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SUSSEX HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST
Sussex Churches and their Treasures. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a bright, clean copy. SCARCE
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EVANS G.
The Story of Newcastle Emlyn and Atpar to 1531, with a concluding Survey. WITH THE ADDITIONAL PLATES
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 9 plates and a plan in the text, endpapers lightly browned; maroon buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, and partially unopened, a near fine copy. THE FOUR ADDITIONAL PLATES (ON 2) BY DR. D.L. THOMAS, NOT CALLED FOR IN THE LIST OF PLATES, ARE PRESENT WITH THIS COPY. VERY SCARCE.
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EVANS G.
The Story of the ancient Churches of Llandovery.
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates on 12, a folding facsimile and a large folding map; original maroon buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut and largely unopened, covers lightly damp-marked (not affecting text), else a very good, bright, clean copy. The definitive study, published under the auspices of the Cymmrodorian Society. VERY SCARCE.
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FERGUSON (ed.) R.S.
A Boke of Recorde or Register containing all the Acts and Doings in Kirkbiekendall [Kirkby Kendal] AD 1575. To which are added the several Charters granted by Q. Elizabeth, K. Charles I., and K. Charles II. LARGELY UNOPENED
8vo., First Edition; maroon cloth, sides with black frame border enclosing title in gilt, gilt back, brown endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, LARGELY UNOPENED copy. Published for the Cumberland & Westmoreland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society as Extra Series VII.
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NORTHY T.J.
The Popular History of Old and New Sarum.
8vo., First Edition, small corner clipped from front free endpaper, short clean tear on title, endpapers lightly browned; original blue cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip sunned, frayed at head (not affecting lettering) and with short split in lower joint, a good, firm copy. SCARCE
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STOKES (ed.) H.P.
The Chaplains and the Chapel of the University of Cambridge (1256-1568).
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 4 plates and a plan in the text; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, uncut, wrappers a little worn, small loss at head and tail of backstrip else a good, clean sound copy. Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Octavo Publications. No. XLI. Very scarce. Not recorded by Clark.
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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF MERCHANT TAYLORS
The Merchant Taylors' Company in the City of London [with] Grant of Arms from Taylors and Linen Armourers to Merchant Taylors in the City of London. FINE COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; pictorial and printed wrappers, folded and wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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PHILLPOTTS Eden
A West Country Pilgrimage. Illustrated by A. . Benthall. 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
4to., First Edition, with 16 mounted coloured plates; black buckram, gilt back, gilt top, bevelled boards, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Hinton records that 1000 copies were printed. Hinton p.95.
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WEBSTER A.D.
The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill. History and Antiquities. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with folding frontispiece map, 24 plates and map, title spotted, some light foxing (mainly marginal) throughout; green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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KITCHIN G.W.
Documents relating to the Chapter of Winchester, 1541-1547 [with] Documents relating to Winchester Cathedral in the Seventeenth Century. ocuments relating to the Chapter of Winchester, 1541-1547 [with] Documents relating to Winchester Cathedral in the Seventeenth Century.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with facsimiles and maps; original series binding of black buckram, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. Hampshire Record Society, vols. 1, 2 respectively.
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'SOUTHEASTERN'
The Tramways of Woolwich and South East London. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text; burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COMPTON Piers
The Story of Bisham Abbey. [Second Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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EDWARDS W.
The Early History of the North Riding. IN PUBLISHER'S DELUXE BINDING
Sm. folio, First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates and illustrations in the text, and folding map at end; publisher's deluxe binding of full blue morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, crisp copy.
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PEDRICK M.
Moor Park: The Grosvenor Legacy. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Sm. folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles throughout, and large folding coloured map in pocket at end; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Detailed account of the mansion and estate, now a prestigious golfing complex. During WWII it served as HQ for 1st Airborne Corps, part of 21st Army Group, and the spearhead of MARKET GARDEN at Arnhem and Oosterbeck. Urquhart played the course the day before departure for Arnhem.
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ROMANY, pseud.
Out with Romany Again. Illustrations by Reg Gammon and Photographs by the Author. Seventh Impression. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Seventh Impression, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, small neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; original terracotta pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Issued from the publisher's wartime address at St. Hugh's School, Bickley, Kent. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BENSUSAN S.L.
Comment from the Countryside. Introduction by H. . Gwynne. Photographs by Marian Bensusan.
8vo., First Edition, with plates toned in sepia, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Collects no fewer than sixty-seven short stories by the laureate of the Essex marches. SCARCE.
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RIVET A.L.F.
The Place-Names of Roman Britain. [Second Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Impression; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of the definitive record.
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GRAYLING Francis
County Churches. Kent. [Complete set]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
2 vols., sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous plates and endpaper maps; original series binding of green cloth, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, backstrips lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean set. With the trade ticket of Weatherhead of Folkestone on front paste-down. Published in Allen's much sought-after 'County Churches' series. Vol. I: A-G; Vol. II: H to Y.
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DUDDEN (ed.)] [F.H.
Handbook to the University of Oxford. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece, 23 plates, a full-page plan in the text, two large folding maps and front endpaper maps in red and black; original blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of an indispensable guide to Oxford in the Thirties. Part I was completed in 1932, Part II is revised to 1933. Cordeaux & Merry 1568 (recording the first edition).
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MORRIS J.E.
County Churches. Surrey. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of green cloth, upper board elaborately blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in Allen's much sought-after 'County Churches' series.
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ALLCROFT A. Hadrian
Waters of Arun. With Biographical and Bibliographical Notes. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and numerous maps (2 folding on japon), neat contemporary inscription on half-title; green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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HILLS W. H.
The History of East Grinstead.
8vo., First Edition, endpapers and half-title lightly spotted; original red cloth, gilt back, boards unevenly sunned, short tear in lower joint (but binding entirely sound), backstrip lightly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a good, clean copy. With the list of subscribers. SCARCE.
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LITTMAN L.T.S.
Ashley Chase. A Dorset Domain.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
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BIRCH Walter de Grey
A History of Margam Abbey . Derived from the Original Documents in the British Museum, HM Record Office, the Margam Muniments etc. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and plans (a number folding) and illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, case a little shaken else a very good, clean copy. SCARCE
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BURL Aubrey
The Stone Circles of the British Isles. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, diagrams and plan in the text; pale blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Nice copy of the standard reference.
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COURTNEY M.A.
Cornish Feasts and FolkLore. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY
8vo. First Edition, title browned; original plum cloth, gilt back, bevelled boards, patterned endpapers, a very good, bright, clean, copy. With the fine nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Joseph Bevan Braithwaite on front paste-down. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. Revised and reprinted from the Folk-Lore Society Journa
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KING Peter
The Mystery of the Coventry Cappers. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition, with frontispiece, facsimiles in the text and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The Company and Fellowship of the Gild of Cappers and Feltmakers is one of the few remaining merchant guilds which can trace its origin back to the Middle Ages.
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ROBERTS FAMILY
Accounts of the Roberts Family of Boarzell, Sussex c. 1568-1582. Edited by Robert Tittler. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition, inked scribble on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Sussex Record Society Vol. 71.
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KNOWLES David K.
Monastic Sites from the Air. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with title in blue and black, 138 fine photographs (the majority full-page) in the text and a full-page map, free endpapers lightly spotted; original blue buckram, gilt back, bevelled boards, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter creased and frayed at edges, rubbed at fold-ins and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip
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STUART Dennis
County Borough. The History of Burton upon Trent-1901-1974. Part I: Edwardian Burton. Part II: 1914-1974. COMPLETE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations, and maps and pictorial endpapers; cloth (red/blue respectively), upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WALKER R.J.B.
Old Westminster Bridge. The Bridge of Fools. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, beige endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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COLLARD John A.
A Maritime History of Rye. [First Paperback Edition]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo. First Edition thus, with frontispiece, numerous plates and illustrations, and 16 maps (a number folding); original pictorial wrappers, a very good clean copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE
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FOREMAN Martin
Further Excavations at the Dominican Priory, Beverley 1986-89. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio First Edition with numerous plates illustrations plans and diagrams (a number folding); blue cloth gilt back a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sheffield Excavation Reports 4.
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GRIEVE H.
The Sleepers and the Shadows. Chelmsford: a Town, its People and its Past. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispieces illustrations and maps in the text and endpaper maps; cloth gilt backs a near fine set in dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION SET FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON DEDICATION OF FIRST VOLUME. The set comprises Vol. I: The Medieval and Tudor Story; Vol. II: From Market Town to Chartered Borough 1608-1888
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HICKMAN T.
Images of Loughborough and District. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and very numerous photographs throughout; black cloth backstrip lettered in silver a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MARSHALL W.A.L.
A Century of London Weather. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition with numerous charts and tables; blue cloth upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PETRIE Henry
Sussex Churches. The Sharpe Collection of Watercolours and Drawings 1797-1809 mainly by Henry Petrie. The Property of the Sussex Archaeological Society.
Sm. 4to. First Edition with portrait frontispiece and plates; original pictorial wrappers a very good bright clean copy. This outstanding collection is now housed at Michelham Priory Upper Dicker near Hailsham. SCARCE.
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BUNGAY
The Churches of Bungay. Third Edition. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with photographs in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements.
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CUNLIFFE Bruce
Excavations at Fishbourne, 1961. First Interim Report. NEAR FINE COPY
4to. with plates and three plans (2 folding); printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. Offprinted from The Antiquaries Journal vol. XLII Part I.
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LAVENHAM
The Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Lavenham. 3rd Edition. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo. Third Edition with photographs in the text; printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements
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LEOMINSTER
The Priory Church, Leominster. A Brief Survey, Historical and Architectural. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo. First Edition with photographs (a number full-page) in the text and a full-page plan in red and black; original printed wrappers wire-stitched as issued photograph mounted on upper cover yapped edges a near fine copy. SCARCE
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CLARE Albert
The City Temple 1640-1940. The Tercentenary Commemoration Volume. [Foreword by Leslie D. Weatherhead]. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, NEAR FINE COPY
8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and plates neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth backstrip lettered in black a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH A POSTCARD PORTRAIT OF THE REV. JOSPEH PARKER MOUNTED ON HALF-TITLE AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF LESLIE WEATHERHEAD MOUNTED ON TITLE VERSO FACING FOREWORD AND A SIGNED POSTCARD PORTRAIT OF REV. R J CAMPBELL MOUNTED ON REAR F
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YATES Jack
Lincolnshire. A Shell Guide. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text, double-page coloured map and photographic endpapers; red cloth, backstrip blocked in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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SMITH Juliet
Northamptonshire and the Soke of Peterborough. A Shell Guide. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text, double-page coloured map and photographic endpapers; khaki cloth, backstrip blocked in red, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Revised version of the first edition of 1968.
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SHARP Thomas
Northumberland. A Shell Guide. [Second Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED SECOND STATE DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text, 2 coloured maps (one double-page) and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published as 'Northumberland & Durham' in 1937. The dustwrapper is the second state with multiple photographs priced at 15s. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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PIPER John
Oxfordshire (not including the City of Oxford). A Shell Guide. [Second Edition]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in navy, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the advertisement leaf at end. One of the scarcest titles in this much-loved series. This is the revised version of Piper's original edition of 1938. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HOSKINS W.G.
Rutland. A Shell Guide. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page), full-page map in the text and photographic endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arguably the scarcest title in this much-loved series. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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THOROLD Henry
Staffordshire. A Shell Guide. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous illustrations (a number full-page), double-page coloured map and photographic endpapers; terracotta cloth, backstrip blocked in cream, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HICKMAN Douglas
Warwickshire. [A Shell Guide]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs (many full-page) throughout, double-page coloured map and photographic endpapers; orange cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WATKIN Bruce
Buckinghamshire. A Shell Guide. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, double-page coloured map and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of grey cloth, backstrip blocked in navy, a near fine copy in unclipp Expanded version of Nash's original edition of 1937.
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