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Image for Echoes from the Clubs: A Record of Political Topics and Social Amenities. Volume I May - October, 1867; Volume II November 1867 - April 1868; Volume III May - December 1868

Echoes from the Clubs: A Record of Political Topics and Social Amenities. Volume I May - October, 1867; Volume II November 1867 - April 1868; Volume III May - December 1868

By: Anon

Price: £200.00

Publisher: London, Offices of 'Echoes from the Clubs': 1867

Seller ID: 016730

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

3 volumes of a weekly magazine, published every Wednesday. All volumes in matching green boards, gilt border to each panel, gilt titling. Volume I: v+ 401pp, index. Light wear, rear endpaper creased. Volume II: v + 453pp, illustrated. Light wear, illustrated. Volume III: vi + 672pp. 15mm split to spine top otherwise light wear, general foxing, numerous double page illustrations plus folding plates, some of which have been misfolded and sit unevenly, with some creasing and tears and minor loss. One page requires edge trimming. Volumes I and II are VG, Volume III Good only. A very scarce and col...
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The Great Transformation: The World in the Time of Buddha, Socrates, Confucius and Jeremiah

By: Armstrong, Karen

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Atlantic Books: 2006

Seller ID: 020501

ISBN: 1903809754

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xviii + 474pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, maps. Black boards, a few marks to page edges otherwise a VG copy in (slight edge sunning) dustwrapper. Personalised gift inscription from the author to title page.
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The Medieval Menagerie: Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages

By: Benton, Janetta Rebold

Price: £12.00

Publisher: New York, Abbeville Press: 1992

Seller ID: 031387

ISBN: 1558591338

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

191pp, index, 150 illustrations, some colour. Blue cloth boards, gilt design and titling, very slight spine twist, slight bump to upper rear corner and near pages, overall a VG copy in (spine colour faded) dustwrapper.
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Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World 1600 - 1900

By: Bown, Stephen R.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Conway: 2010

Seller ID: 031354

ISBN: 1844861147

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

314pp, index, maps, bibliography, timeline, illustrations. Black boards, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy in dustwrapper. The story of six key men:- Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Dutch East India Company; Pieter Stuyvesant and the Dutch West India Company; Sir Robert Clive and the English East India Company; Aleksandr Baranov and the Russian American Company; Sir George Simpson and the Hudson's Bay Company; Cecil John Rhodes and the British South Africa Company.
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Image for Admirable Curiosities, Rarities and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland, Being an Account of Many Remarkable Persons and Places; and Likewise of Battles, Sieges, Earthquakes, Inundations, Thunders, Lightnings, Fires, Murders and Other Considerable...

Admirable Curiosities, Rarities and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland, Being an Account of Many Remarkable Persons and Places; and Likewise of Battles, Sieges, Earthquakes, Inundations, Thunders, Lightnings, Fires, Murders and Other Considerable...

By: Burton, Richard (pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch)

Price: £175.00

Publisher: Westminster, Machell Stace: 1811

Seller ID: 031368

Binding: Quarter-Leather

Condition: Good+

'Admirable Curiosities, Rarities and Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland, Being an Account of Many Remarkable Persons and Places; and Likewise of Battles, Sieges, Earthquakes, Inundations, Thunders, Lightnings, Fires, Murders and Other Considerable Occurrences and Accidents, for Several Hundred Years Past. With the Natural and Artificial Rarities in Every County, and Many Other Observable Passages; As They are Recorded by Credible Historians of Former and Latter Ages. A New Edition, With Additional Wood-cut Portraits, and a Copious Index'. 168pp, two indexes, illustrations in text plus 17...
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Image for Where the Cut Knife Waters Flow: A History of the Districts of Cloan; Cut Knife; Gallivan; Ovenstown; Riding Hill; Rockhaven; Rose Mound; Stringer; Triple Lake; Weewona; Willowview

Where the Cut Knife Waters Flow: A History of the Districts of Cloan; Cut Knife; Gallivan; Ovenstown; Riding Hill; Rockhaven; Rose Mound; Stringer; Triple Lake; Weewona; Willowview

By: Compiled By East Cut Knife and Districts Historical Society

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Canada, East Cut Knife and Districts Historical Society: 1980

Seller ID: 017700

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

826pp, index, illustrated, illustrated endpapers. Detailed history of the area stretching from the Battle River in the north to the Big Rock in the south. Includes a vast amount of detail about individual families so an excellent reference for genealogists. Blue boards, gilt decoration and titling, a VG clean tight copy. Included is a 4pp supplement. Heavy book, approx 2.5kg packed, extra shipping required to non-UK address.
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Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of Twenty Lost Buildings from the Tower of Babel to the Twin Towers

By: Crawford, James

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Old Street Publishing Ltd: 2015

Seller ID: 031348

ISBN: 1908699930

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

602pp, further reading, endnotes, 16pp colour plates, illustrations in text, illustrated endpapers. Blue boards, light ageing mainly to top edge of pages, Christmas inscription to title page, overall a VG copy in a near VG (edge rubs, minor marks) dustwrapper.
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Thus Spoke Galileo: The Great Scientist's Ideas and Their Relevance to the Present Day

By: Galileo Galilei / Frova, Andrea / Marenzana, Mariapiera / Translated By Jim McManus in Collaboration with the Authors

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Oxford, OUP: 2006

Seller ID: 017756

ISBN: 0198566255

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xx + 493pp, index, main texts and additional reading, illustrations. Black boards, 4 pages uncut otherwise a VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper.
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The Web of the Universe: An Occult Theory of Sub-stance, of Man's Origins and the Source of His Creative Powers

By: Gardner, EL

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, The Theosophical Publishing House: 1938

Seller ID: 021762

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

103pp, references, appendix, 25 charts, diagrams and illustrations. Blue boards, gilt design to front, spine dulled, edge rubs, foxing mainly to endpapers and edges, a few marks to front endpaper, owner's details neatly to same, overall a Good tight copy without dustwrapper.
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Cannibalism and Human Sacrifice

By: Garry Hogg

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Stroud, Nonsuch Publishing: 2007

Seller ID: 031310

ISBN: 1845883853

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

192pp, bibliography. Softback, VG.
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Japan's 'International Youth': The Emergence of a New Class of Schoolchildren

By: Goodman, Roger

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press: 1990

Seller ID: 030755

ISBN: 0198278411

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xv + 283pp, index, references, glossary, notes, map, 14 tables, 10 figures. Black boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper.
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History of the Masonic Province of Worcestershire

By: Hall, Ralph / Preface By Ray Sheppard

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Worcester, Worcestershire Masonic Study Circle: 1989

Seller ID: 031425

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

368pp + subscription list at rear, illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt titling to front, plain spine, slight fading to spine, light ageing, a VG copy, no dustwrapper presumably as issued. This is copy 177/800, with the subscriber's name to title page. Extremely scarce.
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Magic White and Black or the Science of Finite and Infinite Life Containing Practical Hints for Students of Occultism

By: Hartmann, Franz

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd: 1914

Seller ID: 030779

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

298pp, appendix, illustrations. Red cloth boards, slight spine twist, gilt decoration to front board and titling to spine, spine faded and dulled, general light wear; Contemporary owner's signature to front endpaper, general lightish foxing, very occasional minor pencil marks, overall a Good copy.
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The Parish of Pluckley, Kent: Monumental Inscriptions in the Church, and Churchyard

By: Haslewood, The Rev. Francis

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Ipswich, The Rev. Francis Haslewood: 1899

Seller ID: 022670

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

viii + 94pp + 2pp adverts, index. Maroon boards, blind-stamped borders, gilt spine titling and to front board, a few rubs/bumps, some foxing mainly to endpapers, letter to the author tipped in at rear. Overall a VG copy. Excellent reference for the genealogist.
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Descendants of the Reverend Thomas Higginson

By: Higginson, Thomas Boyd

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, The Research Publishing Company: 1958

Seller ID: 022587

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

64pp, index, frontispiece. Blue boards, gilt titling, foxing mainly to endpapers, a VG copy in (marks to rear panel) dustwrapper. Limited edition, this is No. 77/250. The Irish Higginsons of Ballinderry.
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Making Men into Fathers: Men, Masculinities and the Social Politics of Fatherhood

By: Hobson, Barbara (Editor)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Cambridge, CUP: 2002

Seller ID: 018883

ISBN: 0521006120

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

x + 328pp, index, references, notes, charts. Softback, a VG clean tight copy. A collection of 10 essays.
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John Arthur Parkin and His Australian Family

By: Ian Stuart Parkin (4th Generation)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Australia, AC Parkin & Co: 2002

Seller ID: 030323

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xi + 228pp, family trees and illustrations throughout. Limited edition, this is no.25/300. Black boards, VG in (sunning to spine and adjacent edge) dustwrapper. Invaluable reference for the family historian.
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English Interior Decoration 1500 to 1830: A Study in the Development of Design

By: Jourdain, Margaret

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, BT Batsford Ltd: 1950

Seller ID: 031359

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

xii + 84pp, index, 195 illustrations (drawings, prints and photographs). Green boards, gilt design to front and titling to spine, spine dulled, a few edge bumps, owner's signature to front pastedown, general light foxing, overall a Good+ copy, no dustwrapper.
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Social Freedom: The Responsibility View

By: Kristjánsson, Kristján

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Cambridge, CUP: 1996

Seller ID: R15019

ISBN: 0521560926

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xi + 221pp, index, bibliography. Black boards, VG clean tight copy in (rear panel a little grubby) dustwrapper.
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The Knights Templar: in Britain

By: Lord, Dr Evelyn

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Longman: 2002

Seller ID: 031314

ISBN: 0582472873

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xiv + 267pp, index, bibliography, appendix, notes, illustrated. Black boards, VG in dustwrapper.
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Ramon Lull's Book of Knighthood and Chivalry: And the Anonymous Ordene De Chevalerie

By: Lull, Ramon / Translated By William Caxton / Rendered Into Modern English By Brian R Price

Price: £20.00

Publisher: USA, Chivalry Bookshelf: 2001

Seller ID: 031044

ISBN: 1891448420

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

vi + 124pp. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy. Written in the latter part of the 13th century, this has become one of the most influential books on what it meant to be a knight. Originally written in Catalan, it was printed as one of the first books in England.
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The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order

By: Maçães, Bruno

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Allen Lane: 2018

Seller ID: 030744

ISBN: 0241309255

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xix + 281pp, index, notes, maps, illustrations. Grey boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. 2nd impression of the 1st edition.
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The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World

By: Morland, Paul

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, John Murray: 2019

Seller ID: 031472

ISBN: 1473675138

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

viii + 344pp, index, bibliography, notes, 2 appendices, not illustrated. Black boards, VG in dustwrapper.
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European Monographs in Social Psychology: The Social Psychology of Minority Influence

By: Mugny, Gabriel / Perez, Juan A. (Translated By Vivian Waltz Lamongie)

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Cambridge, CUP: 1991

Seller ID: R15025

ISBN: 0521390540

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xiv + 190pp, index, references, appendices. Laminated boards, VG clean tight copy.
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An Introduction to the History of Duelling

By: Noble, Duncan

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Ken Trotman Publishing: 2004

Seller ID: 022020

ISBN: 190507400X

Binding: Booklet

Condition: Very Good

44pp, illustrations. Booklet, staples rusting otherwise a VG copy. This study covers the history of duelling, weapons in Europe and beyond.
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Irish Family Names

By: O'Donovan, Peadar

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Cork, Peadar O'Donovan: 1991

Seller ID: 030763

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

170pp, maps, illustrations, errata slip to verso of front cover. Softback, card covers, reading creases/edge rubbing, slight sunning to spine, owner's label to verso of front cover, overall a Good copy. Scarce. Covers 14 different family names.
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Notes on the Barrows and Bone-Caves of Derbyshire with an Account of a Descent Into Elden Hole

By: Pennington, Rooke

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1877

Seller ID: 022702

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

124pp, 3 appendices, errata slip. Red blind-stamped boards, gilt titling, rough cut edges (closed edge tear to 1 page), general light ageing, spine dulled, a VG copy, no dustwrapper.
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The City of London Livery Companies

By: Pontifex, Bryan

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co: 1939

Seller ID: 031303

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

94pp. Quarter-bound in green buckram over cloth, black titling and crest to front board, small loss to top edge of front board, foxing mainly to edges and endpapers, fore-edge rough cut, a Good copy in a Poor (major loss to spine and also 2 sections of front panel, now in removable protective sleeve) dustwrapper. This book deals with the origin of the London Guilds, their history, duties and romance during the past 800 years. Personalised gift inscription from the author to front endpaper, dated 13th October 1942.
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The Family In Ancient Rome: New Perspectives

By: Rawson, Beryl (Editor)

Price: £12.50

Publisher: London, Routledge: 1992

Seller ID: 031156

ISBN: 0415079969

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

281pp, indexes, bibliography, notes, A collection of 9 essays plus a Conclusion. Softback, light ageing, light reading creases, minor marks, overall a VG copy.
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The Rous Roll

By: Rous, John / with an Historical Introduction on John Rous and the Warwick Roll By Charles Ross

Price: £100.00

Publisher: Gloucester, Alan Sutton Publishing: 1980

Seller ID: 022446

ISBN: 0904387437

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xviii + 134pp, illustrated, index, description of the plates. Blue boards, light ageing only, a VG copy in a price-clipped dustwrapper. Reprint of the 1859 first edition. Covering the Rolls of the Earls of Warwick, an important reference in the study of history, heraldry and genealogy of the late 15th century.
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Cambridge Studies in Philosophy: The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes

By: Rowlands, Mark

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Cambridge, CUP: 1999

Seller ID: R15029

ISBN: 052165274X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

x + 270pp, index, references. Blue boards, VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper.
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Death and the Afterlife (The Berkeley Tanner Lectures)

By: Scheffler, Samuel / Edited and Introduced By Niko Kolodny / with Commentaries By Susan Wolf, Harry G Frankfurt, Seana Valentine Shiffrin, Niko Kolodny

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Oxford, OUP: 2013

Seller ID: 030657

ISBN: 0199982503

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

x + 210pp, index, not illustrated. Black boards, VG in dustwrapper.
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Houses and Gardens

By: Scott, MH Baillie Scott / Beresford, A Edgar

Price: £200.00

Publisher: London, Architecture Illustrated: 1933

Seller ID: 031367

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

294pp, index, 12 colour plates, black and white photographs and drawings, plans. Green cloth boards, silver titling and decoration, light wear only. Owner's name to 1/2 title, foxing mainly to endpapers and edges, the edges of the better quality paper used for the plates have remained white, a few minor marks, overall a Good tight copy. Scarce. Heavy book, UK at standard rate, overseas at cost.
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The Leaf and the Tree: The Story of an English Family

By: Skottowe, Philip F

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, The Research Publishing Company: 1963

Seller ID: 022591

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

85pp, index, 19pp illustrations. Blue cloth boards, patchy discolouration to boards, light wear, light ageing to contents which are VG, so a Good copy in a Fair-to-Good (rubs/small holes to spine, some marking, browning to spine and edges, not price-clipped) dustwrapper. Scarce.
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Occult Chemistry Re-evaluated

By: Smith, Ernest Lester

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, The Theosophical Publishing House: 1982

Seller ID: 021768

ISBN: 0835602303

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

xii + 107pp, references, 11 diagrams, 2 tables. Softback, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy. A companion book to 'Occult Chemistry' by Annie Besant and CW Leadbeater.
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It's a PC World: What it Means to Live in a Land Gone Politically Correct

By: Stourton, Edward

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 2008

Seller ID: 020899

ISBN: 0340954868

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

x + 262pp, index. Grey boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Flat signed by the author to title page, removeable label to front of dustwrapper indicating that it was signed at Waterstone's.
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A Study in Survival: Conan Doyle Solves the Final Problem

By: Straughan, Roger

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Winchester, O Books: 2009

Seller ID: 022263

ISBN: 1846942403

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

x + 176pp, references, illustrations. Softback, light wear only, a VG copy. Personalised gift dedication from the author to 1/2 title page.
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Hume's Theory of Consciousness

By: Waxman, Wayne

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Cambridge, CUP: 1994

Seller ID: R14964

ISBN: 052145381X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xvi + 347pp, index, bibliography, notes. Green boards, VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper. This book attempts a comprehensive analysis and re-evaluation of the first book of Hume's Treatise of Human Nature.
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