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'A STINGING BLOW' THE BATTLE OF THE BIG HOLE: 9 AUGUST 1877
Written by Francis B. Taunton.
Stock no. 1815265
Published by The English Westerners' Society.
2007.
Nearly fine condition.
The Brand Book Volume 38, No. 3 Summer 2005. Limited Edition of 250 numbered copies. White pictorial cardwraps. Stapled binding. B/w illustrations. 23 pages. This copy is numbered 187.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- MILITARY
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.
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- 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.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE
Written by Heinrich Fichtenau.
Stock no. 1815113
Published by Basil Blackwell.
1968.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Studies in Mediaeval History No. 9. This book is more concerned with the strains and stresses in Carolingian society and the conflicts that arose from then than with a systematic enumeration of all the known details. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0631053409. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is grubby, has a closed tear to top front edge and remains of price label to rear flap.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- MIDDLE AGES
THE LAST KING OF POLAND
Written by Adam Zamoyski.
Stock no. 1815040
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
1st thus
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The rich and enthralling story of a personal dream with all the elements of grand tragedy, while at the same time an important chronicle of the birth and death of liberalism in Poland and the establishment of Russian power in Europe. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 029781821X. Text block a little grubby. Light pencil erasure to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few scuff marks.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- POLAND
- BIOGRAPHY
DINUZULU: THE DEATH OF THE HOUSE OF SHAKA
Written by C.T. Binns.
Stock no. 1814844
Published by Longmans.
1st
1968.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of the Dinuzulu, son of Cetshwayo king of the Zulu Kingdom 1873-1879. Dinuzulu and the final dissolution of the great military empire which the tyrant Shaka had founded. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Browning to text block and musty odour to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and edge-worn with tape repair.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AFRICAN)
- ZULU
- BIOGRAPHY
- BOER WAR
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)
FROM SLAVERY TO CITIZENSHIP
Written by Richard Ennals.
Stock no. 1208880
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1st
2007.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
'This book reminds us that slavery was not abolished in 1807 but continues in modern forms today'. Green boards, white title to spine. Contributions from Africa, America, Europe and Asia and from discourses in work organisation, occupational health, psychiatry and human rights. 417 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780470028322. SIGNED by author on title page.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SLAVERY
- SOCIAL HISTORY
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.
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- 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.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- CIVIL WAR
- CIVIL WAR (ENGLISH)
- MILITARY