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Author:BUDWORTH GEOFFREY:
Title:NOTS: NEED TO KNOW - ALL THE TECHNIQUES, IDEAS AND EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO TIE SAFE AND SECURE KNOTS
Publisher:2005 HARPERCOLLINS, LONDON
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. INCLUDES: KNOTS FOR SAILING, FISHING, CLIMBING, HOBBIES AND GENERAL KNOTS:- EASY, CLEAR, COLOUR STEP-BY STEP GUIDANCE. ADVICE ON WHEN AND WHERE TO USE EACH KNOT AND THEIR HISTORY.
Price (£):9.99
Stock No:23636 Click to enquire

Author:BURKHARDT V.R.:
Title:CHINESE CREEDS AND CUSTOMS
Publisher:SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. HONG KONG. 1982
Description:VERY GOOD LARGE HARDBACK IN SLIGHTLY TORN DUSTWRAP. A COMPILATION OF THE BEST-SELLING TRILOGY. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR.
Price (£):14.00
Stock No:13989 Click to enquire

Author:FOWLER SIMON:
Title:TRACING YOUR SECOND WORLD WAR ANCESTORS
Publisher:2006 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK - MINT. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE COVERED IN DETAIL: THE BRITISH ARMY, THE ROYAL NAVY, THE MERCHANT MARINES, AIRMEN AND RAF OFFICERS, CIVILIANS - REFUGEES, BEVIN BOYS, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE FORCES, EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ALLIES AND ENEMIES.
Price (£):9.99
Stock No:19111 Click to enquire

Author:HAMMOND H. AND SCULLARD H. (EDITORS):
Title:THE OXFORD CLASSICAL DICTIONARY
Publisher:OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1979
Description:REPRINT OF THE SECOND EDITION. VERY GOOD IN LIKE DUSTWRAPPER. A COMPENDIUM OF MODERN SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE GENERAL AND SPECIALIST READER IN THE FIELDS OF ROMAN AND GREEK CIVILISATION. NEARLY 1200 PAGES.
Price (£):30.00
Stock No:19642 Click to enquire

Author:HEAL SIR AMBROSE:
Title:SIGN BOARDS OF OLD LONDON SHOPS
Publisher:PORTMAN BOOKS, LONDON, 1988
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. A REVIEW OF THE SHOP SIGNS EMPLOYED BY THE LONDON TRADESMEN DURING THE XVIITH AND XVIIITH CENTURIES. COMPILES FROMTHE AUTHOR'S COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY TRADE-CARDS AND BILLHEADS
Price (£):20.00
Stock No:6141 Click to enquire

Author:HUNT ARNOLD, GILES MANDELBROTE AND ALISON SHELL (EDITORS):
Title:THE BOOK TRADE AND ITS CUSTOMERS 1450-1900: HISTORICAL ESSAYS FOR ROBIN MYERS.
Publisher:1997 ST PAUL'S BIBLIOGRAPHIES, WINCHESTER
Description:FINE HARDBACK WITH VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP( ONE INCH TEAR TO TOP). VOLUME OF ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND THE BOOK TRADE FOR ROBIN MYERS. SUBJECTS INCLUDE HISTORY OF BOOK OWNERSHIP, COLLECTING AND LIBRARIES. INTRODUCTION BY D.F. MCKENZIE.
Price (£):46.00
Stock No:21290 Click to enquire

Author:JANAWAY JOHN:
Title:GHOSTS OF SURREY
Publisher:1999 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK - MINT.
Price (£):6.95
Stock No:12693 Click to enquire

Author:KARL JASON:
Title:HAUNTED PLACES OF LANCASHIRE: ON THE TRAIL OF THE PARANORMAL
Publisher:2006 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. FOR THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR HAS TRAVELLED THE OLD COUNTY WIDELY, OFTEN IN THE COMPANY OF RESPECTED PSYCHIC MEDIUMS, IN AN EFFORT TO VERIFY THESE KNOWN TALES AND TO SEEK PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN STORIES OF LOCAL GHOSTS AND HAUNTINGS.
Price (£):7.99
Stock No:22291 Click to enquire

Author:KATZ WILLIAM A.:
Title:INTRODUCTION TO REFERENCE WORK
Publisher:MCGRAW-HILL. NEW YORK. 1987
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. VOLUME I. BASIC INFORMATION SOURCES. FIFTH EDITION.
Price (£):11.00
Stock No:20164 Click to enquire

Author:KELLETT ARNOLD:
Title:YORKSHIRE DIALECT CLASSIC
Publisher:2007 DALESMAN PUBLISHING, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Description:NEW HARDBACK BOOK WITH DUSTWRAP. AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE BEST YORKSHIRE POEMS, STORIES AND SAYINGS. ILLUSTRATED IN BLACK & WHITE AND COLOUR.
Price (£):9.99
Stock No:23642 Click to enquire

Author:MARSH TERRY:
Title:MAP READING SKILLS
Publisher:2007 JARROLD PUBLISHING, HAMPSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. PATHFINDER GUIDE. ORDNANCE SURVEY. AN INTRODUCTION TO MAP READING AND BASIC NAVIGATION. FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, DIAGRAMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS.
Price (£):11.99
Stock No:23147 Click to enquire

Author:MATTHEWS RUPERT:
Title:THE GHOSTHUNTER`S GUIDE TO ENGLAND: ON THE TRAIL OF THE PARANORMAL
Publisher:2006 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. ENGLAND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE MOST HAUNTED PLACE ON EARTH. THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF GHOSTS, APPARITIONS, SPECTRES, PHANTOMS, POLTERGEISTS AND BLACK DOGS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK WOULD SEEM TO HEAR THIS OUT.
Price (£):9.99
Stock No:20432 Click to enquire

Author:MIDDLETON JUDY:
Title:GHOSTS OF SUSSEX
Publisher:2002 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK - MINT. REPRINT. MOST PEOPLE ARE INTRIGUED BY GHOSTS EVEN IF THEY DO NOT REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE IN THEM. THE AUTHOR`S ACCOUNTS OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN SUSSEX ARE LIKELY TO UNSETTLE EVEN HARDENED SCEPTICS. THESE TALES AND MANY OTHERS, SOME TAKEN FROM FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS, MAKE CHILLING AND COMPULSIVE READING.
Price (£):6.95
Stock No:12689 Click to enquire

Author:MULLAY A.J. MARILYN:
Title:THE BOOK OF BRITISH BIRTHPLACES
Publisher:BREEDON BOOKS. DERBY. 2002
Description:NEW PAPERBACK. THE WHO WAS BORN WHERE GUIDE TO THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS.
Price (£):8.99
Stock No:10971 Click to enquire

Author:PEARSON JEFFREY:
Title:HAUNTED PLACES OF CHESHIRE: ON THE TRAIL OF THE PARANORMAL
Publisher:2006 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. CHESHIRE`S OWN STORIES ARE MANY AND VARIED. THEY INCLUDE PARANORMAL ACTIVITY AT THE OLD HIPPODROME THEATRE IN ALTRICHAM; A POLTERGEIST AT WORK AT RILEY`S SNOOKER CLUB IN BIRKENHEAD AND IN A PRIVATE HOUSE IN BYRON STREET, RUNCORN AND OTHER STORIES.
Price (£):7.99
Stock No:22288 Click to enquire

Author:PUTTICK BETTY:
Title:GHOSTS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Publisher:1995 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK - MINT. MOST PEOPLE ARE INTRIGUED BY GHOSTS EVEN IF THEY DO NOT REALLY WANT TO BELIVE IN THEM. THE AUTHOR`S ACCOUNTS OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ARE LIKELY TO UNSETTLE EVEN HARDENED SCEPTICS.
Price (£):6.95
Stock No:12692 Click to enquire

Author:PUTTICK BETTY:
Title:GHOSTS OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Publisher:2003 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THESE AND OTHER GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS, USING FIRST HAND ACCOUNTS, AND HER BOOK MAKES READING THAT IS BOTH CHILLING AND COMPULSIVE.
Price (£):6.95
Stock No:20139 Click to enquire

Author:RAMSDEN CHARLES:
Title:BOOK BINDERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (OUTSIDE LONDON) 1780-1840
Publisher:1987 B.T. BATSFORD LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH A VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. 16 PLATES SHOWING BINDINGS BY IMPORTANT BINDERS. ARRANGED IN THREE PARTS TO COVER ENGLAND AND WALES, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
Price (£):13.50
Stock No:6470 Click to enquire

Author:SHORT MARY D. (COMPILED BY):
Title:A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED ITEMS RELATING TO THE CITY OF LINCOLN
Publisher:BOYDELL PRESS. WOODBRIDGE. 1990
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN SLIGHTLY GRUBBY DUSTWRAP. BASED ON COLLECTIONS OF LINCOLN CENTRAL LIBRARY AND NUMEROUS OTHER SOURCES. COMIMISSIONED BY THE FRANCIS HILL MEMORIAL TRUST.
Price (£):21.00
Stock No:15015 Click to enquire

Author:SMITH BETTY:
Title:GHOSTS OF WARWICKSHIRE
Publisher:1997 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK - MINT. MOST PEOPLE ARE INTRIGUED BY GHOSTS EVEN IF THEY DO NOT REALLY WANT TO BELIEVE IN THEM. JOHN JANAWAY`S ACCOUNTS OF THE SUPERNATURAL IN SURREY ARE LIKELY TO UNSETTLE EVEN HARDENED SCEPTICS.
Price (£):6.95
Stock No:12695 Click to enquire

Author:TIPPETT JULIAN:
Title:NAVIGATION FOR WALKERS
Publisher:2005 CORDEE, LEICESTER
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK - START FINDING YOUR WAY TO FREEDOM IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. BASED ON THE ORDNANCE SURVEY`S NEW EXPLORER MAPS, AS WELL AS THE OUTDOOR LEISURE AND LANDRANGER SERIES, THIS BOOK TAKES THE READER STEP BY STEP THROUGH THE ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES OF MAP READING, NAVIGATION SKILLS, READING THE COMPASS AND ROUTE PLANNING TO COMPLETE YOUR SENSE OF DIRECTION.
Price (£):8.99
Stock No:23638 Click to enquire

Author:TITFORD JOHN:
Title:SEARCHING FOR SURNAMES
Publisher:2002 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. MINT. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THEIR MEANINGS AND ORIGINS .
Price (£):11.95
Stock No:9231 Click to enquire

Author:TITFORD JOHN:
Title:WRITING UP YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
Publisher:2003 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. A DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE. COLLECTING MATERIAL, ORGANISING AND ARRANGING, EDITING AND LAYOUTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, PRINTING AND DUPLICATING, COVERINGS AND BINDINGS, DIGITAL PUBLISHING.
Price (£):6.95
Stock No:15812 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:GAZETTEER OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Publisher:JOHN BARTHOLOMEW. 1972
Description:REPRINT OF THE 9TH EDITION OF 1943, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE 1971 CENSUS. CONTAINS 90,000 DESCRIPTIONS OF TOWNS, CITIES ETC OF BRITAIN. A VERY GOOD COPY IN LIKE DUSTWRAPPER. XXX11, 771 PAGES.
Price (£):50.00
Stock No:17998 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:OUTLINE PICTURE BOOK
Publisher:1974 GEFFRYE MUSEUM, LONDON
Description:5 COPIES IN CARD COVERS:- NO.1. - FURNITURE, NO.2. - COSTUME, NO.3. - WALLS, WINDOWS AND DOORS, NO.4. STREETS, NO.5. - TRANSPORT. ALSO SPARE COPY OF NO.1. AT £3.50.
Price (£):20.00
Stock No:20100 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. VOLUME 1.
Publisher:WASHINGTON. NICHOLSON. 1855
Description:LARGE HARDBACK IN HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARD. VOLUME ONE. 651 PAGES IN TOTAL. CONTENTS INCLUDE: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR; EXAMINATION OF THE REPORTS OF THE SEVERAL ROUTES EXPLORED; RAILWAY MEMORANDA; LETTER OF MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS S JESUP; REPORT OF GOVERNOR STEVENS. A NICE TIGHT AND CLEAN COPY. RUBBING TO THE LEATHER AND BOARDS.
Price (£):85.00
Stock No:19811 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. VOLUME 9 (PART 2)
Publisher:WASHINGTON. NICHOLSON. 1858
Description:LARGE HARDBACK IN HALF LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARD. VOLUME ONE. 1005 PAGES IN TOTAL. CONTAINS THE GENERAL REPORT UPON THE ZOOLOGY OF THE SEVERAL PACIFIC RAILROAD ROUTES, WHICH IS LARGELY ABOUT BIRDS AND WRITTEN BY SPENCER F BAIRD WITH THE COOPERATION OF JOHN CASSIN AND GEORGE LAWRENCE. A NICE COMPLETE AND CLEAN COPY BUT WITH SEVERE RUBBING TO THE LEATHER AND BOARDS, TITLE LABEL SPLIT AND WEAK FRONT HINGE.
Price (£):65.00
Stock No:20060 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:SAS SURVIVAL GUIDE
Publisher:2004 HARPUR COLLINS GLASGOW
Description:NEW BOOK- MINT- COLLINS GEM. PRACTICAL ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SURVIVAL IN THE WILD. ADVICE ON FOODS, CAMP CRAFT, NAVIGATING AND MUCH MORE. BASED ON THE AUTHOR`S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE SAS.
Price (£):4.99
Stock No:10194 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:STUDENT ATLAS
Publisher:LONDON: DORLING KINDERSLEY, 1998
Description:GOOD CONDITION
Price (£):5.00
Stock No:3230 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:THE COMPACT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Publisher:1929 THE GRESHAM PUBLISHING CO LTD LONDON
Description:6 VOLUMES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. GREEN BOARDS . BROWN LEATHER SPINES. MARBLED EDGES. PULL OUT MAPS AND PLATES.
Price (£):45.00
Stock No:11379 Click to enquire

Author:UNKNOWN:
Title:THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF MODERN QUOTATIONS
Publisher:OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. OXFORD. 1991
Description:VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. EDITED BY TONY AUGARDE.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:13582 Click to enquire

Author:WATERS COLIN:
Title:A DICTIONARY OF OLD TRADES, TITLES AND OCCUPATIONS
Publisher:2005 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE.
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN TITFORD. THIS EXCELLENT DICTIONARY EXPLAINS THE FUNCTION OF NEARLY 4000 OLD TRADES, TITLES AND OCCUPATIONS, AND CONTAINS OVER 70 ILLUSTRATIONS. IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE BOOK THAT WILL BE WIDELY WELCOMED AND IS SURE TO BECOME A MUCH USED COMPANION; ESPECIALLY TO ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN FAMILY, SOCIAL AND LOCAL HISTORY.
Price (£):12.99
Stock No:14382 Click to enquire

Author:WATERS COLIN:
Title:FAMILY HISTORY ON THE NET
Publisher:2007 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. THIS INDISPENSABLE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS AND INCLUDES A LIST OF SITES WHICH DEAL WITH THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF GENEALOGY.
Price (£):6.99
Stock No:23140 Click to enquire

Author:WEST H. MILLS:
Title:GHOSTS OF EAST ANGLIA
Publisher:2002 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK - MINT.
Price (£):6.95
Stock No:12690 Click to enquire

Author:WHYNNE-HAMMOND CHARLES:
Title:ENGLISH PLACE-NAMES EXPLAINED
Publisher:2005 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. ENGLAND`S LIVING HISTORY SERIES. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1992 UNDER THE TITLE OF ` TRACING THE HISTORY OF PLACE NAMES`, THIS BOOK APPEARS HERE IN AN UPDATED, REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION. NEW PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR HAVE ALSO BEEN ADDED.
Price (£):12.99
Stock No:17094 Click to enquire

Author:WILBERFORCE A. (EDITOR):
Title:THE AUSTRALIAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA
Publisher:SYDNEY. ANGUS AND ROBERTSON. 1927
Description:QUARTO, TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE IN GREEN CLOTH, ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINES. WITH COLOUR PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
Price (£):48.00
Stock No:22689 Click to enquire

Author:WILDGOOSE CHARLES AND ROGER FOX:
Title:DERBYSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE & LINCOLNSHIRE: PUB WALKS FOR MOTORISTS
Publisher:2005 COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS, BERKSHIRE
Description:NEW SOFTBACK BOOK. THE 40 CIRCULAR WALKS IN THIS BOOK SHOW HOW YOU CAN SPEND A LEISURELY FEW HOURS DRIVING TO THE COUNTRYSIDE , STRETCH YOUR LEGS THEN VISIT A GOOD PUB FOR SOME FINE FOOD.
Price (£):8.99
Stock No:17101 Click to enquire

Author:YORKE TREVOR:
Title:TRACING THE HISTORY OF VILLAGES
Publisher:COUNTRYSIDE BOOKS. NEWBURY. 2003
Description:NEW SOFTBACK - MINT. FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):9.95
Stock No:12699 Click to enquire

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