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WINGFIELD-STRATFORD Esme
The Squire and his Relations. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, upper hinge tender (but binding wholly sound), a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
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WHITTING P. D.
A History of Hammersmith based upon that of Thomas Faulkner in 1839. Edited for the Hammersmith Local History Group.
8vo., First Edition, with a facsimile title as frontispiece and 8 plates; printed wrappers as issued, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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EADON W.
Handbook to Rugby and Neighbourhood.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 11 plates and a large folding map; original red cloth, upper board lettered in black, cream endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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JINKS A. K.
An Illustrated Guide and Souvenir of Pevensey. The Mint House, Castle and Town. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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SALZMAN L.F.
The History of the Parish of Hailsham, The Abbey of Otham and the Priory of Michelham 1901. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with plates, wanting front free endpaper; original olive cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. With small trade ticket on front paste-down. EXTREMELY SCARCE
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DENNY Barbara
Chelsea Past. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and maps in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WALKER Annabel
Kensington & Chelsea. A Social and Architectural History. With Peter Jackson. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout, and endpaper maps; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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HOPE, V.
The Freedom. The Past and Present of the Livery, Guilds and City of London. Foreword by Sir Christopher Leaver.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, very numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and endpaper maps; red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. NO. 1440 OF AN UNSPECIFIED LIMITATION. With a relevant leaflet depicting Company arms in colour loosely inserted.
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WILLIAMS Marjorie
Lady Luxborough goes to Bath. [Second Impression]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., Second Impression, with a portrait frontispiece, plates and plans, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, covers very lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at upper edge of front panel.
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PHILLIPS Robert
A Geological, Historical and Topographical Description of the Borough of Reigate. Edited by T.R. Hooper. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 50 (plus 2 extra) plates and 5 maps (3 folding; one mounted on hand-made paper), some light and generally inoffensive age-soiling, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary; original green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, terracotta endpapers, expertly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements at rear. VERY SCARCE. NOT RECORDED BY ANDERSON.
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WELLS C.
A Short History of the Port of Bristol. Short History of the Port of Bristol.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and diagrams (a number folding); cloth, gilt back, cxovers lightly age-soiled, backstrip mildly frayed at head else a very good, clean copy. VEREY SCARCE
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GARNER Frank H.
The Cattle of Britain. [Fourth Edition].
8vo., Fourth Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. First published in 1944.
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MACARTHUR Wilson
The River Conway. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one closed tear.
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CLOAKE J.
Cottages and Common Fields of Richmond and Kew.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations; cloth, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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NORTHUMBERLAND
Engraved County map of Northumberland. BRIGHT COPY WITH GOOD CONTEMPORARY COLOURING
Engraved map on paper measuring 9.0 x 7.0 ins (approx. 23 x 18 cms), COLOURED BY HAND IN FRAME AND OUTLINE, small loss at bottom (blank) left-hand corner else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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GLOVER S.
The History of the County of Derby: drawn up from actual Observation, and from the best Authorities; containing a Variety of Geological, Mineralogical, Commercial and Statistical Information. Edited by Thomas Noble. THE SCARCE ORIGINAL EDITION
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding engraved map (lightly spotted) as frontispiece, 12 copper-engraved plates (including portraits), very numerous wood-engraved illustrations (including armorial bearings and brasses), pedigrees and plans (many full-page) in the text, 8 folding or full-page pedigrees and 2 folding plans; original publisher's blue cloth, sides with multiple frame border enclosing a decorative spray all in black, gilt backs, hinges cracked (but bindings entirely sound), one or two short tears in backstrips else a very good, clean copy. A standard county history, complete with list of subscribers. The folding county map in particular is often missing. The first edition is very elusive. It was reissued with an altered title two years later, and this version was subsequently reprinted at least twice. The abridged 'third' edition of 1843 was reprinted in facsimile in 1992. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Astonishingly, not recorded by Anderson who lists only the second issue of 1831.
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RAISTRICK A.
Malham and Malham Moor. Illustrated by Constance Pearson.
4to., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 11 monochrome illustrations in the text; boards, cloth back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately creased and frayed with minor loss at edges
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WHITE John
Southlands. Workhouse and Hospital [Worthing]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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THOMAS Gwyn
A Welsh Eye. Drawings by John Dd. Evans.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations; green tweed cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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JERROLD Walter
Highways and Byways in Middlesex. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations in the text ( a number full-page) and folding map, endpapers lightly browned as usual; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, a very bright, clean, crisp copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Spielmann & Jerrold, 47.
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PARKER Eric
Highways and Byways in Surrey. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and a folding map, free endpapers lightly browned as usual, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end. Spielmann & Jerrold, 45.
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VEREY David
Gloucestershire. A Shell Guide. Revised by David Verey. [Second Edition]. IN UNCLIPPED FIRST STATE DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, and coloured rear endpaper maps; original series binding of red cloth, backstrip lettered in red and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with a few closed tears and minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. The dustwrapper is the first state showing Lodge Park. West's original edition was published in 1939.
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HADFIELD Charles
Introducing Canals. A Guide to British Waterways Today. Illustrated by John James. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, numerous plates and illustrations in the text, and 2 full-page maps; original green buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small loss at front lower corner. A lovely copy of Hadfield's classic account which did much to rekindle interest in canals and waterways in the later post-war period. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MIDGLEY Patricia W.
The Northenders. A Disappeared Community. An Account of the Fisherfolk of King's Lynn 1185-1940. [Second Edition]. FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. First published in 1987. SCARCE
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ROGATE. TERWICK.
Rogate and Terwick News. FINE RUN IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
45 parts, 8vo., First Edition; original wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine run. The run comprises 2005 (12 parts complete); 2006 (12 parts complete); 2007 (12 parts complete); 2008 (9 parts January to September). Each part has a print run of 425 copies. RUNS OF THIS CALIBRE ARE SCARCE.
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GATES William G.
Portsmouth in the Past. With a new Introduction by Margaret Guy. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. Much-needed facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1926.
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BRITISH ASSOCIATION
Manchester and its Region. A Survey prepared for the Meeting held in Manchester August 29 to September 2 1962. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip.
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RAY George E.
The Book of Chorleywood and Chenies. [Subscribers' Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, numerous photographs and endpaper maps; white cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO SUBSCRIBERS' COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 180).
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WATSON J.S.
A History of the Salters' Company. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a coloured frontispiece and 6 plates; buckram gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. The first printed history of the Company
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WOOD Robert
West Hartlepool. The Rise and Development of a Victorian New Town. [Third Edition]. FINE COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with plates and maps; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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FISHER F.J.
A Short History of the Worshipful Company of Horners. [Second Edition]. FINE COPY WITH COMPANY BOOKPLATE
8vo., Second Edition, with plates; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 792). Limited reissue of the original edition of 1936.
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ALDEN E.C.
Alden's Oxford Guide. With Key-Plan of the University and City. [Thirty-Ninth Edition]. One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Thousand.
Sm. 4to., Thirty-Ninth Edition, with colored frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 8 plates in monochrome, large folding map coloured in outline, and front endpaper map; original limp blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the Notice dated August 1913 printed on red stock and mounted facing front free endpaper. With very numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. Cordeaux & Merry 250; Upcott, p.243 (recording the first edition of 1874).
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BRADLEY A.G.
Highways and Byways in the Lake District. With Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. [First Pocket Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE POCKET EDITION
8vo., First Edition thus, with a frontispiece, numerous charming illustrations in the text and a large folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, a near fine copy. With the bookplate of the Selkirk Hill & Rock Club Library on front paste-down. Nice copy of the first pocket edition of this famous guide, first published in 1901. The early titles of the Pocket series are distinguished by their superior blocking and lettering. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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CHANDLER George
Liverpool. Sponsored by Liverpool City Council to celebrate the 750th Anniversary of Liverpool's first Charter. [Foreword by Alderman J. Braddock].
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, coloured title-vignette, very numerous coloured and monochrome plates (a number double-page) and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, firm copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately browned and with loss at edges.
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WALCOTT M.E.C.
A Guide to the Coasts of Durham and Northumberland descriptive of natural Scenery, historical, legendary and archaeological. IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Sm. 8vo., First Edition [Sole Edition], wanting front free endpaper; original brown pebble-grain cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, joints a little rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes full index of places. RARE. Not recorded by Upcott, who lists only the author's companion work on the East Coast of England.
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COMPTON T.
A Mendip Valley, its Inhabitants and Surroundings, being an enlarged and illustrated Edition of Winscombe Sketches. With original Illustrations by Edward Theodore Compton, and a Chapter on the Geological History of the Mendips by Professor Morgan.
8vo., First Edition, with a tinted frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 15 tinted plates, 34 charming illustrations in the text, a full-page facsimile and a full-page map; original cloth gilt, gilt back, bevelled boards, patterned green endpapers, uncut, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, corners lightly bruised else a very good, firm, clean copy. The author's first work 'Winscombe Sketches' was issued unillustrated in 1867 with a second, revised, edition in 1882. The present work is considerably expanded and adds illustrations for the first time. SCARCE.
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KNOWLDEN P.
West Wickham. Past into Present. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy. Published a year after the first edition.
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DUNNE Nigel
The Redhill Story. The Redhill Story.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) throughout; pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy.
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MARTIN E.W.
A Wanderer in the West Country. Drawings by Heather Copley and Christopher Chamberlain.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous drawings (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper.
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TRENHOLME E.C.
The Story of Iona. [Illustrated by F.M. Richmond]. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. SCARCE
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BULLEID A.
The Meare Lake Village. COMPLETE SET IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
3 vols., 4to., First Edition, with numerous plates, illustrations and maps; printed boards, cloth backs, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean set.
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MARSHALL J.D.
Portrait of Cumbria. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and a double-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Hale's much-collected 'Portrait' series.
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RIVET (ed.) A.L.F.
The Iron Age in Northern Britain. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and large folding map; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WEINBAUM Martin
English Borough Charters 1307-1660.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, backstrip sunned else a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down and neat blind stamp on title.
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SCARFE Norman
Essex. A Shell Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, a double-page coloured map, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
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MEE (ed.) Arthur
The King's England. Staffordshire. Beauty and the Black Country. [Fourth Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Impression, with a frontispiece, numerous plates all toned in sepia, and rear endpaper map, free endpapers very lightly spotted; original series binding of red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1937.
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AIR MINISTRY
British Rainfall, 1922. The Sixty-Second Annual Volume of the British Rainfall Organization. Report on the Distribution of Rain in Space and Time over the British Isles during the Year 1922.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, numerous tables and maps in the text and a folding map; purple cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper. VERY SCARCE
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WHITE Walter
A Londoner's Walk to the Land's End and a Trip to the Scilly Isles [made in 1854]. Second [and Best] Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE BEST EDITION
8vo., Second Edition, with a folding engraved map as frontispiece and 3 folding engraved maps; original green cloth, upper board withy blind frame border enclosing title and author in gilt, gilt back, red sprinkled edges, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, fresh copy. With the engraved bookplates of C J Peacock and Alfred Pounder on front paste-down and front free endpaper respectively. The engraved county maps by Hall (of Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire and Hampshire) are unusually crisp and clean. A previous owner has encased the cloth covers in clear plastic. Lovely copy of the corrected and expanded version of the original edition of 1855. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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SARGEANT Gilbert
A Sussex Life. The Memories of Gilbert Sargent Countryman. Edited by Dave Arthur. With a Foreword by Ronald Blythe. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with pates and illustrations in the text; tan cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MITCHELL W.S.
East Sussex. A Shell Guide. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in blue and black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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