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IN BEDFORDSHIRE BYWAYS
Written by A.W. Baldwin; W.E. Palmer.
Stock no. 2126612
Published by The Sidney Press. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, blue covers. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping to a couple of corners. Scuff marks to covers. Foxing and a few grubby margin marks throughout.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, AND ITS ENVIRONS
Written by Leitch Ritchie.
Stock no. 2126244
Published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans. 1st 1840. Almost very good condition.

Vellum bound with lovely gilt borders to covers. Black and gilt title box to spine. With 15 engravings by the First Artists, After Original Drawings. All edges gilt. Covers are a bit bowed. Some grubby and scuff marks to covers. Bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Heavy foxing and browning to some pages throughout.

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A PROSPECT OF ASHRIDGE
Written by Douglas Coult.
Stock no. 1815916
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A look at the origins and many changes of Ashridge estate. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0850333601. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Light fading to dustwrapper spine.

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METHODISM IN MAIDENHEAD 1829-1979
Written by Peter Hardiment.
Stock no. 2124205
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Includes a list of ministers. ISBN: 0860231119. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine and edges, with some edge-creasing.

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OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1317063
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of four hundred ad seventy copies of the large paper edition. Dark red cloth, white title label to spine. 256 pages, edges untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers faded to spine and edges, title-label to spine rubbed. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Name in pencil to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers. Joints starting to crack. Page browning throughout.

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FLORA OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by John G. Dony.
Stock no. 1208700
Published by Hitchin Urban District Council. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The wild plants of the county of Hertford and the adjoining areas included in Watsonian vice-county 20. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w photos and distribution maps. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small bookseller's sticker and address label on front endpapers. Contents fine. Wrapper has loss at top of spine, is slightly creased at edges and nicked at lower corners.

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AMWELL AND STANSTEAD'S PAST IN PICTURES
Written by Stephen Doree; David Perman.
Stock no. 1208602
Published by The Rockingham Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story in pictures of four fascinating Hertfordshire parishes: Great Amwell, Little Amwell, Stanstead Abbotts and Stanstead St. Margarets. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 184 pages includes index. ISBN: 1873468571.

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OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Alfred Rawlings.
Stock no. 2119098
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1910. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and gilt shepherd vignette to front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates by Rawlings. Numerous b/w illustrations by Thomson. Top edge gilt. Covers are unevenly browned. A few chips and nicks at cloth; with a little fraying in places. Plate to opposite page 27 is MISSING (mounting card and tissue-guard are still present, but plate no longer there). Some foxing and page browning.

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THE HISTORICAL ANTIQUITIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by Henry Chauncy.
Stock no. 1712811
Published by Ben Griffin. 1st 1700. Good condition.

Large format. Full leather binding with raised bands to spine and gilt title and decoration to spine, gilt borders to covers. Only 500 copies printed. Reference book states 66 engravings including 2 maps, no list of plates in volume. Subtitle: "with the Original of Counties, Hundreds or Wapentakes, Boroughs, Corporations, Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets. The Foundation and Origin of Monasteries, Churches, Advowsons, Tythes, Rectories, Impropriations and Vicarages in General. Describing the County..." 1 or 3 plates missing, depending on your research, a missing plate is North Prospect of Town of Hertford. Leather edges worn with small split at top of spine. Front endpaper almost detached, but otherwise binding sound but front and rear joints showing. Previous owners notes to first blank page which has a corner loss. 1 plate has a little margin loss, 2 plates have closed tears. Some page browning particularly to pages at rear of book.

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METHODISM IN MAIDENHEAD 1829-1979
Written by Peter Hardiment.
Stock no. 1711780
Published by Barracuda Books. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Includes a list of ministers. ISBN: 0860231119. Wrapper unevenly faded.

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THE FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE
Written by John Killick; Roy Perry; Stan Woodell.
Stock no. 2112313
Published by Pisces Publications. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour photos. B/w distribution maps. ISBN: 1874357072. SIGNED by one author (John Killick) to title page. Some browning to page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing and a few small nicks to corners.

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THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE REGISTER 1979
No author listed.
Stock no. 2110378
Published by Magdalen College. 1979. Very good condition.

Red card wraps. Spine is creased. Small inscription in ink to inside front cover. Some marks to outer page edges.

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