BROWNE, JAMES

A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Vol II

Glasgow, A Fullarton & Co. 1838. Hardcover. Volume II only of four. Brown half leather, spine edges and inner hinges restored but still fragile, marbled boards a little rubbed, marbled end-papers, marbled edge of page block, small name stamp to prelim, internally VG, good. Good.

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Book number: 10571

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY Scottish

BROWNE, JAMES

A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Vol IV

Glasgow, A Fullarton & Co. 1838. Hardcover. Volume IV only of four. Half leather, marbled boards a little rubbed, edges of spine restored but still fragile, marbled end-papers, marbled edge to page-block, small name printed to prelim, internally VG, good. Good.

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Book number: 10572

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY Scottish

BROWNE, JAMES

A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Vol III

Glasgow, A Fullarton & Co. 1838. Hardcover. Volume III only of four. Brown half leather, marbled boards a little rubbed, edges of spine and inner hinges restored but still fragile, marbled end-papers, marbled edge to page-block, small name printed to prelim, internally VG, good. Good.

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Book number: 10573

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY Scottish

BROWNE, E MARTIN

The Mysteries - Made from the Lincoln Cycle of Mystery Plays

London, Samuel French. 1966. Soft cover. An adaptation and severe abridgement of this cycle of mediaeval plays, from 16 hours to 2. Light wear to covers, no inscriptions, good. Good.

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Book number: 10107

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: STAGE, DRAMA, THEATRE, THEATER, PLAY, SCRIPT, PLAYSCRIPT Scripts Theatre

BROWNE, MARTIN E ED.

Three Irish Plays

Penguin. Soft cover. Contains The Moon in the Yellow River, by Denis Johnston; The Iron Harp, by Joseph O'Connor; Step-in-the-Hollow, by Donagh Macdonagh. In the series Penguin Plays. Light wear to covers, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, clean, tight and sound, good. 236pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 9102

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: STAGE, THEATRE, THEATER, DRAMA, PLAY, SCRIPT, PLAYSCRIPT, IRISH, IRELAND, PENGUIN PLAYS Scripts Theatre

IAIN BROWNING

Palmyra

London, Chatto & Windus. 1979. (ISBN: 0701122668). Hardcover. ' - one of the most spectacular sites of the ancient world', as it was. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 12746

Catalogue: Egyptology

Keywords: 0701122668 EGYPTOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY Archaeology

BROWNING, ROBERT

Selections from the Poems of Robert Browning

Gresham London HB. Hardcover. Undated - around 1909. An attractive small pocket book. Introduction by Alice Meynell. Decorative cloth covers a little worn and marked, gilt on top, decorative endpapers, no inscriptions, portrait frontis, tight and sound, good. 277pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 9000

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: POETRY, POEMS, GRESHAM, SELECTIONS, ANTHOLOGY, BROWNING

BRUCE, JAMES

An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce Esq Into Abyssinia

'Printed for and sold by all the booksellers in town and country' London. 1790. Hardcover. '.to discover the source of the Nile. Abridged from the original work to which is added notes and extracts from the travels of Dr. Shaw, M, Savary, and the Memoirs of Baron de Tott. ' This is the first abridged edition, published in the same year as the five volume first edition. Small octavo in original full leather. Head and tail have worn away. Leather spine title is missing, five raised headbands much worn. Spine and inner hinge repaired with nepalese papers, but still fragile. Corners of boards and edges much worn. Contemporary ink name to feps. Contents foxed throughout, occasional sooty marks. Erased pencil marks to rear ep. Two closed tears repaired. Good. 387pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8752

Catalogue: Travel

Keywords: TRAVEL, BLUE NILE, ABYSSINIA, HORN OF AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, EAST EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS, GEOGRAPHY, EGYPT, NORTH AFRICA

GEORGE BRUCE

William Soutar (1898 - 1943)

National Library of Scotland. 1978. Soft cover. An essay on the man and the poet. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 13569

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: Scottish, Scotland, poetry, poems, biography Poetry Biography

JOANNA BRUCK AND MELISSA GOODMAN

Making Places in the Prehistoric World: Themes in Settlement Archaeology

London, UCL Press. 1999. (ISBN: 1857287533). Soft cover. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 12755

Catalogue: Archaeology

Keywords: 1857287533 ARCHAEOLOGY

BRUESTLE, BEAUMONT

The Wonderful Tang

Anchorage, The Children's Theatre Press. 1952. Soft cover. A children's play in the Chinese manner. Stapled booklet, light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 11512

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: STAGE, THEATRE, THEATER, PLAY, SCRIPT, PLAYSCRIPT, CHILDREN'S Theatre Children's

BRUNNER, KARL

Abriss Der Mittelenglischen Grammatik

Max Niemeyer Tubingen 1959 HB. Soft cover. Middle English grammar, in German. Ex-lib, o/w clean, tight and sound, good. 114pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8513

Catalogue: Education

Keywords: GERMAN, GERMANY, MIDDLE-ENGLISH, GRAMMAR

STURE BRUNNSAKER AND TORGNY SAVE-SODERBERGH, EDS.

Boreas 9: From the Gustavianum Collections in Uppsala 2, 1978: The Collection of Classical Antiquities: History and Studies of Selected Objects

Uppsala, Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations. 1978. Soft cover. Six specialist papers in English and one in German on aspects of the Collection: Yortan pottery; Cypriot antiquities; Bulls-head ear-rings; lead sling-bullets; a head of Serapis; Eine Hydria des Theseus-Malers mit eine Opferdarstellung. Occasional stamps authorising sale by the Society of antiquaries of London, else good in original card cover. Good.

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Book number: 11830

Catalogue: Archaeology

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY

THOMAS BRYANT

The Diseases of the Breast

London, Cassell & Company. 1887. Hardcover. In the series Clinical Manuals for Practitioners and Students of Medicine. Leather spine decorated in gold, red title label, dark blue boards, worn and marked, hinges loosening, speckled edges to page block, ffep slightly loose, foxing to prelims, good. Good.

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Book number: 12645

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: MEDICINE

BRYANT, FRANK EGBERT

A History of English Balladry Through the Reign of Elizabeth

Norwood, PA, Norwood Editions. 1973. (ISBN: 0883050781). Hardcover. A reprint of the author's doctoral thesis, originally published in 1913, with a new introduction by Robert S Thomson - a study of ballads in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. VG, no inscriptions, no DJ. Very Good.

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Book number: 9436

Catalogue: Folklore

Keywords: 0883050781 FOLKLORE, FOLKTALES, BALLADS, ROBIN HOOD, FRANCIS JAMES CHILD, CHILD BALLADS