Collection: History
Our selection of often rare and hard-to-find history books offers a deeper understanding of the world around us, shedding light on how past events shape present-day politics, society and culture.
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The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough ed Mary Woodall Percy Lund Humphries, 1963
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Silver Fodder Firouz Ardalan | Seva Mandir, 2012
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The Development of Writing by Hans Ed. Meyer | Alphabet Press – 10th printing, 1984
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Clays of Bungay by James Moran | Richard Clay & Co 1978
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Caxton in the Context of European Printing 1476–1976 | John Rylands Library 1976
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The Seaplanes by Henry R. Palmer Jr. Morgan Aviation Books, 1965 2nd printing
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A Dictionary or English & French Military Terms | A. Barrère Part II, Hachette 1917
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Empyrean by Christopher Valkenburg | Lighthouse Press, 2023
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The RAF Centenary Anthology 1918-2018 – Harrier edition | Extraordinary Editions | Limited edition: numbered 7
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Établissement d’une feuille de la carte de France | Géographique de l’armée 1936
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The Triumphant Bore. A celebration of Marc Brunel’s Thames Tunnel | James Howden
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The First Casualty. The German Underground Hospital Jersey by Jack Higgins, 1988
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Richmond Bridge Centenary exhibition Orleans House 1976/77
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Friends Apart. A memoir of the thirties by Philip Toynbee. Macgibbon & Kee, 1954
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A Brief Record of the Advance of the British Expeditionary Force HMSO, 1919
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David Gentleman's Britain | George Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1982 Hardback
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Black Country by Phil Drabble | The Regional Books series, 1952, including additional ephemera
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Holderness in Old Picture Postcards | Ben and Mave Chapman | European Library, 1995
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Khartoum Perspectives, edited by Donald Hawley | Michael Russell Publishing, 2001
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Scotland’s Heritage. The story... and properties of the National Trust Art Council
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Scrips and Scraps by W.R. Lethaby. Gathered and introduced by Alfred H. Powell | Earle and Ludlow, 1956. Inscription from author to Beatrice Cleminson
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Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh (2 volume set) by Daniel Wilson | David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1878
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Charlemagne by Rev. Edward L. Cutts | The Home Library, 1882
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Black Holes and Baby Universes Stephen Hawking | Bantham Press 1993, 2nd printing
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Paris Guide offert par l’Hôtel du Palais, 1913 vintage travel guide
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The Schoolmaster and the Wheelwrights | Christopher Frayling | RCA Papers No 13, 1983
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Agricultural Writers from Sir Walter of Henley to Arthur Young, 1200-1800 | Donald McDonald, 1908
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The Cotton Mills of Oldham by Duncan Gurr and Julian Hunt | Oldham Leisure Services, 1985
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Paris La Ville et Ses Projets (A City in the Making) | Cohen & Fourtier, 1992
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The Northern and Western Isles in the Viking World. Exhibition catalogue 17 | National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1981
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Sunlight Almanac For the Home 1899. Lever Brothers, Port Sunlight
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Stockholms Byggnader – Henrik O Andersson och Fredric Bedoire | Prisma, 1977
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The English Rural Poor 1850-1914, edited by Mark Freeman | Pickering & Chatto, 2005 | Volumes 1-5
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European Culture in the Great War | Aviel Roshwal and Richard Stites, 2002
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EXPO – International Expositions 1851–2010 | Anna Jackson | V&A, 2008
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The English Landscape Garden by H.F. Clark | Pleiades Books, 1948
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