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List of Gifts and Deposits in the Scottish Record Office | |||
| Volume Two | History | |||
| HMSO 1976 120 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0114914311 | ||||
| Published Price £5.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| These volumes cover some of the early collections gifted or deposited to the National Archives of Scotland. Each archive is briefly described and references are given to the detailed inventories available in the NAS search rooms. | ||||
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List of Gifts and Deposits | |||
| Volume One | History | |||
| HMSO 1971 126 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0114906904 | ||||
| Published Price £5.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| These volumes cover some of the early collections gifted or deposited to the National Archives of Scotland. Each archive is briefly described and references are given to the detailed inventories available in the NAS search rooms. | ||||
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Index to Particular Register of Sasines | |||
| Inverness, Ross, Cromarty and Sutherland: Volume II, 1661-1721 | History | |||
| HMSO 1967 148 pages | ||||
| Hardback | ||||
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Descriptive List of Plans in the Scottish Record Office | |||
| Volume Three | History | |||
| Ian H Adams | ||||
| HMSO 1974 156 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0114911509 | ||||
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Descriptive List of Plans in the Scottish Record Office | |||
| Volume Two | History | |||
| Ian H Adams | ||||
| HMSO 1970 154 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0114903220 | ||||
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Accounts of the Masters of Works: for Building and Repairing Royal Palaces | |||
| Volume II: 1616-1649 | History | |||
| John Imrie | ||||
| HMSO 1982 608 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0114916209 | ||||
| Published Price £26.00 | Our Price £8.99 | |||
| The books of accounts transcribed here tell the story of Scotland's royal castles and palaces from the preparations for James VI's visit in 1617 to the eve of the Cromwellian occupation. With introductions to both historical and architectural backgrounds. | ||||
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Iron Tears | |||
| Rebellion in America, 1775-1783 | History | |||
| Stanley Weintraub | ||||
| Simons 2005 382 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0743219929 | ||||
| Published Price £18.99 | Sale Price £7.99 | |||
| It was Edmund Burke who spoke of 'iron tears' being shed as America slipped from Britain's imperial grasp. In this incisive account of the American War of Independence, the American historian Stanley Weintraub examines the conflict as it was perceived on this side of the Atlantic, while also narrating the battles that were raging in America. He describes the controversy in British government, the reaction of commercial interests to the conflict, and the difficulties that faced admirals and generals fighting a war across an ocean. | ||||
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Nelson: Britannia's God of War < | |||
| Britannia's God of War | History | |||
| Andrew Lambert | ||||
| Faber 2005 452 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0571212271 | ||||
| Published Price £8.99 | Our Price £3.99 | |||
| What was the secret of Nelson's success and what does his legacy mean to Britain today? In this comprehensive biography naval historian Andrew Lambert demonstrates how Nelson's ability to simplify complex problems, his intuitive grasp of weather and sea conditions, his leadership skills, genuine empathy with his men, and flair for personal publicity inspired devotion in his subordinates and idolization by the public. | ||||
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Politics, Religion and Society in England, 1679-1742 | |||
| History | ||||
| Geoffrey Holmes | ||||
| Hambledon 1986 369 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0907628753 | ||||
| Published Price £40.00 | Our Price £9.99 | |||
| For this volume, Holmes has selected 12 essays, written between 1962 and 1982, that reflect his continuing interest in the political life of England during the whole of 'the first age of Party', from the Exclusion Crisis of 1679-81 to the end of Walpole's administration. Part I deals mainly with politicians, notably Harley and Walpole. Part II illustrates Holmes's parallel concern with both the religious climate and the social order of the country during the period and their importance in conditioning political activity. Off-mint. | ||||
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A History of Modern Germany since 1815 | |||
| History | ||||
| Frank B Tipton | ||||
| Continuum 2003 730 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0826449093 | ||||
| Published Price £85.00 | Sale Price £52.00 | |||
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Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | |||
| Volume 2: L-Z | History | |||
| Antonia Brodie; Alison Felstead | ||||
| Continuum 2001 1096 pages | ||||
| Hardback 082645514X 275x215mm | ||||
| Published Price £250.00 | Our Price £192.00 | |||
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Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | |||
| Volume 1: A-K | History | |||
| Antonia Brodie; Alison Felstead | ||||
| Continuum 2001 1090 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0826455131 275x215mm | ||||
| Published Price £250.00 | Our Price £193.00 | |||
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Images of Chartism | |||
| History | ||||
| Stephen Roberts | ||||
| Merlin 1998 110 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0850364752 | ||||
| Published Price £12.95 | Our Price £4.99 | |||
| Historians of the Chartist movement of the 1830s and 1840s have been able to draw on a mass of published journals, pamphlets and broadsides, parliamentary debates and memoirs. This book supplements that documentation with a collection of 80 graphic images, including wood and metal engravings from the Illustrated London News, popular engravings of Chartist leaders, line drawings from The Charter and the one surviving photograph of a Chartist rally - Kennington Common, April 1948. | ||||
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George Sandys | |||
| Travel, Colonialism and Tolerance in the Seventeenth Century | History | |||
| James Ellison | ||||
| D S Brewer 2002 286 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0859917509 | ||||
| Published Price £55.00 | Sale Price £28.00 | |||
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Manuscripts of the Marquess of Downshire: Volume V | |||
| Papers of William Trumbull the Elder. September 1614 - August 1616 | History | |||
| G Dyfnallt Owen (Edited by) | ||||
| HMSO 1988 664 pages | ||||
| Hardback 0114402175 | ||||
| Published Price £38.00 | Sale Price £14.99 | |||
| As the agent of James I in the Spanish Netherlands from 1609 to 1625, Trumbull's primary concern was to represent English interests and watch political and strategic developments. His correspondents in the letters calendared here range from crowned heads to paid informers. Index. | ||||
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