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STRIKE HARD A BOMBER AIRFIELD AT WAR
Written by John B. Hilling.
Stock no. 1610082
Published by Budding Books.
1997.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Glazed illustrated boards. RAF Downham Market and its Squadrons 1942-46. B/w photos. ISBN: 1840150017. Base of spine bumped.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- RAF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- EAST ANGLIA
- NORFOLK
MEXICAN JOE VOLUME II: THE RUNNING WOLF YEARS
Written by Tom F. Cunningham.
Stock no. 1815260
Published by The English Westerners' Society.
2016.
Nearly fine condition.
The Brand Book Volume 50, No. 1 (Winter 2016). An Essay. American Showman Joseph Shelley AKA Mexican Joe. White pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. 44 pages.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- PERFORMING ARTS
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE GALE OF LIFE: TWO THOUSAND YEARS IN SOUTH-WEST SHROPSHIRE
Written by John Leonard; David Preshous; et al.
Stock no. 1815198
Published by Logaston Press.
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition.
The South-West Shropshire Historical and Archaeological Society has produced this book as a celebration of the Millenium. Comprising of 20 essays by a variety of authors. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873827369.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- SHROPSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
EDMUND CAMPION MEMORY AND TRANSCRIPTION
Written by Gerard Kilroy.
Stock no. 1609869
Published by Ashgate Publishing Company.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. The death of Edmund Campion in 1581 marked a disjunction between printed untruth and private handwritten truth in early modern England. New views about Campion's literary, historical and cultural impact. ISBN: 0754652556. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Minor bumping to spine and corners. Wrapper slightly faded at spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BRITAIN IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY
Written by A.D. Harvey.
Stock no. 1815118
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd..
1st
1978.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A detailed study of Britain during the opening years of the nineteenth century - the years of the struggle against Napoleon and the period which saw the final stages of the emergence of the two-party system in parliament. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 395 pages including index. ISBN: 0713410329. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POLITICS
LEIGH REGISTER GUIDE
Written by M.J. Watts.
Stock no. 1814835
Published by Leigh And District Family History Society.
1st
1988.
Very good condition.
Compiled by the Leigh and District Family History Society. Registers of Churches, Copies and their Whereabouts. Large format. Stiff paperwraps. ISBN: 1871247055.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- CHURCHES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ECHOES OF OLD LANCASHIRE
Written by William E.A. Axon.
Stock no. 1208784
Published by William Andrews & Co..
1st
1899.
Good condition.
A volume intended for those who find it pleasant to wander in the byways of topography and local literature. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Floral endpapers. 263 pages includes index. Plus booklist at rear. Top and tail of spine worn. Edges and corners rubbed. Covers a little marked. Browning to endpapers. Name and date in ink on front endpaper. Contents very good.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MANCHESTER
THE WORTHIES OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Hartley Coleridge.
Stock no. 1208783
Published by Frederick Warne & Co..
Circa
1899.
Good condition.
Being lives of the most distinguished persons that have been born in, or connected with, those provinces. Red embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. Portrait frontis plus one other b/w portrait plate. 480 pages. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped. Covers soiled. Names and dates in ink on verso of front endpaper. Prelims very browned. Some margin marks and foxspots but contents generally clean.
THE CIVIL WAR IN WORCESTERSHIRE 1642-1646
Written by J.W. Willis Bund.
Stock no. 2123771
Published by The Midland Educational Company.
1st
1905.
Very good condition.
Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Also include The Scotch Invasion of 1651. A few fade marks to covers. Small partially removed bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (ENGLISH)
- MILITARY
THE LIFE OF ST. THOMAS OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Strange.
Stock no. 2123760
Published by Burns & Oates.
1879.
Good condition.
The Life and Gests of S. Thomas Cantilvpe, Bishop o Hereford and Some time before L. Chancellor of England. Extracted out of the authentique Records of his Canonization as to the maine part, Anonymus, Matt. Paris, Capgraue, Harpsfeld, and others. Red cloth. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Darkening to covers; some spotting/damp marks. Ex-lib (school); bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint is cracked. A couple of small ink stamps to contents. Foxing.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HEREFORDSHIRE
HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF BOSBURY
Written by Samuel Bentley.
Illustrated by Arthur Harrison.
Stock no. 2123522
Published by J. Masters And Co..
1891.
Almost very good condition.
Bosbury is in the diocese and county of Hereford. Green cloth, gilt titles. 14 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to top of spine with fraying to cloth. A few scuff marks and white marks to covers. Front joint is weak and partially broken (can see stitching beneath). Inscription in ink to top of title page. Some foxing and browning. All plates present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS: BAROQUE CULTURE IN RESTORATION ENGLAND
Written by Joseph M. Levine.
Stock no. 1814566
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
1999.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns was an old dispute when it was resumed with special ferocity in the later seventeenth century as writers and artists, their friend and patrons, debated how far to risk the freedom to innovate. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300079141.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- RESTORATION (HISTORY)
- BAROQUE