KEPPIE, LAWRENCE

Roman Distance Slabs from the Antonine Wall - a Brief Guide

Glasgow, Hunterian Museum. 1979. (ISBN: 090425402x). Soft cover. Illustrated with b/w drawings, photographs, maps and plans. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 9653

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 090425402x SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, ROME, ROMAN, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY Archaeology

KIDD, BENJAMIN

Principles of Western Civilisation

Macmillan London 1902 HB. Hardcover. Dark red cloth, gold lettering, a little faded to spine, internally VG 518pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 4452

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, CULTURE, CIVILIZATION General

DE KLERK, W

The Puritans in Africa

Rex Collings London 1st 1975 HB. Hardcover. Ex-Quaker-library, in original publisher's boards - small stamp, otherwise VG in VG DJ 376pp 0. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 4437

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, TRAVEL, AFRICA, AFRICAN, MISSIONARIES, PURITANS General

KREIGER, BARBARA

Living Waters: Myth, History and Politics of the Dead Sea

New York, Continuum. 1988. (ISBN: 0826404065). Hardcover. Archaeology, geology and exploration. Sticker ghost to front paste-down, no inscriptions, VG in DJ that is sunned and slightly edge-worn but generally VG. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 11447

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0826404065 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, TRAVEL, GEOLOGY, Travel Archaeology

FRIAR DIEGO DE LANDA

An Account of the Things of Yucatan: Maya Culture As Seen by the Bishop of Yucatan in 1566

Mexico, Dante - Serie Focus. 2003. (ISBN: 9706052593). Soft cover. Illustrated exerpts from de Landa's account of pre-conquest Mayan civilization. Very light wear, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10441

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9706052593 FOLKLORE, MYTHOLOGY, AMERICAS, MEXICO, MAYA, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY Archaeology

G LANDT

A Description of the Feroe Islands, Containing an Account of Their Situation, Climate, and Productions; Together with the Manners, and Customs, of the Inhabitants, Their Trade, Etc

Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. 1810. Hardcover. Translated from the Danish, this a an early study of the Faroes. Original full leather worn and marked, boards engraved in a net pattern, decorated spine worn top and tail, gilt all round, brown eps, marks of a removed plate, a small armorial plate, and the name plate of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone to the front paste down, small name and address dated 1816 to prelims, fold-out map, engravings. Occasional foxing, but generally clean, tight, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 13631

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, travel, Faroe Travel

LANGLEY, MICHAEL

When the Pole Star Shone - a History of Exploration

George G Harrap & Co London 1st 1972 HB. Hardcover. VG in edge-worn and price-clipped good DJ. 176pp 0. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 3951

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, POLAR, ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC, EXPLORATION, EXPLORERS, HISTORY, DISCOVERY General

J H G LEBON

The Evolution of Our Countryside

Dennis Dobson. 1952. Hardcover. Dug, drained, de-forested . Name to ffep, otherwise VG in slightly edge-worn, sunned, price-clipped, good DJ. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 13243

Catalogue: History

Keywords: nature, history Nature

JUVENAL TRANS. ALEXANDER LEEPER

Thirteen Satires of Juvenal

Macmillan London. 1892. Hardcover. Translated from the Latin. Reprint. Good - cover slightly edge worn, a clean copy but one section loose. Good.

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Book number: 2357

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, ROME. ROMAN EMPIRE, JUVENAL, SATIRES

LITTLEBOY, ANNA L

A History of Jordans

Friends Home Service Committee London 1967 PB. Soft cover. Second reprint. A history of the Quaker Meeting House. Stapled booklet. Has a name written on the front cover, o/w VG 20pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 5845

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, QUAKERS, SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, HISTORY, LOCAL JORDANS, ARCHITECTURE General

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON

Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Vol XCVIII, 1961

Society of Antiquaries. 1961. Hardcover. Contains: the Wilton Diptych - a Re-examination, by Harvey; The Jutish Style A. A Study of Germanic Animal Art in Southern England, by Chadwick Hawkes; The Trewhiddle Hoard, by Wilson; The Palace of Westminster Sword, by Dunning; The Earlier Royal Funeral Effigies: New Light on Portraiture in Westminster Abbey, by Howgrave-Graham. Brown cloth a little marked, clean and sound, good. A heavy book. Good.

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Book number: 13304

Catalogue: History

Keywords: archaeology, archeology, history Archaeology

SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON

Archaeologia or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Vol CIX, 1991

Society of Antiquaries. 1991. Hardcover. Contains: Giants' Hill 2 Long Barrow, Skendleby, Lincolnshire, by Evans and Simpson; The Pre-Flavian Military Belt: the evidence from Britain, by Grew and Griffitths; Abbot Berkyng's Tapestries and Matthew Paris's Life of St. Edward the Confessor, by Binski; The Discoveries of the Westminster Retable, by Macek; Le Jeu de la Hache. A Fifteenth Century Treatise on the technique of Chivalric Axe Combat, by Anglo; The Pilgrim's Hall, Winchester: Hammerbeams, Base Crucks and Aisle-Derivative Roof Structures, by Crook; The Papal Palace and other 14th Century Buildings at Sorgues near Avignon, by Luttrell and Blagg; Anne of Denmark's Jewellery Inventory, by Scarisbrick. Maroon cloth lightly worn, no inscriptions, generally VG. A heavy book. Very Good.

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Book number: 13309

Catalogue: History

Keywords: archaeology, archeology, history Archaeology

LONGSTAFF, MICHAEL

Unlocking the Atom - a Hundred Years of Nuclear Energy

Frederick Muller London 1st. 1980. (ISBN: 058410457x). Hardcover. VG in VG DJ 175pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 5261

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 058410457x GENERAL, ATOMIC ENERGY, NUCLEAR ATOMS, PHYSICS, HISTORY, SCIENCE General

LUCAS, KINTTO TRANS. DINAH LIVINGSTONE

We Will Not Dance on Our Grandparents' Tombs - Indigenous Uprisings in Equador

London, CIIR. 2000, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 1852872365). Soft cover. Charting the background to the uprising of 2000, which lead to the resignation of the president, with interviews with indigenous leaders. Illustrated with b/w photographs . Light wear to the illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 9403

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 1852872365 EQUADOR, QUITO, SOUTH AMERICA, LATIN HISTORY, GRANDFATHERS' TOMBS, REBELLION, LEVANTAMIENTO, UPRISING Politics

MACDONALD, JULIA C

Darran House, Deri: The Mine, the Medal and the Men

Wigtown, G C Books. 2009. (ISBN: 9781872350295). Soft cover. A mining disaster in Wales, 1909. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 12107

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 9781872350295 WELSH, WALES, MINING, HISTORY Welsh