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[4130] VINCENT David: BREAD, KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM - A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography.
London. Methuen/University Paperback. 1982. Large format paperback. 221 pages. Fine in fine papercover with slight fading to spine - shelf exposure. Unread book from new stock. A study of 142 working class autobiographies all of which cover some part of the period between 1790 and 1850. The book illustrates many aspects of ordinary working class family life as well as the working class pursuit of knowledge and literacy and the attempts of the middle class educators to impose their notion of 'useful knowledge'. ISBN: 0-416-34670-7. (Book ref. 4130) £17.50
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[4129] WALKOWITZ Judith R.: PROSTITUTION AND VICTORIAN SOCIETY - Women, class, and the state.
New York. University of Cambridge. 1995 reprint. Large format paperback. 347 pages. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-521-27064-2. (Book ref. 4129) £18.50
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[4128] WINSTANLEY Michael J.: THE SHOPKEEPER'S WORLD 1830-1914.
Manchester. MUP. 1983. Large format paperback. 224 pages plus index. B.w. illustrations. Fine, with slight yellowing to page edges, in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. The first part of this book surveys the history of retailing, looking at the change in the labour force, the growth of journals and associations, 'price ticketing', response to 'unfair competition', the rugged individualism of the private shopkeeper, and in particular the stormy growth of familiar High Street institutions like the Co-op. The book concludes with reminiscences of people who worked in Edwardian shops. ISBN: 0-7190-1798-X. (Book ref. 4128) £15.00
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[4127] OHLER Norbert: THE MEDIEVAL TRAVELLER
Woodbridge. Boydell & Brewer. 1998 reprint. Large format paperback. 245 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. A fascinating survey of the sources that tell us about routes, inns, hazards, means of transport and the motives and preparations of people who were far more adventurous in their peregrinations than is often supposed. ISBN: 0-85115-607-X. (Book ref. 4127) £14.95
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[4126] GOWING Lawrence: VERMEER
London. Giles de la Mare. Large format paperback. 160 pages to end of index, including b.w. and colour illustrations, followed by 80 b.w. plates. Fine in fine papercover. Lacks title page. ISBN: 1-900357-09-7. (Book ref. 4126) £9.95
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[4125] POLLOCK John: KITCHENER - The Road to Omdurman.
London. Constable. 1998. Large format paperback. 281 pages. B.w. illustrations. Maps. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. The author tells of Kitchener's boyhood in Ireland and Switzerland, his work in the Holy Land and Cyprus and his leadership of the Anglo-Egyptian force in the River War which was to reconquer the Sudan. This volume ends in 1902. ISBN: 0-09-479870-2. (Book ref. 4125) £11.95
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[4124] GILBERT Martin: SECOND WORLD WAR
London. Phoenix. 2000. Large format heavy paperback. Abe postal rates will not apply. 846 pages. With 64 pages of illustrations and 102 maps. Fine in fine papercover. Front top corner and first few pages slightly creased - shelfwear. Unread book from new stock. In this, the first total history of a global war, Martin Gilbert weaves together all its aspects - political, diplomatic, military and civilian. From week to week, month to month and year to year, the terrible progress of the juggernaut of death is charted. Martin Gilbert's purpose is to show what happened, not from the point of view of any one of the warring nations but from a global perspectiove. ISBN: 1-84212-262-2. (Book ref. 4124) £14.95
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[4123] WAUGH John C.: THE CLASS OF 1846 - From West Point to Appomattox: Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and their Brothers.
New York. Ballantine. 1999. Large format paperback. 635 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-345-43403-X. (Book ref. 4123) £8.99
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[4122] MURIEL GANE PUSHMAN: WE ALL WORE BLUE.
London. Robson. 1994. Paperback. 175 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. Funny, romantic and moving - a young girl's adventures in the wartime WAAF. ISBN: 0-86051-940-6. (Book ref. 4122) £6.99
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[4121] WRIGHT Patrick: TANK
London. Faber. 2001. Large format paperback. 499 pages. Colour and b.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-571-20745-6. (Book ref. 4121) £7.50
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[4119] BACQUE James: CRIMES AND MERCIES - The Fate of German Civilians Under Allied Occupation, 1944-1950.
London. Warner. 1999 reprint. Paperback. 288 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. More than nine million Germans, soldiers and civilians died as a result of Allied starvation and expulsion policies in the first five years after the Second World War - deaths which are still being concealed and denied, especially by Western governments. ISBN: 0-7515-2277-5. (Book ref. 4119) £9.50
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[4118] LINDQVIST Sven: A HISTORY OF BOMBING
London. Granta. 2002. Paperback. Unpaginated. B.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 1-86207-490-9. (Book ref. 4118) £5.95
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[4117] Edited and introduced by John Terraine.: GENERAL JACK'S DIARY - War on the Western Front 1914-1918. The Trench Diary of Brigadier-General J. L. Jack, D.S.O.
London. Cassell. 2000. Paperback. 320 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-304-35320-5. (Book ref. 4117) £6.50
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[4116] HOWARD Michael: CLAUSEWITZ (Past Masters)
Oxford. OUP. 1983. Paperback. 79 pages. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-19-287607-4. (Book ref. 4116) £5.99
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[4115] EDMONDS Robin: THE BIG THREE - Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin In Peace and War.
Harmondsworth. Penguin. 1992. Paperback. 582 pages plus index. B.w. illustrations. Fine, with edge of textblock beginning to yellow, in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-14-010402-X. (Book ref. 4115) £9.99
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[4114] BOND Brian: WAR AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE 1870-1970.
Stroud. Sutton Publishing. 1998. Paperback. 254 pages. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-7509-1605-2. (Book ref. 4114) £12.00
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[4113] HEY David: THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF LOCAL AND FAMILY HISTORY.
Oxford. OUP. 1997. Paperback. 297 pages. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. Designed to be taken to libraries and record offices, or kept on the desk at home for quick reference, this dictionary with over 1,500 clear and concise entries is the indispensable guide for all those going in search of their roots. ISBN: 0-19-860080-1. (Book ref. 4113) £9.99
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[4112] MOORE Christopher: TRENCH FEVER - An intimate story of The First World War.
London. Abacus. 1999. Paperback. 238 pages. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 0-349-11095-6. (Book ref. 4112) £7.25
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[4111] DAVID Saul: MILITARY BLUNDERS - The how and why of military failure
London. Robinson. 1997. Paperback. 373 pages. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. ISBN: 1-85487-918-9. (Book ref. 4111) £6.95
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[4110] Selected and Edited by Anne Johnson.: THE ILLUSTRATED ESCOFFIER - Recipes from the Classic French Tradition.
London. Guild Publishing. 1987. Large format heavy hardback. Abe postal rates will not apply. 192 pages. Colour illustrations. Fine in a v.g. d.w. (Book ref. 4110) £12.00
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