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DYNASTY OF IRON FOUNDERS
Written by Arthur Raistrick.
Stock no. 1205825
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos and illustrations. The Darbys and Coalbrookdale. xiii + 308 pages. Covers unevenly faded. Contents very good. Wrapper chipped at edges and lightly browned to rear.

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IN ALEPPO ONCE
Written by Taqui Altounyan.
Stock no. 1205801
Published by Amazon Publications. 1st 2001. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 400 copies. B/w photos. Arthur Ransome wrote some of 'Peter Duck' while in Aleppo. This book is the memories of a Syrian childhood. Corners very very slightly bumped.

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GERALD THE WELSHMAN
Written by Henry Owen.
Stock no. 1205628
Published by Whiting & Co.. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

Giraldus Cambrensis. Three-quarters vellum binding. Blue boards with red dragon vignette. SIGNED by author. Endpapers very lightly browned.

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THE ATTACK OF FEUDALISM IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRANCE
Written by J.Q.C. Mackrell.
Stock no. 1205415
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The intellectual climate of the Ancien Regime. The rich texture of 18th century French thought. 215 pages. ISBN: 0710075839.

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THE CROFTER IN HISTORY
Written by Colin Campbell; Dalriad.
Stock no. 1205231
Published by William Brown. 2nd 1886. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 104 pages. Address in ink to title page else contents fine. Corners slightly bumped.

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SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton. Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 1205050
Published by J. Skelton. 1825. Good condition.

Large format. 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Purple leather spine and corners. 56 b/w plates. Book: all plates present. Leather browned. Top and tail of spine worn with loss. Corners very worn. Plates clean and bright.

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THE CHARTERS AND LETTERS PATENT GRANTED TO BRISTOL
Written by Samuel Seyer.
Stock no. 1205048
Published by John Mathew Gutch. 1st 1812. Good condition.

The Charters and Letters Patent Granted by the Kings and Queens of England to the Town and City of Bristol. Newly translated, and accompanied by the original Latin. Modern red cloth spine, original grey boards. Marbled edges. xviii + 317 pages including list of subscribers. Prelims before title page are missing. Scattered foxing throughout. Boards worn and stained.

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SOLUTION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND A KING'S PERSPECTIVE
Written by John Baillie.
Stock no. 1804533
Published by The Book Guild Ltd.. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An impassioned plea for a solution to Northern Ireland. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0863329055. Wrapper is scuffed.

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A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SURREY
Written by Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell. Illustrated by Thomas Allom.
Stock no. 1205023
Published by G. Willis. 1850. Very good condition.

Five volumes. Brown leather spines and corners, raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Marbled boards and edges. Vol I: viii 472 pages index, 15 b/w plates, one folding colour map and one colour map of the course of the River Mole; Vol II: 486 pages 16 b/w plates; Vol III 527 pages 19 b/w plates; Vol IV: 519 pages 35 b/w plates; Vol V: 442 pages 48 page appendix 42 b/w plates. In total 127 b/w 2 colour plates. Book: all plates present. Corners worn. Contents very good indeed. A handsome set.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1804526
1st thus 1912. Good condition.

Reprinted by permission from 'The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle' of 1911, and published 1912. Dark green cloth spine with no title, green paper boards. B/w frontis and fold-out maps. 52 pages. Rear board missing and has been replaced and repaired with a soft board. Minor foxing present.

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THE HISTORY OF STEAM NAVIGATION
Written by John Kennedy.
Stock no. 1204672
Published by Charles Birchall. 3rd 1905. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt titles. 4 double-page colour plates of shipping companies flags and funnels. Numerous b/w illustrations. xvii 359 pages vi pages of index xv pages of interesting adverts with b/w illustrations. Endpapers very lightly browned else contents fine. Spine faded. Cover edges slightly faded.

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PAPER BEFORE PRINT
Written by Jonathan M. Bloom.
Stock no. 1204478
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2001. As new condition.

The history and impact of paper in the Islamic world. Large format. Black cloth spine, glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300089554.

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