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COURT OF ALDERMEN
Addresses, Remonstrances and Petitions to the Throne. Presented from the Court of Aldermen, the Court of Common Council, and the Livery in Common Hall assembled: commencing 28 October 1760 with the Answers thereto.
8vo., SOLE EDITION; original cloth, blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip faded, hinges very weak but just sound else a sound, clean copy of a very scarce work.
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CRYSTAL PALACE
Coloured [Auction] Plan of the Crystal Palace 1911. THE CRYSTAL PALACE: A RARE SURVIVAL
Large and elaborate coloured engraved plan measuring approx. 1270mm x 1010mm (50.0 ins x 39.75 ins), folding in 20 panels to approx. 320mm x 210mm (12.5 ins x 8.0 ins); housed in original printed cartridge envelope with self-sealing flap (short tear in flap), A REMARKABLY CLEAN, NEAR FINE COPY. This is an engraved and coloured plan of the Crystal Palace prepared for the intended sale at auction of the buildings and grounds in 1911 (see below). The retaining envelope is printed 'PLAN OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE 1851-1911. Solicitors: Messrs Janson Cobb, Pearson & Company, 22 College Hill, E.C.; Receiver and Manager: Mr. Ernest I Husey (Messrs Jackson, Pixley & Co., Chartered Accountants, 58 Coleman Street, E.C; Auctioneers: Mr. Howard Frank (Messrs Knight, Frank & Rutley), 20 Hanover Sq, London W; and Mr. John Roy Lancaster (Messrs Horne & Co), 85 Gresham Street, E.C.' The plan in well executed and colour-coded to indicate the various leases and tenancies involved. It shows the scale and local context of the magnificent building, together with its world-famous gardens and grounds, including the tiered sculptural terraces, the patios, and the renowned lakes and fountains. Key features such as the Flying Machine, the Maze, Brunel's Polygonal Water Towers, the Lower Lake area housing Waterhouse Hawkins' recreations of dinosaurs (still present today) and the Sports Grounds are clearly highlighted. HISTORICAL CONTEXT. After the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was re-erected in a considerably enlarged form in 1854 at Sydenham in South London. During the next half century it continued as a major metropolitan tourist attraction attracting visitors from all over the world to marvel at the building, its contents and gardens, and to witness a wide variety of entertainment including music, acrobatics, circuses and fireworks. By the turn of the century, however, the novelty was wearing thin and the number of visitors declined to the point where in 1911 the Palace was declared bankrupt and placed in the hands of a receiver. 'On 28 November it was to be sold by auction, to be offered in one lot as a going concern. This was a fateful period in its history. There was grave danger that it would pass into the hands of the developers. Every jerry builder within striking distance was eager for the moment when he might be in a position to swoop down on the beautiful grounds and reduce them to terms of bricks and mortar. But that ultimate indignity was not to be. The Earl of Plymouth produced £230,000 to buy the Palace as a going concern; at the same time the Lord Mayor of London opened a fund to purchase the Crystal Palace for the nation, and to reimburse Lord Plymouth. This was completed in 1913 and the Crystal Palace was saved.' [A.R. Warwick: The Phoenix Suburb (1972)]. During the Great War the revitalised Palace served as a Royal Naval base (HMS VICTORY VI). At the end of hostilities it became for a short time the home of the Imperial War Museum and then reverted to tourism with exhibitions of early flying, pioneer television, dirt-track racing, music festivals, dog and cat shows, dancing and fireworks. In this way it continued until completely destroyed by the tragic fire of 30 November 1936 - the end of a great era. IT IS UNCERTAIN HOW MANY OF THESE ELABORATE PLANS WERE PRODUCED, BUT THE NUMBER CANNOT HAVE BEEN GREAT. GIVEN THAT £230,000 (VERY APPROXIMATELY £7M BY TODAY'S STANDARDS) WAS REQUIRED TO OBVIATE THE NEED FOR SALE, THE NUMBER OF INTENDING BIDDERS MUST HAVE BEEN FEW INDEED. IN ANY CASE IT IS UNLIKELY THAT MANY COPIES SURVIVE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS VIRTUALLY UNOPENED STATE COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. A DOCUMENT OF CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH LONDON, AND A VIVID REMINDER OF ONE OF LONDON'S GREATEST HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS.
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MOFFATT J.M.
The History of the Town of Malmesbury and of its ancient Abbey. .
8vo., Sole Edition, with engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, an engraved map and a large folding table of local charities, moderate spotting throughout; newly bound in boards (original half-title preserved), paper label lettered in black, a good, firm copy of a scarce work. With the 4pp list of subscribers, and the addendum and errata leaf. Anderson, p.300; Goddard, p.156; Upcott, p.1302
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LITTLE GIDDING
Little Gidding. An Illustrated Guide. BRIGHT COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 9 photographs and facsimiles in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly age-marked else a very good, clean copy.
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LIVEING H.G.D.
Records of Romsey Abbey. An Account of the Benedictine House of Nuns, with Notes on the Parish Church and Town (AD 907-1558). Compiled from Manuscript and Printed Records.
8vo., Sole Edition, with an engraved frontispiece, 33 plates, a full-page plan and 2 folding maps (two on japon), several pedigrees (a number folding) and 3 double-page tables in the text, endpapers, fore-edges and one map lightly spotted; original pictorial buckram gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers very slightly sunned and faded else an unusually bright, well-preserved copy. Sold from a cathedral library with its neat cancelled bookplate on front paste-down. Very nice copy of a very scarce work.
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LOBEL M.D.
The History of Dean and Chalford.
8vo., original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, back strengthened with adhesive tape but a very good, clean copy of an uncommon work. 'Oxfordshire Record Society', vol. XVII.
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SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON
The Society of Antiquaries of London. Notes on its History and Possessions. First Issued on the Occasion of the Bicentenary of the Society's Royal Charter 2 November 1951.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette and 24 plates; boards gilt, cloth back gilt, a near fine copy. Good historical overview, with illustrations of the more notable artefacts and appendices on incunabula, early printed books, prints and drawings.
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LONG Don
Discover Ramsgate. Illustrated by Geo. Pidduck. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous illustration in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT INSIDE WRAPPER. SCARCE.
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LOWER Mark Anthony
The Chronicle of Battel Abbey from 1066 to 1176. Now first translated with Notes and an Abstract of the subsequent History of the Establishment.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured lithographed frontispiece, title in red and black, title-vignette and a coloured lithographed plate (original tissue guard present), plates lightly spotted, neat signature on front free endpaper; original decorative blue cloth elaborately blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, yellow endpapers, a very good tight, clean copy. blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of the Bayfield Bequest mounted on front paste-down, and the printed binder's ticket of Bone & Son on rear paste-down..
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LUCAS E.V.
E.V. Lucas's London. Being 'A Wanderer in London' and 'London Revisited' in one volume, rearranged, with new Matter and new Pictures. With 32 coloured Plates by H.M. Livens and 40 Illustrations in Monotone.
8vo., First Edition thus, with a coloured frontispiece, 31 coloured plates and 40 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, fore-edges lightly spotted; cloth gilt, gilt back, covers lightly age-marked, backstrip sunned else a very good, clean copy. 'A Wanderer in London' was first published in 1906 and 'London Revisited' in 1916. Lucas states that many alterations have been made and a very full index provided. Prance, A167.
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LUDLOW
Historic Ludlow. For Health, Pleasure and Recreation. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition[?], with numerous full-page photographs (one double-page) and a large folding street map on japon; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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LUCE Sir Richard
Pages from the History of Romsey and its Abbey. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with 11 plates and folding plan; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, yapped edges, uncut, a near fine copy.
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LYNTON. LYNMOUTH. LORNA DOONE COUNTRY
Lynton, Lynmouth and the Lorna Doone Country. Homeland Handbook No. 37. A Handbook for Visitors and Residents. With a Chapter upon the Fishing by W. Riddell. [Sixteenth Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Sixteenth Edition, with frontispiece, 3 plates, and 18 photographs (several full-page) and a full-page plan in the text but wanting the folding town plan, small neat contemporary signature on front wrappers; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip rubbed but sound, a good, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) at front and rear. The folding map is often missing. First published in 1904. Not recorded by Brockett
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MACLEOD Sir John Lorne
Scottish Kingship. Its Antiquity and Continuity. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., on laid paper; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, yapped edges, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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MACRAE D.
National Humour. Scottish. English. Irish. Welsh. Cockney. American. With Illustrations by John Duncan.
8vo., on laid paper, with a mounted coloured frontispiece (tissue guard present), 7 mounted coloured plates (all with tissue guards) and 6 plates in monochrome, some very slight occasional spotting; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a bright, near fine copy.
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MACROBERT Scott
Putney. A Brief History.. With a Foreword by Maxwell Fry and Illustrations by Terence Dalley. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with double-page map and several illustrations in the text; original pioctorial wrappers, covers a little dusty else a very good, clean copy. Includes a useful list of sources.
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MAIDSTONE
Barnett's Official Street Plan of Maidstone. With Road Map of M2 Motorway and 'Miles from Maidstone' Mileage Chart. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folding street plan in red and black on paper, measuring 25. 0 x 20.0 ins (approx. 63.5 x 51.0 cms) folding in 16 panels to 9.0 x 5.5 ins (approx. 23.0 x 14.0 cms); original printed wrappers in orange and black, yapped edges, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements.
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MAIS S.P.B.
Highways and Byways in the Welsh Marches. With Illustrations by Joseph McCulloch.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous illustrations (several full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, joints very lightly rubbed else a very good, clean copy.
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MAITLAND F.W.
The Charters of the Borough of Cambridge.
8vo., on laid paper, with a collotype frontispiece; buckram gilt, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. With the bookplate of W.D.J. Cargill Thompson, Professor of Ecclesiastical History, King's College, London 1930-78. Edited jointly for the Borough and Cambridge Antiquarian Society, this standard work includes transcripts of the charters granted between the reigns of Henry I and Charles II.
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MALDEN H.E.
Popular County Histories. A History of Surrey. Cheap Edition.
8vo., on laid paper; original green cloth, upper board lettered in black, gilt back, uncut, black endpapers, backstrip lightly frayed at head and tail else a very good, tight copy. With the trade ticket of Roffey and Clark of Croydon on front paste-down. Published in Stock's 'Popular County History' series, arguably the best of all the single-volume county histories. Well-written with considerable detail and a select bibliography of the county, this so-called 'cheap' edition is nevertheless an unabridged version of the original edition of 1900.
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MARSH A.E.W.
A History of the Borough and Town of Calne. And some Account of the Villages, etc., in its Vicinity. With an Introduction by the Rev. E.H. Goddard and Notes on the Architecture of Calne Church, Lacock Abbey, etc., by Harold Brakspear.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 49 plates on 34, numerous illustrations and pedigrees (many full-page) in the text, a folding plan and a large folding map (one short tear), neat signature on front paste-down, some scattered spotting throughout text as often; decorative cloth blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, uncut, hinges just starting (nut binding entirely sound), covers lightly age-faded, corners lightly bruised else a firm, sound copy. With the publisher's errata slip at p.1. The standard history of the town. Scarce. Canon E.H. Goddard went on to produce the modern bibliography of the county in his 'Wiltshire Bibliography' (1929). Goddard, p.68.
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MARSHALL C. J.
A History of the Old Villages of Cheam and Sutton. Which, with Part of the Parish of Cuddington, now form the Borough of Sutton and Cheam. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, 64 plates on 28 and several illustrations, plans and maps in the text, some minor foxing on title; ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, sewed as issued, a little worn else a sound, clean copy of an uncommon work. SCARCE.
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MASON Rev. Canon Arthur James
Berkyngechirche. All Hallows by the Tower. With a Foreword by Rev. P.B. Clayton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with an illustration in the text, some light spotting; original printed wrappers, yapped edges, uncut and unopened, wrappers a little age-marked at extremities else a very good, clean copy. The account appeared originally in 'The Nineteenth Century' magazine. SCARCE.
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MASTERS W.C.
Some Notes on the ancient Church of St. Leonard, Stanton Fitzwarren, Wilts.. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY
4to., on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 5 plates; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS DAUGHTER, WITH HIS NEAT HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN
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MATTHEWS E.C.
The Highlands of South-West Surrey. A Geographical Study in Sand and Clay.
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates, 7 diagrams in the text and a folding chart; original cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. With the errata slip, and an institutional bookplate.
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MATTHEWS W.
The New History, Survey and Description of the City and Suburbs of Bristol, or Complete Guide, 1794 [with] Matthews's New Bristol Directory, for the Year 1793-4. [Facsimile re-issue].
2 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece and a large folding street plan, fore-edges lightly browned; original boards, cloth back, paper label on upper board, neatly rebacked with original endpapers preserved, boards slightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy
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MAY G.
A Descriptive History of the Town of Evesham, from the Foundation of its Saxon Monastery; with Notices respecting the ancient Deanery of its Vale [Second and Best Edition]. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY?
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with an engraved frontispiece (mildly spotted and stained in blank margins; original tissue guard present), 5 engraved plates and an engraved plan (all original tissue guards present) and 35 illustrations in the text; strongly rebound in twentieth century cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. With a neat contemporary inscription (possibly in the author's hand) 'To the Editor of the Worcestershire Guardian' on title. This is the finest history of the town, and a substantially revised and expanded version of the author's original version of 1834. In the rebinding two decorations, a pattern from an oak panel in the monastery (back cover) and the bell tower, spires and chapter arch (front cover) have necessarily been lost. Scarce. Anderson, p.306.
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MAWER A.
The Place-Names of Buckinghamshire. [English Place-Name Society, vol. II].
8vo., First Edition, with two large folding maps in pocket at end; cloth, gilt back, covers and backstrip sunned else a very good, clean copy of a scarce work. English Place-Name Society, vol. II.
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MAY J.
Cricket in North Hants. Records and Reminiscences. OUTSTANDING COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, title in red and black and 56 plates; green buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, brown buckram back ruled and lettered in gilt, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE, THE MORE SO IN THIS CONDITION.
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MCDONNELL, ed. J.
A History of Helmsley, Rievaulx and District. By Members of the Helmsley and Area Group of the YAS. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy.
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MCGARVIE Michael
Westbarn Grange: The Story of a Farm. Part I: The Sixteenth Century. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Sole Edition; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. 'Essays in Local History', No. 2. Uncommon, with useful list of sources
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MCINTIRE Walter T.
Guide to Carlisle and Neighbourhood. With Map of the City and Illustrations. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPES
8vo., Sole Edition, with numerous plates tinted in blue and a large folding map; original printed wrappers, lower wrappers present but detached, else a remarkably clean, sound copy. A splendid guide from the golden age of provincial handbooks, containing a wealth of detail long lost in modern publications. It is especially rich in history with particular emphasis on the cathedral, castle and Tullie House, and enlivened by a large number of contemporary trade advertisements. Uncommon. Hodgson, p.198.
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MELLORS R.
In and About Nottinghamshire. A Book for the Young Men and Women of the City and County.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 34 plates on 27 and a full-page map, free endpapers very lightly browned, some occasional spotting; original brown buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Scarce. Dobbin, 74.
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MERTHYR TYDFIL
Valley Views. Book 1: Historic Street Scenes of the Merthyr Tydfil Valley [with] Book 2: Transport: Historic Scenes of the Merthyr Tydfil Valley. NEAR FINE SET
2 vols., 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean set. Scarce
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ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1819
[Middlesex, London, St. Pancras]. Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, and for other Purposes relating thereto. [Passed 19th May 1819].
Sm. 8vo., First and Sole Edition thus, some very light and occasional marginal age-stains; contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked in calf to style, leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy of a very scarce work. This copy was formerly in the possession of Charles Arrowsmith and bears his signed holograph inscription on front paste-down 'qualified as a Governor & Director of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Pancras. Dec. 4 1832.'The statute referred to is 59 Geo. III. Cap. xxxix. It is of unusual length (176pp inc. index) and complexity for an Act of this nature and includes a detailed and comprehensive index. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
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MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE
A Guide to Middleton-in-Teesdale and District. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs and full-page map in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements.
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MIDHURST
Midhurst: Queen's Path. Nature Notes. The Old Town. An Illustrated Historical Guide. [Foreword by E.W. Knight]. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with illustrations and 2 full-page maps in the text; original pictorial wrappers printed in red and blue, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.
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MILES G.
The Bishops of Lindisfarne, Hexham, Chester-le-Street and Durham: A.D. 635-1020. Being an Introduction to the Ecclesiastical History of Northumbria.
8vo., Sole Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original cloth gilt, uncut, skilfully rebacked with original backstrip gilt laid down, a remarkably bright, clean copy of a very scarce work. With a contemporary engraved bookplate matching signature on endpaper. Includes brief notices of the Bishops and Archbishops of York, the Archbishops of Canterbury and the Popes of Rome for the corresponding period.
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MITCHELL Vic
South Coast Railways. Brighton to Worthing.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and diagrams in the text, small neat personal stamp on front free endpaper; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Ottley 18416
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MITCHELL Vic
South Coast Railways. Worthing to Chichester. [Via Littlehampton & Bognor].
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and diagrams in the text, small neat personal stamp on front free endpaper; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Ottley 18415.
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MORLEY H.T.
Monumental Brasses of Berkshire (14th to 17th Century).
4to., with a mounted frontispiece, title and text in red and black, and 118 pages of reproductions of rubbings; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. SUBSCRIBERS' COPY. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE POSSESSION OF MISS MARY BENTALL, A SUBSCRIBER TO THE WORK. The author's presentaion slip, justifying the book's deferred piblication on the grounds of expanded size, is loosely inserted. With the addendum to the list of subscribers and the errrata slip. Scarce.
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MOORE John S.
Laughton. A Study in the Evolution of the Wealden Landscape. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., Sole Edition, with maps in the text; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. University of Leicester, Department of English Local History, 'Occasional Papers' edited by H.P.R. Finberg, No. 19
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MORRIS R.H.
Chester.
Sm. 8vo., with a folding frontispiece map coloured in outline; decorative cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its cancelled bookplate. Published in the well-known series 'Diocesan Histories'.
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MORTIMER J. R.
A Victorian Boyhood on the Wolds. The Recollections of J. R. Mortimer. Edited by J D Hicks. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with photographs and a fill-page pedigree in the text; original photographic wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. First published in 1978.
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MUDD David
About the City. A Portrait of Truro. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; original coloured pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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MUNDY (ed.) P. D.
Memorials of Old Sussex. Edited by Percy D. Mundy with many Illustrations.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text, free endpapers browned; original decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, corners lightly bruised else a very good, clean copy. With an engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-down.One of the most substantial volumes in George Allen's series Memorials of the Counties of England, produced under the general editorship of P.H. Ditchfield. The contributors include many names of eminence in Sussex studies including Belloc, Clinch, Jourdain and Sage.
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NAUGHTON Katherine S.
The Gentry of Bedfordshire in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Department of English Local History. Occasional Papers. Third Series. Edited by Alan Everett. Number 2.
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NEWBIGGING T.
Lancashire Characters and Places. FIRST [SOLE?] EDITION
8vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on half-title; original cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, hinges cracked (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, clean copy. Sold from the Royal Exchange Library, Manchester, with its label on front paste-down and neat stamp on title. SCARCE
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NEWNAM W. E.
The Story of Farnham. Illustrations by Philip Sheail. Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with illustrations and plans in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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NEWTON William
The History and Antiquities of Maidstone, the County-Town of Kent. From the Manuscript Collections of William Newton. FIRST DEDICATED HISTORY OF THE COUNTY TOWN
8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece; nineteenth century full roan, sides with blind frame border, gilt back, uncut, patterned endpapers, backstrip chafed at extreme head, a very fresh, clean copy of a scarce work. The proposed 'Appendix' mentioned in the final leaf was not issued. The first published individual history of the county town. A VERY DESIRABLE COPY . Anderson p.143; Upcott, p.431
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