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SECOND CITY: BIRMINGHAM AND THE FORGING OF MODERN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Vinen.
Stock no. 1826022
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Th drama of a small village that grew to become the quintessential city of the twentieth century: a place of mass production, full employment and prosperity that began in the 1930s, but which came to a cataclysmic halt in the 1980s. Blue paper boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780241454534. A nice copy.

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THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.

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GOOD MONEY
Written by George Selgin.
Stock no. 2135923
Published by The Independent Institue. 2011. Very good condition.

Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821. Card wraps. Colour illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9781598130430. Light fading and crease to spine. Some small cover corner creases. Sticker to rear cover.

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SUTTON COLDFIELD AND SUTTON COLDFIELD THE SECOND COLLECTION
Written by Marian Baxter.
Stock no. 2127296
Published by Tempus. 1st thus 2001. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Tempus Two in One Series. Two volumes in one book. ISBN: 0752422138. Light crease to lower rear corner.

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FREELING'S GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANION TO LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
Written by Arthur Freeling.
Stock no. 2123642
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 2nd 1838. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 2nd edition. And Liverpool, Manchester & Birmingham Guide; Containing: A Narrative of the Parliamentary History of the Project; An Account of Everything Worthy the Attention of the Traveller Upon the Line; Complete Description of Every Part of the Rail-road; of the Noblemen or Gentlemen's Seats.... Fold-out map to front, also fold-out timetable. New Spine/rebound, with what remains of original spine laid down; browned. Covers are unevenly browned and faded, with bumping and wear. Some marks to endpapers. Foxing throughout.

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THROUGH BIRMINGHAM (SNOW HILL)
Written by Michael Hale.
Stock no. 1208433
Published by Michael Hale. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950195111. Covers scuffed and slightly grubby. Contents fine.

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STEAMING INTO BIRMINGHAM AND THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Richard Coleman; Joe Rajczonek.
Stock no. 2118283
Published by W.D. Wharton. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos of steam engines. ISBN: 1899597042. A couple of light marks to covers. Spine is bumped. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine; tear to rear panel, with triangle of loss.

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THE BIRDS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Graham R. Harrison; Alan R. Dean; Alan J. Richards; David Smallshire.
Stock no. 1709818
Published by West Midland Bird Club. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0950788104. Wrapper spine faded.

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THE BIRDS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Graham R. Harrison; Alan R. Dean; Alan J. Richards; David Smallshire.
Stock no. 1203470
Published by West Midland Bird Club. 1st 1982. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0950788104. Wrapper spine is faded.

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ARIS'S BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE VOL LXXV No.3895
No author listed.
Stock no. 630496
1816. Good condition.

Monday July 15, 1816 edition. Four printed pages written in columns. Much folded with wear at folds rendering some words unreadable. One small 'wanted' ad has been cut out very neatly from the page and is missing. Else a decent copy of an antiquarian newspaper.

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A CONCISE HISTORY OF BIRMINGHAM
No author listed.
Stock no. 817589
Published by R. Jabet And Co.. 1817. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. 7 x 4 inches. Grey boards. 3 b/w plates. One folding map and b/w text illustrations. 124 pages. Rebacked with matching cloth spine. Boards a little grubby.

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TRANSPORT POLICIES & PROGRAMME 1988 SUBMISSION
Written by D. Rawson; G. Shaylor.
Stock no. 810673
Published by Birmingham City Council. 1988. Fine condition.

Containing the Programme for 1989-90 to 1993-94. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Spiral bound. B/w photos. Colour maps.

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