FRASER, ANTONIA..

The Weaker Vessel." Woman's lot in seventeenth-century England.

London. Mandarin, 1994., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1984 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 612 pages, with over 50 illustrations. 20cm. x 12.5cm. Contents very good but card cover slightly creased on front & back bottom corner. ISBN 0749316527. 1994

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Book number: 8702

Catalogue: History

Keywords: woman women females ladies 17th century wives mothers mistresses

FRERE, SHEPPARD

Britannia. A History of Roman Britain.

London, Book Club,1974., First published 1967 by Routledge & Kegan Paul, this is a reprint of the 3rd impression. i-xiv + 432 pages followed by 52 b.& w. photographs on 32 plates, plus 13 maps & text figures. Previous owner's name & date on f.f.e.p. Top of spine slightly scuffed, o/w near fine. D./w. slightly worn & marked on back, o./w. near fine. Frere was Professor of Archaeology of the Roman Empire at Oxford University, member of the Royal Commision on Historical Monuments, & directed excavations at Canterbury & Verulameum. 1974

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Book number: 254

Catalogue: .History

Keywords: Excavations Hadrian's Wall Verulamium Britannia Roman

FRERE, SHEPPARD.

BRITANNIA. A History of Roman Empire.

London. Book Club Associates / Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973., Reprint, first published 1967. 432 pages, followed by 32 b./w. plates of 52 photographs of coins, airial photographs, statues, excavations, mosaic floors of villas, and Roman sites. Contents clean & very good except previous owner's name on f.e.p.. Purple cover is very good except ends of spine are bumped, slight fading on edges, and top corners are bumped & worn. D./w. is good but corners & edges are very worn. Top ¼" edge of spine is worn off. 1973

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Book number: 7071

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Roman Britannia Roman Empire history

FRY, PLANTAGANET SOMERSET.

Roman Britain.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles / Barnes & Noble, 1984., Hardback. First edition. 560 pages. Includes a gazetteer of over 1,000 British Roman sites, and those lost through urban or rural development. Many b./w. photographs, plans and drawings. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w. except small tear top back corner. Priced £14.95. 23cm. x 15cm. ISBN 0715382675 1984

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Book number: 9820

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Hadrian's Wall Brading Villa Roman Bath Fishbourne Lullingstone Silchester Colchester Romans

FULFORD, ROGER. (EDITED BY.)

THE GREVILLE MEMOIRS.

London. B.T. Batsford, 1963., Ex Library. Revised edition, first published 1875-1887. These memoirs are taken from the diaries of Charles Greville; the first was 1821, then 1822, 23, 24, 1830, 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 1841, 42, 45, 47, 48, 1851, 54, 57, and the last was in 1860. 304 pages including index. Illustrated with 12 b./w. photographs of paintings, portraits, & cartoons on 8 pages. Very good condition but usual library marks anf 'SALE1996' stamped in red on f.f.e.p. 2 small marks on cover from old sellotape where library sleeve taped on. 21cm. x 14.5cm. 1963

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Book number: 7734

Catalogue: Biography / History

Keywords: history diary diaries memoirs Victorians Hampden Lord Melbourne Macauley Charles Greville Gladstone Lord John Russell

FUNCKEN, LILIANE ET FRED.

L'UNIFORME ET LES ARMES DES SOLDATS DU PREMIER EMPIRE. Book 1.

Belgium. Casterman, 1968., Hardback. Preface de S.A.I. le Prince Louis-Napoleon. 1. Des Regiments de ligne Francais, aux troupes Britaniques, Prussiennes et Espagnoles. Contents clean, no inscription or marks. Cover is illustrated board cover is very good, but on the back edge of spine the transparent 'skin' covering cover is peeling off. 157 pages, illustrated in full colour with over 70 pages of soldiers in uniforms from the French, British, Prussian & Spanish armies. 25cm. x 20.75cm. 1968

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Book number: 9099

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Prussian military soldiers uniforms France regiments

FUNCKEN, LILIANE & FRED.

L'UNIFORME ET LES ARMES DES SOLDATS DU PREMIER EMPIRE. BOOK 2.

Belgium. Casterman, 1969, Hardback. "De la Garde Imperiale aux Troupes Alliees, Suedoises, Autrichiennes et Russes." 157 pages. Over 70 pages of military uniforms illustrated in full colour, of the Imperial Guard, the German troops, and the Swedish, Austrian & Russian troops. 25cm. x 20.75cm. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Cover is very good but back top corner and ends of spine are slightly worn, 1969

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Book number: 9100

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: uniforms army French soldiers troops militiary

GARDEN, GRAEME WITH NOWN, GRAHAM.

A SENSE OF THE PAST.

London. Ward Lock, 1985., Published in conjunction with Yorkshire Television's series which was presented by the author. 124 pages, with colour and black & white photograps throughout. 10½" x 8". Shows how history is all around us. Information about our ancestors is found in many places, not only in museums. Cemeteries, factories, Victorian sewers, sanitation and public baths, family photograph albums, postcards etc., are full of information! Near fine in near fine d./w. 1985

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Book number: 1840

Catalogue: History

Keywords: social history cemeteries grave yards burials public baths toilets lavatories sewage restaurants grocers public houses

GEIKIE, ARCHIBALD.

Text Book of Geology..

London. Macmillan & Co., 1882., First edition. 1882

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Book number: 9386

Catalogue: History

GELB, NORMAN

DESPERATE VENTURE. The Story of Operation Torch, the Allied Invasion of North Africa.

New York, USA. William Morrow & Company, 1992., About the invasion of North Africa in November 1942. 366 pages, including endnotes & bibliography. 28 b./w. photographs & 2 maps. 24cm. x 16cm. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced $25.00. ISBN 0688098835. 1992

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Book number: 7660

Catalogue: Military History

Keywords: Winston Churchill Eisenhower General Omar Bradley General Patton President Roosevelt General Marshall

GELDARD, ED.

HADRIAN'S WALL. Edge of an Empire.

Ramsbury, Marlborough. Crowood Press, 2011, Hardback. First edition. A tour of the 74 mile wall from east to west, from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, Emperor Hadrian, the construction of the wall 2,000 years ago, the forts, & the soldiers' life. 128 pages. Over 100 beautiful colour photographs (probably about 148) with 6 plans & diagrams. 28cm. x 29cm. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. D.W. is near fine, priced £25.00. 2011

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Book number: 9253

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Hadrian Northumberland Scotland Borders Housesteads Heddon-on-the-Wall Corbridge Vindolanda Chesterholm Newcastle on Tyne Benwell Wallsend

GERRETSON, DR. F. C.

HISTORY OF THE ROYAL DUTCH. Set of 4 volumes

Leiden, The Netherlands. E. J. Brill, 1958., 2nd edition, first published 1953, translated from the Dutch. Complete set of four volumes. Volume 1) The start of the company "Royal Dutch Comany for the Working of Petroleum Wells in the Netherlands Indies." 287 pages, with 30 b./ w. photographs, illustrations, documents & 2 maps in colour. Volume 2) 2nd edition, first published 1955. 355 pages. 42 b./w. photographs, documents, diagrams, and maps in colour. Volume 3) 2nd edition, first published 1957. 307 pages. 29 b./w. photographs, documents, illustrations & charts, plus maps in colour. Volume 4) 2nd edition, first published 1957. 362 pages including index for all 4 volumes. 38 b./w. photographs, documents, diagrams & charts, plus maps in colour. Contents clean except previous owner's name written in ink in front of each book. In some the paper over the inner hinge has split. Cloth covers are mottled, probably from damp.

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Book number: 7617

Catalogue: History / Biography

Keywords: 5699 Royal Dutch Oil Petroleum British Petroleum

GIBBS, MISS.

The Gibbs Of The Grove. The Story of the family who built & lived in the Grove, Ramsey, Isle of Man.

Douglas, Isle of Man. Manx National Heriage, 2003., 3rd edition. Softback. 17 pages, with colour & b./w. photographs. Includes family trees for the Gibbs family of Liverpool & Isle of Man, and the Turnbull family of Isle of Man. 21cm. x 21cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. 2003

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Book number: 9646

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Gibbs The Grove Isle of Man Ramsey Manx

GIBBS-SMITH, CHARLES AND REES, GARETH.

The Inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci.

London. Book Club Associates, 1978., First published by Phaidon Press. Leonardo filled his notebooks with all manner of amazing inventions for new machines and weapons besides his art and architectural drawings. He drew in detail things unheard of, armoured tanks, flying machines, parachutes, helicopters, submarines, moveable cranes & gear boxes etc., although many weren't made until 450 years later. 110 pages including sources of illustrations and a list of inventions. 102 Illustrations. 11.25" x 8.75". Near fine in near fine d./w. 1978

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Book number: 1931

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Leonardo da Vinci inventions submarines flying architecture helicopters

GIBBS, MICHAEL AND MORRIS, BERNARD.

THOMAS ROTHWELL VIEWS OF SWANSEA in the 1790s.

Glamorgan. A Glamorgan Archives Publication, 1991., Softback. Edited by Patricia Moore. Landscape format. 56 pages. 2 colour plates, 10 of Rothwell's b./w. views full page, many other b./w. prints, & smaller b/w. prints in text. Endpages illustrated with maps of Swansea in 1799. 21cm. x 26.5cm. Near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 0905243242. 1799 ISBN: 0905243242

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Book number: 10126

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Thomas Rothwell Swansea Oxwich Cambrian Pottery Penrice Morriston