ECHOES OF OLD LANCASHIRE
Written by William E.A. Axon.
Stock no. 1208784
Published by William Andrews & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

A volume intended for those who find it pleasant to wander in the byways of topography and local literature. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Floral endpapers. 263 pages includes index. Plus booklist at rear. Top and tail of spine worn. Edges and corners rubbed. Covers a little marked. Browning to endpapers. Name and date in ink on front endpaper. Contents very good.

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THE WORTHIES OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Hartley Coleridge.
Stock no. 1208783
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1899. Good condition.

Being lives of the most distinguished persons that have been born in, or connected with, those provinces. Red embossed cloth, gilt title to spine. Portrait frontis plus one other b/w portrait plate. 480 pages. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped. Covers soiled. Names and dates in ink on verso of front endpaper. Prelims very browned. Some margin marks and foxspots but contents generally clean.

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THE CIVIL WAR IN WORCESTERSHIRE 1642-1646
Written by J.W. Willis Bund.
Stock no. 2123771
Published by The Midland Educational Company. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Also include The Scotch Invasion of 1651. A few fade marks to covers. Small partially removed bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning.

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THE LIFE OF ST. THOMAS OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Strange.
Stock no. 2123760
Published by Burns & Oates. 1879. Good condition.

The Life and Gests of S. Thomas Cantilvpe, Bishop o Hereford and Some time before L. Chancellor of England. Extracted out of the authentique Records of his Canonization as to the maine part, Anonymus, Matt. Paris, Capgraue, Harpsfeld, and others. Red cloth. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Darkening to covers; some spotting/damp marks. Ex-lib (school); bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint is cracked. A couple of small ink stamps to contents. Foxing.

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THE BEAGLE RECORD SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL RECORDS AND WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
Written by R.D. Keynes.
Stock no. 2123683
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Paperback reissue of the 1979 volume that gathered together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letter of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and Fitzroy in 1839. ISBN: 9780521338554.

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HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF BOSBURY
Written by Samuel Bentley. Illustrated by Arthur Harrison.
Stock no. 2123522
Published by J. Masters And Co.. 1891. Almost very good condition.

Bosbury is in the diocese and county of Hereford. Green cloth, gilt titles. 14 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to top of spine with fraying to cloth. A few scuff marks and white marks to covers. Front joint is weak and partially broken (can see stitching beneath). Inscription in ink to top of title page. Some foxing and browning. All plates present.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS: BAROQUE CULTURE IN RESTORATION ENGLAND
Written by Joseph M. Levine.
Stock no. 1814566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns was an old dispute when it was resumed with special ferocity in the later seventeenth century as writers and artists, their friend and patrons, debated how far to risk the freedom to innovate. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300079141.

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INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1609703
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 250 copies. Blue binding. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. An expanded and largely rewritten version of the 1949 edition. ISBN: 0900278358. A little spotting to front board. SIGNED by author and illustrator on title page. Wrapper is faded to spine and edges; light foxing.

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APOCALYPSE IN ROME: COLA DI RIENZO AND THE POLITICS OF THE NEW AGE
Written by Ronald G. Musto.
Stock no. 1814549
Published by University of California Press. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The choices and dilemmas face by Cola, a young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, as he overthrew, without violence, the turbulent rule of Rome's barons and the absentee popes. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0520233964.

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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Percy Macquoid. Illustrated by S. Slocombe.
Stock no. 1814367
Published by Lawrence And Bullen Ltd.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany, and The Age of Satinwood. Very large, heavy volumes. Red cloth boards, gilt titles with publisher vignette to front. Top edges gilt. 15 colour plates, after Shirley Slocombe, per volume with titled tissue-guard. Numerous b/w illustrations by the author. First published 1904; 1905; 1906; and 1908 respectively. Uneven fading to cloth and spines are very faded with a few marks. Slight fraying to board corners. Some scattered foxing present, some foxing to plates - some badly foxed to margins, others just a little, others clean. All plates and tissue-guards present. Some plates detached mostly in The Age of Oak, some of these are worn at edges and creased but not affecting the subject of the plate. All volumes are first editions 1904-1908. A few margin marks. A very nice set for someone with an interest in furniture making.

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CHEPSTOW PARISH RECORDS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1609603
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1955. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 1245 copies. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Cloth at corners and spine is rubbed. Front endpaper missing. Wrapper is edge torn and chipped with some loss; some fading to spine.

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CHARLEY'S WAR 1 AUGUST 1916 - 17 OCTOBER 1916
Written by Pat Mills. Illustrated by Joe Colquhoun.
Stock no. 2123458
Published by Titan Books. Circa 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Volume 2 in the Series. B/w comic strips. Also includes a feature on the development of the first tanks and a commentary on the strips from creator Pat Mills, and an afterword by acclaimed comics creator Garth Ennis. ISBN: 9781840239294. 3rd printing.

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