JONES, ALF, PRODUCED BY MIKE ELLISON

The Jubilee Series of Monographs - No. 3 - Index to 'Ispanews' and 'Small Printer' Part 1 1954 - 1982

British Printing Society. 1961. (ISBN: 190122001x). Soft cover. An index to articles appearing in these journals, arranged by topics. Stapled booklet, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9746

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 190122001x PRINTING, HISTORY, ISPA Printing

JOURNAL

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - Session 1959 - 60 - Volume XCIII

Edinburgh, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. 1962. Hardcover. Contains articles on Middle Bronze age weaponry by B A V Trump; Late Bronze age metalwork by J M Coles, excavation reports from A Cheardach Mhor, South Uist, by A Young and K M Richardson; from the palisaded settlements at Harehope by R W Feachem; and from Stanhope Dun by A MacLaren; Long Cist burials at Kingoodie, Perthsgire by D B Taylor; and More Old Roads in the Lammermuirs by A Graham. Light wear to boards, no inscriptions, good. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 10200

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, PSAS 43 Scottish Archaeology

JOURNAL

Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. Vol V No 1 June 1924

Humphrey Milford/OUP 1924 PB. Soft cover. Essays from the bibliographic society on: the history of printing, border-pieces, Euclid, Megarensis, Cicero De Officis et paradoxa, bindings with painted plaquettes, and a comparison of Philip Massinger's dramatic texts in extant books. Good, cover, worn and creased, has been taped back on. Some unopened pages. 104pp 0. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8403

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BIBLIOMANIA, BIBLIOGRAPHY, BOOK COLLECTING, HISTORY OF PRINTING, BORDER-PIECES, EUCLID, MEGARENSIS, CICERO DE OFFICIS ET PARADOXA, BINDINGS WITH PAINTED PLAQUETTES, PHILIP MASSINGER

GUNNAR KARLSSON

Iceland's 1100 Years - the History of a Marginal Society

C Hurst & Co. 2000. (ISBN: 1850654204). Soft cover. Inscription to the half title, some foxing to edge of page block, otherwise VG. Very Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13865

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 1850654204 history, travel, Norse Travel Norse

FRANCIS M KELLY AND RANDOLPH SCHWABE

Historic Costume: A Chronicle of Fashion in Western Europe 1490 - 1790

B T Batsford. 1929. Hardcover. Second edition revised and enlarged. Boards much marked and damp stained, internally sound but good only. A heavy book. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13198

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history

ALEXANDER W M CLARK KENNEDY

Robert the Bruce: A Poem, Historical and Romantic

London, Kegan Paul, Trench and Co. 1884. Hardcover. A narrative poem. Rather grubby white vellum worn and marked, spine chipped to the top with small splits to the edges, armorial name plate to the front paste-down and name dated 1884 to the ffep, tissue-guarded frontis and other illustrations by James Faed junr, internally clean, tight and sound, good. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 12279

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY, POETRY, POEM Poetry Scottish

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13631

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, travel, Faroe Travel

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

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.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5845

Catalogue: History

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