SIXTY MILES FROM ENGLAND THE ENGLISH AT DIEPPE 1814-1914
Written by Simona Pakenham.
Stock no. 2113252
Published by MacMillan. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Some browning/foxing. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with chips and nicks.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XV 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710404
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. January to June 1841. iv 698 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: Repairs of the Temple Church , London; New schoolhouse at Garsington, Oxfordshire; The appointment of Regimental Schoolmistresses; Repair of Whitby Abbey; Roman find at Risingham, Northumberland; Three churches in Dundee destroyed by fire; Serious flooding on the Thames; Conway Castle; trial of the Earl of Cardigan for shooting someone in a duel; St. Paul's Cray church, Kent; proposed school at Eversholt; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIV 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710402
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1st 1840. Very good condition.

Library binding. July to December 1840. iv 704 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: Genealogy of the Beauharnais family; Opening of the Crusader's tomb in Botus Fleming Church, Cornwall; Description of Ratcliffe Tower, Lancashire; Failed assassination attempt on Queen Victoria; Paintings in Rochester Cathedral; Celtic finds near Bridgwater; Atmospheric Railway at Wormholt Scrubs with expected speeds of 100 mph!; London and Blackwall Railway opened; Work commences on Laying out Trafalgar square; The Manor House of Samlesbury, Lancashire; The church of Great Yarmouth; the church of Walford, |Hertfordshire; the Martyrs memorial, Oxford; Stocks and Whipping Post at Waltham Abbey; The Judges House at Dorchester; Saxon sundial at Bishopston Church, Sussex; Relics from the wreck of the Mary Rose; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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EXPLORING THE ANCIENT WORLD: A GUIDE TO THE MOST OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL WONDERS EVER BUILT
Written by Paul Bahn.
Stock no. 1808591
Published by AA. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Incorporating the most important archaeological sites from around the globe. Glazed boards. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780749558864. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded at edges and spine. A few small tears to rear panel.

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GOOD QUEEN BESS
Written by Brenda Girvin. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1311697
Published by David Nutt. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. 23 colour plates. Spine bumped. Covers grubby and edge worn, corners worn. Front free-endpaper is creased. Some page corner tips are creased, margin of one plate is also creased.

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THE 1917 SPRING OFFENSIVES ARRAS, VIMY, LE CHEMIN DES DAMES
Written by Yves Buffetaut; Bernard Lepretre.
Stock no. 1710088
Published by Histoire & Collections. Circa 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 2908182661.

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GALLANTRY ITS PUBLIC RECOGNITION AND REWARD IN PEACE AND IN WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD
Written by Arnold Wilson; J.H.F. McEwen.
Stock no. 1710081
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2000. Fine condition.

A Limited edition reprint (200 copies). 498 pages.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY NO. 20
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808516
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402308. A fine copy in a price-cut light blue dustwrapper lightly creased at corners.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 16
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808501
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402006. A fine copy in a price-cut dustwrapper faded at spine and a few marks to rear panel.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 17
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808500
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Nostalgic memories of Cardiff. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402057. Small damp stain to lower margin of first few pages else a lovely, clean copy. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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