BOROWITZ, ALBERT

The Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case

London, Robson Books Ltd. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0860514838) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small indent to front and very slight creasing to top of spine. 304pp. The sensational crime that scandalized Regency England in 1823. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 022309

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: True Crime, 19th Century, England Crime and Punishment 0860514838

BOSHER, J. F.

The French Revolution : A New Interpretation

London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1989. (ISBN: 0297798030) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Creasing to faded spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very light foxing to page edges, slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 353pp. A new interpretation of how the French Revolution came about from Professor of History at York University, Ontario. Very Good.

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Book number: 015260

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, France, 18th Century 0297798030

BOSTOCK, A.J.

The Chivalry of Chester

Manchester, E.J. Morten. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 085972039X) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, faint traces of storage, very slight rubbing to spine foot and no bumping to corners. 147pp. From a limited edition of 1075 copies. A study of the military activities of the Cheshire people linked to the major events of the period 1345 to 1399. During this time the Earl of Chester, known as the 'Black Prince' embarked on his military career and the reign of his son, King Richard II ended in 1399. Over three hundred Cheshire people are mentioned in the text and over a thousand more in the ten appendices. Any person with a Cheshire sounding surname should find an ancestor among the many names. Very Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007367

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Military, Fourteenth Century, Black Prince, Genealogy 085972039x

BOTT, ALAN

Our Fathers 1870-1900

London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1931, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9.5 x 7 inches. Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked irregularly sunned boards and bumping to most corners. 249pp. Manners and customs of the ancient Victorians : a survey in pictures and text of their history, morals, wars, sports, inventions and politics. Extremely well illustrated with contemporary drawings from Victorian times. Second impression. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 018867

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Victorians, Social History, Customs, Manners, Inventions, Politics

BOTTOMORE, TOM & GOODE, PATRICK (EDITORS)

Readings in Marxist Sociology

Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1983. (ISBN: 0198761090) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty/foxed top of page edges and no bumping to corners. 303pp. A study with substantial excerpts from the works of major Marxist thinkers, beginning with Marx and Engels themselves, arranged to show the Marxist contribution to some of the principal fields of sociological inquiry. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 013520

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Class, Capitalism, Culture, Sociology Sociology 0198761090

BOURGOGNE, ADRIEN & PAUL COTTIN/MAURICE HENAULT (TRANSLATORS)

Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne 1812-1813

Buxton, Derbyshire, Military Library Research Service Ltd. 2004. (ISBN: 1904951090) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 356pp. Well-respected biography of a French soldier in the Peninsular War in 1812-1813 whose military prowess was considered to be worthy of study by all who would understand military human nature. Reprint of the original work from 1899. Fine.

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Book number: 020270

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Peninsular War, 1812, Military 1904951090

BOUTELL, REV. CHARLES

Monumental Brasses and Slabs : An Historical and Descriptive Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages

London, G Bell and Sons Ltd. 1847, First Edition. Hard Cover, 10 x 6.5 inches. Well-foxed throughout and a little rubbing to end papers, No other marks or inscriptions. Faint crease near edge of front board. Boards and pages are clean and binding tight, front end paper is missing and sunning to covers and spine. 235pp. A study of monumental brasses and engravings on stone and wood to be found throughtout Britain. Very well illustrated. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 016214

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Churches, History, Brasses, Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing Religion / Spirituality / Occult

BOWER, TOM

Heroes of World War II : The Men and Women Who Won the War

London, Boxtree. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0752216740) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of handling. 144pp. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009203

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Second World War, Military, Germany, Britain Military 0752216740

BOWER, ALAN

North Derbyshire Collieries on old picture postcards

Nottingham, Reflections of a Bygone Age. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946245789) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Booklet in mint unread condition. 36pp. As New.

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Book number: 010125

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Mining, Mining 0946245789

BOWLE, JOHN

Charles the First

London, Purnell Book Services Ltd. 1975. Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to upper edge. 362pp. In-depth biography of Charles I of England which encompasses the whole sweep of Jacobean and Caroline England and recreates the extraordinary richness of that society. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 021505

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, England, 17th Century

EILEEN M. BOWLT

Ickenham and Harefield Past (Signed By Author)

London, Historical Publications Ltd. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0948667362) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. Inscription and author's signature inside front board. Author's signature also on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with faint creasing to upper edge and slight traces of storage. Now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 144pp. Comprehensive histories of the communities of Ickenham and Harefield in the Hillingdom Borough of London. Very well illustrated. Near Fine/Very Good (+). Signed by Author.

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Book number: 021489

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, London, Hillingdon Social History 0948667362

BOWMAN, JOHN S. (EDITOR)

Encyclopedia of the Civil War

London, Bison books. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0861249569) Hard Cover, 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Trace of rubbing out to corner of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with crease to lower front edge and a little marking. 192pp. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 010202

Catalogue: History

Keywords: America, Gettysburg, Military Non-Uk Country Studies 0861249569

BOWMAN, MARGARET E.

Romance in Arithmetic : A History of Our Currency Weights and Measures and Calendar

London, University of London Press. 1961. Hard Cover, 8 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards, front end paper missing and no bumping to corners. 160pp. Detailed study of the history of money, barter, weights, time and other numeric systems. Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009017

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Mathematics, History, Numbers Science / Engineering / Maths

BOYD, JULIA

Travellers in the Third Reich : The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes of Everyday People

London, Elliott & Thompson Limited. 2018. (ISBN: 1783963816) Soft Cover, 7.75 x 5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 487pp. The extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, including students, politicians, musicians, scholars, athletes, journalists, tourists and even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. Fine.

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Book number: 027891

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Germany, Fascism, 1930s Politics and Current Affairs 1783963816

BOYLE, PAUL; HALFACREE, KEITH H.; ROBINSON, VAUGHAN

Exploring Contemporary Migration

Harlow, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0582251613) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creases to two corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight curve to whole book and no bumping to corners. 282pp. A comprehensive study of the various aspects of population migration in both the developed and the developing worlds. Scarce in the UK. Very Good.

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Book number: 016667

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Population Migration Social Policy 0582251613