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Isle of Man Railway An Illustrated Guide
by Hendry R Preston and Hendry R Powell
Douglas, Great Britain: Isle of Man Railways, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. Small 8vo. 1st edition. Small 8vo. 33 pages. Contains a good map and numerous excellent black and white photographic plates. Good supporting text. In original attractive pictorial card covers which are very slightly rubbed otherwise Very Good+. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.
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£2.75
The Story of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited 1872-1922
by foreword byJ M McBurnie
Privately Printed by Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red covers with bevelled edges and gilt lettering and decoaration on front and spine is faded on the front, spine-ends are lightly bumped. Sound binding. Foxing to otherwise clean end-papers. Clean pages. Many monotone images in green or brown. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon...
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£68.00
Guide to the Isle of Man with map of the Island plans of Douglas and Ramsey and numerous illustrations. Special Appendix for Anglers. (Tenth Edition)
by not given
Ward Lock, London, circa 1950. Tenth Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. Red stiff board covers with rounded corners; towns, mountains, glens, waterfalls, legends, romantic associations, and history : how to reach the island, routes, distances, railways, steamboats, fares, hotel and other accommodation. Contemporary adverts. to end-papers, 8 pages at front & 12 at the rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 144 + 12 pages. Binding is...
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£10.00
Coastline: Britain's Threatened Heritage
by Baillie, Kate
London: Kingfisher Books. 1987. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. . Illustrated with colour photographs by Dennis Gilbert as well as colour drawings and maps. 200 pages. From Cape Wrath to the cliffs of Dover, John o'Groats to Land's End, the British coastline is here divided into 14 regional sections each introduced by such eminent writers as Douglas Adams, Margaret Drabble, Beryl Bainbridge, Hammond...
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£13.11
A Dictionary of the Manks Language, with the Corresponding Words or Explanations in English; Interspersed with Many Gaelic Proverbs: the Parts of Speech. the Genders, & the Accents of the Manks Words are Carefully Marked; with some Etymological Observations never before published
by Archibald Cregeen
Scolar Press Ltd, Menston, 1969. Reprint (Facsimile Edition). Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. The 1969 facsimile reprint of the 1835 first edition originally printed & published for the author by J. Quiggan of North Quay, Douglas, Isle of Man; The following Vocabulary of the Manks language has been compiled with considerable labour and assiduity. It is designed to facilitate the attainment of that ancient language, and to furnish the reader not only with a Variety of vocables,...
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£30.00
A History of the Scout Movement in the Isle of Man
by B. C. A. (compiler) Hartley
Times Press Ltd./Longbooks, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. This brief history is based primarily on a summary of the Scout Movement in the Isle of Man by the late Mr. W. A. Fyffe M.B.E., (which appeared in the Cunningham House Handbook, 1955-56) but also on unique records of the 1st Douglas Group, which contain much information in the form of press cuttings, weekly reports and orders of the Group and often of other Groups, of the earliest days before the...
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£15.00
Sixty Years of Banking: The History of the Isle of Man Banking Co., Limited 1865-1925
by Picher G. (Compiler) Ralfe
Printed by Louis G Meyer Ltd, 1925, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition. decorated brown end-papers; cloth spine; titles in red & black to paper label front cover; printed on quality handmade paper. The Isle of Man Banking Company opened for business for the first time in Douglas in November 1865. Prior to their arrival the Isle of Man had just two banks: Dumbell, Son & Howard (est. 1848) and Bank of Mona (est.1849). Both of these...
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£30.00
Honda, the TT Winning Years
by Peter Kneale and Bill Snelling, foreword by Joey Dunlop
Amulree Publications, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 1901508021. ISBN/EAN: 9781901508024. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 76520021256. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. 9781901508024
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£7.00
Memorials of "God's Acre," being Monumental Inscriptions in the Isle of Man, Taken in the Summer of 1797
by John & Edward Wright (edited & with introduction by William Harrison) Feltham
The Manx Society, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. publication number XIV of The Manx Society for Publication of National Documents & one of only 300 copies printed; pre-title page of Manx Society giving date established (1858), logo, volume number, & date of publication, followed by list of officers of the society. tissue-guarded b/w. frontis. illustration showing kirks & five further similar plates throughout the...
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£50.00
We Call it Ellan Vannin
by Mona Douglas
Times Press Ltd./Longbooks, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition. This Island, known officially to the English as the Isle of Man, has had many differing designations in the course of its long history and the one in official and general use today is surely the most ridiculous of the lot, taken at its apparent meaning in the English language - especially as women predominate over men in its population. There has recently been some controversy over it, and a claim that...
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£10.00
Monumenta de Insula Manniae, or a Collection of National Documents Relating to the Isle of Man. (set of Three Volumes)
by J. R. Oliver
The Manx Society, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1860-62. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. publication numbers IV, VII & IX of The Manx Society for Publication of National Documents; Number of copies printed: Vol.1 (315); Vol. 2 (311); Vol. 3 (300); pre-title page of Manx Society giving date established (1858), logo, volume number, & date of publication, followed by list of officers of the society to front of each volume. This collection of documents...
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£350.00
Map of England & Wales (Section 1) covering Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmorland, Scottish Border, etc. with inset of Isle of Man - Sheet 12 Disbound from the 1890 'The Library Reference Atlas of the World'
by John Bartholomew
Macmillan and Co, London, 1890. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Single disbound coloured map sheet from John Bartholomew's Library Reference Atlas. Section 1 only of 6 covering England and Wales. Approx size 35 x 46 cm, vertical centre fold. Slight smudges and foxing to margin, corners lightly worn. Map is crisp, clear and bright. Sheet covers northern parts of England including: Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Riding of Yorkshire, Scottish...
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£32.00
Map of "England and Wales - Northern Section" from the 1920 Times Atlas (Plate 20) covering Yorkshire, Cumbria, Anglesey, Durham, Cheshire, Lancashire, Denbigh and parts of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
by The Times and J. G. Bartholomew
The Times, London, 1920. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Disbound single sheet with vertical centre fold from the 1920 "The Times Survey Atlas of the World". Map is in colour and is suitable for framing. Colour on both land and sea according to contour. Map at scale 1:633,600. Map covers Yorkshire, East, West and North Ridings, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Durham, Newcastle, Blyth, Cumberland, Carlisle, Westmorland, Isle of Man, Douglas, Anglesey, Carnarvon,...
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£22.00
SO STRONG AND SO FAIR. The story of the side-loading car ferries of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and their people.(ISBN:0951315595)
by Danielson. Richard:
Maritime Publications:Isle of Man. 1996. S/B. 1st.Ed. 128pp. Many col. & b/w illus. V.G+ clean book.
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£1.99
How the T. T. Started
by Robert Kelly
Island Development Co. Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man, undated. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Near Fine Condition. Booklet no date but circa 1970's; Times (The Isle of Man Times) Monographs Series 1 No. 1. The staccato cough of racing engines that was the birth-cry six decades ago of the international-famous T.T. was also the roaring acceptance of a challenge... A challenge to men. And a challenge to machines. It was a challenge to make two wheels go faster; a challenge to human skill and...
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£10.00
The Geology of the Isle of Man Geologists' Association Guide No.46
by Ford Trevor D, Burnett David and Quirk David
London, Great Britain: The Geologists' Association, 2001. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is a 2nd edition of a 1993 original. 8vo. 91 pages. Packed with diagrams, cross-sections, maps and black and white photographic plates. Previous owner's name at top corner of title page. In original attractive pictorial card covers. Near Fine. REDUCED POSTAGE ON THIS ITEM.
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£25.00
Bibliotheca Monensis: A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man: New Edition - Revised, Corrected & Enlarged
by William Harrison
The Manx Society, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1876. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. publication number XXIV of The Manx Society for Publication of National Documents & one of only 156 copies printed; pre-title page of Manx Society giving date established (1858), logo, volume number, & date of publication, followed by list of officers of the society. The first edition of this work was issued in 1861 at which time the Compiler had not the opportunity of...
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£75.00
Thomas Kelly and Famaly's Journal: Being the Diary of One Thomas Keely, a Manxman from Jurby, One of the Early Pioneers from the Isle of Man, who made the Adventurous Journey to the New World and Settled with his Family in the United States in 1827
by Thomas (edited by Margery West) Kelly
Times Press and Anthony Gibbs & Phillips, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1965. Republished Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. Originally published as instalments in the 'Isle of Man Examiner' newspaper & then in October, 1935 issued by them in booklet form, this is the first hardback edition with notes by Mona Douglas. Pictorial dust-jacket design showing Ramsey Harbour from a nineteenth century painting by W. Marsden. Pictorial end-papers in b/w. showing Peel Castle from a...
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£15.00
Isle of Man Railway Album
by Hendry R Preston and Hendry R Powell
Newton Abbot, Great Britain: David & Charles, 1976. 1st Edition . Buckram. Near Fine/Very Good++. Tall 8vo. 1st edition. Tall 8vo. 112 pages. Very well illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Good supporting text. In original green buckram gilt hard cover binding. Near Fine in Very Good++ attractive pictorial dust wrapper.
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£5.00
Sixty Years of Banking: The History of the Isle of Man Banking Co., Limited 1865-1925
by Picher G. (Compiler) Ralfe
Printed by Louis G Meyer Ltd, 1925, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition. decorated brown end-papers; cloth spine; titles in red & black to paper label front cover; printed on quality handmade paper. The Isle of Man Banking Company opened for business for the first time in Douglas in November 1865. Prior to their arrival the Isle of Man had just two banks: Dumbell, Son & Howard (est. 1848) and Bank of Mona (est.1849). Both of these...
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£50.00
A Dictionary of Manx Place-Names
by Broderick George
Nottingham, Great Britain: English Place-Names Society, 2006. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Tall 8vo. 1st edition. Tall 8vo. 234 pages. A very useful reference book. Previous owner's attractive bookplate on inside front cover. In original attractive pictorial card covers. Near Fine. MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.
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£21.00
The Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to the Isle of Man July 4th-7th 1963
by Various / Unstated
Island Development Co. Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1963. First Edition. Softcover (Felt covered). Near Fine Condition. Booklet A souvenir programme commemorating the second visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to the Isle of Man, the first half detailing her itinerary during the visit & the second half giving further details of the events & places in the tour. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 47 pages. Item Type: Booklet. Binding is...
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£20.00
The Tourist Trophy, In Old Photographs
by Bill Snelling
Sutton Publishing Limited, Budding Books, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2000. Reprint. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 1840150599. ISBN/EAN: 9781840150599. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 76520021202. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. 9781840150599
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£5.50
Statutes of the Isle of Man (Volume IX) from A, D. 1910 to A. D. 1915
by George Sayle Johnson
printed by S. K Broadbent & Co. Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man, 1922. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. This Volume, being Volume IX of the Revised Edition of the Statutes of the Isle of Man, is edited by George Sayle Johnson, Esquire, Advocate, under appointment issued by the Lieutenant-Governor. Care has been taken in comparing the text with the original Acts in the Rolls Office. Volume VIII continued the Statutes to the end of A. D.. 1909; this Volume...
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£40.00
Norton Story
by Bob Holliday
Patrick Stephens Limited, Wellingborougth, 1986. Third Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Covers are clean, spine and corners lightly worn. Previous owners name on front end-paper. Pages are clean, crisp and bright. Contains many black and white illustrations. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0850597919. ISBN/EAN: 9780850597912. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:...
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£6.00