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THE GREAT ESCAPE.
London: The Folio Society, 2016. First Folio Society edition, 8vo., pp.xx,223, pictorial cloth, b/w frontispiece, colour and b/w illustrations; slight roll to spine, a near fine copy, in a near-fine slip case which has slight surface scratches.
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THE GREAT FAMINE. Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century.
Princeton University Press, 1996. 8vo., pp.317, navy cloth lettered in silver; near-fine, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE GREAT MARQUESS Life and Times of Archibald, 8th Earl, and 1st (AND ONLY) Marquess of Argyll (1607-1661)
Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier, 1903. First Edition, 8vo., pp. xxiii, red cloth, gilt, teg, b/w frontispiece, 9 b/w illustrations; light foxing to endpapers, a few spots of foxing to rest of text, pages somewhat yellowed, light wear to boards, spine and upper margin sunned, gilt still bright, overall a very good copy.
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The Great Rebellion of 1857 in India Exploring transgressions, contests and diversities.
Abingdon: Routledge, 2010. 8vo., pp. xi,194, hardcover; light rubbing to extremities and surface scratches to boards, else a very good clean copy.
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THE GREAT WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897.
London: Tower Publishing Company Limited, 1897. Ninth edition, 8vo., pp.330,(vi)adverts, pictorial green cloth blocked in red and black, b/w frontispiece and plates; foxing to endpapers and title, foxing and finger-marking intermittently throughout, paper-cracking to inner hinges (joints remain firm), frontispiece lacks tissue-guard, rubbing and small areas of wear to extremities, pictorial spine partially rubbed/faded, a good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE HARTON ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Oxford: Oakwood Press, 1994. Author’s signed presentation copy, 8vo,pp.vii,136, hardcover, silver lettering, b/w photographs and a fold out map; a very good fresh copy in vg unclipped dust-jacket which is slightly rubbed at the extremities.
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THE HEBREW LETTERS OF PRESTER JOHN.
Oxford University Press, 1982. 8vo., pp.xiii,252, claret cloth, gilt; a very good, clean copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which has Waterstones barcode sticker to rear.
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THE HEBREW LETTERS OF PRESTER JOHN.
Oxford University Press. 8vo., pp.xiii,252, dark red cloth, gilt; edges lightly toned, a very good, clean copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine.
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THE HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY: An Illustrated History 1794-1920.
Welwyn: Hart Books, 1994. First edition, 4to.,pp. ix,240, paperback, b/w and colour illustrations, b/w frontispiece; signed by the author, rubbing to extremities, small knock to front hinge of spine, light creasing to front lower corner, otherwise very good.
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THE HIGHLAND PIPE AND SCOTTISH SOCIETY, 1750-1950.
Transmission, Change and the Concept of Tradition.
East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2000. First edition, 8vo. pp.x,518, grey hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece; near-fine, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY SIGNALLING IN THE BRITISH ISLES, Volume III: FREIGHT MARSHALLING YARD OPERATION, CONTROL AND SIGNALLING.
York: Friends of the National Railway Museum. 4to., pp.218, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; fine, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE HISTORY OF ARGYLL Up to the beginning of the sixteenth century.
GLASGOW: W&R Holmes. 8vo., pp. 343, blue cloth, gilt, 6 b/w maps; blue ink ownership autograph, dated 1951, to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, margins and edges, lightly rubbed to extremities, else a good+ copy in an edge-worn dust-jacket with loss at head and foot of spine and rear flap severed.
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THE HISTORY OF LADY LUMLEY'S SCHOOL AND FOUNDATION.
Pickering: Lady Lumley’s Foundation. 8vo., unpaginated, paperback, colour and b/w plates; light creasing to spine, light rubbing to extremities and very slight scuffing to wrappers, a very good copy.
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THE HISTORY OF MERCHANT TAYLORS’ SCHOOL, FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE PRESENT TIME.
In Two Parts: I. Of its Founders, Patrons, Benefactors, and Masters. II. Of its Principal Scholars.
London: Sold by F.C. and J. Rivington; J. Otridge; J. Hatchard; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; J. Asperne; and J. Cooke, Oxford, 1814. 4to., pp.xxx,1254,(i)Addenda et Corrigenda (pasted in), half reverse calf, with black morocco title band lettered in gilt, marbled boards, 6 b/w engraved portraits plus double-page plan; pictorial ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, paper-cracking to upper two compartments of front inner hinge (joint remains firm), gutter also visible between Index and Addenda leaf, foxing to Plan and adjacent leaves, light water-staining to lower corners, slight chipping to title-band, four small holes to calf over/near lower joint, light rubbing to extremities, else clean and very good indeed.
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THE HISTORY OF THE BALTIC CAMPAIGN OF 1854.
From Documents and Other Materials Furnished by Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.B.
London: Richard Bentley, Publisher in ordinary to Her Majesty, 1857. 8vo., pp.xlvi,622,(i) uncut,, textured pictorial navy cloth, gilt; small ownership inscription to upper margin of front free endpaper, slight foxing to prelims, foxing to edges, light mustiness, a very good, bright copy.
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THE HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN From the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. Composed from the Original Documents of the Archives of the Supreme Council, and from those of Subordinate Tribunals of the Holy Office.
London: Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1826. First edition, 8vo., pp.xx,583, half calf, five raised bands, gilt, marbled boards, endpapers, and edges; foxing to prelims and ultimate leaves, occasional light foxing within, else fresh, rubbing to extremities and light scuffs to spine, gilt partly worn, else very good.
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THE HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF MAN UNDER THE NORSE,
Or, Now Through A Glass Darkly.
Peel, Isle of Man: The Mansk-Svenska Publishing Company, 1981. 8vo., pp.259, paperback, b/w plates; creasing to spine, a very good, fresh copy.
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THE HISTORY OF THE KING’S WORKS.
Volume II: The Middle Ages.
London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1963. [Volume II only] Large 8vo., red cloth, gilt, upper edges burgundy/red, colour frontispiece, b/w plates, b/w fold-out figures; marks from removed stickers, library stamps, reference number and barcodes sticker all to front free endpaper, additonaly small card pocket for library reference cards stuck to front paste-down, otherwise internally clean, three marks where tape has been removed to front board, light rubbing, overall a good+ copy in good dust-jacket, heavily sunned, with library number to tailband, closed tear to front upper margin.
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THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND, Begun in the Year 1641. [Set of Six Volumes].
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Six volumes, 8vo., pp.lvi,599;550;531;513;395;446,72 (publisher’s adverts), navy hardcover, gilt, b/w foldout facsimile of original ms.; a near-fine set in clear protective covers.
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THE HISTORY OF THE TYRANTS OF SICILY.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. 8vo., pp. xiii,286, pictorial paperback; a very good+ copy.
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