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

SIMMS, KATHARINE

From Kings to Warlords: The Changing Political Structure of Gaelic Ireland in the Later Middle Ages

Woodbridge, The Boydell Press. 2000. (ISBN: 085115784x). Soft cover. Reprint. Studies in Celtic History VII. Changes triggered by the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions or annotation, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 11834

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 085115784x ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY Archaeology

SIMON, ANDRE L

Port

London, Constable & Co. 1934. Hardcover. In the series Constable's Wine Library. A detailed study, both of the fortified wine and its history (the Peninsular War etc). Light wear to original boards, spine a little sunned, no inscriptions, foxing to prelims and edge of page block, clean, tight and sound, good, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 9450

Catalogue: History

Keywords: PORT, OPORTO, WINE, VINTAGE Wine

GRANT G SIMPSON AND JAMES D GALBRAITH, EDS.

Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland Preserved in the Public Record Office and the British Library: Vol V, 1106 - 1516 (Supplementary)

Scottish Record Office. Hardcover. Undated - 1970s. Documents omitted from Joseph Bain's earlier work. VG in VG DJ, in original card box. A heavy book. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 12180

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY Scottish Archaeology

SINGH, GANDA

A Brief Account of the Sikh People

Sikh History Society Patiala 1956 PB. Soft cover. The revised edition, published in India in August 1956. Card covers with paper wraps, just a little marked, no inscriptions, tight and sound, VG. 109pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 7756

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, RELIGION, HISTORY, SIKH, SIKHISM General

SLOAN, PAT

Where Russia Stands Now

The Russia Today Society London 1945 PB. Soft cover. Pamphlet covering: Japan, The Big "3", Potsdam, and the San Francisco Conference where the charter for The United Nations was drawn up. Stapled booklet, good. 23pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 6819

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, RUSSIA, U.S.S.R., LEAGUE OF NATIONS, UNITED General

MRS SMEDLEY

Ladies' Manual of Practical Hydropathy

London, James Blackwood. Hardcover. Undated, reprint 'much enlarged with cuts'. Details of treatment and testimonials. Blue decorative cloth much worn, marked and sunned, spine sunned to illegibility, pages yellowed, a small red stamp 'in the year 1877' to frontis, no other inscriptions, good, no DJ. 0. Good.

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Book number: 10026

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HEALTH, MEDICINE, HYDROPATHY, MATLOCK BANK Medicine

SMITH, T LYNN

Agrarian Reform in Latin America

Alfred A Knopf New York 1968 HB. Hardcover. A Borzoi book on Latin America. Ex-academic-library, plate to front paste-down, good. 206pp 0. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 4939

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, ECONOMICS, SOUTH AMERICA, AGRICULTURE, FARMING, REFORM, REVOLUTION General

SMITH, G E KIDDER

The New Architecture of Europe

Pelican London 1962 PB. Soft cover. Good 349pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 3437

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY, EUROPE General

SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY

Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, 11th Volume

Edinburgh, Scottish History Society. 1990. (ISBN: 0906245125). Hardcover. Including A plea-roll of Edward I's army in Scotland 1296; Letters of John Graham of Claverhouse; Some late 17th century building contracts; Correspondence relating to Milburn Tower and garden 1804 - 1829. No inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 12262

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0906245125 SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY Scottish

GLASGOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society New Series : Volume XV Parts 1 to 4

Glasgow, Edinburgh, William Maclellan, Oliver and Boyd LTD. 1960. Soft cover. Four parts of Volume XV. Part I dated 1960, Good in stapled slightly worn card cover. 20 pages. Subjects include Castle Sween. Part II dated 1963, Good in rusting stapled card cover. 67 pages. Subjects include the Tormore Circles and Craignethan Castle including fold out maps. Part III dated 1966, Four vols. Good in stapled cover, slight age marking to FFEP. 138 pages. Subjects include Skipness Castle and also the Presidential Address A 70 year retrospective. Many illustrations. Part IV dated 1967, Good in card cover with light mark on RFEP. 199 pages. Subjects include the Early Christian Monuments at Govan and Inchinnan, also the Presidential Address on The Archaeology of Rural Settlement in Scotland. All text clean and clear in all four volumes. Good.

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Book number: 12447

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY , SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Scottish Archaeology

SOTHEBY'S

Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books Relating to Natural History

Sotheby & Co. London 1981 PB. Soft cover. Estimates and price lists loosely laid in. Catalogue referred to as 'Ann' Good 52pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 6230

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, SOTHEBY, AUCTION, CATALOGUE, ANN General

STICKINGS, THOMAS G

Stories of the Castles and Strongholds of Pembrokeshire

Tenby, H G Walters. 1972. Soft cover. The historical background and tales associated with the Welsh castles. VG, no inscriptions. Very Good.

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Book number: 9516

Catalogue: History

Keywords: WELSH, WALES, HISTORY, FOLKLORE, TRAVEL, GUIDE Welsh