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BRIAR HILL: EXCAVATION 1974-1978
Written by Helen M. Bamford.
Stock no. 1827618
Published by Northampton Development Corporation. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Archaeological Monograph No. 3. Description and discussion of the neolithic earthwork and the history of its construction and use, and later occupation. Oblong format. Grey cardwraps. B/w sketches and illustrations, some folding plans. Folding plan and microfiche to rear pocket. ISBN: 090271113X. Corners ligthly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Plan and microfiche present in rear pocket.

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DURRINGTON WALLS: EXCAVATIONS 1966-1968
Written by G.J. Wainwright; I.H. Longworth.
Stock no. 1827616
Published by The Society of Antiquaries. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London No. XXIX. Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located near Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations, some folding. Spine lightly faded, light mottling to boards. top edge of text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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PRINTING TYPES: THEIR HISTORY, FORMS AND USE
Written by D.B. Updike.
Stock no. 1827615
Published by Oak Knoll Press; The British Library. 4th 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the combined edition, volumes I & II. Foruth Edition, expanded. A classic study of typography from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A fat volume. ISBN: 0712347348. Spine is slightly concave but does not affect overall contents. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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AULD ACQUAINTANCE
Written by The Marquis of Huntly.
Stock no. 1827613
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Further Reminiscences. The Marquis of Huntly supplements his autobiography, Milestones, with this volume which, assisted by his voluminous correspondence, ranges over a wide field from the throne downwards, through almost every phase of activity. Lord Huntly has had a most varied circle of friends - political, literary, and sporting - and he tells interesting and amusing things about all of them... Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. No date but second impression. Cloth to front board creased, spine & rear board mottled. Base of spine fraying. Text block browned. Some foxing mainly to margins and text block. White dustwrapper is grubby, edge-worn with small chips, browned to spine.

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THE INTIMATE INTERIORS OF EDOUARD VUILLARD
Written by Elizabeth Wynne Easton. Illustrated by Edouard Vuillard.
Stock no. 1827606
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard which ran from 18 November 1989 - 30 July 1990. Red cloth boards, grey titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 050023566X. Very slight lean to spine. Contents are lightly crinkled (but not creased). Endpaper lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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TREUDDYN: PAST & PRESENT DDOE A HEDDIW
Written by Philip Lloyd.
Stock no. 1827604
Published by Pwyllgor Mileniwm Truddyn Millennium Committee. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

History of a village in North Wales, Flintshire. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 187242497X. Spine and spine edges faded else a nice, clean copy.

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LET'S PRETEND
Written by Georgette Agnew. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1827603
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

A book of poems for children. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Delightful b/w line and silhouette drawings. Top edge gilt. Boards mottled and unevenly faded. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to prelims. Hinges lightly pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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THE CARTULARY OF CHATTERIS ABBEY
Written by Claire Breay.
Stock no. 1827598
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

The fifteenth-century cartulary of the Benedictine nunnery of Chatteris abbey in Cambridgeshire contains copies of documents dating from the mid-twelfth to fifteenth centuries; this critical edition, edited by Claire Breay, comprises a full transcription, together with historical notes and apparatus. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine, white title within a lilac title label to front. ISBN: 0851157505. A few minor marks to boards. Content clean.

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THE NAPOLEONIC PRISON OF NORMAN CROSS: THE LOST TOWN OF HUNTINGDONSHIRE
Written by Paul Chamberlain.
Stock no. 1827595
Published by The History Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Norman Cross was the site of the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp contructed during the Napoleonic Wars. Opened in 1797, it was more than just a prison: it was a town in itself, with houses, offices, butchers, bakers, a hospital, a school, a market and a banking system. This book explores what life was like for inmates and turnkeys alike. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780750985932. A lovely copy.

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THE NEOLITHIC CULTURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Stuart Piggott.
Stock no. 1827591
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Study of the Stone-using Agricultural Communities of Britain in the Second Millennium B.C. Originally published in 1954, this is a Cambridge University Press Library Edition re-issue. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and plans. ISBN: 0521077818. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing to top. Contents clean. Price-cut blue dustwrapper is unevenly faded, lightly browned to spine.

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A MANUAL OF FALCONRY
Written by Michael Woodford.
Stock no. 1827590
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Covering every aspect of falconry from choosing a hawk for training; individual species used in falconry; game hawking; rook hawking and a bibliography. Early reprint. A few minor marks to boards. Text block browned with some foxing. Front endpapers browned. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slihgtly faded to spine, lightly rubbed at corners, a little browned and scuffed.

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LONDON BUSES BEFORE THE WAR
Written by Ken Glazier.
Stock no. 1827587
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 1854141821. Slight discolouration to half-title page (created during printing process). A couple of minor marks to lower margin edge of one or two pages. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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