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OLD KARNARVON A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TOWN OF CARNARVON WITH NOTICES OF THE PARISH CHURCHES OF LLANBEBLIG & LLANFAGLAN
Written by William Henry Jones.
Stock no. 557152
Published by H. Humphreys. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Black decoration and title to front cover. Frontis is a copy of the 1610 map of Carnarvon. 186 pages plus 6 page booklist. Bookplate of R.J.Thomas to front pastedown. Corners bumped. REDUCED FROM £225.

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CALENDARS OF GWYNEDD OR CHRONOLOGICAL LISTS OF LORDS-LIEUTENANT, CUSTODES ROTULORUM, SHERIFFS AND KNIGHTS OF THE SHIRE FOR THE COUNTIES OF ANGLESEY, CAERNARVON AND MERIONETH
Written by Edward Breese.
Stock no. 557491
Published by John Camden Hotten. 1st 1873. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Heraldic emblem and leek design to front cover. 161 pages. Large folding colour frontis. Chronological Lists of Lords-Lieutenant, Custodes Rotulorum, Sheriffs and Knights of the Shire for the Counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon and Merioneth and of the members for the boroughs of caernarvon and beaumaris. To which are added lists of the lords Presidents of Wales and the constables of the castles of Beaumris, Caernarvon, Conway, and Harlech. Contents very good indeed. A few foxspots throughout. Spine browned. Covers lightly rubbed. REDUCED FROM £120.

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THE LAKES OF SCOTLAND A SERIES OF VIEWS
Written by John M. Leighton. Illustrated by John Fleming.
Stock no. 560420
Published by Joseph Swan. 1st 1834. Good condition.

Large format. Three-quarter burgundy morocco binding. Green embossed leaf patter to covers. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. 52 b/w engravings. All plates present. Corners worn. Top of spine slightly chipped. Small split to spine. Boards unevenly faded. Front joint broken, rear joint almost broken, backstrip almost detached. One page bound out of order (page 85 follows page 92).

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A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION OF THE RIVER WYE FROM THE SOURCE TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SEVERN
Written by T.H. Fielding.
Stock no. 570371
Published by Ackermann & Co.. 1841. Very good condition.

Full polished brown leather binding with gilt borders and embossed decoration at corners. Red title label to spine. 12 beautiful mounted hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue guards. Endpapers browned. Light browning to contents. Professional paper repair to edge of one page, hardly visible. A truly handsome copy of this scarce book.

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POPULAR TRADITIONS OF LANCASHIRE
Written by J. Roby.
Stock no. 612807
Published by Henry G. Bohn. 1843. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Spines slightly bumped. A nice set.

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HISTORIC WORCESTERSHIRE (12 PARTS)
Written by W. Salt Brassington.
Stock no. 657670
Published by Midland Educational Co. Ltd.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

12 parts. Paper wraps. B/w photos. Contains 6 etchings: Old Guildhouse, New Street, Cathedral all by F.S.Bayley; Halesowen, Dudley Priory by H. Pope; and a further etching artist and location unknown. One part has paper wraps faded and edge-torn, the rest in nice condition. REDUCED FROM £200.

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OFFA'S DYKE A FIELD SURVEY (EXTRACTS FROM ARCHAEOLOGIA CAMBRENSIS)
Written by Cyril Fox.
Stock no. 667009
Published by Archaeologia Cambrensis. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Bound in three-quarter brown calf. Gilt titles to spine. Folding maps, b/w photos. Vol LXXXI 1926 pages 133-179; Vol LXXXII 1927 pages 232-268; Vol LXXXIII 1928 pages 33-110; Vol LXXXIV 1929 pages 1-60; Vol LXXXV 1930 pages 1-73; Vol LXXXVI 1931 pages 1-74. The author over 5 years excavated and investigated several sections of the Dyke starting in North Wales in Flintshire and ending in Gloucestershire in the South. Corners rubbed. Front cover scuffed. All first issues as per dates.

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THE SURREY DOMESDAY (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 676297
Published by Alecto Historical Editions. 1st 1989. Fine condition.

Very large format. Three volumes. Cream cloth spines, brown boards. Introduction And Translation; Studies; and a volume containing a facsimile of the actual Domesday Book and maps. Limited to 1,000 copies. ISBN: 094845945x. In near fine slipcase. A beautiful set. Map present. This copy would make a wonderful gift.Copy no. 339. Reduced from £140.

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REMARKABLE ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY OF EXETER
Written by Richard Izacke; Samuel Izacke.
Stock no. 682846
Published by Edw. Score And John March. 1724. Good condition.

Giving an account of the Laws and Customs of the Place; The Offices, Court of Judicature; Gates, Walls, Rivers, Churches, and Immunities; The Titles and Privileges of the several Corporations, and their different coat of arms, finely engraven on Copper Plates. With a Catalogue of all the Bishops, Mayors, and Sheriffs from the Year 1049 to 1677. Brown leather binding. Gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. Folding plan. B/w coats of arms. iii pages plus 213 pages plus extensive index and catalogue of sheriffs. Second edition, enlarged and continued. Rebacked with attractive tan calf binding. New endpapers. Corners worn. Contents near fine with just a few foxspot to prelims. Map has a small closed tear.

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AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE II COUNTY OF FLINT
No author listed.
Stock no. 691728
Published by HMSO. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monmouments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire. Tall format. Three-quarters brown calf binding, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Top edge gilt. B/w photos. B/w illustrations & 3 maps. Foxing to prelims and rear pages. Maps present and in very good condition. A nice bright copy.

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A PORTFOLIO AND FRAGMENTS AND ANTIQUITIES OF LANCASHIRE
Written by Matthew Gregson.
Stock no. 900316
Published by G.H. Harris's Widow And Brothers. 1824. Very good condition.

The book consists of the book "Fragments" bound with other material in modern brown cloth with black and gilt title label. Consists of: A page of manuscript notes relating to the text. The "Notice of Publication Sheet" for the book dated 1817. Title Page for 1817 edition. Portrait of Matthew Gregson. Title Page for 1824 (second) edition. ix pages including updated subscribers list. Page vii repeated from original edition. Large folding map. 152 pages completes Part I. Part II dated 1817 continues the pagination through to page 302. Part III has cviii pages. One page prospectus for forthcoming fourth part. A coloured page titled "A List of the Sheriffs of Lancashire copied from Gregson's fragments of the History of that County" followed by pages 295 to 302 repeated but with all the heraldic shields hand coloured. A further document title "To the Freemen of Lancaster" seemingly one of 200 printed in 1780. 4 small pages with a review of Gregson's book. Two manuscript pages with notes relating to the book. One printed page which is a a letter from Gregson probably printed in a newspaper Titled "National Education in Drawing" and dated 1813. Numerous black and white illustrations and original card covers bound in. Bookplate to front pastedown. The contents are superb. Reduced from £350.

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EDINBURGH AND ITS STORY
Written by Oliphant Smeaton. Illustrated by Herbert Railton; J. Ayton Symington.
Stock no. 987623
Published by J.M. Dent. 1st 1904. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White cloth, gilt decorations. Limited to 250 copies. Colour plates. Copy no. 85. Endpapers lightly browned. Corners bumped. Spine somewhat darkened.

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