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THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS
Written by Max Colwell.
Stock no. 1823613
Published by Paul Hamlyn.
1st
1971.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The infamous expedition to cross Australia from South to North inland. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0600041379. Spine slightly cocked. Fading to horizontal edges of boards. Text block browned. A few foxspots to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded, has the remains of a label to top front corner and a small closed tear (no loss).
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AUSTRALIA
- EXPLORATION
- HISTORY
SENGHENNYDD, THE UNIVERSAL PIT VILLAGE 1890-1930
Written by Michael Lieven.
Stock no. 1823609
Published by Gomer Press.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The story of how one of the largest pits in Wales came to be; how the village developed from a raw and dangerous 'frontier settlement' into a complex community characterised by a vast web of relationships and institutions. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 1859020437. Name in ink to top of front endpaper. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MINING
- COAL
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.
PAINTINGS FROM THE REIGN OF VICTORIA
Written by Mary Cowling; Tim Barringer; et al.
Stock no. 2137707
Published by Art Services International.
2008.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Dark blue cloth with silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. The Royal Holloway Collection, London. Published to accompany the exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International. ISBN: 9780711229273.
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)