BLUNDEN, E.C:

Pastorals: A Book of Verses.

London,Erskine Macdonald,1916, first edition,pp.36,(6),original printed wrappers with yapp edges. A very nice,largely unopened copy of this early work by Blunden, published soon after he had left school.

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Book number: 708

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Edmund Blunden,poetry,war poets

BOARDMAN, James:

Records & Traditions of Deane Church, Village, and Parish, in Lancashire, A.D. 597 to 1904.

Bolton,1904, two volumes, pp. xv, 1-351, xii, 352-706, numerous illustrations. Original cloth, spines faded, a little rubbed, but sound. Some foxing to beginning and end of the volumes, but contents good. May require extra postage overseas.

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Book number: 2236

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Lancashire,Bolton Deane, George Marsh,Smithills,Blackrod Whalley

BOLTON,Herbert:

The Geology of Rossendale.

Bacup, (1890), first edition, large paper copy,4to,pp.167 plus 2 page list of subscribers. Folding map frontispiece. Original cloth, spine a bit discoloured, but a good, sound copy of the scarce large paper edition (the map was not issued with the small paper edition).

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Book number: 3393

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Lancashire,Rossendale,Geology,

BOOKER, Rev. John:

A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton in Manchester Parish.

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1857, small 4to, pp. iv, 337, with 7 illustrations. Original cloth, corners rubbed, head and tail of spine a bit worn, some spotting to first few leaves, but still a tight, sound copy.. Chetham Society, First series, Vol 42. Accounts of Didsbury, Withington, Burnage, Heaton Norris, Reddish, Levenshulme and Chorlton-cum-Hardy.

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Book number: 2465

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Chetham Society,Lancashire,Manchester,Didsbury,Burnage,Reddish,Withington,Heaton Norris,Levenshulme,Chorlton-cum-Hardy

BOSTON, Ray:

British Chartists in America 1839-1900.

Manchester University Press,1971, pp.xiv 110, frontis. and 3 illustrations. A very clean copy in price-clipped d.w. which is now in a loose protective cover.

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Book number: 1564

Catalogue: Chartism

Keywords: isbn 0719004659, Chartists,Chartism,John Bray,Emigration,Holyoake,Devyr,Trumbull, 0719004659

BOUCHER, Cyril T. G:

James Brindley Engineer 1716-1772.

Norwich, Goose and Son, 1968, first edition,pp.(12),130,illustrated. Very good in price-clipped d.w.

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Book number: 1118

Catalogue: Canals

Keywords: Brindley,civil engineers,civil engineering,canals,Bridgewater Canal,aqueducts,bridges,tunnels,watermills,Harecastle,Preston Brook,Chesterfield Canal,

BOWES, Alderman I:

George Stephenson and M. Ferdinand de Lesseps

Salford, 1893, 62 page pamphlet. Original card covers a bit dusty and foxed, but sound condition. The full title is Rails and Waterways. George Stephenson and M. Ferdinand de Lesseps. The men and their work: The First Public Railway in the World and the Suez and Panama Canals. Ottley 2466.

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Book number: 2878

Catalogue: Industrial History

Keywords: railways,Suez Canal,Panama Canal, de Lesseps,George Stephenson,Stockton and darlington railway,

BOWLEY, Arthur L:

A Short Account of England's Foreign Trade in the Nineteenth Century; its Economic and Social Results.

London, Swan Sonnenschein,1893, first edition,pp.viii,152 plus adverts. Library label on front paste-down and small ink number on spine,else a sound copy in the original,slightly soiled cloth. With 10 statistical diagrams.

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Book number: 941

Catalogue: Trade and Industry

Keywords: trade,free trade,imports,exports,

BOWMAN, Winifred M:

5,000 Acres of Old Ashton.

Ashton-under-Lyne, J. Andrew, c.1950, first edition,8vo,pp.312, addenda slip, with eleven illustrations. Original cloth, a bit rubbed and marked, stain to top of front cover. Not in collector's condition, but a very sound reference copy.

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Book number: 3181

Catalogue: Lancashire

Keywords: Lancashire, Ashton-under-Lyne,Tameside,

BOWMAN, W. E:

The Ascent of Rum Doodle.

Max Parrish, 1956. Dust jacket just a little worn at the edges, with two ro three small tears, but a good, sound copy. Not price-clipped.

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Book number: 3249

Catalogue: Climbing and Mountaineering

Keywords: climbing,mountaineering,

BRADLEY, E.G:

A Household Book for Tropical Colonies.

Oxford University Press, 1950, second impression. Very good in the original cloth.

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Book number: 3224

Catalogue: Food and Drink

Keywords: cookery,colonies,recipes,

BRANDWOOD, Geoff:

The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin.

English Heritage, 2012. Very nice condition in the dust jacket.

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Book number: 3440

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: Church Architecture,Sharpe,Brandwood,Hubert Austin,Lancaster,isbn 9781848020498 9781848020498

BRAUER, E:

The Construction of the Balance.

Incorporated Society of Inspectors of Weights and Measures,1909, third and completely revised edition by Fr. Lawaczeck, D.E., translated by H.C.Walters, pp.xvi ,314, numerous folding plates. One plate mis-folded and dusty at edge,else very good in original cloth,the back cover of which is faintly marked.

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Book number: 580

Catalogue: Science and Technology

Keywords: balance,weights and measures,measuring,instruments,metrology,weighbridge,scales,coin-sorting,

BREMER, Kare:

Asteraceae, Gladistics and Classification.

Timber Press, Oregon, 1994. Dust jacket spine a little faded, price-clipped, but a very good, clean copy.. Jacket in loose protective sleeve.

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Book number: 3276

Catalogue: Natural History-Botany

Keywords: isbn 0881922757,botany,,asteraceae, 0881922757

BRIDGEMAN, George T. O:

The History of the Church and Manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster.

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1888-1890, complete in four volumes, small 4to, pp. vii, 836. All in original cloth; the first three are from the country house library at High Legh, Knutsford and have faded spines and some light rubbing, but are in sound condition; the fourth volume is from the Old Rectory Club, Manchester and is in very good condition.. Chetham Society, New Series, Volumes 15-18. Heavy so may require extra postage, especially abroad. Tel;01706 658300.

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Book number: 2730

Catalogue: Chetham Society

Keywords: Chetham Society,Lancashire,Wigan,Bridgeman,Billinge,Winstanley,Standish,Prescot,Orrell,