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THE MEDIEVAL FORTIFIED BUILDINGS OF CUMBRIA: AN ILLUSTRATED GAZETTEER AND RESEARCH GUIDE
Written by D.R. Perriam; J. Robinson.
Stock no. 1828363
Published by Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A comprehensive study of all the various types of defensible structures in the county from complex castles to dykes in the period 1066-1603. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1873124236. Corners of covers lightly rubbed & lightly creased. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764
Written by Nat Alcock; Cary Carson.
Stock no. 1828362
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This major innovative study explores the significance of a unique type of document that has hitherto been almost unknown to scholars. House-and-estate surveys - which add details of the village's houses, outhouses, and farm buildings to the standard evidence of an estate survey - survive for South-West England for the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-18th century. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour photos. ISBN: 9781842172995. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.

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BRITISH BATTLESHIPS 1889-1904
Written by R.A. Burt.
Stock no. 1828361
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New, revised edition. A reference book on the pre-dreadnought era. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w photos and line drawings. ISBN: 9781848321731. Minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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ERIC RAVILIOUS: ARTIST & DESIGNER
Written by Alan Powers. Illustrated by Eric Ravilious.
Stock no. 1828360
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

A comprehensive publication which positions Ravilious as a significant figure in the history of early twentieth century British art, with a special affinity to places and objects. Large format. Black cloth spine wih silver title, pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781848221116. White boards have light scuffing, rear board has a 'bump' under the paper, top margin, which has been created during the binding process. Else contents are fine.

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THE CASTLE OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328097
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The second volume of the Adventure Series. Cream pictorial cloth with green titles. B/w illustrations. 318 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Date in ink and name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn, front panel is in two pieces and there is a loose piece to base of spine. Loss to wrapper spine.

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THE SHIP OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328096
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The sixth book in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 327 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine and also to bottom edge of front cover otherwise covers bright and clean. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn, creased and torn with loss to lower 2" of spine.

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THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328095
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Fair condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. The first book in the "Adventure" series. 326 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are grubby. Name and date in ink and also name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Joints are cracked. Foxing to textblock. There is colouring to most of the illustrations (messy crayon).

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE ROCK FAIRY AND THE SEA FAIRY
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328094
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1937. Good condition.

Simple Reading Steps, Step 2. Red cardwraps. 11 pages. Colour illustrations. Covers faded, edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Old pencil price to top of front cover, some pencil scribbles to publisher's logo on rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and some light fingermarks to margins.

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'THE FAIREST ARCH IN ENGLAND' OLD OUSE BRIDGE, YORK, AND ITS BUILDINGS: THE PICTORIAL EVIDENCE
Written by Barbara Wilson; Frances Mee.
Stock no. 1828359
Published by York Archaeological Trust. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Archaeology of York Supplementary Series, dealing with the pictorial evidence for the medieval buildings of York. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations, folding maps. ISBN: 1874454264. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to title page else a lovely clean copy.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE GOBLIN AND HIS CAP
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328093
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1940. Almost very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No. 5. Red pictorial cardwraps. 11 pages, easy to read text. Colour text illustrations (featuring fairies). Covers slightly grubby, fading and rubbing to spine and crease to lower corner of front cover. Foxing to textblock. Some fingermarks to page margins. Old price in heavy pencil to top of front cover.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE TREE FAIRY AND THE WIND FAIRY
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328092
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1934. Very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No. 6. Red pictorial cardwraps. 11 pages, easy to read text. Colour text illustrations. Some foxing to front cover and to contents.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE RED FAIRY
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328091
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No 7. Red pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to text. 11 pages, easy to read text. Fading and rubbing to spine. Creasing to cover corners. Foxing and some grubby fingermarks else contents clean.

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