BERISFORDS

Berisfords The Ribbon People : The Story of 100 Years 1858-1958

York, England, William Sessions Ltd. 1958, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9.75 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards with gilt lettering and no bumping to corners. 82pp. Very detailed history of the Ribbon makers of Congleton in twelve chapters and of the workers, old timers, present management etc. with many black & white photos. Included with the book are two souvenir samples of ribbon made by Berisfords for their 100th anniversary in 1958, one being a 'ribbon compliment slip' woven in three colours. These are tipped-in to the contents page and to page 77. There is also a preprinted Compliments slip 'signed' by Managing Director John Sebire. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 004796

Catalogue: Company and Union History

Keywords: Textile Manufacture, Congleton, Cheshire, History

KAREN BERMAN

American Indian Traditions and Ceremonies

London, Grange Books. 1997. (ISBN: 1840130121) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 11.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 128pp. The little-known culture of the North American Indians, who flourished for thousands of years before Europe intervened. Very well illustrated. Scarce in the UK. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 020937

Catalogue: History

Keywords: America, Anthropology. Redskins, Native Indians Anthropology 1840130121

BERRYMAN, BRYAN

Vintage Scarborough

Nelson, Lancashire, Hendon Publishing. 1976. (ISBN: 090290793X) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 11.25 Inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Light creasing to covers adjacent to spine and upper front corner. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Captioned photographs of Scarborough in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Very Good.

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Book number: 010370

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Yorkshire 090290793x

BERTRAM, JEROME

Lost Brasses

Newton Abbott, David & Charles. 1976, First Edition. (ISBN: 071537141X) Hard Cover, 8.75 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with rubbing/nicks to spine ends. 196pp. This study shows how church brasses which have been lost over the ages can be traced, how a wealth of information can be discovered from the remaining indents on the church floors and that not all of these lost brasses were due to despoliation by Cromwell. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 016498

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Social History, Churches, Memorials, Arts - General / Style / Ornament Religion / Spirituality / Occult 071537141x

MICHAEL R. BESCHLOSS

Mayday: Eisenhower, Krushchev and the U.-2 Affair

London, Faber & Faber. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0571145930) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, tanning to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with nick to lower front edge and minor traces of storage. 494pp. The fascinating story of the U-2 affair when the US. spy plane piloted by Gary Powers was shot down deep in Soviet airspace on the eve of the Paris Summit between Eisenhower and Kruschev. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 021429

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Usa, Cia, Gary Powers, 1960, Soviet Military 0571145930

BETTEY, J. H.

The Landscape of Wessex

Bradford on Avon, Moonraker Press. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0239001974) Hard Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 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. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with faint indenting to both front and rear and nick to top of spine. 168pp. A topographical, geographic and geological account of the old kingdom of Wessex covering major parts of southern England. Near Fine/Very Good (-).

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Book number: 022575

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Topography, Southern England Topography 0239001974

BEVAN, AMANDA & DUNCAN, ANDREA

Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office

London, HMSO. 1990. (ISBN: 0114402221) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease to towards top of spine, none to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 244pp. Public Record Office Handbook No 19. Near Fine.

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Book number: 026184

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Family History 0114402221

BEVER, J. T. (EDITOR)

The Apprentices' Walk : Wilmslow to Styal

Wilmslow, Cheshire, Wilmslow Historical Society. 2003. Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 12pp. A historical walk from Wilmslow in Cheshire to Styal. Includes the National Trust's Quarry Bank Mill. Wilmslow History Trail No 1. Scarce. Fine.

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Book number: 026447

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History, Cheshire Social History

BICKHAM, GEORGE

The British Monarchy, or, A New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain : Bickham's Bird's Eye County Maps 1748

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Frank Graham. 1967. Hard Cover, 12 x 7.75 inches. Ex reference library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked tape-free boards, faint browning/foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with very small nicks to edges. 43 county maps + 188pp. High quality facsimile reprint of the work previously published in 1743 with descriptions of England, Scotland, Wales, the American Colonies and the topography, industry, antiquities and principal towns of each of the Counties of England plus a little on the Electoral States (parts of present-day Europe) and on the African and Indian Settlements. A fascinating book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006656

Catalogue: History

Keywords: England, Wales, Scotland, Counties, Ireland, American Colonies, African, Indian Settlements

BIGNOLD, SIR ROBERT

Five Generations of the Bignold Family 1761 to 1947 and their connection with the Norwich Union

London, B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1948, First Edition. Hard Cover, 10 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards with clear gilt lettering and no bumping to corners. Oversized dust jacket not price clipped with sunning to spine, marking to front and rubbing to edges. Fold-out genealogical table in perfect condition. 320pp. This history of the Bignold family who settled in Norfolk, England records not only the growth of the Norwich Union Insurance Societies from a small local organisation to one of the largest British financial institutions but throws interesting sidelights on English history over more than one-and-a-half centuries. It includes public life in Norwich, local and national politics, wars and crises and eminent national figures. Near Fine/Near Very Good.

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Book number: 005533

Catalogue: Company and Union History

Keywords: Insurance Company, History, Norwich, Norfolk

BILLING, GRAHAM

The New Zealanders

Auckland, New Zealand, Golden Press. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0855583320) Hard Cover, 11.75 x 8.5 inches. Ill.: Smith, Robin and Jacobs, Warren (photographs). No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to some corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to edges and slight indenting to rear. 192pp. The culture, the people, the places, the history of New Zealand, described by the author and very well illustrated by photographs from Smith and Jacobs. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 020336

Catalogue: History

Keywords: New Zealand, History, Guide Travel Guides / Maps 0855583320 Smith, Robin and Jacobs, Warren (Photographs)

BILSBOROUGH, NORMAN

The Treasures of Lancashire

Manchester, North West Civic Trust. 1989. (ISBN: 0901347418) Paperback, 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Pull-out map inside rear cover in excellent condition. A little of the propietary transparent material covering the the front cover has peeled off. A few minor creases and minor indents. 250pp. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 000447

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Architecture, Local History, Liverpool, Manchester 0901347418

BINGHAM, GEORGE

Wincanton Racecourse : The First 150 Years

Somerset, Wincanton Racecourse. 2017, First Edition. (ISBN: 1527210383) Hard Cover, 10 x 10 inches. Ill.: Michelle McCullagh. 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. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or rubbed or creased. 60pp. This study commemorates racing under National Hunt Rules at Wincanton in Somerset from 1867 to 2017. The course was moved to its present site in 1925. A well-researched book which has drawn on old press cuttings, verbal and written memories of the families involved, photographs, anecdotes, stories and is very well illustrated with coloured and black & white photographs and drawings. Extremely scarce. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 028175

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Horse Racing, Wincanton, Somerset Sport - Horse Racing / Jumping 1527210383 Michelle Mccullagh

BIONDA, RICHARD & BLOTKAMP, CAREL

The Age of Van Gogh: Dutch Painting 1880-1895

Zwolle, Waanders Publishers. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 9066301287) Soft Cover, 11.5 x 9.5 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. 261pp. Exhibition catalogue for the (very well described) paintings of Van Gogh and associated Dutch artists of his period 1880-1895. Exhibition was at Glasgow and Amsterdam. Fine.

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Book number: 022726

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Art, Artist, Van Gogh, Dutch, Catalogue Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 9066301287

BIRCHALL, JANIS (EDITOR)

A Portrait of Padfield

Padfield, Derbyshire, Padfield Residents Society. 2013. Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 221pp. Celebrating a century of community life in Padfield Village, near Glossop in Derbyshire's High Peak. The text is accompanied by a wealth of old photographs covering the 20th century which had been collected/donated from village residents for Padfield's 2000 Millennium celebrations. Very scarce. Near Fine.

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Book number: 027446

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Social History, Local History, High Peak, Derbyshire Social History