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VINOVIA: THE BURIED ROMAN CITY OF BINCHESTER IN NORTHERN ENGLAND
Written by Iain Ferris.
Stock no. 1828324
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Binchester Roman fort, Roman Vinovia, sometimes Vinovium, lies on a hilltop spur about two kilometres noorth of the modern town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham. This book uses the results of the large-scale excavations which took place in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s to present a clear picture of the history of the site and its place in the Roman military north. Brown pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations. ISBN: 9781445601281. Date & initials in ink to half-title page else contents clean. Covers lightly scuffed.

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FORGOTTEN RAILWAYS: NORTH-EAST ENGLAND
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1327438
Published by David St John Thomas. 2nd 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Forgotten Railways Volume 1. Second, revised edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946537100. Old pencil price erased from front free-endpaper (new pencil markings on same page). Contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges.

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF ALSTON MOOR, WEARDALE AND TEESDALE, IN CUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
Written by Thomas Sopwith.
Stock no. 1826860
Published by W. Davison. 1st 1833. Good condition.

Comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees. Lead mining. Cloth boards with title label to spine. Colour map of the area to frontis. Boards unevenly faded, browned, and grubby, bumped at corners, spine edges fraying, title block obliterated. Front joint split, rear joint just starting to split. Front hinge between title page and frontis is split at top & tail. Pencil writing and erasure to front pastgedown, inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Endpapers are browned and grubby. Text block browned. Initials to title page. Foxing and some grubby marks throughout. Rear hinge split.

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COUNTY DURHAM: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Henry Thorold.
Stock no. 1826297
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

County Durham, individual, tough, independent but rewarding and endearing, maligned maybe but magnificent! Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 057111640X. Small (0.5") nick in cloth to rear edge of spine at base, corresponding loss to dustwrapper in same area. Otherwise, a lovely copy in price-cut dustwrapper.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL V
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134255
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1803. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners, marbled boards. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Contains 736 pages + booklist, index. B/w plates. Durham, Essex and Glocestershire (sic). Part of Beauties of England Series. Leather spine has faded, with a few marks. Browning to cover edges; some foxing. Browning and foxing to pages throughout. A few pages have margin edge loss.

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THE FLORA AND VEGETATION OF COUNTY DURHAM
Written by G.G. Graham.
Stock no. 1814321
Published by The Durham Flora Committee; Durham County Conservation Trust Limited. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards with silver titles. Over 1800 species of vascular plants are listed. and much more is contained in this important volume. 8 acetate overlays included. ISBN: 0905362020. Acetate overlays not included. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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DARLINGTON
Written by Gordon Coates.
Stock no. 1609115
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Images of England series. B/w photos. ISBN: 075241576X.

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THE FLORA AND VEGETATION OF COUNTY DURHAM
Written by G.G. Graham.
Stock no. 2112315
Published by The Durham Flora Committee; Durham County Conservation Trust Limited. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards with silver titles. Over 1800 species of vascular plants are listed. and much more is contained in this important volume. 8 acetate overlays included. ISBN: 0905362020. Grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little yellowed to edges, with a bit of creasing. Acetate overlays included.

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DURHAM SCHOOL REGISTER TO 1912
Written by Charles S. Earle; Lawrence A. Body.
Stock no. 807683
Published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd.. 1912. Almost very good condition.

2nd edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Green cloth, gilt titles. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Contents very good. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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DURHAM SCHOOL REGISTER TO DECEMBER 1939
Written by T.H. Burbidge.
Stock no. 627670
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1940. Very good condition.

3rd edition. Green cloth, gilt titles. Limited to 1000 copies. B/w photos. Top edge gilt. Endpapers lightly browned else contents very good. Spine faded, covers a little marked.

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