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BULLEID Arthur
The Lake-Villages of Somerset. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 27 plates and 6 illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, covers a little faded, backstrip mildly worn else a good, sound copy of an uncommon work. The first appearance of a classic study, published as 'Somerset Folk Series', no. 16
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ANDERSON John P.
The Book of British Topography. A classified Catalogue by John P. Anderson. Complete and unabridged Reprint. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., original cloth, a near fine copy. Anderson's standard catalogue, first published in 1881, is based on the topographical works relating to Great Britain and Ireland in the library of the British Museum.
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BELL-IRVING Anna
Mayfield. Recollections by Anna Bell-Irving. Second Edition (Enlarged). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN CLOTH
8vo., Second Edition, with 8 plates and a photograph in the text; newly bound in cloth, original wrappers preserved, uncut, wrappers lightly age-browned else a very good, clean copy of a very scarce work. The author is the daughter of Elizabeth Margaretta Bell-Irving who published the first dedicated history of the village in 1903. VERY SCARCE.
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ARNOLD-FORSTER Mary
Basset Down. An Old Country House. Foreword by Charles Morgan.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 37 plates on 32 and 2 pedigrees (one folding), endpapers very faintly spotted; cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, backstrip faded (but all lettering entirely legible) else a very good, clean copy. This classic account provides considerable detail of the Booth and Maskelyne families.
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BUCKFAST ABBEY CHURCH
Buckfast Abbey Church. What to see. What it means. By a Monk of Buckfast. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with full-page photographs and full-page plan in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Brockett 7930.
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FOSTER] [Denis
A Guide to St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with 2 full-page illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. First published in 1951, with a heavily revised and enlarged edition in 1959. Bennett, p.182 (recording the 1959 edition).
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GRIFFITHS (ed.)] [D.M.
The Archaeology of Dartmoor. Perspectives from the 1990s. Papers presented to a Conference at Exeter University in September 1994 to celebrate the Centenary of the Foundation of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, diagrams and maps in the text; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. Published as DAS Proceedings No. 52 for 1994. Collects sixteen academic papers.
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BLAGG Rev. Colin
Church of the Good Shepherd, Shoreham Beach, 1913-1988. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy.
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THOMAS MOULE
Engraved Map of Kent. ENGRAVED MAP FINELY COLOURED BY HAND
Steel-engraved map on paper; measuring 8.0 x 10.5 ins (approx. 20.00 x 26.5 cms), FINELY COLOURED BY HAND; attractively mounted in bevelled-edge steel-grey card with bevelled edges, a very good, bright, clean copy. The map is enclosed by an elaborate pictorial border incorporating four coats-of-arms and various other symbolic figures, and includes three charming vignettes of Greenwich Hospital, Rochester and Dover.
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ENCLOSURE ACT 1818 Act of Parliament
An Act for Inclosing Lands in the Parish of Bradford. [and Atworth, otherwise called Atford Common, Bardford Leigh, and Forwards Common], in the County of Wilts. FIRST SEPARATELY PUBLISHED REFERENCE TO THE PARISH
Sm. folio, 20pp, on laid paper; disbound, a very good, clean, legible copy ideal for framing and display. 58 Geo.III: Session 1818; granted Royal Assent 23 May 1818. GODDARD, p.55, RECORDS THIS ACT AS THE FIRST SEPARATELY PUBLISHED REFERENCE TO THE PARISH.
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BENDALL D. J.
The Parish Church of Clifton 1154-1954. A Brief History. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates on 8; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a very good, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear.
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BRAKSPEAR Sir Harold
Battle Abbey, Sussex. An Illustrated Historical Sketch. Published by Order of the Trustees of the Will of the late Sir Augustus Webster and the Principal of Battle Abbey School. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 6 plates on 5 and a double-page plan; original wrappers printed in red and black, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. The original edition of this well-known guide is scarce.
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BOROUGHBRIDGE
Boroughbridge and District. Heart of Yorkshire. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with illustrations and a double-page street-plan in the text; original wrappers printed in red, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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DYMOND] [T.
Cobham [Kent]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with illustrations and double-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Loosely inserted in a 4pp guide to St. Mary Magdalene, Cobham.
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BUCHANAN J.R.
Memorials of Herne, Kent.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and several illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; later full morocco, gilt edges, boards mildly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Scarce.
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BURGESS (ed.) E.
More About Boreham. History, Tales and Memories of an Essex Village.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers, page edges lightly browning else a very good, clean copy.
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BEVAN G.P.
Tourist's Guide to Warwickshire. Second Edition. Revised and edited by R.N. Worth.
Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with folding map as frontispiece, endpapers mildly browned, small stamp on title; original cloth, sides with triple frame border in blind enclosing title blocked in gilt, gilt back, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound), fore-edges a little age-stained else a bright, clean copy. Substantially revised and extended version of the first edition of 1882.
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DUDLEY] [Howard
The History and Antiquities of Horsham. By the Author of Juvenile Researches. [With an Introduction by C.W. Cramp. Facsimile reissue]. FINE COPY
Sm. 8vo., Facsimile Reissue, with numerous wood-engraved illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original printed wrappers, a fine copy. High quality facsimile of the scarce original edition of 1836; now very difficult to find in its own right.
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WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Bedfordshire within Living Memory. Compiled by the Bedfordshire Federation of Women's Institutes from Notes send by Institutes in the County.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy.
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BARLEY R.E.
Romance around Stony Stratford. With a Sketch of its History and Charities by C.P. Woollard.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 11 plates (not 9 as called for); original boards lettered in black, covers lightly age-marked, backstrip bruised at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. The list of plates omits the portraits of the author and Woollard, and the view of the Baptist Chapel exterior. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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BRADLEY-BIRT F.B.
Tewkesbury. The Story of Abbey, Town, and Neighbourhood. With Illustrations by Percy Home and others. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and a large folding pedigree on japon, free endpapers lightly browned, label scar on front paste-down; original navy blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BRADLEY A.G.
Highways and Byways in South Wales. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE OFIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and a folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of blue cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. A scarce example of the first edition bound in blue cloth rather than the green cloth of the early titles.
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ANDREWS W.
Bygone Lincolnshire. [First and Second Series]. NEAR FINE SET
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engravings in the text; orignal brown cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set. Collects very numerous articles on local history. Complete sets of the two series are very scarce
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BAKER J.B.
The History of Scarborough from the Earliest Date.
8vo., First Edition; original cloth, gilt back, covers lightly faded and age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Extremely scarce
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BOYLE J. R.
The Early History of the Town and Port of Hedon in the East Riding of the County of York. LARGE PAPER: 100 SIGNED COPIES WERE PRINTED
4to., First Edition, Large Paper, on laid paper, with etched frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 9 plates (one in colour), 2 large folding maps (one coloured in outline) and large folding coloured facsimile; original black bevelled boards, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy. LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 87). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BRISTOL
Bristol. Official Visitors Guide. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous photographs and maps throughout; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy. With very numerous trade advertisements throughout.
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CROMWELL] [T.K.
Excursions in the County of Suffolk; comprising a brief historical and topographical Delineation of every Town and Village. Vol. II [of II] only.
8vo., First Edition, Large Paper, with engraved and printed titles, and 41 fine engraved plates as called for; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, red sprinkled edges, back gilt with five raised bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in gilt, joints tender but sound, small crack in backstrip else an unusually crisp, clean copy. The complement of plates matches the binder's directions bound in. Anderson p.262; Steward 363.
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BOAS Guy
Wimbledon - has it a History?. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece; original wrappers. Published for the John Evelyn Society for Maintaining the Amenities of Wimbledon (formerly the John Evelyn Club for Wimbledon). The first edition appeared in 1947
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BURT Isabella
Historical Notices of Chelsea, Kensington, Fulham, and Hammersmith. With some Particulars of Old Families. Also an Account of their Antiquities and Present State.
Roy. 8vo., First [Sole] Edition, with an engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 4 engraved plates (original tissue guards present) and numerous head- and tail-pieces in the text; original decorative pebble-grained cloth blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, bevelled boards, covers mildly age-marked, backstrip a little mottled at head and tail (but all gilt entirely legible), a very good, unusually bright and clean copy. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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BURTON Charles K.
The Church of St. Michael, Brentor. A Short Account of the Parish and Church from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with full-page photograph; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. First published in 1955. Brockett 8470; Somers Cocks p.8.
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BURTON John
Extract of Two Letters from Dr. John Burton, of York, to Dr. Ducarel, concerning Roman Antiquities discovered in Yorkshire, 1770.
2 leaves, 4to., last leaf supplied in photo-facsimile; uncut, disbound, a very crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. Extracted from the 'Journal of the Society of Antiquaries'. Burton's paper was read before the Society on 15 November 1770.
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BURTT [G.]F.
LB & SCR Locomotives. An up-to-date Survey from 1870.
8vo., Sole Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers a little age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Scarce in this condition. Published in Allan's 'ABC Locomotive' series, this is the first of Burtt's hugely detailed trilogy on the predecessors of the Southern Railway. Ottley, 6685.
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BURTT [G.]F.
SE & CR Locomotives. A Survey from 1878 to 1923.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, covers a little age-marked else a very good, clean copy. Scarce in this condition. Published in Allan's 'ABC Locomotive' series, this is the second of Burtt's hugely detailed trilogy on the predecessors of the Southern Railway. Ottley, 7216.
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BUTLER T.
London Calling. The Middle Classes and the Re-Making of Inner London.
8vo., First Edition, with maps and diagrams in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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BYNG B.
Dartmoor's Mysterious Megaliths. Illustrations by Alan Armstrong.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and plans in the text, bottom edges lightly damp-marked; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a good working copy.
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CALLENDER Geoffrey
The Queen's House, Greenwich. A Short History 1617-1937. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., with title-vignette, 24 plates, and full-page photograph and 2 full-page plans in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. This edition was entirely rewritten to incorporate new information that came to light during restoration of the house between 1934-1936.
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CITY OF ELY.
Welcome to the City of Ely. A Complete Guide to this Historic City. Issued by City of Ely Chamber of Commerce. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., text and illustrations in red and green, with numerous photographs, illustrations, maps and plans in the text, and a large folding map; original pictorial wrappers in red and green, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CAMDEN William
Britannia (1607). [Facsimile re-issue]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, text in Latin, with numerous facsimiles and maps (many double-page) in the text; red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Anglistica & Americana 57. Much-needed and high quality facsimile (as always with this house) of the last edition of 'Britannia' published in Camden's lifetime. The copy on which the facsimile is based is housed at the University of Munster.
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CHAMBERS G.F.
Tourists' Guide to the County of Sussex. Containing full Information concerning all its favourite Places of Resort, both on the Coast and Inland. Fifth Edition.
Sm. 8vo., with a folding engraved map as frontispiece and a full-page plan, endpapers lightly foxed; original cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a remarkably bright, clean copy. 'Thoroughly revised by means of information collected locally for the purpose'. Anderson records only the second edition of 1880.
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CHAMBERS R.
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. New Edition, with a Supplemental Volume continuing the Biographies to the Present Time by the Revd. Thos Thomson. SPLENDID SET WITH SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME
5 vols., roy. 8vo., with 5 engraved frontispieces (original tissue guards present), engraved and printed titles, and 82 fine engraved portraits; strongly bound in contemporary half roan, sides in morocco-grain cloth blocked in blind, backs with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, all other compartments ruled and tooled in blind, gilt tops, red edges, marbled endpapers, boards very lightly age-marked, backstrips lightly chafed at heads and tails else a splendid bright, clean set. The set comprises: vol. I: Abercromby-Creech; vol. II: Crichton-Hamilton; vol. III: Hamilton-M'Gavin; vol. IV: Melville-Young; vol. V: Abercrombie-Wood. Lovely set of the extended version of a standard reference.
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EDWARDS David L.
Kings and Queens at Canterbury. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, 2 plates; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Issued to commemorate the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, July 11th 1946, this booklet details the visits of English sovereigns from Henry I (1130) onwards. The author was senior king's scholar of Canterbury.
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CANTERBURY
The Pilgrim's Guide to the Royal and Ancient City of Canterbury. 288th Thousand. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with numerous photographs ( a number full-page) in the text, some light age-staining to text; original printed wrappers, coloured illustration mounted on upper wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a good, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) throughout.
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CANTERBURY
The Pilgrim's Guide to the Royal and Ancient City of Canterbury. 427th Thousand. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text and a large folding street plan; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements throughout.
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CAPPER D.P.
On the Pilgrims' Way.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a tipped-in frontispiece, 11 tipped-in photographic plates and front endpaper map, half-title and title lightly spotted; original beige paper boards, green cloth back, backstrip with printed paper label, uncut, an unusually bright, crisp, clean copy. With trade ticket on front paste-down and spare printed label tipped-in at rear. A delightful account in prose and verse as the author follows the Way from Winchester to Canterbury. Scarce in this condition.
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CARR H.R.C.
The Mountains of Snowdonia in History, the Sciences, Literature and Sport.
8vo., Sole Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 28 monochrome plates on 24, 2 folding plates, 17 illustrations and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text, 3 folding maps on japon (2 coloured in outline and one coloured), appendices including 6 tables (4 folding), 5 folding sketch-maps in red and black and 1 folding meteorological table, some light foxing throughout; cloth, blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, covers a little faded else a sound, clean copy of a very scarce work. The definitive general study and notoriously hard to find. Neate 142
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CARUS-WILSON E. M.
The Expansion of Exeter at the Close of the Middle Ages. [The Harte Memorial Lecture in Local History delivered at the University of Exeter, 12 May 1961]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Sole Edition; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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CHAGFORD
Chagford: A Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood. [Published by the Chagford Traders' Association]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous illustrations in the text and a large folding map; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. Attractive and well-produced guide with many trade advertisements. Not recorded by Brockett.
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CHESTER
A Walk round the Walls and City of Chester. FRESH, CRISP COPY IN BOARDS
12mo., First Edition, with a woodcut title and 8 woodcuts in the text; mid-twentieth century marbled boards, original paper label laid down on back, speckled edges, A MOST ATTRACTIVE AND REMARKABLY FRESH, CLEAN COPY. With the half-title, sometimes missing. RARE. See Upcott, p.71
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CHESTER.
Official Guide. 25th Edition. Issued by the Chester Corporation. Roman Remains, Remarkable Walls, Unique Rows, Ancient Cathedral, Mediaeval Houses, Beautiful River and other Attractions for Visitors. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 8vo., Twenty-Fifth Edition, with a full-page coloured illustration, numerous monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text and two folding maps; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements, many illustrated.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Report of the Transactions at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, held at Chichester. With a detailed Catalogue of Antiquities and Works of Art exhibited.
8vo., with 12 plates, several engraved illustrations in the text (3 full-page) and a folding plan; handsomely bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, marbled edges, gilt back.
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