HISTORICAL COMMITTEE OF 1978

The History of Steele Creek Presbyterian Church 1745 - 1978

Charlotte, N C, Craftsman Printing and Publishing. 1978. Hardcover. Third edition, revised and extended to this date. A church in Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, established by emigrants from Scotland and Ulster. VG, no inscriptions, in DJ a little edge-worn, with small mended tears, good. A 'welcome' brochure from the church is loosely laid in. Very Good/Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13241

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, religion Religion

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 12314

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 10879

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY. ARCHEOLOGY. HISTORY, CHESTER Archaeology

N/A

Authorised Guide to the Tower of London (1929)

Tower London 1929 PB. Soft cover. Staped booklet, cover marked and worn, pages yellowed, fold-out map, sound and good. 32pp 0. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7761

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, GUIDE BOOK, WHITE TOWER, HISTORY General

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 11774

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SWITZERLAND, SOCIOLOGY, ETHNOLOGY, TRAVEL Travel

SHALVA AMIRANASHVILI

Georgian Metalwork from Antiquity to the 18th Century

Hamlyn. 1971. Hardcover. VG, no inscriptions, in edge-worn, good DJ. Very Good/Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13215

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, craft Craft

KAPLAN, E ANN AND SPRINKER, MICHAEL

The Althusserian Legacy

Verso London 1993 HB. (ISBN: 0860915948). Hardcover. Considering the political and philosophical work of Louis Althusser, with contributions by Balibar, Barrett, Callinicos, Derrida, Elliott, Lewis, Lipietz, Mocnik, Montag, Resnick, Schottler, Turchetto, Wolff. Ex-lib, in hard laminated library binding, missing ffep, o/w good, clean, tight and sound. 245pp 0. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8277

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0860915948 GENERAL, PHILOSOPHY, MARXISM, MARX, BALIBAR, BARRETT, CALLINICOS, DERRIDA, ELLIOTT, LEWIS, LIPIETZ, MOCNIK, MONTAG, RESNICK, SCHOTTLER, TURCHETTO, WOLFF, HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, POLITICS, ECONOMICS General

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 11543

Catalogue: History

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

ANON

Guidebook for the Henry Ford Museum

Henry Ford Museum Dearborn 1967 PB. Soft cover. A museum of industrial history and Americana. Stapled booklet, VG 72pp 0. Very Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6475

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HENRY FORD, AMERICANA, INDUSTRIAL HISTORY General

ANON

Missing Friends - Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871 - 1880)

T Fisher Unwin London 1892 HB. Hardcover. In the Adventure Series. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Cover a little worn, especially to the spine top and tail, green eps, fep damaged by the removal of a label, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, some slight blemishes to pages but none to text, some pages unopened, tight and sound, generally VG for age. 315pp 0. Very Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7819

Catalogue: History

ANON (ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY MAYHEW)

The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints: A Contemporary History

Office of the National Illustrated Library London HB. Hardcover. Undated, but preface is dated 1851. Illustrated with 40 engravings. Ends with 14 pages of 'specimens' of other works from the National Illustrated Library. By the author of 'Labour and the Poor'. Embossed brown cloth, gold lettering and decoration to spine, gilt on top; spine worn top and bottom, small split to the spine side; small name stamp blanked out to ffep; internally good for age, some age spots to pages and to page edges, some grubby marks, slight tears to one or two page edges, generally tight and sound. 325pp 0. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 4449

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, MORMONS, LATTER-DAY SAINTS, RELIGION General

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 12276

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8454

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8559

Catalogue: History

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

AUSTEN, JANE, J L CARR ED.

The History of England by a Partial, Prejudiced and Ignorant Historian

J L Carr Kettering PB. Soft cover. Undated, reprint. In J L Carr's Pocket Library. Jane Austen wrote this 'history' as a teenager. Stapled booklet, VG. 16pp 0. Very Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8530

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, J L CARR, POCKET LIBRARY, AUSTEN, CARR'S BOOKS General