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LONDON: PORTRAIT OF A CITY
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1830551
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Compiled by Roger Hudson. From Romans through to the Nineties. Brown cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 272 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with no real faults visible.

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MEMORIES OF STROUD
Written by Tamsin Treverton Jones.
Stock no. 1830542
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stroud, an old hill town historically linked to the cloth industry, has seen enormous change during the last century. This book offers the reader a fascinating view of the town's past and will appeal to all those who know the area. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 0752434373. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of rear cover lightly rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed. A nice, clean copy.

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NORFOLK I: NORWICH AND NORTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Bill Wilson.
Stock no. 1830524
Published by Penguin. 2nd 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. Black vinyl cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher vignette to front. B/w maps, plans and photos. 796 pages including index. ISBN: 0140710582. Text block very slightly browned. Pages 593-600 mis-cut by printer to top margins (not affecting text). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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SCENES OF CHILDHOOD VOL II: MORE MEMORIES OF A FOREST OF DEAN CHILDHOOD
Written by Bernard Kear. Illustrated by Bernard Kear.
Stock no. 1830489
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. ISBN: 0946328455. Cover edges very lightly rubbed. Pages 83-86 have a small nick to the vertical margin. Otherwise, a lovely copy.

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WEST COUNTRY HISTORIC HOUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES VOLUME THREE: THE COTSWOLD AREA
Written by Eric R. Delderfield.
Stock no. 1830484
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author tells the eventful stories of fifteen historic homes in the Cotswolds area and of the families who built them through successive generations. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis & b/w photos. 124 pages including index. ISBN: 0715360892. Endpapers lightly browned else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by David Verey.
Stock no. 1830482
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition, completely rewritten with a very much longer introductory essay and a few impressions of Bristol. An invaluable companion for those who set out to discover Gloucestershire in all its variety. Brown cloth boards, blue title block to spine. Colour frontis and b/w photos. 136 pages including index. ISBN: 0571047106. Edges of boards lightly rubbed, boards clean. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and scuffed. Musty odour present.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830467
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, laminate is starting to peel away at rear edges.

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NEAREST EARTHLY PLACE TO PARADISE: THE LITERARY LANDSCAPE OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by Margaret Wilson. Illustrated by Geoff Taylor.
Stock no. 1830445
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An elegant anthology of Shropshire-inspired literature. Edited by Margaret Wilson. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos. vii and 117 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906122522. Couple of minor foxspots to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.

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FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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STORIES OF WEST COUNTRY FOLK
Written by .
Stock no. 1830433
Published by R.H. Johns Limited. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

All lovers of the English country-side and its village folk will be fascinated by this volume of stories by a masterly writer whose previous books have met with such a favourable reception. Limited Edition, numbered and signed by the author. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Top edge green. 178 pages. Spine discoloured to top and tail. A few minor white marks to boards. A small area of surface paper loss to lower corner of front pastedown which is hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper. A few minor marks and light foxing to prelims. This is copy 458 SIGNED by the author. Price-ut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with loss at corners, grubby, small patch of surface paper loss to top of front panel.

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THE CASTLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY
Written by D.J. Cathcart King.
Stock no. 1830423
Published by Croom Helm Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive treatment of the archaeology of the castles of England and Wales including a section on the castles of the Welsh. Light blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 210 pages including index. ISBN: 0709948298. Light foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly creased across top edge and has minor foxing to top edge of rear flap.

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OLD EBBW VALE IN PHOTOGRAPHS VOLUME 1
Written by Keith Thomas; Michael Foot.
Stock no. 1830405
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ebbw Vale owes its existence to the iron, steel and coal industries. There has been a rapid decline in the iron and steel industry in Ebbw Vale, but in 1920 the accent was on expansion and the population rose from less than 500 in 1780 to over 40,000 in 1920. These photographs are a permanent reminder of a completely different way of life in Ebbw Vale, which was bound up with hard manual; work, dirt, smoke and grime. Foreword by Michael Foot. Light red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 193 b/w photos. ISBN: 0900807377. SIGNED & dated by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Spine slightly cocked. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Pale dampstain to lower corner of pastedowns and rear endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained at edges, faded to spine with a small closed tear repaired to verso at top of spine. Tobacco odour present.

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