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A BALDOCK SCRAPBOOK
Written by Maureen Maddren.
Stock no. 1828143
Published by Egon Publishers. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The illustrated companion to Baldock Voices. Edited by Maureen Maddren. Includes material from taped interviews conducted by Edna Page and Nora Penfold. This volume covers 100 years of Baldock life from the 1890s to the 1990s. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0905858948. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and rear panel else a lovely copy.

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ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF THE MORRISES OF ANGLESEY (1735-1786) Vol. XLIX Part II
Written by Hugh Owen.
Stock no. 1327814
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1949. Good condition.

Beige cloth covers. 6" x 9". 981pp. A collection of greatly valued letters. Spine bumped, heavy bump to corner of front cover (also affects the top corners of the pages). Ex-libris plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Slight foxing to textblock.

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THE EARLY TOWN BOOKS OF FAVERSHAM C. 1251-1581 (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Duncan Harrington; Patricia Hyde.
Stock no. 1828118
Published by History Research. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Town Books of Faversham c. 1251-1581 are invaluable because they provide the basis for the history of the town in the period. The First Town Book, compiled c. 1382-1405, being a collection of documents dating from 1251 relating to the legal status of the Borough. The Second Town Book comprises the Town Accounts, Wardmote minutes and other records for the period 1436-1581. Two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour frontispieces. Limited edition of 250 numbered & signed copies. ISBN: 9780953099832. Copy L (50) of 250 and SIGNED by Duncan Harrington. Edge of boards lightly rubbed. Contents are fine. White pictorial dustwrappers are both a little scuffed and grubby.

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SANDWICH: THE 'COMPLETEST MEDIEVAL TOWN IN ENGLAND'
Written by Helen Clarke; Sarah Pearson; Mavis Mate; Keith Parfitt.
Stock no. 1828108
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of the town and port from its origins to 1600. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174005. Light bumping & rubbing to corners. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine.

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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME IX CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
Written by Richard N. Bailey.
Stock no. 1828102
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This volume in the acclaimed Corpus series provides a full analytical catalogue of all known pre-Norman sculpture from the historic counties of Cheshire and Lancashire. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780197264621. Name & date to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Blue dustwrapper has a tiny tear to inside front flap crease and is lightly scuffed.

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CORPUS OF ANGLO-SAXON STONE SCULPTURE VOLUME VIII WESTERN YORKSHIRE
Written by Elizabeth Coatsworth.
Stock no. 1828101
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume in the acclaimed Corpus series completes the cataloguing of the stone sculptures of Yorkshire and boosts our understanding of the artistic development of southern Northumbria in the pre-Viking and Anglo-Scandinavian periods. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780197264256. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper has a 1" closed tear to lower edge of front panel (no loss) and is a little scuffed.`

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THE GENTLEMAN GYPSY
Written by Gordon Stables.
Stock no. 1327776
Published by The Kylin Press. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A republication of the author's 1300 mile journey in 1885 in the 2-ton "Land Yacht Wanderer". Limited edition of 500 copies. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Author of many children's books, little did he think he would become the father of modern caravanning and first vice-president of the Caravan Club when formed in 1907. ISBN: 0907128157. This is copy no. 404. Spine and corners bumped. Inludes a small erratum slip stating "first published in leisure hour in 1885 and 1886". Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly faded to spine.

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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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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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