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COFIANT Y PARCHEDIG OWEN THOMAS, D.D., LIVERPOOL
Written by J.J. Roberts.
Stock no. 2113539
Published by Cyhoeddedig Gan D. O'Brien Owen. Very good condition.

Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Text in Welsh. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some page browning.

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A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SCARSDALE MISCELLANY
Written by Philip Riden; J.V. Beckett; J.P. Polak; et al.
Stock no. 2113468
Published by Derbyshire Record Society. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Contains 'The Scarsdale Surveys of 1652-62' edited by Beckett and Polak; 'The Autobiography of Leonard Wheatcroft'; Lawrence Oxley's Accounts, 1672-81 etc. ISBN: 0946324166. Some marks to outer page edges. Pages internally have some wrinkling.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XV 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710404
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. January to June 1841. iv 698 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: Repairs of the Temple Church , London; New schoolhouse at Garsington, Oxfordshire; The appointment of Regimental Schoolmistresses; Repair of Whitby Abbey; Roman find at Risingham, Northumberland; Three churches in Dundee destroyed by fire; Serious flooding on the Thames; Conway Castle; trial of the Earl of Cardigan for shooting someone in a duel; St. Paul's Cray church, Kent; proposed school at Eversholt; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.

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RACECOURSES ON THE FLAT
Written by John Tyrrel.
Stock no. 2113084
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A description of every British course and a true sense of character for each, from the stands and straights, the paddocks and prize-monies and the personalities who played a part in the creation of a unique collection of sporting venues. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 251 pages plus index. ISBN: 1852232684. Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with grubby mark to rear and light creasing at top edge.

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TWO IN A VALLEY
Written by Stephen Gwynn. Illustrated by R. Beddington.
Stock no. 1605745
Published by Rich and Cowan. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w plates and illustrations. A book about the Cotswolds. Spine bumped, some dents to board edges. Some foxing. Wrapper is browned and foxed with tears and edge chips, a little loss.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY NO. 20
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808516
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402308. A fine copy in a price-cut light blue dustwrapper lightly creased at corners.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 16
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808501
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402006. A fine copy in a price-cut dustwrapper faded at spine and a few marks to rear panel.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 17
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808500
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Nostalgic memories of Cardiff. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402057. Small damp stain to lower margin of first few pages else a lovely, clean copy. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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OLD AND NEW CHESTERFIELD ETC.
Written by Tatler; John Richard Walbran; Grant W. Macdonald; Alfred Wallis; J.J. Sheahan; John George Bishop; et al.
Stock no. 2112523
Almost very good condition.

This is EIGHT volumes collected and bound into one book. Titles are: Old and New Chesterfield; A Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Aldborough, Brimham Rocks, Newby Hall, Hackfall, Tanfield and Several Places of Interest in Their Vicinity; A Brief Account of the Parish of Holbeach and Its Church of All Saints; Bemroses' Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth; Haddon Hall etc.; Hand-Book to Beverley; The Practical Guide to the City of York; The Brighton Pavilion and Its Royal Associations; The Abbey of Saint Alban. Black leather spine and corners. Uneven browning and mottling to covers. Wear to cover edges and corners. Ink stamps to a few pages. Some foxing and browning. Some pages have been cut down severely at margins - but text all appears to be present.

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DAYS IN DERBYSHIRE
Written by Spencer T. Hall.
Stock no. 2112522
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1863. Almost very good condition.

Leather binding; raised bands to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine is split to top of spine on both sides; horizontally as well. Corners are bumped. Scuffing to cover edges. Small part of paper clipping stuck to front free endpaper; name in ink. Some foxing. P. 185 has surface paper damage.

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