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LORDSHIP AND ARCHITECTURE IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCOTLAND
Written by Richard D. Oram; Geofrrey P. Stell.
Stock no. 1830881
Published by John Donald. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

A series of essays on the role of acrchitecure as an expression of lordship and status among Scottish secular and ecclesiastical elites in the period c.1124-c.1650. These studies of the acrchitectural patronage of particular families or groups explore how the nobility operated socially and economically as well as politically, in the organisation and structure of lordship throughout the medieval and renaissance periods. Edited by Richard Oram and Geoffrey Snell. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xxii and 346 pages including index. ISBN: 9780859766289. Light scuffing to covers and rubbing to edges. Contents clean.

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THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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BRITAIN'S IMPERIAL AIR ROOTS 1918 TO 1939: THE STORY OF BRITAIN'S OVERSEAS AIRLINES
Written by Robin Higham.
Stock no. 1830879
Published by G.T. Foulis. 1st 1960. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A general picture of the growth of British civil air transport from the slender experimental beginnings such as the Hendon-Windsor mail of 1910 through to the formation of Imperial Airways in 1934. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 407 pages including index. Light discolouration to boards. Lower boards have a few whitem arks at edges. Text block browned and stained. Small name and date in ink to front endpaper. Damp staining to margins of plates and also a little to contents margins. Dustwrapper is also dampstained nad is rubbed to top edge, lightly browned to rear panel.

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THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS
Written by Jean Gimpel.
Stock no. 1830878
Published by Michael Russell. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Medieval Europe was distinguished by the spectacular development of religious architecture from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries - eighty cathedrals, five hundred great churches, and more than ten thousand parish churches. In France alone, more stone was quarried in this span of three centuries than during the entire history of ancient Egypt. Translated from the French by Teresa Waugh. Large format. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos and a few colour. 127 pages including index. ISBN: 0859550931. Boards clean, lower edge of boars lightly rubbed. Some minor foxing to text block. Endpapers lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and is lightly edge-creased.

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MEDIEVAL SOUTHAMPTON: THE PORT AND TRADING COMMUNITY, A.D. 1000-1600
Written by Colin Platt.
Stock no. 1830877
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A look at the urban community of Southampton through its early and formative years, using both historical and archaeological evidence to establish the characteristics of an emergent burgess class: its trading interests, social pre-occupations and tastes. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xvi and 309 pages including index. ISBN: 0710076533. Boards clean, text block browned and lightly foxed. Else contents clean. Red dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE RUDIMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE: OR, THE YOUNG WORKMAN'S INSTRUCTOR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830876
Published by Black & Harris Publishers. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

This edition published in 1992, being a reprint with new introduction from the 1778 printing (reprint of 1773 edition). Limited to 300 copies. Black cloth spine with 4 raised bands and gilt title. Marbled cloth boards with cream title onlay to front. B/w drawings. ISBN: 0951958100. Gilt to spine a little rubbed and obliterated. Rubbing to rear edge of spine. Text block browned and a little grubby. Browning to page edges.

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CECILY PARSLEY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209015
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Red boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. White titles to front cover and spine. 52 numbered pages. 5 x 4.25". Spine faded and front cover edges slightly faded. A few tiny foxspots to textblock Contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209014
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Green boards, burgundy titles and pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 93 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Textblock is very slightly foxed. Some very light fingermarks to page margins. Contents generally clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209013
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Grey boards, white titles. Pictorial onlay of Jemima to front cover. 84 numbered pages. 5.5 x 4.25". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light spotting to covers and some slight grubbiness to pictorial onlay. Textblock is slightly grubby. Slight surface paper damage to blank pages 82 & 83 (were probably slightly stuck together at one point). Some light margin marks but generally contents are clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209012
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Green boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 84 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Looks like spine may have been professionally repaired(?). Some browning to spine and top edges. Some surface paper damage to lower margins of pages 16 & 17 and also rear endpapers. Else contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209010
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 7th 1926. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers very lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with some slight loss. Grubby marks to verso.

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SONGS FROM NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1209009
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Music by Fraser-Simson. Large format. Cream cloth spine, brown boards with white pictorial title label. 10 songs with music. Small b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some very slight page browning to endpapers. One hinge is cracked exposing webbing. Contents clean.

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