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THE BUILDING OF BRITAIN AND THE EMPIRE - VOLUME IV
Written by H.D. Traill; J.S. Mann.
Stock no. 2119941
Published by The Waverley Book Company Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws, Learning, Arts, Industry, Commerce, Science, Literature and Manners, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. This Volume looks at the period: From the Accession of James The First to the Death of Anne. Illustrated edition. 12 plates. Spine is faded. Some light wear to covers. All plates present. Some page browning.

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A HEREFORDSHIRE MISCELLANY
Written by David Whitehead; John Eisel.
Stock no. 2119833
Published by Lapridge Publications. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Commemorating 150 years of the Woolhope Club. Edited by Whitehead and Eisel with 21 contributors. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt titles. Limited edition. List of subscribers to rear. ISBN: 1899290087. This is Copy No. 651. Some light wear to cover edges.

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FRAMPTON ON SEVERN AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Rose Hewlett; Jean Speed.
Stock no. 2119811
Published by The Frampton On Severn Village Hall Management Committee. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The evolution of village life including the manorial system and open-field farming, law and order, poor relief, education, entertainment, the importance of the church vestry and later of the parish council. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps. ISBN: 0953633993. Some light wear and bumping along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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KEIGHLEY CORPORATION TRANSPORT
Written by J.S. King.
Stock no. 1208200
Published by The Advertiser Press Ltd.. 1st 1964. Fine condition.

A history of Keighley Transport in Yorkshire. B/w photos of buses, trolley buses and trams. Red boards, white titles and vignette to front cover. 159 pages. Includes loosely inserted map of the 1921 transport system.

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THE DYMOCK SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE
Written by J.E. Gethyn-Jones.
Stock no. 2119635
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. There are two types of Romanesque scuplture within the Southern half of the medieval diocese of Hereford, one of which has been named The Dymock School. ISBN: 085033313X. Light page browning. Wrapper is price-cut with faded to spine and some light edge-creasing.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF HERALDRY (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Charles MacKinnon.
Stock no. 2119475
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer Book No. 41. Revised edition. With 12 Plates in full colour and 118 Line Drawings. In rare advertising wrapper. Laminate boards. ISBN: 0723200831. Covers are browned. A few marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and browned, with foxing to verso.

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A COTSWOLD VILLAGE SCHOOL FROM VICTORIAN TIMES
Written by Michael Boyes.
Stock no. 1811455
Published by The Rissingtons Local History Society. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

An account of the development of education in one rural village - Great Rissington - of which much of this account could apply equally to other small villages in the Cotswolds and elsewhere. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095306610x. A nice, clean copy.

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RICHMOND AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM THE OLDEN TIME
Written by Richard Crisp.
Stock no. 2118593
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Marston. 1866. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; gilt title. With Memoirs and Notes. 7 b/w plates, including frontis. Scuffing and wear to leather on spine and corner edges. A few marks to covers. Grubby marks to a few pages; mostly to prelims. Some pencil annotation to a few pages.

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STANLEY: SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
Written by Frank McLynn.
Stock no. 2118550
Published by Constable. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Volume of Frank McLynn's biography of Henry Morton Stanley. It covers the years 1877 to 1904. ISBN: 0094702209. Wrapper is edge-chipped with small chip/nick to base of spine, which is also faded.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 22
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1713654
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Many subjects are covered by the 203 illustrations - trade, industry, religion, education, public service, sport, entertainment, transport. ISBN: 1870402456. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON VOLUME V
Written by James Boswell; Napier.
Stock no. 1404562
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1892. Very good condition.

Together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. Edited by Alexander Napier. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Folding map at front of book. 422 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Browning to endpapers and prelims. An occasional foxspot. Top edge of text block is dusty. Contents are otherwise clean.

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