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NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ASSOCIATED WITH A FLY FROM GLOUCESTER TO ABERYSTWITH AND FROM ABERYSTWITH THROUGH NORTH WALES
Written by Thomas Turner.
Illustrated by D. Cox.
Stock no. 575974
1st
1840.
Fair condition.
Brown leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Green cloth covers. 11 b/w plates plus portrait frontis. The journey was undertaken July 31st to September 8th 1837. Privately printed. Author's bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint broken else contents are very good with all plates present. Top of spine repaired. Corners slightly bumped. REDUCED FROM £160.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- ANTIQUARIAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- PRIVATE PRESS
MASTERLESS MEN
Written by A.L. Beier.
Stock no. 574622
Published by Methuen.
1st
1985.
Almost very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The Vagrancy Problem in England 1560-1640. ISBN: 0416390102. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; William Jardine; Edward Jesse.
Stock no. 990467
Published by Bell and Daldy.
1st thus
1872.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pages:xxiv, 416, 40 engravings. Bound in recent dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. With additions and supplementary notes by Jardine. Edited and with further illustrations by Jesse.
COME WIND, COME WEATHER
Written by G.E. Evans.
Stock no. 667604
Published by The Whitefriar's Press Ltd..
1st
1969.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Chronicles of Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Hitchin, 1669-1969. SIGNED by author. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Covers slightly unevenly faded.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- CHURCHES
- HERTFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
S. PETER'S BOURNEMOUTH
Written by E.W. Leachman.
Stock no. 692754
Published by Sydenham & Co..
1st
1915.
Good condition.
Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Name in ink to front endpaper. One page detached. Some foxing throughout. Spine slightly chipped at top and tail. Corners rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DORSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- CHURCHES
EISTEDDFOD TRANSACTIONS CARNARVON 1894
Written by E. Vincent Evans.
Stock no. 559434
Published by I. Foulkes.
1896.
Very good condition.
Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Text in Welsh and English (mostly Welsh). Name in ink and light foxing to front endpaper.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WELSH
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- EISTEDDFOD
HISTORIC WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by W. Salt Brassington.
Stock no. 572853
Published by Midland Educational Co. Ltd..
Circa
1894.
Very good condition.
Worcestershire Historical, Biographical, Traditional, Legendary and Romantic. Large format. Three-quarters brown calf. Raised bands, gilt decorations and green title block to spine. Burgundy boards. Marbled endpapers. B/w photos. Corners bumped and rubbed. Contents very good.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BEGGARS IN RED
Written by John Strawson.
Stock no. 620249
Published by Hutchinson.
1st thus
1991.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The British Army 1789-1889. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0091747465. Lower edge of cover has very slight fading. Light page-edge browning. Wrapper lightly discoloured and creased at spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- ARMY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE WESTMINSTER CORRIDOR
Written by David Sullivan.
Stock no. 682070
Published by Historical Publications Ltd..
1st
1994.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The historical and geographical setting for the building of a small monastery on the edge of the flooding Thames, which in time became Westminster Abbey. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948667249. SIGNED by author. Dustwrapper faded to spine.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE MAP OF MID SIXTEENTH CENTURY LONDON
Written by Stephen Powys Marks.
Stock no. 668301
Published by London Topographical Society.
1st
1964.
Very good condition.
Large format. Brown cloth spine, grey boards. 10 b/w plates. An investigation into the relationship between a copper-engraved map and its derivatives. Covers slightly marked.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- MAP
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE BASIN OF THE TAY
Written by James Knox.
Stock no. 693734
Published by John Anderson; William Hunter.
1st
1831.
Good condition.
Brown cloth. 2 b/w engravings. Contents very good but rear joint cracked. A few foxspots. Corners worn. Boards rubbed.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
ROYAL BOROUGH
Written by Rachel Ferguson.
Stock no. 620857
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
A selection of readers letters with the author's comments and replies; Kensington in the 2nd World War; The Coming of Peace; and Kensington today. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Corners slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pale foxing. Pictorial wrapper edge-torn with loss and almost in two halves.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON