THE DIARIES OF SANDERSON MILLER OF RADWAY
Written by Sanderson Miller; William Hawkes.
Stock no. 1829568
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 41. Edited by William Hawkes. Saunderson Miller (1716-80) was a gentleman architect, an amateur pioneer of significance in the development of the Gothic Revival during its delightful and inventive Georgian period. This volume contains the fully annotated text of Miller's diaries of 1750-1756, a self-revelatory Memoir he wrote fo his friend, James Menteath, and a catalogue of his architectural and landscape work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 449 pages including index. ISBN: 0852200846. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a vertical score to front panel.

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ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME IV WESTERN BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829566
Published by The Society Of Antiquaries Of London. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the fourth and final volume) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. This volume contains mosaics from the counties of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Cheshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire and Wales. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. xvii and 453 pages including index. ISBN: 9780854312948. Boards bright and clean. Minor marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.

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ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829564
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the second) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the city and county of Bristol, from the counties of Cornwall & Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xiii and406 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780954791612. Boards clean and bright. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME I NORTHERN BRITAIN: INCORPORATING THE MIDLANDS AND EAST ANGLIA
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829563
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the first) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the counties of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Yorkshire, and Scotland. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xv and 415 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0953784525. Boards bright and clean. Text block very slightly marked. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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THE ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA AT CASTLE COPSE, GREAT BEDWYN
Written by Eric Hostetter; Thomas Noble Howe; et al.
Stock no. 1829536
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume presents the results of a systematic study of the ruins of the large Roman courtyard villa at Castle Copse, located near the village of Great Bedwyn, in southwest England. Edited by Hostetter and Howe with contributions by many others. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxiv and 550 pages including index. ISBN: 0253328020. Spine is slightly concave. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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KEEPERS OF THE SEA: THE STORY OF THE TRINITY HOUSE YACHTS AND TENDERS
Written by Richard Woodman.
Stock no. 1829483
Published by Chaffcutter Books. 2nd 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Originally published by Terence Dalton Limited in 1983. This is an updated, expanded and re-formatted edition. The history of Lighthouse tenders. T.H.V. Satellite (1924-1961), Profile, Main Deck Plan and Bridge Deck 7 Hold loose fold-out drawings included inside the back cover and are part of this book. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos and a few colour. 240 pages. ISBN: 0953242285. A lovely copy. Loose fold-out drawings are present. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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RNLI MOTOR LIFEBOATS
Written by Nicholas Leach.
Stock no. 1829472
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The History and Development of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's motor lifeboats. Large format. B/w photos and diagrams. 160 pages includes index. ISBN: 1843062011. Bump to top of spine at both front and rear edge. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased at top of spine where bumping has occurred.

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THE RUINED ABBEYS OF BRITAIN (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Frederick Ross. Illustrated by A.F. Lydon.
Stock no. 1829434
Published by William Mackenzie. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Very large format. 14.5 x 11". Dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Bevelled edges. Elaborate red and gold vignette to front covers. All edges gilt. 12 superb colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. Tintern Abbey is the colour frontis and first subject of volume I. Undated. Spines worn to top & tail with board beneath cloth exposed. Corners are rubbed. A few marks to boards. Joints starting to crack. Vertical crease to front endpaper of volume I. Plate opposite page 48 (The Cistercian Abbey of Melrose) and page 124 (The Premonstratensian Abbey of Dryburgh) are missing. Some hinges are pulled but binding tight. Plates are lovely and bright with some minor marks to margins. Scattered foxing throughout both volumes.

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MAUD
Written by Maud Berkeley; Flora Fraser; Elizabeth Longford.
Stock no. 1829418
Published by Secker & Warburg. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Diaries of Maud Berkeley, a remarkable Victorian middle class woman. Adapted by Flora Fraser. Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 0436256770. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to spine. Lingering musty odour present.

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MAP OF ROMAN BRITAIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829411
Published by Ordnance Survey. 3rd 1956. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Third Edition. 43 pages with folding colour map to rear. Scale: 16 miles to one inch. Covers lightly browned, edge-worn, small closed tear to front spine edge, a little loss to lower front corner. Name in ink crossed out to top of title page. Top corner of page 43 torn away and a little of the lower corner of same page (not affecting text). Blank verso of page 43 is spattered with different coloured paint spots and a grubby mark. Verso of map is grubby, map is a little browned especially on folds, lower half of map is grubby and has a few paint splashes near the Bristol Channel. Still a tidy working copy.

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD BIDEFORD: VOLUME NINE
Written by Peter Christie.
Stock no. 1829400
Published by Edward Gaskell Publishers. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos of times-gone-by. 158 pages. ISBN: 9781906769703. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Light waving to contents else contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, BARNSTAPLE
Written by R.J.E. Boggis.
Stock no. 1829399
Published by Cross And Jackman. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Includes an early history of Barnstaple. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. 204 pages including index plus list of subscribers to rear. Spine lightly browned. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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