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Views in the North Wales District Second Series

By: N/A

Price: £40.00

Publisher: CHESTER, T Catherall:

Seller ID: X002006

Condition: Good

Original blind stamped red cloth with gilt titling and decoration, cloth very faded, bevelled edges, with engraved title and 29 views, front hinge weak and fep loose, landscape format. No foxing to views. Undated but second series.
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A Historical and Descriptive View of the County of Northumberland and of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne with Berwick Upon Tweed and Other Celebrated Places on the Scottish Border 2 Vols

By: N/A

Price: £150.00

Publisher: Newcastle on Tyne, Mackenzie and Dent: 1811

Seller ID: X010053

Condition: Good

2 volumes, variant binding, Vol 1 half-calf with marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title on red label to spine, boards rubbed and leather scuffed and with wear to spine, Vol 2 quarter-calf with marbled boards, gilt titling to spine which is rubbed at the head, 780/813pp, illustrated with full page engravings and with a folding map in Vol 1. Internally clean and bindings tight, save for some ink notes on pages 804-813 of Vol 2. Previous owner's name to the pastedown of Vol 2. Heavy - UK postage £7.00
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain . Illustrated By Views Taken on the Spot By W H Bartlett, J D Harding , T Creswick & Others with Descriptions, Historical and Topographical

By: N/A

Price: £300.00

Publisher: LONDON, Virtue & Co:

Seller ID: X010757

Condition: Very Good

Original decorated full leather binding, spine expertly rebacked with original laid down, gilt titling and decoration, two volumes in one, the frontispiece to Vol 1 is the 4th plate before the end of Vol 1 and is about one inch smaller at the outer edge than the other illustrations, unpaginated, with 143 plates. Heavy - UK postage £9.50
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Old Landmarks of Aberdeen A Series of Twenty-Eight Sketches of Old Buildings

By: Alex M Munro

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Aberdeen, D Wyllie & Sons: 1886

Seller ID: X008097

Condition: Very Good

Original grey cloth with gilt titling, bevelled edges, 28 full page sketches by G Gordon Burr with descriptive and historical notes, some slight foxng and spotting to page edges.
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The County of Fife

By: Alexander Smith

Price: £10.00

Publisher: EDINBURGH, OLIVER & BOYD: 1952

Seller ID: X007995

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth with gilt titling and dustwrapper in poor condition in two halves, 815pp, illustrated with photographs, plans, tables and a folding map, a volume in the third statistical account of Scotland series.
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A History of the County of York, East Riding : Volume II (Victoria County History)

By: Allison K J

Price: £99.00

Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: 1974

Seller ID: 015326

ISBN: 0197227384

Condition: VG

Volume 2 of the Victoria County History of East Yorkshire, covering the Wapentake of Dickering - Filey, Bridlington, Flamborough and inland to the Wolds. xvi+365pp, illustrated. A Lovely copy in original red cloth/gilt with VG dust wrapper. Heavy - UK postage £6.95.
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Who's Who in Devonshire

By: Anon

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Wilson & Phillips: 1934

Seller ID: 014127

Condition: VG

The great and the good of Devonshire as at 1934. 294pp. Limiuted ediiton copy 536. VG clean copy, end-papers browned, original blue cloth with shite spine, corners a little bumped.
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The Town of Cambridge : A History

By: Arthur Gray

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Cambridge, W Heffer & Sons Ltd: 1925

Seller ID: X001314

Condition: Very Good

Original green cloth with gilt titling and dustwrapper which has loss at head and tail of spine and chipping to edges, 204pp, illustrated both in line and half tone.
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Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs

By: Bacon G W

Price: £395.00

Publisher: G W Bacon: 1928

Seller ID: 016159

Condition: Good+

1928 edition of Bacon's massive street atlas of London - 34 main maps at 4" to 1 Mile, plus many other special maps, Home Counties maps and an extensive gazetteer. In general all maps are VG and clean with no foxing - very slight spliting to a few centre folds, lower corners a little rubbed but not affecting print area. Map 1 has some wear to foredge and one special map has old paper tape repair to verso. Original cloth boards rather worn with old and rather crude black tape repairs to edges, spine coming away, but binding remains reasonably tight. Very rare to find a complete example as m...
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Scotland : Owners of Lands and Heritages, 1872-73 Return

By: British Parliament

Price: £30.00

Publisher: EDINBURGH, HMSO: 1874

Seller ID: X012925

Condition: Good

Disbound with original blue wrap to front which is chipped and with torn corner, rear wrap missing, 211pp, with some soiling and foxing to first and last pages. Useful reference with all land owners listed by name and address and size of holding .
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Harbours of the Forth

By: Christie Guy

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Christopher Johnson: 1955

Seller ID: 015681

Condition: VG

160pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in dust wrapper.
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The History of Newenham Abbey, in the County of Devon

By: Davidson James

Price: £60.00

Publisher: LONGMAN: 1843

Seller ID: 015618

Condition: VG

History of this Cistercian Abbey in Devon. v+250pp, envgraved frontis and 5 other plates as called for. Very slight spotting otherwsie a VG clean copy in contempory cloth boards, faded on spine. Signature of Jack Simmons the railway historian to front end-paper.
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The Historie of The King's Manor House at York

By: Davies Robert

Price: £15.00

Publisher: York, Daily Herald: 1883

Seller ID: X004305

Condition: Very Good

Green cloth with gilt titling, 24pp, illustrated with etchings by A Buckle, including plan of the King's Manor House, slight foxing throughout, extracted by permission from the XXIXth Report of the Yorkshire Architectural Society
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Welwyn Garden City : A Town Designed for Healthy Living

By: De Soissons Maurice

Price: £38.00

Publisher: Publications for Companies: 1988

Seller ID: 015845

ISBN: 0904928233

Condition: VG

Detailed history of the planning, building and development of the scond of the UK's 'Garden Cities'. 258pp plus many illustrations. VG clean copy, very slight corner crease to card covers, Scarce.
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The History of Chislehurst : Its Church, Manors and Parish

By: E A Webb, G W Miller and J Beckwith

Price: £78.00

Publisher: Baron Books: 1999

Seller ID: X010720

ISBN: 086023598X

Condition: VG

Facsimile of the original published in 1899 by George Allen, this centenary edition published for the Chislehurst Society with a list and loose supplementary list of subscribers. xvii+ 490pp. VG clean copy in red cloth/gilt as issued
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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, (12 Volume set)

By: Edward Hasted

Price: £595.00

Publisher: Wakefield, Yorkshire, EP Publishing in Collaboration with Kent County Library: 1972

Seller ID: X019620

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth, illustrated dust jackets in clear protective covers. This is a reprint of the second edition, originally published 1797 to 1801. Folding Maps and Illustrations. Large folded County Map of Kent in colour at end of volume 1. VG copies in dws. Heavy - please enquire for postage costs.
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LAURISTON CASTLE : The Estate and Its Ownerss

By: Fairley John A

Price: £45.00

Publisher: OLIVER & BOYD: 1925

Seller ID: 013440

Condition: VG

History of this Scottish Estate near Edinburgh. 227pp, illustrated, folding map at rear. VG copy in original clur cloth. Signed limited edition, copy 183/350.
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Beaches, Fields, Streets and Hills

By: Foot William

Price: £95.00

Publisher: COUNCIL FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGY: 2006

Seller ID: 014887

ISBN: 1902771532

Condition: VG

Important study of the anti-invasion defences of England 1940-41, based on the two year national survey of surviving structures etc. 658pp with many maps and photos. VG clean copy, slight creasing to spine. Heavy - UK postage £7.95. Very Scarce.
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London Map Directory : A Street Atlas of London & Its Surrounds

By: Geographia

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Geographia: 1964

Seller ID: 016160

Condition: Good+

One of the last large scale atlases of Greater London - covering the central arrea at 4.5"to 1 mile and the suburbs at 3" to 1 mile - 181 maps in total, plus extensive gazetteer. Contents VG. clean and unmarked. Original green cloth boards, some wear to edges and corners, binding tight. Heavy - UK postage £6.95.
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The County of Lanark

By: George Thomson

Price: £20.00

Publisher: GLASGOW, COLLINS: 1960

Seller ID: X007990

Condition: VG

Original red cloth with gilt titling and dustwrapper spine of which is browned and chipped at the head, 671pp, illustrated with photographs, plans, tables and a folding map, a volume in the third statistical account of Scotland series.
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The Anlaby Road

By: Gibson Paul

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Carnegie Heritage Action Team: 2007

Seller ID: 017090

ISBN: 0955556902

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of the buildings along this major road in Hull. 176pp. VG clean copy in dust wrapper
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Illustrations of Old Ipswich Folio Sized Vellum Edition

By: Glyde, John

Price: £395.00

Publisher: IPSWICH, John Glyde: 1889

Seller ID: 013030

Condition: Very Good

This is the scarce vellum edition . The full vellum is inevitably a bit marked, esp on the back cover, and there are two minor scratches. Generally it remains smart with word 'Ipswich' in gilt on front cover and spine. 12 plates 435mm x 350mm Bookplate of Frederick Arthur Crisp.
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THE DROVERS' ROADS OF WALES

By: GODWIN FAY & TOULSON SHIRLEY

Price: £10.00

Publisher: WILDWOOD HOUSE: 1977

Seller ID: 001937

ISBN: 0704502518

Condition: VG

Exporation of the old roads and pathways used by the Welsh Drovers to take their sheep and cattle from North & Mid Wales to markets in the Borders. 240pp, many photos and maps. VG in dw. Original hardback 1st edition.
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A Guide to the Victoria History of the Counties of England

By: H Arthur Doubleday and William Page

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co Limited:

Seller ID: X002866

Condition: Good+

Original pink paper covered boards, some marks and faded spine with worn title label, slight damage to head and tail of spine, 140pp plus Specimens, which are printed portions of articles which, with one exception, have appeared in volumes of the Victoria History already published.
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Scott and Scotland; with Historical Illustrations to the Poetical and Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott

By: H I & A Stevens

Price: £45.00

Publisher: LONDON, H I & A Stevens:

Seller ID: X016589

Condition: VG-

Original brown blind-stamped cloth with bright gilt title and decoration, slight damage to the head and tail of the spine, 264pp, illustrated with 31 steel engravings from drawings by George Cattermole, undated, engraved title page.
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The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast

By: Hall S C (Mr & Mrs)

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Arthur Hall Virtue and Co: 1861

Seller ID: 013914

Condition: VG-

Classic mid-Victorian travel guide to South Wales. xi+512pp, many illustrations. Generally a VG clean copy, just a little scattered spotting, binding a cracked in places with a few gatherings a little loose. Original blue cloth/gilt boards, clean but extremities rubbed.
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A History of Coleshill

By: Hunt Julian

Price: £40.00

Publisher: RJL Smith: 2009

Seller ID: 014768

ISBN: 0955888735

Condition: Fine

Detailed and well illustrated history of the Buckinghamshire village of Coleshill. 154pp. Fine copy in dw. Scarce.
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Old Llanelly

By: Innes John

Price: £80.00

Publisher: Western Mail: 1902

Seller ID: 014351

Condition: VG

History of Llanellim, mainly in the 18th & 19th centuries. xii+175pp with fold out map at rear, errata slip tipped in. Illustrated with photos, maps and plans. An exceptionally clean and bright copy, slight foxing to end-papers, in original blue cloth boards, just a little minor wear to edges.
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Industrial Medway: An Historical Survey

By: J M Preston

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Rochester, The Author: 1977

Seller ID: X017395

Condition: VG

VG copy in Original cloth and dustwrapper, 218pp, illustrated with photographs, drawings and tables.
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The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive of Each County Vol XII Part 2 Oxfordshire & Rutland

By: J N Brewer

Price: £38.00

Publisher: London, J Harris & Others: 1812

Seller ID: X010554

Condition: Very Good

Modern blue cloth rebind with gilt titling, Oxfordshire 543pp with unpaginated bibliography and index, illustrated with 20 plates, and Rutland 156pp with bibliography and index, illustrated with 4 plates, very slight foxing and browning here and there and some slight damp damage. small tape repair to the bottom corner of the prelims and dedication page.
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