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The British Workman 1865 http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/The-British-Workman-1865-p-62.html The British Workman 1865 The British Workman 1865 A fine example of the publication available to the general public in 1865. Propaganda and satire at its best. All for 1d (about £8 in today's money). With reference to the topical figures of the time this is a unique opportunity to own a sample of life when Queen Victoria was but a girl. Our price: £4.99 |
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Dugdale 1846 England & Wales delineated http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Dugdale-1846-England-Wales-delineated-p-69.html Dugdale 1846 England & Wales delineated A magnificent set of this rare work. England and Wales Delineated - Historical, Entertaining & Commercial Alphabetically arranged by Thomas Dugdale - antiquarian. Eleven Volumes...Full set of especially commissioned Archer maps, 300 Etchings - towns, buildings, monuments, people, views. Dugdale's England and Wales delineated 1846 - 11 Vol. Set. Entry for Dewsbury..... * DEWSBURY is seated partly on the southern declivity of a gentle eminence, and partly in a vale, watered by the Calder. This situation is fine ; and the town, when viewed with its e... Our price: £12.99 |
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The Mayors Of England & Wales 1902 http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/The-Mayors-Of-England-Wales-1902-p-70.html The Mayors Of England & Wales 1902 Coronation Year Edward VII. In the following pages will be found some account of every Mayor in England and Wales holding the office for the Coronation Year, and in the great majority of cases Portraits both of the Mayor and Mayoress as well are given. No effort has been spared to obtain Portraits in every case, but the few instances in which this has been impossible, or in which only the Mayor's Portrait could be got, has made it necessary to depart from an exact alphabetical arrangement in order to preserve the symmetry of the work, and a full index b... Our price: £7.99 |
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The Coins of England 1846 http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/The-Coins-of-England-1846-p-72.html The Coins of England 1846 Hand coloured plates of all the coins of England. History and descriptions from pre-Roman times up to the early part of Queen Victoria reign. This is a fascinating book for any historian. PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, BRITISH COINS PREVIOUS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROMANS, COINS OF THE ROMANS RELATING TO BRITAIN, THE SKEATTAE, COINS OF THE SAXON HEPTARCHY, COINS OF THE SOLE MONARCHS OF ENGLAND, COINS OF THE ANGLO-NORMAN KINGS, COINS OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND, COINS OF THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS, FROM ELIZABETH 1558 TO CHARLES 1602, THE COMMONWEALTH TO END OF GEORGE II, FR... Our price: £5.99 |
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Luddites - Historical Account Of http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Luddites-Historical-Account-Of-p-73.html An Historical Account Of The Luddites Of 1811 1812 & 1813 With Report Of The Luddite Trials At York Castle, From The 2nd To The 12th Of January, 1813. "That the introduction of machinery should create in men's minds a feeling of disgust, and incite them to tumult and riot at that period, we need not wonder, when we take into consideration the general intelligence not only of the workmen but of that class who were above them." Towards the close of the year 1811, a spirit of riot and insubordination manifested itself in the county of Nottingham, which, in the course of that year, extended ... Our price: £6.99 |
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Chronicles of the Tombs & Select Epitaphs 1864 http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Chronicles-of-the-Tombs-Select-Epitaphs-1864-p-75.html Chronicles of the Tombs 1864 & Book of Epitaphs 1894 A select collection of Epitaphs preceded by an essay on epitaphs and other monumental inscriptions, with incidental observations on sepulchral antiquities. By Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, F.R.S., F.S.A. This is a vast collection of epitaphs - Greek, Roman, Saxon - right through to the 1800's. Ludicrous, Royal, Famous, Common Man & wife, Children.....hundreds of real inscriptions from gravestones from all over the British Isles.... Our price: £6.99 |
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Official Classification of Occupations 1931 Census http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Official-Classification-of-Occupations-1931-Census-p-76.html Official Classification of Occupations 1931 Classification of Occupations - 1931 Official publication for Census enumerators. A 'must have' aid for deciphering occupations on those hard to read census returns. Our price: £7.99 |
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Licensed Victuallers Official Annual 1895 http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Licensed-Victuallers-Official-Annual-1895-p-77.html Licensed Victuallers Official Annual 1895 Containing An Almanack, Diary Of Important Events, Portraits Of Trade Leaders, The Corrupt Practices Act, The Local Government Act 1894, Assessment Of Licensed Premises, Statistical Tables, Story Of The Session 1894, List Of Metropolitan And Provincial Societies, etc...etc.. Our price: £6.99 |
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Lives Of Notorious & Daring Highwaymen Robbers & Murderers http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Lives-Of-Notorious-Daring-Highwaymen-Robbers-Murderers-p-78.html Lives Of Notorious & Daring Highwaymen Robbers & Murderers Thirty five biographies of notorious robbers, highwaymen & robbers. DAVID HOGGART, GEORGE BARRINGTON, COLONEL BLOOD, RICHARD TURPIN, JONATHAN WILD, JACK SHEPHERD, WOLFE, COLONEL JACK, SAWNEY BEANE, THOMAS WITHERINGTON, WHITNEY, JAMES PORTER, TOM JONES, ARTHUR CHAMBERS, STEPHEN BUNCE, JOHN EVERETT, JAMES MACLAINE, WILLIAM FAULKNER, HENRY SIMMS, alias THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN HARRY, EUGENE ARAM, JACK OVET, TOM DORBEL, DICK ADAMS, WILLIAM GETTINGS, NED BONNET, WILL OGDEN AND TOM REYNOLDS, JOHN PRICE, JAMES BATSON, CLAUDE DU VALL, THE GOLD... Our price: £6.99 |
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Pigots National Commercial Directory 1835 Compilation http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Pigots-National-Commercial-Directory-1835-Compilation-p-262.html Pigots National Commercial Directory 1835 Comprising A Classification Of The Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentlemen, Manufacturers And Traders And Lists Of The Nobility, Gentry And Clergy. Resident In The Cities, Towns, Seaports, And Principal Villages. Special Compliation CDROM [*Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Monmouth, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, North & *South Wales.] [* Derbyshire & South Wales Sections are incomplete.] ... Our price: £14.99 |
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Cassells Our Own Country 1898 http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Cassells-Our-Own-Country-1898-p-355.html Cassells Our Own Country 1898 CONTENTS: CHESTER. CHARNWOOD FOREST AND BRADGATE. BEDFORD AND JOHN BUNYAN. ST. ANDREW'S AND THE COAST OF FIFE. DURHAM. DERBYSHIRE : DOWN THE WYE AND THE DERWENT. THE MENAI STRAITS. THE MALVERN HILLS. LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY. THE ISLAND OF SKYE. EXETER. THE WYE FROM ROSS TO MONMOUTH. LONDONDERRY. SEDGEMOOR. CAMBRIDGE. GLOUCESTER AND TEWKESBURY. BIRMINGHAM. EXMOOR.CORK. HATFIELD HOUSE. Cassell's "Our Own Country", published late 1890's. Superb etchings & historical tour..... Our price: £6.99 |
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Roman Wall The Old Border Region, Lakeland And Ribblesdale EDMUND BOGG http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Roman-Wall-The-Old-Border-Region-Lakeland-And-Ribblesdale-EDMUND-BOGG-p-357.html Roman Wall The Old Border Region, Lakeland And Ribblesdale Describing the district around Carlisle, The Roman Wall, South Tyne, and the Irthing and Eden Valleys, with chapters descriptive of the old-world border country round Upper Teesdale and Stain-Moor. Then the pilgrimage is extended to the Lake Country, and from thence down Ribblesdale to the sea. A THOUSAND MILES OF WANDERING ALONG THE ROMAN WALL, THE OLD BORDER REGION, LAKELAND, AND RIBBLESDALE. BY EDMUND BOGG, 1898. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS. ... Our price: £6.99 |
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Old England A Pictorial Museum Charles Knight 1860 http://youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk/Old-England-A-Pictorial-Museum-Charles-Knight-1860-p-396.html Old England A Pictorial Museum Charles Knight 1860 REGAL, ECCLESIASTICAL, MUNICIPAL, BARONIAL, AND POPULAR ANTIQUITIES. Absolutely stunning - hundreds of superb engravings, hand coloured plates etc... Containing 1000's of both black and white and full colour high quality plates, along with 100's of pages of text contained in 2 HUGE Volumes. This publication covers the period of English history from pre Roman times to the Industrial age CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. BOOK I. BEFORE THE CONQUEST. CHAPTER I. THE BRITISH PERIOD CHAPTER 11.THE ROMAN PERIOD CHAPTER 111.THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD BOOK 11.... Our price: £8.99 |