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WATERS Ivor
Inns and Taverns of the Chepstow District. Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and folding map; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly dust-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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COLE Thomas Holwell
The Antiquities of Hastings and the Battlefield. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, title clipped at upper outer corner; original dark red cloth, boards framede in blind, upper board lettered in gilt, cream endpapers, boards mildly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the list of subscribers. SCARCE. Not recorded by Anderson.
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WARD LOCK RED GUIDE
A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Worthing,. The South Downs, Lancing, Shoreham, Littlehampton, Arundel, with a special Section for Motorists. Seventh Edition - Revised. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Sm. 8vo., Seventh Edition, with folding map as frontispiece, plates and maps (a number folding), contemporary annotations on front free endpaper; original series binding of limp red cloth covers printed in black, radial corners, cream advertisement endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and 48pp of trade advertisements at rear. The Red Guide series has several versions devoted to Worthing and the adjacent Sussex coast. This is a very nice copy of an early issue
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ODELL Mary Theresa
Some Playbills of the Old Theatre, Worthing. The Theatre Royal, 1807-1855. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous portraits and full-page facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With 'publication delayed' slip mounted on title. By far the scarcest of Odell's monographs on the Old Theatre. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ODELL Mary Theresa
The Old Theatre, Worthing. The Theatre Royal, 1807-1855. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, monochrome plates, and numerous facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; green cloth, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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BYRON Robert
Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views. [First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on cream stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers faintly browned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1935, this is one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. The Gazetteer was compiled by Edith Olivier. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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DOUGLAS M.A.
The Godolphin School 1726-1926. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plates, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, fore-edge lightly dust-soiled; original ivory buckram, upper board blocked with school crest in red, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and worn with minor loss at edges. With a copy of a printed School booklet loosely inserted. SCARCE.
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BLOOM J. Harvey
Bygone Streatham. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; marbled wrappers, sewed as issued, yapped edges, covers lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. Considerably scarcer in the original wrappers than its clothbound counterpart. SCARCE.
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PETWORTH
Petworth (Sussex). Rural District Guide. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Rural England series No. 72. With trade advertisements at front and rear. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BYRON Robert
Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views. [First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on cream stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers faintly browned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1935, this is one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. The Gazetteer was compiled by Edith Olivier. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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QUENNELL C.H.B.
Somerset. Shell Guide. [Edited by John Betjeman. First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on green stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and patterned endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in red and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers lightly spotted (as often), a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1936, this one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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LITTEN Julian
The English Way of Death. The Common Funeral since 1450. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 30 coloured plates on 16 and over 100 monochrome photographs in the text; cloth, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Ununusual and well-illustrated study published to coincide with (but not tied to) a major exhibition al London's Victoria & Albert Museum. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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FALKNER C.G.
History of Weymouth College to 1901. Including a Chapter on the History of Melcombe Regis and Weymouth. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
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WOODRUFFE Brian J.
Wiltshire Villages. Photographs by the Author and Patricia M. Woodruffe. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and double-page map; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STEDMAN A.R.
Marlborough and the Upper Kennet Country. BRIGHT, FIRM COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 14 plates and a double-page map; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little faded else a very good, clean copy. The first substantial history of the region since Waylen in 1854.
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DITCHFIELD, ed. P. H.
Memorials of Old Oxfordshire. BRIGHT, FIRM COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, 22 plates and numerous line illustrations in the text, half-title and title spotted, some light marginal spotting throughout, neat signature on front free endpaper; original ivory buckram, sides with double frame border in gilt enclosing lettering in red and black and series medallion in gilt, backstrip lettered in red and black and ruled in gilt, bevelled edges, gilt top, uncut, patterned endpapers, backstrip lightly browned, tiny split in upper hinge else a very good, firm, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Published in Bemrose's invaluable 'Memorials of' series, collating twenty-one extended historical accounts. Cordeaux & Merry 203.
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DENNY Barbara
Kensington in Old Photographs. Compiled from the Collection in Kensington Central Library. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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EVANS Geoffrey
Kensington. FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, plates and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PONTING Kenneth G.
Wiltshire Portraits. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DORLING E. E.
A History of Salisbury. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, and full-page illustrations in the text; grey boards, upper board blocked and lettered in blue, blue cloth back lettered in gilt, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy.
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BOWEN The Hon. W.E.
Edward Bowen. A Memoir. With Appendices and Illustrations. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 2 portraits in photogravure (original tissue guards present) and 2 plates, endpapers lightly browned; navy buckram, upper board with crest blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, fresh copy. With 40pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Encomium written for the eminent Harrow schoolmaster. Uncommon in this condition.
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MARTIN Martin
A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. Second Edition. [Facsimile reissue]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Facsimile Reissue, with folding map and folding plan; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed high quality facsimile reissue of the second edition of 1716. Anderson, p.367 (recording the original edition).
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WILTSHIRE.
A History of Wiltshire. Volume XIII. South-West Wiltshire: Chalke and Dunworth Hundreds. Edited by D.A. Crowley. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with title in red and black, plates and maps, neat signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of red buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BUXTON David
Wiltshire of One Hundred Years Ago. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrated title, numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BROAD CHALKE.
Broad Chalke. A History of a South Wiltshire Village, its Land and its People over 2000 Years. By the People of the Village. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial boards lettered in green, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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WARD John
The Roman Era in Britain. [Antiquary's Books]. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 77 illustrations, maps and diagrams in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Published in the valuable and authoritative 'Antiquary's Books' series. Bonser 86.
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MELVILLE Lewis
Brighton: its History, its Follies and its Fashions. FIRM WORKING COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates, free endpapers browned; original red buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers mildly age-marked and rubbed at extremities, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), a good, firm working copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at rear.
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YEO Geoffrey
Images of Bart's. An Illustrated History of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the City of London. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HAINES Charles Reginald
Dover Priory. A History of the Priory of St. Mary the Virgin, and St. Martin of the New Work. With a Foreword by G.G. Coulton. DOVER COLLEGE PRESENTATION BINDING PLUS SCARCE BOOKLET
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in blue full calf, sides with double frame border in gilt, upper board with Priory seal blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, fore-edge mildly spotted, backstrip moderately sunned else a near fine copy in presentation binding. With the presentation bookplate of Dover College signed by headmaster W S Lee mounted on front paste-down. Dover College was founded in (and still occupies) the grounds of the Benedictine Priory. LOOSELY INSERTED IS A COPY OF S.P. Punton-Smith: 'A Short History of the Buildings of the Priory of S. Mary and S. Martin (Newark), Dover' printed for private circulation in 1920 and scarce in its own right. A MOST ATTRACTIVE ASSOCIATION COPY. Bennett pp.121, 125 respectively.
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HARPER Charles G
The Manchester and Glasgow Road. This Way to Gretna Green. Vol. I: London to Manchester; Vol. II: Manchester to Glasgow. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, titles in red and black, title-vignettes, and numerous plates and illustrations in the text; original pictorial buff cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in black, uncut, covers moderately age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HARPER Charles G
The Bath Road. History, Fashion and Frivolity on an Old Highway. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, title-vignette, and numerous plates and illustrations in the text, frontispiece guard spotting lightly offset to title; original pictorial buff cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, uncut, a very good, bright, fresh copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ALLAM David P.
A Brief History of Hotham Park House, Bognor Regis. Written and compiled by David P. Allam and Ronald Iden. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and folding plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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MAYNARD Rev. John W.
The King & Queen at Craigweil 1929. A Contemporary Account of Events recorded by the Rev. G.G. Knox, Vicar of Pagham, in his Letters and in the Parish Magazine. Edited and with an Introduction by the Rev. John W. Maynard. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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WOLFORTH William
Aldwick Parish Council Guide. Compiled and edited by William Wolforth. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with photographs and double-page map in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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PAGHAM.
St. Thomas a Becket's, Pagham. A Guide to the Church, Parish and Harbour. [New Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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HARMER] [H.R.H.
A Picture of Bognor Regis. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With relevant cuttings loosely inserted.
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BLACKMAN R.
Pagham & Nyetimber in the Early 1900s. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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MEYNELL Esther
Sussex Cottage. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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HARPER Charles G
The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford and Cromer Road. Sport and History on an East Anglian Turnpike. Illustrated by the Author, and from old-time Prints and Pictures. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY WITH CARTHEW BOOKPLATE
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, title-vignette, 26 plates and numerous illustrations in the text, minimal spotting to text; original pictorial terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in dark red, uncut, a well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp, firm copy. With the fine etched armorial bookplate of R.J. Carthew on front paste-down, and blind stamp of WH Smith on front free endpaper.
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PYATT Edward C
Chalkways of South and South-East England. Maps compiled by Gillian Pyatt. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With appendices on archaeology, birds, flowers and official paths.
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KENT William
An Encyclopaedia of London. [Revised Edition]. '[Festival of Britain' edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 'FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN' EDITION
8vo., Best Edition, with a frontispiece and 15 plates, some moderate offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. First published in 1937, 'Kent' is the most detailed single-volume encyclopaedia of London and an invaluable period guide to places, institutions and infrastructure. This substantially revised edition was produced to coincide with the Festival of Britain, albeit that the major South Bank site (frontispiece) was still under construction. It also includes coverage of wartime depredations. Later editions suffered from the usual economies of scale and production. A very nice copy and uncommon in this condition.
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CHAMBERS George F
Tourists' Guide to the County of Sussex. containing full Information concerning all its favourite Places of Resort, both on the Coast and Inland. Fourth edition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Sm. 8vo., Fourth Edition, with large folding map as frontispiece, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly spotted; original terracotta cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing title in gilt, gilt back, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 40pp of trade advertisements at end.
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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF POULTERS.
The Charter of the Worshipful Company of Poulters, London. Its Orders, Ordinances and Constitutions: also, Acts granted by the Corporation of London. With a List of the Estates and Charities of the said Company. ORIGINAL PRINTING OF THE POULTERS' CHARTER
4to., First Edition, title and last leaf lightly browned; original brown cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing Company arms and title all in gilt, bevelled boards, gilt edges, black endpapers, upper cover lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Includes the Court of Assistants, Liverymen not on the Court, and list of Masters from 1688. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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LAMBORN E.A. Greening
The Armorial Glass of the Oxford Diocese 1250-1850. NEAR FINE COPY WITH ARMORIAL BOOKPLATES
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 64 fine plates and several folding pedigrees; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly browned dustwrapper. With the armorial bookplate of Arthur Henry Edwards on front paste-paste and front free endpaper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cordeaux & Merry 1323.
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EPSOM COLLEGE.
Epsom College Register 1855-1954. Edited by T.R. Thomson. BRIGHT COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, neat signatures on front free endpaper; blue cloth, upper board blocked in school arms in gilt, gilt back, boards lightly faded at lower edge else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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MORRIS Ernest
The History and Art of Change Ringing. With a Foreword by the Rev. Canon G.F. Coleridge. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous sepia-toned plates, and illustrations and musical scores in the text; handsomely bound in in navy full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A splendid copy of scarce keynote work.
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SUSSEX.
The Victoria History of the County of Sussex. Edited by L.F. Salzman. Volume Nine. The Rape of Hastings. THE ORIGINAL EDITION: 650 COPIES WERE PRINTED
Sm. folio, title and series title in red and black, with coloured frontispiece, 96 plates on 61, 87 illustrations and 40 plans (4 full-page) in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of red cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a fine copy. 650 COPIES WERE PRINTED. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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LLOYD Thomas
The Lost Houses of Wales. A Survey of Country Houses in Wales demolished since c.1900. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
Oblong, 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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NORFOLK.
The Victoria History of the County of Norfolk. Volume 1, ed. Arthur Doubleday [with] Volume 2, ed. William Page. THE ORIGINAL EDITION: 1000 COPIES WERE PRINTED
2 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, ALL PUBLISHED, with plates, illustrations, maps and plans; original series binding of red cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, uncut, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean set. 1000 COPIES OF EACH VOLUME WERE PRINTED. All published to date, though several other volumes have been in preparation for many years. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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LEVETT Ada E.
Studies in Manorial History. Edited by H. Cam, M. Coate and L.S. Sutherland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 2 full-page facsimiles toned in sepia and a folding map; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. The original edition of this scarce standard reference.
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