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THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.
THE BLACK COUNTRY IRON INDUSTRY: A TECHNICAL HISTORY
Written by W.K.V. Gale.
Stock no. 1823367
Published by The Metals Society.
2nd
1979.
Very good condition.
Second Edition. Orange pictorial cardwraps. Fold-out diagrams. ISBN: 0904357236. Spine lightly faded and rubbed to either side. Text block browned and a little grubby. Brown spots to gutter edge of page vii else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HISTORY
WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2136312
Published by Penguin.
1st
1968.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Peach cloth. B/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting/foxing to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is unevenly faded; edge-creased with a few tears and nicks; foxed to verso; minimal loss.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND
- ARCHITECTURE
- BUILDINGS
THE HOMELAND HANDBOOKS VOL. 99 MALVERN AND DISTRICT
Written by E. Maslin Kearsey.
Stock no. 2136102
Published by The Homeland Association.
Almost very good condition.
Stiff cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. Staining to front cover. Chipping to top and tail of spine; couple of small splits. Some fading and other marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young.
Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 2136008
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1937.
Very good condition.
Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Some fading to spine; a few marks to covers. Bumping to corners. Foxing and browning; mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- COUNTRYSIDE
- ILLUSTRATED
THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1822283
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. A fine copy in yellow pictorial dustwrapper which is slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- SHROPSHIRE
- WEST MIDLANDS
THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1821990
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. Text block slightly browned. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- SHROPSHIRE
- WEST MIDLANDS
THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL VI
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134256
Published by Vernor & Hood.
1st
1805.
Very good condition.
Brown leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, gilt title; marbled boards. Hampshire and Herefordshire. Beauties of England and Wales Series. 28 plates. Spine is faded; a few marks. Browning to cover edges; a few foxspots. Page browning and some foxspots throughout; a few margin marks.
INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVES OF WEST MIDLANDS
Written by R.A. Shill.
Stock no. 1820062
Published by The Industrial Railway Society.
1st
1991.
Nearly fine condition.
Blue & white glazed boards. B/w maps. ISBN: 0901096695.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LOCOMOTIVES
- INDUSTRY
- WEST MIDLANDS
- COAL
A REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN VOLUME 7 THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Rex Christiansen.
Stock no. 2133114
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles.
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
2nd and substantially-revised edition reflecting almost a decade of railway change in the West Midlands. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 32 b/w plates, 12 illustrations in text, 7 maps and folding map. 305 pages including index. ISBN: 0946537003. Wrapper spine is faded, with small chip of loss to top.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- WEST MIDLANDS
AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN HEREFORDSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 2128332
Published by HMSO.
Very good condition.
Three volumes. Grey pictorial cloth. Top edges git. Numerous b/w photos and illustrations. 11 x 8.5 inches. Volume I - South West, published 1931. Volume II - East, published 1932 Volume III - South-West, published 1934. Spines have varying degrees of browning and fading. Volume II also has a couple of small tears to cloth at top and tail. Inscription in ink (partially crossed out) to front endpaper of Volume I. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges of all volumes. A couple of plate pages (b/w photos), have neat annotations/notes beneath them in pencil.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HEREFORDSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MONUMENTS
SUTTON COLDFIELD AND SUTTON COLDFIELD THE SECOND COLLECTION
Written by Marian Baxter.
Stock no. 2127296
Published by Tempus.
1st thus
2001.
Very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Tempus Two in One Series. Two volumes in one book. ISBN: 0752422138. Light crease to lower rear corner.