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LOSS LIST OF GRIMSBY VESSELS 1800-1960
Written by David Boswell.
Stock no. 1828073
Published by Grimsby Public Libraries And Museum. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

A record of some of the details of the losses of Grimsby vessels which occurred between 1800 and 1960. White cardwraps, red title to front only. ISBN: 0900007001. A few spots to front cover, rear cover is a little grubby. Contents clean.

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LOST TRAWLERS OF HULL: NINE HUNDRED LOSSES BETWEEN 1835 AND 1987
Written by Alec Gill.
Stock no. 1828072
Published by The Hutton Press. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

A unique record of 900 Hull trawler losses between 1835 and 1987, illustrated with over 80 photos of trawlers, crewmen and families involved with the losses. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0907033776. Corners lightly rubbed. A few scuff marks to covers. Spine lightly faded. Contents clean.

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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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BRITAIN B.C.: LIFE IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND BEFORE THE ROMANS
Written by Francis Pryor.
Stock no. 1828070
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An authoritative and radical re-examination of Britain and Ireland before the coming of the Romans. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007126921. Third printing. A ncie copy.

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AC (SHELBY) COBRA (OSPREY AUTOHISTORY)
Written by F. Wilson McComb.
Stock no. 1327775
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Osprey AutoHistory series. 1962-67; Marks I, II, III; 260, 289, 427. Grey boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0850455545. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some pale foxing but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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AGAINST GREAT ODDS
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1828066
Published by Sifton Praed & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the first offensive in Libya in 1940-41 - the first British victory in the Second World War. Red cloth boards, black tittle to spine. B/w photos. Fold-out map to rear. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine and corners, lightly scuffed and grubby.

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BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.

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72 DRAWINGS BY DAVID HOCKNEY
Written by David Hockney. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1828065
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mostly monochrome and a few colour illustrations chosen by Hockney. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 022400655X. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, page margins lightly browned. Else a nice copy.

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FRAMPTON ON SEVERN: PORTRAIT OF A VICTORIAN VILLAGE
Written by Rose Spence. Illustrated by Mrs. H.H.E.C. Clifford.
Stock no. 1327771
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1860771513. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is just very slightly sunned to spine.

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A WEST COUNTRY PILGRIMAGE
Written by Eden Phillpotts. Illustrated by A.T. Benthall.
Stock no. 1327770
Published by Leonard Parsons. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on blue paper. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers browned. Some light foxing to contents which are generally clean.

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ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1828064
Published by Folio Society. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings. Second printing. Spine lightly faded and lightly mottled else a lovely clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little marked (fairly m inor) (VG+).

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