FOLK TALES OF THE EAST MIDLANDS
Written by Eric Swift. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.
Stock no. 1329365
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of over forty folk tales from the East Midlands. 23 line drawings by Lawson. Small format, gilt title to spine. 183 pages. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean, top edge of textblock is a bit dusty. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby to rear panel and has 10.60 written in blue biro to front flap.

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FIRST WORLD WAR MILITARY SERVICE TRIBUNALS: WARWICK DISTRICT APPEAL TRIBUNAL 1916-1918
Written by Philip Spinks; Julie Spinks.
Stock no. 1829576
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 50. Edited by Philip and Julie Spinks. Conscription into the British Army was introduced in 1916. Claims against conscription, not only on grounds of conscience but also in cases of national interest, hardship and illness or infirmity, were heard by a country-wide network of Local and Appeal Tribunals. The records of the Warwick District Appeal Tribunal was one of the collections which escaped destruction after World War I. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 598 pages including index. ISBN: 9780852201039. Small knock to base of spine, tiny mark to front board. Contents appear unread. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear where knock to spine appears, is lightly scuffed.

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THE REGISTER OF THE GUILD OF THE HOLY CROSS, ST MARY AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Written by Mairi Macdonald.
Stock no. 1829575
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 42. Edited by Mairi Macdonald. A detailed analysis of the Guild's membership register, supplemented with other relevant information drawn from the account rolls. Also includes a transcript of the Guild's governing ordinances of 1443, two appendices and an index which includes members occupations. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 586 pages including index. ISBN: 9780852200889. Light bumping to top corner of boards. Text block very slightly grubby. Else contents appear unread. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap and lightly rubbed at corners.

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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON WILLS 1348-1701 (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Stephanie Appleton; Mairi Macdonald.
Stock no. 1829574
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 52 & 53. Edited by Stephanie Appleton and Mairi Macdonald. Two volumes, complete, Volume 1: 1348-1647; Volume 2: 1648-1701. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spines. ISBN: 9780852201060. Corners of boards lightly bumped else contents appear unread. Pictorial dustwrappers are lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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WARWICKSHIRE HEARTH TAX RETURNS: MICHELMAS 1670 WITH COVENTRY LADY DAY 1666
Written by Tom Arkell; Nat Alcock.
Stock no. 1829572
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 43. Edited by Tom Arkell with Nat Alcock. The hearth tax was a graduated house tax based on the number of fireplaces within each household. This volume examines how the hearth tax was administered and how the reliability of some of its records can be tested. It also explores numerous aspects of Warwickshire's rural and urban society and describes a range of houses with different numbers of hearths. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 566 pages. ISBN: 9780901505552. Top front corner lightly bumped else appears unread. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.

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THE EARLY RECORDS OF COLESHILL: C.1120-1549
Written by Andrew Watkins.
Stock no. 1829571
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 51. Edited by Andrew Watkins. Coleshill was one of six hundred or so small market towns to emerge during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to form the framework for trade and commerce in late medieval England. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xii and 608 pages including index. ISBN: 9780852201046. Text block slightly grubby, corners lightly bumped else looks unread. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap.

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THE WARWICKSHIRE EYRE ROLL OF 1262
Written by Jens Rohrkasten.
Stock no. 1829570
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 54. Edited by Jens Rohrkasten. The General Eyre was held by itinerant justices who had the right to hear all pleas arising in the county they were assigned to visit. They conducted an in-depth review of all judicial and administrative procedures in the county, correcting abuse of office by officials and ensuring that penalties were imposed on all those responsible for encroachments on royal rights. This volume contains an English translation of the sole surviving roll from the Warwickshire Eyre held between 5 June and 20 July 1262. ISBN: 9780852201077. Looks unread. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of marks to rear panel.

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THE DIARIES OF SANDERSON MILLER OF RADWAY
Written by Sanderson Miller; William Hawkes.
Stock no. 1829568
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 41. Edited by William Hawkes. Saunderson Miller (1716-80) was a gentleman architect, an amateur pioneer of significance in the development of the Gothic Revival during its delightful and inventive Georgian period. This volume contains the fully annotated text of Miller's diaries of 1750-1756, a self-revelatory Memoir he wrote fo his friend, James Menteath, and a catalogue of his architectural and landscape work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 449 pages including index. ISBN: 0852200846. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a vertical score to front panel.

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DOMESDAY BOOK WARWICKSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829567
Published by Alecto Historical Editions. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. 3 Volume set, cream cloth spines with gilt titles, brown boards. Contains 'Folios & Maps', 'Introduction and Translation' and 'Domesday Book Studies'. Limited edition to 1000 copies. ISBN: 0948459476. This is copy 94 of 1000. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, and small mark to title page & facing page of Book Studies. All three volumes appear a little grubby to cream cloth spines, Small knock to lower edge of boards of Introduction and Translation. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has minor fading and is a little scuffed, small 'dint' to one end.

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THE HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY AND DIRECTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE
Written by Wm. West.
Stock no. 1829546
Published by R. Wrightson. 1830. Almost very good condition.

Inclusive of some portions of the Ancient Histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale, with curious memoirs of the lives of these early English writers; A description of the present state of the county with its modern divisions and subdivisions, and their population and valuation; A directory of every town and considerable village in the county; A Gazetteer of all the towns, villages, parishes and hamlets, with their distances from the principal Market or Post Towns, and from London; and an Itinerary of the direct and cross roads, with a list of the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats. Three-quarter leather binding with 5 raised bands to spine and green title label with gilt title. Brown cloth boards. Folding map of the county to front. B/w etchings. xiii and 800 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Rebound. Leather spine is lightly discoloured with minor spotting, top & tail lightly worn. Leather corners a little worn. New green endpapers, new fly leaves to front and rear. Faint ink stamp to front pastedown. Folding map present with a closed tear to gutter margin (not affecting the map itself) and paper repair below the tear, map is browned with age, margins creased at gutter edge. Small name in ink to top of title page. Foxing throughout. Some annotation present. Publisher adverts to the rear are missing (removed when rebound?).

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THE LOST ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES OF WARWICKSHIRE (VOLUME 1 - THE SOUTH)
Written by Peter Bolton.
Stock no. 1829467
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Landmark Collector's Library series. Combing the county's towns, villages and fields, this book aims to record every building of significance in South Warwickshire destroyed or altered in the twentieth century. Red cloth boards, gitl title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1901522989. Front corners lightly bumped. Very faint fading to lower edge of front board. Minor mark to vertical margin of half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.

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WELLESBOURNE AT WAR 1939-1945
Written by Alan Griffin; Daisy England; Eleanor Zonik; et al.
Stock no. 1326576
Published by The Wellesbourne Village Society. Circa 1990. Very good condition.

A record of local people's experiences during the conflict of WW2. Green cardwraps. 28 pages. B/w photos. Some light staining to covers. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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