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HERTFORDSHIRE: GEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE
Written by John Catt.
Stock no. 1828246
Published by Hertfordshire Natural History Society. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive and authoritative account of the basic geology of the county and its relationships with a wide range of topics, including soils, ecology, agriculture, prehistoric archaeology, hydrogeology, mineral resources and their exploitation and their importance for modern day life. Large format. Green pictorial glazed boards. Colour photos, illustrations and maps. ISBN: 9780952168591. Rear board lightly scuffed. Minor knock to top front edge of boards. Contents clean.

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WARLORDS AND HOLY MEN: SCOTLAND AD 80-1000 (THE NEW HISTORY OF SCOTLAND: 1)
Written by Alfred P. Smyth.
Stock no. 1828233
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

A clear and spirited account of the tangled political and cultural web that constitutes the first 1,000 years of Scottish history. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0713163054. Covers lightly browned. Text block and margins browned. Else contents clean.

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LANCASHIRE: MANCHESTER AND THE SOUTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Clare Hartwell; Matthew Hyde.
Stock no. 1828229
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300105835. Minor knock to top & tail of spine. Name initials and date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING: LEEDS, BRADFORD AND THE NORTH (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Peter Leach; et al.
Stock no. 1828228
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300126655. Minor knock to lower front edge of board. Name initials & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LAWS OF DEAN
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1327893
Published by The British Publishing Company. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being a Supplement to "The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels, in the County of Gloucester" by James G. Wood 1878. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front. x + 25 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (with the authors' compliments). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a few edge tears.

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THE DARTMOOR REAVES: INVESTIGATING PREHISTORIC LAND DIVISIONS
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828215
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.; Oxbow Books. 2nd 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, extended with colour illustrations and two new chapters. A classic of archaeological fieldwork and discovery. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, colour photos. xvi and 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119158. Initials & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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YORKSHIRE HERITAGE: A MEMOIR TO ELLA PONTEFRACT
Written by Marie Hartley. Illustrated by Marie Hartley.
Stock no. 1828214
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Marie Hartley collaborated with the late Ella Pontefract in writing and illustrating topographical books on the Yorkshire dales and the county at large. This book is a personal record of their adventures. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, also some two-tone illustrations. Small mark to rear board, corners lightly kocked and small knock to lower horizontal edge and base of text block. Prelims browned. Text block and rear endpapers foxed. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn,lightly faded/browned to spine, grubby with some small foxspots, foxing to verso.

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HIGHLAND PONIES AND SOME REMINISCENCES OF HIGHLANDMEN
Written by John M. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1828211
Published by Eneas Mackay. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w plates. Top edge red. Spine & corners bumped and lightly worn, couple of minor knocks to lower front board. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. A few marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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WILLIAM FADEN AND NORFOLK'S 18TH CENTURY LANDSCAPE
Written by Andrew Macnair; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1327874
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 2013. Nearly fine condition.

The context of the map's production, its place in cartographic history and the creation of a new, digital version of the map. Cardwraps. Includes a digital version of the map on DVD. 216 pages including bibliography and index. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781905119349. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. DVD still present but untested.

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LANDSCAPE AND SOCIETY IN MEDIEVAL CUMBRIA
Written by Angus Winchester.
Stock no. 1327873
Published by John Donald Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The change in the landscape across the medieval period and examining the social and economic forces that underlay that change. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps. 178 pages. ISBN: 0859761797. Spine bumped. Initials and date in biro to title-page.

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GRIMSBY FISH: THE STORY OF THE PORT AND THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE DEEP WATER INDUSTRY
Written by Charles Ekberg.
Stock no. 1828182
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the fishing industry in Grimsby, the men who made it, and the ships that worked it, of the great companies, the disputes, the tragedies and the triumphs. Red imitation leather boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few minor grubby marks to margins. Slight odour present. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine, rear panel is a little creased and has a minor score mark to spine edge.

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AN ATLAS OF RURAL SETTLEMENT IN ENGLAND
Written by Brian K. Roberts; Stuart Wrathmell.
Stock no. 1828172
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

This Atlas is the culmination of a decade's research work for the Monuments Protection Programme and defines and plots the varied regional character of England's rural settlement. A companion volume to Region and Place: A Study of English Rural Settlement. Very large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps. ISBN: 1850747709. A few minor scuffs and marks to covers. Name & date in ink to top corner of half-title page. Grubby mark to inside front cover and half-title. Else contents are clean.

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