DAVISON, MICHAEL WORTH. (EDITOR)

Everyday Life Through the Ages.

London. Readers Digest, 1992., Hardback. Introduction by Asa Briggs, who was the consultant editor. "Through 30,000 years of history." The 30 chapters were contributed by a number of historians, & artists. 26cm. x 25.75cm. 381pages. Colour & b./ w. photographs, and illustrations throughout. 1992

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Book number: 8078

Catalogue: History

Keywords: history costume fashion furniture weapons printing

DAWES, JOHN WITH BEER, AMY-JANE AND ALDERTON, DAVID.

ANIMAL FACT FILES. FISH.

London. Greenwich Editions./Browns Reference Group, 2005., Another interesting book, with attractive illustrations of all sorts of fish, in same format as the Insect Fact Files. 256 pages, including glossary. Over 240 fish illustrated in colour, with description & details of each. Near fine, no inscription or marks. 24.5cm. x 12cm. Near fine laminated cover, priced on back £12.99. ISBN 0862887747. 2005

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Book number: 7598

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: fish shark carp perch eels sturgeons catfish salmon flying fish

DAWES, FRANK.

Not In Front of the Servants." Domestic Service in England 1850-1939.

Newton Abbot, Readers Union,1975., Reprint. first published by Wayland Publishers. 160 pages. 33 b./ w. photographs. Cover and contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w.

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Book number: 8357

Catalogue: History

Keywords: social history servants domestics maids cooks butlers

DAWSON, GREG.

Tingvelle. A History of Thingwall and other North Wirral farming villages.

Wallasey. Dawson Publishing ( of Irby) , 1993, Large size softback. 30cm. x 21cm. First edition. 92 pages of text followed by 4 pages of maps. 18 b./w. photographs, & photograph on front cover. Price label on back for £4.50. Stiff paper cover is in very good condition but front bottom corner is bumped & creased, also the bottom corners of the following 18 pages are faintly dog-eared, otherwise the contents are also very good, no inscription or marks. ISBN 095225980X 1993

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Book number: 9969

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Wirral Thingwall Moreton Cross Neston Irby Landican Arrowe Park Woodchurch Newtown Pensby

DAWSON, GREG.

WIRRAL GLEANINGS. Including Smugling, Well Sinking, Wirral Hills, Parkgate & Olympic Marathan Runner..

Irby. Dawson Publishing, 1998., Softback. 54 pages. 33 black & white photographs & prints, and 10 full page maps. 30cm. x 21cm. Near fine, no inscription, but slightly, faintly marked on corner of bottom edge of title page. Priced £4.95 on bottom corner of title page. 1998

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Book number: 9154

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Wirral Wallasey Parkgate Gayton Birkenhead Heswall

DE SILVA, A., VON SIMSON, O., TROUTMAN, P. (EDITORS)

MAN THROUGH HIS ART. Volume 4, EDUCATION.

London. E.P. Publishing, 1966., One of 14 volumes published with financial help from UNESCO, Paris, "Man Though His Art." 64 pages. 20 plates, most in colour, & over 100 text illustrations show the evolution of education from Ancient Greece to modern times. Large sizet, 31cm. x 23cm. Cover & contents near fine. D./w. has 3 tiny nicks on top edge, slightly browned or sunned along edges & is price clipped, o./w. near fine. See also # 1855.The Human Face 1966

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Book number: 893

Catalogue: .History / .Art & Design

Keywords: education buddha teaching school learning knowledge UNESCO

DEAN, EVELINE BARBARA ( SIGNED BY AUTHOR )

The Woodhouses Letters. What they revealed and where they led.

Bolton. Ross Anderson Publications, 1986., Paperback. " Studies of nineteenth century English justice." 132 pages, 23 b./w. photographs on 21 pages, and a chart showing the descent of this Davenport family from 1622 to the 19th century. Near fine, unmarked, signed by author on title page. Priced on back £3.50. 8.5" x 5.25" ISBN 0863600255 1986 ISBN: 0863600255

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Book number: 10063

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Woodhouse Bramall Hall Davenport

DEBELIUS, HELMUT.

RED SEA REEF GUIDE. Egypt, Israel, Jordon, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Arabian Peninsula (Oman, UAE, Bahrain)

Richmond, Surrey. Dive International Publishing, 2000., Second, revised edition. "Over 1000 photographs of coral reef animals taken in their natural habitat." 321 pages including bibliography, index of scientific names and index of common names. 24cm. x 15.5cm. 2000.

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Book number: 7949

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Red Sea Egypt Israel Jordon Sudan Saudi Arabis Yemen Arabian Peninsula Oman Bahrain Arabian Sea coral reef

DELANEY, FRANK

THE CELTS.

London. Grafton, 1989, Paperback. First published 1986 by B.B.C./ Hodder & Stoughton to accompany a BBC2 T.V. series of 6 documentaries. 237 pages including bibliography & index. Illustrated with 12 colour photographs on 8 pages, 18 b./ w. photographs on 16 pages. 7.75" x 5". Near fine, no inscription or marks, priced on back cover £5.99. ISBN 0586203494 1989

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Book number: 3749

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Celts Lindisfarne Celtic Gaelic Druids Bards Welsh Irish Scottish Scotland Wales

DELANEY, FRANK. (SIGNED BY AUTHOR.)

A Walk In The DARK AGES.

London. Collins, 1988., First edition. Signed by the author " With Best Wishes Frank Delaney." on title page. A journey across Europe around 700 AD, as it might have been seen by an Irish monk... the historical, archaeoligical & artistic Europe in the Dark Ages. 248 pages, illustrated with about 44 colour photographs, a map, and 23 b. & w. drawings. 10" x 7¼". Near fine in cream cloth cover. Near fine d./w. which isn't price clipped (£15). ISBN 0002178583. 1988

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Book number: 3671

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Dark Ages Ireland 700 A.D Christians Rome St. Gallen The Skelligs

DENNIS, ROY.

THE LOCH. A Year in the Life of a Scottish Loch.

London. B.B.C., 1993, Published to accompany the BBC television series "The Loch." first broadcast in autumn 1993. Specially commissioned photographs by Peter Moore.192 pages. Approximately 80 colour photographs. Near fine except for inscription. Near fine d./w. but price clipped. 10" x 7½". ISBN 056336940X 1993

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Book number: 2304

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Scotland Loch birds wildlife nature seasons deer conservation

DILLON, RICHARD H.

NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN WARS.

Wigston, Leicester. Magna Books, 1995., Reprint. From the "Magna History" series. 256 pages. Illustrated on almost every page with a very good collection of colour, black & white photographs, paintings, prints & maps. 12¼" x 9¼". Near fine, no inscription or marks, in near fine d./w. ISBN 1854220764. 1995

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Book number: 2271

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Sitting Bull Geronimo Sioux Cree Blackfoot Apache Cheyenne Custer Remington Mohawk Mohican Shawnee Cherokee

DOBBS, HORACE E. (SIGNED COPY)

Follow A Wild Dolphin. The story of an extraordinary friendship.

London, Souvenir Press, 1983., Signed by author. Reprint. First published 1977. Dr. Dobbs is both a sub-aqua diver and film maker, who also loves dolphins. He filmed them off the Isle of Man, off Cornwall & abroad to make TV programs & documentaries. 37 pages.11 colour photographs & 13 b./w. photographs. 8.75" x 5.5". Near fine, with a nice inscription & signed by the author "To Heather" on f.e.p. Near fine d./w., but price-clipped. ISBN 0285622552. 1983

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Book number: 1781

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: dolphins diving underwater bottlenose dolphin

DOBBS, KILDARE AND HARRIS, MARJORIE.

HISTORIC CANADA.

Ontario. Methuen,1984., A Discovery book. A nice combination of old & new, well illustrated with colour & b./w. photographs, old b./w. prints & engravings from the archives. 200 pages including index. 300 entries by Marjorie Harris.12" x 9¾". Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. slightly bumped on edges, o./w. near fine & not price clipped ($29.95.) ISBN 0458985309. 1984

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Book number: 4627

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Canada Quebec Toronto Montreal Prince Edward Island Manitoba Labrador Alberta British Columbia Niagara Nova Scotia Yukon

DOBREÊ, BONAMY. (EDITOR.)

THE LETTERS OF KING GEORGE III.

London. Cassell, 1968., First published in1935, this is a first edition of the collection edited by Dobreê, many of them unpublished. 294 pages. Near fine, no inscription or marks. Near fine d./w., priced 36/-. Blue cloth cover is near fine but top of spine is slightly, faintly spotted. 21.75cm. x 14.5cm. 1968

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Book number: 8074

Catalogue: History / Biography

Keywords: George III Regency Buckingham Palace