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THE MAKING OF GRANTHAM: THE MEDIEVAL TOWN
Written by David Start; David Stocker.
Stock no. 1828079
Published by Heritage Trust Of Lincolnshire. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of papers including those presented at a conference on medieval Grantham held on 21 April 2009. Edited by David Start and David Stocker. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos, diagrams and illustrations. ISBN: 9780948639593. Name & date in ink to half-title page. Contents clean.

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STAINMORE: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A NORTH PENNINE PASS
Written by Blaise Vyner; Pip Robinson; Richard Annis; John Pickin; et al.
Stock no. 1828078
Published by Tees Archaeology. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. Tees Archaeology Monograph Series Volume 1. An archaeological survey of Bowes Moor, Co. Durham, undertaken in conjunction with the improvement of the A66 Trans-Pennine Trunk Road. B/w photos and diagrams. A couple of fold-out pages. ISBN: 0953274705. A few grubby marks to covers. Corners lightly rubbed. Name & date in ink to half-title page. Contents clean.

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BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.

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FRAMPTON ON SEVERN: PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN VILLAGE
Written by Rose Spence. Illustrated by Mrs. H.H.E.C. Clifford.
Stock no. 1327771
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1860771513. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is just very slightly sunned to spine.

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THE HUMBER WETLANDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
Written by Robert Van De Noort.
Stock no. 1828025
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Landscapes of Britain series. This book is the result of a ten-year English Heritage funded project which aimed to identify and explore the archaeology of the wetlands before it was damaged by peat extraction, development and drainage. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps, a few colour photos. ISBN: 0954557549. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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SWALEDALE: VALLEY OF THE WILD RIVER
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828024
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Swaledale, part of the North Yorkshire Pennines, and how the perspectives of archaeology, history and ecology can be linked to transform our understanding of the landscape. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1853311979. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William Coxe. Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 1327737
Published by T. Cadell. 1801. Good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations and maps, some fold-out. Spines rebacked retaining original title-strips. Covers are very edge-worn and scuffed. New endpapers. Two names in ink to top margins of title-pages of both volumes (one name crossed out in each volume). Heavy foxing to contents and a musty (antiquarian) smell to contents. All plates are present. Fold-out map of Monmouthshire to volume 1 has been neatly repaired on verso with clear tape. Plan of Monmouth in volume 2 (pg292) has been neatly/professionally repaired and plan of Chepstow in volume 2 (pg357) has a small hole to it (not affecting any text or the illustration).

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ANGLESEY: PAST LANDSCAPES OF THE COAST
Written by Frances Lynch. Illustrated by Mike Sharp; Jean Williamson.
Stock no. 1327718
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A beautiful pictorial record of the history of Anglesey's coast, from prehistoric times to the present day. Oblong format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 134 pages. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781905119295. Minimal bumping to spine. Initials and date(?) in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has minimal rubbing to edges.

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NORTH LANCASHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1327712
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096178. Initials and date in biro to front free-endpaper. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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SOUTH-WEST WALES A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Vyvyan Rees.
Stock no. 1827991
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1976. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. B/w photos. Part of Dyfed The Old Counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571048102. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE HILLS OF LAKELAND
Written by W. Heaton Cooper. Illustrated by W. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 1827990
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 2nd 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. Grey cloth boards with burgundy titles. 16 colour plates and 36 b/w plates, 2 maps. Top edge burgundy. Top & tail of spine slightly worn else boards clean. Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily browned, edge-worn with a few chips, front panel is detached from spine edge and clumsily fixed with brown tape to verso, couple of water stains to spine, minor foxing to rear panel.

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THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME ONE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827985
Published by Kent County Cricket Club. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a reprint of the original text of 1907, edited by The Right Hon. Lord Harris, including Appendices A.B.C.D. & E, the last published in 1910. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Boards bright and clean. Contents clean.

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