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ROTOL THE HISTORY OF AN AIRSCREW COMPANY 1937-1960
Written by Bruce Stait.
Stock no. 1327899
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Dowty Rotol. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951681508. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly faded to spine, light score mark to front panel of wrapper.

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NEW TOWNS OF THE MIDDLE AGES: TOWN PLANTATION IN ENGLAND, WALES AND GASCONY
Written by Maurice Warwick Beresford.
Stock no. 1828071
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1967 by Lutterworth Press, republished with a new preface. Historical and topographical facts for these towns, specimen plans show what medieval planners thought a town should include. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0862994306. Top & tail of spine bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Tape marks to pastedowns. Book has possibly been dropped at some point, leading to rear pastedown tearing (no loss). Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and vertical imperfection to laminate to rear panel (not obliterating text).

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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF BISLEY WITH LYPIATT GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Mary A. Rudd.
Stock no. 1826886
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally privately published in 1937 in a limited edition of 250 copies. This edition limited edition of 350 numbered copies. Brown boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 090438716X. Text block lightly browned. Pale foxing to prelims and rear endpapers. White dustwrapper is scuffed and creased, unevenly faded and browned. This is copy 172 of 350.

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THE FOREST OF DEAN NEW HISTORY 1550-1818
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1826798
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A superb work of scholarship, the book is of considerable value to historians of Britain's industrial, economic, agricultural and social past as well as to those with a particular interest in the history of the Dean region. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xxii and 330 pages including index. ISBN: 0750909579. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Slight musty odour present.

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STEEP HOLM: THE STORY OF A SMALL ISLAND
Written by Stan Rendell; Joan Rendell.
Stock no. 1826272
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Steep Holm is a small uninhabited island in the Bristol Channel five miles west of Weston-super-Mare with a long and fascinating history. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750903236. Text block slightly grubby else a nice, clean copy.

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JOHN LELAND'S ITINERARY: TRAVELS IN TUDOR ENGLAND
Written by John Chandler.
Stock no. 2137661
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 086299957X. Bumping and wear along cover edges. A few grubby marks to margins and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with some edge-creasing.

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GLOSTER AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Written by Derek N. James.
Stock no. 2135799
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

The Old Photographs series. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 160 pages. ISBN: 075240038X. Some wear to cover edges; a little creasing and scuffing.

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EXMOOR TRAVELLERS
Written by Rosemary Anne Lauder.
Stock no. 2134592
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An anthology drawing on the accounts of Exmoor travellers and visitors over the past 200 years. Large oblong format. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0750903155. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut, edge-creased with a tear to base of spine; repaired with sticky tape.

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WITH THE LNER IN THE TWENTIES
Written by Humphrey Household.
Stock no. 2133126
Published by Alan Sutton. 1ST 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0862992265. Page browning. Wrapepr is chipped to top of spine, which is also faded.

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THE MAKING OF THE SEVERN RAILWAY TUNNEL
Written by Roger Cowles.
Stock no. 2132500
Published by Alan Sutton. 1ST 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Severn Railway Tunnel was one of the most striking civil engineering feats of the 19th century. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0862996023. Some marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning.

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THE HUMBER STORY 1868-1932
Written by A.B. Demaus; J.C. Tarring.
Stock no. 2132135
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 0862995965. Tape marks to pastedowns and wrapper flaps. Wrapper is also price-cut and edge-creased.

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BATH HISTORY VOLUME III
Written by R. Angus Buchanan; et al.
Stock no. 2131977
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0862997712. Spine is faded.

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