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HAMILTON Olive
Royal Greenwich. A Guide and History to London's most historic Borough. Foreword by Sir Arthur Bryant. Cover Drawings by John Bratby. [Second Impression].
4to., Second Impression, with very numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; original pictorial white boards, a very good, bright, clean copy. With wrap-around cover artwork by Bratby. Published a month after the first edition.
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DAVIS J.W.
West Yorkshire: an Account of its Geology, Physical Geography, Climatology and Botany. Part I. Geology by James W. Davis. Part II; Physical Geography and Botanical Topography by James W Davis and F. Arnold Lees. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with 6 folding coloured charts (and full-page coloured key), 16 plates and two large folding coloured maps (one professionally repaired at folds) in pockets at front and rear; handsomely bound in red full morocco, backs gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. This scarce and detailed work includes an extensive bibliography. The fine maps in particular are often missing. Very scarce.
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SUSSEX WOMENS' INSTITUTE
West Sussex within Living Memory. Compiled by the West Susses Federation of Womens' Institutes.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; original photographic wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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REES W.
Cardiff. A History of the City. Second Edition, Revised.
4to., Second and Best Edition, with a frontispiece, 74 plates and maps on 49, and 6 full-page illustrations (1 illustration, 1 map, 2 diagrams and 2 pedigrees) in the text; blue faux-leather, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The best modern history of the city, first published in 1962. This considerably expanded and updated version was published to coincide with the investiture of HRH the Prince of Wales.
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MCGRORY David
Coventry. A History and Celebration of the City. Produced by The Francis Frith Collection exclusively for Ottakar's.
4to., First Edition thus, with illustrated title and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text; laminated photographic boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This issue is already scarce.
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BARNES E.G.
The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates and 43 illustrations and maps (one double-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned with minor loss at back panel and one small scuff on front panel. Ottley 12346.
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BOURNE SOCIETY
Local History Records of the Bourne Society. Volumes 1-14 plus the Jubilee History. SPLENDID RUN OF THE BOURNE SOCIETY
15 vols., sm. 8vo., with illustrations and maps throughout, page-edges very lightly browning as usual; original illustrated wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean run. Runs of this length and calibre, especially of the early volumes, are extremely scarce.
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GILES J.A.
History of the Parish and Town of Bampton, with the District and Hamlets belong to it. [With Appendix of original Documents]. Second Edition, enlarged and corrected. [Facsimile reissue]. THE SCARCE FIRST FACSIMILE
8vo., Facsimile Reissue of the Second and Best Edition, with a frontispiece and 7 plates; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Both the first (1847) and second (1848) editions of this work are practically unobtainable. This much-needed facsimile, given a very short print run, is now rare in its own right. Cordeaux & Merry, 1503 (recording the first and second editions).
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MARTIN G.
The Story of Colchester from Roman Times to the Present Day.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 27 plates on 16 and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition
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GRANT L.
A Chronicle of Rye. Chronicle of Rye.
8vo., First Edition, with 19 photographic plates, half-title lightly spotted, some light and inoffensive age-staining; original terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly age-soiled, backstrip slightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of a very scarce work.
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WINDRUM Anthony
Horsham. An historical Survey. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 17 plates on 12 and 14 illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter with medium length tears on upper and lower covers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. With a bookplate and neat signature on front paste-down.
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WINDRUM A.
Bygone Horsham.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly faded dustwrapper.
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BRACKETT & SONS
A Centenary and Three Generations with a short History of Tunbridge Wells. WITH SPLENDID 'JOHNSONIAN' FRONTISPIECE
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding coloured frontispiece, 4 plates in monochrome and illustrations in the text; original cerise cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. Published to commemorate the firm's centenary. The frontispiece depicts 'The remarkable characters who were at Tunbridge Wells with Richardson in 1748 from a drawing in his possession'. The characters include Johnson, Tetty Johnson, Mrs. Cibber, Garrick, Mrs. Thrale, Pitt and others. Scarce. Bennett, p.352.
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BARBER John B.
Lakeland Passes. Including some charming Walks through the District. Fourth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Fourth Edition, with sepia-toned frontispiece, 13 sepia-toned plates and folding map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper original pictorial boards, covers mildly age-soiled, very minor loss at head of backstrip else a very good, clean copy. With 12pp of trade advertisements bound in at end. First published in 1927.
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BRYAN Anthony
Photographic Memories. Francis Frith's Villages of Sussex.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; laminated photographic boards, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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HOPKINSON H.L.
The History of Merchant Taylors' Hall.
Roy. 8vo., on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 19 plates; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a fine copy. This privately printed work remains the definitive history
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JONES (ed.) D. Caradog
The Social Survey of Merseyside. Edited by D. Caradog Jones. NEAR FINE SET WITH H S TOYNBEE'S BOOKPLATE
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding coloured map as frontispiece, 10 plates, 34 diagrams and charts (a number double-page) in the text, and 3 folding maps on japon; original green cloth upper boards blocked in gilt, backstrips lettered in gilt, uncut, a near fine set. H S TOYNBEE'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE OF ALL THREE FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. Hugh Stanley Toynbee was a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society, and of the Economic History Society. Universally known as 'Toyno', he worked for the British Journalists' Union for over forty years. Complete sets are very scarce, especially in this condition.
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TOOLEY R.V.
Landmarks of Mapmaking. An Illustrated Survey of Maps and Mapmaking. Maps chosen and displayed by R.V. Tooley. Text written by Charles Bricker. Preface by Gerald Roe Crone.
Sm. folio, with 14 large folding coloured maps in facsimile, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GUILDHALL LIBRARY
Landmarks of the City of London in the Eighteenth Century. Twelve Engravings in the Guildhall Library. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL PORTFOLIO
Folio, Second Edition, 12 lithographed plates plus 2 sheets (title and index); housed in card portfolio with illustration mounted on upper wrapper, silk ties, a very good, clean copy. First issued as a collection of eighteen collotype plates in 1969. The engravings are: View of London with the Bridge (after Canaletto); View of the Monument (after Canaletto); NW View of St. Paul's (Muller); View of London Bridge (Scott); Guild Hall (anon); Mansion House (Bowles); Royal Exchange (Maurer); St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside (Bowles); St. Brides (Donowell); Custom House (Maurer); NW View of the Tower (Maurer); N View of London (anon).
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BARFORD Mike
Christ's Hospital Heritage 2. Engravings. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Profusely illustrated survey of the school's history as shown in engravings from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Includes topography, architecture and uniforms
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BARFORD, ed. Mike
Christ's Hospital Heritage 3. Memorabilia. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Profusely illustrated survey of the school's history as shown in photographs, magazines, newspapers, MSS, scrapbooks, badges, prizes, tokens, china, statuary and many others forms of artefact
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JONES Clifford
Christ's Hospital Heritage 1. Postcards. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Profusely illustrated survey of the school's history as shown in postcards. Includes topography, architecture and uniforms, and seasonal cards
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JONES Clifford
Christ's Hospital Heritage 4. Customs and Traditions. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Profusely illustrated survey of the school's customs and traditions.
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BILLSON C.J.
Mediaeval Leicester. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, plates and plans; original boards, holland back, backstrip with printed paper label, uncut, covers mildly age-marked, corners lightly bruised, backstrip mildly browned else a very good, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES
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LANG Joan F.
Old Cockington. [All Published]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, ALL PUBLISHED, with 24 plates, 2 maps and 2 pedigrees in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Brockett 41530.
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CHELTENHAM SPA
Cheltenham Spa. Home of Health, Beauty and Entertainment. Official Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, and a folding map; original pictorial wrappers, a a very good, bright, clean copy. With 48pp of trade advertisements at rear. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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RIBTON-TURNER C.J.
Kenilworth Castle and Town. With Plan and Illustrations. Section II. Shakespeare's Land. Thirteenth Edition.
Sm. 8vo., Thirteenth Edition, with numerous sepia-toned photographs, and a full-page plan in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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MASH] [N.B.
SS Peter & Paul Swaffham. Pictorial Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly creased at edges else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1960.
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IDE HILL SOCIETY
Ide Hill Past and Present. By Members of the Ide Hill Society. [Third Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text and a folding map; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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BLIGHT J.T.
A Week at the Land's End. Week at the Land's End.
8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present), engraved title vignette, 10 engraved plates and very numerous woodcut illustrations in the text; original green cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip gilt laid down, brown endpapers, uncut, a most attractive, bright, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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CHAPLIN Tom
A Short History of the Narrow Boat. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
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CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL
Charterhouse Register 1872-1900.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with title-vignette, free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green top, upper hinge cracked else a bright, clean copy. Very scarce.
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PARISH Charles
The History of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne. Volume II 1896-1989. [With Contributions by Others].
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured portrait frontispiece, 6 plates and illustrations and plans in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PEARSON'S CANAL COMPANION
[Collection of 6 vols.]. East Midlands [with] Grand Union [with] 4 Counties Ring [with] Pennine Waters [with] Black Country Ring [with] South Midlands. COMPLETE SET OF PEARSON'S CANAL COMPANIONS
6 vols., oblong 4to., Mixed Impressions, with numerous photographs and maps throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, all very good, clean copies. The set comprises: East Midlands (first edition 1997); Grand Union (fifth impression 2000); 4 Counties Ring (sixth impression 2000); Pennine Waters (first edition 1995); Black Country Ring (fifth impression 2000); South Midlands (sixth impression 2000).
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PEARSON'S CANAL COMPANION
South Midlands & Warwickshire Ring. Also includes the Ashby Canal. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., with numerous photographs and maps throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
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SMITH Michael E.
Industrial Derbyshire.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; black, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL
Charterhouse. An Open Examination written by the Boys.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, illustrations in the text and endpapers maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MODEL RAILWAY NEWS
Model Railway News. Volumes XXX (1954), XXXI (1955), XXXII (1956). [12 numbers per volume]. FINE RUN IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout; strongly bound in publisher's green cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, all original pictorial wrappers preserved, a fine run.
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PULLAN B.
A History of the University of Manchester 1951-73. History of the University of Manchester 1951-73.
8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy.
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BRETT Simon
Marlborough College. A Short History and Guide. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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CHRIST'S HOSPITAL
Christ's Hospital. Four Hundred Years Old.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 13 plates on 12, small inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and small tape-mark at tail.
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HARRISON Michael
London beneath the Pavement.
8vo., First Edition, with 35 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, joint very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter with minor chipping at edges.
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TYDEMAN Richard
Without a City Wall. A Short Guide to St. Sepulchre without Newgate London. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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ALBERY William
A Parliamentary History of the Ancient Borough of Horsham 1295-1885. With some Account of every contested Election, and so far as can be ascertained, a List of Members Returned. [Introduction by Hilaire Belloc]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with decorative and printed titles, very numerous plates, illustrations, facsimiles and maps in the text, and patterned endpapers, title and a few following leaves lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, firm copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and small blind stamp on title.
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SALTER H. E.
Medieval Oxford [Facsimile re-issue]. edieval Oxford [Facsimile re-issue].
8vo., with a folding coloured plan as frontispiece and a large folding coloured plan; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a fine copy. Oxford Historical Society, vol. C. Much-needed and high quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1936. Cordeaux & Merry, 82 (recording the original edition).
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SALTER H. E.
Medieval Oxford. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with a folding coloured plan as frontispiece and a large folding coloured plan; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. Oxford Historical Society, vol. C. The original edition is very scarce in this condition. Cordeaux & Merry, 82
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MILLER G.C.
Hoghton Tower. The History of the Manor, the Hereditary Lords and the Ancient Manor-House of Hoghton in Lancashire.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 12 plates and plans, endpapers lightly browned; original cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. With a personal bookplate on front paste-down. A second edition was published in 1954. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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CURTIS Peter
In Times Past. Wood Green and Tottenham with West Green and Harringay. An Illustrated Journey into more peaceful life styles. [Third Edition]. FINE COPY
8vo.,Third Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. Augmented version of the editions of 1991 and 1992.
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BENNETT E.
The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights of the City of London 1670-1970.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 20 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PEDGLEY Berenice
Crowmarsh. A History of Crowmarsh Gifford, Newnham Murren, Mongewell and North Stoke. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text, lower corner clipped from title; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE.
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