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The court and times of George IV, King of England

By: BANVARD, John

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co.:

Seller ID: 036863

Binding: Cloth, Illustrated

Condition: VG+

Biography of George IV [1762-1830] - with 'corroborative authorities drawn from the secret archives of the Chartists, and authentic documents in the British Museum'. 590pp. Clean copy with a tight, square binding. Atractive front panel showing only minor wear. Litho illustration of a pretty woman pasted to the front. Weight, 480g.
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Broughton : from Wellington to Airbus

By: BARFIELD, Norman

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Stroud, UK, Tempus Publishing: 2007

Seller ID: 039409

ISBN: 0752441841

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: Almost 'As New'

factory was built at Broughton to construct Wellington Bombers for the RAF's expansion and wartime needs. Situated near Chester, the factory has remained part of the British aviation industry while older, traditional sites have come and gone. This book deals with the phenomenal success of this Welsh factory. 160 p. : ill, ; 24 cm. Gift inscription t the htp, otherwise the book is 'as new' - bright, fresh and unmarked with no spine creases. Weight, 360g.
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Grivas. Portrait of a Terrorist

By: BARKER, Dudley

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Cresset Press: 1959

Seller ID: 049608

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

Biographical portrait of George Grivas [1898-1974], known also as Digenis, a Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army, leader of the EOKA guerrilla organisation and EOKA B paramilitary organisation. OCLC Number: 752877734. 202pp, photo illustrated. The book is very bright and and clean. There is an old owner's siganture [from Cyprus] to the ffep otherwise the book is unmarked. The binding is tight and square.There is a 'bump' to the bottom of the spine, not visible from the exterior. Theunsclipped dustjacket is also very bright and clean still crisp showing only very minor wear. Weight, 380g.
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British Staesmen

By: BARKER, Ernest

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Collins: 1941

Seller ID: 042405

ISBN: 1851701176

Binding: Stiff Card Boards

Condition: VG+

Brief biographies of British statesmen. Includes figures such as Burghley, Elizabeth I, Cromwell, Walpole, Pitt, Castlereagh, Canning, Gladstone, Balfour, Churchill and Smuts. One of the 'Britain in Pictures' series.The 1941 original edition . Hardcover with pictorial boards, and with dustjacket. 8vo, 46pp, 12 plates in colour and 17 illustrations in b&w.Near Fine. Dustjacket is bright and clean showing only minor edge wear and a small missing piece to the head of the spine. Weight, 243g.
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London from the Air

By: BARKER, Felix; HAWKES, Jason

Price: $14.00

Publisher: London, Ted Smart/harper Collins: 1999

Seller ID: 22472

ISBN: 0091788080

Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Panoramic, bird's-eye views of London from the air. Photographs by Jason Hawkes; Text by Felix Barker. 160pp, all colour photographs. Bright, clean copy, inside and outside. Gift inscription to the ffep otherwise unmarked. No wear tothe boards. Unclipped dustjacket is close to new condition. Heavy book weighing 1.204kg We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Canadian GST included. Images always available.
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Agincourt: The King; the Campaign; the Battle

By: BARKER, Juliet

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Abacus: 2009

Seller ID: 720

ISBN: 034911918X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: VG+

One of the most successful history books of recent years, Agincourt is reissued with a new introduction by Bernard Cornwell and a new preface by Juliet Barker to mark the 600th anniversary of the battle. xxix, 494, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. Clean, unmarked interior. Tight, square binding, very light spine creases. Slight wearto covers. NB - too thick to qualify for Canada Post Lettermail. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. Images always a...
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Yorkshire Villages

By: BARKER, Paul: BIRDSALL, James

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Parkgate Books: 1999

Seller ID: 039022

ISBN: 1902616316

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: About Fine

A volume in the series 'Classic country companions'. Superb collection of colour photos of Yorkshire Villages. 156 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 25 cm. Gift inscription to the htp, otherwise, bright, clean and unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Almost 'as new'. Weight, 506g.
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Programme of a Grand Concert and Dramatic Entertainment ...November 30th, 1922 at the Baths Hall, Barking

By: BARKING FIRE BRIGADE

Price: $17.50

Publisher: Barking [East London], UK, Barking Fire Brigade: 1922

Seller ID: 051544

Condition: Good Plus

Program for an Entertainment in Aid of the Barking Fire Brigade Recreation Fund, 1922. 4pp [one sheet folded once], 3pp printed. Illustration of a Fire Fighting appliance to front. Sound copy, minor wear and a little 'limp'. Inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail rates apply to most locations.
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Seventh Child: Autobiography of a Schoolmistress

By: BARLOW, Amy

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd: 1969

Seller ID: 24203

ISBN: 0715604287

Binding: Cloth

Condition: About Fine

Autobiography of an English schoolmistress, from Edwardian times through two World Wars. 144 pages 4 plates, 2 illustrations, portraits; 23 cm. Book is bright and clean. Small name etc to top corner of ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, sound hinges. Navy blue cloth shows no wear. Unclipped dustjacket is clean with virtually no wear but sun-fading to the spine and top edge. Weight, 309g. Ships via inexpensive Canada Post Lettermail within North America, in card sleeve. From $3.00 to $6.50 depending on exact weight and location. Image available. Enquire for rates to Worldwide dest...
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Were Those the Days: A Victorian Education

By: BARNARD, Howard Clive

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Oxford, UK, Pergamon General Books: 1970

Seller ID: 044445

ISBN: 0080071074

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Written by the author so that his children and grandchildren might know something of a boy's life in a middle class family in England during the last decades of Queen Victoria's reign. vii, 161 p. illus., ports. 22 cm. Bright, clean interior. Unmarked except for a tiny name-stamp to the ffep. Tight, square binding, no wear top the marron cloth. Unclipped dustjacket is nearly similar. Weight, 374g.
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The uniforms and history of the Scottish regiments, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, 1625 to the present Day

By: BARNES, Major R. Money; ALLEN, C. Kennedy

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Seeley Service & Co.: 1959

Seller ID: 042313

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good VG, or Better

Foreword by general Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie ; colored plates by the author, line drawings by T.B. Beatty. OCLC Number: 63000899. 343 p. : ill. (some col.) Bright, clean copy. Inked-out name to the ffep otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding with only slight wear to the red cloth. Weight, 841g.
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Life and Complete Works of Michael Bruce, Poet of Lochleven

By: BARNET, John Guthrie

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Marshall Brothers: 1927

Seller ID: 21369

Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles

Condition: Very Good

Biography of Scots poet, Michael Bruce [1746-1767] as well as his complete works. xv, 304pp, photo illustrated. 'Cottage Edition'. Bright, clean copy. Gift inscription in ink to ffep. Slight forward lean to spine, which is otherwise solid and tight. Minor wear to red cloth at tips. Weight, 460g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specif...
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Autumns in Skye Ross & Sutherland

By: BARNETT, Ratcliffe

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Edinburgh, John Grant Booksellers: 1946

Seller ID: 16734

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

Travel and description to northern and north-eastern Scotland - to Ross, Sutherland and the Isle of Skye. 198pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, atractive copy. Unmarked. Sound binding. Dustjacket is clean and bright with a little edge wear and a tape repair to head of spine. Weight,
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The Road to Rannoch and the Summer Isles

By: BARNETT, T. Ratcliffe

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Edinburgh, John Grant Booksellers Ltd.: 1946

Seller ID: 17929

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: Good VG

Collection of pieces from 'The Scotsman' Travel and description in Scotland and the Western Isles. 184pp, 22 photo illustrations, 2 drawings, endpaper maps. Biook is bright and clean. Binding is sound. Minor fading to bottom edge of blue cloth. Dustjacket has bright, clean front panel and spine but water stain to back panel. We use both the Canada Post and the United States Postal Service and offer very competitive postal charges - based on actual costs, no overcharging. This item weighs 390g.
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Autumns in Skye, Ross and Sutherland

By: BARNETT, T. Ratcliffe

Price: $18.50

Publisher: Edinburgh, Robert Grant & Son: 1930

Seller ID: 19471

Binding: Cloth, Gilt Titles

Condition: VG+

Travel in north western Scotland. From a series of articles published in 'The Scotsman'. 187pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Bright, clean unmarked copy with a sound binding. No appreciable wear to blue cloth. Weight, 340g. We ship Worldwide, at cost, using both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges, at cost, without overcharging. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance; Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. World rates based on specific destination and weight. Online estimates by the Listing Site ma...
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Border By-Ways & Lothian Lore

By: BARNETT, T. Ratcliffe

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, Moray Press: 1937

Seller ID: 33729

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good Very Good

First published in 1925. Travel and description of the Borders and lothian region of Southern Scotland. 249pp, photo illustrated, endpaper maps. Bright, clean interior. Ink gift inscription to htp, otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Only slight wear to blue cloth. Bright, gilt titles to spine. Weight, 410g.
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Derelict Britain

By: BARR, John

Price: $5.00

Publisher: UK, Penguin Books: 1969

Seller ID: 051387

Binding: Printed Wrappers

Condition: VG+

'An angry, important book' in which the author looks at Britain's Industrial wastelands. Pelican A1059. 240pp, photo illustrated. Bright, clean, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no spine creases. Weight, 184g. Qualifies for inexpensive Lettermail rates within North America.
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Glaswegiana; A Miscellany of Stories of Glasgow Past & Present

By: BARR, William W.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Vista of Glasgow: 1973

Seller ID: 34524

Binding: Printed Card Wrappers

Condition: VG+

Collections of historical nuggets about Glasgow. 156pp, illustrated. Bright, clean copy. Tiny ink name to tp otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding. Almost Fine. Weight, 190g.
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Justice in England

By: BARRISTER, A

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London, 1938:

Seller ID: 2172

State of the Judicial system in England in the 1930's - from a left of centre view. A Left Book Club Edition. 12mo, 5"x7.5", 288pp. Hardcover with red paper boards, no dustjacket. Covers somewhat worn, but binding tight and internally clean. G+
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Sunward by Yeoward: The Story of Yeoward of Liverpool - The First 100 Years

By: BARRY, Theodore W.S.

Price: $39.95

Publisher: UK, Granta Editions: 1994

Seller ID: 041061

ISBN: 1857570162

Binding: Cloth

Condition: VG+

The story of the first 100 years of the British Shipping firm, Yeoward Brothers, based in Liverpool - from 1894 into the 1990s. The company offered Holiday Cruises to Portugal, Madeira and the Canary Islands where they also conduted other, varied businesses. 154 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimiles, genealogical ; 26 cm. Includes index. The interior of the book is bright, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight and square. There are 3-4 tiny 'knocks' to the edges of the boards, otherwise no wear. The unclipped dustjacket shows a little, minor edgewear. We use both the...
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Category: Britain - History, Politics & Topography