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A GLOSSARY OF DIALECT & ARCHAIC WORDS USED IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER
Written by J. Drummond Robertson.
Stock no. 1826400
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1890. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. SIGNED by author on half-title page. A few grubby marks to boards. Some pencil annotations and scattered foxspots to contents. Spine & corners lightly rubbed.

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MEXICO CITY (WORLD CITIES)
Written by Peter M. Ward.
Stock no. 1826397
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 2nd 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised Second Edition. Mexico City is one of the largest and most dynamic 'megacities' of the world. The last four decades of dramatic growth have seen great economic, demographic, political and social change. Does such profound change threaten the fabric of urban life in Mexio? Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 047197529X. Inscription in ink to half-title page, minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND: GLOUCESTERSHIRE (VOLUME TWO)
Written by William Page.
Stock no. 1826395
Published by Dawsons Of Pall Mall. 1972. Almost very good condition.

Reprinted from the 1907 edition. Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0712905553. Contents fine. Top front edge of spine frayed and a couple of frayed instances to front top of board. 2" split to front edge of spine at base. Spine faded. Boards scuffed. Text block a little dusty, contents are clean.

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A BIGGER MESSAGE: CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVID HOCKNEY
Written by Martin Gayford.
Stock no. 1826392
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Pink/lilac boards with black title to spine. This is a record of a decade of conversations with acclaimed art critic Martin Gayford. Hockney reveals via reflection, anecdote, passion and humour the fruits of his lifelong meditations on the problems and paradoxes of representing a three-dimensional world on a flat surface. ISBN: 9780500238875. Pale, minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly creased at top of spine and a minor scuff to center of spine.

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ALFRED HAMBROOK'S MID KENT: THROUGH TIME
Written by Andrew Ashbee.
Stock no. 1826391
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Alfred N. Hambrook was a stationer and printer whose shop in Snodland High Street served the community for around fifty years from 1901. His postcards of Snodland and district are well known and he produced a great number of other views with his brother. This book concentrates on an area of mid Kent all within about a dozen miles of Snodland. Hambrook was a good photographer and his images show a way of life and a landscape now much changed by the trappings of modern society. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9781848689343. A lovely copy.

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PAST IMPERFECT: THE STORY OF RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGY
Written by Barri Jones.
Stock no. 1826390
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 043532974X. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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BLACK'S TOURIST'S GUIDE THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD & MONMOUTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826389
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. B/w illustrations. Modern brown library binding with gilt title to spine. Ex-lib, Library label to front endpaper. Stamp to verso of frontis, contents clean but browned. Library repairs to hinges using white tape.

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THE BEE-MAN OF ORN
Written by Frank R. Stockton. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
Stock no. 1826383
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In the ancient country of Orn... there lived an old man who was called the Bee-man because his whole time was spent in the company of bees. Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744596122. A lovely copy, pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE ENGLISH STRUWWELPETER OR PRETTY STORIES AND FUNNY PICTURES
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1826382
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour pictures. 24 pages printed one side only. Boards a little stained, rubbed at corners and edges with some surface paper loss, some lettering to front board is coloured in with green pen, spine is a little rubbed and fraying to rear edge, surface paper loss to rear board affecting the text. Name ink stamped 3 times on front endpapers. Contents are clean but browned.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
Written by Carlo Collodi; Francis Wainwright. Illustrated by Francis Wainwright.
Stock no. 1826381
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated by Francis Wainwright. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Lavishly illustrated with over 60 full colour drawings. 96 pages. ISBN: 0416596606. A nice, clean copy. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, lightly scuffed to rear panel, has a security barcode stuck to inside spine.

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ENID BLYTON'S SCHOOL STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton; Mary Cadogan; Norman Wright; Anne Fine.
Stock no. 1826380
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Treasury compiled by Mary Cadogan and Norman Wright. Foreword by Anne Fine, Children's Laureate. Stories and extracts from The Naughtiest Girl, Malory Towers, The O'Sullivan Twins and St. Clare's, as well as classic out of print stories from the Enig Blyton Magazine and Sunny Stories. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340841451. Pencil erasure marks to prelims. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and foxed to verso (not visible to front).

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BUCKS: SHELL GUIDE
Written by John Nash.
Stock no. 1826377
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound, card wraps. Two and Sixpence printed to front cover. Covers creased, worn at spiral binding - top and tail of front cover starting to tear from spiral. Plastic spiral is split in the middle but holding. Front endpaper has a diagonal crease. Some marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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