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Cleator and Cleator Moor: Past and Present by Caesar Caine (Hardcover, 1988)
£50.00

The Greenshank by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson (1st edition, 1951)
£40.00

Spanish and Moorish Fashions by Tom Tierney (Paperback, 2003)
£20.00

Modern Bookbindings & Their Designers - The Studio Winter Number 1899-1900
£40.00

Percy Kelly 1918 - 1993 (Messum's Gallery, 2011).
£30.00

John Updike Golf Dreams: Writings On Golf (signed 1st edition, 1997)
£25.00

Mount Everest Press Print 1938 (supplied by Central Press Photos ltd.)
£55.00

Thurlby an Ordinary Village, compiled by Marjorie Noble (1987)
£30.00

Elite Fashions Catalog, 1904, Elite Styles Company (1996)
£15.50

Warnings from Flying Friends: Flying Saucer Revelations by Arthur Shuttlewood
£35.00

Aunt Kate's Cookery Book, No 2 (John Leng & Co)
£20.00

Durham Episcopal Charters 1071-1152 (edited by H. S. Offler, 1968)
£30.00

Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution
£20.00

Guernsey Diary 1940-45 by Dorothy Pickard Higgs (First edition, 1947)
£45.00

The Archaeology of Malton and Norton by J. F. Robinson (1978)
£15.00

Archaeology of Life and Death in the Boyne Floodplain (Carlin et al, 2008)
£15.00

A Hoard of Romano-British Ironwork From Brampton, Cumberland (Manning, 1966)
£18.00

Naga Path by Ursula Graham Bower (1st edition, 1950)
£40.00

The Alps: or Sketches of Life and Nature in the Mountains by H Berlepsch (1861)
£50.00

James Joyce: Seven Poems, set to music by E.J. Moeran (1937)
£50.00

Pattern Drafting by DressMaking (Fourth Edition, 1968)
£40.00

Legends and Historical Notes on Places in the East and West Wards, Westmorland.
£35.00

Hellenic Wings. An Illustrated History of the Hellenic Air Force 1908-1944
£45.00

Stanford's Map of the English Lake District (1881)
£30.00

Shop Arithmetic For The Machinist (Erik Oberg, 1st Edition, 1921)
£15.00

The Pipe Rolls of Cumberland and Westmorland 1222-1260 (Hardback, 1905)
£45.00

World Drink Advertising Posters by Nestore Venturini (Hardback, 1988)
£20.00

The Position of The Old Red Sandstone in the Geological Succession (1st edition)
£50.00

Archaeologia Volume 61, Part 2 (1909)
£40.00

Urban Black Housing by Roger Granelli & Ronald Levitan (UPRU Cape Town, 1977)
£18.00

Lives of Men of Letters and Science, Volumes I and II By Lord Brougham (2001)
£35.50

Finer Points in the spacing & arrangement of Type, by Geoffrey Dowding (1966)
£30.00

Through a Glass Darkly: Magic, Dreams and Prophecy in Ancient Egypt (hardback)
£40.00

Photographic print showing the Scottish Expedition to the Himalayas, 1951
£60.00

The Collected Poems of Mary Coleridge (edited by Theresa Whistler, 1954)
£45.00

Coventina's Well by Lindsay Allason-Jones, Bruce McKay (Hardcover, 1985)
£45.00

South African Wild Flowers (1st edition, hardback)
£30.00

Letters written from London........For the Amusement of Children (anon, 1970)
£10.00

When Fun Begins (Pearl Buck, 1941)
£15.50

Caughley and Worcester Porcelains, 1775-1800 by Geoffrey A. Godden...
£18.50

Flowers of the Yayla. Yörük Weaving of the Torus Mountains (1983)
£18.00

A Type of Quote. Book 1, by A J Fitch (The Farthing Press, 1985)
£35.00

Early One Morning By Walter de la Mare (6th Impression, 1949)
£40.00

Sherley's Dog Book, 12th Edition (1929)
£10.00

Foragers, Farmers and Fishers in a Coastal Landscape (O'Sullivan, 2001)
£25.00

The Morning Post 1772-1937 by Wilfrid Hindle (1st edition, 1937)
£30.00

A Little Primer of Chinese Oracle-Bone Inscriptions (Ken-ichi Takashima, 2015)
£50.00

I Am The Printing Press by A J Fitch (The Farthing Press, 1984)
£20.00
About us
Established in 2007, Beckside Books is a Second hand and Antiquarian bookshop tucked away in a central but quiet part of the historic town of Penrith, Cumbria, and just 15 minutes by car from Ullswater in the Lake District National Park.
Housed in an 18th Century listed building, we have over 18000 books spread over two floors covering a wide range of topics, including Cumbria, archaeology, history, science, art, theology, children's, fiction and much more! Listed on line are just a few of the interesting books we have to sell . Please call in if you are in the area, browsers are welcome. We are open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm.
Housed in an 18th Century listed building, we have over 18000 books spread over two floors covering a wide range of topics, including Cumbria, archaeology, history, science, art, theology, children's, fiction and much more! Listed on line are just a few of the interesting books we have to sell . Please call in if you are in the area, browsers are welcome. We are open Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm.
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Business name: Beckside BooksFirst name: GaelSurname: BaylissAddress: 31 St. Andrews View, Penrith, Cumbria, United Kingdom CA11 7YFPhone number: +44 1768895951Email: becksidebookspenrith@gmail.com
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