PALMER, C E TRANS.

The Life and Miracles of St Ninian

Friends of the Whithorn Trust PB. (ISBN: 0954423216). Soft cover. Undated, but contemporary. Translated from an anonymous Scots poem of the fifteenth century, this prose translation expands on the researches of the Whithorn Lectures. Stapled booklet, VG. 16pp 0. Very Good.

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Book number: 9123

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0954423216 ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH, WHITHORN, SAINT NYNIAN, HAGIOGRAPHY Scottish Archaeology

PAOLI, UGO ENRICO, TRANS. R D MACNAGHTEN

Rome - Its People, Life and Customs

London, Longman. 1973. (ISBN: 0582313996). Hardcover. Ex-lib, minimal marking (one stamp to ffep), clean, tight and sound, good, no DJ. A detailed study of all aspects of Roman life. Good.

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Book number: 9548

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0582313996 HISTORY, ROME, ROMAN

PARKER, PATRICIA

The Feather and the Drum: The History of Banff Indian Days 1889 - 1978

Calgary, Consolidated Communications. 1990. (ISBN: 0969488505). Soft cover. An account of a week-long community festival in Canada. Light wear to illustrative covers, no inscriptions, VG. Very Good.

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Book number: 10638

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: 0969488505 CANADA, CANADIAN, FESTIVAL, NATIVE AMERICAN, FIRST PEOPLE

JOHN PARRIS

The Cherokee Story

Asheville, N C, Stephens Press. 1950. Hardcover. Red cloth very lightly worn, a little sunned to the spine, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, otherwise VG, no DJ. Very Good.

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Book number: 13192

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history, legend Legend

PASZKIEWICZ, HENRYK

The Origin of Russia

London, George Allen & Unwin. 1954. Hardcover. From 988 to the rise of Moscow. 2 folding maps, 5 genealogical tables, 4 indices, 49 pages of bibliography. Ex-academic-library, clean, tight and sound, good, no DJ. Good.

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Book number: 10766

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY Archaeology

C VELLEI PATERCULI, EDITED BY CAROLUS HALM

Ex Historiae Romanae

Leipzig, Teubner. 1876. Hardcover. All text in Latin. Green cloth a little worn, red leather title label, name to ffep, pages yellowed, marginal pencil markings, sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 11565

Catalogue: History

Keywords: CLASSICS, LATIN, HISTORY Latin Classics

DOMINIC PERRING & STEVE ROSKAMS WITH PATRICK ALLEN

The Archaeology of London Volume 2 Early Development of Roman London West of the Walbrook 1991 Cba Research Report 70

London, The Museum of London and the Council for British Archaeology. 1991. (ISBN: 0906780926). Soft cover. Large A4 paperback, many illustrations, photos and fold out maps. VG with neat owners stamp mark on the inside FFEP. Very Good.

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Book number: 12476

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0906780926 CBA , COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, LOCAL LONDON Archaeology Local history

QUENNELL, PETER AND HODGE, ALAN EDS.

History Today - February 1951

London 1951 PB. Soft cover. With illustrated articles by D W Brogan, G D H Cole, A J P Taylor, Cyril Falls and Alan Bullock. Covers a little worn, pages yellowed, generally good. 80pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 7927

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, HISTORY TODAY, MAGAZINE, JOURNAL General

IDA PFEIFFER

Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North

Ingram, Cooke, and Co. 1852. Hardcover. 'With numerous explanatory notes, eight tinted engravings ( all present), an essay on Icelandic poetry from the French of M Bergman, a translation of the Icelandic poem The Voluspa and a brief sketch of Icelandic history'. Decorative embossed boards of the National Illustrated Library a little worn and marked, gold decorated spine rather rubbed, worn top and tail, contemporary inscription to the front past-down from a ship at Bilbao and to the ffep from Glasgow, eps much marked, front hinge weak but still holding, occasional foxing and grubby marks throughout, good. Good.

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Book number: 13634

Catalogue: History

Keywords: travel, history Travel

PHILLIPPS, EVELYN MARCH

The Frescoes in the Sixtine Chapel

John Murray London 1915 HB. Hardcover. History, description, meaning. Red cloth covers worn and marked, age-mottling to prelims, pages yellowed, one plate loose, no inscriptions, no DJ, good. 159pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 6515

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, ART, ART HISTORY, SISTINE CHAPEL, FRESCOES General

PREBBLE, JOHN

Glencoe - (Uncorrected Proof Copy)

London, Martin Secker & Warburg. 1966. Soft cover. An uncorrected proof copy. Card covers sunned and marked, with a small illegible scribble to the front covers, no other inscriptions, foxing to edge of page block, tight and sound, good. Good.

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Book number: 12177

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, HISTORY Scottish

J AND R PARLANE, PUBLISHERS

Lichens from an Old Abbey: Being Historical Reminiscenses of the Monastery of Paisley, Its Abbots, and Its Royal and Other Benefactors

Paisley, J and R Parlane. 1876. Hardcover. Original illustrative brown cloth a little worn, and rubbed to spine top and tail, brown eps, no inscriptions, tissue-guarded frontis, slight foxing to prelims, clean and sound, generally VG. A mounted photograph of James Clark, Provost of Paisley, is loosely laid in. Very Good.

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Book number: 12162

Catalogue: History

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, LOCAL HISTORY Scottish Local history

PUGH, R B

How to Write a Parish History

London, George Allen & Unwin. 1954. Hardcover. Sixth edition - first published in 1879. Indicated essential features to look for, reliable sources and works of reference. VG, no inscriptions, in lightly marked and edge-worn, good DJ. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 10162

Catalogue: History

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY, HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY Archaeology Local history

PUGH, R B

The Records of the Colonial and Dominions Offices

HMSO London 1964 PB. Soft cover. Public Record Office handbook No 4. A guide to the documents available up to 1947, detailing the administrative arrangements between Britain and overseas territories formerly part of the Empire, the records these have created, and how they are classified. Covers a little worn, marked and creased, no inscriptions, tight and sound, good. 118pp 0. Good.

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Book number: 8330

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GENERAL, HISTORY, BRITISH EMPIRE, COLONIALISM, COLONIES, DOMINIONS, COMMONWEALTH, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS General

A G PUTTOCK

A Dictionary of Heraldry and Related Subjects

Blaketon Hall. 1985. (ISBN: 0907854931). Hardcover. VG, no inscriptions, in very slightly worn DJ, generally VG. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 13777

Catalogue: History

Keywords: 0907854931 history