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THE PARISH REGISTERS OF UPTON SNODSBURY IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER 1577-1837
Written by E.H. Sargeant.
Stock no. 581996
Published by Worcestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1950. Fine condition.

Large format. 13 x 8". Red cloth, gilt titles. Limited to 100 copies. 129 pages. At Upton Snodsbury we find families of good Yeoman stock whose interests and relationships extend far beyond the confines of this parish. Copy no. 57.

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CHANTREY LAND
Written by Harold Armitage. Illustrated by Charles Ashmore.
Stock no. 581786
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Being an Account of the North Derbyshire Village of Norton. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt titles. Spine faded.

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Y MESURYDD TIR A CHOED
No author listed.
Stock no. 581745
Published by T. Gee. 1883. Good condition.

The Measurer of Land and Trees. Text in Welsh. 2 b/w plates. Numerous measurement tables. Small format. 155 pages. Full black tooled leather binding. Contents detached. Rear pastedown stained. Corners of covers bumped and rubbed.

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THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES A SURVEY OF ITS HISTORY, ITS CONTENTS AND ITS ACTIVITIES
Written by W. Llewellyn Davies.
Stock no. 581669
Published by The National Library of Wales. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Limited to 600 copies. Full brown leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt crest to front cover. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A survey of its History, its Contents and its Activities. B/w plates. SIGNED by author 'To Dr. William Phillips with the compliments and thanks of William Ll. Davies'. A few scattered foxspots throughout. Corners slightly bumped. Overall a handsome copy.

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LONDON
Written by Walter Besant.
Stock no. 580745
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1892. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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OLD YORKSHIRE
Written by William Smith.
Stock no. 579778
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1889. Slightly better than good condition.

Three volumes. Red cloth, gilt titles and decorations. New series. 8.5 x 5.5". B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Volumes 1 and 2 have browned spines. Volume 3: rear board and last few pages very badly damaged by damp, spine browned.

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PICTURESQUE VIEWS ON THE RIVER WYE
Written by Samuel Ireland.
Stock no. 579047
Published by R. Faulder; T. Egerton. 1st 1797. Very good condition.

Picturesque Views on the River Wye, From its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction With the Severn Below Chepstow With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity. Map showing the course of the River Wye, 30 sepia aquatints plus b/w portrait plate of John Kyrle. xii + 159 pages + errata slip. Three-quarter brown calf binding, raised bands, gilt decorations and title to spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. 9" x 6.5". All plates present. Prelims foxed. No half-title but no evidence of any removal. Some pencil annotation. Bookplate of J. Arthur Hutton, the famous angling author, on front pastedown. Hutton wrote numerous books on salmon fishing and of particular relevance here given the book title are Wye Salmon and Other Fish; Rod-Fishing for Salmon on the Wye. Slight rubbing to spine. Overall a handsome copy.

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THE SCOT ABROAD
Written by John Hill Burton.
Stock no. 578902
Published by William Blackwood and Sons. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt decorations and red titles to front cover. Dominican Fathers Edinburgh stamp to prelims.

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NORTH CHILTERNS CAMERA 1863-1954
Written by Stephen Bunker.
Stock no. 578716
Published by The Book Castle. 1st 1989. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. A unique collection of rural landscapes, town views and studio pictures by Frederick Thurston. ISBN: 1871199204.

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JOHN LYDFORD'S BOOK
Written by Dorothy M. Owen.
Stock no. 578577
Published by HMSO. 1st 1974. Fine condition.

Pale grey card wraps. Devon and Cornwall Record Society. New Series. Vol. 20.

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ESTATE VILLAGES
Written by M.A. Havinden.
Stock no. 578157
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A study of the Berkshire villages of Ardington and Lockinge. B/w photos. The book shows how a famous Victorian country estate was built up by the eminent banker Lord Overstone. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to top edge of text block. Dustwrapper: price-cut and has tape on verso, title to spine faded.

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