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YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN: THE ANTIQUES AND HISTORY OF CHILDCARE
Written by Sally Kevill-Davies.
Stock no. 1824206
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An enthralling and vividly written account of the history of child-raising over the last four centuries, and the everyday objects which were used. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Colour frontis and colour pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 185149135X. Text block a little grubby. Grubby mark to lower corner of pages 286 & 287 (facing pages). Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE WEYMOUTH HARBOUR TRAMWAY
Written by J.H. Lucking.
Stock no. 1824115
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Countless summer visitors, as well as passengers for the Channel Islands and France, have come to know Weymouth as 'the place where the trains run through the street'. This comprehensive study provides a full account, from arly unfulfilled proposals in the 1840s, through the line's horse-drawn bneginnings in the 1860s and long years of commercial importance, to the almost complete decline following the withdrawal of freight traffic in 1970. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860933040. Top corners of boards bumped. Lower board edges browned and with red pen marks to corners and lower text block. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, tiny nick to top 1/3 of spine and corners rubbed.

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BRISTOL IN THE 1890'S
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824110
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1965. Very good condition.

Second edition. Lilac glazed boards. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication). Top corners of boards bumped. Boards lightly scuffed. Occasional foxspot. Slight musty odour present.

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HISTORIC HALLAMSHIRE
Written by David Hey.
Stock no. 1824081
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Landmark Collector's Library Series. Larger format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. History in Sheffield's Countryside. B/w photos. ISBN: 1843060493. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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ROOTED IN HISTORY: CELEBRATING CARMARTHENSHIRE'S PARKS & GARDENS
Written by Penny David.
Stock no. 1824074
Published by Fern Press. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

The stories of some sixty of the county's gardens and other lesser-known sites. A celebration of a rich gardening heritage and the people associated with it. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781527210042. A lovely, clean copy.

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CARY'S NEW ITINERARY
Written by John Cary; Thomas Hasker.
Stock no. 1824055
Published by J. Cary. 6th 1815. Almost very good condition.

Sixth edition with improvements. Cary's New Itinerary or An Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross Throughout England and Wales. With Many of the Principle Roads in Scotland From an Actual Measurement by John Cary Under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker. Brown leather spine and corners, red title label with gilt title. Raised bands to spine. Green marbled paper boards. Folding map of the UK to frontis plus 6 folding maps. Index to the Direct Roads from London. Coach Directory, list of inns throughout the Metropolis from which mail and other stage coaches depart. Index to Country Seats. 946 pages + 3 page booklist to rear of publications by J. Cary. Rebound with new boards, new leather, new endpapers. Some professional paper repair especially to map of UK which is missing a good portion of the UK (see photo). Text block heavily browned, contents also heavily browned and with foxing, some damp staining to margins, some more so than others, text is legible. All plates present with browning and foxing. Overall a good copy for a book 200 years old.

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THE KAZANLUK TOMB
Written by Lyudmila Zhivkova.
Stock no. 1824052
Published by Verlag Aurel Bongers Recklinghausen. 1st thus 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The tomb of a Thracian chieftain, which came to light in 1944, is one of the most valuable treasures of ancient art in the Bulgarian lands. Very large format. Cream imitation leather boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. ISBN: 3764702834. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear to base of spine and is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Contained in a thin card slipcase in very good condition.

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VIKING ARTEFACTS: A SELECT CATALOGUE
Written by James Graham-Campbell.
Stock no. 1824021
Published by British Museum Publications. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A catalogue of the objects featuring in the major exhibition on Vikings mounted by the British Museum in the spring and Summer of 1980. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Bw photos. 312 pages including text and photos. ISBN: 0714113549. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few marks. A scarce item at the time of cataloguing.

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CLONTARF: IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS: DUBLIN SUBURBS No. 1
Written by Colm Lennon; et al.
Stock no. 2140960
Published by Royal Irish Academy. 1st IRELAND 2018. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w and colour maps and illustrations. ISBN: 9781908997722. Creasing to covers with pencil mark to front cover; bumping to corners. Contents are still excellent!

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ANCIENT IRISH HISTORIES: THE WORKS OF SPENCER, CAMPION, HANMER, AND MARLENBURROUGH (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edmund Spencer; Meredith Hanmer.
Stock no. 2140826
Published by Kennikat Press. 1970. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with black title labels to spines. Kennikat Press Scholarly Reprints Series. ISBN: 0804607672. Spotting to covers. A bit of bowing to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ACCOUNTS AND LETTERS OF THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH VOYAGES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Columbus; Paolo Emilio Taviani; Consuelo Varela; Juan Gil; Marina Conti; Luciano F. Farina; Marc A. Beckwith.
Stock no. 2140820
Published by Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Della Stato. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nuova Raccolta Columbiana - English Edition. In Two Parts. Large format. Fold-out maps. Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets. National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. ISBN: 8824038077. Contained in a very good slip case.

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THE HISTORY OF LLANELLI CRICKET CLUB
Written by Bob Harragan.
Stock no. 2140783
Published by Llanelli Borough Council. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0906821126. A few marks and light browning to outer page edges.

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