THE ROMANO-BRITISH VILLA AT CASTLE COPSE, GREAT BEDWYN
Written by Eric Hostetter; Thomas Noble Howe; et al.
Stock no. 1829536
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume presents the results of a systematic study of the ruins of the large Roman courtyard villa at Castle Copse, located near the village of Great Bedwyn, in southwest England. Edited by Hostetter and Howe with contributions by many others. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxiv and 550 pages including index. ISBN: 0253328020. Spine is slightly concave. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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GLOUCESTER, THE ROMAN FORUM AND POST-ROMAN SEQUENCE AT THE CITY CENTRE
Written by H.R. Hurst.
Stock no. 1829485
Published by Gloucester Archaeological Publications. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition.

Gloucester Archaeological Reports, Volume 3. Excavations at 11-17 and 22 Southgate Street and 4 Westgate Street. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. vii and 240 pages including index. ISBN: 9780948386022. Covers are very lightly scuffed. Base of spine is bumped and gutter edges of contents are thus lightly creased (minor). Else a lovely copy.

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SALAR THE SALMON
Written by Henry Williamson.
Stock no. 1329242
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a five-year-old salmon and his friends, beginning when they come into the estuary in early spring, a crescendo of adventures, excitements and endurances. Brown cloth with gilt title and small vignette to spine. Blue maps for endpapers. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Pale page browning to endpapers. Top edge of textblock (which is dyed pink) has partially faded. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips and a larger tear to lower edge of rear panel. Verso of wrapper is lightly browned/foxed.

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GLORIOUS DEVON
Written by S.P.B. Mais.
Stock no. 1829402
Published by Great Western Railway Company. 2nd 1929. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Pictorial cardwraps. Maps to endpapers. B/w photos and pen-and-ink sketches, maps. viii and 151 pages including index. Vertical creases to spine & top & tail of spine lightly worn (reading use). Covers are browned, a little grubby and lightly edge-rubbed. A few foxspots present. Binding is tight but a little fragile through use.

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SECRET BIDEFORD
Written by Peter Christie.
Stock no. 1829401
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book goes behind the facade of the familiar medival town to discover lesser-known aspects of its fascinating past ranging from its strategic Anglo-Saxon importance to its high-profile witch trials in the seventeenth century. From its chapels, churches and graveyards to its former patrons and men of industry, Bideford is revealed to be a town of historic importance. Cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781445644844. A nice, clean copy.

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD BIDEFORD: VOLUME NINE
Written by Peter Christie.
Stock no. 1829400
Published by Edward Gaskell Publishers. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos of times-gone-by. 158 pages. ISBN: 9781906769703. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Light waving to contents else contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, BARNSTAPLE
Written by R.J.E. Boggis.
Stock no. 1829399
Published by Cross And Jackman. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Includes an early history of Barnstaple. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. 204 pages including index plus list of subscribers to rear. Spine lightly browned. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL II ST AGNES PERRANPORTH
Written by A.K. Hamilton Jenkin.
Stock no. 1829393
Published by Forge Books. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition.

Pink card wraps. B/w photos. 60 pages. Folding map to rear. Originally printed in 1962. Covers are a little faded and grubby. Contents clean.

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TWO VILLAGES
Written by R.F. Bidgood.
Stock no. 1829391
2nd Very good condition.

2nd Edition. The story of Mortehoe and Woolacombe. Grey pictorial card wraps. Staple bound booklet. B/w photos. 64 pages plus folding map to rear. Undated. Spine browned. Staples rusting but still firm. Small previous owner label to inside front cover. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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THE "NIGHTINGALE" SCANDAL
Written by Stanley Thomas. Illustrated by John Dyke.
Stock no. 1829390
Published by Gazette Printing Service. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Lundy & North Devon in the 18th century. An account of the career of a merchant of the 18th century; a man no better and, perhaps, no worse than his contemporaries, who traded from a small port in Devonshire, but whose name became known throughout the land, Thomas Benson. Pictorial cardwrap booklet with staple binding. A few b/w drawings. 75 pages. Edges lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded to rear. Staples are rusting with some bleeding but still firm. Tiny foxspots to text block.

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THE SAXON CONQUEST OF SOMERSET AND DEVON
Written by H.M. Porter.
Stock no. 1829381
Published by James Brodie Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's attempt to solve the many obscure problems surrounding the origins of Somerset and Devon. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 87 pages including index. Includes 2 page letter from the author to the recipient. Fading to rear board. Foxing and browning to text block. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears, is a little scuffed and is grubby to rear panel.

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JAN STEWER: A WESTCOUNTRY BIOGRAPHY
Written by Douglas J. Cock.
Stock no. 1829380
Published by Moonraker Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of two people who were almost indivisibly one: A.J. Coles, the creator, and Jan Stewer, the creation. The whole of the west country knew Jan Stewer who was 'one of the most relishing dialect humorists the regions of Britain have ever produced.' This book is both a period piece and an evocative account of a character who was the authentic popular voice of a region. Mustard brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. 103 pages including index. ISBN: 0239001923. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Yellow dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

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