THE AUTHOR OF THE HEIR OF RADCLYFFE (CHARLOTTE M YONGE)

Cameos from English History - England and Spain

MacMillan & Co. London 1895 HB. Hardcover. Reprint. Fifth series. Covering the period 1565-1603. Brown cloth a little worn and marked, cameo roundel to the front, small dent as of auctioneer's string to front edge, gilt on top, black end-papers, contemporary name to ffep verso, clean, tight and sound, generally VG, no DJ. 418pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 8511

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, ELIZABETH I, PHILIP OF SPAIN, MARY QUEEN SCOTS, ST BARTHOLOMEW, SPANISH ARMADA, HUGUENOT, TYRONE

MOSHE RAPAPORT, ED.

The Pacific Islands: Environment and Society

Bess Press. 1999. (ISBN: 1573060429). Soft cover. Illustrative covers worn, especially to the corners, name to title page, otherwise clean, sound, good. A heavy book. Good.

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Book number: 13681

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 1573060429 history, geography, Pacific Geology Pacific

RENFREW, COLIN ED.

Problems in European Prehistory

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press. 1979. (ISBN: 0852243553). Hardcover. A collection of 18 papers, each with a new introduction and bibliography, introductory essay by Colin Renfrew. Contributors include J R Cann, J A charles, R M Clark, J Frierman, R G Newton, N J Shackleton, R D Whitehouse. Illus. in b/w. VG, no inscriptions, in worn, mended good DJ. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 10523

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0852243553 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, PREHISTORY, HISTORY Archaeology

ABRIDGED FROM THE ORIGINAL WORK BY SIR WILLIAM SMITH, REVISED AND EDITED BY A H J GREENIDGE

The Student's Gibbon: Part I from A.D. 98 to the Death of Justinian

London, John Murray. 1909. Hardcover. Abridged from 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' by Edward Gibbon, with b/w illustrations and fold-out maps. Vol one of two only. Red cloth a little marked and sunned, no inscriptions, clean and sound, good, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 10642

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, ROME, ROMAN, DECLINE AND FALL

ROBINSON, DEAN E

Black Nationalism in American Politics and Thought

Cambridge, University Press. 2006. (ISBN: 0521626277). Soft cover. Reprint. A study of Black separatist movements in the United States. Light wear to covers, ink underlining and occasional annotation to first 57 pages only, otherwise good. Good.

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Book number: 10260

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0521626277 POLITICS, HISTORY, CULTURE, RACE, BLACK POWER, USA Sociology

NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, EDITED BY ELSE ROESDAHL AND DAVID M WILSON

From Viking to Crusader: The Scandinavians and Europe 800 - 1200

Nordic Council of Ministers. 1992. (ISBN: 8773035580). Soft cover. Published to accompany the 22nd Council of Europe Exhibition, this has a detailed, fully illustrated introduction and an illustrated catalogue of the exhibition. Illustrative covers lightly worn, name plate of Scottish author Margaret Elphinstone to the ffep, generally VG. A heavy book. Very Good.

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Book number: 13633

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 8773035580 Vikings, Norse, history, archaeology Archaeology

ALAN ROGERS, ED.

The Making of Stanford

Leicester University Press. 1965. Hardcover. A series of lectures given in 1961, charting the development of the town through history. VG, no inscriptions, in DJ that is price-clipped and a little marked and edge-worn, good. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 13776

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, local history Local history

ROSE, J HOLLAND

Man and the Sea

W Heffer & Sons Cambridge 1st 1935 HB. Hardcover. Stages in maritime and human progress. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and fol-out maps. Dark blue cloth, very slightly worn and marked, map end papaers, generally VG, no DJ 288pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 7428

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, MARITIME MARITIME, NAUTICAL, SAILING, SHIPS General

CUTHBERT ARTHUR ROSE

Wedmore's Moors and the Enclosure Acts of the 18th Century Together with Some Records of the Parish Relating to This Subject and Period

Wedmore, The Author. 1982. (ISBN: 0950832103). Hardcover. A local history of the drainage of this part of the Somerset Levels. VG, no inscriptions, in VG DJ. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 13188

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: 0950832103 local history

ROSENFELD, SYBIL

Foreign Theatrical Companies in Great Britain in the 17th and 18th Centuries

London, The Society for Theatre Research. 1955. Soft cover. Pamphlet series No 4, 1945 - 55. Detailing visiting European theatre troupes, rather than individual performers. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, review slip loosely laid in, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 9950

Catalogue: History

Keywords: STAGE, THEATRE, THEATER, THEATRICAL HISTORY

SAINTSBURY, GEORGE

A Short History of French Literature

Clarendon Press Oxford 4th edition 1892 HB. Hardcover. Good. A little rubbing to edges of boards. Bright gilt embossed lettering to spine, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 3877

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, LITERARY CRITICISM, FRENCH LITERATURE General

SAMALAVICIUS, STASYS

An Outline of Lithuanian History

Vilnius, Lithuania, Diemedis Leidykla. 1995. Hardcover. Illustrated laminated boards. Clean and bright throughout. Excellent useful contemporary survey of Lithuanian history up to its independence from USSR. in 1990. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 10199

Catalogue: History

Keywords: LITHUANIA, BALTIC STATES, REPUBLIC OF LITUA,

C G SELIGMANN AND BRENDA Z SELIGMANN

The Veddas

New Delhi , India, Navrang. 1993. (ISBN: 8170131111). Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the 1911 Cambridge edition. This ethnographic study covers all aspects of life of these forest people of Sri Lanka. Profusely illustrated with 15 text figures and 72 photographs. Good, worn boards in chipped DJ, pages smell a little of tobacco. Neat inscription on FFEP. Good/Good.

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Book number: 12371

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 8170131111 CEYLON, SRI LANKA, INDIA, HISTORY Sociology Folklore

SESSIONS, MICHAEL H, SESSIONS, E SUSAN, AND SESSIONS, WILLIAM K

John Jackson I and II and Francis Jackson, Printers, of Grape Lane and Petergate, York, England, Fl. 1704 to 1790

York, The Ebor Press. 2004. Soft cover. A research paper investigating the earliest days of the Ebor Press in York, with facsimiles of their work. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 10464

Catalogue: History

Keywords: PRINTING, TYPOGRAPHY, HISTORY, YORK, YORKSHIRE, EBOR PRESS Printing

HELENA SIKORSKA, PREFACE BY T S ELIOT

The Dark Side of the Moon

Faber and Faber. 1946. Hardcover. Relations between Poland and the USSR from 1939 to 1945. Blue cloth much marked, foxing to prelims, pages yellowed, no inscriptions, good in chipped, marked, sunned, mended DJ, good only. Good/Good.

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Book number: 13610

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, politics, Sikorski, Poland Politics