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The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland

by C. Willis Dixon

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1968
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. 1968 New Impression of 1939 1st Edition...Sir Thomas Maitland, was one of the most important figures in the formative period of the colonial administrative service during and immediately after the Napoleonic wars. After a distinguished military career, he had two long periods of office in Ceylon, from 1805 to 1811, and from… Read more about this item
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The Colonial Administrations of Sir Thomas Maitland

by C. Willis Dixon

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1968
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. 1968 New Impression of 1939 1st Edition...Sir Thomas Maitland, was one of the most important figures in the formative period of the colonial administrative service during and immediately after the Napoleonic wars. After a distinguished military career, he had two long periods of office in Ceylon, from 1805 to 1811, and from… Read more about this item
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A Chronological History of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas Complete in Five Volumes... Volumes 1 to 5... (5 VOLUMES)

by James Burney

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London,Amsterdam,New York : Frank Cass/N. Israel/Da Capo Press , 1967. Facsimile of 1803 Edition.Bibliotheca Australiana # 3 , 4, 5 , 6, & 7...Original mottled fawn buckram with blue title labels to upper boards and spines. ....This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details, NOT "Signed by… Read more about this item
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A Chronological History of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Seas Complete in Five Volumes... Volumes 1 to 5... (5 VOLUMES)

by James Burney

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London,Amsterdam,New York : Frank Cass/N. Israel/Da Capo Press , 1967. Facsimile of 1803 Edition.Bibliotheca Australiana # 3 , 4, 5 , 6, & 7...Original mottled fawn buckram with blue title labels to upper boards and spines. ....This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details, NOT "Signed by… Read more about this item
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History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa and Travels into the Interior of That Country : Containing Particular Descriptions of the Climate and Inhabitants, and Interesting Particulars Concerning the SLAVE TRADE.

by Joseph Hawkins

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1970
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Frank Cass Publishers, 1970. A lovely copy of this SCARCE Facsimile edition. 180pp... Number 64 in the Cass Library of African Studies, Travels and Narratives. This book is POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . .Please email for further details SPECIAL LOCKDOWN PRICE!. NOT Inscribed or Signed. The 1970 Reprint of the 1797 2nd Edition. Red… Read more about this item
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The History of Liquor Licensing Principally from 1700 to 1830 : English Local Government Volume 11

by Sidney and Beatrice Webb

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1963 Reprint of the 1903 1st Editio
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1963
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1963. Leaving aside the early manorial and municipal regulations, the Webs take up their subject with the introduction of national measures at the close of the 15th-century. They show that the regulation of traffic, from the first, was not based on any abstract theory, but on the practical necessities of the state. … Read more about this item
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Cornwall its Mines and Miners : with sketches of scenery designed as a popular introduction to Metallic Mines.

by J R Leifchild

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1968
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London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. Number 24 in the Cass library of industrial classics. Cornwall its Mines and Miners is a new impression of the 1857 second edition, published in facsimile in 1968 and is an extremely comprehensive look at the Mines of Cornwall. Suffice to say the chapter headings - summary of contents,… Read more about this item
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Mendip Country

by Jillian Powell and Julia Davey

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1987
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Paperback
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9780948158322
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St Teeth Bodmin: Bossiney Books, 1987. In ' Mendip Country ' Jillian Powell with photographer Julia Davey explores these famous Westcountry hills which strecth for some twenty miles. ' these hills are rife with history and legend', the author reflects .'... the rich variety of the Mendip Countryside is matched by its towns and villages .' … Read more about this item
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Cornwall its Mines and Miners : with sketches of scenery designed as a popular introduction to Metallic Mines.

by J R Leifchild

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1968
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London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. Number 24 in the Cass library of industrial classics. Cornwall its Mines and Miners is a new impression of the 1857 second edition, published in facsimile in 1968 and is an extremely comprehensive look at the Mines of Cornwall. Suffice to say the chapter headings - summary of contents,… Read more about this item
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The Turning Point in Africa : British Colonial Policy 1938 - 48

by R.D. Pearce

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First Edition
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1982
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9780714631608
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1982. This VERY GOOD ORIGINAL HARDBACK book (NOT A BOOK PRINTED TO ORDER!) is a significant study of British colonial policy towards tropical Africa during a critical decade, from the complacent trusteeship of the inter-war years to the strategy of decolonization inugrated after the second world war. Charting a course through a wide… Read more about this item
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An Account of The British Settlement of Aden in Arabia

by Captain F M Hunter

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Published
1877
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9780714619866
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London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1877. This was the first work devoted to an account of the geography, people, history and administration of Aden to be published and as such rates a special place amongst works on this controversial part of the Yemen. Written in 1877 of the request of the Indian government, it is a comprehensive… Read more about this item
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Customary Law of the Haya Tribe, Tanganyika Territory (Cass Library of African Studies, Library of African Law No 7)

by Hans Cory & M M Hartnoll

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1945
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London: Frank Cass , 1945. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY)...Please e-mail for further details and don't hesitate to ask if you require photographs.. Not Signed or Inscribed. This is the Second Impression 1971. Blue Cloth Black Embossed. Near Fine (NEAR NEW)/Near Fine (NEAR BRAND NEW). 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK.… Read more about this item
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Customary Law of the Haya Tribe, Tanganyika Territory (Cass Library of African Studies, Library of African Law No 7)

by Hans Cory & M M Hartnoll

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1945
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London: Frank Cass , 1945. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY)...Please e-mail for further details and don't hesitate to ask if you require photographs.. Not Signed or Inscribed. This is the Second Impression 1971. Blue Cloth Black Embossed. FINE (AS BRAND NEW)/FINE (AS BRAND NEW). 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK.
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Chronological History of the West Indies Volumes I , II & III

by Captain Thomas Southey

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1968 New Impression of 1827 1st Edition
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1968
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. Minor staining to boards , Contents FINE (AS NEW). THREE VOLUMES COMPLETE. Facsimile reprint of 1827 edition. From the preface:"This work is a register of events relating to the West Indies, arranged in the only manner suited to the subject, for the plan comprehends the whole of the Colombian Islands, and as they… Read more about this item
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Scholae Academicae : Some account of studies at the English universities in the 18th Century

by Christopher Wordsworth

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First Edition of This Edition
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1968
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Hardcover
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. This work was first published in 1877 at a time when the English university scene was rapidly changing and the author, a fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge, wrote in the preface that it was his endeavour "to collect in this volume some of the materials which are requiste for a faithful account of Cambridge… Read more about this item
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History of Trinidad : in two Volumes, Vol 1, 1791 to 1813 VOLUME ONE ONLY !

by Lionel Mordaunt Fraser

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New Facisimile Edition of 1971
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1891
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Hardcover
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9780714619378
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1891. VOLUME ONE ONLY....Trinidad, one of Britain's last additions to her Caribbean empire, is also one of the most interesting histories. Emerging from a confused Franco Spanish background and retaining Spanish Law for some period, the island was under populated and underdeveloped at the time of the British conquest in 1797. A… Read more about this item
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Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa

by Joseph Corry

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1968
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9780714618005
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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1968. FULL TITLE : "Observations upon the Windward Coast of Africa. The religion, character, customs, etc. of the natives with a system upon which they may be civilized and a knowledge attained of the interior of this extraordinary quarter of the globe and upon the natural and commercial resources of the country made… Read more about this item
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History of Trinidad : in two Volumes, Vol 1, 1791 to 1813 VOLUME ONE ONLY !

by Lionel Mordaunt Fraser

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London: Frank Cass and Co Limited, 1891. VOLUME ONE ONLY....Trinidad, one of Britain's last additions to her Caribbean empire, is also one of the most interesting histories. Emerging from a confused Franco Spanish background and retaining Spanish Law for some period, the island was under populated and underdeveloped at the time of the British conquest in 1797. A… Read more about this item
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Vincent Van Gogh

by Alfred H. Barr and Charles Mattoon Brooks Jr

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1966
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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Vincent Van Gogh with an introduction and notes selected from the letters of the artist and A Bibliography comprising a catalogue of the literature published from 1890 through 1940 with an introductory essay and notes.................................Please Email for further details or Direct Enquiries Tel : 01822 810108. NO EXTRA POSTAGE BEYOND OUR STANDARD RATES!… Read more about this item
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Vincent Van Gogh

by Alfred H. Barr and Charles Mattoon Brooks Jr

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New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. Vincent Van Gogh with an introduction and notes selected from the letters of the artist and A Bibliography comprising a catalogue of the literature published from 1890 through 1940 with an introductory essay and notes.................................Please Email for further details or Direct Enquiries Tel : 01822 810108. NO EXTRA POSTAGE BEYOND OUR STANDARD RATES!… Read more about this item
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