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YORK THROUGH THE EYES OF THE RAILWAYS
Written by Beverley Cole. Illustrated by Lynn Patrick.
Stock no. 1327497
Published by National Railway Museum. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Illustrating how the Railway Companies used the history and beauty of York in their railway posters to promote travel by train. White cardwraps. 42 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 1872826059. Some very slight grubbiness to covers.

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THE MEDIEVAL FENLAND
Written by H.C. Darby.
Stock no. 1827764
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The classic study of the economic development and geography of the 1300 square miles of Britain's Fenland. Originally published in 1940. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 0715359193. Text block lightly browned. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LLANISHEN FROM VILLAGE TO SUBURB
Written by Graham Horton.
Stock no. 1327475
Published by Graham Horton. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Blue cardwraps. 96 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953692604. Wear and creases to corners of cover, crease to top edge of front cover which has slightly marked the title-page. Hinge after title-page is cracked.

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LLYLWELYN - PRINCE OF WALES: WARRIOR OF A LOST NATION
Written by Margaret Williams.
Stock no. 1327473
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

People From The Past series No. 15. The story of the defender of the Welsh nation. Pictorial boards. 156 pages. Endpapers are maps. A few pages of b/w plates. ISBN: 0234775394. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed.

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HISTORIC LANDSCAPE OF THE WELD ESTATE DORSET
Written by Laurence Keen; Ann Carreck.
Stock no. 1827743
Published by Lulworth Heritage Ltd.. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition.

The Weld Estate, covers some 12,500 acres of which the focal point is Lulworth Castle. The Weld Family archive of documents and maps has enable the estate to be examined in detail with regard to its archaeology, history and natural history. Much of the estate is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Pictorial cardwraps and 10 maps contained in folding hardboard pictorial wallet. ISBN: 0951157507. A nice copy. All maps present.

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BETJEMAN'S BRITAIN
Written by John Betjeman; Candida Lycett Green.
Stock no. 1327436
Published by Folio Society. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine, front board has five images in b/w imprinted. B/w photographic endpapers. Full of b/w photos. Second printing. A fine copy in slipcase which is very lightly scuffed and is bumped at one corner (on spine).

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DRAGONBY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Jeffrey May.
Stock no. 1827728
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oxbow Monograph 61. Report on Excavations at an Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in North Lincolnshire. Two Volumes. Large format. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations, maps and plans (some folding), a few colour photos. ISBN: 1900188147. Boards lightly scuffed. Spines lightly browned. Contents clean.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME THREE CENTRAL DORSET (2 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827727
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 58 parishes in the centre of Dorset, in two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear of part 2. ISBN: 0117011932. A lovely set. Maps present in rear folder. Price-cut pictorial dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners, part 2 has a tiny tear at lower front panel.

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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827724
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 1st 1842. Almost very good condition.

Full title is: Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family. Edited by Dawson Turner. Cloth boards with blind tooling and borders to both sides. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Pedigree of Paston family folds-out to rear. Spine browned, worn & frayed at top & tail. Boards a little marked. Some scattered foxing mainly to margins.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME TWO SOUTH-EAST (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827723
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 53 parishes in the south-eastern part of Dorset, in three seperately bound parts. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos, illustrations and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. A very heavy set. ISBN: 011700457X. A lovely set. Price-cut dustwrappers are lightly rubbed at corners.

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KINGDOMS IN CRISIS: IRELAND IN THE 1940S
Written by Micheal O. Siochru.
Stock no. 1327427
Published by Four Courts Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charting developments in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster rising in October 1641. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. A few b/w maps. ISBN: 1851825355. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed.

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AN INVENTORY OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET: VOLUME FIVE EAST DORSET
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827722
Published by Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England; Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Describing the contents of 25 parishes in the eastern part of Dorset. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. Colour tipped-in frontis, b/w photos and plans, some folding. Maps in pocket to rear. ISBN: 0117007218. A few minor marks to cloth boards. Else a lovely copy. All maps present in rear pocket. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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