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THE PARISH DOCTOR
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327834
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st thus
1984.
Nearly fine condition.
Chepstow Series No. 2. Green pictorial card wraps. 20 pages. ISBN: 0906134242.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- MEDICAL
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- WYE VALLEY
POOR PEOPLE
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327833
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st thus
1984.
Nearly fine condition.
Chepstow Series No. 3. Blue card wrap booklet. 39 pages. ISBN: 0906134269. Minimal rubbing to corners.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE WINE TRADE OF THE PORT OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1327832
Published by The Chepstow Society.
Almost very good condition.
1019 copies printed. Card wrap booklet with orange covers. Fading to front cover edges. Top of spine is been bumped. Contents clean.
FAMILY AND DYNASTY IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1977 HARLAXTON SYMPOSIUM
Written by Richard Eales; Shaun Tyas.
Stock no. 1828152
Published by Shaun Tyas.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Harlaxton Medieval Studies Volume IX. Edited by Eales & Tyas. Many of the families examined in this volume show a rearkable resilience to adversity. They could rise in favour as quickly as fall from it, but the shock of disinheritance which faced many families during political reversals, especially after failed bids for greater power, is balanced by their not infrequent recover of title, sometimes decades later. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates to rear. ISBN: 1900289547. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Green dustwrapper is lightly creased and lightly scuffed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- GENEALOGY
LANDSCAPES, DOCUMENTS AND MAPS: VILLAGES IN NORTHERN ENGLAND AND BEYOND AD 900-1250
Written by Brian K. Roberts.
Stock no. 1828150
Published by Oxbow Books.
1st
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This book integrates evidence from geography, history, economic history, archaeology, place-name studies, anthropology and church architecture. The underlying subject matter always engages with landscape studies. The objective is to combine these with the descriptive and analytical practices of history, and to draw both together using the cartographic methods of historical geography. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w maps. ISBN: 9781842172377. Base of spine lightly bumped. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ARCHITECTURE
A BALDOCK SCRAPBOOK
Written by Maureen Maddren.
Stock no. 1828143
Published by Egon Publishers.
1st
1994.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The illustrated companion to Baldock Voices. Edited by Maureen Maddren. Includes material from taped interviews conducted by Edna Page and Nora Penfold. This volume covers 100 years of Baldock life from the 1890s to the 1990s. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0905858948. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and rear panel else a lovely copy.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE GREAT NORTH ROAD: LONDON TO YORK
Written by Charles G. Harper.
Illustrated by Charles G. Harper.
Stock no. 1828134
Published by Cecil Palmer.
2nd
1922.
Very good condition.
The Old Mail Road to Scotland. Red and black pictorial cloth. Black titles. Second and revised edition. B/w illustrations. Spine lightly faded, A few spots to front cover (water?). Front cover feels lightly bowed. Text block lightly browned. Hinges lightly pulled but binding is tight. Contents are clean.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROADS
ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF THE MORRISES OF ANGLESEY (1735-1786) Vol. XLIX Part II
Written by Hugh Owen.
Stock no. 1327814
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.
1949.
Good condition.
Beige cloth covers. 6" x 9". 981pp. A collection of greatly valued letters. Spine bumped, heavy bump to corner of front cover (also affects the top corners of the pages). Ex-libris plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Slight foxing to textblock.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- LETTERS
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
WAR, POLITICS AND FINANCE IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH TOWNS
Written by Christian D. Liddy.
Stock no. 1327812
Published by The Royal Historical Society.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Bristol, York and The Crown, 1350-1400. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 264 pages including index. ISBN: 0861932749. Minimal bumping to spine. A couple of small dents to spine edges of dustwrapper.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- POLITICS
ALBION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH IMAGINATION
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1327805
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
2002.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Discovering the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and tracing it through the centuries. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1856197212. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and a little faded to edge of front panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANGLO-SAXON
THE EARLY TOWN BOOKS OF FAVERSHAM C. 1251-1581 (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Duncan Harrington; Patricia Hyde.
Stock no. 1828118
Published by History Research.
1st
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Town Books of Faversham c. 1251-1581 are invaluable because they provide the basis for the history of the town in the period. The First Town Book, compiled c. 1382-1405, being a collection of documents dating from 1251 relating to the legal status of the Borough. The Second Town Book comprises the Town Accounts, Wardmote minutes and other records for the period 1436-1581. Two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour frontispieces. Limited edition of 250 numbered & signed copies. ISBN: 9780953099832. Copy L (50) of 250 and SIGNED by Duncan Harrington. Edge of boards lightly rubbed. Contents are fine. White pictorial dustwrappers are both a little scuffed and grubby.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- KENT
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BOOKS
- REFERENCE
- LIMITED EDITION
THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
Written by Anne Curry; Malcolm Mercer.
Stock no. 1327803
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated volume providing a defining reassessment of England's legendary vitory on the fields of Agincourt on 25 October 1415 - a triumph that changed the course of the Hundred Years War and Britain's relationship with her longtime enemy, France. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780300214307. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and creased with slight grubbiness to rear panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)