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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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NAMES, PLACES AND PEOPLE: AN ONOMASTIC MISCELLANY IN MEMORY OF JOHN MCNEAL DODGSON
Written by Alexander R. Rumble; A.D. Mills.
Stock no. 1830243
Published by Paul Watkins. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A collection of essays by the friends and colleagues of John Dodgson. Edited by Rumble & Mills. Light brown cloth boards, black title to spine. xxx and 390 pages. ISBN: 1871615909. Very slight lean to spine. Light rubbing to base of spine. Text block very slightly grubby/browned. Contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is a little scuffed, old price label to rear panel.

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BY STEPPE, DESERT, AND OCEAN: THE BIRTH OF EURASIA
Written by Barry Cunliffe.
Stock no. 1830240
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

How humankind first started building the globalized world we know today. A tale of war, invasion, migration and the rise and fall of empires, covering a vast historical canvas from China to the Atlantic world. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ix and 530 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199689170. Fourth impression. Text block faintly grubby else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny nick to top rear panel edge.

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LIVING OFF THE LAND: AGRICULTURE IN WALES C. 400-1600 AD
Written by Rhiannon Comeau; Andy Seaman.
Stock no. 1830239
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

A book on medieval agricultre in Wales, presenting evidence which is of considerable relevance to those studying the development of the early medieval landscapes of Britain and Ireland. A collection of essays, edited by Rhiannon Comeau and Andy Seaman, confronting the paradox that, though agriculture lay at the heart of medieval society, undertstanding of what this meant for Wales remains limited. B/w and a few colour maps. xii and 236 pages including index plus colour maps to rear. ISBN: 9781911188391. A very nice copy indeed.

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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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ROLAND PENROSE: THE LIFE OF A SURREALIST
Written by James King.
Stock no. 1830234
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first biography of Roland Penrose, one of the great English-born practitioners of modernism in the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. B/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9781474414500. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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A TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR AND OTHER ESSAYS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330135
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An autobiographical collection of essays. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 142 pages. ISBN: 0571095216. Some ligth spotting to covers. Light foxing to textblock. A nice copy with a nice, complete dustwrapper.

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PLOWMEN'S CLOCKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330131
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, red title to spine. Superb illustrations. 132 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Water stain to lower corner of front cover. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above. Wrapper spine is a bit browned, minimal chipping at top and tail of spine.

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CARTS AND CANDLESTICKS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330129
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful little book of joyful experiences in childhood and youth spent in the countryside. Distinctive b/w illustrations by Tunnicliffe evoke the atmosphere of days gone by. Green cloth, silver lettering and decorations on spine. 160 pages includes 4 pages of folk songs. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers lightly mottled. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, browning to spine and minimal loss to top and tail of spine.

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SIX TALES OF THE FOUR PIGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1330128
Published by Faber & Faber. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, blue title to spine and vignette of pigs to front. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. 5th impression. Fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and some preliminary pages. Inscription in ink and a name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a large closed tear to front panel, minimal loss to spine and corners.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT TO THE RESCUE A PLAY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1330126
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey pictorial boards, blue titles. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Blue text. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0001941135. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge worn and slightly grubby.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S SPRING-CLEANING PARTY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth.
Stock no. 1330125
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures throughout. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941313. Covers are edge rubbed else bright. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel.

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