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[000001] . WHO'S WHO 1977 . 1977. WHO'S WHO 1977 - An Annual Dictionary (129th year of issue) 2688 pages - contains more than 26,000 biographies of all kinds of people in all walks of life. Each entry is in a standard form, full name and present post being followed by date of birth and family details, education, career in date order, publications, recreations and address

£45.00

[000002] Edward Williams. KESTON PARISH ALBUM. by Author. KESTON PARISH ALBUM - A History in Photographs (More Pictures From the Past) - by Edward Williams - published 1988 - 120 pages including 159 photographs and history of Keston - signed by the author

£20.00

[000003] . JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY. ill. George Chinnery. - an historical sktech" 64 pages - published approx. 1960 - being an account to show the circumstances in which the Company came into being and how it was consolidated over the last century - illustrated by George Chinnery - starts with history of East India company and continues to present times

£24.00

[000004] David Wainwright. HENDERSON - A history of the life of Alexander Henderson, first Lord Faringdon, and of Henderson Administration. "HENDERSON - A history of the life of Alexander Henderson, first Lord Faringdon, and of Henderson Administration" David Wainwright (second impression 1986) 112 pages (indexed) - Railway Engineers

£15.00

[000005] . Map - Reprint of the first edition of the one-inch ORDNANCE SURVEY of England & Wales - Sheet 64 Colchester & Ipswich.

£5.00

[000006] V. Sackville-West. Berkeley Castle. "Berkeley Castle" An illustrated survey of the Gloucestershire home of Captain R. G. Berkeley. History and dscription of the contents by V. Sackville-West. (36 pages)

£8.00

[000007] Clyde Binfield. Belmont's Portia: Victorian Nonconformists and Middle-class Education for Girls. 1981. " by Clyde Binfield - Friends of Dr. William's Library - Thirty-fifth lecture 1981 - (35 pages)

£5.00

[000008] Sylvia Bond. Yesteryears - School, Work and Leisure remembered by Highgate Residents. 1979. "Yesteryears - School, Work and Leisure remembered by Highgate Residents" - edited by Sylvia Bond 1979 (32 pages)

£4.00

[000009] Edward Sammes. Victorian Jubilees. 1977. "Victorian Jubilees" - edited by Edward Sammes 1977 - Some events which took place in 1887 & 1897 in the Borough of Barnet.

£3.00

[000010] Theodorta Fitzgibbon. A Taste of Ireland in Food and in Pictures. "A Taste of Ireland in Food and in Pictures" Theodorta Fitzgibbon (122 pages) recipes & old photographs of Ireland

£4.50

[000011] J.B. Priestley. The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811-20. 1971. "The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811-20" by J.B. Priestley 1971 edition (304 pages)

£12.00

[000012] . The English HeritageVisitors' Handbook 1996-97. 1996. "The English HeritageVisitors' Handbook 1996-97" - 224 pages of Heritage sites, information and maps.

£4.00

[000014] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine October 1967. magazine. The Mystery of George Edward Dering, Watford Junction Recollections, Memorial Brasses in Herts,Ellen Tery's life in Hertfordshire,A walk through Hadley Woods & more

£2.00

[000015] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine February 1968. magazine. Country Life in Hertfordshire in the 1880s, A university for maidens, The travelling Tinker who mended Souls, Hertfordshire Nobodies, Cromer Post Mill ... & more

£2.00

[000016] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine July 1968. magazine. Samuel Pepys in Hertfordshire, The Norman Church of Lilley, The disfranchisement of St. Albans, Haymaking in old Hertfordshire, Verside, Bishops Stortford College...& others

£2.00

[000017] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine August 1968. magazine. Samuel Pepys in Hertfordshire(2), The Grand Union Canal, Salisbury Hall, Elizabeth POSTON, Hertfordshire's part in the epic of the RAF...& more

£2.00

[000018] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine October 1968. magazine. Life in Hitchin Priory 200 years ago(2), East Hertfordshire in post-chaise days, Hamper mill, Steeplechasing days at St. Albans, Gravelly Church and its graffiti, George PARKER, Roman Catholic College at Ware, The cahrm of the Wymondleys, Berkhampstead, Chipperfield and the "twelve apostles", The halls of Royston.....& more

£2.00

[000019] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazin November 1968. Private Press. Barham House, Hoddesdon over a hundred years ago, The crime of John Thurtell, The musical Camdens, Little Elizabeth GRANT at Thurley, "Witch" Jane WENHAM, The Wymondleys and the Coronation Cup, The Strange Affair of Sarah STAUT, Arthur YOUNG farmer and agricultural writer....& more (cover damaged)

£2.00

[000020] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine December 1968. magazine. Earliest Aldbury, Ghost stories of north Hertfordshire, Shetlands at Woolmer Green, Echoes from the past at Ashwell, Charles Dickens I Hertfordshire, The ruins at Sopwell, Three famous writers of North Mymms, Rockets on Hertfor, Christmas at Rushing End, North Mymms, Newgate Street Village....& more

£2.00

[000021] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine February 1969. magazine. The crime of a Berkhampstead Chemist, An American's salute to St. Albans, Sacramental Certificates, Two Grand Old Men ofHertforshire, St Albans Bach Choir, Hertfordshire and the Civil War, The Hertfordshire Colne, The SABINE family of Hetfordshire....& more

£2.00

[000022] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine March 1969. magazine. The CARRINGTON Diary (1), Spring 1748, Hitchin's lavender industry, Alan BUSH-composer, Rayments of Pelham, Dr. Nathaniel COTTON- poet and physician, Sarratt Church, Charlton

£2.00

[000023] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine June 1969. magazine. The CARRINGTON diary(4), Douglas TATE-harmonica maestro, Nuthampstead, The Bulbourne and Gade Rivers, Elm Farm - Arkley,.....& more

£2.00

[000024] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine January 1970. magazine. The queen who was married at fourteen, A Hoddeesdon school and its illustrious founder, Hertfordshire windmills, By Steam to Watford with Colonel MACERONI, Hetfodshire's "First Lady", Essenden ..... & more

£2.00

[000025] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine February 1970. magazine. William ELLIS incognito, Elizabeth HARWOOD, Redbourn past and present, Mother of thirtynine children, Best furnished with watermills, With the SEEBOHM family in Victorian Hitchin, Bengeo's Norman Church, KERSHAW's Hitchin coach, Boyhood memories of Aldbury, Rebel MP hated the coming of the Railways, .....& more

£2.00

[000026] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine March 1970. magazine. Buntingford Fire Brigade, The Pendley Plays, Symondshyde in the parish of Hatfield, Bricket Wood, A German spy in Hatfield Park, Graveley clergymen, ...... & more

£2.00

[000027] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine April 1970. magazine. Muniments sleepy cartes and Kit NASH, Attractive Tring, Horros of the Stocks and pillory at St. Albans, He left land to St. Albans School, John BALL - the Lollard martyr of ST. Albans, Sherlock Holmes on Hertfordshire, Thomas HEARNE - artist...... & more

£2.00

[000028] . Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine May 1970. magazine. Hugh MYDDLETON and the New River, The "Beau Brummells" of the Traction Engine fraternity, Highwaymen and Hertfordshire, Who lies buried in the vault at Benington Church...... & more

£2.00

[000032] Graham Tingay. From Caesar to the Saxons. Longman, 1969. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. The story of Roman Britain - 192 pp - has name hand-written inside cover

£0.00

[000033] Cecil A. Meadows. The Victorian Ironmonger. Shire Publications Ltd., Soft Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Shire Album no. 32 - 32pp with many illustration & photos

£2.00

[000034] Major J. T. Gorman. George VI - King and Emperor. Furnell and sons limited, 1937. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth May 12th 1937 - Herbert W Butler, Mayor R.H.R. Tee, Town Clerk" - 56pp with many photos - has crest of Hackney Borough on front of cover

£0.00

[000035] John Prebble. The Lion in the North. Penguin Books, 1973. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. One thousand years of Scotland's history - 344pp - many illustrations - approx. 18cm by 25cm

£0.00

[000038] W. E. Aytoun. Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other Poems. Bliss, Sands and Co., 1896. Half-Leather. Good / No Jacket. "This volume is a verbatim print of the first edition (1849)" - has "Prize for Attendance" certificate inside cover dated 1896.

£0.00

[000039] James Lees-Milne. The National Trust - A record of Fifty Year's Acievement. B.T.Batsford Ltd., Hard Cover. Fine / No Jacket. second edition spring 1946 - 132pp

£0.00

[000041] H. V. Morton. In Search Of Wales. 1943. Hard Cover. Fine / No Jacket. 273pp - maps pronted inside covers - name handwritten inside front cover - thirteenth edition 1943

£0.00

[000043] . The Prince of Wales' Book - A Pictorial record of the voyages of H.M.S. "Renown" 1919-1920. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., approx 1920 - Published for St. Dunstan's - "St.Jame's Palace, S.W - I hope that all who can will buy this book of photographs and will thus help me to secure the largest possible assistance for our sailors and soldiers who were blinded in the War. (signed) Edward P"

£0.00

[000044] John Prebble. The Lion in the North. Penguin, 1981. Soft Cover. Good / No Jacket. One thousand years of Scotland's history - 363 pp - approx. 12.5cm by 20cm.

£0.00

[000047] John A. Baxter. The Church History of England - Vol. II. 1846. Hard Cover. Fine / No Jacket. 475pp - library sticker inside front cover

£0.00

[000056] Lew Rosen. Napolean's Opera Glass - An Histrionic Study. Elkin Mathews, 1897. Gold print & pattern on mauve hard cover - faded with some damage to spine - original owner's name inside cover - 1st edition?

£0.00

[000059] James Bryce. The Holy Roman Empire. Macmillan and Company, 1884. seventh edition - some damage to the spine - has name of original owner inside and some notes written in the margins - 479pp

£0.00

[000060] Audrey Cammiade. Franklin an the war of American Independence. Metuen's Outlines, 1967. Hard Cover. Good first edition - ex library - 87pp - illustrated cover

£0.00

[000061] Gwyn Jenkins. Wales. B. T. Batsford, 1975. Hard Cover. Good / Good. Past into Present Series - ex school library - blank page inside front cover torn - 1st edition - 96pp

£0.00

[000064] Sean O'Faolain. The Irish. Penguin/Pelican Books, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Good A Pelican Original

£0.00

[000083] Alfred Price. Battle of Britain. Daily Express Arms and Armour Press, Soft Cover. Fine 96pp - not dated

£0.00

[000084] Wendy Forester. Great-Grandmama's Weekly - A Celebration of The Girl's Own Paper 1880-1901. Lutterworth Press, 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good 1st edition - 176pp - some very slight staining on edge of last few pages, otherwise excellent condition

£0.00

[000085] Ben Pimlott. Harold Wilson. Harper Collins, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. 1st edition - 811pp

£0.00

[000086] Sir George Bellew - Garter King of Arms. The Story of Salisbury Hall. The Fellowship Printing Service, 1960. Soft Cover. Very Good First Edition - limited number Aug 1960 - Salisbury Hall is an old moated manor house which lies a little way back from the main London St. Albans road,about four miles from the southern outskirts of St. Albans. 14pp - cover illustrated with arms - especially refers to families of Montagu, Mandeville, De Somery, Nevill, Aubrey, Francis, Buxhill, Cutte, Scrope, Snow, Snell, Gyll, Churchill

£0.00

[000087] Rev. H. R. Darby. The Pictorial History of Waltham Abbey. Pitkin 'Pride of Britain' Books, Soft Cover. Fine 24pp - illustrated cover

£0.00

[000088] . The History and Treasures of Hatfield House. Pitkin 'Pride of Britain' Books, Soft Cover. Very Good Home of the Cecil family for 350 years - illustrated cover - 25pp

£0.00

[000089] H. A. L. Fisher. A History of Europe - The Complete Edition - Volume 2 From the Beginning of the 18th Century to 1937. Eyre & Spottiswoode, Hard Cover. Very Good / Poor. Third impression 1949 - 1333pp - jacket present but torn with part missing - book condition very good

£0.00

[000090] Grant and Temperley. Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (1789-1939). Longmans, Green and Co., Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. with maps - "For the use of H.M. Forces Not for Resale" - New Impression 1944 - code number 82361 - ex RAF library copy - has library stamp and some other entries inside front cover - spine has slight tear

£0.00

[000091] Bill and Meredith Dickinson. Enfield Golf Club - A Centenary History 1893 - 1993. 1993. Hard Cover. As New / No Jacket. 100pp - gold lettering and badge on green cover

£0.00

[000092] Colonel Codevelle. Armistice 1918 - The signing of the Armistice in the Forest Glade of Compiegne. the friends of the armistice of compiegne, Soft Cover. Very Good illustrated cover - two small stains on front cover - in English

£0.00

[000093] A. E. Williams. Barnado of Stepney - the father of nobody's children. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 1st edition 1943 - 236pp - the first 'blank' sheet inside cover has been torn out, otherwise in very good condition

£0.00

[000094] Dorothy Hartley. Made in England. National Trust Classics, 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good illustrated cover - 154pp

£0.00

[000095] Mark Lehner. The Egyptian Heritage - based on the Edgar Cayce Readings. A. R. E. Press, 1986. Soft Cover. Very Good 136pp - illustrated cover

£0.00

[000096] Gordon E. Barritt. The Edgeworth Story. The National Children's Home, Soft Cover. Very Good This is the story of the fashioning of what is now the oldest branch of the National Children's Home from the dismal 'Wheatsheaf' Inn and a few sour acres on the North Lancashire moors. - illustrated cover - 72pp

£0.00

[000097] Priscilla Napier. Ballad of King Henry VIII and Sir Thomas Wyatt. 1994. Soft Cover. Fine 210pp - 1st edition 1994 - includes a loose letter signed by the author

£0.00

[000098] Kenneth Young. Stanley Baldwin. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1976. Hard Cover. As New / Very Good. 1st edition - 161pp - very small nick in top of jacket spine

£0.00

[000099] Alexander Campbell. Empire in Africa. Victor Gallancz Ltd, 1944. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 1st edition 1944 - Left Book Club Edition "Not for sale to the public" - some pencil writing inside front cover - pages somewhat faded with age - 160pp

£0.00

[000100] SPAN. Stratford Upon Avon - The White Swan - incorporating: The Alveston Manor, The Shakespeare, The Swan's Nest. SPAN, Soft Cover. Fine 54pp - history of four of the town's finest inns - approx. 1981

£0.00

[000101] Hugh Martin. Battle - The Life Story of Winston Churchill. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1940. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. First Published 1940 - second impression before publication - 152pp - inscription inside front cover - some aging

£0.00

[000102] Sir Roy Welensky. Welensky's 4000 Days - The Life and Death of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Collins, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. 383pp - handwritten inscription inside front pages - small damage to spine and mark on front of cover

£0.00

[000103] Hugh Massingberd. The Daily Telegraph Second Book of Obituaries - Heroes and Adventurers. Macmillan, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Fine. 351pp - indexed - has handwritten inscription inside - approx. 100 very interesting obituaries

£0.00

[000104] Karl Kautsky. Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx. N. C. L. C. Publishing Society Limited, 1936. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. translated by H.J. Stenning - 252pp indexed - printed red cover on card - front cover is separating from the card

£0.00

[000108] Lowell Thomas . With Lawrence in Arabia. Hutchinson, 1933. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. name written inside cover - 28th impression - manyillustrations - 1933? -blue cover slightly faded

£0.00

[000112] S. Reed Brett. From George III to George VI. Edward Arnold, 1968. Hard Cover. Very Good a brief history of britain from 1760 to 1952 - 400pp indexed - pencilled writing inside cover

£0.00

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