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THE OLD CHURCH CLOCK
Written by Richard Parkinson; John Evans.
Stock no. 1814826
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Abel Heywood & Son Ltd.. 5th 1880. Good condition.

Fifth Edition. Edited with a Biographical Sketch of the author by Evans. Olive green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. xcvii + 267 pages includes index. Top & tail of spine worn with fraying. A few marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Joints and hinges pulled, binding fragile.

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LANCASHIRE WORTHIES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Espinasse.
Stock no. 1814823
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1st 1874. Good condition.

Two volumes, second series first published date is 1877. People of note from Lancashire including Samuel Crompton who invented the spinning-mule. Red cloth boards with black & gilt titles. Bevelled edges. B/w frontis to volume one. Volume one top of spine is fraying with a little loss of cloth. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Joints splitting and therefore binding fragile but holding. A few damp stains to margins.

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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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PRESTON PUBS
Written by Stephen R. Halliwell.
Stock no. 1814267
Published by Amberley. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

Over the past 400 years more than 800 pubs have opened in the city of Preston... well researched and beautifully illustrated. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445638584.

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A NORTHERN SCHOOL
Written by Peter Davies.
Stock no. 1608701
Published by Redcliffe Press Ltd.. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Lancashire artists of the twentieth century. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0948265736. Spine and corners bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper edge creased.

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CHAPEL INTO CHURCH
Written by A. John Ward.
Stock no. 1605429
Published by A. John Ward. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Denton Chapel became St. Lawrence's Church. By Rev. A. John Ward, Rector of St. Lawrence's. B/w photos. Light browning to wrapper.

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LANCASHIRE ITS HISTORY LEGENDS AND MANUFACTURES
Written by G.N. Wright.
Stock no. 2106648
Published by Fisher, Son & Co.. Fair condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates. Very damp! Covers are worn, with scuffs and chipping and damp marks. Marks of damp affecting book throughout. Still a good reading copy.

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BLACKPOOL TO FLEETWOOD
Written by Brian Turner.
Stock no. 1601507
Published by The Light Railway Transport League. Very good condition.

Tramways. Reprinted with additions from the 1975 and 1976 issues of Modern Tramway, published monthly. B/w cardwraps with green title to front. B/w photos. 99 pages. ISBN: 0900433671. Covers scuffed and a little grubby.

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WILLOUGHBY MANOR
Written by G. Norway.
Stock no. 1001011
Published by W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

A Story of Old Liverpool. Dark green pictorial cloth, 6 b/w plates. All edges gilt. Corners bumped and rubbed.Bookplate to front pastedown.

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COMMERCE INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORT
Written by B.L. Anderson; P.J.M. Stoney.
Stock no. 821261
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Studies In Economic Change On Merseyside. 268 pages. ISBN: 0853233748. Remains of small label to front panel of wrapper.

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SOUTH LANCASHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 821147
Published by Penguin. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. The Industrial And Commercial South. ISBN: 0140710361. Covers clean and bright. Text block just a little grubby. A few pages have neat ruled underlining in ink else contents are fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly rubbed at edge and title to spine has faded from red to pink.

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