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Town Records John West Chichester: Phillimore, 1984 xviii + 366 pp., illus. £20 Handbook of British Chronology Edited by E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy London: Royal Historical Society, 1986 xxxix + 605 pp. £25 Camden Miscellany XXVIII London: Royal Historical Society, Camden Fourth Series Vol. 29, 1984 ix + 362 pp. £10 Richard III as Duke of Gloucester: a Study in Character Michael A. Hicks York: University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, Borthwick Papers No. 70, 11986 37 pp. £1.80 Munimenta Heraldica MCCCCLXXXIV to MCMLXXXIV Edited by G. D. Squibb London: Harleian Society Publications, New Series, Volume 4, 1986 for 1985 xii + 153 pp. £25 to non‐subscribers (available either from the Hon. Sec., Harleian Society, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London Ec4V 4BT, or from Stevens & Brown, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 IHA) Courts of the Manors of Beddington and Bandon 1498–1552 Transcribed and translated by Hedley Gowans and edited by Michael Wilks and Jennifer Bray London Borough of Sutton Libraries and Arts Services, 1983 xxxviii + 92 pp. £7 Index of Surrey Probate Inventories, 16th—19th centuries Compiled by Joan Holman and Marion Herridge Epsom: Domestic Buildings Research Group (Surrey), 1986 vii + 191 pp. £5.75 (available from D.B.R.G. (Surrey), 8 Grove Avenue, Epsom, Surrey KT17 4DT) Stockport Probate Records 15 78–1619 Edited by C. B. Phillips and J. H. Smith Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, Volume 124, 1985 xxi + 151 pp. £11.50 to non‐members (available from Miss Maureen Patch, Greater Manchester Record Office, 56 Marshall St., Manchester M4 SEU) Early Stuart Housefold Accounts Edited by Lionel M. Munby Hertfordshire Record Society, Hertfordshire Record Publications, Volume 2, 1986 xxix + 210 pp., illus. £10 £10 to non‐members (available from Val High, Pantiles, Braughing Friars, Ware, Hertfordshire SG11 2NS) Wiltshire Dissenters’ Meeting House Certificates and Registrations 1689–1852 Edited by J. H. Chandler Devizes: Wiltshire Record Society, Volume XL, 1985 for 1984 xxxvii + 226 pp. £15 to non‐members (available from M.J. Lansdown, 53 Clarendon Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 7BS) A Guide to English Historical Records Alan Macfarlane Cambridge University Press, 1983 x +134 pp. £9.95 A Bibliography of British Business Histories Francis Goodall Aldershot: Gower, 1987 v +638 pp. £45 Ephemera: a book on its collection, conservation and use Chris E. Makepeace Aldershot: Gower, 1985 viii + 247 pp., illus. £17.50 Tracing Missing Persons. An introduction to agencies, methods and sources in England and Wales Colin D. Rogers Manchester: University Press, 1986 xiv+ 188 pp. £7.95 Les bâilments d'archives. Construction et équipements Michel Duchein Paris: Archives Nationales, 1985 256 pp., illus. 130 F Archivum: International Review on Archives, Vol. XXXI: Modem Buildings of National Archives International Council on Archives Munich, New York, London and Paris: K. G. Saur, 1986 142 pp., illus. £20. A Guide to Post Office Archives Compiled by Jean Farrugia London: The Post Office [1987] ix + 122 pp. £5 (available from the Post Office Archives, Freeling House, 23 Glasshill Street, London SEI 0BQ) Consolidated Guide to the Modern Records Centre Compiled by Richard Storey and Alistair Tough Coventry: University of Warwick Library Occasional Publications No. 14, 1986 86 pp. £5 The Co‐operative Movement in Great Britain Beatrice Potter Aldershot: Gower, 1987 xxxvii 4‐ 260 pp. £25 Socialism in England Sidney Webb Aldershot: Gower, 1987 lvi + 136 pp. £19.50