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AN INVENTORY OF NONCONFORMIST CHAPELS AND MEETING-HOUSES IN EASTERN ENGLAND
Written by Christopher Stell.
Stock no. 1828430
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume covers an area from the English Channel to the Humber estuary. This is the fourth and final volume which completes the Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses. The three previous volumes were published by HMSO. Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. B/w photos and diagrams. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. ISBN: 1873592507. From the library of Ron Brunskill (authority on the history of Architecture). SIGNED by the author with personal dedication to front endpaper. Bookplate of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Contructions of England to front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block. Grubby marks to prelims else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed and has foxing to verso (not visible to front). A sweet odour present.

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CARLISLE CASTLE: A SURVEY AND DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Written by M.R. McCarthy; H.R.T. Summerson; R.G. Annis.
Stock no. 1828413
Published by English Heritage. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

English Heritage Archaeological Report no. 18. An historical account of the castle, preceded by a full survey of the standing buildings, including many accurate scale drawings of the keep, the Captain's and De Ireby's Towers, and other main elements. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & illustrations, some folding. ISBN: 1850742715. Covers unevenly faded. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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MAIDEN CASTLE: EXCAVATIONS AND FIELD SURVEY 1985-6
Written by N.M. Sharples; et al.
Stock no. 1828412
Published by English Heritage. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

English Heritage Archaeological Report no. 19. The history of the hillfort of Maiden Castle. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w drawings and fold-out plans. ISBN: 1850742731. Covers a little scuffed and rubbed. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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AN ATLAS OF RURAL SETTLEMENT IN ENGLAND
Written by Brian K. Roberts; Stuart Wrathmell.
Stock no. 1828172
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

This Atlas is the culmination of a decade's research work for the Monuments Protection Programme and defines and plots the varied regional character of England's rural settlement. A companion volume to Region and Place: A Study of English Rural Settlement. Very large format. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps. ISBN: 1850747709. A few minor scuffs and marks to covers. Name & date in ink to top corner of half-title page. Grubby mark to inside front cover and half-title. Else contents are clean.

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THE WORKHOUSE: A STUDY OF POOR-LAW BUILDINGS IN ENGLAND
Written by Kathryn Morrison.
Stock no. 1823445
Published by English Heritage; Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recognising that an undervalued and poorly understood category of building was in danger of simply being lost, the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England has attempted to make a record of these structures against their historical background. A story of the student of social history, as much as for the professional architectural historian. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, lightly faded to spine & worn at top of same, minor scuffing to rear panel. ISBN: 1873592361. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Previous owner's address label to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, slightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine.

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THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.

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