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CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2136307
Published by Penguin. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black leatherette. B/w photos. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks; scuffed.

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RAF WOODVALE: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
Written by Aldon P. Ferguson.
Stock no. 1823195
Published by Airfield Publications. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

1941-1991. RAF Woodvale was built as a Temporary Royal Air Force Station in 1941 for the defence of Merseyside during WWII. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951111329. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Spine faded. Text block lightly browned, contents clean.

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AROUND THE COAST AND ACROSS THE SEAS
Written by Nigel Watson.
Stock no. 1822835
Published by St Matthew's Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of James Fisher And Sons, prominent in the British shipping industry based in Barrow. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0953410129. Dustwrapper spine has faded from green to blue.

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LAKELAND AND THE BORDERS OF LONG AGO
Written by Walter T. McIntire.
Stock no. 2135702
Published by Charles Thurnam & Sons. Circa 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Browning and some spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased and torn, especially to rear panel, with pieces of loss; scuffed.

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MANCHESTER: MAPPING THE CITY
Written by Terry Wyke; Brian Robson; Martin Dodge.
Stock no. 1822304
Published by Birlinn Limited. 1st 2018. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Manchester is one of the world's most iconic cities. Not only was it the first industrial city, it can also claim to be the first post-industrial city. The historic maps and unpublished plans in this book chart the dramatic growth and transformation of Manchester and its conurbation. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w maps throughout. ISBN: 9781780275307. A fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges and very slightly grubby.

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GEORGE ORMEROD HISTORIAN OF CHESHIRE
Written by John Peter Hess.
Stock no. 1321249
Published by Herald Printers (whitchurch) Ltd. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exceedingly readable biography of a man who was one of the earliest historians. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951461400. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby.

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THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT IN PICTURES
Written by Norman Birkett.
Stock no. 2131683
Published by Odhams Press. 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w photos. Fading along cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with 2" closed tear.

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"ROSSALL WILL BE WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
Written by Peter Bennett.
Stock no. 2128595
Published by Rossall Archives. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Rossall school. Large format. Red boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. ISBN: 0951962809. Light bumping to corners. Includes a letter SIGNED by and from the author.

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CAMMELL LAIRD
Written by Ian Collard.
Stock no. 1816634
Published by Tempus. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

A voyage of discovery with absorbing captions to over 160 b/w photos of the vessels at Cammell Laird and the yard itself. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0752432672.

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BLACKPOOL AND FLEETWOOD BY TRAM
Written by Steve Palmer.
Stock no. 1317485
Published by Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

1898-1988. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 090657983X. Some offsetting on first and last pages from colour photos else near fine.

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SALFORD'S TRAMWAYS PART ONE
Written by Edward Gray.
Stock no. 1816375
Published by Foxline. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

A history of local road passenger transport in and around Salford from the days of the horse drawn omnibus to the development of the electric tramway system 1824-1912. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870119479. Small, minor ink date stamp to top edge of front endpaper.

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THE BIRDS OF THE LIVERPOOL AREA
Written by Eric Hardy.
Stock no. 2124566
Published by T. Buncle & Co.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth. B/w photos. Merseyside Naturalists' Association Handbooks No. 1. Cup ring mark to front cover. Looks like a new front endpaper has been glued in. A little surface paper damage to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges.

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