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David Arscott:
A CENTURY OF BRIGHTON & HOVE Events People and Places over the last 100 years
Fine/fine (no significant faults with book or dj) Large format, quarto. 122pp illustrated throughout with historic photographs and extended captions
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Sarah Foot:
VIEWS OF OLD CORNWALL
Vg (no dj, pictorial card covers, slight rub to fore-edge of front cover, trace of erased pencil price front free endpaper, a very good clean copy with no other marks or inscriptions) quarto 120pp. Nearly 200 captioned old picture postcards from the Peter Dryden collection (b/w). First edition.
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Hugh Douglas and illustrations Graham Humphreys:
EDINBURGH
Vg/G (clean unclipped dj creased at top edge with one small tear, small puncture mark on spine, clean bright yellow cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, puncture mark and dent to spine, internally a clean bright tight copy, one or two ink lines in margins) octavo 144pp. First edition. History of Edinburgh illustrated with line drawings.
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Aylwin Guilmant:
Bygone Battle
Vg (no dj, clean green cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, trace or erased pencil price front endpaper, internally very tight crisp and bright in fine condition) quarto unpaginated. History of Battle, East Sussex. With 178 b/w illustrations from old photographs.
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TERENCE MOODY:
WINTERBOURNE HOUSE
VG/VG dj is clean and tidy. not price-clipped. First Edition. 8vo History of listed building in South Gloucestershire, primarily a history of its owners and tenants. Thin paper jacket has cover designed by author
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Beresford, Maurice:
The Lost Villages of England
VG no dj . 1 neat inscription to ffep. no other marks or writing. one corners bumped and rounded - but no loss. there is a dark mark/ink stain to end of textblock on the bottom - but nothing internally.an attractive copy. The author locates the lost villages of England and describes the occasion of their depopulation and the character of those who destroyed them. there is a long gazetteer giving as full a list as possible, arranged by counties. The book is illustrated with 16 b/w plates, mostly aerial photos, and with line drawings and distribution maps, including a fold out sheet
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Hope Costley White:
GLOUCESTER STORY
VG/G (lightly soiled dj with minor area of loss to back cover, brown cloth boards lightly worn top and base of spine, neat signature front free endpaper else contents clean and tight) 12mo 127pp. First reprint. Maps to endpapers, b/w plates. Describing a few of the chief events which have happened in Gloucester during its long life.
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Penny Sanders:
PORTRAITS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
VG (no dj, white pictorial boards with red titles lightly faded on spine, internally contents no fault) large octavo 47pp. Twenty-two full page pen and ink drawings of buildings and places on the Isle of Wight, with descriptive text on facing page.
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S P B Mais:
It Isnt Far From London
G FIRST EDITION (original green cloth, faded and a little 'soft', no dj) 12mo 365pp 16 illustrations from photographs by the author, maps at endpapers
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Garry Hogg:
THE ENGLISH COUNTRY INN
Vg/Vg (book and dj both no significant fault) octavo 247pp. Informative account of country inns, their histories, their beauties, their curiosities and associations. Illustrated with 46 b/w photographs.
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Rodney Tibbs:
FENLAND RIVER
Vg/Vg (book and dj both no fault) large octavo 128pp. The story of the Great Ouse and its tributaries. With many maps and b/w photographs.
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Wilson Stephens & Gabriel White (illustrator):
THE GREAT OUSE Rivers of Britain
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) 12mo 48pp illustrated
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Brian J Woodruffe:
WILTSHIRE VILLAGES
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) Octavo 208pp illustrated.
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British Publishing Company Ltd:
THE RESIDENTIAL ATTRACTIONS OF MARLOW AND DISTRICT an illustrated guide of interest to the home seeker
Vg (stapled red card covers, a little pamphlet on Marlow, central staples a little rusty else contents clean and unmarked) 32mo 40pp. Subtitled - Marlow, its amenities, facilities and public services, with much information of value to the home-seeker. With prominent advertisement for Richards & Co Estate Agents on front cover and photograph of their premises as frontispiece, brief description of the town and its amenities, advertisements and b/w photos. No publication date but last page carries calendar for 1926 and 1927. Interesting piece of memorabilia.
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A LONDON OMNIBUS
Vg (no dj, marbled orange boards with brown cloth backstrip, ex-owner's ink inscription front free endpaper, faint spotting prelims only else contents unmarked) 12mo 167pp. Anthology of prose, verse, b/w illustrations, on London and Londoners.
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John Mackay:
The Best of the Lothians
Vg (no dj, grey cloth lightly tanned on spine,a very good clean copy with gift inscription front fixed endpaper, contents clean and bright throughout) 12mo unpaginated. First impression. Photographed, written and illustrated by the author. B/w photographs, sketches, maps, and descriptive text.
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Nick Channer:
FRANCIS FRITH'S HAMPSHIRE Photographic Memories
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) Large Octavo. 124pp Profusely illustrated with Frith's amazing photographs. Francis Frith was the greatest late 19th century topographical photographer
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S P B Mais:
ISLES OF THE ISLAND
VG 9original green cloth, no dj, minimal wear) Small octavo 314pp illustrated. Covers the islands of Scotland, Isles of Man, Scilly and the Channel
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James Wellard:
IN SEARCH OF UNKNOWN BRITAIN
Vg/Vg (all clean bright and tight, title page missing else book and dj both no fault) octavo 182pp. Britain from pre-history to the Domesday Book, the people who formed the early British heritage, the character and peoples of each period, researched from early literature and historic sites. Suggested historic sites to visit. With b/w illustrations.
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Canon J R Fletcher:
SHORT HISTORY OF ST MICHAELS MOUNT CORNWALL
VG/VG (dj is slightly worn but bright, previous owner's name and onld marks on front endpaper) Octavo 84pp illustrated
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B L Thompson and illustrations W Heaton Cooper:
PROSE OF LAKELAND an anthology
G (no dj, green cloth with gilt titles, spine lightly faded and 2" wide damp stain down fore edges of both boards, neat inscription front free endpaper, pages clean and unmarked) 12mo 183pp. First edition. Anthology of prose extracts about the Lake District, from William Camden 1586 to W Heaton Cooper 1938. Illustrated with colour frontispiece by Heaton Cooper and 12 line drawings.
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Josephine Jeremiah:
THE RIVER AVON A PICTORIAL HISTORY from Warwick to Tewkesbury
Fine (no dj, matt pictorial boards, no marks or inscriptions, fine condition, as new) quarto unpaginated c120pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w with 176 old prints and early photographs, with descriptive captions. 21pp introductory text.
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Gentleman, David:
David Gentleman's London
VG/VG near fine 1 prior owner's inscription to ffep. not price-clipped. lovely clean copy. . first edition. a wonderful book - showing 2 sides of Londons. One is a familiar and majestic capital; the other is a city less well-known - but all with polished artwork throughout.
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Wm J Willock:
Walks and Rides in and Around Peterborough
Vg (no dj, green paper covers, front cover with black lettering and black illustration of car, cyclist and walkers, light crease bottom corner of front cover and few light spots back cover, a very tight copy with no marks or inscriptions, appears unread) 12mo 130pp. Revised and enlarged edition. Undamaged fold-out map and b/w illustrations in the text.
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G Chandler and I C Hannah:
DUDLEY as it was and as it is to-day
Vg/G (unclipped dj with light scattered foxing and minor loss head of spine, 1" split top fore-edge of front of wrapper, red cloth with gilt titles on spine, top page edges tinted red, binding firm and pages clean and unmarked, scattered brown spotting outside fore-edges) octavo 208pp. First edition.Maps to endpapers, colour frontis, illustrated titlepage, over 130 b/w illustrations.
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Judith Goodman:
MERTON AND MORDEN a pictorial history
VG/VG (Lovely clean copy, as new, unclipped dj has one small chip head of spine) quarto. Introductory text, and 183 b/w photographs with a wealth of informative text. First edition.
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Bee Jay:
..and it Came to Pass
Vg/G (unclipped dj lightly worn at edges and grubby marks back cover,clean blue cloth with bright white lettering on spine,a very good crisp clean tight bright copy with no marks or inscriptions) octavo 248pp. A local book by a local author, a book about Wester Ross and Skye, its wonderful people and its wonderful scenery.
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Anon:
THE ULSTER GUIDE
VG (near fine copy in pictorial card covers) 12mo 320pp illustrated. Two large foldout maps in perfect condition
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Gill Hedley & Adrian Rance (editors):
PLEASURE GROUNDS The Gardens and Landscapes of Hampshire
Fine/fine (no faults with book or dj, as new) large format, small quarto. 95pp illustrated throughout, partly in colour.
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Michael Hardwick & Mollie Hardwick:
DICKEN'S ENGLAND the Places in his Life and Works
VG/VG (very slight edgewear to dj) Octavo 172pp illustrated. Many places which Dickens knew personally still stand today. Here is a Dickens biography in terms of place
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Jonathan Mardle:
NORFOLK CHARACTERS
G (no dj, cream pictorial card covers with light edgewear bottom edge, lightly darkened top edges and small crease back cover, no marks or inscriptions, binding firm and pages clean and bright) large octavo 76pp. First edition. Collection of 33 essays from the author's contributions to the Eastern Daily Press over 30 years, an entertaining parade of Norfolk personalities. With b/w illustrations.
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FINE ART VIEWS OF LONDON with descriptive notes
G (no dj, maroon mock snakeskin grained cloth with bright gilt illustration and titles front board, worn and rubbed spine edges and corners, few light surface cracks and abrasions, internally in very good condition with one tiny spot title page else pages clean and unmarked) large octavo extended landscape 48pp. No date of publication but includes photo of Bush House, Kingsway, erected 1922. 48pp of b/w photographs printed on glossy art paper.
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G Bernard Wood:
BRIDGES IN BRITAIN
Fine/fine (no significant faults with book or dj) Octavo 166pp illustrated throughout. Rough-hewn boulders spanning a stream in the Cotswolds to the Severn Bridge
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David Burnett:
A DORSET CAMERA 1914-1945
Fine/Fine (no significant faults with book or dj) Large format, quarto 135 monochrome plates and extended captions.
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Salisbury Local History Group:
CARING a Short History of Salisbury City Almshouses & Other Charities from 14th to 20th Centuries
Fine (pictorial card covers, no faults) Octavo 100pp illustrated
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John Vivian:
TALES OF THE CORNISH SMUGGLERS
Fine (pictorial card covers, no faults) Octavo 48pp illustrated
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Robert Ford:
THISTLEDOWN a Book of Scotch Humour, Character, Folk-Lore, Story, and Anecdote
Fair (no dj, red cloth lightly worn top and base of spine and all corners bumped, lightly soiled front board decorated with gilt thistle and shield, top page edges heavily dust marked, front hinge cracked, foxing prelims and back free endpaper, the contents are generally clean with the occasional small spots and smudges, shelf cocked and spine leaning) 12mo 402pp. New and enlarged edition, with illustrations.
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Gabriel Harrison:
RAGE OF SAND The Story of the Men who Built their own Seaside Town
VG/VG (dj slightly part faded at rear else no significant faults with it or book) Octavo 192pp illustrated throughout, partly in colour. St Anne's-on-the-Sea was hacked out of the sandhills on the fierce north-west coast of England
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Diana Bowerman:
HISTORIC THAMES VALLEY TAVERNS
Fine/Vg (light edgewear to price clipped dj and back cover lightly marked, clean orange cloth with bright gilt titles on spine, contents fine, no inscriptions) octavo 160pp. First edition. Maps to endpapers, many b/w photographs.
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Anon:
GUIDE TO THE ISLE OF MAN with map of the Island plans of Douglas and Ramsey and numerous illustrations
VG (red cloth with map, no significant faults) very minor scuff marks to edge of cover. Tenth edtn 12mo 144pp plus advertising
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William Andrews:
BYGONE ESSEX County History Reprints
VG/VG (dj is very slightly worn, book is unmarked) Small octavo 249pp illustrated with occasional vignettes. First published in 1892. Series of essays by various people here in facsimile format
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Anon:
Guide to ILFRACOMBE BARNSTAPLE BIDEFORD WOOLACOMBE CLOVELLY and North-West Devon
good+ (original red cloth with map, slightly faded, minimal wear) Fourteenth Edtn. 12mo 100pp plus advertising illustrated. All maps and plans in place and in fine condition
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A G Bradley:
THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF ENGLAND
Fine/fine (very slight isolated edgewear to dj) 75 colour plates by Sutton Palmer. First published by A & C Black in 1909
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Curioni Giovanni
OPERAZIONI TOPOGRAFICHE(1874)
Due tomi in un unico volume, in 8 gr. leg. mz. pelle con filetti e tit. in oro al dorso e piatti marmorizzati, pp. 470, XXXII tav. f.t. +7 indice delle figure.Volume in ottimo stato, ordinari segni del tempo, fioriture, alcune carte brunite;Luogo di pubblicazione TorinoEditore NegroAnno pubblicazione 1874Collana L'Arte di fabbricare ossia Corso Completo di Istituzioni Teorico-PraticheMateria/Argomento Topografia, Architettura, Ingegneria
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Pasini Claudio
TRATTATO DI TOPOGRAFIA PER GLI AGRIMENSORI
In 8, leg. in pelle con angoli e piatti marmorizzati, tit. e Autore in oro su tassello rosso al dorso, pp. 547, con 241 ill. in n. n.t., 3 tavv. f.t., formule matematiche n.t.Lieve ammaccatura agli angoli sup. della cop., lieve abrasione all'unghia inf., lieve fior. al taglio vert., leggere gore alle sguardie, segni a matita a pag. 15, ordinari segni del tempo alle carte, buone condizioni, contiene disegno su piccolo foglio quadrato.Luogo di pubblicazione PadovaEditore Fratelli DruckerAnno pubblicazione 1914Materia/Argomento Topografia, Scienze, Matematica
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Capello Carlo F.
LA LETTURA DELLLE CARTE TOPOGRAFICHE E L'INTERPRETAZIONE DEI PAESAGGI(1968)
In 8', br. ed. pp. 105, fig. in n. n. t. e XIX tavv. col. e in n. n.t.; bruniture ai margini della cop., interno in ottimo stato, minimi segni del tempo.
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Ducci Guglielmo
LA TOPOGRAFIA PER I GEOMETRI-VOLL II E III(1952)
In 8' , 2 voll, br. ed. :Vol II - Planimetria(ottica geometrica-strumenti e metodi per il rilevamento planimetrico di punti in superficie e di punti in galleria) Agrimensura- minimi strappetti ai margini, fioriture e bruniture alla cop., interno discreto, ugualmente fioriture, bruniture e segni del tempo, leg. salda.Vol. III - Altimetria- Celerimensura-Applicazioni topografiche (progetti stradali-sistemazione della superficie dei terreni)- Elementi di Fotogrammetria; pieghe al dorso, strappetti e gore ai margini, bruniture e fioriture, interno ugualmente fioriture, pieghe agli angoli.Volumi discreti, ma di buona leggibilita'
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BARSOTTI - ROSSI
LA TOPOGRAFIA PER UFFICIALI DI COMPLEMENTO - 1941
In 16o, pp. 149, br., 59 figg. n. t. e f. t. Contiene allegati in una tasca posta all interno del piatto post. tra cui 2 carte piu vv.ripiegate. Completo. Minime fioriture. Ottimo (4267/TOPOGRAFIA - FASCISMO)
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Torrigiani L
Il comune del Bagno a Ripoli contrade di Ruballa Montepilli ,di Ruballa Apparita Di Montisoni e di San Donato in Collina Volume X parte I
copertina non originale , danni ma nel complesso buon eseplare
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Torrigiani L
Il comune del Bagno a Ripoli parrocchia della Badia a Ripoli Volume 3 parte II
copertina non originale , danni ma nel complesso buon esemplare
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