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COVENTRY PRIORY REGISTER
Written by Peter Coss; Joan C. Lancaster Lewis; Nat Alcock.
Stock no. 1830226
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 46. The Coventry Priory Register is a precious survivor from the rich records that once existed of the Benedictine monastery which lay at the centre of the city. The Register was compiled by an unknown monk and completed in or after 1419. Edited by Peter Coss and Joan C. Lancaster Lewis. With Coventry in 1411 by Nat Alcock and Indexes by Angela Coss. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 723 pages. ISBN: 9780852200964. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT BOOK OF SIR THOMAS PUCKERING OF WARWICK, 16:20: LIVING IN LONDON AND THE MIDLANDS WITH HIS PROBATE INVENTORY, 1637
Written by Mark Merry; Catherine Richardson.
Stock no. 1830220
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 45. Edited by Mark Merry and Catherine Richardson. A rare and significant insight into the life and society of a baronet and member of parliament. The accounts record both routine occurences , such as weeding the garden or paying servants' wages, and extraordinary events such as the building of a banqueting house of the welcoming of travelling players. Blue cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. x and 341 pages. ISBN: 9780852200933. Couple of minor foxspots to vertical edge of text block else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, vertical creasing to rear flap.

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BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1830218
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xi and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119226. A lovely copy, marred only by creasing to tip of lower corners from page 181 to the rear cover.

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THE RIVER RUNNING BY
Written by Joan Fleming-Yates.
Stock no. 1330082
Published by Wedderburn Art Ltd.. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

An Historical Journey Through the Monnow Valley. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1905037058. Minimal rubbing to corner tips of covers. Faint indentations to front cover where book has been leant on to write.

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THE OLD INDUSTRIES OF DEAN
Written by David E. Bick.
Stock no. 1330075
Published by The Forest Bookshop. 1989. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946252208. Corner tips of covers very slightly rubbed. Pencil markings erased from title-page.

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UNCONQUERED: THE STORY OF KENT AND ITS LIEUTENANCY
Written by David McDine.
Stock no. 1830213
Published by The Allan Willett Foundation. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beacons flared across Kent in Elizabeth I's reign to warn of the Armada's approach. now the beacons celebrate great events like Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. And throughout the centuries the link has been the Lieutenancy, originally responsible for the defence of the Frontline County and now keeping alive the unique Spirit of Kent - still Unconquered. Large format. Dark blue imitation leather cloth boards with silver titles. Colour photos. 249 pages plus list of Lieutenants and Index. ISBN: 9780992834807. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Contained in dark blue imitation leather cloth slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs.

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'TRAVELS OF THE TRAMPS': TWENTY TRAMP FLEETS VOLUME II
Written by N.L. Middlemiss.
Stock no. 1830143
Published by Shield Publications Ltd. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

At one time the backbone of Britain, tramps were engaged in world-wide trading and the bringing in of essential raw materials for British industry and the exporting of coal. This book contains historical over-views of twenty of the largest and most interesting fleets. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 1871128064. Base of spine is lightly shelf-worn. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine.

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THE ISLAND GARDEN: ENGLAND'S LANGUAGE OF NATION FROM GILDAS TO MARVELL
Written by Lynn Staley.
Stock no. 1830082
Published by University Of Notre Dame Press. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern series. Pictorial cardwraps. A few colour & b/w photos. x and 245 pages including index. ISBN: 9780268041403. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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ORCOP: THE STORY OF A HEREFORDSHIRE VILLAGE FROM PRE-HISTORY TO PRESENT TIMES
Written by Delphine Coleman.
Stock no. 1830081
Published by Self Publishing Association Ltd.. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The small Herefordshire village of Orcop, with its scattered farms and cottages, is rimmed by a ring of hills which have, for centuries, served to isolate it from the world around. A fascinating amalgram of events and personalities that over the centuries combined to create the Orcop of today. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. 304 pages. ISBN: 1854211943. Top edge of text block is lightly browned with minor foxing. Else a lovely clean copy. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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WALES 100 YEARS AGO: THE BEAUTY OF OLD WALES ILLUSTRATED
Written by Richard Lovett.
Stock no. 1830024
Published by Bracken Books. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Centennial Travel Series. Originally published in 1892 by The Religious Tract Society. Written by Welshmen, providing first-hand knowledge of the countryside, towns and monuments here depicted. Edited by Richard Lovett. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0946495521. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut, a little edge-creased, lightly faded to spine and very slightly scuffed.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME TWO
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1830023
Published by Monnow Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Civil War to present times (1974). Maroon boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 215 pages includes index. ISBN: 0950661805. Boards clean. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, grubby to rear panel and has a maroon coloured mark to verso facing front board.

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A HISTORY OF ISLINGTON
Written by Mary Cosh.
Stock no. 1329730
Published by Historical Publications Ltd.. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The evolution of the village into a suburb closely related to the City, and then its role as part of the overall metropolis. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 352 pages, including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948667974. Foxspots to top edge of textblock. Minimal bumping at edges and slightly creasing to wrapper edges.

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