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Archival Legislation, 1981‐1994: Albania‐Kenya Archivum, Vol XL, 1995 Munich, New Providence, London and Paris, K. G. Saur, International Council on Archives xx+ 343 pp, DM 98 ISBN 3 598 21240 2

Archival Legislation, 1981‐1994: Latvia‐Zimbabwe Archivum, Vol XLI, 1996 Munich, New Providence, London and Paris, K. G. Saur, International Council on Archives xxiii + 338 pp, DM 98 ISBN 3 598 21241 0

Archives in the European Union: Report of the Group of Experts on the Coordination of Archives European Commission, 1994 Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 102 pp, ECU 10 ISBN 92 826 8233 1

Advocating Archives: An Introduction to Public Relations for Archivists Edited by Elsie Freeman Finch, 1994 New Jersey and London, Scarecrow Press and the Society of American Archivists 198 pp, £35.55 ISBN 0 8108 2935 5

Guidelines for Managing Television Written Archives Edited by M. Scrase, 1995 London, Archivists in Independent Television iii+ 137 pp, unpriced ISBN 0 9526613 0 6

School Records: Their Management and Retention Society of Archivists, Records Management Group, 1995 London, Society of Archivists 102 pp, unpriced ISBN 0 902886 52 5

Records Management—A Subject Guide for Scottish Local Authorities Archivists of Scottish Local Authorities Working Group and the Society of Archivists, 1995 22 papers, £10

Debates and discourses: selected Australian writings on archival theory, 1951‐1990 Edited by Peter Biskup, 1995 Canberra, Australian Society of Archivists, ACT Branch 230 pp, $25 (Aus) ISBN 0947219 08 0

An Introduction to Gold Finishing John Mitchell, 1995 Five Oaks, The Standing Press 102 pp, £35 ISBN 0 9521626 2 8

A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600‐1840, 3rd edition Howard Colvin, 1995 New Haven and London, Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 1264 pp, £50 ISBN 0 300 06091 2

British Parliamentary Lists, 1660‐1800 Edited by G. M. Ditchfield, D. Hayton and C. Jones, 1995 London and Ohio, The Hambledon Press xxi + 151 pp, £28 ISBN 1 85285 131 7

Officials of Royal Commissions of Enquiry, 1870‐1939, Office‐Holders in Modern Britain Vol X Compiled by Elaine Harrison, 1995 London, University of London Institute of Historical Research xxvii+ 124 pp ISBN 1 871348 29 3

Principal Family and Estate Collections: Family Names A‐K Royal Commission on historical Manuscripts, 1996 London, HMSO for the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Guides to Sources for British History Series, No 10 xviii+ 118 pp, £30 ISBN 0 11 440265 5

Sources for English Local History, 3rd edition W. B. Stephens, 1994 Chichester, Phillimore xv + 342 pp, £16.95 ISBN 0 85033 911 1

Latin for Local and Family Historians D. Stuart, 1995 Chichester, Phillimore xii+130 pp, £13.95 ISBN 0 85033 984 7

The Surname Detective. Investigating surname distribution in England, 1086‐present day Colin D. Rogers, 1995 Manchester, Manchester University Press x + 260 pp, £35 hardback, £10.99 paperback ISBN 0 7190 4047 7 ISBN 0 7190 4048 5

Tracing Your West Indian Ancestors Guy Grannum, 1995 London, Public Record Office, Public Record Office Readers’ Guide, No 11 x+102 pp, £8.95 ISBN 1 873162 20 0

Sources for Labour History Simon Fowler, 1995 London, Public Record Office, Public Record Office Readers’ Guide, No 12 xviii + 75 pp, £10.95 ISBN 1 873162 21 9

Who's Who in the History of British Cartography: The international guide to the subject, (D8) Edited by Mary A. Lowenthal, 1995 Tring, Map Collector Publications, for Imago Mund 270 pp, £24 ISBN 0 906430 15 1

The Book of Kells: Proceedings of a conference at Trinity College, Dublin, 6‐9 September 1992 Edited by Felicity O'Mahony, 1994 603 pp, £75 ISBN 0 85967 967 5

From Chantry to Oxfam: A short history of charity and charity legislation Norman Alvey, 1995 Chichester, Phillimore for the British Association for Local History 76 pp, £6.95 ISBN 0 85033 881 6

Royal Bounty: The Making of a Welfare Monarchy Frank Prochaska, 1995 New Haven and London, Yale University Press xiii + 330pp, £19.95 ISBN 0 300 06453 5

A Brotherhood of Canons Serving God: English Secular Cathedrals in the Later Middle Ages David Lepine, 1995 Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 8 240 pp, £35 ISBN 0 85115 620 7

Local Markets and Regional Trade in Medieval Exeter Maryanne Kowaleski, 1995 Cambridge, Cambridge University Press xvi + 442 pp, £50 ISBN 0 521 33371 7

Calendar of Entries in the Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland. Papal Letters, Vol XVII, Part 1, Alexander VI (1492‐1503). Lateran Registers Part Two: 1495‐1503 Edited by A. P. Fuller, 1994 Dublin, Irish Manuscripts Commission lxvii + 926 pp, £50 ISBN 1 874280 04 5

The Irish Volunteers, 1715‐1793: A List of the Units Padráig O'Snodaigh, 1995 Dublin, Irish Academic Press 88 pp, £14.95 ISBN 0 7165 2502 X

Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia David Fitzpatrick, 1994 Cork, Cork University Press xiv+ 649 pp £19.50 paperback, £37.50 hardback ISBN 85918 035 5 ISBN 85918 036 1

The Rake's Diary: the Journal of George Hilton Edited by Ann Hillman, 1994 Curwen Archive Trust, Curwen Archives Texts, No 2 28 + 107 pp, unpriced ISBN 1 897590 01 6

The Diary of Isaac Fletcher of Underwood, Cumberland. 1756‐1781 Edited by A. J. L. Winchester, 1994 Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. Extra Series, XVII xlii + 518 pp, £36 ISBN 1 873124 20 1

Irish Government Publications: A Select List, 1972‐1992 Richard B. Finnegan and James L. Wiles, 1995 Dublin, Irish Academic Press 58 pp, £22.50 ISBN 0 7165 2524 0