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BURY ST EDMUNDS THROUGH TIME
Written by Martyn Taylor.
Stock no. 1814160
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2013. Fine condition.

A fascinating selection of photographs, tracing some of the many ways in which Bury St Edmunds has changed and developed over the last century. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 94 pages. ISBN: 9781445617695.

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HANDBOOK TO THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX
Written by George F. Chambers.
Stock no. 1609465
Published by Edward Stanford. 1st 1877. Very good condition.

Containing full information concerning all its favourite places of resort, both on the coast and inland. With map and plan. Title to front is Tourists' Guide to Sussex. Spine and corners are bumped and scuffed. Endpapers browned. Front joint beginning to pull. Hinge opposite title page is cracked at top. One internal hinge pulled.

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THE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by W. Branch Johnson.
Stock no. 1609374
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Blue boards, gilt title. 206 pages. ISBN: 0715347756.

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GUIDE POPULAIRE DE LONDRES ET SES ENVIRONS
Written by William Layton.
Stock no. 1609309
Published by Walter Hill. 1908. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Text in FRENCH. B/w photos. Spine creased and wrinkled, some fraying of cloth. Boards a little grubby. Scattered foxing.

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HOLKHAM
Written by Leo Schmidt; Christian Keller; Polly Feversham.
Stock no. 1812578
Published by Prestel. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Built between 1734 and 1765, Holkham Hall - Thomas Coke, the Earl of Leicester's, 25,000 acre estate in Norfolk - is a tribute to time gone by. This book explores the landscape and architectural history of Holkham Hall. Large format. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to front and embossed blind title to front. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 379133414X. Spine of dustwrapper lightly faded else a beautiful copy.

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AMWELL AND STANSTEAD'S PAST IN PICTURES
Written by Stephen Doree; David Perman.
Stock no. 1208602
Published by The Rockingham Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story in pictures of four fascinating Hertfordshire parishes: Great Amwell, Little Amwell, Stanstead Abbotts and Stanstead St. Margarets. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 184 pages includes index. ISBN: 1873468571.

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SOUTHEND THEN & NOW
Written by Ken Crowe.
Stock no. 2120996
Published by Southend Museums Service. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Photographs of Southend and the area c.1880-1960. Compiled by Crowe. Oblong format. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 090069047X. Some light creasing to corners. Contents are excellent.

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NORWICH ARCHAEOLOGY OF A FINE CITY
Written by Brian Ayers.
Stock no. 1811565
Published by Amberley. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Revised and Updated. An overview of the history and development of the city, beginning with its pre-urban days, through the fundamental changes brought by the Normans, the thriving medieval commercial centre, and on to post-medieval industrialisation, war-damage and post-war development. Cardwraps. B/w photos and colour plates. ISBN: 9781848683723. A nice copy.

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OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Alfred Rawlings.
Stock no. 2119098
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1910. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and gilt shepherd vignette to front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates by Rawlings. Numerous b/w illustrations by Thomson. Top edge gilt. Covers are unevenly browned. A few chips and nicks at cloth; with a little fraying in places. Plate to opposite page 27 is MISSING (mounting card and tissue-guard are still present, but plate no longer there). Some foxing and page browning.

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RICHMOND AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM THE OLDEN TIME
Written by Richard Crisp.
Stock no. 2118593
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Marston. 1866. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; gilt title. With Memoirs and Notes. 7 b/w plates, including frontis. Scuffing and wear to leather on spine and corner edges. A few marks to covers. Grubby marks to a few pages; mostly to prelims. Some pencil annotation to a few pages.

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OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN
Written by Agnes Castle; Egerton Castle. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404229
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1914. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers, gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Endpapers are illustrated. 8 beautiful guarded colour plates and many b/w text illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Couple of marks to rear board. Front and rear joint starting to crack. A few hinges pulled. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Foxing throughout book including verso of plates. One plate has a small nick to one edge.

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BEAUTIFUL NORFOLK BUILDINGS
Written by Stanley J. Wearing.
Stock no. 1606793
Published by The Soman-Wherry Press Ltd.. 1944. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format, b/w drawings. Reprint. Damp stains to boards, some wrinkling of rear board. Inscription in to front endpaper. Contents generally clean but some page wrinkled. Scattered foxing. Wrapper is damp stained and edge worn.

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