‎Topography‎

‎MANCHESTER REGION.‎

‎Motoring and Hiking Map [of Manchester region]. including Accrington, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Burnley, Chester, Crewe, Liverpool, Macclesfield, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, Stockport, Wrexham. NEAR FINE COPY IN PICTORIAL WRAPPERS‎

‎Folding map on paper, coloured in outline, measuring 26.0 x 22.0 ins (approx. 66.0 x 55.5 cms) folding in 20 panels to 7.25 x 5.0 ins (apporox. 18.5 x 12.5 cms); pictorial wrappers, yapped edges, a near fine copy. SCARCE.‎

‎WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CLOCKMAKERS.‎

‎Catalogue of the Museum. of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers of London in the Guildhall Library, London. Third Edition. [Preface by G.H. Baillie]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE THIRD EDITION‎

‎8vo., Third Edition; dark grey cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Extensively enlarged version of the original edition of 1902.‎

‎CLARK Wallace‎

‎Linen on the Green. An Irish Mill Village 1730-1982. [Second Edition]. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY WITH A.L.s AND EPHEMERA‎

‎8vo., Second Edition, with plates, double-page pedigree and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON DEDICATION. SEVERAL A.L.s FROM THE AUTHOR TOGETHER WITH ITEMS OF RELEVANT EPHEMERA, INCLUDING OBITUARIES AND FLIERS, ARE LOOSELY INSERTED. The author gives the story of his family's company, William Clark Ltd of Upperlands, a foremost producer of Irish linen.‎

‎ADLAND David‎

‎Brighton's Music Halls. [Foreword by Roy Hudd]. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout, and endpaper maps; pictorial boards, a near fine copy. Near fine copy of a limited edition (this copy out-of-series). With list of subscribers at end. VERY SCARCE.‎

‎WARTER John Wood‎

‎The Seaboard and the Down. Or, My Parish in the South. By an old Vicar. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH‎

‎2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), title-vignettes, titles in red and black, text in printed panel with marginal references; publisher's red-brown cloth, sides with blind frame border, backs with printed paper labels, marbled endpapers, uncut, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in wholly unrestored period binding. Dedicated to the Archdeaconry of Chichester, this scarce work delivers a fascinating and valuable account of village and social life in mid-Victorian Sussex. Warter was Vicar of West Tarring and author of several other works on Sussex history and topography. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.‎

‎LECONFIELD Lord‎

‎Sutton and Duncton Manors. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a plate, 2 sketch-maps in the text and 2 large folding maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper. A companion volume to the author's 'Petworth Manor in the Seventeenth Century'‎

‎MEE (ed.) Arthur‎

‎The King's England. Buckinghamshire. Country of the Chiltern Hills. Edited by Arthur Mee. [Third Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., Third Impression, with frontispiece, numerous plates all toned in sepia, and folding map on japon, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original series binding of red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1940.‎

‎CRAM Ralph Adams‎

‎The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain. [First US Edition]. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE US EDITION‎

‎8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and plans; black cloth, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, an unusually bright, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its coloured bookplate on front paste-down, neat stamp on front free endpaper and small press-mark at tail of backstrip.‎

‎LEAKE W.R.M.‎

‎Gilkes and Dulwich 1885-1914. A Study of a Great Headmaster. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.‎

‎BROWN John‎

‎The History of Haverfordwest. with that of some Pembrokeshire Parishes. Revised and added to by J.W. Phillips and Fred J. Warren. [Revised and Enlarged Edition]. GOOD, CLEAN COPY OF THE ENLARGED EDITION‎

‎8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and illustrations; red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, covers mildly worn and age-marked else a good, clean copy. With the list of subscribers. SCARCE.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey. [Carlisle. Newcastle upon Tyne]. Sheet 1. Scale: Quarter Inch to One Mile. BRIGHT, SOUND COPY WITH SCARCE ADHESIVE COVER‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 27.0 x 34.0 ins (approx. 68 x 86 cms) folding in 36 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.0 cms), some mild age-soiling; ORIGINAL PRINTED LINEN COVER (present but detached), covers mildly age-soiled else a good, sound copy. The Quarter Inch Second Edition series began in 1909. Sheet 1 filled in with Scotland was published in 1915. The cover is the original 'Ordnance Survey' with location map, first adopted around 1910. THIS IS THE SCARCE ADHESIVE LINEN COVER (present but detached; the adhesive generally fails with age). SCARCE. Browne, 4.2.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey Two and a Half Inch Map. [Petersfield. Chichester. Worthing]. Sheet 41/90. Scale: 1: 25,000. Two and a Half Inches to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21.0 x 18.0 ins (approx. 53 x 45 cms) folding in 12 panels to 9.0 x 5.0 ins (approx. 22 x 13 cms), one or two tears at folds; original pictorial card wrappers, some light dust-soiling else a good, bright, clean copy. The 1:25000 Provision Edition was published from 1945 onwards. The cover is Vann's 'Six Lines' in blue and black with index map on buff. . Browne, 98.1.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Wales and the Marches. Quarter Inch Map. [Quarter-Inch Fifth Series Special Sheet. Scale: Quarter-Inch to One Mile]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH UNIQUE COVER‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 41 x 32 ins (approx. 104 x 81 cms) folding in 36 panels to 8.25 x 5.0 ins (approx. 21.0 x 13.0 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, some light dust-soiling, small closed tear in rear wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. Fifth Series Special Sheets were produced for a relatively small number of selected regions, and not included in the numbered sheet series. The cover is Reeves' 'Five Lines' in blue landscape format with Welsh Dragon in red. THIS COVER DESIGN IS UNIQUE, AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 100.2.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey 'One-Inch' Map. Fifth Edition. Bodmin. Sheet 136. [Scale: One Inch to One Mile]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 1936 REVISION‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 29 x 34 ins (approx. 73 x 86 cms) folding in 32 panels to 7.5 x 4.5 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The One-Inch Fifth Edition began publication in 1932; Sheet 136 was first issued in 1933. This is the 1936 revision. The cover is Ellis Martin's 'hiker on hillside' in blue and black with location map. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 23.2.ab.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey 'One-Inch' Map. Fifth Edition. Exeter. Sheet 138. [Scale: One Inch to One Mile]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIFTH EDITION‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 29 x 34 ins (approx. 73 x 86 cms) folding in 32 panels to 7.5 x 4.5 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms), mild dust-soiling at folds; original pictorial card wrappers, upper cover chipped at upper edge else a very good, bright, clean copy. The One-Inch Fifth Edition began publication in 1932; Sheet 138 was first issued in 1933. The cover is Ellis Martin's 'hiker on hillside' in blue and black with location map. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 23.2.ab.‎

‎G.F.CRUCHLEY‎

‎Cruchley's Railway and Station Map of the County of Bedford. Improved Edition. Sixpence Coloured. [Scale line: 4 inches to 7 miles]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 1882[?] ISSUE‎

‎Folding map coloured in outline on paper measuring 23 x 21 ins (approx. 58 x 53 cms) folding in 18 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms), a few short tears at fold edges; original pictorial card wrappers, wrapper fore-edges frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. 'Improved from the Ordnance Surveys, these superior County Maps give the Name of every Station, also the Name of the Company each Railway belongs to'. Cruchley began publishing their Railway maps in the early 1870s. There were usually several versions of each map from different publishers; the Gall & Inglis issues appear to date from the 1880s. Map features include lat/long scales; scale line; rivers; relief; hill hatching; woods/forests/parks; county; roads, railways; telegraphs. EXTREMELY SCARCE.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Fakenham. Sheet 57. Popular Edition. Scale: One Inch to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 1921 ISSUE‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21 x 30 ins (approx. 56 x 76 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.5 x 4.5 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The One-Inch Popular Edition series with striking 'cyclist on hillside' cover by Ellis Martin was first issued in in 1919; Sheet 125 was first published in 1920. The cover is 'cyclist on hillside' in black with sheet name in red and location map. This is the 1921 revision. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 11.1b.‎

‎HELLIWELL Roland‎

‎The Rambler's and Climber's North Wales. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎8vo., with photographs and full-page map in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. First published in 1947.‎

‎BARR] [Guy‎

‎The History of Icklesham Parish Church. Revised Edition‎

‎8vo., Revised Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a good, firm copy. First published in 1955.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Marlborough and Devizes. Sheet 112. Popular Edition. Scale: One Inch to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 1919 ISSUE‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22 x 30 ins (approx. 56 x 76 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The One-Inch Popular Edition series with striking 'cyclist on hillside' cover by Ellis Martin was first issued in in 1919; Sheet 112 was first published in that year. The cover is 'cyclist on hillside' in black with sheet name in red and location map. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 11.1b.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey Road Map of Carlisle. Sheet 2. Layers. Scale: Half-Inch to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE 1929 ISSUE‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22 x 30 ins (approx. 56 x 76 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, neat stamp on rear wrapper, a very good, bright, clean copy The Half-Inch Layered series with striking 'car and signpost' cover by Ellis Martin was first issued in in 1913; Sheet 2 was first published in that year. The cover is 'car and signpost' in green and brown with green sheet name. This is the 1929 revision. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 12.2a.‎

‎ORDNANCE SURVEY‎

‎Ordnance Survey Road Map of Norwich and Great Yarmouth. Sheet 19. Layers. Scale: Half-Inch to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE WWII ISSUE‎

‎Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22 x 30 ins (approx. 56 x 76 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, neat stamp on rear wrapper, a very good, bright, clean copy The Half-Inch Layered series with striking 'car and signpost' cover by Ellis Martin was first issued in in 1913; Sheet 19 was first published in 1914. The cover is 'car and signpost' in green and brown with green sheet name. This is the 1938 revision with roads corrected to 1937. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Browne, 12.2a.‎

‎WHEELER R.E. Mortimer‎

‎Maiden Castle, Dorset. Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries. No. XII BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION‎

‎4to., First Edition, with very numerous plates, maps, plans and diagrams (a number folding); brown buckram, gilt back, hinges starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with mild markings.‎

‎THOMAS Edward‎

‎A Literary Pilgrim in England. [First UK Edition]. GOOD, FIRM COPY‎

‎8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 7 coloured plates and 12 plates in monochrome, half-title browned; mid-blue cloth, upper board framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, covers unevenly sunned, backstrip faded (but all lettering entirely legible in blind), a good, firm copy. The last of Thomas's works, published a few months after his death at Arras in April 1917. The first UK edition (4 October) follows that of the US (22 September). See Eckert pp. 238-240.‎

‎PEPYS Samuel‎

‎His Majesty Preserved. An Account of King Charles II's Escape after the Battle of Worcester dictated to Samuel Pepys by the King himself. Reprinted from the First Edition with an Introduction by William Reese-Mogg. NEAR FINE COPY‎

‎vo. First Edition thus; original red boards gilt back covers just a little dust-soiled else a near fine copy‎