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MAN AND THE LAND (NN 31)
Written by L. Dudley Stamp.
Stock no. 1826109
Published by Collins.
2nd
1964.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series no. 31. Green cloth. 6 x 8.5". 272 pages. A new and unusual portrait of our islands. 35 colour photos, 46 b/w photos, 52 illustrations in the text. A little bumping to top corner of front board. Minor mottling to rear board. Some foxing mainly to text block and rear endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and worn at corners with minor loss, some foxing, a few grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- ECOLOGY
- FARMING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SOUTH GLAMORGAN: A COUNTY HISTORY
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1826108
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Stewart Williams. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900807199. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Written by D. Emrys Evans.
Stock no. 1325627
Published by University of Wales.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
This historical sketch throws much light on the character and problems of a university. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss and heavily foxed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- UNIVERSITIES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
GLOUCESTER: IN NATIONAL HISTORY
Written by Francis A. Hyett.
Stock no. 1826076
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd..
2nd
1907.
Very good condition.
2nd edition, revised. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Fold-out map of Gloucester 1610 as frontis. A few marks to boards, top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Rear joint cracked exposing cloth binding which is still tight. A few minor foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
READING: OUR TOWN 1950-2001
Written by Harold Hill.
Stock no. 1826073
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co..
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An illustrated record of the massive redevelopment that transformed Reading over the 50 years. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 185983275X. A few light 'spots' to front pastedown else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- BERKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
WIMBORNE MINSTER: THE HISTORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN
Written by Jude James.
Stock no. 1826072
Published by Dovecote Press.
1983.
Very good condition.
Orange cardwraps. B/w photos. Reprint. Spine faded. Corners rubbed. Rear copver a little scuffed. Strong smell of tobacco present else a clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DORSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
WEEK ST. MARY VILLAGE: A COMMUNITY AT LARGE
Written by David M. Martin.
Stock no. 1826055
Published by David Martin.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition.
The village of Week St. Mary, in North Cornwall, has a rich and varied history reaching back some 2,000 years. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955721908. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- CORNWALL
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
RAILWAY MOTOR BUSES AND BUS SERVICES IN THE BRITISH ISLES 1902-1933 VOLUME ONE
Written by John Cummings.
Stock no. 1826040
Published by Oxford Publishing.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860930114. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Small pencil erasure mark and couple of tiny pen marks to top of front endpaper. Light foxing to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut orange pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to lower front flap, is lightly brronwed and lightly rubbed at edges.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE ORNAMENTAL WILDERNESS IN THE ENGLISH GARDEN
Written by James Bartos.
Stock no. 1826037
Published by Unicorn.
1st
2022.
Nearly fine condition.
A survey of the designed landscapes of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781914414350. Minor rubbing to corners else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- GARDENS
- LANDSCAPE
- LANDSCAPE DESIGN
THE BOOK OF KINGSTON
Written by Shaan Butters.
Stock no. 1826035
Published by Baron Birch.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. The story of Kingston in Surrey. ISBN: 0860235629. Light scuffing to boards. Slight grubbiness to text block. Contents clean. Number 346 of a Limited Edition.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- SURREY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
ROBIN HOOD: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH
Written by Graham Phillips; Martin Keatman.
Stock no. 1826024
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
For centuries, the tales of Robin Hood and his band of Sherwood outlaws have fired the popular imagination. Fabled archer, defender of the poor, man of the people opposing tyranny and injustice, the fame of Robin Hood is universal. But did he really exist? Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1854799967. Light browning to text block and page edges else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ROBIN HOOD
- LEGENDS
SECOND CITY: BIRMINGHAM AND THE FORGING OF MODERN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Vinen.
Stock no. 1826022
Published by Allen Lane.
1st
2022.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Th drama of a small village that grew to become the quintessential city of the twentieth century: a place of mass production, full employment and prosperity that began in the 1930s, but which came to a cataclysmic halt in the 1980s. Blue paper boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780241454534. A nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- BIRMINGHAM
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)