COBBAN, ALFRED.

A History of Modern France. Volume One.

Harmondsworth. Penguin, 1957., A Pelican book, A 403, one of the Pelican History of the World series. Paperback. 287 pages. First Pelican edition. 18.25cm. x 11cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. 1957

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Book number: 9866

Catalogue: History

Keywords: France French Paris parlements Voltaire Robespierre Marie-Antoinette Louis XVI Napoleon Bonaparte

COBBAN, ALFRED.

A History of Modern France. Volume 2: 1799-1945.

Harmandsworth. Penguin Books, 1961., A Pelican paperback. Number A525. "Volume Two, From the First Empire to the Fourth Republic 1799-1945." 346 pages. 18cm. x 11.25cm. Botton corner of front cover is creased, & small piece of surface of turquoise card cover on back top edge is missing. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. 1961

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Book number: 9867

Catalogue: History

Keywords: France French Paris Napoleon. Algeria Alsace-Lorraine Adolphe Thiers Impressionists Dreyfus affair Rhineland Wellington

COBLEY, JOHN

SYDNEY COVE 1789 - 1790.

Sydney, Australia. Angus & Robertson, 1963, Ex Library. 353 pages, including bibliography & index of convicts. Frontispiece is a painting, in colour. Map of the Cove on 2 pages. Contents near fine apart from library stamps etc. on endpapers, but green cloth cover is speckled from rain spots. D./w. is very good, it was inside a protective sleeve, but bottom edge was folded under to fit inside sleeve. Priced on d./w. 50s. ( £2.50) 9" x 6". 1963

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Book number: 3775

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Sydney convicts Australia criminals punishment history

COLES, BRYONY AND JOHN.

PEOPLE OF THE WETLANDS. Bogs, Bodies & Lake Dwellers.

London. Guild Publishing, 1989., Volume 106 of the "Ancient People & Places."series. Founding editor Glyn Daniel. A World Survey. 215 pages, with chronological table & a brief guide to sites & museums. With 150 b./ w. photographs, maps, drawings & diagrams. 9.75" x 6.5". Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. 1989

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Book number: 3667

Catalogue: History / Archaeology

Keywords: archaeology bog people bogs lake dwellers wetlands crannog Neolithic swamp

COLLIER, RICHARD.

TEN THOUSAND EYES.

London. Collins, 1958., True account of French resistance in the 2nd W./W. 320 pages. 12 b./w. photographs. Endpapers illustrated with a map & a chart. Top edge slightly rubbed, and top of spine slightly bumped. D./w. worn and torn on edges & corners. 8.5" x 5.5". 1958

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Book number: 5425

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Gestapo Wall French Resistance De Gaulle Todt Organization River Orne Caen w./w.2 Nazis

COLLINS, TIMOTHY.

TRANSATLANTIC TRIUMPH & HEROIC FAILURE. The Story of the Galway Line.

Wilton, Cork. The Collins Press, 2002., Soft back. Preface by John de Courcy Ireland. History of an Irish Shipping Line which began in Galway, Ireland, in the late 1850's, but failed in 1864. 225 pages plus 2 pages at end of other titles from this press.18 b./w. photographs & illustrations.23.5cm. x 15.5cm Near fine, no marks, no inscription, but top front corner faintly creased. ISBN 190346420X. 2002

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Book number: 3152

Catalogue: Maritime History / Naval History

Keywords: Galway Ireland Irish shipping ships transatlantic

CONLEY, KEVIN.

$TUD. Adventures In Breeding.

London. Bloomsbury, 2002., The world of thoroughbred racehorses; the studs, stables, owners & trainers who breed & train some of the world's top race horses. 209 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £16.99. 24.25cm. x 15.5cm. ISBN 0747560064. 2002

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Book number: 7056

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: horse racehorses racing stables trainers

CONNELL, BRIAN.

THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM.

London. Readers Union / Hodder & Stoughton, 1960., Reprint, first published 1959 by H. & S. About George Washington, New England, Wolfe, Montcalm, Quebec & wars in North America.. 247 pages including bibliography. 8 b./w. photographs. 5 maps, 2 are double page. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine cover. Near fine d./w. but slight wear on corners & edges. 1960

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Book number: 8462

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Quebec General Wolfe George Washington New England Dinwiddie Plains of Abraham Montcalm St. Lawrence River

COOPER, JOHN AND POWER, DAVID

The People of WEST DERBY.

West Derby, Lancs. Bellefield Press, 1988, Softback. Written as a sequel to "A History of West Derby." 217 pages, illustrated with about 200 b./w. photographs, prints & copies of documents etc. This history of the people of Derby includes interviews with older residents, the Hearth Tax, Burial Register, the census from 1861, Gore's Directory, Old Field names, and maps dating from 1610. 9½" x 7½". Cover lightly, faintly scratched in places, contents near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 0951303309 1988

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Book number: 2741

Catalogue: History

Keywords: West Derby Liverpool Lancashire Merseyside

COOPER, T. P.

WITH DICKENS IN YORKSHIRE

York. Ben Johnson, 1924., 2nd edition revised, first published 1923. 145 pages.11 chapters, each associated with Dickens & his books. 1) Greta Bridge. 2) Bernard Castle. 3) Master Humphrey. 4) Bowes & village of Dothebuys. 5) Bowes & Dotheboys Hall. 6) York. 7) Five sisters of York. 8) Five Sisters Window. 9) Eastorpe Hall, Malton. 10) Whitby. 11) Doncaster & Leeds. Illustrated with 13 attractive b./w. line drawings by E. Ridsdale Tate, and 3 b./w. photographs.19cm. x 12.5cm. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Red cloth cover slightly, faintly marked, spine faded otherwise very good. No d./w. 1924

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Book number: 9000

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Dickens Yorkshire York Leeds Malton Whitby Bernard Castle Grete Bridge Dotheboys Bowes

CORNFORD, F.M.

THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO.

Oxford. At The Clarendon Press, 1944., Reprint. "Translated with introduction and notes by Francis Mc Donald Cornford. 356 pages Near fine, no inscription, in very good navy cover. Near fine d./w. but edges slightly nicked & frayed. 19cm. x 13cm. 1944

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Book number: 6608

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Plato

COSTELLO, DAVID F.

THE PRAIRIE WORLD.

Newton Abbot. David & Charles, 1971., First published 1969 in USA. 242 pages and over 60 black & white photographs by the author. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is near fine except its price-clipped, and spine is faded. ISBN 0715353195. 1971

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Book number: 7973

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: prairie bison antelope prairie chicken prairie dog Oklahoma coyote Colorado grama Kansas Nebraska Texas

COTTERILL, H. B.

Homer

London. Harrap & Co., 1911., A large hardback book, with d./w. 335 pages, with 24 b./w. illustrations by Patten Wilson. Contents near fine, no inscription, but faintly marked in top corner of front endpage where a small label, probably previous owner's address label, was removed, and endpages are faintly foxed. Dark green cloth cover is near fine, with an image of Homer's head embossed on front, and Cotterell's signature on front bottom edge. Lettering on spine is in gilt, and another image of Homer's head is embossed in gilt on the spine. D./w. is near fine but ends of spine & corners are slightly bumped. 28cm. x 21cm. 1911

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Book number: 9929

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Homer Odyssey Greece Illiad

COTTRELL, LEONARD.

THE GREAT INVASION. How the Romans conquered Britain.

London. Readers Union / Evans Brothers, 1960., Hardback. Reprint. First published by Evans in 1958. 219 pages, 13 b./ w. photographs & 6 sketch maps. Near fine except for a small mark on b.e.p. D./w. near fine except for closed ½" tear top back edge. 8" x 5". 1960

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Book number: 1754

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Romans Tacitus Julius Caesar Julius Agricola Paulinus Vespasian Britain Claudius Cerialis

COTTRELL, LEONARD

LIFE UNDER THE PHARAOHS.

London. Evans Brothers, 1955., Hardback. First edition. 210 pages. 53 b./w. photographs & illustrations on 33 pages. 22.75cm. x 14cm. Green cloth cover slightly rubbed on bottom edge & corners, spine ends bumped, & previous owner's name on top edge of title page, otherwise very good. D./w. is worn on corners & edges, price label on flap for 18s. (90p.) otherwise very good. 1955.

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Book number: 10147

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Egypt Pharaohs pyramids Nile Memphis Amun-Re Cairo Nubia Flinders Petrie