HISTORY OF THE 359 (4TH WEST LANCS.) MEDIUM REGIMENT R.A. (T.A.) 1859-1959
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829925
1st 1959. Very good condition.

Privately published by 359 (4th West Lancs.) Medium Regiment R.A. (T.A.). Blue cloth boards, red title strip with gilt title to spine, gilt title and vignettes to front. Maps to endpapers. B/w photos. x and 214 pages including appendices. Boards a little marked and rubbed. Foxing to text block else contents clean.

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HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF IREBY
Written by W.H. Chippindall.
Stock no. 1829621
Published by The Chetham Society. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

'Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester: volume 95 - New Series.' Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black embossed border pattern and crest to front. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 114 pages including index plus xvi pages concerning the Chetham Society to rear. A few marks & scuffs to rear board,spine lightly faded. Foxing to text block. Endpapers a little browned and slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF WHITTINGTON
Written by W.H. Chippindall.
Stock no. 1829603
Published by The Chetham Society. 1938. Very good condition.

'Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester: volume 99 - New Series.' Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine, black embossed border pattern and crest to front. B/w photos and illustrations. x and 184 pages including index plus xvi pages concerning the Chetham Society to rear. A few minor marks and scuffs to boards. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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A CENTURY OF SHIPBUILDING
Written by T. Clark.
Stock no. 1829560
Published by Dalesman Books. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Ships of Barrow-In-Furness. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0852061234. Some light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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MANCHESTER AND ASHTON UNDER LYNE TROLLEYBUSES (TROLLEYBUS CLASSICS 25)
Written by Stephen Lockwood.
Stock no. 1828911
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

The Manchester and Ashton trolleybus network was one of the largest in the country. Manchester's red and Ashton's blue vehicles shared the wires on most of the services between the two areas, and in addition Manchester had a substantial network of its own. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781906008734. Covers lightly creased & rubbed at corners. Front hinge pulled and therefore a few pages of the section are a little loose from the lower edge. Else contents clean and binding tight.

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ST. HELENS TROLLEYBUSES (TROLLEYBUS CLASSICS 29)
Written by Stephen Lockwood.
Stock no. 1828901
Published by Middleton Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

The trolleybuses in this industrial Lancashire town provided silent and pollution free public transport for over thirty years between the 1920s and 1950s. This book looks at each route in turn, showing how St Helens looked during this period, including the shops, fashions and road vehicles of the day. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781908174420. A nice, clean copy.

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THE WIGAN JUNCTION RAILWAYS
Written by Dennis Sweeney.
Stock no. 1828892
Published by Triangle Publishing. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Light tan cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and railway maps throughout, a few colour photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 9780955003059. Base of spine lightly bumped (shelf-wear). Light browning to page margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed on rear panel.

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RURAL HOUSES OF THE LANCASHIRE PENNINES 1560 TO 1760
Written by Sarah Pearson.
Stock no. 1828417
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Supplementary Series: 10. Pictorial cardwraps. Social and architectural history. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0117011924. SIGNED by the author (with personal gift dedication) to front endpaper. Also includes a loosely inserted excerpt from County Life August 1985 written and signed by same author. From the library of Ron Brunskill, authority on acrchitectural history. Spine lightly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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BOLTON - ENGINEMAN (SCENES FROM THE PAST: 31)
Written by Jim Markland.
Stock no. 1828402
Published by Foxline. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Footplate reflections of shed life & journeys from the Lancashire town. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 1870119495. Very light, uneven fading to rear cover and spine. Name & date in ink to top of verso of front cover. Contents clean.

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JOHN MARSDEN'S WILL: THE HORNBY ESTATE CASE 1780-1840
Written by Emmeline Garnett.
Stock no. 1828351
Published by The Hambledon Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Hornby Castle Dispute. The story of an extraordinary legal case. John Marsden was a mentally retarded Lancashire gentleman, looked after by his aunt. A servant, George Wright, became the aunt's lover and steward of the Marsden's estate and continued in this fashion after the aunt's death. When John Marsden finally died, his will effectively left Hornby Castle to the steward. The will was then contested by the heir at law basing his claim on the incapacity of his cousin to understand and therefore endorse a complex will... a fascinating story. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1852851589. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Also includes an invitation to the previous owner to celebrate the publication of this book. Previous owner's bookplate to lower corner of front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean.

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THE SPIRIT OF RAWTENSTALL: WATERFOOT, NEWCHURCH AND THE WHITEWELL VALLEY (LANDMARK COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Kathy Fishwick.
Stock no. 1828340
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 20th Century in Photographs. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1843060698. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Contents otherwise clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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LANCASHIRE: MANCHESTER AND THE SOUTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Clare Hartwell; Matthew Hyde.
Stock no. 1828229
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pevsner Architectural Guides. Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0300105835. Minor knock to top & tail of spine. Name initials and date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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