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HARALD HARDRADA THE WARRIOR'S WAY
Written by John Marsden.
Stock no. 1322547
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. 242 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780750942904. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is very slightly scuffed to rear panel and just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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THE WORKHOUSE: A STUDY OF POOR-LAW BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND
Written by Kathryn Morrison.
Stock no. 1823445
Published by English Heritage; Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recognising that an undervalued and poorly understood category of building was in danger of simply being lost, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England has attempted to make a record of these structures against their historical background. A story of the student of social history, as much as for the professional architectural historian. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, lightly faded to spine & worn at top of same, minor scuffing to rear panel. ISBN: 1873592361. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine.

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THE IMPACT OF THE RAILWAYS IN THE EAST END 1835-2010
Written by Emma Dwyer.
Stock no. 1823439
Published by Museum Of London Archaeology. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Historical archaeology from the London Overground East London line. Monograph 52. Large format. Matt black pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781901992984. A few scuff marks to boards. Base of spine lightly bumped. Contents fine.

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PAPERMAKING IN BRITAIN 1488-1988: A SHORT HISTORY
Written by Richard L. Hills.
Stock no. 1823434
Published by The Athlone Press. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of papermaking against the general background of the coming of paper and printing to this country, through major developments in the Industrial Revolution, up to the technological advances which have made possible the enormous high-speed paper machines of the present day. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0485113465. Previous owner's library label to front pastedown. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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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.

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SCOTTISH COUNTRY HOUSES 1600-1914
Written by Ian Gow; Alistair Rowan.
Stock no. 1823405
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An insight into the Scottish country house in all its many guises, including much new research on significant but less familiar houses such as Kinneil, Relugas and Dunrobin. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0748610774. Spine is faded to the degree that the title cannot be read on spine. Contents fine.

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LEICESTER ABBEY: MEDIEVAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES
Written by Joanna Story; Jill Bourne; Richard Buckley.
Stock no. 2136584
Published by The Leicestershire Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, larger format. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780954238810. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper edges have some wear.

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LANDSCAPE
Written by Paul Everson; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1322488
Published by Manchester University Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Studies presented to Christopher Taylor. Black boards, silver titles to spine and front cover. 198 pages. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0719047676. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a tiny nick at base of spine.

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INTERPRETING THE LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY
Written by Michael Aston.
Stock no. 1322483
Published by Routledge. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

The complex and dynamic history of the countryside, illustrated with aerial photographs, maps, plans and charts. How to understand the surviving remains as well as the author's own explanations of how our landscape has evolved. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415151406. Fading to spine else a fine copy.

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DORSET IN THE AGE OF STEAM
Written by Peter Stanier.
Stock no. 1322451
Published by Dorset Books. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history and archaeology of Dorset Industry c.1750-1950. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871164907. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly creased at edges.

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THE MAN WHO MADE BEAMISH
Written by Frank Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322450
Published by Northern Books. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An autobiography of the man who opened the first Open Air Museum in England. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 240 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0953573001. SIGNED by author with a dedication to Marilyn to title-page. Spine bumped. Light veritcal mark to centre of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at top and tail of spine.

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THE EARLY TUDOR COUNTRY HOUSE
Written by Maurice Howard.
Stock no. 1322441
Published by George Philip. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Architecture and politics 1490-1550. Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0540011193. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few tiny marks to front cover. Small white address label to front free-endpaper. Some pencil erasure marks to top corner of half title-page. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to front spine edge.

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