GRAHAM, FRANK

CHESHIRE 150 YEARS AGO. A Unique Collection of Views of Cheshire 1825-1840.

Salford. Printwise Publications, 1991, Softback. Reprint, first published by Frank Graham. 99 old prints of places & scenes in Cheshire, reproduced from 19th century books. 80 pages. 11" x 8¼". Near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 1872226078. 1991

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Book number: 3770

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Chester Cheshire Little Moreton Lyme Park Eaton Hall Beeston Castle Nantwich

HIGSON, JOHN W. JR.

A HISTORICAL GUIDE TO FLORENCE.

London. Robert Hale, 1973., Although this lovely old city of Lorenzo the Magnificent and Michelangelo has declined, luckily many parts haven't changed much. It has retained its character and old atmosphere. 304 pages with over 100 b.& w. photographs. 8.75" x 5.5" Near fine in near fine d./w., priced £3.00. ISBN 0709138717. 1973

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Book number: 1330

Catalogue: Travel / History

Keywords: History Botticelli Leonardo da Vinci Florence Italy Medici Michelangelo Renaissance Uffizi zxc cccc bbbb

HINDLE, BRIAN PAUL

ROADS AND TRACKWAYS OF THE LAKE DISTRICT.

Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Moorland Publishing, 1984., First edition. The history & development of roads in Cumbria & the Lake District. Hindle, a lecturer in geography at Salford University, specialises in medieval England & has also written books on medieval roads, the medieval landscape, and caves.This book includes Roman roads, medieval routes, travellers & maps, drove roads, packhorse tracks, turnpikes & enclosure roads. 187 pages including reference notes. About 150 b./w. photographs, drawings, diagrams, old maps & enclosure plans. Near fine in near fine d./w. 9½" x 6¼". 1984

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Book number: 2306

Catalogue: Travel / History

Keywords: Lake district roads trackways enclosure turnpikes drovers

INGLIS-JONES, ELISABETH.

THE STORY OF WALES.

London. Faber & Faber, 1955., The story of Wales from the start, from the arrival of the Romans, the Normans, Llewelyn the Great, Owen Glendower, the Henry Tudor who became Henry VII of England, to the 1920's. Miss Inglis-Jones, from Cardiganshire, wrote many books on Wales & the Welsh. 245 pages including epilogue, bibliography and index. 10 b. & w. photographs on 8 pages & 5 maps. Green cloth, with red lettering & red dragon on front. Near fine d./w. except for 2 closed tears on front top edge and top of spine, which were neatly repaired on the inside with sellotape, & hardly visible from the outside. 8¾" x 5¾". 1955

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Book number: 1699

Catalogue: .History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: mandi Wales Welsh Henry Tudor Llewelyn the Great Owen Glendower

LANSING, ALFRED.

ENDURANCE. The Greatest Adventure Story Ever Told.

London. Ted Smart, c. 2000., Reprint. First published 1959, this edition was published 2000 by Hodder & Stoughton. Lansing did not go on Shackleton's 1914 -1915 Antarctic expedition, but he compiled this story from the log books, and crew's personal accounts The fine photography is by Frank Hurley. 278 pages on coated paper, many b./w. photographs, some of them full page. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine d./w.

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Book number: 7363

Catalogue: History/ Travel

Keywords: Shackleton Antarctic Frank Hurley

MAC ANNAIDH, SÉAMAS

IRISH HISTORY. From pre-Celtic to modern Ireland. Culture, society & mythology.

Bath. Parragon, 1999, A Parragon Micropedia"...."This comprehensive guide traces the history of Ireland from the earliest settlers, tells the tale of the struggles, the victories, people, places, culture and traditions." Pocket size, 6.75" x 5". 320 pages including index. Over 200 illustrations, in colour and b.& w. Fine. Near fine d./w. except spine slightly faded. ISBN 0752530399. 1999

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Book number: 2606

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Ireland Irish Celtic

MARRIAGE, JOHN.

COLCHESTER. A Pictorial History.

Chichester. Phillimore, 1988., Ex Library. Colchester in Essex, is the oldest recorded town in Britain. A book of old photographs and prints from the 1800's to around 1930. Pages are not numbered but probably about 120. A few pages of text followed by 158 b./ w. photographs. Contents near fine apart from library marks & stamps on front free endpage. Near fine d./w., priced £8.95. 25.25cm x 19cm. ISBN 0850336627. 1988

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Book number: 5637

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Colchester Essex History

MOOREHEAD, ALAN.

THE WHITE NILE.

London. Hamish Hamilton, 1960., 385 pages including notes & index. 34 b./w. photographs & drawings. 2 maps, one of them folded. Contents near fine, no inscription. D./w. sligtly torn on edges, repaired on inside, priced 25/- (£1.25). 22cm. x 14cm. 1960

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Book number: 6641

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: White Nile General Gordon Egypt Speke Suez Canal Cairo Buganda Henry Stanley Dr. Livingstone Khartoum Kitchener

MOTT, CHARLES GREY.

REMINISCENCES OF BIRKENHEAD.

Liverpool. Henry Young, 1900., Read at a meeting of the Birkenhead Literary & Scientific Society January 15,1900, and now published with Additions and Illustrations." 50 pages, with sepia photograph portraits of 5 influential Birkenhead men. Frontispiece is a map of Birkenhead Dock Entrance. 9" x 7" Cover is worn on edges & corners, spine is worn on top & bottom, & pieces are missing. Top of spine has small piece of tape on it. The contents are clean & very good, front & back cover are good, but spine is poor. 1900

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Book number: 3995

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Birkenhead Lairds Thomas Brassey Mersey Docks Bidston Grange

MOUNTFORD, CHARLES P. (TEXT) AND ROBERTS, AINSLIE (PAINTINGS).

THE FIRST SUNRISE. Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings by Ainslie Roberts.

London. Robert Hale, 1972., First G.B. edition. A sequel to "The Dreamtime" and "The Dawn of Time." 79 pages. 32 paintings in colour & 33 b./w. line drawings by Roberts. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Cream cover is near fine. Near fine d./w., priced £1.99. Scanned to show cover under d./w.. 24cm. x 18.5cm. ISBN 0709130414 1972

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Book number: 7536

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / Art & History

Keywords: Aboriginy aborigines Australia myths legends boomerang dingo

O'BRIEN, PAT.

Burton to Heswall." The Archive Photographs Series.

Chalford, Stroud. Chalford Publishing Company, 1996., Softback. "Over 280 old photographs charts the recent history of that part of Wirral on the Dee Estuary from the village of Burton, through the Neston villages and Parkgate, to Heswall." 160 pages. 23.5cm. x 16.5cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine stiff card cover, priced on back £9.99. ISBN 0752406280. 1996

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Book number: 8209

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: Barnston Thurstaston Irby Burton Heswall Neston Parkgate Gayton Wirral

PUDNEY, JOHN.

SUEZ: DE LESSEPS' CANAL.

London. Readers Union, 1969., First published by Dent for 45s./£2.25. 242 pages including bibliography, chronological table & index. 39 b./w. illustrations, mostly from Edward Riou's engravings first published 1869 to mark the opening of the Suez Canal. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Corners of d./w. are slightly worn & torn, edges are slightly rubbed o./w. very good. 21cm. x 13cm. 1969

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Book number: 6636

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: Suez Nasser De Lessep Ismail Napoleon Bonaparte Port Said King Farouk Egypt Cairo Alexandria

RAINBIRD, G. M.

INNS OF KENT.

London. Whitbread & Co. / The Naldrett Press, 1949., 2nd edition. 66 pages including index. 7 colour and 37 b./w. illustrations. Contents very good but inscription on f.e.p. Illustrated board cover, very good but bottom edge and ends of spine rubbed. D./w. worn & chipped on edges. 9.5" x 6.25 1949

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Book number: 6505

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: Inns pubs taverns public house Kent Medway

RANDALL, DAVID.

THE SEARCH FOR OLD WIRRAL. Historical guide to Wirral's buildings & sites from Roman times to the Civil War.

Birkenhead. Countryvise, 1984., .. discussion of the historic villages and sites, with particular references to notable houses & churches " Very well illustrated, with 121 b./w. photographs. 7 colour plates. 17 maps, plans & drawings. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine dark green cover. Near fine d./w. priced £8.95. 30.5cm. x 21.5cm. ISBN 0907768806. 1984

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Book number: 6908

Catalogue: History / Travel & Topography

Keywords: Wirral Bebington Bromborough Birkenhead Bidston Hoylake Mersey River Dee Chester Shotwick Neston Stanley

ROBERTS, STEPHEN J.

A HISTORY OF WIRRAL.

Chichester. Phillimore, 2007., Reprint, first printed in hardback in 2002. 210 pages including notes & sources, and a very good, extensive bibliography. Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine stiff card cover, priced on back £18.99. 24.5cm. x 18.5cm. ISBN 9781860775123 2007

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Book number: 6965

Catalogue: Travel & Places::History

Keywords: Wirral Chester Cheshire Birkenhead Hoylake Ness Neston Burton Parkgate Wallasey West Kirby Thurstaston River Mersey River Dee