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WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764
Written by Nat Alcock; Cary Carson.
Stock no. 1828362
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This major innovative study explores the significance of a unique type of document that has hitherto been almost unknown to scholars. House-and-estate surveys - which add details of the village's houses, outhouses, and farm buildings to the standard evidence of an estate survey - survive for South-West England for the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-18th century. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour photos. ISBN: 9781842172995. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.

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CHEW MAGNA AND THE CHEW VALLEY IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Ian Durham; Mary Durham.
Stock no. 1327845
Published by Redcliffe Press Ltd.. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating portrait of community life ranging back more than 100 years. Square format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. Nearly 150 b/w archive photographs. ISBN: 187297161X. Light rubbing to cover edges. A couple of small, light marks to prelims else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, lightly creased and faded to spine.

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CAMERTON: THE LATE IRON AGE AND EARLY ROMAN METALWORK
Written by Ralph Jackson. Illustrated by Philip Compton.
Stock no. 1827548
Published by British Museum Publications. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Camerton is one of the best-known and most completely investigated 'minor settlements' of Roman Britain. This collection of over 300 objects comprises a wide range of Late Iron Age and Roman artefact types. This is a comprehensive catalogue incorporating the results of extensive scientific analysis. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. ISBN: 0714113956. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper spine is faded.

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STEEP HOLM: THE STORY OF A SMALL ISLAND
Written by Stan Rendell; Joan Rendell.
Stock no. 1826272
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Steep Holm is a small uninhabited island in the Bristol Channel five miles west of Weston-super-Mare with a long and fascinating history. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750903236. Text block slightly grubby else a nice, clean copy.

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BATHFORD PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Godfrey F. Laurence; David A. Howells.
Stock no. 1826018
Published by The Bathford Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Revised and updated by David Howells. This book tells what we know of the history of the parish of Bathford, a community situated in the north-east corner of Somerset. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780951074626. A lovely copy.

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THE BRISTOL-RADSTOCK-FROME LINE
Written by Colin G. Maggs.
Stock no. 2140663
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. Locomotion Papers No. 237. ISBN: 9780853617266. Light wear to cover corners.

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SOMEWHERE IN THE WEST COUNTRY
Written by Ken Wakefield.
Stock no. 2138841
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport 1930-1957. Yellow cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0947554653. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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A BATH CAMERA 1850-1950
Written by Simon Hunt.
Stock no. 2137662
Published by Dovecote Press. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946159106. Small bumps to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks and faded along some edges.

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SOMERSET SHELL GUIDE
Written by C.H.B. Quennell; Peter Quennell.
Stock no. 2137638
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound, card wraps. B/w photos. Some browning to covers. A bit of creasing/wear to cover edges and corners. Surface paper damage with a bit of loss to front cover. Contents are still very good - just odd margin mark.

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NORTH SOMERSET AND BRISTOL (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2137632
Published by Penguin. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Paperback edition. B/w photos. No. BE13 Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-chipped with a few marks.

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BATH & BRISTOL
Written by Stanley Hutton. Illustrated by Laura A. Happerfield.
Stock no. 2137410
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. 3000 copies printed. Grey cloth, green titles and borders. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. 2 folding maps. REPRINT! Spine is browned. Marks to covers; bumping. Front joint is a bit cracked. Margin tear to plate guard page 101. Blue mark to verso of plate page 176. Some foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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CHILDREN AT THE CHANTRY
Written by Eleanor J. Owen. Illustrated by Hester Martin-Harvey.
Stock no. 1823551
Published by The Mendip Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

White card wraps. B/w plates. A childhood at the Chantry in Somerset. A few light foxspots to cover. Original glassine wrapper present but torn with a large amount of loss to rear. Slight mustiness present.

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