Search Results: Authors starting with H from Paceman Books

Interesting guide book to the West Highlands of Scotland, detailing the geography, geology, history, and wildlife of the area. Black & White photos. No inscriptions, but the original book-owner has stuck a small address label to the book. Wrapper is not price-clipped, and is plastic-wrap protected. The front of the wrapper has a crease along the top and bottom edges (see photo).

An examination of some of the more obscure battlefields of Britain, that are often overlooked in their importance in British History.
Battlefields:- Buttington (893)
St.Albans (1455)
Norwich (1549)
Powick Bridge (1642)
Lyme (1644)
Montgomery (1644)
Inverlochy (1645)
Stow-on-the Wold (1646)
Killiecrankie (1689)
Goudhurst (1747)
A concise account is given of each battle, and of it's strategic and political significance. Black & White photos accompany each account, and a present-day map showing significant locations. No inscriptions. Wrapper is notprice-clipped.

Biography of William Wilberforce, the anti-slave trade campaigner. The original owner's dated name is inscribed inside.

A British soldiers life during the Napoleonic War. No inscriptions. As new.

Biographies of forty-one of the best known divisional commanders in Wellington's Anglo-Portugese army. Map illustrations. No inscriptions. Very slight nick in wrapper at top of spine.

1st Edition. 1st Impression. Examines the events on Everest in 2006, when eleven people died attempting to reach the summit. Colour photos. No inscriptions. Wrapper is not price-clipped.

A fictional tale of three men and a woman, attempting to climb one of the last unclimbed faces of Mont Blanc. No inscriptions. Wrapper is not price-clipped, but the price has had a line drawn through it. Possibly an unread copy.

1st Impression. The third book of Bevis Hillier's trilogy on John Betjeman. No inscriptions. Wrapper is not price-clipped.

The author sets out to explain the massive increase in recorded crime from 1921-2001, which rose from 100,000 per year to more than 5 million. No inscriptions. Wrapper is not price-clipped.

1st Edition. 1st Impression. Signed by the Author. Book Three of 'Fitz And The Fool'.

Biography of Rebecca Schroeter - 'Haydn's Last Love'. No inscriptions. Wrapper is not price-clipped.

One of the excellent SMC guides to the mountainous regions of Scotland. Wrapper isnot price-clipped. Black & White photos. No inscriptions, but there is a small printed address label.

Examines the relationship between a young Samuel Johnson and the poet, playwright, and convicted murderer Richard Savage. Inscribed to the book owner. Wrapper is not price-clipped.

The Wartime Experiences of a member of the Women's Royal Navy Service 1939-1945. Black & White photos. Wrapper has a taped, closed tear at bottom right corner. No inscriptions.

A history of the English Civil War, which includes many accounts by the people taking part in the events of that time. Illustrated throughout. No inscriptions. Wrapper (not price-clipped) has a 1mm closed tear at the bottom spine edge.

American Edition. Controversial dual biography of Scott and Amundsen with some questionable comparisons made between the two. No inscriptions. Black & White photos. Wrapper has the lower-front section torn off (see photo).

A history of the different generations of the Hoare banking dynasty. No inscriptions. Black & White/Colour photos. Wrapper is not price-clipped.

Biography of Peter Scott - painter and naturalist. No inscriptions. Black & White/Colour photos. Wrapper is not price-clipped.