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PITMEN PAINTERS: THE ASHINGTON GROUP 1934-1984
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 1828498
Published by The Mid Northumberland Arts Group. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Ashington Group began in the early 1930s as an evening class of Northumberland pitmen keen to learn about art. Within weeks they were producing their own work and within a few years their paintings amounted to a complete record of life in a mining community. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, some colour illustrations. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0904790819. A very nice copy.

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THE HOUSE ON THE SHORE
Written by E.A.R. Ennion.
Stock no. 1828274
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Monks' House bird observatory in Northumberland. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. Lower board corners lightly knocked. Light shelf-wear to top of spine. Couple of minor foxspots to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and has a couple of spillage spots to lower front panel (tea?).

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FORGOTTEN RAILWAYS: NORTH-EAST ENGLAND
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1327438
Published by David St John Thomas. 2nd 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Forgotten Railways Volume 1. Second, revised edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946537100. Old pencil price erased from front free-endpaper (new pencil markings on same page). Contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges.

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NORTH-EASTERN BRANCH LINES PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1327230
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860931897. Spine bumped. Pale page browning to endpapers. Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and creased, small tear to lower corner of rear panel, barcode label to rear panel.

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NORTH-EASTERN BRANCH LINES PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Ken Hoole.
Stock no. 1326956
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860931897. Minimal rubbing to cover edges else a fine copy in price-cut wrapper.

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NORTHUMBERLAND (NN 95)
Written by Angus Lunn.
Stock no. 1827244
Published by Collins. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series 95. Geology, physiography, climate, soils, human land use from prehistoric times, vegetation, flora and fauna, are all integrated to give a full picture of Northumberland's natural history. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0007184840. Foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper islightly scuffed, lighlty faded to spine (normal for this series) and lightly browned to rear panel.

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NORTHUMBERLAND: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Thomas Sharp.
Stock no. 1826367
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1954. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based on the Northumberland section of the 1937 'Shell Guide to Northumberland & Durham'. B/w photos. Ex-lib with library stamps to front endpaper. Horizontal board edges lightly rubbed. Remains of library label to front pastedown. Tape mark to vertical edge of pastedowns hidden by flaps of dustwrapper. Rear joint is cracked and last section in book loose but still bound in. 1" closed tear (no loss) to vertical margin of free rear endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and edge-rubbed.

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NORTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND'S MINOR RAILWAYS: VOLUME TWO: COLLIERY & ASSOCIATED LINES
Written by Roger Jermy.
Stock no. 2140809
Published by The Oakwood Press. Circa 2011. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Locomotion Papers 234B. ISBN: 9780853617044. Light wear to cover corners; small brown sticker mark to front cover.

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EARLY NORTHUMBRIAN SCULPTURE
Written by Rosemary Cramp.
Stock no. 2139559
Published by The Rector Of Jarrow. 1978. Very good condition.

Pale green card wraps. B/w photos. Some fading to cover edges; a few grubby marks. Odd foxspot.

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LUFTWAFFE LOSSES OVER NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM 1939-1945
Written by Bill Norman.
Stock no. 2137649
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Broken Eagles 2. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850529131. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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NORTHUMBERLAND (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Ian A. Richmond.
Stock no. 2136313
Published by Penguin. 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Buildings of England Series. Originally published in paperback in 1957. Peach cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 0140710159. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips; fading; some scuffs.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL. XII PARTS I & II: NORTHUMBERLAND, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE, RUTLAND
Written by J. Hodgson; F.C. Laird; J.N. Brewer.
Stock no. 2134133
Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees And Orme; J. Cuthell; J. Harris; B. Crosby & Co.; J.M. Richardson. 1st 1813. Almost very good condition.

2 Volumes. Leather spines and corners; raised bands to spines with gilt titles. Marbled boards. Part 1 has 20 plates and Part II has 24 plates. Or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County. Embellished With Engravings. Spines are both faded, with some wear. Differing levels of foxing throughout volumes; edges of some plate pages are chipped, with a little loss.

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