DRUMM, STELLA M. (EDITOR.) & MAGOFIFIN, SUSAN.

DOWN THE SANTA FE TRAIL AND INTO MEXICO. The Diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin 1846-1847.

New Haven, U.S.A. Yale University Press, 1962., Ex-Reference Library. Forword by Howard R. Lamar. 294 pages, & 3 pages of Yale titles. 7 b. & w. illustrations and 1 map. 20cm. x 12.5cm. Apart from library marks, stamps & reference library bookplates, the contents are in near fine condition. Cover has laminated boards, slightly grubby along edges, slightly scruffy bottom of spine where library labels removed, otherwise very good. 1962

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Book number: 6918

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Santa Fe Mexico Susan Shelby Magoffin pioneer Rio Grande James K. Polk Independence, Missouri

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE AND BROWNING, CHRISTIAN.

Vanishing Cornwall. The spirit and history of Cornwall.

London. Penguin Books, 1977., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1967 by Gollancz. 210 pages. Black & white photographs by Christian Browning, du Maurier's son, & 2 maps of Cornwall. 20cm. x 13cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks but corners faintly, slightly worn. Priced £1.25 on back. ISBN 0140034005. 1977 ISBN: 0140034005

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Book number: 10148

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Cornwall Cornish The Lizard Mounts Bay Penwith Penzance Gwennap Thomas Treffry Wilkie Collins Browning

DUCKWORTH, CHRISTIAN LESLIE DYCE AND LANGMUIR, GRAHAM EASTON

Railway & Other Steamers.

Glasgow. Shipping Histories, 1948, Hardback. First edition. 340 pages, including 135 page section ' Fleet Lists'. 100 b./ w. photographs. Spine faded & back cover is faintly marked. Tips of top corners between pages 52 and 146 (approximately) are tinged pale brown. Hardly noticeable though. Photograph opposite p. 116 of P.S. "Normandy" is slightly torn away from hinge, mayby from book being bent back roughly. Otherwise in very good + condition. 8½" x 5½". 1948

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Book number: 1628

Catalogue: Maritime History

Keywords: steamers shipping companies shipping fleets railway steamers Boynt box 74 Daisy165

DUNN, LAURENCE.

MERCHANT SHIPS Of The World In Colour.1910 -1929.

London. Blandford Press, 1975., Second impression. Written & illustrated by the author, Vice President of the World Ship Society. 215 pages. 10 page introduction, followed by 80 pages with 96 ships illustrated in colour, followed by 122 pages of text & descriptions. Near fine except for inscription in green ink. Near fine d./w. but price clipped. 7.75" x 5.25". ISBN 0713705698. 1975

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Book number: 2071

Catalogue: Maritime History

Keywords: ships merchant navy shipping fleet Ist W./W.

DURANT, DAVID N.

RALEGH'S LOST COLONY. The Story of the First English Settlement in America.

London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981., The first English settlement in 1585 was not a success & the second colony of 115 people in 1587 on Roanoke Island, North Carolina disappeared without trace. This is an account of those years.188 pages, including notes & index. 15 b. & w. photographs of portraits, paintings & sketch maps on 8 pages. 3 maps. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £10.00 8.75" x 5.75". ISBN 0297778676. 1981

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Book number: 2096

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Roanoke Island Walter Ralegh Virginia Chesapeake Bay North Carolina Hakluyt Grenville

DURIS, JAROSLAV S., AND BURKE, EDMUND.

SPOTTING BIRDS. A Pocket Guide to Bird Watching.

London. Hamlyn, 1974., Reprint.(First published in Czechoslovakia? ) Illustrated by Jan Solovjev. !09 colour plates of birds, each with description on page opposit. 256 pages, including index in English, and index in Latin. Laminated cover, near fine. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks, top edge slightly dusty. ISBN 0600036146. 1974

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Book number: 5614

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: bird birds ornithology nesting eggs bird watching

DURRELL, GERALD

The Ark's Anniversary.

London. Collins, 1990, Written to celebrate the 21st year of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust & the Zoo's 25th year, in 1984. Foreword by Princess Ann, the Zoo's Patron. 179 pages. 20 b./w. photographs. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced £12.95. 1990

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Book number: 5320

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Gerald Durrell Jersey Zoo conservation endangered animals Jersey Wildlife Preservation Les Noyers Les Augres Manor

DURRELL, GERALD AND LEE,

DURRELL IN RUSSIA.

London. Macdonald, 1986, Written to accompany the Channel 4 television series "Durrell in Russia." Gerald & Lee Durrell travelled to Russia and visited nature reserves, zoos & parks. 192 pages, with over 300 colour photographs.10.25" x 7.75". Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is slightly worn, and rubbed on edges & cormers. ISBN 0356120406. 1986

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Book number: 3886

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Gerald Durrell Russia nature reserves Lee Durrell Miscow

DUTTON, RALPH.

ENGLISH COURT LIFE. From Henry VII to George II.

London. Batsford, 1965., 232 pages, including index. 36 portraits, engravings and prints. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., not price clipped (35s., or £1.75) & is inside a clear cover. A lovely copy. 23cm. x 15.5cm. 1965

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Book number: 6261

Catalogue: History

Keywords: court life royalty royal family nobility courtiers

EAST KENT WOMEN'S INSTITUTE

EAST KENT IN LIVING MEMORY.

Newbury. Countryside Books, 1994., Softback. Reprint, first published 1993 by East Kent Federation of Women's Institutes, Canterbury. Members of East Kent W.I. compiled their personal recollections and interviewed elderly men & women, to record life as it was for them in East Kent between 1900 & 1960. 256 pages, illustrated with a double page sketchmap, about 20 b./w. photographs & some line drawings. 8.25" x 5.75". Near fine, no inscription or marks, priced on back £8.95. ISBN 1853062480. 1994

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Book number: 3818

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Kent W.I. seaside hop picking Barham Cliftonville Canterbury Tilmanstone Folkestone social history local history

EBAN, ABBA.

MY COUNTRY. The Story of Modern Israel.

London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972., 304 pages.16 colour photographs, and almost 100 in black & white. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. is torn & worn on corners, priced £3.75.

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Book number: 7374

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Israel Jordan Palestine Lake Huleh Gaza Strip Six Day War Ben Gurion Abdul Nasser Moshe Dayan

EDLIN, H. L.

Collins Guide To Tree Planting & Cultivation.

London. Collins, 1973., Hardback. No title page so publication date is missing & date stated is only my guess. Priced 42s. & £2.10 on d./w. 349 pages. 24 plates showing 59 b./w. photographs, & 80 figures.. Green cloth cover & book are near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w.. except tiny piece torn off bottom edge. 20cm. x 13cm. ISBN 1973

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Book number: 9515

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Trees arbor coniferous deciduous evergreen

EDWARDES, MICHAEL.

British India 1772 - 1947. A survey of the nature & effects of alien rule.

London. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1967., Ex Library. 396 pages including notes on sources. B./w. frontispiece and 60 b./ w. illustrations at the end of the book, between pages 327 & 374. Library stamps and marks on f.e.p., on half-title and on title page, o./w. contents near fine. Cover is near fine but top & bottom of spine are slightly bumped. D./w. is slightly worn top & bottom of spine, o./w. near fine, not price clipped (70/- or £3.50.) 9.25" x 5.75". 1957

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Book number: 3831

Catalogue: History

Keywords: India Colonial British Empire East India Company Hinduism Tagore Warren Hastings Calcutta Indian National Congress Bengal

EDWARDS, GEOFFREY.

The Borough of Colwyn Bay. A Social History 1934 - 1974.

Colwyn. Colwyn Borough Council. 1984., Hardback. First edition. 97 pages. 18 b./w. photographs. 21.5cm. x 14.5cm. Green cloth cover is near fine, contents near fine, no inscription or marks but previous owner's address label on front endpage. No d./w. 1984

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Book number: 9451

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Colwyn Bay North Wales

EGGENBERGER, DAVID.

A Dictionary Of Battles. From 1479 B.C. To The Present.

London. George Allen & Unwin, 1967., Ex Library. 'Accounts of 1,560 Battles.' Has probably been rebound by library, using the dustwrapper. A few library stamps & damage on f.e.p. where label has been removed, o./w. very good. 526 pages including 4 pages of suggested further reading & index. About 100 maps of battlefields by Donald T. Pitcher. 10" x 7½".Heavy. ISBN 04900008 X. 1967

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Book number: 1477

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Battles War battlefields conflicts