AARTSEN, GERALD

George Adamski : A Herald for the Space Brothers

Amsterdam, Biblioteca-GA Publications. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 9081549510) Soft Cover, 8 x 5.25 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. 146pp. George Adamski was the most famous of all 'contactees' from the late 1940s whose claims are of having photographed UFOs and met their occupants. This account focuses on Adamski's mission of informing humanity of our spiritual nature and the need to take responsibility for planet Earth. Fine.

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Book number: 026323

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Ufos, Contactee, Interplanetary Contact, Mythology 9081549510

MARJORIE AGOSIN

Women of Smoke: Latin American Women in Literature in Life

Ontario, Williams-Wallace Publishing. 1989. (ISBN: 0887950752) Soft Cover, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Address and inscription inside front cover. No other marks and very slight creasing to covers. Mainly clean tight pages with very slightly marked boards and a little rubbing to corners. 109pp. Essays of the ives of ordinary and extraordinary Latin American women from the remote regions of Southern Chile to the Guatemalan forest. They tell of the tortures from the time of Pinochet and the women artists who defied this authoritarian regime. Good.

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Book number: 018612

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: South American Women, Social History Gender Studies 0887950752

ALLIS, MARGUERITE

Connecticut Trilogy

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1935, Tercentenary Edition. Hard Cover, 8.75 x 6 inches. Ill.: the Author. Inscription on reverse of front end paper. No other marks, no creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards and spine, with rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket. 343pp. Tales of folk-lore and legend based on actual historical information around the American State of Connecticut. The three parts each concentrate on the Connecticut Colony, the Saybroook Plantations and the New Haven Colony and her neighbours. With over fifty drawings of buildings and places relevant to the stories. Very Good.

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Book number: 005815

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Legends, Traditions, America, Usa, Folklore the Author

ASHLEY, HARRY

The Dorset Village Book

Newbury, Berkshire, Countryside Books. 1992. (ISBN: 0905392353) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Ill.: John Baker. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to corners of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 189pp. Written by a local historian, this book is rich in stories, anecdotes and atmosphere of the Dorset villages from Abbotsbury to Yetminster. Very Good.

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Book number: 007753

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Local History, Dorset 0905392353 John Baker

ASHWORTH, JOHN

Strange Tales from Humble Lives : Second Series

Manchester, Tubbs and Brook. 1879. Hard Cover, 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Small marking to front end paper and inscription dated '79 to reverse of front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear black embossing/lettering to front cover, clear gilt and black lettering/embossing to spine, dusty page edges and minor bumping to corners. 189-360pp. Second Series of Tales from Lancashire by Rochdale author who ran The Chapel for the Destitute. Undated but inscription from '79 and adverts dated 1878. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012996

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Stories, Rochdale, Poor, Destitute

ATKINSON, FRANK

North-East England : People at Work 1860-1950

Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Moorland Publishing Co Ltd. 1980. (ISBN: 0861900057) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.5 inches. Inscription inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with bright laminated boards, light bumping to corners and slight scuffing to spine ends. 113pp. With an introduction to each type of industry and good descripions of each of the139 black & white photographs. Very Good (+).

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Book number: 002027

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Economic History, Industry, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham 0861900057

BAILY, LESLIE

Scrapbook 1900 to 1914

London, Frederick Muller Ltd. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 9 x 6 inches. Author's date of death in pencil on early page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Very minor fading to upper rear edge. 312pp. Social history in Edwardian England from the well-known broadcaster. Very well illustrated in black & white. Includes an actual page from The Times of 1905 tucked into a pocket at the rear of the book. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011947

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Social History, Arts, Transport, Politics, Suffragettes, Bbc, Broadcasts

BARLOW, F. P. & ROBINSON, G. (EDITORS)

Hydonian 1962

Hyde, County Grammar School. 1962. Soft Cover, 10.25 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. Light creasing to covers. A clean tight copy with slightly dusty unmarked front cover, minor marrks to rear and minor nicks to oversize parts of covers. unpaginated ca 65pp. The school mazgazine for 1962 of Hyde Country Grammar School in Hyde, then in Cheshire, now in Tamesdie. Filled with events of the year, short stories, sports events, school clubs. Interesting entry for Nov 3 was 'explosives found in gym, set with 2 days fuse'. Many contemporary adverts of the shops in the town - now long gone. Extremely scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 023123

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: School Magazine, Hyde Education

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

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

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

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

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

BISBORT, ALAN AND PUTERBAUGH, PARKE

Rhino's Psychedelic Trip

San Fransisco, Miller Freeman Books. 2000. (ISBN: 0879306262) Paperback, 9 x 9 inches. No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. The explosive counterculture of the 1960s in terms of its music, movies, clothing, art and literature Through the flashbacks of musicians, artists, authors, radicals and folks who 'were there', this book puts it all in perspective - celebrating the mind-blowing decade whose afterglow we still feel today. As New.

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Book number: 002777

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: Civilization, Modern 1950- Popular Culture Rock, Music 0879306262