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The Sea Heritage. A Study of Maritime Warfare.

DREYER, ADMIRAL SIR FREDERIC C. · 1955 · Chilton Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

London: Museum Press Limited, 1955. 1st edition. "The first thirty-two chapters of this book covers the author's experiences from 1891 onwards, including both World Wars. Then follows Addendum Chapter I, in which the author, starting with a bref look back until the end o the F...

"I was an Eighth Army Soldier". (As Narrated to Major John Dalgleish).

CRAWFORD, DRIVER ROBERT JOHN. · 1944 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1944. 2nd impression before publication. Collaboration beween Staff Officer Major John Dalgleish, a former Daily Express reporter and BBC Commentator, and Robert John Crawford, who met when the latter was driving him in England in 1943. Crawford's ...

Providence in Early Modern England.

WALSHAM, ALEXANDRA. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. 0198208871. An extensive study of the sixteenth and seventeenth century belief that God actively intervened in human affairs to punish, reward, warn, try and chastise. "Explores a range of dramatic events and puzzling phenomena in which c...

Lord Leycester's Hospital Warwick.

ANON. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,637)

Warwick: nd. (c.1967). Slim guide booklet. Pp.8, 5 black & white illustrations. White card covers, brown marks to rear cover. Plus 4 colour postcards (publisher Walter Scott) loosely enclosed. G+.

The Catholic Laity in Elizabethan England 1558-1603.

TRIMBLE, WILLIAM R. · 1964 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964. 1st edition. "Mr Trimble shows that Elizabeth permitted a measured toleration, avoiding interference with freedom of conscience. Although freedom of worship was legally forbidden, compulsory adheren...

Death, Religion and the Family in England 1480-1750.

HOULBROOKE, RALPH. · 1998 · Chilton Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. 0198217617. Oxford Studies in Social History series. "Examines the effects of religious change on the English 'way of death' between 1480 and 1750..(Houlbrooke) discusses relatively neglected aspects of the subject, such as the death-bed, will ma...

The Church of Saint Mary Beddgelert.

JONES, REV. H.A. AND LISTER, G.A. · 1949 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Banbury: Cheney & Sons, 1949. A guide to the Church of St Mary, Beddgelert, built on the site of an old Augustinian Priory, in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales. Pp.16, 4 black & white photos, small owner's name to title page. Grey patterned card. VG.

Ripon Liberty. Law and Order over tthe Last 300 Years.

CHADWICK, ANTHONY.. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Ripon: Ripon Museum Trust, 1986. A short history of law and order in Yorkshire. Contennts innccludes: The Court House; ThheLLiibertyy; The Justices of the Liberty; Borough versus Liberty: 1832; The Old Quarter Sessions; Law in Ripon; Sentencing; The Police; The Clerks; The Pet...

Newport History. Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society. Vol.56, Part 2. Spring 1983. Number 190.

NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Newport, Rhode Island: Newport Historical Society, 1983. Contents includes: A New Look at How Rochambeau Quartered His Army in Newport (1780-1781) by Alan and Mary Simpson; Samuel Seabury, First American Bishop by George Woodbridge; List of New Members of the Society. Paginati...

Isandlwana.

LABAND, JOHN AND MATHEWS, JEFF. · 1992 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Pietermaritzburg: Centaur Publications, 1992. 0947472398. First edition. "On 22 January 1879 a Zulu army outmanoeuvred the invading British, killing almost all the defenders of their camp under the baleful shadow of Isandlwana Mountain..This book is based on extensive archival...

A Century of Village Nonconformity at Bluntisham, Hunts. 1787 to 1887.

DIXON, ROBERT WALKER. · 1887 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

London: Saml. Harris & Co, 1887. 1st edition. With Introductory Sketches of Religious Life in the 17th and 18th Centuries. The village of Bluntisham-cum-Earith, in Huntingdonshire, is situated on the left bank of the river Ouse, on the borders of the Cambridgeshire Fens. Pp.vi...

Don't Die in the Bush. A Guide to Outdoor Emergencies and Survival Techniques in Southern Africa.

LEARY, P.M. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Cape Town: Struik, 1994. 1868254577. Offers advise on planning and preparing for an outing, whether it be a day hike or a safari-type expedition. It also contains essential information about a wide range of medical conditions and appropriate first aid measures. Don't Die in th...

Churches, Chapels and the Parish Communities of Lincolnshire 1660-1900.

AMBLER, R.W. · 2000 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Lincoln: The History of Lincolnshire Committee, 2000. 0902668188. A History of Lincolnshire Volume IX. "The development of Protestant dissent, and Evangelical Revival, with the rise of Methodism, all challenged old structures. The Church of England was transformed through inst...

Guide to the Historical Manuscripts in the National Archives of Rhodesia.

BAXTER, T.W. AND BURKE, E.E. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Salisbury: National Archives of Rhodesia, 1970. 1st edition. "This guide describes the various record groups, numbering over 800, highlights outstanding documents and provides a biographical sketch or introductory note to each person or body that created or owned the papers." ...

Travel and Adventure in South East Africa.

SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTNEY. · 1972 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Salisbury: The Pioneer Head, 1972. Limited edition (No,262 of 2000) facsimile reprint. Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; with an Account of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry ...

Prelude to Independence. Skeen's 115 Days.

SKEEN, BRIGADIER ANDREW. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel, 1966. 1st edition. Pp.219,4 pages of black & white photos + 7 cartoon illustrations by Cummings (from the Daily Express), owner's name to front free endpaper, occasional light spottinng mainly affcting closed page edges. Orange cloth, dustwrapp...

Revolt in Southern Rhodesia 1896-7.

RANGER, T.O. · 1967 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London: Heinemann, 1967. 1st edition. A Study in African Resistance. "In the spring and summer of 1896 the white settlers in Matabeleland and Mashonaland were suddenly and unexpectedly engulfed in violent revolts by the native peoples. The risings were crushed within a year bu...

Heritage of Zimbabwe. Publication No.21.

KIMBERLEY, M.J. (EDITOR). · 2002 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Harare: The History Society of Zimbabwe, 2002. Collection of articles including: 'Great Characters of the Lowveld' George Style of Buffalo Range by Colin Saunders; Vernon Arthur Lewis (1886-1950) Our Ninth Judge (1936-1950) by Michael J Kimberley; The Zambezi Mission: The Firs...

Flickering Shadows. Cinema and Identity in Colonial Zimbabwe.

BURNS, J.M. · 2002 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Athens: Ohio University Center for International Studies, 2002. 0896802248. Research in International Studies Africa Series No.77. "Tells the fascinating story of how motion pictures were introduced and negotiated in a colonial setting. In doing so, it casts light on the histo...

Black Star : The African Presence in Early Europe.

RASHIDI, RUNOKO. · 2011 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: Books of Africa, 2011. 9780956638021. "Tens of thousands of years ago African men and women became the first modern inhabitants of Europe..This work highlights the Africans who contributed to the great civilizations and historical movements in Europe..the Africans who ...