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A HISTORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Meadows; Nigel Ramsay.
Stock no. 1328557
Published by The Boydell Press. 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. From the tiny community founded in the fens by St. Etheldreda in 672, and refounded as an abbey in 970, grew one of the greatest monasteries in England. ISBN: 9780851159454. Spine bumped. A couple of small spots to textblock and a couple of lower page corner tips slightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE HEATH & THE HORSE: A HISTORY OF RACING AND ART ON NEWMARKET HEATH
Written by David Oldrey; Timothy Cox; Richard Nash.
Stock no. 1828568
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers. 1st 2016. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This comprehensive and authoritative book traces the history from its early beginnings to the present day and shows how and why the sport of horseracing developed on the Heath and spread globally from that base. All of the turf's greatest racehorses and the larger-than-life characters integral to the Heath's history are included, as well as the history of the Jockey Club. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. viii and 341 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781300237. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Pale browning to contents else clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and very slightly scuffed. Overall a very nice copy.

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AN INVENTORY OF NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS AND MEETING-HOUSES IN EASTERN ENGLAND
Written by Christopher Stell.
Stock no. 1828430
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume covers an area from the English Channel to the Humber estuary. This is the fourth and final volume which completes the Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses. The three previous volumes were published by HMSO. Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos and diagrams. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. ISBN: 1873592507. From the library of Ron Brunskill (authority on the history of Architecture). SIGNED by the author with personal dedication to front endpaper. Bookplate of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Contructions of England to front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Grubby marks to prelims else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed and has foxing to verso (not visible to front). A sweet odour present.

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THE WISBECH & UPWELL TRAMWAY
Written by Peter Paye.
Stock no. 1327496
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History Number 152. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780853616894. Slight rubbing to cover edges.

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EAST ANGLIA AND THE EAST COAST RAILWAYS THE LATE 1940S TO LATE 1960S
Written by Brian Reading; Ian Reading.
Stock no. 1327404
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tour the East Coast Main Line and explore the route of East Anglia between 1948 and 1968. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445699660. Minimal rubbing to corners. Front joint at title-page is just starting to crack.

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THE CROMER BRANCH
Written by Stanley C. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1327330
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History 74. Card wraps. B/w photos. 144 Pages. ISBN: 0853613842. Slight rubbing to cover edges. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1327079
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Blue boards, gilt titles and lone pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight fading to top and tail of spine. Small 'compass'(?) hole to centre of front cover (and dustwrapper). Prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Light foxing to prelims and to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a tear to top of spine at rear edge.

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FORGOTTEN RAILWAYS EAST ANGLIA
Written by R.S. Joby.
Stock no. 1327059
Published by David & Charles. 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Forgotten Railways Volume 7. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Fold-out map to rear of book. ISBN: 0715373129. Second impression. Slight bumping to spine. Light crease to corner of front cover. Contents clean. Map present and in good condition. Price-cut wrapper is very slightly browned.

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THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND: THE NORTH AND EAST ANGLIA
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Priscilla Metcalf; et al.
Stock no. 1827635
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Bright pink spine with gilt title, grey cloth boards. B/w photos. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed and marked to one end and also has a few marks to plain side. Overall still a nice copy.

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THE CARTULARY OF CHATTERIS ABBEY
Written by Claire Breay.
Stock no. 1827598
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

The fifteenth-century cartulary of the Benedictine nunnery of Chatteris abbey in Cambridgeshire contains copies of documents dating from the mid-twelfth to fifteenth centuries; this critical edition, edited by Claire Breay, comprises a full transcription, together with historical notes and apparatus. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine, white title within a lilac title label to front. ISBN: 0851157505. A few minor marks to boards. Content clean.

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BRANCH LINE TO UPWELL
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith; Andrew C. Ingram.
Stock no. 1326949
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Including the Wisbech Canal. Glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1873793642. Minimal rubbing at corners else a fine copy.

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STEAM IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AND EAST ANGLIA: THE RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHS OF R.J. (RON) BUCKLEY
Written by Brian J. Dickson. Illustrated by R.J. Buckley.
Stock no. 1326942
Published by The History Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

A fascinating portrait of the changing face of the locomotive scene in the East Midlands and East Anglia from the later 1930s. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780750984393. Minimal rubbing at corners of covers else a fine copy.

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