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A THOUSAND YEARS OF NORFOLK CARSTONE 967-1967
Written by Claude J.W. Messent. Illustrated by Claude J.W. Messent.
Stock no. 1329109
Published by Claude J.W. Messent. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An architectural and geological survey of a building stone quarried in Norfolk. Brown boards, black title to spine. 96 pages. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Top of spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn.

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THE HISTORY OF BOROUGH FEN DECOY
Written by Tony Cook; R.E.M. Pilcher. Illustrated by Anne Treadwell-Cook.
Stock no. 1829280
Published by Providence Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Duck decoy with the purpose of ringing wild ducks, although this was not always the case. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations a few colour photos. 64 pages. ISBN: 0903803089. SIGNED by the author Tony Cook and the illustrator Anne Treadwell-Cook (no dedication). Covers a little scuffed. Front joint pulled between front endpaper and contents page. Binding tight.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE EAST SUFFOLK RAILWAY
Written by John Brodribb.
Stock no. 1829135
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A definitive account of the railway between Ipswich and Yarmouth/Lowestoft. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 256 pages. ISBN: 0860935728. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge.

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SIMPSON'S FLORA OF SUFFOLK
Written by Francis W. Simpson.
Stock no. 1828956
Published by Suffolk Naturalists' society. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. xiv and 537 pages including index. ISBN: 0950815403. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased with very slight fading to spine (hardly noticeable).

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FLORA OF NORFOLK
Written by C.P. Petch; E.L. Swann.
Stock no. 1828932
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account of the distribution and status of the Norfolk flora. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 288 pages. Lower edge of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine, edge-creased, 1.5" closed tear to top front fold.

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SUFFOLK (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Enid Radcliffe.
Stock no. 1328582
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. 2nd edition. ISBN: 0300096488.

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A HISTORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Meadows; Nigel Ramsay.
Stock no. 1328557
Published by The Boydell Press. 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. From the tiny community founded in the fens by St. Etheldreda in 672, and refounded as an abbey in 970, grew one of the greatest monasteries in England. ISBN: 9780851159454. Spine bumped. A couple of small spots to textblock and a couple of lower page corner tips slightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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AN INVENTORY OF NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS AND MEETING-HOUSES IN EASTERN ENGLAND
Written by Christopher Stell.
Stock no. 1828430
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume covers an area from the English Channel to the Humber estuary. This is the fourth and final volume which completes the Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses. The three previous volumes were published by HMSO. Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos and diagrams. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. ISBN: 1873592507. From the library of Ron Brunskill (authority on the history of Architecture). SIGNED by the author with personal dedication to front endpaper. Bookplate of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Contructions of England to front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Grubby marks to prelims else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed and has foxing to verso (not visible to front). A sweet odour present.

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THE WISBECH & UPWELL TRAMWAY
Written by Peter Paye.
Stock no. 1327496
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History Number 152. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780853616894. Slight rubbing to cover edges.

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EAST ANGLIA AND THE EAST COAST RAILWAYS THE LATE 1940S TO LATE 1960S
Written by Brian Reading; Ian Reading.
Stock no. 1327404
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tour the East Coast Main Line and explore the route of East Anglia between 1948 and 1968. Cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445699660. Minimal rubbing to corners. Front joint at title-page is just starting to crack.

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THE CROMER BRANCH
Written by Stanley C. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1327330
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Oakwood Library of Railway History 74. Card wraps. B/w photos. 144 Pages. ISBN: 0853613842. Slight rubbing to cover edges. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1327079
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Blue boards, gilt titles and lone pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight fading to top and tail of spine. Small 'compass'(?) hole to centre of front cover (and dustwrapper). Prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Light foxing to prelims and to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a tear to top of spine at rear edge.

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