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IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF WAINWRIGHT
Written by Derry Brabbs.
Stock no. 1329687
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Derry Brabbs spent the best part of a decade taking the photographs for the large-format illustrated walking guides which A. Wainwright wrote from 1984 to 1992. This is a fascinating account of Derry's training and adventures from his early days as a photographer, including his first meeting with Wainwright. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 0711224951. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Dustwrapper is creased at edges.

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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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CHESHIRE AND THE TUDOR STATE 1480-1560 (STUDIES IN HISTORY)
Written by Tim Thornton.
Stock no. 1829618
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book asserts the importance of the semi-autonomous political, administrative and judicial system of the palatinate of Chester, and of other similar jurisdictions, in the early Tudor period. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. xii and 320 pages including index. ISBN: 086193248X. Boards clean and bright. Initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.

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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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MANCHESTER IN 1915
Written by H.M. McKechnie.
Stock no. 1829557
Published by Manchester University Press; Longmans, Green & Co.. 1915. Almost very good condition.

Being the Handbook for the Eighty-fifth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Manchester September Seven to ten 1915. Plain buff cardwraps. B/w plates. viii and 120 pages plus 19 page publisher adverts to rear. Covers edge-worn and creased, spine is rubbed and creased through reading use. Front joint pulled/worn but binding tight. Text block browned. Scattered foxspots present.

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LIVING WITH THE WIRE: CIVILIAN INTERNMENT IN THE ISLE OF MAN DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS
Written by Yvonne M. Cresswell.
Stock no. 1829116
Published by Manx National Heritage. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

How 25,000 men women and children coped with their internment behind barbed wire on the Isle of Man during the two World Wars. Staple-bound booklet. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 72 pages. ISBN: 0901106356. A lovely copy.

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LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER 1: THE LNWR LINES
Written by Bob Pixton.
Stock no. 1829053
Published by Krb Publications. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 122 pages. ISBN: 0954485998. Laminate to front vertical edge starting to lift. Rear cover lightly indented where it has been used as a hard surface to write on. Contents clean.

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THE LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY IN SALFORD
Written by Tom Wray.
Stock no. 1829052
Published by The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos throughout. 62 pages. Covers are lightly scuffed. Contents fine.

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OLD CHESHIRE CHURCHES
Written by Raymond Richards.
Stock no. 1828618
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

A Survey of Their History, Fabric and Furniture with Records of the Older Monuments. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles. 11 x 8.5". xxvii & 523 pages including index. 4 colour plates plus black and white photos and plans. Folding colour map to rear. Rear board lightly marked. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block browned, a little grubby and minor foxing present. Inscription in ink to front endpapper. Some pale foxing to contents else a nice, tight copy.

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WASDALE: A CELEBRATION IN WORDS AND PICTURES
Written by Ruth Eversley.
Stock no. 1828558
Published by Michael Moon. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A collection of words and pictures about the valley, its inhabitants and its traditions, chosen by Ruth Eversley. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustsrations. xiv and 149 pages. ISBN: 0904131254. A lovely copy. Yellow dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and just a little scuffed.

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LANERCOST PRIORY, CUMBRIA (RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 10)
Written by Henry Summerson; Stuart Harrison.
Stock no. 1828526
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of the priory. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and sketches. xi and 219 pages including index. ISBN: 1873124309. A nice copy.

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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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