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OFFA'S DYKE A FIELD SURVEY (EXTRACTS FROM ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS)
Written by Cyril Fox.
Stock no. 667009
Published by Archaeologia Cambrensis.
1st
1926.
Very good condition.
Bound in three-quarter brown calf. Gilt titles to spine. Folding maps, b/w photos. Vol LXXXI 1926 pages 133-179; Vol LXXXII 1927 pages 232-268; Vol LXXXIII 1928 pages 33-110; Vol LXXXIV 1929 pages 1-60; Vol LXXXV 1930 pages 1-73; Vol LXXXVI 1931 pages 1-74. The author over 5 years excavated and investigated several sections of the Dyke starting in North Wales in Flintshire and ending in Gloucestershire in the South. Corners rubbed. Front cover scuffed. All first issues as per dates.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN NORTH-WEST WALES
Written by Silvan Jones; Geoffrey P. Smith.
Stock no. 990267
Published by University College of North Wales.
1st
1960.
Very good condition.
Beige card wraps. 128 pages. Folding charts and tables. Covers slightly foxed.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ECONOMICS
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS THIRD QUARTERLY REPORT
No author listed.
Stock no. 679857
Published by Ancient Order Of Foresters.
1873.
Good condition.
Paperwraps. April 1873 Cardiff. 55 pages. Covers browned.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CHEPSTOW CHURCHWARDENS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 556329
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1967.
Nearly fine condition.
1003 copies printed. Card wrap booklet. Address stamp to inside of front cover.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- RELIGION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
NORMAN ARCHITECTURE IN ESSEX
Written by Ernest Godman.
Stock no. 990427
1st
1905.
Very good condition.
Limited edition of 300 copies, on hand-made paper. Pages: 50. Original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Frontispiece etching, plus numerous b/w illustrations + plans. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. Front joint repaired with tape. Corners rubbed.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- EAST ANGLIA
- ESSEX
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NORMAN
- ARCHITECTURE
EDUCATION IN WALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 990358
Published by HMSO.
1935.
Good condition.
Beige paperwraps. 19 pages. Covers browned with a few wormholes.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- EDUCATION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
CHESTERFIELDS LETTERS
Written by Philip Dormer Stanhope.
Stock no. 656640
Published by J. Dodsley; Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope.
1777.
Good condition.
8th Edition. Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his son Philip Stanhope. Four volumes in two. Three-quarter black morocco binding, marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Leather worn and chipped. Name in ink to first blank page, pencil shorthand to frontis and title page of vol 1 & 2. Faded writing to title page and ink smudge to first chapter of vol 3 & 4. Else content clean and tight for a book of its age.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LETTERS
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THESAURUS ECCLESIASTICUS
Written by John Lloyd.
Stock no. 987191
Published by Lockyer Davis.
1788.
Very good condition.
An improved edition of the Liber Valorum containing an account of the valuation of all the livings in England and Wales. Pages: xi, 504. Original marbled boards; modern leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration. A small amount of annotation and pale foxing to contents. In general a very clean copy. Boards rubbed.
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- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE HYGIENE OF LIFE AND SAFER MOTHERHOOD (2 VOLUMES)
Written by W. Arbuthnot Lane.
Stock no. 610514
Published by British Books Ltd..
1st
1934.
Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
A Practical Guide to Health for Every Woman, providing "a source of information of practical service in maintaining the physical and mental fitness essential for the living of happy contented lives" in the 1930s. Large format. Two volumes including the personal supplement. Packed with b/w photos and illustrations. Wrappers grubby and edge-torn with slight loss. Contents clean.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MEDICAL
- HEALTH
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
Written by Henry Tuke.
Stock no. 987153
Published by W. Alexander.
1815.
Very good condition.
Volume I - Containing The Life Of George Fox. 2 Volumes. Volume II J. Parnel; J. Camm; W. Robinson etc. etc. Pages: 336; 232. Modern paper boards with paper title labels to spine. A few foxspots to contents.
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- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
- QUAKERS
- ANTIQUARIAN
THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens.
Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 327454
Published by Frederick Warne & Co..
1st
1928.
Almost very good condition.
The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Covers marked and bumped. One ink mark to contents (to rear of plate). Otherwise contents bright and clean.
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THROUGH MERRIE ENGLAND
Written by F.L. Stevens.
Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 621519
Published by Frederick Warne & Co..
1928.
Very good condition.
The Pageantry and Pastimes of the Village and the Towm. Blue cloth, black titles and illustration to front and spine. Pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Corners rubbed, lower front corner worn. Lower front edge rubbed & fraying. A few marks to rear cover. Top & tail of spine rubbed. Top of spine discoloured. Corners bumped. Contents clean.
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