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A HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Written by Colin Maggs.
Stock no. 1327809
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2017. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of one of the most iconic railway companies of the great age of steam. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781445652719. Spine and corners bumped. Light vertical crease to front free-endpaper, contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is just slightly creased at edges.

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ELIZABETH'S LONDON: EVERYDAY LIFE IN ELIZABETHIAN LONDON
Written by Liza Picard.
Stock no. 1327808
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Liza Picard's wonderfully skilful and vivid evocation of the London of 400 years ago enables us to share the delights, as well as the horrors of the everyday lives of our 16th century ancestors. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 342 pages including index. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w plates/photos. ISBN: 0297607294. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock.

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AFRICAN ADVENTURES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated by David Eccles.
Stock no. 1828125
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

3 volume set. Stories are: She; Allan Quatermain; King Solomon's Mines. Pictorial cream cloth. B/w illustrations. A few minor marks to spines else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing and a small split at one end (VG).

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STUART AND GEORGIAN CHURCHES
Written by Marcus Whiffen.
Stock no. 1327806
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The architecture of the Church of England outside London 1603-1837. Numerous plans and drawings plus 150 b/w photos. 118 pages includes index. Spine and corners bumped. Slight discolouration to cloth. Small old tape mark to top of spine. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing and light page browning. Ink stamp of 3036 to rear free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is browned to spine, there is an old tape repair to top of spine on verso (which has caused the light mark on the cloth).

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PAGANS AND CHRISTIANS (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Robin Lane Fox.
Stock no. 1828123
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Three volume set. Brown cloth printed with a black design. Black title outlines to spines. Colour plates. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is fairly heavily scuffed and marked (VG).

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ALBION: THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH IMAGINATION
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1327805
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Discovering the roots of English cultural history in the Anglo-Saxon period, and tracing it through the centuries. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1856197212. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and a little faded to edge of front panel.

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HEART OF DARKNESS AND TWO OTHER STORIES
Written by Joseph Conrad; Jeremy Harding. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1828122
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth, silver title to spine. Introduction by Harding. B/w illustrations. Fourth printing. Tiny crease top lower corner of first few pages (very minor). Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and has a few marks (VG).

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THE GENERAL MACHINIST
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327804
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. 1891. Good condition.

"Being a practical introduction to the leading departments of mechanism and machinery, the communication of motion or the transmission of force by belt, rope, wire rope, and pulley gearing - toothed-wheel and frictional gearing. Together with details of the component and essential parts of mechanism - shafts, pedestals, hangers, clutches, etc etc. And the methods of fitting up machines - screws, bolts, riveting etc etc." Profusely illustrated with detail diagrams and sketches, including 4 fold-out plate to the rear of the book. Brown cloth, gilt titles. 204 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit damp stained. Ink stamp to verso of front free-endpaper (Mayfield Grove). Foxing to first few pages, plates at rear are lightly browned.

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GOD'S ENGLISHMAN: OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
Written by Christopher Hill; Tristram Hunt.
Stock no. 1828121
Published by Folio Society. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Tristram Hunt. Black & yellow cloth, yellow title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (NR F).

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THE PLAGUE
Written by Albert Camus; Derek Parker. Illustrated by Linda Kitson.
Stock no. 1828120
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Derek Parker. Terracotta cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. Front endpapers have been glued together during the binding process, title block to spine slightly rubbed. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is just slightly grubby (VG+).

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THE EARLY TOWN BOOKS OF FAVERSHAM C. 1251-1581 (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Duncan Harrington; Patricia Hyde.
Stock no. 1828118
Published by History Research. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Town Books of Faversham c. 1251-1581 are invaluable because they provide the basis for the history of the town in the period. The First Town Book, compiled c. 1382-1405, being a collection of documents dating from 1251 relating to the legal status of the Borough. The Second Town Book comprises the Town Accounts, Wardmote minutes and other records for the period 1436-1581. Two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour frontispieces. Limited edition of 250 numbered & signed copies. ISBN: 9780953099832. Copy L (50) of 250 and SIGNED by Duncan Harrington. Edge of boards lightly rubbed. Contents are fine. White pictorial dustwrappers are both a little scuffed and grubby.

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REPRESENTING SLAVERY: ART, ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Written by Douglas Hamilton; Robert J. Blyth.
Stock no. 1828117
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book draws on the extensive collections of the National Maritime Mueseum, Greenwich, and is published to mark the 200th anniversary of Parliament's abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. Ten specially commissioned essays by leading scholars set the collections in their historical context, demonstrating the scale and brutality of slavery, the nature and extent of African resistance, and the widespread effort to achieve abolition and emancipation. Edited by Hamilton & Blyth. Grey cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780853319665. Light rubbing to base of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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