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Author:BECK BILL:
Title:GOOD CHEMISTRY
Publisher:REILLY INDUSTRIES. INDIANA. 1996
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE STORY OF P.C. REILLY AND REILLY INDUSTRIES. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:21999 Click to enquire

Author:BELL DAVID:
Title:MEMORIES OF THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COALFIELDS
Publisher:2008 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. THIS BOOK CONTAINS MANY OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, A MAP OF THE COUNTY`S COALFIELDS AND A CHART OF THE LOCAL PITS ALSO SHOWING HOW MANY EACH ONE EMPLOYED.
Price (£):8.99
Stock No:24545 Click to enquire

Author:BERISFORD CHARLES:
Title:BERISFORDS THE RIBBON PEOPLE
Publisher:WILLIAM SESSIONS. YORK. 1966
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE STORY OF A FAMILY BUSINESS. WITH TWO LETTERS.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:7965 Click to enquire

Author:BOOKBINDER PAUL:
Title:MARKS & SPENCER: THE WAR YEARS 1939 - 1945
Publisher:1989 MARKS & SPENCER, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK IS NOT ONLY AN ACCOUNT OF THE EFFECTS OF WORLD WAR 2 ON MARKS & SPENCER, BUT ALSO OF ITS EFFECT ON THE COMPANY`S PERSONNEL.
Price (£):13.50
Stock No:22822 Click to enquire

Author:BORTH CHRISTY:
Title:TRUE STEEL
Publisher:INDIANAPOLIS, BOBBS-MERRIL, 1941
Description:GOOD CONDITION HARDBACK WITH RATHER WORN DUSTWRAP. THE STORY OF GEORGE MATTHEW VERITY AND HIS ASSOCIATES. INCLUDES 15 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:9002 Click to enquire

Author:BRIGGS ASA:
Title:MARKS & SPENCER 1884-1984
Publisher:1984 OCTOPUS BOOKS, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. AUTHOR EXAMINES THIS UNIQUE ORGANISATION IN DEPTH, LOOKING AT KEY ASPECTS OF THE COMPANY'S DEVELOPMENT.
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:21047 Click to enquire

Author:BRIGGS ASA:
Title:MARKS & SPENCER 1884-1984
Publisher:1984 OCTOPUS BOOKS, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. AUTHOR EXAMINES THIS UNIQUE ORGANISATION IN DEPTH, LOOKING AT KEY ASPECTS OF THE COMPANY'S DEVELOPMENT.
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:21040 Click to enquire

Author:BRIGGS ASA:
Title:MARKS & SPENCER: 1884 - 1984
Publisher:1984 OCTOPUS BOOKS LTD., LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A CENTENARY HISTORY. VERY WELL ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK & WHITE AND COLOUR.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:22821 Click to enquire

Author:CHAMBERS GEORGE:
Title:FACES OF CHANGE
Publisher:NORTHERN IRELAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY BELFAST
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE BELFAST AND NORTHERN IRELAND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY 1783-1983. INSCRIPTION ON F.E.P. TO `SHARON` FROM VAL EDMUNDS (HON LIFE MEMBER OF NORTHERN IRELAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY).
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:7276 Click to enquire

Author:CHRISTIE G.:
Title:STOREYS OF LANCASTER 1848-1964
Publisher:LONDON: COLLINS, 1964
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD PROTECTED DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:3339 Click to enquire

Author:COCKBURN CLAUD:
Title:COCKBURN SUMS UP
Publisher:1981 QUARTET BOOKS, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD SOFTBACK COPY. WITH A FOREWORD BY GRAHAM GREENE.
Price (£):5.00
Stock No:8277 Click to enquire

Author:CONRAD ROGER S.:
Title:POWER HUNGRY
Publisher:JOHN WILEY. USA. 2002
Description:NEW BOOK MINT IN MINT DUSTWRAP. STRATEGIC INVESTING IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UTILITIES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES. PUBLISHED AT £29.95.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:12584 Click to enquire

Author:EVANS JOAN:
Title:THE ENDLESS WEB
Publisher:JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON, 1955
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK, WITH RATHER WORN DUSTWRAP. JOHN DICKINSON & CO. LTD. 1804-1954. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:21045 Click to enquire

Author:EVANS JOAN:
Title:THE ENDLESS WEB
Publisher:JONATHAN CAPE, LONDON, 1955
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. JOHN DICKINSON & CO. LTD. 1804-1954. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:6072 Click to enquire

Author:EVANS J.:
Title:THE ENDLESS WEB
Publisher:LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE, 1955
Description:VERY GOOD COPY. SLIGHTLY DAMAGED DUSTWRAP. HISTORY OF JOHN DICKINSON & CO. LTD. 1804-1954
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:3337 Click to enquire

Author:FORTE CHARLES:
Title:FORTE:THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES FORTE
Publisher:1986 SIDGWICK & JACKSON LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:3659 Click to enquire

Author:GIBB D.E.W.:
Title:LLOYD`S OF LONDON : A STUDY IN INDIVIDUALISM
Publisher:1972 LLOYD`S LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN SOUND BUT GRUBBY DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:7289 Click to enquire

Author:GREY HENRY M.:
Title:LLOYD'S YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY
Publisher:LONDON, HADDON, 1893
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BLUE CLOTH. 1ST EDITION. WORN SPINE. GOLD LETTERING ON FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. ILLUSTRATED BY W.D. ALMOND.
Price (£):25.00
Stock No:7947 Click to enquire

Author:HEALD TIM:
Title:BY APPOINTMENT
Publisher:1989 QUEEN ANNE PRESS LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. 150 OF THE ROYAL WARRANT AND ITS HOLDERS. PHOTOGRAPHS BY JORGE LEWINSKI AND MAYOTTE MAGNUS.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:11638 Click to enquire

Author:HEALEY EDNA:
Title:COUTTS & CO 1692-1992 - THE PORTRAIT OF A PRIVATE BANK
Publisher:1992 HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. IN THIS TERCENTENARY PORTRAIT, EDNA HEALEY CAPTURES THE SPECIAL ETHOS OF COUTTS & CO, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY GENERATIONS OF CUSTOMERS HAVE PUT THEIR TRUST IN THIS BANK.
Price (£):14.50
Stock No:21710 Click to enquire

Author:HILL A. V.:
Title:TIDES OF CHANGE
Publisher:PRINCE RUPERTS FISHERMEN'S CO-OP. CANADA. 1967
Description:GOOD HARDBACK IN SLIGHTLY TORN DUSTWRAP. A STORY OF FISHERMEN'S CO-OPS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:6816 Click to enquire

Author:HOBSON O.R.:
Title:A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE HALIFAX
Publisher:LONDON: B.T. BATSFORD, 1953
Description:GOOD COPY BUT WITH DAMAGED DUSTWRAP. ROUGH EDGES TO PAGES. THE HISTORY OF THE HALIFAX BUILDING SOCIETY 1853-1953. FORWARD BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF HALIFAX.
Price (£):6.00
Stock No:3336 Click to enquire

Author:HOLMES A. R. & GREEN EDWIN:
Title:MIDLAND - 150 YEARS OF BANKING BUSINESS
Publisher:LONDON B. T. BATSFORD LTD, 1986
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. IN DRAWING ON THE EXTENSIVE MIDLAND ARCHIVES, AND ON INTERVIEWS WITH MANY LEADING POSTWAR FIGURES, THE AUTHORS PORTRAY A STRIKINGLY BALANCED PICUTRE OF 150 YEARS OF BANKING HISTORY.
Price (£):14.00
Stock No:23233 Click to enquire

Author:HOWARTH S.:
Title:A CENTURY IN OIL.
Publisher:LONDON: WEIDENFELD & NICHOLSON, 1997
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. THE "SHELL" TRANSPORT AND TRADING COMPANY 1897-1997. THE FRANK AND DRAMATIC STORY OF THE COMPANY. 397 PAGES, PROFUSELEY ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):17.50
Stock No:3344 Click to enquire

Author:KEILHAU WILHELM:
Title:NORWAY AND BERGEN LINE
Publisher:BERGEN, 1953
Description:1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK - SLIGHTLY FADED LETTERING ON SPINE. DESCRIBES HISTORY OF THE BERGEN SHIPPING LINE, AND INCLUDES MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:19488 Click to enquire

Author:KEIR DAVID:
Title:THE YOUNGER CENTURIES
Publisher:FOR WILLIAM YOUNGER BY McLAGAN & CUMMING. EDINBURGH. 1951
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN RED CLOTH WITHOUT A DUSTWRAP. THE STORY OF WILLIAM YOUNGER & CO., LTD., 1749-1949
Price (£):7.50
Stock No:7811 Click to enquire

Author:KINLOCK JAMES AND BUTT JOHN:
Title:HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY LIMITED
Publisher:1981 CWS, GLASGOW
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDES TABLES AND GRAPHS. DATES FROM 1869.
Price (£):14.50
Stock No:21048 Click to enquire

Author:KINLOCK JAMES AND BUTT JOHN:
Title:HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY LIMITED
Publisher:1981 CWS, GLASGOW
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH DUST WRAP. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDES TABLES AND GRAPHS. DATES FROM 1869.
Price (£):14.50
Stock No:21041 Click to enquire

Author:LINDSAY MAURICE:
Title:COUNT ALL MEN MORTAL - A HISTORY OF SCOTTISH PROVIDENT 1837-1987
Publisher:1987 CANONGATE, EDINBURGH
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK SLIGHTLY SCUFFED DUST WRAP. FULLY ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:21046 Click to enquire

Author:MACKENZIE COMPTON:
Title:REALMS OF SILVER - ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BANKING IN THE EAST
Publisher:1954 ROUTLEDGE AND KEGAN PAUL, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN GREEN WITH GOLD DECORATION TO FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. HISTORY OF THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. 1ST EDITION.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:21044 Click to enquire

Author:MILLAR JOHN:
Title:WILLIAM HEAP AND HIS COMPANY 1866
Publisher:1977 JOHN MILLAR LANCASHIRE
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP BUT FADED SPINE.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:7285 Click to enquire

Author:NIGHTINGALE K.:
Title:TAXATION - THEORY AND PRACTICE
Publisher:LONDON: PITMAN, 1997
Description:GOOD PAPERBACK EDITION.
Price (£):5.00
Stock No:3350 Click to enquire

Author:NOT KNOWN:
Title:REPORT AND PROCEEDINGS VOLS. I, AND BACKGROUND PAPERS APPENDIXES AND INDEX VOL. II
Publisher:OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. LONDON. 1957
Description:TWO VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH PROTECTED DUSTWRAPS, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURG`S STUDY CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE, 9TH - 27TH JULY 1956
Price (£):21.00
Stock No:16140 Click to enquire

Author:PLUMMER ALFRED & RICHARD E. EARLY:
Title:THE BLANKET MAKERS 1669-1969
Publisher:AUGUSTUS M. KELLEY. NEW YORK. 1969
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A HISTORY OF CHARLES EARLY & MARRIOTT (WHITNEY) LTD., ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):20.00
Stock No:11674 Click to enquire

Author:PORTER LINDSEY:
Title:ECTON COPPER MINES: UNDER THE DUKES OF DEVONSHIRE, 1760 - 1790
Publisher:2004 LANDMARK PUBLISHING, ASHBOURNE, DERBYSHIRE
Description:NEW HARDBACK BOOK WITH A DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK LOOKS AT THE OPERATIONS AT THE SPECTACULARLY PROFITABLE ECTON MINE IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE WHEN IT WAS RUN BY THE DUKES OF DEVONSHIRE. THIS IS NOT JUST A BUSINESS HISTORY, IT LOOKS AT THE WAY OF LIFE AND WORK OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY EMPLOYED WITH REGULAR WORK FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT IS A CAREFULLY RESEARCHED STUDY OF 18TH CENTURY LIFE AND TIMES, MOSTLY BASED UPON PREVIOUSLY UNUSED RECORDS, PRODUCING AN ENGAGING WORK OF REFERENCE.
Price (£):21.00
Stock No:21244 Click to enquire

Author:RECKITT BASIL N.:
Title:THE HISTORY OF RECKETT AND SONS LIMITED
Publisher:1951 A BROWN & SONS, HULL
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK. BOUND IN BLUE, GOLD LETTERING. SOME SLIGHT FOXING TO END BOARDS AND PAGE EDGES. BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
Price (£):11.50
Stock No:21042 Click to enquire

Author:SALMON EDWARD & WORSFOLD JAMES (EDITED BY):
Title:THE BRITISH DOMINIONS YEAR BOOK 1916
Publisher:THE BRITISH DOMINIONS INSURANCE CO. LONDON. 1917
Description:GOOD HARDBACK IN ILLUSTRATED BLUE CLOTH. PAGE 287 LOOSE.
Price (£):6.00
Stock No:6267 Click to enquire

Author:STONE RICHARD:
Title:THE COLLIERIES AND COALMINERS OF STAFFORDSHIRE
Publisher:2007 PHILLIMORE & CO., LTD., WEST SUSSEX
Description:NEW HARDBACK BOOK WITH DUSTWRAP. THIS BOOK TELLS A FASCINATING STORY IF INDIVIDUAL ENDEAVOUR AND ENTERPRISE, COMMUNAL ACHIEVEMENT AND, ABOVE ALL, OF SHARED VALUES AND COMRADESHIP. WELL ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):15.99
Stock No:23898 Click to enquire

Author:SUPPLE B.:
Title:THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE - A HISTORY OF BRITISH INSURANCE 1720-1970
Publisher:CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1970
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A HISTORY OF BRITISH INSURANCE 1720-1970.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:3361 Click to enquire

Author:TREGONING DAVID & HUGH COCKERELL:
Title:FRIENDS FOR LIFE: FRIENDS PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE 1832 - 1982
Publisher:1982 HENRY MELLAND LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:7300 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:IRONS IN THE FIRE
Publisher:WRIGHTSON. LONDON. 1952
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN GREEN CLOTH WITH IVORY VELUM SPINE. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MATTHEWS WRIGHTSON GROUP OF COMPANIES 1901-1951.
Price (£):9.00
Stock No:17516 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:ONE HUNDRED YEAR'S HISTORY OF SHOES AND SHEEP-SKIN RUGS AT STREET SOMERSET
Publisher:C. & J. CLARK, STREET
Description:VERY GOOD, CARD COVER. PERSONAL INSCRIPTION DATED 1926. A HISTORY OF FAMOUS FIRM FROM 1825 TO 1925. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS AND A COLOUR PLATE, TIPPED IN.
Price (£):23.00
Stock No:24630 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:THE RECORD OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1862
Publisher:WILLIAM MACKENZIE, 1862
Description:QUARTO, BOUND IN FULL BLIND-STAMPED LEATHER, RAISED BANDS, GILT TITLE, MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND EDGES. THE EXHIBITION WAS SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND TRADE AND FEATURED OVER 28,000 EXHIBITORS FROM 36 COUNTRIES REPRESENTING A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS. MANY FINE PLATES, SOME FOLDING, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. MINOR FOXING TO THE PRELIMS BUT A VERY GOOD COPY.
Price (£):190.00
Stock No:24735 Click to enquire

Author:WARNER O.:
Title:CHATTO & WINDUS
Publisher:LONDON, CHATTO & WINDUS, 1973
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE FIRM`S ORIGIN, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.
Price (£):5.00
Stock No:3323 Click to enquire

Author:WOODS OLIVER & JAMES BISHOP:
Title:THE STORY OF THE TIMES
Publisher:MICHAEL JOSEPH. LONDON. 1985
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. BICENTENARY EDITION 1785-1985. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):8.00
Stock No:12828 Click to enquire

Author:YOUNG PETER:
Title:POWER OF SPEECH
Publisher:GEORGE ALLEN. LONDON. 1983
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A HISTORY OF STANDARD TELEPHONES AND CABLES 1883-1983. ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:8145 Click to enquire

Author:YOUNG PETER:
Title:POWER OF SPEECH
Publisher:1983 GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP BUT THERE ARE STAINS DOWN SIDE EDGES OF PAGES. A HISTORY OF STANDARD TELEPHONES AND CABLES 1883-1983.
Price (£):6.00
Stock No:7283 Click to enquire

Author:YOURDON EDWARD:
Title:RISE & RESURRECTION OF THE AMERICAN PROGRAMMER
Publisher:YOURDON PRESS. NEW JERSEY. 1996
Description:NEW BOOK MINT WITH MINT DUSTWRAP. PUBLISHED AT £15.99. ILLUSTRATED
Price (£):10.00
Stock No:12757 Click to enquire

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