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GYPSIES: THE HIDDEN AMERICANS
Written by Anne Sutherland.
Stock no. 1825532
Published by Tavistock Publications. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based on the author's two years' research centred on a community of Gypsies (Rom) living on the west coast of America. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 042274610X. Text block ligthly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and faded to spine.

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WHEN THERE WERE BIRDS: THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF OUR CONNECTIONS
Written by Roy Adkins; Lesley Adkins.
Stock no. 1824875
Published by Little, Brown. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A social history of Britain that charts the complex connections between people and birds, set against a background of changes in the landscape and evolving tastes, beliefs and behaviour. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781408713570. A lovely copy, dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE IRISH FAMINE: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Written by Noel Kissane.
Stock no. 2140677
Published by National Library Of Ireland. 1st IRELAND 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Very dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0907328253. Inscribed by the author to a previous owner on half-title page. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with slight fade to spine.

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LANDHOLDING, SOCIETY AND SETTLEMENT IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRELAND: A HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHER'S PERSPECTIVE
Written by T. Jones Hughes; William J. Smyth.
Stock no. 2140675
Published by Geography Publications. Circa 2010. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w maps. ISBN: 9780906602591. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips.

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WATERFORD: HISTORY & SOCIETY
Written by William Nolan; Timothy P. Power; Des Cowman.
Stock no. 2140607
Published by Geography Publications. Circa 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County. Pale green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0906602203. Bumping to spine and corners. Marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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WEXFORD: HISTORY AND SOCIETY
Written by Kevin Whelan; William Nolan.
Stock no. 2140599
Published by Geography Publications. 1st IRELAND 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 0906602068. Bumping to spine and a couple of corners. Foxing and some other marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few small nicks.

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MASS-OBSERVATION BRITAIN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by Sandra Koa Wing.
Stock no. 2138121
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Red-cloth with silver titles and pictorial front board. B/w photos. Slip case is very good - fading to some edges, with white marks.

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INFORMAL JUSTICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1760-1914
Written by Stephen Banks.
Stock no. 2137374
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Courts of Popular Opinion. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781843839408.

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THE WORKHOUSE: A STUDY OF POOR-LAW BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND
Written by Kathryn Morrison.
Stock no. 1823445
Published by English Heritage; Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recognising that an undervalued and poorly understood category of building was in danger of simply being lost, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England has attempted to make a record of these structures against their historical background. A story of the student of social history, as much as for the professional architectural historian. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, lightly faded to spine & worn at top of same, minor scuffing to rear panel. ISBN: 1873592361. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine.

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SILK TOWN: INDUSTRY AND CULTURE IN MACCLESFIELD 1750-1835
Written by Gail Malmgreen.
Stock no. 1823358
Published by Hull University Press. 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of the social and cultural effects of industrialisation in Macclesfield during the period when the introduction of spinning factories, followed by an influx of handloom weavers, made it the silk-manufacturing centre of Britain. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 085958447X. Reprint. A nice copy.

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A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Felicity Goodall.
Stock no. 1823344
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Conscientious objectors recount their experience of living out their pacifist convictions against a background of hostile incomprehension. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750907401. Light stain to rear board. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, grubby mark to front panel, verso to rear panel has corresponding damp stain (not visible to front).

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