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ADAM Frank
The Clans, Septs and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands. Revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney. Eighth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Eighth Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted at fold-ins.
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DAVIDSON James
Bibliotheca Devoniensis. A Catalogue of Printed Books relating to the County of Devon. THE ORIGINAL EDITION WITH SUPPLEMENT IN CONTEMPORARY HALF CALF
Sm. 4to., First Edition, title and preliminaries very lightly spotted; attractively bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back with raised bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments elaborately ruled and tooled in gilt, marbled edges, county coloured map sections as paste-downs, marbled free endpapers, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the list of subscribers and [first] Supplement bound in. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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BELLARS Margaret
Kingston Then and Now. with Surbiton, Malden, Worcester Park, Tolworth, Chessington, Thames Ditton. [Second Edition] IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., Second Edition, with plates toned in sepia; pictorial wrappers, covers mildly creased else a very good, bright, clean copy. Published two years after the first edition.
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STEER Francis W.
Minute Book of the Common Council of the City of Chichester 1783-1826. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. SRS Vol. 62.
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SMITH Verena
The Town Book of Lewes 1837-1901. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. SRS Vol. 70.
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HIME, ed. Juliet
People of Sussex. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and coloured photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BLANN Rob
A Town's Pride. Victorian Lifeboatmen and their Community. NEAR FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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HOLDEN Paul
Brave Lads of Sunny Worthing. A Seaside Town during the Great War. NEAR FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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FARRANT David S.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home. For disabled ex-Servicemen, Gifford House, Worthing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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GREENSLADE M.W.
A History of Staffordshire. Cartography by M.J. Naldrett. [Darwen County History series.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; ivory cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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EDWARDS A.C.
A History of Essex. Drawings by Carolyn Lockwood. Darwen County History series. [Fourth Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Fourth Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in 1958.
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STANFORD John J.
Warnham. A History of Sport and Pastimes. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS BUT WANTING TITLE
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text, WANTING TITLE; pictorial wrappers, covers lightly age-marked else a bright, clean copy. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON FRONT INSIDE WRAPPER. Sold from an institution with its stamps on endpapers and press mark at backstrip. SCARCE.
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BRADLEY A.G.
Highways and Byways in North Wales. With Illustrations by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson. [Fifth Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Fifth Impression, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and large folding map coloured in outline; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. First published in 1898.
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PARKER Eric
Highways and Byways in Surrey. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE REVISED EDITION
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps coloured in outline; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. Revised and updated version of the original edition of 1908. Spielmann & Jerrold, 45 (recording the first edition).
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MIDDLETON Judy
A History of Hove. Illustrated by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PARKER Eric
Highways and Byways in Surrey. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. [Pocket Edition, Second Impression.] SECOND POCKET EDITION
Sm. 8vo., Second Impression thus, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down and 4pp series catalogue bound in at end. The pocket edition was first published in 1923. Spielmann & Jerrold 45.
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MAIS S.P.B.
Southern Rambles for Londoners. Full-page Photographs by Charles E. Brown. [Foreword by Sir Lawrence Chubb.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs toned in sepia and full-page maps in the text; pictorial limp boards, radial corners, patterned endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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NORWAY A.H.
Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall. With Illustrations by Joseph Pennell and Hugh Thomson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text and folding map coloured in outline, small neat signature on front free endpaper, small stain on half-title; original series binding of dark blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, one corner bruised, lower hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end. First published in 1897. Brockett, 50140; Spielmann & Jerrold 20 (recording the first edition).
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BOYS, illus. Thomas Shotter
Original Views of London. Volume I [with] Volume II. First published in 1842. Now reprinted with the Text of 1842 and a parallel modern Text by James Laver. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., elephant folio, with titles in green and black, and 26 fine coloured plates from the original lithographs; ivory card wrappers, a near fine set in inclipped dustwrapper. Boys' superb illustrations are supported by his original text together with a parallel modern text describing the same scenes in 1954-55.
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EAST GRINSTEAD OBSERVER
East Grinstead Observer and East Sussex Courier. Saturday January 26, 1901. A RARE SURVIVAL
Broadsheet newspaper, 8pp, measuring 26 x 18 ins (approx. 66 x 46 cms), front cover lightly age-soiled, horizontal and vertical fold-marks, one or two marginal closed tears else a remarkably well-preserved, bright copy. A crisp copy ideal for framing and display. Original issues from this period are EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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EAST GRINSTEAD OBSERVER
East Grinstead Observer and East Sussex Courier. Saturday September 11, 1897 A RARE SURVIVAL
Broadsheet newspaper, 8pp, measuring 26 x 18 ins (approx. 66 x 46 cms), front cover lightly age-soiled, horizontal and vertical fold-marks, one or two marginal closed tears else a remarkably well-preserved, bright copy. A crisp copy ideal for framing and display. Original issues from this period are EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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EVANS H.A.
Highways and Byways in Northamptonshire and Rutland. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and double-page map coloured in outline, front free endpaper pasted to front paste-down; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, backstrip dulled as often else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end.
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ARNOLD-FORSTER Rear-Admiral D.
At War with the Smugglers. Career of Doctor Arnold's Father. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. As Collector of Customs at Cowes, William Arnold (father of headmaster Arnold of Rugby) fought an unrelenting battle against 'the gentlemen' at the end of eighteenth century.
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BRIGHTON.
Brighton Aquarium 1872-1972. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with coloured photographs and illustrations; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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HAYWARD R.L.
History of St. Mary's Church, Storrington. Extracts from Guide to Storrington. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a bright, clean copy.
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SHIPLEY, SUSSEX.
Shipley Mill. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with plates and double-page plan in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
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RECKNELL G. H.
Steyning, Sussex. History and Descriptive Survey NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page map in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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SAUNDERS Ann Loreille
London Topographical Record. Illustrated. Vol. XXIV. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of ivory boards, tan buckram back lettered in black, uncut, a near fine copy. LTS Publication No. 123. Collects fourteen papers, including a history of the Society, Two Coldharbours of the City of London, Mediaeval Parish Church of St. Andrew Holborn, and Parliament and the Railways of London in 1863. A useful bibliography of the Society's publications is present as an appendix. No dustwrapper was issued.
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HONEYBOURNE, ed. Marjorie B.
London Topographical Record. Illustrated. Vol. XXIII. Including the Sixty-Fourth to the Seventy-Second Annual Reports of the London Topographical Society. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of ivory boards, tan buckram back lettered in black, uncut, a near fine copy. LTS Publication No. 115.
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HONEYBOURNE, ed. Marjorie B.
London Topographical Record. Illustrated. Vol. XXII. Including the Fifty-Eighth to the Sixty-Third Annual Reports of the London Topographical Society. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, plates (a number folding) and illustrations in the text; original series binding of ivory boards, tan buckram back lettered in black, uncut, a near fine copy. LTS Publication No. 102.
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LOCKIE John
Topography of London. Facsimile of John Lockie's Gazetteer 1813. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with large folding map at end; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 148.
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SHEPPARD Francis
Robert Baker of Piccaddilly Hall and his Heirs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with plans in the text and large folding plan; original series binding of olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, covers lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. LTS Publication No. 127.
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HOBHOUSE Hermione
Good and Proper Materials. The Fabric of London since the Great Fire. Papers given at a Conference organised by the Survey of London at the Society of Antiquaries on 21 October 1988. FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. LTS Publication No. 140.
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TUDOR-CRAIG Pamela
Old St. Paul's. The Society of Antiquaries' Diptych, 1616. Edited by Penelope Hunting and Ann Saunders. FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured plates, and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. LTS Publication No. 163.
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MOLYNEUX Samuel
The London Letters of Samuel Molyneux, 1712-13. With an Introduction and Commentary by Paul Holden. Edited by Ann Saunders. With an Epilogue by Sheila O'Connell. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 172.
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SCHARF Sir George
Drawings of Westminster. Text by Peter Jackson. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with full-page reproductions throughout; original series binding of ivory cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 147. With the errata slip following title.
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GRENADE L.
The Singularities of London, 1578. Les Singularitez de Londres, noble, fameuse Cite, capital du Royaume d'Angleterre: ses antiquitez et premiers fondateurs. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Reg. lat.672). Edited by Derek Keene and Ian W. Archer. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, text in English and French, with coloured facsimiles and monochrome illustrations; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 175.
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HAYWARD R. L.
Storrington. The Parish Church and Village in Earlier Times. Illustrated with Drawings by Maud Randall. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates, photographs and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, covers lightly dust-soiled else a bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear. SCARCE.
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STEER Francis W.
Guide to the Church of St. Andrew Steyning. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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WORDSWORTH Christopher
The Old Service-Books of the English Church. [Antiquary's Books]. FIRM,CLEAN WORKING COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 37 plates in monochrome, title and fore-edges very lightly spotted, text block clean and crisp; original series binding of decorative red buckram, sides with multiple frame border enclosing title all in gilt, gilt back, backstrip faded and chipped at headband, joints rubbed else a good, firm working copy. Sold from an institution with its press-mark and pocket on front endpapers. With publisher's 40pp general catalogue bound in at rear. One of the scarcest titles in Methuen's excellent 'Antiquary's Books' edited by J. Charles Cox.
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POUCHER W.A.
Escape to the Hills. [Third Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY
Roy. 4to., Third Impression, with frontispiece, numerous fine full-page photographs in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board lettered in darker green, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. First published in 1943.
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WILLS Barclay
Shepherds of Sussex. Foreword by His Grace the Duke of Norfolk. IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with rasied bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. VERY SCARCE.
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REES Arthur J.
Old Sussex and her Diarists. With Sketches after the Originals by the Author. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; beige cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 8pp publisher's catalogue at end.
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RAINTON Derick
Mr Horsham. [An Appreciation of Stanley Parsons.] SIGNED COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY STAN PARSONS ON TITLE.
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HOPKINSON Jean
Little Cowarne. A Herefordshire Village. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, plates, and illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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HILLABY Joseph G.
Bromyard. A Local History. FINE COPY IN CLOTH
8vo., First Edition, with plates, and maps in the text; strongly bound in green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a fine copy.
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OLIVER Richard
A Guide to the Ordnance Survey One-Inch Popular Edition of Scotland. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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WHITE Trevor
Epsom. A Pictorial History. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BESANT Walter
Westminster. A New Edition, with an Etching by Francis Walker and Illustrations by William Patten and others. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with etched frontispiece (original tissue guard present), armorial title and numerous illustrations in the text; blue patterned cloth, boards blocked in blind, gilt back, black endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at front , small personal bookplate on frontispiece recto and 4pp publisher's catalogue (unopened) at rear.
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FOSTER Reginald
Dover Front. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at backstrip. The author was Special Correspondent of the Daily Herald newspaper at Dover from May 1940. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.132.
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