Edward S. Curtis' the North American Indian

Bloomsbury Auctions 2016 176, b/w illus. . PB. Fine.. Catalogue of a sale held at Bloomsbury Auctions 15th Dec 2016 which included a set of Curtis's 'The North American Indian' and individual photogravures from the portfolios. Includes an introduction by Prof Mick Gidley, an authority on the life and work of Edward Curtis..

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Book number: S37141

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Keywords: Auction Catalogue

The First to be Freed: The Record of British Military Administration in Eritrea and Somalia, 1941-1943

HMSO 1944 71, b/w photos. . PB. Orig. wrappers, slightly rubbed. From the library of entomologist and traveller Guillaume Marie de Rougemont (1945-2020), who had a special interest in Ethiopia, with his ex libris label.. .

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Book number: S55356

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Keywords: Eritrea; East Africa; Africa; Ethiopia; East Africa; Africa; Somalia; East Africa; Africa

Furniture History: The Journal of The Furniture History Society Vols XXXIX-XLIII

Furniture History Society 2003-2007 , . . PB. 6 vols, orig. wrappers. Vg.. Also Furniture History: Forty Years on A lecture delivered by Nicholas Goodison, to the Furniture History Society on the occasion of its fortieth anniversary, on 4 October 2004. This journal publishes articles on the history of furniture by leading scholars. ISSN 00163058..

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Book number: P47687

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Index to the Parishes, Townships, Hamlets & Places Contained within the districts of the several County courts in England and Wales

His Majesty's Stationery Office 1938 4, 214, . . HB. 4to, later. cloth, worn, leather title piece to spine. One gathering working loose and standing proud. From an institutional library with neat ink stamps, shelf label to spine. Includes Index to the Parishes, Etc. in the districts of the county courts, Seventh edition. Amendment List No. 1 (HMSO, 1938) bound in to title page. Good.. Seventh edition..

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Book number: S57095

Catalogue: Local History & Topography,Local History & Topography; ; Other Subjects,Architecture

Keywords: England; Britain; Wales; Britain

Two photographic prints of Copenhagen c.1915 (1) Kobenhaun, Kanalparti med Slotskirken; (2) Kopenhagen. Die Reede

c.1915 , . . Photograph. . (1) Sepia 30x168mm (2) 242x189mm Verlag der Neuen photogr. Gesellschaft A.-G. Steglitz-Berlin. Some minor oxidation to foot..

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Book number: P44947

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Keywords: PBFA

Visite a Notre Dame de la Fontaine et a Saint Brieuc

n.d. [c. 1920] 16, illus. . PB. Rear wrapper partly detached. Vg.. Text French. Souvenir guide..

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Book number: S31421

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Keywords: Folklore; Religion; Holy Wells

Andersen, M.D.

Misericords: Medieval Life in English Woodcarving. King Penguin 72

Penguin Books 1954 30, 48 b/w plates. 185x125mm. HB. Vg in d/w.. 1st edition..

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Book number: S30980

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Anderson-Morshead, A.E.M.

The History of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. Vol. I 1859-1896

Office of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa 1956 xxviii, 314, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w (tape repair to spine ends). Partial browning to first and final pages.. Sixth (revised) edition..

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Book number: S39968

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Keywords: Africa; Missionary Work

Attwood, M.

The Reds and the Blacks

Hutchinson 1967 x, 342, . . HB. Vg. From the library of entomologist and traveller Guillaume Marie de Rougemont (1945-2020), who had a particular interest in Ethiopia, with his ex libris label.. William Attwood served as the US ambassador to Guinea and later Kenya under two presidents at the height of the Cold War. This work is his account of the attempted influence of the Soviet Union and China over African nations during this period..

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Book number: S56234

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Keywords: Africa; Cold War; Communist China; Kenya; East Africa; Africa; Soviet Union

Aubrey, J.; Barber, R. (Ed.)

Aubrey's Brief lives

Folio Society 1975 324, b/w illus. . HB. Cloth. Vg in slip case.. Introduction by Richard Barber..

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Book number: S40376

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Austin, R.S.

Surrey: A Sketch Book

A. & C. Black 1922 unpaginated, 16 illus. . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, spine rubbed. A few minor marks to front board. Good.. A series of 16 delightful pencil sketches of towns in Surrey by the artist, illustrator, engraver Robert Sargent Austin (1895-1973) considered to be one of Britain's leading mid-twentieth century printmakers..

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Book number: S51443

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Keywords: Surrey; England; Britain

Bamber, J.E.

The Skull of Wardley Hall [together with a set of photographs of the skull of Bl. Miles Gerard]

Catholic Record Society 1982 17, . . PB. Wrappers. Vg.. Reprint from Recusant History Vol. 16. Paper discussing the identity of a human skull at Wardley Hall, Salford, in Greater Manchester as that of the martyr, Ambrose Edward Barlow (1585-1641). Enclosed is a letter from the author, Joseph E. Bamber (d. 1983), to anatomist, Prof. A.J. Cave, who had a shared interest investigating the remains of Catholic martyrs. Also included is a set of 7 b/w photographs (2 of X-rays) (2 copies of each, 14 in total), of the skull of Bl. Miles Gerard (d.1590), sent by Prof Cave to Bamber..

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Book number: S41210

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Keywords: Ambrose Edward Barlow; Catholic Martyr

Barclay, J.

Havana: Portrait of a City

Cassell 1995 224, col photos. . PB. Vg.. Photographs by Martin Charles.. [9780304345540]

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Book number: S40237

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Barker, A.J.

The Civilizing Mission: A History of the Italo-Ethiopian War 1935-6

Cassell 1968 xiv, 354, b/w photos, 10 maps. . HB. 8vo orig. cloth. Vg. From the library of the entomologist and traveller Guillaume Marie de Rougemont (1945-2020) who had a particular interest in Ethiopia, with his bookplate.. .

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Book number: S52866

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Keywords: Ethiopia; East Africa; Africa

Barker, F.

Greenwich and Blackheath Past

Historical Publications 1993 144, b/w illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. From the library of Keith Hyatt (d. 2021), acarologist at the Natural History Museum, London, and prominent member of the London Natural History Society, with his signature to endpaper.. . [9780948667190]

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Book number: S49352

Catalogue: Other Subjects,Local History & Topography