RUNCORN HISTORY TRAIL A history and description of a walk through the older parts of Runcorn.

Halton. Halton Borough Council, 1980., Booklet. 51 pages. The 2 centre pages are a map of the Runcorn History Trail. On page 51 are 2 maps of the Runcorn-Bridgewater canal, in 1785 and in 1830. 20 b./w. photographs & drawings on 15 pages. Stiff card cover is near fine, contents near fine no inscription or marks. 21.25cm. x 15cm. . 1980

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Book number: 8907

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Manchester Ship Canal Norton Piory Bidgewater Canal

THE WAR IN PICTURES. 6 volumes.

London. Odhams, 1940's., Hardbacks.All 6 volumes have 256 pages and black & white photographs throughout. Volume 1 ( Sept.1939 - Aug.1940.) .Volume 2. "The Second Year." (Aug.1940 - Sept. 1941.) Vol.3."Third Year.".( May 1941 - Sept. 1943.) Vol.4. Fourth Year.(July 1942 - Aug.1943) Vol. 5. Fifth Year. (Aug. 1943- Sept. 1944.) Vol. 6. Sixth Year. (Sept. 1944 - Sept. 1945.) All 6 books are very good but the bottom of the spine of volume 6 has a 6cm tear in the cloth cover. 25.5cm. x 18cm. 1940

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Book number: 8336

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: World War 2 Churchill Hitler Nazis Dunkirk Montgomery Dambusters El Alamein

ABBOTT, R. TUCKER.

SEASHELLS. Shells of the seven seas in colour.

New York. Bantam Books, 1976., Paperback. A Ridge Press Book. 159 pages, with over 160 colour photographs of seashells, also live animals never photographed before.18cm. x 11cm. Very good, no inscription or marks. Priced 75p. on the back. 1976

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Book number: 9823

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: shells cowrie nautiloids scallops clams conch limpet whelk

ABRANSON, ERIK C.

BEKEN OF COWES SAILING SHIPS OF THE WORLD.

London. Reed's Nautical Books, 1992., Foreword by Prince of Wales. 3 generations of the Beken family have photographed sailing ships & yachts, starting in 1888 with 10 year old Frank, then his son Keith, & eventually his grandson Kenneth joined the family firm in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. 208 pages. Illustrated with beautiful photographs in colour and b. & w., taken around the world of over 100 sailing ships, along with a short description & specifications. (Some material already appeared in "A Century of Tall Ships" pub. Harrap 1985.) 12.5" x 9.75". Near fine except a tiny, hardly visible dent on front cover. Near fine d./w. except top edge slightly curling. Original 1994 bill for £32 enclosed ! A heavy book. 1992

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Book number: 2498

Catalogue: Naval & Maritime History

Keywords: ships sailing ships yachts Beken Cowes photography Tall Ships Isle of Wight

ACKROYD, PETER.

LONDON. THE BIOGRAPHY.

London. Vintage, 2001, Paperback. First published by Chatto Windus in 2000. Pages i - xxiii, lists of contents & illustrations, 5 maps & chronology. 822 pages including an essay of sources, & index. 33 colour and about 35 b./w. photographs & prints. 9¼" x 6". Priced on back cover £12.99. Near fine, no inscription or marks, but corners slightly bumped. ISBN 0099422581. 2001

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Book number: 4598

Catalogue: History

Keywords: London Thames Picadilly Circus St. Paul's Westminster Christopher Wren Henry Mayhew Samuel Johnson Hyde Park Buckingham Palace Smithfield

ADBURGHAM, ALISON.

Women In Print. Writing Women and Women's Magazines From the Restoration to the Accession of Victoria

London. George Allen & Unwin, 1972., Hardback. ExLibrary (probably from reference library as like new) 302 pages. Illustrated with black & white frontispiece, 14 b./w. plates and 49 b./w. illustrations in the text. Near fine except "Salford Library" stamped on front endpage Near fine d./w. 1972

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Book number: 9751

Catalogue: History

Keywords: writing female women authors writers novelists magazines

ADKINS, THOMAS.

The History of St. John's College Battersea. The Story of a Notable Experiment.

London. The National Society's Depository, published for the Battersea Club, 1906.., Hardback. 308 pages. Frontispiece is a b./w. photo of Battersea college, with tissue guard, plus 9 other b./w. photographs including ground plans in 1848 & 1906, and some college principals. 18.5cm. x 12.5cm. Contents clean & very good condition but spine of red cloth cover slightly soiled, front & back covers are slightly faded. Former owner's name L. Hinchcliff, Harewood, Leeds, written in ink on front endpage, plus the address Pendene, Savile Town, Dewsbury is blind-stamped on top corner. No d./w. 1906

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Book number: 9970

Catalogue: History

Keywords: St. John's College Battersea London Battersea

AGAR-HAMILTON, J.A.I., AND TURNER, L.C.F.

THE SIDI REZEG BATTLES 1941.

Cape Town. Oxford University Press, 1957., Ex-Library. ".. prepared by the Union War Histories Section of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa." Compiled from official documents, this is concerned with the Desert Offensive of November 1941, and the Ist South African Infantry Division. 505 pages including bibliography, & index. There should be 3 maps, but 2 are missing. Remaining map folded in 3, worn & torn on one fold, repared on reverse with archival tape. 53 sketch maps in text. 47 b./w. photographs on 27 pages. No d./w. Sturdy library binding is very good but corners slightly bumped & worn, and library ref. number on bottom of spine. Contents clean and near fine, but front endpage has library stamp & old label, with '40p' written in ink. No d./w. 1957

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Book number: 6132

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Sidi Renzig Sidi Rezeg Rommel Desert Campaign Ed Duda Transvaal Scottish General Cunningham Claude Auchinleck General Freyberg Sidi Rezegh Smuts South Africa

ALBRIGHT, MARY JO

WHEN THE BELLS RANG. A History & Drawings of Old School Houses in Linn & Benton Counties.

Philomath,Oregon. White Rabbit Publishing, 1983., Softback. By a former teacher of Corvallis School. Divided into 2 parts, Benton & Linn counties. 134 pages. Chapters on about 61 individual schools with the words of people & pupils who knew them. 8 other articles on various districts' schools & their history. All 61 schools are illustrated with a drawing by the author. Pages I -VI, (which includes the half title page, title page, & contents page etc.) have become loose, a long inscription inside front cover, o./w. near fine. Dark blue card cover, faded on spine and on part of back cover, o./w. near fine. 10½" x 8". ISBN 0912525010. 1983

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Book number: 2359

Catalogue: History

Keywords: schools Linn County Benton County Philomath Oregon

ALDRICH, RICHARD J.

GCHQ The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency.

London. Harper Press, 2010., Paperback. Thick. 666 pages, 31 b./w. photographs. 2 maps. 23.5cm. x 15.25cm. Contents are clean, no inscription or marks, but cover is slightly grubby & the book is "leaning" probably owing to its thickness which is nearly 5cm. Priced on back £14.99 ISBN 9780007312658 2010 ISBN: 9780007312658

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Book number: 8799

Catalogue: History

Keywords: GCHQ Intelligence Cheltenham Bletchley Park SAS Geoffrey Prime Spies

ALEXANDER, BOB; BROWN, HEATHER; BURTON, ANN; DEEPROSE, TIM; NORRIS, JILL; SALISBURY, SANDRA; SPINK, MOLLY; STONER, SYLVIA.

BRIDGE STREET MACCLESFIELD.

Macclesfield, Cheshire. Friends of Macclesfield Silk Heritage, c. 1983., Softback. Compiled with help from members of The Silk History Group, a sub-group of the Friends of Macclesfield Silk Heritage. 48 pages. Over 50 b./w. photographs & documents. 3 maps & 3 charts. Stiff card cover is stapled, the middle sheet of pages ( that is pages 23, 24, 25 & 26) are loose. Contents are clean, no inscription or marks. Card cover is slightly grubby. 30cm. x 21cm. 1983

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Book number: 7489

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Macclesfield Bridge Street Silk Museum

ALLEN, CHARLES.

RAJ. A Scrapbook of British India. 1877-1947.

London. Book Club Associates / Andre Deutsch, 1977., 142 pages, with old photographs, newspaper cuttings, advertisments, prints in black & white and sepia on almost every page. 10¼" x 8". Near fine except for previous owner's name & date on bottom of half title page. D./w. is slightly faded on spine o./w. near fine. 1977

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Book number: 3154

Catalogue: Travel & Topography / History

Keywords: India Raj Curzon

ALLEN, W.E.D. AND MURATOFF, PAUL.

THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1944-45.

London. Penguin Books, 1946., Paperback. 1st edition. 332 pages & 26 maps. Clean & near fine except back top corner of cover is creased, & a small Christmas label is stuck on front top right corner. 18.25cm. x 10.75cm. 1946

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Book number: 9292

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Russia Moscow 2nd world war

ANDERSON, FRED.

CRUCIBLE OF WAR. The Seven Years War & the Fate of Empire in British North America,1754-1766.

London. Faber & Faber, 2000, War historian Fred Anderson has researched his subject well, and written an interesting, readable history book. 746 pages with 115 pages of notes and index. 9 maps and 63 illustrations. 9½" x 6½". Near fine except an inscription and '50p' written in ballpoint pen on f.e.p. Near fine d./w. except its price clipped. ISBN 0571205356. 2000

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Book number: 2394

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: American Colonies 7 years war William Pitt Pennsylvania George Washington Virginia Jeffery Amherst Massachusetts Loudoun

ANDREWS, MICHAEL.

THE FLIGHT OF THE CONDOR. A Wildlife Exploration of the Andes.

London. Collins / BBC, 1982, Hardback. 3rd reprint, first published 1982. Michael Andrews made a series on the Andes for the BBC TV Natural History Unit, filming the landscape, ecology, flora & fauna. This book is based on that series.158 pages. 64 pages of colour photographs & 24 pages in black & white. 6 pages of maps. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription or marks, but bottom of spine slightly bumped. D./w. is near fine, priced £12.95. 26cm. x 19cm. 1982

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Book number: 9244

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Andes South America condor Tierra del Fuego Chili Cape Horn Magellan Straits Patagonia Paine San Raphael Glacier araucarian pine Humboldt Current Atacama desert volcanos rainforest