|
|
|
[JUKES (J. B.)]
An Illustrated Hand Book to Charnwood Forest; With an Appendix on the Geology of the District.
New edition, 8vo (210 X 140mm), [4], 99, [1], xxiv + 8pp., of adverts, 2 folding maps, woodcuts in text, archival repair to title and one map, text browned, new cloth with orig. wrapper pasted on upper cover.
|
|
|
RODGERS (Joseph)
The Scenery of Sherwood Forest, with an Account of Some Eminent People once resident there.
First edition, 4to, xiii, 445, [1]pp., half-title, frontispiece, decorated title, 48 illustrations on 45 plates, original buckram, gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, a very nice copy.
|
|
|
FLOWER (John)
Views of Ancient Buildings, in the Town and County of Leicester.
Folio, 26 plates followed by 8 pages of descriptive text and 2 page biography of Flower, orig. calf-backed boards, leather label lettered in gilt on upper cover.
|
|
|
WILLIAMS (R. J.) Compiler.
Williams' Guide to Towyn and Neighbourhood.
12mo, revised edition, viii, 41, ix-xvipp., frontis., illustrs., orig. printed wrappers.
|
|
|
LINGWOOD (Lemmon) Editor.
The Illustrated Handbook to Nottingham.
199pp., folding map torn and repaired, numerous illustrs., orig. decorated boards, worn and chipped.
|
|
|
BRITTON (John)
The History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Peterborough: illustrated by a series of engravings of views, elevations, plans, and details of the architecture of the church, with biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with the establishment.
First edition, 4to, viii, 88pp., engraved frontispiece and 15 engraved plates (a little foxed), a very good ex-library copy, later buckram, uncut.
|
|
|
LHOYD (Humphrey)
The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: a part of the most Famous Yland of Brytaine Written in the Brytish Language about Two Hundreth Yeares past Translated Into English. Corrected, Augmented, and Continued... by David Powell.
4to (315 x 250 mm), xxxvi, 355pp., one of 250 copies, large paper copy, a very good ex-library copy, last 30 or so leaves browned, later calf calf, marbled paper covers, untrimmed.
|
|
|
ROBINSON (C. E.)
A Royal Warren or Picturesque Rambles in the Isle of Purbeck.
First edition, 4to, xiv, 186pp., frontis., plus numerous plates, ex-library, orig. buckram, tears to joints, untrimmed.
|
|
|
HURRY (Jamison B.)
The Rise and Fall of Reading Abbey.
First edition, 8vo, 120pp., coloured frontis., illustrs., orig. red cloth, gilt.
|
|
|
MARKHAM (Christopher A.)
The Stone Crosses of the County of Northampton.
First edition, small 4to, xxvii, [1], 123, [1] pp., limited edition, number 131 of 250 copies, half-title, frontispiece, 3 plates, 64 illustrations in the text, original decorated cloth, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, a nice copy.
|
|
|
SWANSEA.
The new Swansea guide; containing a particular description of the town & its vicinity; together with a short history of the county, (never before published); and such information as may be deemed useful to the traveller through the counties of Glamorgan and Carmarthen. Embellished with a plan of Swansea, and a view of the castle.
New edition, 12mo (158 x 100 mm), 180pp., with half-title, with large folding engraved frontispiece plan of Swansea, with closed tear to blank area, title a little browned, cont. half calf, rubbed, joints cracked, vellum tips.
|
|
|
KING (Richard J.)
Warsop Parish Registers, with Notes and Illustrations.
First edition, small 8vo, [6], 103, [1]pp., with half-title and terminal errata slip, frontis., folding diagram, inscription erased, orig. green decorated cloth. A rare parish history, no copy in the British Library.
|
|
|
TORQUAY.
Twenty Four Views and Scenery of Torquay.
Oblong 8vo, 24 engraved views by Rock & Co., all dated between 1860 and 1876, original decorated cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, a nice copy.
|
|
|
ADAM (William)
The Gem of the Peak; or Matlock Bath and its Vicinity. An Account of Derby; A Tour from Derby to Matlock; Excursions to Chatsworth, Haddon, Monsal Dale, Dovedale, Ilam, Alton Towers, Hardwick, Wingfield, Ashbourne, Buxton, and Castleton, Historical and Geological; brief History of the Fluor Spa, from the earliest period, down to the present time; A Review of the Geology of Derbyshire; Catalogue of Minerals and Rocks, and the Flora of the High and Low Peak......
Fourth Edition, 8vo, xviii, [4], 438, [8] pp., engraved folding map of Derbyshire detached and with small hole on a fold, folding letterpress map of Intaglios, or Derbyshire Gems, 8 tinted lithograph plates, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, original embossed cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, tear on upper hinge, spine faded, uncut, a good copy. Abbey, Scenery, 111.
|
|
|
PERAMBULATION OF THE MANOR OF RINGWOOD.
The Boundaries of the Manor of Ringwood, in the County of Southampton, the property of John Morant Esq., will be perambulated, on Thursday the 23rd. day of October 1828. The Perambulation will commence at 9 o'clock in the forenoon at Streaming Bridge, and will proceed from thence southward; and the Lords of the adjoining Manors, and all other Persons concerned, are requested to attend, by themselves, or their Agents.
4to (258 x 210 mm), 4pp., printed on recto of first leaf only.
|
|
|
WANKLYN (Cyril)
Lyme Leaflets.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 147, [1]pp., orig. cream cloth.
|
|
|
[FARDELL (John George)]
Sprotbrough; or, a Few Passing Notes for a Morning's Ramble.
First edition, royal 8vo, 76pp., tinted lithographed plates and 2 further tinted lithographs, former owners name at head of title 'Frederick L. Wolsey, 1969', orig. cloth blocked in blind, neatly rebacked with original spine laid-down.
|
|
|
LINCOLN.
The History of Lincoln; Containing an account of the Antiquities, Edifices, Trade and Customs, of that Ancient City; An Introductory Sketch of the County; and Description of the Cathedral. To which is added, an appendix, comprising the charter, and a list of mayors and sheriffs.
First edition, 8vo, viii, [2], 223, [11]pp., engraved frontispiece and 3 further engraved plates, orig. boards, spine a little worn, uncut.
|
|
|
WALKER (J. Holland)
Links with Old Nottingham. Historical Notes by J. Holland Walker.
Second edition, 4to, 239pp., profusely illustrated, front inner hinge shaken, orig. cloth-backed printed boards.
|
|
|
BREWSTER (John)
The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton upon Tees: including an Account of the Trade of the Town, the Navigation of the River, and of such parts in the neighbourhood as have been connected with that place. In a Series of Letters; embellished with Views of Public Buildings, &c.
First Edition, 4to, [10], 178pp., with 3pp., list of subscribers, frontispiece (foxed on margins), 7 engraved plates (one folding), orig. boards, early ink signature of 'Ingilby' to upper cover, uncut, backstrip defective.
|
|
|
RASTALL (W. Dickinson)
A History of the Antiquities of the Town and Church of Southwell, in the County of Nottingham.
First edition, 4to, [14], xii, 486, [6]pp., with 3pp., list of subscribers, large paper copy, frontispiece bound opposite page 37, 14 engraved plates, cont. calf, worn and rubbed, covers detached. Provenance: Three early engraved armorial bookplates to endpapers: Edward Harman, Clay Hill; George Gold; Archibald D. Dawnay.
|
|
|
NICHOLS (John)
Additional Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the Town and County of Leicester.
4to, ix, [1], 715-1508, [4]pp., only 250 copies printed, this is not surpassed by Nichols 8 volume history of the county, portrait 40 engraved plates (some folding), cont. tree calf, joints cracked, spine gilt, contrasting morocco spine label lettered in gilt 'Bibliotheca Topograhica II'. This work forms the Eighth Volume of the 'Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica'.
|
|
|
MARTIN (Charles Wykeham)
The History and Description of Leeds Castle, Kent.
First edition, folio (380 x 270 mm), x, 210, [2], xxxvipp., 8 mounted albumen prints (145 x 200 mm) by John Cruttenden of Maidstone, title printed in red and black (working loose), publisher's red cloth, upper cover waterstained. Leeds Castle was the country seat of Charles Wykeham Martin (1801-1870), an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1841 and 1870. Cruttenden had exhibited two of his images of Leeds Castle at the Photographic Society's 1861 Exhibition. Gernsheim, 458.
|
|
|
LEWES (George Henry)
Sea-Side Studies at Ilfracombe, Tenby, the Scilly Isles, and Jersey.
Second edition, 8vo, x, 428 + 4pp., of adverts, frontispiece, 6 plates, rear hinge shaken, orig. green cloth, worn, a couple of nicks to spine.
|
|
|
KING (Daniel)
The Vale Royall of England. Or, The County Palatine of Chester Illustrated. Wherein is contained a Geographical and Historical Description of that Famous County, with all its Hundreds and Seats of the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholders; its Rivers, Towns, Castles, Buildings Ancient and Modern. Adorned with Maps and Prospects, and the Coats of Arms belonging to every individual Family of the whole County... Also, An Excellent Discourse of the Island of Man; Treating of the Island. Of the Inhabitants. Of the State Ecclesiasticall. Of the Civil Government. Of the Trade; and, Of the Strength of the Island.
First edition, small folio (285 x 180 mm), [12], 99, [7], 239, [11], 55, [1], [6], 34pp., signature A incorrectly bound in after signature B, complete with the engraved title page, the printed title page, a double-page engraved map of Chester, a double-page engraved plan and inset prospect of Chester by Wenceslaus Hollar, a double-page engraved map of the Isle of Man with 8 inset prospects, 2 double-page engraved plates (one with repair to a closed tear), 15 other engraved plates, including armorial plates, and engravings in the text, small piece of blank lower corn of title page torn-away, finely bound in nineteenth-century green straight-grained morocco, gilt tooled dentelles, boards with a gilt roll tooled floral border, spine with five raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt direct, others ornately tooled, all edges gilt, fine. Frances Mary Richarson Currer's copy in a fine morocco binding. A choice copy with a fine provenance and bound in a sumptuous full green morocco binding. "In 1656 King published in London The Vale-Royall of England, or, The County Palatine of Chester Illustrated, for which he wrote the preface. In it he printed for the first time two essays on Chester written by William Smith and William Webb more than forty years earlier, as well as an essay on the Isle of Man by James Chaloner. This book was illustrated with etchings mostly by Wenceslaus Hollar, which were unsigned and for this reason have often been attributed to King himself."?(Oxford DNB). Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) was England's earliest female bibliophile and was described by Dibdin as the "head of all female book collectors in Europe.". Currer inherited both the library of her great grandfather, Richard Richardson (1663-1741) and her grandfather Mathew Wilson of Eshton Hall. With the additions added by Currer the library became of considerable importance, and in its day, it was surpassed only by those of Earl Spencer, the duke of Devonshire, and the duke of Buckingham. Most of the books in her library were auctioned at Sotheby's in 1862, realising ?6,000. A second sale took place in 1916 which raised more than ?3700, and the residue of her library was sold in 1979 and 1994. Provenance: Contemporary signature of Joseph Hopkinson to head of engraved title; The front pastedown has the armorial bookplates of Mathew Wilson and his grand-daughter Frances Mary Richardson Currer. Wing, K488; Upcott I, p.61; Cubbon I, p.461.
|
|
|
STAINES (Joseph)
The History of Newport Pagnell, and its Immediate Vicinity.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 219, [1]pp., with list of subscribers, lithographed frontispiece, cont. half calf, marbled boards, calf spine label lettered in gilt.
|
|
|
DUNKIN (Alfred John) Editor.
Monumenta Anglicana. Coggeshall [Stanford in the Vale.]
4to (300 x 245 mm), 1 leaf, [4]-35, cxx-clxxxv, [2, blank], [2], x-xxvii, [2]pp., "Coggeshall" and "Stanford in the Vale" have individual title pages, one of 25 copies printed for private circulation, presentation inscription from the author at head of title, 1 folding map, some occasional spotting, cont. vellum-backed marbled boards, a fine copy. Alfred John Dunkin (1812?1879), printer and antiquary. "In 1831 he entered his father's printing and stationery business at Bromley, Kent, and in 1837 moved with him to Dartford, where he continued as a printer and wholesale stationer until his death... He belonged to numerous archaeological societies, and was among the first members of the British Archaeological Association, to which, in its early days, he gave some assistance as a printer."?(ODNB). Most of Dunkin's published works were issued in very limited numbers. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Bibliotheque de M. de Barante to front paste-downs, with the library press-mark label.
|
|
|
MASSINGBERD (W. O.)
History of the Parish of Ormsby-cum-Ketsby, in the Hundred of Hill and County of Lincoln, compiled from original sources.
First edition, large thick 8vo, viii, [4], 454pp., frontis., orig. purple cloth, joints torn, head and foot of spine frayed, uncut. A very scarce privately printed Lincolnshire local history, only about 100 copies printed. Provenance: Ownership signature in ink to front paste-down 'G. B. Massingberd-Mundy, Univ. Coll. Oxford', also to rear paste-down 'G. B. Massingberd-Mundy Ormsby Hall, Alford, Lincolnshire. Corns, Biblitheca Lincolniensis, p.164.
|
|
|
YEOMAN (Thomas)
The Report of Thomas Yeoman, Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outfal of the Wisbeach River.
First edition, 4to (230 x 175 mm), 12pp., large folding engraved plate, orig. wrappers, a very nice copy. The engraved plate shows "A Chain and Scale of Levels along the Wisbeach River and Channel from Peterborough Bridge down to the Eye at Sea. Taken in 1767 by William Elstobb." Skempton, British Civil Engineering Literature, 1871.
|
|
|
GOLBORNE (John)
The Report of John Golborne, Engineer, concerning the Drainage of the North Level of the Fens, and the Outfal of the Wisbeach River.
First edition, 4to, [2], 3-11, [1]pp., large fine folding map at end drawn by Mr. Elstobb, "Vere sculp. Maiden Lane Covt. Gardn.", orig. wrappers, a fine copy. The report to the General Commissioners concerning the drainage of the north level of the fens. Both Golborne and Yeoman reported on the drainage of the North Level in 1769, followed by Grundy's report of 1770. In 1773-74 Golborne served as consulting engineer when a new cut was made below Wisbeach, which was known as "Kinderley's Cut" in honour of Nathaniel Kinderley, who first proposed a scheme of this kind in 1721. By Golborne's admission, this is a preliminary report, giving an estimate of costs but not attempting to determine the course of the new channel. Kress, 6641; Goldsmith, 10586.1; Higgs, 4586; Skempton, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p.141.
|
|
|
NORTHAMPTON.
The History of Northampton and its Vicinity; Brought down to the Present Time.
Second edition, small 8vo, vii, [1], 152pp., engraved frontispiece, rebound in later cloth, leather spine label, uncut.
|
|
|
COOKE (George Alexander)
A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Northampton
12mo, 177, [3, index]pp., hand-coloured engraved folding map, 2 engraved plates, original printed wrappers bound-in a rear, nineteenth-century red calf, head and foot of spine slightly frayed otherwise and nice copy.
|
|
|
HARTSHORNE (Rev. Charles Henry)
An Endeavour to Classify the Sepulchral Remains in Northamptonshire, or, a discourse on funeral monuments, in that County. Delivered before the members of the Religious and Useful Knowledge Society, at Northampton.
First edition, 8vo, iv, 58, [2] + [8]pp., of publishers adverts, presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, coloured frontis., 7 plates, later blue cloth, a nice copy.
|
|
|
ARCHER (Caleb)
My Recollections of Wellingborough.
First edition, large 8vo, 34pp., portrait frontis., illustrs., orig. cloth, a nice copy.
|
|
|
COX (Thomas)
Northamptonshire [Taken From] Cox's Magna Britannia et Hibernia Antiqua et Nova.
Small 4to, 459-597, [1]pp., folding engraved map of Northamptonshire by Robert Morden, nineteenth-century quarter roan, upper cover detached.
|
|
|
ADKINS (W. Ryland D.)
Our Country. Sketches in Pen and Ink of Representative Men of Northampton. Illustrations by W. B. Shoosmith.
First edition, 4to, x, 123, [1]pp., one of 280 copies signed by the author, numerous illustrs., orig. wrappers, upper wrapper detached, spine chipped.
|
|
|
WALLIS (R. B.) & BULL (F. W.) Editors.
Olla-Podrida: The Northamptonshire Monthly Magazine. Vol. II.
4to, vol. II only, [4], 188pp., numerous plates and illustrs., orig. half calf, a nice copy. An extremely rare Northamptonshire periodical, JISC records a single copy at Nottingham University Library.
|
|
|
BRITTON (J.) & BRAYLEY (E. W.)
Northampton; or, Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of that County. The Results of Personal Survey.
First edition, 8vo, [2], 239, [15]pp., folding engraved map frontis., 7 engraved plates, slightly later half calf over marbled boards, spine rubbed, red leather spine label. Provenance: Neat ink ownership signature to head of title page, 'George & Charlotte Benson, 1852.'
|
|
|
NORTHAMPTON.
The History of Northampton and its Vicinity; Brought down to the Present Time.
First edition, small 8vo, iv, 151, [1]pp., engraved frontispiece, rebound in later cloth, spine labels, uncut.
|
|
|
MITCHELL-WITHERS (J. B.)
The Castle of Conisborough: with remarks on the keep tower of the 11th and 12th centuries : a paper read before the Rotherham Literary & Scientific Society, December 14th, 1876.
First edition, 8vo, 24pp., disbound. JISC locating the University of Leeds copy only.
|
|
|
HUBBARD (E. Isle)
Sepulchral Monuments of the Middle Ages: A paper by E. Isle Hubbard, Esq., read before the Rotherham Literary & Scientific Society: February 2nd, 1880.
First edition, 8vo, 36pp., 18 illustrs., disbound. JISC locating the University of Leeds and V & A copies only.
|
|
|
LAUGHTON (James Brotherston)
Johnson's historical, topographical, & parochial guide, and visitor's companion through the Isle of Mann.
Small 8vo, [8], 200pp., folding engraved map and 4 text woodcuts, orig. cloth, lacks portion of spine. An uncommon early edition (the first under this title) of a successful guide book. Edition not stated, the 2-page preface dated from Douglas, June, 1847.
|
|
|
GIBSON (Wm. Sidney)
A descriptive and historical guide to Tynemouth: comprising a popular sketch of the history of the monastery, the church, and the castle ; with notices of North Shields, Seaton Delaval, and neighbouring antiquities.
Second edition, small 8vo, xiii, 161pp., engraved frontispiece and a few woodcut text illustrations, orig. pattern cloth, a very good copy.
|
|
|
WEST (William)
The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire; inclusive of some portions of the ancient histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale, with curious memoirs of the lives of these early English writers...
First edition, large 8vo (236 x 145 mm), xiii, [1], 800pp., folding hand-coloured engraved map frontis., one further folding engraved map (with verso repairs to folds), 13 engraved plates, orig. calf, covers tooled in gilt and blind, rebacked, spine gilt.
|
|
|
HUTTON (William)
An History of Birmingham.
Third edition, 8vo, 2 folding engraved map (one with verso repairs to folds), 15 engraved plates, some light soiling, cont. calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked with orig. spine laid-down. The third and best edition with considerable additions and new engravings of the public buildings.
|
|
|
STAFFORDSHIRE.
The Checkley, Croxden, Hollington and Tean Parish Magazine. No. 289.?January, 1903. [-348.?December, 1907.]
4to, a good run of 60 issues of this rare privately printed parish magazine, including adverts for local business, printed on green tinted paper, each number consists of an average of 6 pages, orig. green cloth, a very good copy. Not listed in JISC.
|
|
|
JACKSON (Rev. J. E.)
The History of the Parish of Grittleton, in the County of Wilts. With an Introductory Essay... by John Britton.
First edition, 4to, viii, 28, lxvipp., 3 lithographed plates, one coloured engraved map, double-page pedigree, some occasional spotting, orig. publishers plum cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, lacks spine. Provenance: Ownership signature of George Alexander, 30 Bedford Square [London]; bookplate of John E. Pritchard, Bristol.
|
|
|
CAMPION (P.)
A Recent History of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset. The Wessex Series.
Large 4to, [282]pp., one of 500 copies signed and numbered by the author, 55 plates, orig. publishers white cloth, lettered in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. a fine copy.
|
|
|
SCROPE (G. Poulett)
History of the Manor and Ancient Barony of Castle Combe, in the County of Wilts...
First edition, 4to, x, 403, [1]pp., presentation inscription at foot of title, from the author to John Lee Hartwell, 1852, 2 coloured plates, 2 lithograph plates, lacks the map as is the case with most copies, front inner hinge broken, short tears to gutter margin of title, occasional spotting through, orig. publishers, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt, spine torn a partially defective.
|
|
|
BOWLES (Rev. W. L.) & NICHOLS (John Gough)
Annals and Antiquities of Lacock Abbey, in the County of Wilts; With Memorials of the Foundress Ela Countess of Salisbury, & of the Earls of Salisbury of the Houses of Salisbury and Longespe, Notices of the Monasteries of Bradenstoke, Hinton, and Farley.
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 374, lxiiipp., with a long presentation inscription and a tipped in A.L.s from the author to Miss Emily Fisher, occasional spotting, 14 plates, cont. half calf, rebacked with orig. spine laid-down.
|
|
|
Receive by email
Download as PDF document
RSS feed
Permanent link
