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A LANCASTER AT PEACE (PA474)
Written by R.E. Leach.
Stock no. 1828529
1st 1975. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Spine lightly faded. Contents clean.

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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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HAMPSHIRE HOUSES 1250-1700: THEIR DATING AND DEVELOPMENT
Written by Edward Roberts.
Stock no. 1828429
Published by Hampshire County Council. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The development and social context of houses in the county from the earliest survivors of the late 13th century to c. 1700. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour photos. ISBN: 1859756336. Contains a SIGNED letter (by the author) to Ron Brunskill (authority on the history of architecture). Covers scuffed, contents clean.

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THE WELSH COTTAGE: BUILDING TRADITIONS OF THE RURAL POOR, 1750-1900
Written by Eurwyn Wiliam.
Stock no. 1828426
Published by The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book is about the homes of the rural poor during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in particular the materials, techniques and processes used to build them. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine, dragon vignette to front board. Colour & b/w photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781871184372. SIGNED by the author (dedicated to Ron Brunskill, authority on architectural history). Top & tail of spine a little rubbed else boards clean and bright. Contents clean. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed.

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RURAL HOUSES OF THE LANCASHIRE PENNINES 1560 TO 1760
Written by Sarah Pearson.
Stock no. 1828417
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Supplementary Series: 10. Pictorial cardwraps. Social and architectural history. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0117011924. SIGNED by the author (with personal gift dedication) to front endpaper. Also includes a loosely inserted excerpt from County Life August 1985 written and signed by same author. From the library of Ron Brunskill, authority on acrchitectural history. Spine lightly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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JOHN MARSDEN'S WILL: THE HORNBY ESTATE CASE 1780-1840
Written by Emmeline Garnett.
Stock no. 1828351
Published by The Hambledon Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Hornby Castle Dispute. The story of an extraordinary legal case. John Marsden was a mentally retarded Lancashire gentleman, looked after by his aunt. A servant, George Wright, became the aunt's lover and steward of the Marsden's estate and continued in this fashion after the aunt's death. When John Marsden finally died, his will effectively left Hornby Castle to the steward. The will was then contested by the heir at law basing his claim on the incapacity of his cousin to understand and therefore endorse a complex will... a fascinating story. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1852851589. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Also includes an invitation to the previous owner to celebrate the publication of this book. Previous owner's bookplate to lower corner of front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is clean.

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THE SPIRIT OF RAWTENSTALL: WATERFOOT, NEWCHURCH AND THE WHITEWELL VALLEY (LANDMARK COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY)
Written by Kathy Fishwick.
Stock no. 1828340
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The 20th Century in Photographs. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 1843060698. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page. Contents otherwise clean. White dustwrapper is just a little grubby.

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COAL MINING IN LUNESDALE
Written by Philip John Hudson.
Stock no. 1828309
Published by Hudson History. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

An introductory study into the hsitory of coal mining in the valle of the River Lune and its tributaries in North West England. White & blue cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0953364305. SIGNED by the author to front endpaper (no dedication). Two diagonal marks to lower edge of text block. Bookplate to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean.

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PANORAMA VAN DEN ENDE DUINZIJDE: EEN SCHILDERSLOOPBAAN
Written by Leo Van Den Ende. Illustrated by Leo Van Den Ende.
Stock no. 1327968
Published by Leo Van Den Ende. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

English title: Along the Dunes: An Artist's Career. Large, oblong format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. 194 pages. Colour paintings throughout. Text in Dutch and English. ISBN: 9090178724. SIGNED by the artist with water colour paint to half title-page (dated 2005). Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded to spine and spine edge of front panel.

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THE ENGLISH WHIPPET
Written by E.G. Walsh; Mary Lowe.
Stock no. 1828273
Published by The Boydell Press. 2nd 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. An authoritative and entertaining book tracing the story of the English Whippet from a point several centuries before its recognition by the Kennel Club in 1890, through the founding of the Whippet Club, the other breed clubs and the Whippet Coursing Club, and up to the present day. Coursing with whippets is covered in detail and there are separate chapters on the hunting whippet and the racing whippet. Also chapters on breeding and rearing. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851152716. SIGNED by Mary Lowe to title page (no dedication) and includes a signed letter from Mary Lowe. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn, corners bumped. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate to front edge of spine, and is a little scuffed.

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KING OF ALL BALLOONS
Written by Mark Davies.
Stock no. 1327934
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The complex life of explorer James Sadler, the ups and downs of his amazing career. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445653082. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Includes an errata slip. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

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THE BIRDS OF ESSEX: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
Written by Miller Christy.
Stock no. 1828260
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Essex Field Club Special Memoirs Vol II. Red cloth boards, black titles and owl vignette to front. 162 woodcut illustrations, two plans and a frontispiece. Chapters include Hawks & Hawking; Wild Fowl Decoys and Wild-Fowling. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper ('with the author's kind regards'). Boards marked, spine faded and frayed at top. Corners a little worn. Joints starting to crack. Text block browned. Foxing to prelims. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few marks to ontents mainly to margins. Contents are lightly browned.

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