Kirkcudbright and Round About

. Soft cover. A hand-book to the Royal Burgh of Kirkcudbright, Dundrennan Abbey, Gatehouse-of-Fleet and District. Stapled card boards, no author, date or publisher listed. Poor condition. Cover marked and torn, lower staple part loose. Age markings, and small corner torn on first blank page. Map and illustrations all present, and text clear and legible. Reading copy only. Poor.

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Book number: BYB12314

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, LOCAL HISTORY Scottish local history

The Summer Meeting at Chester 1937

The Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 1938. Soft cover. Reprinted from the Archaeological Journal vol XCIV. With fold-out plans of the City of Chester, Deva, St. John's Church, St. John the Baptist's Collegiate Church, Chester Cathedral, Chester Castle, Valle Crucis Abbey, Vale Royal, Diserth Castle x 2, St Asaph's Cathedral, Denbight Castle, Ewloe Castle, Flint Castle etc. Sewn booklet, internally VG, in worn and marked original card cover. Good.

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Book number: BYB10879

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY. ARCHEOLOGY. HISTORY, CHESTER archaeology

FORUM ALPINUM

Forum Alpinum

Zurich, Forum alpinum. 1965. Hardcover. A detailed study of the seven regions of Switzerland, with text in the four languages. Loosely laid in is an English language translation and a fold-out coloured wood-cut. Covers a little worn and marked, no inscriptions or annotation, generally VG in VG DJ. A heavy book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: BYB11774

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SWITZERLAND, SOCIOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, TRAVEL Travel

ANON

A Collection of the Public General Statutes Passed in the Forty-First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third Being the Fifth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of Great Britain

London, George Eyre and Andrew Strahan. 1800. Hardcover. Full leather marked and worn, decorative spine with raised bands and red and black title labels, contemporary handwritten title pasted to the front cover, small inscription neatly inked out to the front cover verso, foxing and some grubby marks internally, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB11543

Catalogue: History

Keywords: POLITICS, HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, GEORGE III, 1800 Politics

ANON

Scotland's Opposition to the Popish Bill

Edinburgh, David Paterson. 1780. Hardcover. Subtitled 'A collection of all the declarations and resolutions published by the different counties, cities, towns, parishes, incorporations, and societies throughout Scotland against a proposed repeal of the statutes, enacted and forever ratified by the Revolution and Union Parliament, for preventing the growth of popery .'. Original full leather worn and much chipped, decorative spine, black leather title label a little chipped, marbled end-papers, armorial ownership plate to front paste-down, foxing throughout, good. Good.

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Book number: BYB12276

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, RELIGION, BIGOTRY Religion Scottish

ARNOLD, THOMAS

History of the Later Roman Commonwealth Vol I Only

B Fellowes etc London 1845 HB. Hardcover. Volume One only of two. Covers from the end of the Second Punic War to the death of Julius Caesar. By the noted educationalist and headmaster of Rugby school, Thomas Arnold. Ex academic library, covers marked and worn especially to the spine top and tail, small chip to ffep, some grubby marks to pages, but no inscriptions or annotation, tight and sound, apart from a couple of small closed tears, good. 543pp 0. Good.

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Book number: BYB8454

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ROMAN HISTORY, REPUBLIC, CARTHAGE, PUNIC WARS, JULIUS CAESAR

ASHLEY, W J

James and Philip Van Artevelde

MacMillan & Co. London 1883 HB. Hardcover. Social conflict and liberation in 14th century Flanders. Ex-lib, gold library number to spine and plate to front paste-down but o/w minimal marking, dark blue cloth marked and a little worn, brown eps, clean, tight and sound, good. 244pp 0. Good.

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Book number: BYB8559

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, FLANDERS, GHENT, BRUGES, FLEMISH, WALLOON, ARTEVELDE, C14

BAEHR, PETER

Caesar and the Fading of Roman World: A Study in Republicanism and Caesarism

New Brunswick, Transaction Publishers. 1998. (ISBN: 1560003049). Hardcover. History, political theory and sociology - responses to Caesar from classical times to the nineteenth century. VG, no inscriptions, in slightly sunned VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: BYB11359

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 1560003049 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY Politics Sociology

BAILEY, RICHARD N

Ambiguous Birds and Beasts: Three Sculptural Puzzles in South-West Scotland - 4th Whithorn Lecture

Friends of the Whithorn Trust 1996 PB. (ISBN: 0952572656). Soft cover. Layers of scriptural meaning behind stone-carvings at Minnigaff and Kilmorie; and amended dating for a carving at Wamphrey. The fourth Whithorn Lecture 1995. Stapled booklet, VG. 20pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB9125

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0952572656 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, GALLOWAY, WHITHORN, MINNIGAFF, WAMPHRAY, KILMORIE, RUTHWELL, ANGLO-SAXON, CARVED STONES, MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE Scottish archaeology

BARLEY, M W ED.

Archaeological Bibliography for Great Britain and Ireland - 1965

Council for British Archaeology London 1967 PB. Soft cover. A listing of archaeological publications. Stapled booklet, covers lightly worn, no inscriptions, good. 107pp 0. Good.

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Book number: BYB9035

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, PREHISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY

BARNES, DAVID

The Accies - the Cradle of Scottish Rugby

Edinburgh, Birlinn. 2008. (ISBN: 9781841587714). Hardcover. 150 years of the Edinburgh Academical Football Club. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: BYB9918

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9781841587714 SPORT, RUGBY, EDINBURGH ACADEMICALS Scottish Sport

BARROW, GEOFFREY

Saint Ninian and Pictomania - 12th Whithorn Lecture

Friends of the Whithorn Trust 2004 PB. (ISBN: 0954423232). Soft cover. Using place-names to doubt St Ninian's mission to the Picts. The twelfth Whithorn Lecture 2003. Stapled booklet, VG. 20pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB9122

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0954423232 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH, HISTORY, WHITHORN, GALLOWAY, NINIAN, PICTS, PLACE-NAMES Scottish archaeology

DE BAYE, J

The Industrial Arts of the Anglo-Saxons

London, Swan Sonnenschine. 1893. Hardcover. 1st English edition. 135 pages, 17 plates, 31 text figures, attractive gilt stamping, top edge gilt. Occasional very light foxing, cloth rubbed and marked along fore-edges, but otherwise VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB10492

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY archaeology

BENNET, JAMES, ED.

The Atlantic: Celebration of 150 Years

the Atlantic. 2006. Soft cover. Celebrating 150 years of the Atlantic magazine, with quotations from well-known contributors. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB11995

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ATLANTIC, MAGAZINE, ANNIVERSARY Politics Writing

BENNETT, SADIE

Time and Tide: Reflections of Rural Life in Times Past

Portlaoise, Arderin Publishing. 2002. (ISBN: 0863350461). Soft cover. Changes experienced by rural women in 20th century Ireland. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: BYB10405

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: 0863350461 IRISH, IRELAND, LOCAL HISORY