BARRINGER, J. C.

The Lake District : National Trust Histories

London, Willow Books. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002180588) Hard Cover, 10 x 7 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn or creased with slight traces of handling. 95pp. Beginning with how the Lake District landscape was created, this book tells the story of the factors which have made the Lake District and its towns and countryside what they are now. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 005976

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Cumbria, England, History, 0002180588

BARTLETT, SQUADRON LEADER C.P O. & BOWYER, CHAZ (EDITOR)

Bomber Pilot 1916 - 1918

Shepperton, Middlesex, Ian Allan Ltd. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0711005451) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, extremely slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 180pp. Based on the diary of Squadron Leader CPO Bartlett, this account tells us of a pilot's life in the pioneer days of aerial warfare during the First World War. Well illustrated. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 027798

Catalogue: History

Keywords: First World War, Air War, Aircraft Military Transport - Air 0711005451

BARTLETT, W. H.

The Pilgrim Fathers; or, Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First

London, T Nelson and Sons. 1866. Leather, 8.5 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly rubbed unmarked full black leather boards and very minor bumping to corners. The bevelled-edge boards are of an elaborate embossed design with five raised bands to the spine and gilt spine title. Page edges are bright gilt all round. With many engravings on steel each tissue-guarded plus woodcuts. Tanning to some end papers and to edges of each engraving. 230pp. The story of how religious persecution forced a group of religious adherents, who came to be known as the Pilgrim Fathers from and around Scrooby in Nottinghamshire, England and some from Hollannd to travel to New England as founders of the state of America. An appendix describes the establishment of the Massachusetts colony. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 020686

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Religious Persecution, Founding America, Puritans Travel / Adventure Religion / Spirituality / Occult

BARTLETT, W. B.

An Ungodly War: The Sack of Constantinople and the Fourth Crusade

Stroud, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing Ltd. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0750923784) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, minor tanning to page edges and bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 229pp. An in-depth study of 1204 when the 'Fourth Crusaders' destroyed Constantinople, the greatest city of Christendom, killing thousands of people and the reasons why this shameful event took place. Near Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 024557

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Military, History, Religion / Spirituality / Occult 0750923784

BARTZ, KARL

Der Gro¯e Kardinal . Herzog Armand von Richelieu, Prinzipalminister von Frankreich

Berlin, Brunnen-Verlag. 1935. Hard Cover, 8.25 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked very slightly rubbed boards, slight loss to gilt on spine and no bumping to corners. 415pp. Military history from 17th century Germany. All text in German. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 017996

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, 16th Century, Germany, 17th Century

BATES, DARRELL

The Abyssinian Difficulty : Emperor Theodorus and the Magdala Campaign, 1867-68

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0192117475) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 240pp. A well-researched account of the behaviour of Theodorus who had fought to become so called 'Emperorr of all Abyssinia' in the 1860s. After receiving no response from Queen Victoria on his proposal for diplomatic relations, he imprisoned a number of Europeans and it required the British Army to attack and defeat the Abyssinian forces at Magdala. Very Good/Fine.

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Book number: 026676

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Ethiopia, 19th Century, Military, Politics Military Politics and Current Affairs 0192117475

H E BATES

Down The River : Illustrated

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1987. (ISBN: 0575038853) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.75 inches. No 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 or creased with slight traces of storage. 152pp. First published in 1937, this illustrated edition with paintings from Peter Partington tells the story from HE Bates of his love for the countryside and details of social history around the rivers Ouse and Nene through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and the Fens to the sea. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 019163

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Biography, Nature, Rivers Biography - Nature 0575038853

BATES, J C

Views in the High Peaks of Derbyshire

The Silk Press. 1999. (ISBN: 1902685032) Paperback, 5.5 x 8.25 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly indented boards, label removal inside front cover and no bumping to corners. 119pp. This reprint is based on the book originally printed in 1884 at the Advertiser Office, Buxton. The contents are a series of line engravings of Buxton and surrounding areas in the High Peak of Derbyshire accompanied by quotations from contemporary guide books. Near Fine.

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Book number: 004197

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Buxton, Burbage, Dove Dale, Tissington, Ilam, Castleton, Matlock, Chatsworth, Millers Dale, 1902685032

BATES, J. C.

Views in the High Peaks of Derbyshire

The Silk Press. 1999. (ISBN: 1902685032) Soft Cover, 5.5 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Single crease to front cover, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 119pp. Reprint of the book first published in 1884. Near Fine.

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Book number: 009572

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History 1902685032

BATESON, HARTLEY

A Centenary History of Oldham

Oldham, Greater Manchester, Oldham County Borough Council. 1949, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked brown cloth boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 237pp. First Edition of the history of Oldham near Manchester from the earliest times, published to commemorate the Centenary of the Incorporation of the Borough in 1849. Illustrated. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 023741

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Oldham, Manchester, Social History

BATESON, HARTLEY

Providential Lives : A History of Providence Church, Springhead, Oldham, 1807-1957 (Signed By Author and Church Officers)

Oldham, Greater Manchester, Providence Church. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9 x 5.75 inches. Inscription on front end paper from the Author to the Church Minister, also signed by ten other of the Church's Officers. All are shown in a photograph in the book. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with faded unmarked boards and spine, very minor foxing and no bumping to corners. 52pp. Presentation copy specifically for the Minister of the one hundred and fifty year history of the Oldham Congregationalist Church. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author and other Officers.

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Book number: 010582

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Oldham, Lancashire, Congregation Nonconformist Religion Religion / Spirituality / Occult

BAXANDALL, DAVID (INTRODUCTION)

The Moltzau Collection : From Cezanne to Picasso (1958 Edinburgh International Festival).

Royal Scottish Academy. 1958. Soft Cover, 10.5 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Crease to upper corner of front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples, small rub to rear, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Catalogue from the Edinburgh International Festival 1958 of the Moltzau Collection from Norway with eighteen plates. Very Good.

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Book number: 027465

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Cezanne, Picasso, Art, Artists, Painters Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing

BAYLISS, DON (EDITOR)

Altrincham : A History

Altrincham, Cheshire, Willow Publishing. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946361339) Soft Cover, 11.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, small wrinkle to one page edge and no bumping to corners. 170pp. Well illustrated and detailed history of Altrincham in Cheshire with a particular emphasis on buildings and properties. Near Fine.

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Book number: 009970

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Cheshire 0946361339

MIKE HORNE; BOB BAYMAN

The First Tube: the Story of the Northern Line

Harrow Weald, Middlesex, Capital Transport Publishing. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 1854141287) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Very minor crease to rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 80pp. The story of how London's Underground Railway began in 1863 and the development of its Northern Line up to recent times We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Near Fine.

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Book number: 017571

Catalogue: History

Keywords: London Transport, Metropolitan Railway, Underground, History Transport - Rail 1854141287

BAYNES, NORMAN H.

The Political Ideas of St.Augustine's 'De Civitate dei'

London, G Bell and Sons Ltd. 1936, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Clean tight pages in booklet form with rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 18pp. This account describes 'De Civitate Dei', -the last and the greatest of the Apologies for Christianity produced by the early Church. Historical Association Leaflet No 104. Very scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 020889

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, Christianity