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THE NORTH WALES QUARRY HOSPITALS AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE QUARRYMEN
Written by Edward Davies.
Stock no. 1827792
Published by Gwynedd Archive Services. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The quarry hospitals of Dinorwig, Bethesda and Ffestiniog. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0901337838. Minor bump to top of spine. Minor mark to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MEDIEVAL FENLAND
Written by H.C. Darby.
Stock no. 1827764
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The classic study of the economic development and geography of the 1300 square miles of Britain's Fenland. Originally published in 1940. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 0715359193. Text block lightly browned. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CARAUSIUS AND ALLECTUS: THE BRITISH USURPERS
Written by P.J. Casey.
Stock no. 1827763
Published by Yale University Press. 1st USA 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Between A.D. 286 and 296, the Gallo-Roman military commander Carausius and his successor Allectus ruled Roman Britain, forming a renegade government there that threatened the stability of the Roman Empire. Using literary, archaeological, and numismatic evidence, the author brilliantly pieces together this little-known but extraordinary episode in the history of Roman Britain. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300060629. Base of spine bumped else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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BEAKER POTTERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by D.L. Clarke.
Stock no. 1827744
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gulbenkian Archaeological Series. Volume 1 outlines the basis of classification and discusses the analysis of the material. Volume 2 contains line drawings of all known surviving complete examples of British Beaker pottery drawn at one-third size, detailed inventories of all known examples giving their finding-place, description, dimension and present whereabouts. Large format. Brown cloth boards, Gilt title on black title label to spine. B/w illustrations. Top edges brown. A heavy set. ISBN: 0521072492. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are a little grubby to rear panels.

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HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF THE WELD ESTATE DORSET
Written by Laurence Keen; Ann Carreck.
Stock no. 1827743
Published by Lulworth Heritage Ltd.. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

The Weld Estate, covers some 12,500 acres of which the focal point is Lulworth Castle. The Weld Family archive of documents and maps has enable the estate to be examined in detail with regard to its archaeology, history and natural history. Much of the estate is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Pictorial cardwraps and 10 maps contained in folding hardboard pictorial wallet. ISBN: 0951157507. A nice copy. All maps present.

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ANGLO-SAXON ORNAMENTAL METALWORK 700-1100 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Written by David M. Wilson.
Stock no. 1827742
Published by Trustees of the British Museum. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period Volume I. The first in a series planned to cover the antiquities of the later Saxon period, including the Celtic antiquities. This catalogue lists all the objects of the British Museum of precious metal or decorated bronze, made in an Anglo-Saxon context in the period between 700 and 1100. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Some minor mottling to board edges. Text block browned with some foxing. Contents are clean. Blue dustwrapper is foxed, a little grubby, lightly edge-worn with a little loss.

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POLICE CASUALTIES IN IRELAND 1919-1922
Written by Richard Abbott.
Stock no. 1327453
Published by Mercier Press. 1st 2000. Very good condition.

The history of the RIC and the nationalist groups that rose to oppose them. Cardwraps. 340 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 1856353141. Rubbing to cover edges. Light vertical crease to centre of rear cover. Foxing to textblock.

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DRAGONBY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jeffrey May.
Stock no. 1827728
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oxbow Monograph 61. Report on Excavations at an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in North Lincolnshire. Two Volumes. Large format. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations, maps and plans (some folding), a few colour photos. ISBN: 1900188147. Boards lightly scuffed. Spines lightly browned. Contents clean.

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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827724
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 1st 1842. Almost very good condition.

Full title is: Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family. Edited by Dawson Turner. Cloth boards with blind tooling and borders to both sides. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Pedigree of Paston family folds-out to rear. Spine browned, worn & frayed at top & tail. Boards a little marked. Some scattered foxing mainly to margins.

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THE POLITICS OF THE BRITISH ARMY
Written by Hew Strachan.
Stock no. 1327421
Published by Oxford University Press; The Clarendon Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 311 pages. ISBN: 0198206704. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN WAR AND PEACE: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE FROM THE 1930S TO 1970
Written by Maurice W. Kirby.
Stock no. 1327397
Published by Imperial College Press. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

The first of two projected volumes on the history of operational research in Britain commissioned by the UK OR Society. Pale grey cardwraps. 444 pages. ISBN: 1860943667. Covers slightly grubby and edge rubbed, barcode label to rear cover. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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SECOND TO NONE THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS 1650-2000
Written by Julian Paget.
Stock no. 1327391
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Commissioned to mark the Regiment's 350th anniversary, it tells the proud story with flair and originality. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 350 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0850527694. Spine bumped, heavy at base. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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