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FOUR PERSONALITIES FROM THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Ralph Anstis.
Stock no. 1810905
Published by Albion House.
1st
1996.
Fine condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Biographies of Sir John Wyntour, Catharina Bovey, Timothy Mountjoy and Sir Charles Dilke. ISBN: 0951137131. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- BIOGRAPHY
A MANOR BOOK OF OTTERY SAINT MARY
Written by Catherine Durning Whetham; Margaret Whetham; W.C.D. Whetham.
Stock no. 2116763
Published by Longmans, Green & Co..
1913.
Very good condition.
Red brick cloth with gilt title to spine. Note on the history of the dependent Manor of Cadhay by W.C.D. Whetham. Bumping to corners. A few marks/spotting to covers. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DEVON
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE GREATER ABBEYS OF ENGLAND
Written by Abbot Gasquet.
Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 2116754
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
1908.
Very good condition.
Large format. Green cloth covers. Gilt decorative and text. A fascinating insight into the English monastic life exquisitely illustrated in colour. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine, with a couple of chips to cloth at top. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing. A few page edges have tears, with a bit of loss, where at one time pages were uncut and they have not been cut neatly.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- CHURCHES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
MELBOURNE TEN
Written by Brian J. Rapier.
Stock no. 1606830
Published by Air Museum Publications (york) Ltd.
1st
1982.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Contains contemporary views of life and death from a number of diaries and events concerning a bomber squadron in World War II. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950732613. SIGNED by author, illustrator and researcher on title page (no dedication).
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AIR FORCE
- WORLD WAR II
- HISTORY
MEMORIALS OF OLD YORKSHIRE
Written by T.M. Fallow.
Stock no. 2116734
Published by George Allen & Sons.
1909.
Very good condition.
Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine is faded and bumped; a little fraying to cloth at top. Corners are bumped and worn. Some foxing. All plates present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH EAST UK
- YORKSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
WORLD'S CHILDREN
Written by Dorothy Menpes.
Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 1314438
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
1st
1903.
Very good condition.
Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies. White decorated cloth with gilt titles. 100 colour plates. 246 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist. This is copy no. 322. Spine and corners bumped. White cloth is slightly grubby. Foxing throughout (affects tissue-guards but not actual plates).
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- A AND C BLACK COLOUR BOOK
FOUNTAINS OF PAPAL ROME
Written by Fanny MacVeagh.
Illustrated by Rudolph Ruzicka.
Stock no. 1810862
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1st
1915.
Very good condition.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette and blue title to front. B/w plates and chapter headers. Ex-library, with library plate to front pastedown and a few discreet stamps.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ITALY
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ARCHITECTURE
CATHEDRALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2116479
Published by Great Western Railway Company.
1st
1924.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Card wraps. With 74 illustrations by photographic reproductions and 74 drawings. 1" tear to base of spine. Cover edges are browned and creased. Foxing throughout. Wrapper is unevenly browned and foxed, with tears and chips; some bits of loss along edges.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- CHURCHES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
FRANCIS FRITH'S WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS
Written by Anthony Bryan.
Stock no. 2116356
Published by Bounty Books.
2006.
Fine condition.
Photographic Memories. Francis Frith Collection. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780753714041.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- WATERMILLS
- WINDMILLS
METRO MEMORIES
Written by Dennis F. Edwards; Ron Pigram.
Stock no. 2116316
Published by Bloomsbury Books.
1st thus
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An armchair odyssey through the countryside served by the Metropolitan railway. Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870630955. Wrapper is edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LONDON
INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY PART 3
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1713363
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1976.
Very good condition.
Slim pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278315.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- SOUTH WEST UK
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY
- INNS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LANGLEY 1916-1996
No author listed.
Stock no. 2116074
Circa
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. B/w photos. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of small nicks.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (AMERICAN)