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LESSONS OF A LIFETIME: MEMORIES OF CHEPSTOW AND THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Brian Rendell; Keith Childs.
Stock no. 1823600
Published by Review Graphics.
Circa
1983.
Almost very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Memories centering around Lydney and the Forest of Dean. ISBN: 0951001205. Covers browned, scuffed and lightly creased through use. Text block lightly browned. A well-used book but still sound.
FAIR AND FASHIONABLE TENBY
Written by John Tipton.
Stock no. 1322812
Published by Tenby Museum.
1st
1987.
Very good condition.
Oblong format. Spiral bound pictorial paper wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901906271. Some pages slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- PEMBROKESHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
RAILWAY CENTENARY 1825-1925: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LOCOMOTIVE, RAILWAY CARRIAGE & WAGON REVIEW
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137695
1925.
Good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. Commemorating the opening of the first public railway and a souvenir of the Tenth International Railway Congress. B/w photos. Tipped-in mounted colour plates. Front cover appears to have been detached at one time - now put back on with sticky tape. Some grubby marks and foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
OAKRIDGE: A HISTORY
Written by Pat Carrick; Kay Rhodes; Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 2137653
Published by Oakridge Historical Research Group.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A social history of Oakridge, a village in the Cotswolds, and its surrounding hamlets of Far Oakridge, Waterlane, Bournes Green, Tunley and Daneway. Burgundy boards, white and yellow titles. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos throughout. ISBN: 0954030648. Page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to one edge of front panel. Small areas of surface rubbing to half-title page (where pencil has been erased).
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- COTSWOLDS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LUFTWAFFE LOSSES OVER NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM 1939-1945
Written by Bill Norman.
Stock no. 2137649
Published by Leo Cooper.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Broken Eagles 2. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850529131. Wrapper is faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- NORTHUMBERLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE BOOK OF BRITISH VICTORIES No. 1 - EXPLOITS ON THE SEA
Written by Sydney Walton.
Stock no. 1823578
Published by The Syndicate Publishing Co..
Circa
1914.
Almost very good condition.
Title on front is: 1588 to 1914 Album-Atlas of British Victories on the Sea "Wooden Walls to Super-Dreadnoughts". Paper covered boards, Cloth spine. Maps of british victories from 1588 (Spanish Armada) to 1855 (wars with Russia). B/w photos and illustrations. 31 pages including inside rear cover. Boards discoloured, rubbed at edges. Two names in pencil to inside front cover 'Signatures of the Brave'. Binding is a little loose with small tear to rear gutter edge of spine. Contents lightly browned with minor foxing.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MARITIME
- MAPS
THE HISTORY OF THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT 1928 TO 1946
Written by Col. W.N. Nicholson.
Stock no. 2137548
Published by East Anglian Magazine Ltd..
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth with gilt title to spine and small vignette to front cover. The story of the County Regiment During the World War. B/w photos and maps. Bumping to spine and a couple of corners. Front joint is partially cracked. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine and edges. Wrapper is also edge-chipped with a few nicks of loss; some grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
- ARMY
- INFANTRY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BATH & BRISTOL
Written by Stanley Hutton.
Illustrated by Laura A. Happerfield.
Stock no. 2137410
Published by A. & C. Black.
Circa
1915.
Almost very good condition.
A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. 3000 copies printed. Grey cloth, green titles and borders. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. 2 folding maps. REPRINT! Spine is browned. Marks to covers; bumping. Front joint is a bit cracked. Margin tear to plate guard page 101. Blue mark to verso of plate page 176. Some foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.
INFORMAL JUSTICE IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1760-1914
Written by Stephen Banks.
Stock no. 2137374
Published by The Boydell Press.
1st
2014.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Courts of Popular Opinion. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781843839408.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LAW
- SOCIAL HISTORY
OLD BIRKDALE AND AINSDALE: LIFE ON THE SOUTH-WEST LANCASHIRE COAST 1600-1851
Written by Sylvia Harrop.
Stock no. 2137369
Published by The Birkdale And Ainsdale Historical Research Society.
1986.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 095109050X. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner to front pastedown. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine and a couple of edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
Written by Ian McInnes.
Stock no. 2137320
Published by Jade Publishing Limited.
1st
2002.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Including the Body of Yeoman Warders H.M. Tower of London, Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard (Extraordinary) 1823-1903. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1900734192. SIGNED by author, with dedication to front endpaper. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON
CHILDREN AT THE CHANTRY
Written by Eleanor J. Owen.
Illustrated by Hester Martin-Harvey.
Stock no. 1823551
Published by The Mendip Press.
1st
1947.
Very good condition.
White card wraps. B/w plates. A childhood at the Chantry in Somerset. A few light foxspots to cover. Original glassine wrapper present but torn with a large amount of loss to rear. Slight mustiness present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- SOMERSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)