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MAIS S.P.B.
I Return to Wales. Return to Wales.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 22 plates and a full-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at fold-ins. With striking dustwrapper artwork by R A Maynard in the style of Brian Cook.
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MARSHALL Sybil
Fenland Chronicle. Recollections of William Henry and Kate Mary Edwards collected and edited by their Daughter. With Drawings by Ewart Oakeshott.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very slightly sunned at backstrip. A remarkable collection of reminiscences drawn from the Huntingdonshire fens, and describing a vibrant way of life now gone for ever. Scarce in this condition.
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MASSINGHAM H.J.
Chiltern Country. Illustrated from Photographs, and from Drawings by Thomas Hennell. Second edition, revised. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Secobd Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome, illustrations (6 full-page) in the text and endpaper maps in green; terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's well-known 'The Face of Britain' series, with splendid wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook.
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MAYS Spike
Reuben's Corner. An English Country Boyhood. Foreword by Richard Church.
8vo., Second Edition, with endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This minor classic, first published in 1969, tells of the author's upbringing at Bartlow Hamlet near Ashdon in Essex. It was followed by a sequel 'Return to Anglia' in 1986.
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MAYS Spike
Reuben's Corner. An English Country Boyhood. Foreword by Richard Church. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., with endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. This minor classic, first published in 1969, tells of the author's upbringing at Bartlow Hamlet near Ashdon in Essex. It was followed by a sequel 'Return to Anglia' in 1986. Signed copies of any of Mays' works are scarce.
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MCCANN T.J.
The Correspondence of the Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle 1724-1750.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MCCORD Norman
The Anti-Corn Law League 1838-1846. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with some neat pencilled annotation; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS FORMER TUTOR GEORGE JOBEY OF KING'S COLLEGE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, WITH THE FORMER'S HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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MCCAUSLAND Hugh
Old Sporting Characters and Occasions from Sporting and Road History.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 15 monochrome plates on 12 and several illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MCCLURE Ruth
Coram's Children. The London Foundling Hospital in the Eighteenth Century.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, and 13 illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its neat stamps on endpapers and title verso. Scarce.
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MCQUEEN Ian
Bournemouth St. Peter's.
8vo., First Edition, with 20 plates, some light annotation in margins and on rear paste-down; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed with minor loss at edges.
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MEATES G.W.
Lullingstone Roman Villa.
8vo., First Edition, with 47 plates on 24, numerous illustrations and plans in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. The standard reference. Bennett p.244; Bonser, 4466.
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MEE Arthur
The King's England.. The Gateway of England and its Great Possessions. [Tenth Impression].
8vo., Tenth Impression, with a frontispiece and very numerous sepia-toned plates; cloth, upper board and backstrip letterd in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1936 and very uncommon in this condition. Bennett, p.212.
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MEE Arthur
The King's England. Devon. Fully revised and edited by E.T. Long. Illustrated with new Photographs by A.F. Kersting. [Revised Edition].
8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous plates; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MEE Arthur
The King's England. Hertfordshire. Fully revised and edited by E.T. Long. Illustrated with Photographs by A F Kersting.
8vo., with very numerous photographs and a double-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MEE Arthur
The King's England. The Lake Counties.. Fully revised and edited by Gordon Wood. Illustrated with new Photographs by A.F. Kersting.
8vo., First Edition thus, with 39 plates on 24 and 2 full-page maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Considerably revised and updated version of Mee's original edition of 1937.
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MEE Arthur
The King's England. Kent. [Second Edition], Fully revised and edited by C.R. Councer. Illustrated with new Photographs by A.F. Kersting.
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous plates; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at edges. Bennett, p.212 (recording the original edition of 1936)
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MELLING (ed.) E.
Kentish Sources. IV. The Poor. A Collection of Examples from original Sources in the Kent Archives Office, from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Centur.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bennett (Supp), p.238.
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MEYNELL Laurence
The County Books. Bedfordshire. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Published in Hales's seminal County Books series.
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MEYNELL Esther
The County Books. Sussex. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map, free endpapers mildly browned; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, backstrip slightly dulled else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted on (predominantly white) rear panel. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series.
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NEALE Kenneth
Victorian Horsham, The Diary of Henry Michell 1809-1874. Edited and Introduced by Kenneth Neale.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, neat inscription on front free endpaper, small red stamp on title; original brown cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MILLER Edward
The Abbey & Bishopric of Ely. The Social History of an Ecclesiastical Estate from the Tenth Century to the Early Fourteenth Century. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with 2 full-page maps in the text; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. First published in 1951.
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MORRIS J.E.
Companion into Durham.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 22 sepia-toned plates on 14 and front endpaper map; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper
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NELHAMS Mike
Tresco Abbey Garden. A Personal and Pictorial History. [Introduction by Robert Dorrien-Smith. Foreword by Alan Titchmarsh]. SIGNED COPY
4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and tinted photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Nelhams, the resident gardener, gives a richly illustrated account of the family, garden and plants associated with this magnificent feature of the Scilly Isles.
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NEWSOME Joan
A Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, illustrations throughout and endpaper plans; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NICHOLLS H.G.
Nicholl's 'Forest of Dean' and 'Iron Making in the Olden Times'. [New Edition. With an Introduction by Cyril Hart, Senior Verderer of the Forest of Dean].
2 works in 1 vol., 8vo., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations in the text and a folding map; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed, high-quality facsimile reprint, of Nicholls' two scarce works first published in 1858 and 1866 respectively. This edition itself is now scarce, especially in this condition.
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NOCK O.S.
The Railway Engineers.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 49 plates on 30 and numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text, faint tape marks on free endpapers; cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 2441.
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OAKDEN J.A.
The Place-Names of Staffordshire. Part 1. Cuttlestone Hundred [This volume only].
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. English Place-Name Society, vol. LV. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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OLIVER Jane
The Ancient Roads of England.
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece and 18 plates on 14, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; cloth, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this popular study appeard in 1936.
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OVER Luke
The Royal Hundred of Bray. [Illustrated by C. Tyrell].
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps (several full-page) in the text, page edges browning slightly; original orange cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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OWEN T.M.
Welsh Folk Customs [Second Edition]. elsh Folk Customs [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with 16 plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A detailed study and standard reference, first published in 1959.
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OXFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Collectanea Fourth Series. [Vol. XLVII]. Edited by the Committee of the Society.
8vo.,First Edition, on laid paper, with a plate and 2 fine folding facsimiles on japon, free endpapers moderately offset; original series binding of cloth blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, uncut and largely unopened, a near fine copy in original tissue dustwrapper. Oxford Historical Society, vol. XLVII. With the errata leaf relating to vol. XLV loosely inserted as issued. Includes a description of Oxford from the Hundred Rolls of 1279 (ed. Graham), Symonds' Oxford Church Notes 1643-4 (ed. Graham), Consecrations of Lincoln, Brasenose and Queen's College chapels (ed. Clark, Madan and Magrath respectively), Baskerville's account of Oxford 1683-6 (ed. Baskerville), Oxford's bill for the coronation of George IV in 1821(ed. Williams) , and 'Coaching In and Out of Oxford from 1820 to 1840' by William Bayzand writing as 'A Chip off the Old Block'. Cordeaux & Merry, 74 (Graham), 4613 (Symonds), 7496 (Clark), 6909 (Madan), 8224 (Magrath), 1114 (Williams), 446 (Bayzand).
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PAGE J.L.W.
An Exploration of Dartmoor and its Antiquities, with some Account of its Borders. Third Edition.
8vo., Third Edition, with an etched frontispiece, 3 etched plates, 16 plates from photographs and a folding map coloured in outline, neat signature on front paste-down; original pictorial cloth blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the list of subscribers and publisher's advertisement leaf. A lovely copy of Page's classic account, first published in 1889 and reissued later in the same year. This is the last edition to feature the fine etched sepia-toned plates prepared by Alfred Dawson from drawings by the author. A fourth edition, with a reduced number of plates, appeared in 1895. Brockett 51330 (astonishingly, recording only the first and fourth editions); Cocks pp.26-27.
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PAGET Julian
The Yeomen of the Guard. Five Hundred Years of Service 1485-1985.
4to., First Edition, with pictorial title-spread, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and decorative endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PARKER Eric
Surrey Gardens. Illustrated by William McLaren.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers very lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip.
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PARRY-JONES D.
Welsh Country Characters. With Drawings by Lynton Lamb. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb.
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PILBEAM N.
Mid Sussex Poor Law Records 1601-1835.
8vo., First Edition, with 6 plates and a map ; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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POUCHER W.A.
Peak Panorama. Kinder Scout to Dovedale. With Eighty-Five Photographs by the Author.
Sm. Folio, First Edition, with a frontispiece and 84 fine photographs; original grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at upper edge of front panel, and at head and tail of backstrip.
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PROUD Keith
Durham City.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous illustrations in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; original terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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REEVES N.C.
The Leon Valley. Three Herefordshire Villages. Kingsland, Monkland & Eardisland.
8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates on 16 and 9 illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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REDSTONE L.J.
Ipswich through the Ages.
8vo., First Edition, with 38 plates on 28, 4 double-page plates and numerous illustrations in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, small neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First issue of a standard study; includes a useful chronology from AD250-1948. Scarce in this condition. Steward, 5539.
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REGNART H.G.
Memories of Winchmore Hill.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece. 16 full-page monochrome photographs and a smaller illustration in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, boards very mildly faded else a very good, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed with minor loss at two or three points at edges. The author lived in Winchmore Hill from 1878 to 1948.Very uncommon in the dustwrapper.
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ROGERS P. G.
The Sixth Trumpeter. The Story of Jezreel and his Tower.
8vo., First Edition, with 2 plates, and 2 full-page facsimiles and a full-page map in the text, small inked price on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fascinating account of the Jezreelites, a Southcottian sect based on Gillingham in the 1880s. Scarce in this condition. Bennett p.160.
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ROLT L.T.C.
The Potters Field.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The history of the South Devon ball clay industry. Bennett 62240.
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ROLT L.T.C.
The Inland Waterways of England. [Third Impression].
Roy. 8vo., Third Impression, with a coloured frontispiece, 98 plates on 48 and a large folding map; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at extremities. Rolt's classic text was first published in 1950.
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ROLT L.T.C.
Thomas Telford. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, fore-edge very lightly browned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ROOTES Andrew
Front Line County. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 16; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The population of East Kent was closer to enemy-occupied Europe than to London, and the casualty total for the county from innumerable air raids (aircraft, V1 and V2) was greater than that of Sussex, Surrey and Essex combined. Vividly written and well illustrated account. Enser, 147.
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ROWSE (ed.) A.L.
The West in English History.
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges.
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SCOTT Eddie
Hove. A Pictorial History.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 185 photographs (a number full-page) in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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ROWSE A.L.
Cornish Place Rhymes. A.L. Rowse (1903-1997): A Commemorative Volume.
Sm. 4to., Sole Edition, with a portrait and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (this copy no. 226). The last of Rowse's works on his birthplace, published posthumously in celebration of the life of one of Cornwall's greatest men of letters. 'When Dr. Johnson was sleepless at night he occupied his mind composing Latin verses. Similarly when I can't get to sleep I take to making rhymes on Cornish place names.'
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WILLIS George W.
Historical Miscellany of Basingstoke. Essays by George W. Willis. Collected and edited by Barbara McKenzie.
8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates; cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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