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MINCHINHAMPTON AND AVENING
Written by Arthur Twisden Playne.
Stock no. 1830394
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally appearing in monthly papers to the Minchinhampton Parish Magazine during the year 1913 and part of 1914. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387259. A few minor marks to boards. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SEVERN BRIDGE
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 1330152
Published by Merlin Bookshop. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsmile of the 1845 'Memoranda Relative to a Magnificent Toll-Free Stone Bridge Across the River Severn...Between the New Passage in Gloucestershire and the Black-Rock in Monmouthshire. Small card wrap booklet. 8 pages. ISBN: 0904376001. Some very pale edge browning to covers. Staples have started to go rusty.

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DUNDONALD: A CONTRIBUTION TO PAROCHIAL HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James H. Gillespie.
Stock no. 1830301
Published by John Wylie & Co. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Parish of Dundonald, Ayrshire. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Map to front endpapers. Light rubbing to base of spines and corners. Foxing to text blocks. A few foxspots to contents. Green dustwrappers are browned to spines and edges.

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ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF THE MORRISES OF ANGLESEY (1735-1786) VOL. XLIX PART I & II
Written by Hugh Owen.
Stock no. 1830300
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Transcribed and edited by Hugh Owen. A collection of greatly valued letters in two volumes. Beige cloth covers. Boards of both volumes are a little grubby and marked, spines and endpapers are browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to text block.

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KILVERT'S DIARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Kilvert; William Plomer.
Stock no. 1830294
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1980. Very good condition.

Chosen and Edited by William Plomer. Three volumes. Green cloth spine with gilt titles, beige marbled effect boards. B/w photos. Top edges green. ISBN: 0224012991. Reprint of the 1977 edition. A very respectable set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor marks.

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TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF SOMERSET
Written by Jane Penoyre; et al.
Stock no. 1830251
Published by Somerset Books. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book, illustratd by photographs and drawings of local stones, building styles, house plans, roof structure and the more decorative features of the houses, explores the local traditional buildings thate extend in date here, from the late thirteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth. Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, line drawings and plans. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861834075. Reprint. Tiny pinhole to lower front spine edge and light rubbing to base of spine. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has some minor foxing to verso, not visible to front.

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DIGGING BATH STONE: A QUARRY AND TRANSPORT HISTORY
Written by David Pollard.
Stock no. 1830249
Published by Lightmoor Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive history of quarrying Bath stone - the companies, the quarries, the personalities, the quarrymen, the methods, the product and its transportation. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, maps and illustrations. 512 pages. ISBN: 9781911038863. A very nice copy.

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THE ITINERY IN WALES OF JOHN LELAND IN OR ABOUT THE YEARS 1536-1539
Written by Lucy Toulmin Smith.
Stock no. 1830244
Published by George Bell & Sons. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

Extracted from Leland's manuscripts and edited by Smith. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Folding map of Wales to rear. Top edge gilt. xi and 152 pages including index. Spine browned, boards grubby. Light rubbing to corners. Foxing to endpapers. Contents browned. Prelims slightly grubby. Else contents clean. Map to rear present and has a small crease.

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SUTTON HOO AND ITS LANDSCAPE: THE CONTEXT OF MONUMENTS
Written by Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1830237
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The great barrow cemetery at Sutton Hoo in south east Suffolk is one of the most remarkable Anglo-Saxon sites in England. This book examines the context of the cemetery at two levels: within its immediate landscape; and as part of a wider cluster of places associated with the dynasty in south-east Suffolk. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, colour & b/w maps. vii and 154 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119257. Spine lightly faded. Else a lovely copy.

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COVENTRY PRIORY REGISTER
Written by Peter Coss; Joan C. Lancaster Lewis; Nat Alcock.
Stock no. 1830226
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 46. The Coventry Priory Register is a precious survivor from the rich records that once existed of the Benedictine monastery which lay at the centre of the city. The Register was compiled by an unknown monk and completed in or after 1419. Edited by Peter Coss and Joan C. Lancaster Lewis. With Coventry in 1411 by Nat Alcock and Indexes by Angela Coss. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 723 pages. ISBN: 9780852200964. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE RIVER RUNNING BY
Written by Joan Fleming-Yates.
Stock no. 1330082
Published by Wedderburn Art Ltd.. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

An Historical Journey Through the Monnow Valley. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1905037058. Minimal rubbing to corner tips of covers. Faint indentations to front cover where book has been leant on to write.

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THE OLD INDUSTRIES OF DEAN
Written by David E. Bick.
Stock no. 1330075
Published by The Forest Bookshop. 1989. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946252208. Corner tips of covers very slightly rubbed. Pencil markings erased from title-page.

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