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Jumbo Coins Collectors Centre

22 Woodend Lane                                        Last Update –          27th  March    2009
Stalybridge

Cheshire
SK15 2SR
United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0) 161-338-5741        

e-mail –  jumbocoins@yahoo.com
or ... mike_bailey@hotmail.com

List   of   Books of Assorted Subjects
All books are in very good to excellent condition unless otherwise stated.

Royalty and Ceremonial
Coronation Book 1937: History & Meaning of Ceremonies at Crowning… – by W Le Hardy -  1937 – Well-Illustrated – Some light marks & reference number on outside. - £4.50

Great Events of the Royal Year 1953 – (Photographic record) - 1954 - £3.95    (MV5)   600g

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales - 1958 - Pub - Pitkin "Pride of Britain" Series - £1.50  (MV2)

Jubilee: Celebration of Queens Silver Jubilee 1952-77 – (jammed full with photos) - 1977 - £2.95  (MAW) (700g) (MV4)

Jubilee Year – Sunday Times – 1978 – BCA – Excellent condition - with DJ - £3.25  (MV1)

Life & Times of Victoria - Marshall D - 1972 £3.00****

Mountbatten: 80 Years in Pictures –1979 – Superb record of Life and royal links -  £4.75  (MAW) (900g) (MV4)

Queen Victoria – Strachey L – Phoenix Library Edition – 1937 Reprint – (with torn DJ) - £1.50   (MV2)


Industry and Manufacturing (see also “Textiles”)
100 Years of Phosphorus Making 1851-1951 - Threlfall R E (little staining) (VIP Present from Chairman) 1952) £9.50  (MV2)

Electric Cranes – Broughton HH (the definitive work in this area) – Vol.3 of Electrical Handling of Materials - 1927 -  (two short splits in spine otherwise very good condition + Inscription inside to A G Grist in 1924 ) - £15.50  (WK2)

Steam Engine, The - Holmes G C V - 10th Impression 1898 - (with Prize Certificate in front for Albert Lees 1900) - £4.95

Management, Economics & Marketing

Rolls-Royce – Propectus for Flotation – 1987 - £2.25   (MV3)

Smart Questions for Successful Managers - Leeds D - 1988 - £4.50 (MV1)

Woodhead & Co - Accounts Book for 1940 -  (400 pages )- Leather-bound – totally unused – Very rarely seen in this condition – superb -  £17.50 (MV3)

Gardening and Plants
Commercial Grower Year Book & Diary 1954 - £2.95**** 
(MV2)
Fruit Grower Year Book 1952 - Benn Bros. - £2.75****  
(MV2)

Genealogy
Finding Folk – Handlist of Genealogical Sources in Lancashire Record Office – Lancashire  CC – 1995 - £3.50 
(MV3)

Handlist of Genealogical Sources – Lancashire Record Office  - 1989 – (comb bound) - £1.95 (MV3)

In Search of Scottish Ancestors – Hamilton-Edwards G – (1980 Reprint) - £3.75  (MV3)

Hobbies & pastimes
Domestic Rabbit, The – J C Sandford – 1974 – useful book – owner marked otherwise clean - £1.95
  (MV4)  (700g)

Longest Crossword – (8ft long over 1000 clues)- with solution (no date 1960s ??) - £1.95    (MV3)

Small Aquarium – Amateur Gardening Handbook No.31 – F Perry – 1958 – 1st edition - £4.50  (MV3)

Vintage International Yearbook - 1991 Vintage Report - 1993 £2.00****  (MV2)

Whisky “a book for the connoisseur” – Smith G D – 1993 – 1st Edition – Carcanet - £3.50  (MV3)

Wine Handbook 1984 - Johnson H - List of wine & qualities for each year £6.50 (L4)

Music
Bassist & Bass Techniques – July 1996 - £1.25     
(MV5)   250g

Kerrang – 1059 – June 2005 – Download - £1.50

Kerrang – 1060 – June 2005 – Foo Fighters - £1.50

ASSORTED SUBJECTS
Adult Sequels – 10th Edition – 1991 – (Follow the progress of your favourite author and hero) – (ex Library Reference) - small tear in DJ otherwise perfect – £8.25   (OB1)

AA Sequels Volume 2 – (as above, but for children’s books) – DJ is torn & repaired -  (ex Library Reference) - £5.95  (OB1)

Aesops Fables - Tr. Townsend - Illustrated by Tinkelman - 1968 - Pub Doubleday - £5.75****  (MV1)

Alternative Service Book - 1980 - £3.75****  (MV1)

Beautiful Ireland in Verse & Picture - Postcard Book - Junior A - Valentines - £1.50

Bonnie Bits o' Bonnie Scotland - Postcard Book - (Poor spine, 2 leaves damaged) - £0.60

Bonnie Bits o' Bonnie Scotland - Postcard Book - Junior A - Valentines - £1.50

Brian Jones Poems – London Magazine edition 1966 - £3.50  (MV3)

Caniedydd - Yr Yscol Sul - Hen Nodiant - Welsh with music - well used - £3.50****   (MV1)

Chambers’s Cookery for Young Housewives – 1884 – Fabulous book on Victorian cookery, try a few of these recipes – Nice condition - £3.95    (MAW) (MV4)

Dangoseg I'R Emynau - (missing a few introductory pages) - Welsh with music - £2.25****

Dawson's Little Red Book 1973-74 - Guide to Press of the World - 71st Ed - £1.95**** 
(MV2)

District Bank Review - September 1963 No.147 - £1.25 
(MV2)

District Bank Review - March 1966 No.157 - £1.25  (MV2)

English Lakes in Verse & Picture - Postcard Book - Valentines - (Cover Creased) - £0.95

Everyday Life of the North American Indian – Manchip-White J – 1979 – 1st Edition - £3.95  (MV3)

Good Housekeeping’s Home Encyclopaedia – Waverley – 1952 – Good condition - £4.95      (2.25kg)

Green Hills of Africa – Hemingway E – Penguin – 1966 - £1.25   (MV1)

History of the British Nation – A D Innes – 1912 – Well-illustrated – Spine cover repaired but book is sound – all pages secure - £4.95 (1.8kg) (MV4)

Illustrated Pepys - from the Diary- Latham - 1983 - £5.50  (MV1)

In Inns In Cheshire - Rhodes - 1980ish? - Used Condition - £0.95  (MV1?)

Knutsford  Its Traditions and History – Green H – 1969 Reprint of 1859 Book – Ex library but excellent condition including DJ  – Limited Issue of 1,500 copies only. - £15.50   (MV1)

Lancashire Authors Today – Handley-Taylor – 1971 – (1st Edition) – Comprehensive Listing – (ex-library) - £1.95

Life  and Death of Sir Thomas Moore: Harpsfield’s Life of More – N Harpsfield – from Early English Text Society – Original Series 186 – 1963 – Beautiful book in perfect condition - £12.50

McDonald’s Employee Handbook – 1992? - £2.50  (MV1)

My Lancashire Childhood – Rothwell C – 1993 (first edition)  - £2.95  (MAW)  (MV4)

Odes of Keats – Downer A C – 1897 – Oxford at Clarendon Press - £4.95   (MV2)

Old Inns & Taverns of Lancashire – Graham F – 1970? Pub. by author – SBN 900409-75-4 – (Well read) - £2.95  (MV1?)

Painters of Light - The World of Impressionism - Roberts K £3.50  (MV1)

Pitman’s Shorthand Manual – New Era Edition – (1930s ??) – Quite good condition but well used - £1.95  (MV3)

Poems of Goldsmith - Dobson A - 1906 £2.75****  (MV2)

Queen Emma: The Samoan-American Girl who Founded an Empire in 19th Century New Guinea – Robson R W – 1979 – Pacific Publications - £2.95**** (MV )   (400g)

Ready Reckoner -  “Express” series - Volume1 – all the pence  to £1 – (no date 1960s ???) - £2.95  (MV3)

Scotts Last Expedition – Scott – 1940 Reprint - £3.95  (MV2)

Snowden Shepherd .. Four Seasons on the Hills of North Wales - Bowen K – with Royal Mail Stamps – Number 37 of a  Limited Edition of 2000 – perfect condition - £49.50  (MV3)

Tales of  Cornish Wreckers - Vivian J – 1969 - £2.25   (MAW) (MV4)  

Teach Yourself German Phrase Book –  Hamilton J – 1958 – Hardback – with DJ - £1.50  (MV1) 

Teach Yourself Russian – Fourman M – 1958 – Hardback – with DJ - £1.50  (MV1)

This England - Postcard Book - Junior A - Valentines - (Cover Slight soiling) 95p

Through Lovely Wales - Postcard Book - Junior A - Valentines £1.50

UMIST 1824-1994 : Day of Celebration 30th Nov. 1994 - £1.75   (TW2)  

Visit of Pope John Paul II to England & Wales 1982 – Official Sounvenir Programme – Heaton Park Manchester – (small tear) - £1.75 (MV4)

Wagner Siegfried-Idyll – Edition Eulenburg No.810 – (Music score) – Good condition - £0.95  (MV3)

World of Dinosaurs - Tweedie M - 1983 Reprint £4.50****


Other Books Available in the Following Categories
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All books available at time of writing, please check availability.

Postage costs will be calculated at cost, however costs within the UK are likely to be roughly :-

Pamphlets at approx 30p each.

1 book - £1.25
2 books - £2.00
3-4 books - £3.50
5+ books - £5.00
For non-UK addresses - please ask for details.


We also advise Recorded Delivery on small parcels at 65p extra.

We also buy books and journals on any of the following subjects:

coins, medals, badges, stamps and postal labels, postal history, military, postcards and cigarette cards.