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THE MINERS AND COAL LEVELS OF GWENT (BRITAIN IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Colin Spencer.
Stock no. 1823608
Published by The History Press.
1st
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Illustrating life as it was for the coal-level miners of Gwent throughout its industrial past. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Britain in Old Photographs series. ISBN: 9780752452517.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- COAL
- MINING
THE WELSH POST TOWNS BEFORE 1840
Written by Michael Scott Archer.
Stock no. 1322822
Published by Phillimore.
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 137 pages. ISBN: 0900592060. Spine bumped. Some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly spotted.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POSTAL SERVICE
LESSONS OF A LIFETIME: MEMORIES OF CHEPSTOW AND THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by Brian Rendell; Keith Childs.
Stock no. 1823600
Published by Review Graphics.
Circa
1983.
Almost very good condition.
Card wraps. B/w photos. Memories centering around Lydney and the Forest of Dean. ISBN: 0951001205. Covers browned, scuffed and lightly creased through use. Text block lightly browned. A well-used book but still sound.
A VILLAGE HERITAGE: THE STORY OF BLANDFORD ST. MARY
Written by T.F. Almack.
Stock no. 1823599
Published by Longmans (Dorchester) Ltd..
Circa
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of a much loved village in Dorset. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. Tape marks to endpapers and dustwrapper flaps. Text block lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DORSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
FAIR AND FASHIONABLE TENBY
Written by John Tipton.
Stock no. 1322812
Published by Tenby Museum.
1st
1987.
Very good condition.
Oblong format. Spiral bound pictorial paper wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0901906271. Some pages slightly edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- PEMBROKESHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ENGLISH WINDMILLS VOLUME I
Written by M.I. Batten.
Stock no. 2137717
Published by The Architectural Press.
1st
1930.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Pale blue/green cloth with dark titles. Containing a history of their origin and development, with records of mills in Kent, Surry and Sussex. B/w photos. Some bumping and wear to covers. Foxing and page browning. Wrapper is very browned to spine with edge-chipping and nicks; a little loss; some foxing.
RAILWAY CENTENARY 1825-1925: SUPPLEMENT TO THE LOCOMOTIVE, RAILWAY CARRIAGE & WAGON REVIEW
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137695
1925.
Good condition.
Large format. Card wraps. Commemorating the opening of the first public railway and a souvenir of the Tenth International Railway Congress. B/w photos. Tipped-in mounted colour plates. Front cover appears to have been detached at one time - now put back on with sticky tape. Some grubby marks and foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
DORCHESTER 1854: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A COUNTY TOWN SEEN THROUGH ITS LOCAL NEWSPAPER
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137691
Published by Dorchester Community Play Research Group.
1ST
1985.
Very good condition.
A portrait of the Dorchester of 1854 from the chroniclers of the time. Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951068717. Light wear to cover edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DORSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A BATH CAMERA 1850-1950
Written by Simon Hunt.
Stock no. 2137662
Published by Dovecote Press.
1st
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946159106. Small bumps to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks and faded along some edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- SOMERSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
JOHN LELAND'S ITINERARY: TRAVELS IN TUDOR ENGLAND
Written by John Chandler.
Stock no. 2137661
Published by Alan Sutton.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 086299957X. Bumping and wear along cover edges. A few grubby marks to margins and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with some edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TUDOR
- TRAVEL
OAKRIDGE: A HISTORY
Written by Pat Carrick; Kay Rhodes; Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 2137653
Published by Oakridge Historical Research Group.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A social history of Oakridge, a village in the Cotswolds, and its surrounding hamlets of Far Oakridge, Waterlane, Bournes Green, Tunley and Daneway. Burgundy boards, white and yellow titles. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos throughout. ISBN: 0954030648. Page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to one edge of front panel. Small areas of surface rubbing to half-title page (where pencil has been erased).
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- COTSWOLDS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE MARN'LL BOOK
Written by Ernest Roscoe.
Stock no. 2137651
Published by The Blackmore Press.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Some particular history, some general topography, a number of photographs, and some maps, of the Blackmore Vale. Large format. Light green/grey cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Light, uneven fading to boards. Gilt still bright. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn, some loss, browning to spine and spine edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- DORSET
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHITECTURE
- LANDSCAPE