamped, no inscriptions. Handsome. Heavy. Very Good.

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Book number: 10459

Catalogue: History

Keywords: FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, SAGAS, ICELAND, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY Archaeology

TUCKER, FAIRFAX SCOTT (EDITOR)

The Church of Saint John Baptist Burford

The British Publishing Company Limited Gloucester 6th edition 1963 PB. Soft cover. This illustrated booklet is a guide to Burford Church, and includes a plan of the Church, and a history of the building. VG - card cover lightly marked. 52pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 5776

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, LOCAL BURFORD CHURCH, General

BROOKE, TUCKER AND SHAABER, MATTHIAS A

The Renaissance

Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1977 PB. Soft cover. Vol II of the Literary History of England, edited by Albert C Baugh VG. Previous owner's name on ffep. 696pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 4711

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, RENAISSANCE General

TURNER, ROBIN, ED.

Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1997

Edinburgh, Council for Scottish Archaeology. 1998. Soft cover. A survey of Scottish discovery, excavation and fieldwork. Light wear to glossy pictorial card cover, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10896

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND Scottish Archaeology

TURNER, ROBIN, ED.

Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1999

Edinburgh, Council for Scottish Archaeology. 2000. Soft cover. Discoveries, excavation, fieldwork. Light wear to pictorial glossy card cover, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10898

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, SCOTTISH Scottish Archaeology

SARAH TYACKE AND JOHN HUDDY

Christopher Saxton and Tudor Map-Making

British Library. 1980. (ISBN: 0904654443). Soft cover. The first atlas of England and Wales, published in 1579, and other 16th century maps. Illustrative covers sunned and lightly worn, no inscriptions, generally VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 13388

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0904654443 history, travel, maps Travel

CHRISTOPHER UNSWORTH

The British Herring Industry: The Steam Drifter Years 1900 - 1960

Amberley. 2013. (ISBN: 9781445610818). Soft cover. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 13623

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9781445610818 history, nautical, fishing Norse

VAMBERY, ARMINIUS

Hungary in Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Times

London, T Fisher Unwin. 1889. Hardcover. Third edition. In the series The Story of the Nation. Original illustrative green cloth a little marked and worn, small ownership label to front paste-down, front hinge loosening, no other inscriptions, good. Good.

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Book number: 10521

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, STORY OF THE NATION, HUNGARY, HUNGARIAN

VIORST, MILTON

Sandcastles - the Arabs in Search of the Modern Worlds

London, Jonathan Cape. 1994. (ISBN: 0224033239). Hardcover. A study of Arab experience at that date. Slight crease to front board, no inscriptions, clean, sound, good in lightly worn, good DJ, not price-clipped. Good/Good.

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Book number: 10118

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0224033239 HISTORY, POLITICS, PALESTINE, IRAQ, SYRIA, EGYPT, LEBANON, KUWAIT Politics

WADE, STEPHEN

Plain Clothes and Sleuths - a History of Detectives in Britain

Stroud, Tempus. 2007. (ISBN: 9780752441863). Hardcover. True crime. VG in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 10094

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9780752441863 HISTORY, CRIMINOLOGY, TRUE CRIME, SCOTLAND YARD, POLICE, SOCIOLOGY Sociology

WAKELING, G H

King and Parliament (Ad 1604 - 1714)

Blackie & Son London HB. Hardcover. Undated. No. V in the Oxford Manuals of English History series. Green decorated cloth worn and marked, faint initials to top right front cover, some age mottling to prelims, occasional pencil underling and marginalia, tight and sound, good. 135pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8459

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, CIVIL WAR, CROMWELL, COMMONWEALTH

WEISSBERG, ARNOLD

Nicaragua - an Introduction to the Sandinista Revolution

Pathfinder New York 1987 PB. Soft cover. Stapled booklet, cover a little worn, generally VG 45pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 6020

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, POLITICS, SOCIALISM, REVOLUTION, SANDINO, SANDINISTA, NICARAGUA General

ROBERT G WESSON

State Systems : International Pluralism, Politics, and Culture

New York, Free Press. 1978. (ISBN: 0029349400). Hardcover. Black cloth a little worn, small sticker ghost to front board, no inscriptions or annotation, generally VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 12757

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0029349400 POLITICS, HISTORY Politics

WEST, JOHN

History Here and Now

Schoolmaster London 1966 PB. Soft cover. Suggesting a new approach to the teaching of history. VG 84pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 8358

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, TEACHING, EDUCATION General

WHEELER, R C ED.

Maps of the Witham Fens from the Thirteenth to the Nineteenth Century

Woodbridge, Lincoln Record Society/Boydell Press. 2008. (ISBN: 9780901503831). Hardcover. Maps showing the drainage of low-lying parts of Lincolnshire since medieval times, with a detailed introduction and cartobibliography. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 11825

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9780901503831 HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, LOCAL HISTORY Local history