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THE DUKE OF NORFOLK'S DEEDS AT ARUNDEL CASTLE: CATALOGUE 1
Written by Heather Warne.
Stock no. 1825412
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd..
1st
2006.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The Dacre Estates in Northern Counties. Edited by Heather Warne. The Duke of Norfolk holds one of the largest private collections of title deeds in the county. The Northern estates were aquired through the marriage of Philip Howard to Ann Dacre in 1571. Invaluable medieval topographical information for numerous villages and hamlets in Cumbria and Yorkshire. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and crest to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781860773778. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- CUMBRIA
- YORKSHIRE
THE HISTORY OF WORKINGTON FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO AD 1865
Written by Richard L.M. Byers.
Stock no. 1825404
Published by Richard Byers.
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A fascinating thorough history of this West Cumbrian town. Beginning with the arrival of the Romans at Burrow Walls, and chronicles the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings that followed. Also included is substantial information on Workington's once rich and important Coal, Iron and Shipbuilding industries. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 095298122X. Second Impression. Slight rubbing to lower corner of text block. Spine faded. Contents clean.
PENRITH: THE HISTORIC CORE EXCAVATIONS AND BUILDING SURVEYS
Written by John Zant.
Stock no. 1825403
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition.
Cumbria Archaeological Research Reports No.6. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 9781873124703. A nice, clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- CUMBRIA
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
MONMOUTHSHIRE MEDLEY VOLUME THREE
Written by Reginald Nichols.
Stock no. 1825384
Published by Reginald Nichols.
1st
1978.
Almost very good condition.
Card wraps. Large folding map. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950541230. Browning and grubby marks to covers. Browning and foxing to text block and endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Maps present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ASTON HOUSE STATION 12: SOE'S SECRET CENTRE
Written by Des Turner.
Stock no. 1825378
Published by Sutton Publishing.
1st
2006.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The fascinating history of this little-known SOE station based on extensive interviews with the men and women who worked there during the war. This is the full story of one of Britain's vital but unsung top secret centres for sabotage operations during the Second World War. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750942770. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). A nice, clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WORLD WAR II
- ESPIONAGE
- MILITARY
WESTMORLAND HEARTH TAX MICHAELMAS 1670 & SURVEYS 1674-5
Written by Colin Phillips; Catherine Ferguson; Andrew Wareham.
Stock no. 1825376
Published by The British Record Society.
1st thus
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The sixth in the series of Hearth Tax volumes to be produced by the British Academy Hearth Tax Research Project and the British Record Society, in association with county record societies where possible. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781873124468. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LAW
- BUILDINGS
- GENEALOGY
- CUMBRIA
- WESTMORLAND
BORDERS (BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND)
Written by Kitty Cruft; John Dunbar; Richard Fawcett.
Stock no. 1825343
Published by Yale University Press.
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300107029. Reprint with corrections. A nice copy.
NEOLITHIC BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by Caroline Malone.
Stock no. 1825324
Published by The History Press.
1st thus
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
A comprehensive introduction to the archaeology of the first farming communities in Britain and Ireland. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, diagrams and maps. ISBN: 9780752414423. Minor crease to top rear corner. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NEOLITHIC
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- TEXT BOOK (UNIVERSITY)
SHRINES AND HOMES OF SCOTLAND
Written by John Stirling Maxwell.
Stock no. 1825322
Published by Alexander Maclehose & Co..
1st
1937.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Map to front endpapers showing the principal places mentioned in the text. Page edges untrimmed. Spine faded, lower corner of front board at spine edge is worn with board exposed (small). Gift inscription in ink to half-title page. Contents lightly browned but clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- CHURCHES
- ARCHITECTURE
- HOMES AND HOUSING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A HAWK AT WAR: THE PENINSULAR WAR REMINISCENCES OF GENERAL SIR THOMAS BROTHERTON, CB
Written by Bryan Perrett.
Stock no. 1825289
Published by Picton Publishing.
1st
1986.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Captain Thomas Brotherton of the 14th Light Dragoons, better known as The Hawks because of the Prussian Eagle badge conferred on them by the Duchess of York in 1798. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948251220. Lower corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- PENINSULAR WAR
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- CAVALRY
THE REGIMENTAL HISTORY OF 1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS
Written by Michael Mann.
Stock no. 1324932
Published by 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards.
1st
1993.
Very good condition.
Navy blue cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Burgundy endpapers. 589 pages. Colour illustrations and b/w photos. ISBN: 085955189X. Spine and corners bumped. Page corner tips of first 20 pages are bumped/creased. A few small, light marks to covers and to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SHAKESPEARE'S PRINCES OF WALES: ENGLISH IDENTITY AND THE WELSH CONNECTION
Written by Marisa R. Cull.
Stock no. 1825056
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2014.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Spotlightinhg the abundance of princes of Wales - English and Welsh alike - appearing onstage in the late Tudor and early Stuart period. New insights not only into that period's politics and theater, but also in to a title that survives, in continued complexity, to this day. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780198716198. Boards lightly bumped at corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TUDOR
- WALES
- SHAKESPEARE
- THEATRE
- POLITICS