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The Summer Walkers: Travelling People and Pearl-Fishers in the Highlands of Scotland NEAT, Timothy ISBN: 9780862415761 Canongate Books Limited, Edinburgh, 1997, large format soft back with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 230 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, bump to front lower edge corner. Lovely copy. SOCIAL HISTORY, SCOTLAND, TRAVELLING… Read more about this item

The Spinning Mule. An Account of the life of it's inventor, Samuel Crompton, 1753-1827 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Arts Department, Bolton, 1980, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated throughout from b/w and colour photogrphs, 48 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, tiny chip to top edge of back cover. Excellent condition. SOCIAL… Read more about this item

The Book of the Martyrs of Tolpuddle 1834-1934: n The Trades Union Congress ISBN: 9781850065012 The Trades Union Congress, London, 2000, large format hardback with dust wrapper, Vg/vg, boards dark green/gilt, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 239 pp. Boards clean and firm, two dedications to Hazel Blears M.P., on front end papers, no annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, edges of end… Read more about this item

Romani Culture and Gypsy Identity ACTON, Thomas and MUNDY, Gary (Editors) ISBN: 9780900458767 University Of Hertfordshire Press, Hatfield, 2000, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, 205 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. Lovely copy. SOCIAL HISTORY, ROMANI AND GYPSIES, CULTURE, ART, HISTORY, WELFARE, EDUCATION, ETHNIC MINORITY 46612 SOCIAL HISTORY £31.50

Week-End Camps & Hikes. A Handbook for Patrol Leaders YOUNG, C. H. Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, Glasgow, 1935, 1st Edition, softback with stiff card wraps, GD+, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs and line drawings, 128 pp. with publisher's catalogue 'Abridged List of Boooks for Scouts etc' dated September 1937. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, bump to… Read more about this item

The Cornish Beam Engine BARTON, D. B ISBN: 9781871060041 Cornwall Books (Wheaton Publishers Limited), Exeter, 1989, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards pale brown/gilt, nine appendices, illustrated from 32 b/w plates and 36 diagrams including frontispiece, 285 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, price not clipped. Lovely copy. CORNWALL, INDUSTRY, CORNISH… Read more about this item

Goldscope and the Mines of Derwent Fells TYLER, Ian ISBN: 9780954863135 Blue Rock Publications, Keswick, 2005, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, glossary of terms, illustrated throughout from hand drawn maps, line drawings and b/w photographs, 300 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, gentle rubs to fore-edge corners. Wraps clean and crisp, rubs to fore-edge corners, label residue… Read more about this item

Festival of Britain - South Bank Exhibition London 1951 COX, Ian H.M. Stationary Office, London, 1951, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated througout from b/w and vivid colour photographs and promotional adverts from exhibitiors and supporters, wire stitched 96 pp plus 64 (Ixiv) pages of promotional adverts. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, gentle rubs to edges… Read more about this item

Preliminary Operations of Weaving. Volume 1: Preparation of Grey or Plain Warps NISBET, H. Emmott & Co. Limited, Manchester, 1914, hardback with blind embossed red boards and brown text on spine strip, illustrated from 200 pen and ink technical drawings, 388 pp, xxv advertisements at the back. Boards edge worn, grubby in places, two inscriptions on front free end paper (see scan), no… Read more about this item

Gordonstoun: Ancient Estate and Modern School BRERETON, Henry, L. ISBN: 978550503455 W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh and London, 1968, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/gd, boards blue/gilt, with estate map under additional front flap as placed by the publisher, three appendices, illustrated from 98 b/w photographs, 251 pp. Boards clean, gently edge worn, no inscription or annotations, binding a little loose… Read more about this item

The History of Court Fools DORAN, Dr. (John) 1807-1878 ISBN: 9781313636131 Hardpress Publishing, Miami, U.S., 2013, facsimile reprint of 1858 original, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, unpag. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. SOCIAL HISTORY, FACSIMILE, 'THE FOOL', HISTORY, ROLE OF 'THE FOOL', FEMALE FOOLS, ENGLISH MINSTREL, JESTER, COURTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE,19TH… Read more about this item

Cartoonists at War HUGGET, Frank E. Book Club Associates, London, 1981, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards red/gilt, illustrated end papers in addition to pen and ink frontispiece, b/w and colour photographs, 192 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscriptions, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, tanned, rubs to all edges and corners, small closed tear to… Read more about this item

A History of Wellington College 1859-1959 David NEWSOME ISBN: 0950979406 Wellington College, Crowthorne, 1984, SIGNED re-issue hardback with dust wrapper, NF/nf, boards green/gilt, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 414 pp. Boards clean and firm, signed dedication by author on free front endpaper (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, flap shadows to end papers, small pale mark to top… Read more about this item

The Irish in the Victorian City SWIFT, Roger & GILLEY, Sheridan (Editors) ISBN: 9780709933339 Croom Helm, London, 1985, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards black/gilt, illustrated from 15 tables, 312 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscriptions, sound tight binding, pages clean, top edge dust-stained with pale foxing, flap shadows to end papers. Wraps clean and crisp, neat annotation in… Read more about this item

The Infirmary Newcastle Upon Tyne 1751-1951 HUME, W. E. (Honorary Physician (1908-1939) 1952, hardback with printed buckram cloth boards, GD, b/w folded frontispiece, two folded b/w plates in addition to b/w photographs throughout, 87 pp. Sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, inscribed in pen on front endpaper, pages clean and bright, endpapers lightly foxed. SOCIAL HISTORY, HOSPITALS, HEALTH SERVICE, INFIRMARY, NEWCASTLE… Read more about this item

The History of Richmond School, Yorkshire WENHAM, Leslie P. The Herald Press, Arbroath, 1958, hardback with dust wrapper, GD/gd, boards dark red/black, 26 appendices, 27 b/w plates including one frontispiece, 3 figures and 3 genealogical tables, 230 pp. Boards clean and firm, edgeworn, head and tail of spine sunned, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, cracked spine between… Read more about this item

Lost Sounds: The Story of Coast Fog Signals RENTON, Alan ISBN: 9781870325837 Whittles Publishing, Caithness, 2014, softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, two appendices, illustrated throughout from line drawings and b/w photographs, 209 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. Excellent condition. SOCIAL HISTORY, MARITIME HERITAGE, LIGHTHOUSES, HISTORY OF FOG WARNINGS, FOG BELLS,… Read more about this item

Craft and Design of Monumental Brasses Henry H Trivick 021299820x J. Baker, London, 1969, 1st edition hardback with wrapper in original slipcase, VG/vg, black boards with gilt cameo, 320x260mm, 152 pp, 27 illustrations, more than 50 in colour. Black slipcase. Very good clean and sound copy. Wrapper gently rubbed on extremities, price clipped, no inscriptions or loose pages. Very heavy book. UK mainland delivery… Read more about this item

Make It a Green Peace! The Rise of Countercultural Environmentalism ZELCO, Frank ISBN: 9780199947089 Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards black/gilt, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 385 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners. SOCIAL HISTORY, CURRENT AFFAIRS,… Read more about this item

Folk Life: A Journal of Ethnological Studies (Volume 23 1984-85) LINNARD, William (Editor) ISBN: 04308778 The Society for Folk Life Studies, 1985, Periodical/Journal, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, maps and diagrams, 122 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, spine strip sunned. SOCIAL HISTORY, STUDIES… Read more about this item