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"... A FINER PLACE TO LIVE": A HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF CRAWLEY IN HAMPSHIRE
Written by David S. Dunbar.
Stock no. 1826340
Published by Crawley Local History Group. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Crawley is a small village and parish some 4 miles west of Winchester. This book tells the story of its people and buildings, and ends with an extended look at the people of Crawley in the year 2000. A fascinating and readable insight into the evolution of a small community over two thousand years. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour photos. SIGNED by the author (with best regards) to free front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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THE BOOK OF DEVIZES: THE LIFE STORY OF AN ANCIENT BOROUGH
Written by Edward Bradby.
Stock no. 1826319
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the town's past in words and pictures. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Limited Edition. Original subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 0860231968. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. This is copy number 368. Text block slightly grubby, a few light creases. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE WORTHING ROAD AND ITS COACHES
Written by Henrey Smail.
Stock no. 1826313
Published by Aldridge Bros. 2nd 1944. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 2nd edition. Endpapers show the road from London to Worthing in strip map form. The Worthing Pageant Series. Boards grubby and lightly marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few marks mainly to margins.

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COUNTY DURHAM: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Henry Thorold.
Stock no. 1826297
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

County Durham, individual, tough, independent but rewarding and endearing, maligned maybe but magnificent! Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 057111640X. Small (0.5") nick in cloth to rear edge of spine at base, corresponding loss to dustwrapper in same area. Otherwise, a lovely copy in price-cut dustwrapper.

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STEEP HOLM: THE STORY OF A SMALL ISLAND
Written by Stan Rendell; Joan Rendell.
Stock no. 1826272
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Steep Holm is a small uninhabited island in the Bristol Channel five miles west of Weston-super-Mare with a long and fascinating history. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750903236. Text block slightly grubby else a nice, clean copy.

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THE SAILING NAVY LIST: ALL THE SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY - BUILT, PURCHASED AND CAPTURED - 1688-1860
Written by David Lyon.
Stock no. 1325772
Published by Conway Maritime Press. 1997. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The first complete and authoritative list of ships, derived from official sources. Organised by type and class. Details of dimensions, tonnage, armament, building data and fates. Complete ship name index. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 367 pages including index. ISBN: 085177864X. Standard edition reprinted. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Some slight grubbiness to textblock else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby.

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OLD BARRY IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Brian C. Luxton; Gwyn Thomas.
Stock no. 1826228
Published by Stewart Williams. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Thomas. Commentaries by Brian C. Luxton. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807253. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby and a little browned.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE MEDLEY VOLUME TWO
Written by Reginald Nichols.
Stock no. 1826210
Published by Reginald Nichols. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition.

White pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950541214. Coversw a little grubby, small damp stain to lower edge, rear cover has surface paper loss to lower edge. Contents generally clean.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE MEDLEY VOLUME THREE
Written by Reginald Nichols.
Stock no. 1826209
Published by Reginald Nichols. 1st 1978. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue cloth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950541222. Spine knocked in the centre and therefore appears crumpled. Tape marks to endpapers, title page and verso of maps. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, worn at top and tail of spine.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S DAUGHTER
Written by Amanda Vickery.
Stock no. 1325721
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Women's lives in Georgian England. Peach decorative cloth. Colour illustrations. Book is fine. Contained in slipcase which is very slightly scuffed.

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THE JUBILEE YEARS 1887-1897
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1325717
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Compiled by Hudson. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to corners and scuffing to covers. Contents fine. Slipcase is bumped at corners and faded to edge of front panel, mark to lower edge.

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THE COMMONERS OF DEAN FOREST
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1826121
Published by Lightmoor Press. 2nd 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, emendations and updated. The rights of the Commoner in the King's forest is the subject of undying interest. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1899889116. SIGNED by the author (Best Wishes) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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