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English drinking glasses 1675-1825
This book explores the variety of drinking glasses, from the heavy balusters pre-dating 1700 to the faceted stems of around 1800
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European Orders and Decorations to 1945
A brief introduction to a fascinating subject, this is an ideal reference book for anyone interested in collecting these rare and valuable objects; Peter Duckers.
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Flax and Linen
This book gives an account of the processes and tools involved in the production of linen from flax
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Gentlemen's Dress Accessories
Mid-nineteenth Century.
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Hillforts of England and Wales
James Dyer
Paperback, 64 pp (1981, 1992)
The purpose the hillforts served is examined in this book. It also describes how the defences were constructed, the design of the entrances, and the b...
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Hops and Hop Picking
This book examines the history of the hop and its role in the brewing process from the earliest times to the present day; Richard Filmer.
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Ironworking
This book describes how iron and steel have been made from earliest times to the 20th century.
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Keys
Eric Monk
Paperback.72 pp. Richly illustrated in b/w. Shire publications. 2010.
The oldest keys known to exist date from around 4,000 BC in Ancient Egypt. These were simple wooden cylinders t...
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Medieval Fields
David Hall
Paperback, 56 pp. Shire. (1982, 2010)
Medieval fields have been studied by historians, historical geographers and archaeologists for well over a century, and yet very few acc...
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Medieval Masons
Malcolm Hislop
Paperback, 64 pp (2000, 2010)
This book explains in detail the practice of masoncraft in the Middle Ages, using evidence from a number of sources. Monastic chronicles, building...
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Medieval Roads and Tracks
Paul Hindle
Paperback, 64 pp (1982, 2011)
The medieval economy was centred on a phenomenal growth in trade of all kinds of goods, yet few have studied the actual network of roads that was so ...
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Medieval Wall Paintings
Rouse, E.C.
Paperback. 80 pp. Very richly illustrated. Shire Library 557. Shire 2004
Examines the story told by the artwork which decorated the interior of Medieval churches
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Nailmaking
Hugh Bodey
Paperback, 32 pp. Shire. (1983, 2008)
Today, nails are such an ordinary and widespread object that it may come as a surprise to learn that the range of shapes and sizes avail...
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Needlemaking
This book traces the history of needles and the craftsmen who made them from early times through the ages to 1851, when machines took over the job.
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Old Cooking Utensils
looks at the kitchen that centered on the open hearth or range and surveys the equipment used for storing and preserving, preparing, boiling, roasting and baking food; David J. Eveleigh
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Old Garden Tools
Old Garden Tools
Sanecki, K.
Paperback, 32 pp Richly illustrated in b/w. Shire (1979, 1987)
Some of the oldest implements in the world are those that have been used by land cu...
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Peat and Peat cutting
About the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. And about the methods of cutting, the tools that were used, and the organization of cutting.
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Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual
Aubrey Burl
Stiff wrappers, full colour, 72 pp. Shire publications.
This book explains how people in the British Isles, four thousand or more years ago, identified life and death with the c...
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Prehistoric Henges
Aubrey Burl
Paperback, 64 pp Shire (1991, 2008)
Stonehenge is just one of almost a hundred vast circular earthworks built in the British Isles over four thousand years ago. Known as henges, t...
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Prehistoric Stone Circles
Burl, A.
Paperback. 64 pp. Richly illustrated. Shire Archaeology 9. Shire 2005.
This book explains the history and the facts known about them, and shows how we are gradually coming to an unde...
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Roman villas
David E. Johnston
Stiff wrappers, full colour, 72 pp. Shire publications. 2010.
This volume describes the villa estate and how it was managed, its fields, equipment and outbuildings and...
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Rope, twine and net making
Anthony Sanctuary
Stiff wrappers, bl/wht, 32 pp. Shire publications.
Since ancient times rope, twine and nets have been used for the essential elements of survival – hunting, roof...
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Shoemaking
From Roman Times to the present day.
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Slipware
David Barker
Stiff wrappers, bl/wht. 32 pp. Shire publications.
Slipware has been one of the most popular types of pottery in Britain since its introduction over four centuries ago. By the se...
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