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LEICESTER ABBEY: MEDIEVAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES
Written by Joanna Story; Jill Bourne; Richard Buckley.
Stock no. 2136584
Published by The Leicestershire Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, larger format. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780954238810. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper edges have some wear.

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LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2136184
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth, gilt title to spine. Black and white photos. Some fading to spine. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is worn with some grubby marks; a few closed edge-tears.

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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135759
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. Some wear along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135368
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. SIGNED by The Duchess of Rutland to title page. Couple of knocks along cover edges. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased.

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CAPABILITY BROWN & BELVOIR: DISCOVERING A LOST LANDSCAPE
Written by Duchess Of Rutland; Jane Pruden; Alan Titchmarsh.
Stock no. 2135362
Published by Nick McCann Associates Ltd. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Green cloth with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Colour photos throughout. Photos by Nick Hugh McCann. Foreword by Titchmarsh. ISBN: 9780951689165. SIGNED by The Duchess of Rutland to title page. Wear to cover edges. Indentation marks to covers. Contents are still excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with some fading to couple of edges; large closed tear to top of spine on rear panel.

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AVIATION IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND
Written by Roy Bonser.
Stock no. 2131222
Published by Midland Publishing. 1ST 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. From the earliest balloon ascents in 1813 to modern day. ISBN: 1857800893. Wrapper has some light edge creasing. Small amount of fading to spine.

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GETTING THE COAL
Written by Jeanne Carswell; Tracey Roberts.
Stock no. 2128045
Published by Mantle Oral History Project 1992. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Impressions of a twentieth century mining community. Taken from a sound archive in which the people of North West Leicestershire recall, in their own words, their own history. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 156 pages. ISBN: 9780951504017. Corners just very slightly rubbed.

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RECORDS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEICESTER VOL VI
Written by G.A. Chinnery.
Stock no. 1813066
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1967. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Chamberlains' Accounts 1688-1835. Edited by Chinnery. Blue cloth boards, gilt title and crest to spine. Folding map to rear. xii and 581 pages including index. ISBN: 0718510690. Light blue dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine, slightly worn at edges.

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FLORA OF LEICESTERSHIRE
Written by A.L. Primavesi; P.A. Evans.
Stock no. 2112312
Published by Leicestershire Museums. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

For everyone who enjoys and appreciates the Leicestershire countryside. Green imitation leather boards with gilt title to spine. Colour frontis & b/w distribution maps. ISBN: 0850222303. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with closed tear to top of spine.

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KNAPWORTH AT WAR
Written by Timothy Finn.
Stock no. 2108565
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Stories from an England village 1939-45. ISBN: 0715616765. SIGNED by author to title page. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Wrapper is price-cut with some browning to spine.

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LEICESTER PAST AND PRESENT VOLUME ONE ANCIENT BOROUGH
Written by Jack Simmons.
Stock no. 631045
Published by Eyre Methuen. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0413308804. Some light foxing to wrapper.

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THE DESCRIPTION OF LEICESTERSHIRE
Written by William Burton.
Stock no. 816353
Published by W. Whittingham. 1777. Very good condition.

The Description of Leicestershire Containing Matters of Antiquity, History, Armoury and Genealogy by the Late William Burton Esq. The Second Edition Enlarged and Corrected. Large format. 15 x 9 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. Gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Large paper edition. This copy contains a significant number of additional plates. Pagination: iv + 2 page list of subscribers + 298 pages + 4 page list of Sheriffs + 2 page index. Large folding map + two numbered plates. In addition there are 20 plates of views and heraldic shields. Tipped-in manuscript letter dated 1810 on front endpaper. 1 1/2 pages additional handwritten topographical and genealogical information on Scalford tipped-in to first blank page. Spine rubbed with small split at top. Boards slightly spotted. Corners bumped and worn. Blank pages browned, dampstain to last blank page. Contents very clean and bright. Overall a superb copy of this antiquarian history.

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