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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Roscoe.
Stock no. 1606432
Published by C. Tilt and Simpkin and Co.. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes: 'Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales, including The Course of the Wye' and 'Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales'. With 48 and 51 plates respectively. Engravings by Radclyffe. Full burgundy leather bindings with gilt titles and decoration. Small bookplates to front pastedowns. Some scuffing to leather, with a little surface loss on board edges of the North Wales volume. Plate for Brecon Church (p.262, South Wales) is detached, and plate at p.260 is partially detached. Partial cracking to front joint of South Wales volume. All plates present.

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FIFTY YEARS ON THE LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY
Written by Leopold Turner; David Stevenson.
Stock no. 1208103
Published by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1891. Almost very good condition.

Together with other memoranda in the life of David Stevenson edited by Turner. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 153 pages. Bookplate of W.H.McAlpine to front pastedown. Front board slightly stained, corners worn. Edge of front endpaper has slight loss. Pencil annotations else contents very good.

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THE PRACTICAL BUILDER'S PERPETUAL PRICE-BOOK
Written by Richard Elsam.
Stock no. 1712337
Published by Thomas Kelly. 1825. Fair condition.

10.5 x 8.5 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. 6 b/w plates. No author mentioned but believed to be Richard Elsam. The Practical Builder's Perpetual Price-Book; Elucidating the Principles of Correctly Ascertaining the Average Value of the Different Artificer's Works Usually Employed in Buildings; With the Customs of Measuring and Valueing in the Various Parts of the United Kingdom. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper which is also part detached from binding. Endpapers foxed. Front board detached. Boards worn with loss of colour. Base of spine chipped with loss. Corners bumped and worn. The plate descriptions on page 160 are slightly confusing and it could be argued that there should be 8 plates in this volume, but only 6 are bound in and none appear to have been removed. Opposite the frontis appears to be the half-title page with no title page present, we believe this is the way this copy was bound.

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THE ROCKS OF WORCESTERSHIRE: THEIR MINERAL CHARACTER AND FOSSIL CONTENTS
Written by George E. Roberts.
Stock no. 1809249
Published by Joseph Masters. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out map of Bird's Eye View of Worcestershire and fold-out plan of descending order of sedimentary rocks. 247 pages including index plus 36 page publisher adverts to rear. Spine slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Bookplate and inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some pencil annotation present. Map and plan lightly foxed and damp stained with a small closed tear but complete and very good. A few margin marks.

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THE BOTANICAL LOOKER-OUT AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Edwin Lees.
Stock no. 1809235
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 2nd 1851. Almost very good condition.

At All Seasons, and in the Most Interesting Localities. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 6 b/w engravings. xvi and 564 pages. Spine browned and worn at top and tail. Boards a little scuffed and browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and verso of frontis. Joints starting to crack. Scattered foxing throughout especially to plates which are all present.

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FOOTNOTES FROM THE PAGE OF NATURE OR FIRST FORMS OF VEGETATION
Written by Rev. Hugh Macmillan.
Stock no. 1809110
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1861. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front. Tissue-guarded colour frontis plus numerous b/w text illustrations. x and 294 pages plus 24 page publisher adverts to rear. Front edge of spine fraying and split to outside edge. Corners lightly worn. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Frontispiece present but detached. A few hinges starting to pull. Some grubby marks present.

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THE RHINE FROM ROTTERDAM TO CONSTANCE
Written by Karl Baedeker.
Stock no. 2114634
Published by Karl Baedeker. 7th 1880. Good condition.

Seventh Remodelled Edition. With 23 Maps and 19 Plans. Baedeker Guide, Handbook for Travellers. Red cloth, gilt titles. Marbled text block. Splitting to spine; some fraying of cloth. Marks to coves. Corners are bumped. Bookplate partially removed from front pastedown. Inscription in ink to prelims. Maps and plans have not been collated but appear to be complete. If on receipt it is found to have any missing parts, please contact us. 1st map is detached, but loosely inserted.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XV 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710404
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. January to June 1841. iv 698 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: Repairs of the Temple Church , London; New schoolhouse at Garsington, Oxfordshire; The appointment of Regimental Schoolmistresses; Repair of Whitby Abbey; Roman find at Risingham, Northumberland; Three churches in Dundee destroyed by fire; Serious flooding on the Thames; Conway Castle; trial of the Earl of Cardigan for shooting someone in a duel; St. Paul's Cray church, Kent; proposed school at Eversholt; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIV 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710402
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1st 1840. Very good condition.

Library binding. July to December 1840. iv 704 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: Genealogy of the Beauharnais family; Opening of the Crusader's tomb in Botus Fleming Church, Cornwall; Description of Ratcliffe Tower, Lancashire; Failed assassination attempt on Queen Victoria; Paintings in Rochester Cathedral; Celtic finds near Bridgwater; Atmospheric Railway at Wormholt Scrubs with expected speeds of 100 mph!; London and Blackwall Railway opened; Work commences on Laying out Trafalgar square; The Manor House of Samlesbury, Lancashire; The church of Great Yarmouth; the church of Walford, |Hertfordshire; the Martyrs memorial, Oxford; Stocks and Whipping Post at Waltham Abbey; The Judges House at Dorchester; Saxon sundial at Bishopston Church, Sussex; Relics from the wreck of the Mary Rose; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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DAYS IN DERBYSHIRE
Written by Spencer T. Hall.
Stock no. 2112522
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1863. Almost very good condition.

Leather binding; raised bands to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine is split to top of spine on both sides; horizontally as well. Corners are bumped. Scuffing to cover edges. Small part of paper clipping stuck to front free endpaper; name in ink. Some foxing. P. 185 has surface paper damage.

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