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EAST MIDLANDS STEAM 1950-1966
Written by Peter Tuffrey.
Stock no. 1827365
Published by Great Northern Books. 1st 2021. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Composed of just over 6,000 square miles of land, the East Midlands enjoyed a diverse system of railways in the days of steam. This book presents the twilight years of steam traction in the area with nearly 200 superb colour and black & white photos. Red boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 9781914227059. SIGNED by the author to publisher's bookplate on front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AYNHO: A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VILLAGE
Written by Nicholas Cooper.
Stock no. 1326582
Published by Leopard's Head Press; Banbury Historical Society. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A social history of the village from the earliest days of civilisation until recent years. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 339 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0904920097. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side. Light foxing to textblock. Yellow dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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LINCOLNSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Jack Yates; Henry Thorold.
Stock no. 1826374
Published by Faber & Faber. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571062970. Third impression. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned and lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has small inscription ink to top of front flap, and is ligthly browned.

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Juliet Smith.
Stock no. 1826371
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth boards, red title block to spine. Colour frontis plus b/w photos. Text block browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, creased at top of spine.

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RUTLAND: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by W.G. Hoskins.
Stock no. 1826370
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. Spine a little creased and shelf worn at top & tail. Corners slightly rubbed. A few light marks to cloth boards. Contents are clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, browned to verso. Overall a very nice copy.

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DERBYSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1826349
Published by The Penguin Group. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second Edition with corrections and addenda. Black vinyl covers with gilt title to spine and Penguin vignette to front. B/w photos ISBN: 0140710086. Reprint. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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WOODFORD HALSE A RAILWAY COMMUNITY
Written by Ruth Irons; Stanley C. Jenkins.
Stock no. 2140796
Published by The Oakwood Press. Circa 1999. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Woodford Halse in Northamptonshire. Oakwood Reminiscences Series No. 6. ISBN: 0853615292. Some fading to spine. Sticky mark to top corner of front cover, from a previous sticky label.

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DIAMOND FLIGHT: THE STORY OF THE BRITISH MIDLAND
Written by Bill Gunston.
Stock no. 2139199
Published by Henry Melland. 1ST 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

British Midland Airline - a history of the first 50 years. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 0907929184. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Browning to outer page edges.

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HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & RUTLAND
Written by Herbert A. Evans. Illustrated by F.L. Briggs.
Stock no. 2137618
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1924. Very good condition.

Pocket edition. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine is a bit darkened. Some light bumping to corners. Page browning.

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ST PETER'S, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER, LINCOLNSHIRE: A PARISH CHURCH AND ITS COMMUNITY VOLUME 2
Written by Tony Waldron.
Stock no. 2136657
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. The Human Remains. B/w photos. Some fold-out pages. ISBN: 9781842172834.

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LEICESTER ABBEY: MEDIEVAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES
Written by Joanna Story; Jill Bourne; Richard Buckley.
Stock no. 2136584
Published by The Leicestershire Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, larger format. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780954238810. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper edges have some wear.

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PACKMEN, CARRIERS AND PACKHORSE ROADS: TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Written by David Hey.
Stock no. 1823388
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A network of routes travelled by packmen, carriers and packhorse teams carried much of Britain's trade before the era of the turnpike road. In many parts of the country, a wealth of visual evidence survives - holloways, causeys, guide stoops and packhorse bridges. This book studies the system of routes, taking as an example the wild and difficult terrain of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0718511921. Board corners lightly bumped. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine and lightly scuffed.

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