BEALEY, FRANK

The Post Office Engineering Union : The History of the Post Office Engineers, 1870-1970

London, Bachman & Turner. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 0859740498) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 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. 432pp. A study of unionisation and employment in the telecommunications industry from the date that private ownership of the telegraph service ceased in 1870. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009914

Catalogue: Company and Union History

Keywords: Trades Union, Communications Workers Politics and Current Affairs Employment / Work 0859740498

LUCY BEAN

Strangers in Our Midst (Signed By Author)

Cape Town, Howard Timmins. 1970, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Inscribed by the Author on the title page. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards, a trace of foxing to page edges and tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with small tear to upper front edge and slight rubbing to corners. 232pp. A biographical account of the author's time with the S.A.W.A.S (the South African Auxiliary Services) in South Africa and in Italy. Their function was to provide help for visiting troops. The author was a close friend of General Smuts. Illustrated. Extremely scarce in the UK. Very Good (+)/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 021823

Catalogue: History

Keywords: South Africa, 1950s, Sawas, Biography, Italy, 1940s Medicine Biography - Military

PATRICK BEAVER

Pedlar's Legacy: Origins and History of Empire Stores, 1831-1981

London, Henry Melland. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0950073067) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked gilt embossed boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 127pp. The story of the mail order company Empire Stores based in Bradford Yorkshire. The firm originated in the humble trade of a travelling pedlar who took to the road in 1820. The mail order part of the business was set up in 1962 as one of the first in the field to supply many of the necessities of life to the very poor on credit terms they could afford. Tucked in is a compliment slip for the Jubilee Celebration of 1821 - 1981. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 021589

Catalogue: Company and Union History

Keywords: Company History, Bradford, Yorkshire 0950073067

BEDDOE, DEIRDRE

Out of the Shadows : A History of Women in Twentieth-Century Wales

Cardiff, Wales, University of Wales Press. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0708315917) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Previous owner's name on half-title page. No other 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. 201pp. The author, a broadcaster and Emeritus Professor of Women's History at the University of Glamorgan reveals the fascinating story of women's lives in Wales during the twentieth century. Illustrated. Near Fine.

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Book number: 005402

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Women_history Women_social Conditions Women's Rights, Welsh 0708315917

MALCOLM BEE

Industrial Revolution and Social Reform in the Manchester Region

Swinton, Manchester, Neil Richardson. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0907511368) Soft Cover, 11.75 x 8 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly foxed boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Manchester social history and industry. Very Good.

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Book number: 018312

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Manchester 0907511368

BEETON, MRS ISABELLA

Mrs Beeton's Every-day Cookery and Housekeeping Book: with over 1650 Practical Receipts and 142 coloured Illustrations

New York, Gallery Books. 1984. (ISBN: 0831761768) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, surface creasing to upper rear edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor traces of storage. 404pp. A facsimile of the original 1865 edition. Very Good (+)/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 024882

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Food, Cookery, Recipes, Cooking, Historical Food and Drink 0831761768

BEEVOR, ANTONY

Ardennes 1944 : Hitler's Last Gamble

London, Viking. 2015, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670918644) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 451pp. An account of the greatest battle of the Second World War in western Europe with more than a million men involved. Hitler hoped to split the Allies and force the Canadians and British out of the war. But the Ardennes was the battle which finally broke the back of the Wehrmacht. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 027937

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Second World War, France, Military 0670918644

BEINART, WILLIAM

The Rise of Conservation in South Africa : Settlers, Livestock, and the Environment 1770-1950 (Signed By Author)

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0199261512) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Inscription from the author on front end paper. No other marks to contents. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 425pp. This study traces debate about environmental degradation in successive eras of South African history and offers a reinterpretation of South Africa's economic development, and of aspects of the Cape colonial and South African states. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 013741

Catalogue: History

Keywords: South Africa, History, Environment Anthropology 0199261512

BELSHAW, B. H. (EDITOR)

North Yorkshire : The Official County Guide 1979

North Yorkshire County Council. 1979. Soft Cover, 11.75 x 8.25 inches. Name to top of front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Light crease down front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright (otherwise) unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. North Yorkshire County Council Guide for 1979 with an A-Z of every place in the County, double page map, places to see and go to, Harrogate, Pennine Way, York, markets, education, industry and a whole lot more. Scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 027503

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Tourism, Culture, History, Places, Yorkshire Social History

GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI

Travels in Egypt and Nubia (Great Adventurers)

Italy, White Star. 2007. (ISBN: 8854402133) Hard Cover, 7.25 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. 494pp. Giovanni Battista Belzoni was an often neglected pioneer of Egyptology from the early 19th century. This is his own account of his travels in that land and nearby Nubia taken from his diary. Illustrated. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 018557

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Adventure, History, 18th Century, 19th Century Travel / Adventure 8854402133

BENNETT, H S

English Books & Readers 1603 to 1640: Being a Study in the History of the Book Trade in the Reigns of James I and Charles

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 052107701X) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 6 inches. Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or creased with tiny piece missing from spine foot. 253pp. A study of the book trade in the reigns of James I and Charles I. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 024714

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 17th Century, Literacy, Books, Literature / Authors / Poetry Language 052107701x

BENNETT, CHARLES R

The Story of Knutsford

Knutsford, Cheshire, The Knutsford Society. 1976. (ISBN: 0950472700) Paperback, 8.25 x 6 inches. No inscriptions or marks to contents and no creasing to covers. A clean tight copy with lightly marked boards, one page corner creased and no bumping to corners. 47pp. A concise history of this Cheshire town from its development around the beginning of the 12th century. Very Good.

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Book number: 003029

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Cheshire, Great Britain 0950472700

BENTLEY, JAMES

East of the City : The London Docklands Story

London, Pavilion Books Ltd. 1997, First Edition. (ISBN: 1862050570) Hard Cover, 10.25 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and light bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper corners and very minor traces of handling. 224pp. Showing the vast changes which have taken place with photographs of the old London Docklands which furnished the British Empire and the new, this book is a study of the history of the area and what it has become with its innovative architecture, leisure facilities, Canary Wharf, Docklands Light Railways and the Jubilee Line Extension. Near Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 007458

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: History, Canary Wharf, 1862050570

BERESFORD, M. W.

The Leeds Chambers of Commerce

Leeds, Leeds Incorporated Chamber of Commerce. 1951, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.5 inches. Foxing to end papers and page edges. No other 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. Cellophane dust jacket as supplied by publishers not price clipped with tears around spine ends. 192pp. The history of the Leeds Chambers of Commerce from the first one in 1785. Illustrated. Very Good (+)/Good.

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Book number: 008590

Catalogue: Company and Union History

Keywords: Local History, Industry, Business, Yorkshire, Market, Business

FRANCES DE TALAVERA BERGER

Sumptuous Dining in Gaslight San Francisco (1875-1915)

New York, Doubleday. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0385192525) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Food (?) marks to four pages, no loss of text. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked black boards, olive cloth spine and minor bumping to lower corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks, chips and rubbing to upper and lower edges. 230pp. A feast of lost recipes, culinary secrets, flamboyant people and fabled saloons and restaurants from a Golden Era on the Californian Coast. Illustrated. Very scarce in the UK. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 021286

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History, America, California Food and Drink 0385192525