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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 11
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 628359
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1985.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807644.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
FURNESS PAST AND PRESENT ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by George Markham Tweddell.
Stock no. 628348
Published by J. Richardson.
1st
1870.
Very good condition.
Two volumes. Large format. 11 x 8.5 inches. Black leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles to spine. 16 b/w plates, 4 coloured title pages, 50 beautiful colour plates, 2 double-page colour plates, 1 colour map, 1 double-page colour map plus b/w text illustrations. Marbled endpapers and edges. Both volumes have been professionally rebacked with original spines laid down. Some light foxing to plate margins. Overall a very handsome set.
THE HISTORY OF LUDLOW
Written by Thomas Wright.
Stock no. 628327
Published by R. Jones.
1st
1852.
Slightly better than good condition.
Red marbled boards and spine. Gilt title and decoration to spine. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Corners bumped and rubbed. Top and tail of spine chipped. Two additional illustrations pasted to rear endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- SHROPSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
A COLLECTION OF COATS OF ARMS BORNE BY THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY OF THE COUNTY OF GLOCESTER
No author listed.
Stock no. 628236
Published by J. Good.
1792.
Almost very good condition.
Leather spine and corners. Gilt title to spine. 7 pages list of subscribers; 49 pages of text; 62 b/w heraldic plates with typically 6 images per plate. Marbled edges and endpapers. Large format, 12 x 9.5 inches. Book: all plates present. Title page browned. Some scattered foxing throughout. Plates in general clean and bright. Spine has 3 inch crack at base. Spine rubbed, corners worn. REDUCED FROM £440.
MANWOOD'S TREATISE OF THE FOREST LAWS
Written by William Nelson.
Stock no. 628241
Published by E. Nutt.
1717.
Almost very good condition.
Shewing Not Only the Laws Now in Force But the Original of Forests, What They Are, and How They Differ from Chases, Parks and Warrens With All Such Things As Are Incident to Either. Together With the Proper Terms of Art, Collected Out of the Common and Statute Laws of This Realm; as Also From the Assises and Iters of Pickering and Lancaster and Several Other Ancient and Learned Authors. Treating Also of the Offices of Agistors, Beadles, Foresters, Keepers, Rangers, Verderors and Woodwards and of the Courts of Attachment Etc. With All the Variety of Cases Relating to Forests, Chases, Parks and Warrens and All the Laws Concerning the Game Made, Adjudged or Repealed Since the Year 1665. The Fourth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. 7.5 x 4.5 inches. Full brown leather binding. Raised bands, gilt title to spine. 435 pages + 23 pages "The Table". Endpapers browned. Contents in general very good. Boards scuffed. Top and tail of spine chipped with loss. Corners worn.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LAW
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
- FORESTRY
HANDLIST OF THE CONTENTS OF THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE RECORD OFFICE
Written by N.W. Kingsley.
Stock no. 628279
Published by Gloucestershire County Council.
1988.
Fine condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Spiral bound. ISBN: 0904950670.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- REFERENCE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE MODEL MERCHANT OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Samuel Lysons.
Stock no. 809544
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co..
1st
1860.
Very good condition.
Exemplified in the story of Whittington and His Cat being an attempt to rescue that interesting story from the region of fable and to place it in its proper position in the legitimate history of this country. Dark red cloth, gilt titles. 3 b/w plates plus 1 large folding genealogical table. Corners a little bumped and rubbed.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MIDDLE AGES
- BIOGRAPHY
BRITAIN 1996
No author listed.
Stock no. 808494
Published by HMSO.
1996.
Very good condition.
An official handbook. Colour photos. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0117020249. Book: Ex-lib. Contents fine. Covers slightly browned.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
BRITAIN 1995
No author listed.
Stock no. 808493
Published by HMSO.
1995.
Very good condition.
An official handbook. Colour photos. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0117018597. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. Contents fine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF WINCHESTER (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 808371
Published by J. Wilkes.
1st
1773.
Slightly better than good condition.
Setting forth its original constitution, government, manufactories, trade, commerce and navigation; its several wards, parishes, precincts, Districts, churches, religious and charitable foundations, and other public edifieces. Together with the charters, laws, customs, rights, liberties and privileges of that ancient city. Two volumes. Small format. 7.5 x 4.5". Original grey boards with paper spines. 13 b/w plates. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Contents very good. Boards rubbed and slightly marked. Spines browned and chipped. REDUCED FROM £250.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HAMPSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
BOROUGH SESSIONS PAPERS 1653-1688
Written by Arthur J. Willis; Margaret J. Hoad.
Stock no. 807545
Published by Phillimore.
1st
1971.
As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Portsmouth Record Series. This volume gives a fascinating picture of life in 17th century Portsmouth. It is a full summary of all the surviving papers of cases heard by the Borough Justices. Large format. Folding b/w map. Endpapers are also maps. ISBN: 0850330114.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HAMPSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- GENEALOGY
- SOCIAL HISTORY
CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 23
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 807476
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1990.
As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.
Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402502.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- CARDIFF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)