THAMES Sacred River
Chatto & Windus, 2007. 9780701172848. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original pictorial boards with wrap-around band (near Fine, not price clipped). Pp. xiv + 490, illus with coloured and b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). More
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THE HISTORY OF AMPLEFORTH ABBEY From the Foundation of St Lawrence's at Dieulouard to the Present Time
R. & T. Washbourne, 1903. 1st edn. 8vo. Original elaborately gilt decorated maroon cloth (edges scuffed at head and tail of spine and corners). Pp. xvii + 382, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text (top third diagonal on half title removed; previous owner's neat inscription on half title;..... More
LIFE ON THE LEVELS Voices from a Working World
Birlinn, 2006. 1st edn. Oblong 4to. Original white lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. iv + 159, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
ENGLAND IN THE DAYS OF OLD
William Andrews, 1897. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue ribbed cloth, bevelled edges, top edge gilt (small number on spine - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 279 (ex library with usual stamps), illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard and illus in text. More
THE JUBILEE BOOK OF THE CLIFTON HIGH SCHOOL 1877 - 1927.
Clifton High School, 1927. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original green cloth with school arms inset in white on upper board (near Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 161, illus with tipped-in b&w plates and in text (previous owner's inscription on front endpaper). More
ROWING AT WESTMINSTER From 1813 to 1883 Extracted from the School's Water-Ledgers
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co., 1890. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated plum cloth (slightly frayed and rubbed at head of spine, gilt spine lettering dulled, some marks on tissue-guard, top edge dust stained - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 137, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat pencil..... More
TAUNTON OF TO-DAY Things Which a Stranger Wants to Know about the Town
Taunton: Barnicott & Pearce, 1896. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blind-ruled red cloth (headcap chipped - otherwise VG). Pp. viii + 88 + advts, illus with b&w frontispiece of the tower of St Mary's and 3 maps (no inscriptions). More
AN ELECTION BALL
Broadcast Books, 1997. 9781874092735. Super 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. v + 132, illus with b&w photos (previous owner's bookplate on front inside cover). More
FLORA OF PLYMOUTH An Account of the Flowering Plants and Ferns found Within Twelve Miles of the Town…
John Van Voorst, 1880. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (rather rubbed and worn at edges - in protective glassine cover). Pp. xxxv + 432, illus with folding map (map torn with sellotape repair; inner hinges weakened; prelims rather spotted; previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper..... More
TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE ENGLISH LAKES
Simpkin Marshall & Co., 1891. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (bumped and slightly rubbed at tail of spine - otherwise bright VG). Pp. xii + 289 (no inscriptions). More
CELTIC SCOTLAND
B.T. Batsford [&] Historic Scotland, 2000. 0713475382. 2nd printing. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 128, illus with b&w photos in text, drawings and plans (no inscriptions). More
THE CHURCH OF GRASMERE A History
Titus Wilson, 1912. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blue lettered blue cloth (small mark at mid spine - otherwise bright VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 227, illus with b&w frontispiece, b&w plate, b&w drawings and text decorations by Margaret L. Sumner (no inscriptions). More
THE PLACE- NAMES OF CUMBERLAND Part 1 Eskdale Cumberland and Leath Wards English Place-Name Society Vol. XX
Cambridge University Press, 1950. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blind ruled blue cloth (top edge slightly dust stained, fore edge and endpapers lightly spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. vi + 258 (previous owners' signatures on front free endpaper). More
THIS NOBLE HARBOUR A History of the Cromarty Firth
Cromarty Firth Port Authority [&] John Donald, 1992. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xiv + 305, illus with b&w photos in text and b&w map (previous owner's obtrusive gift inscription on verso of half title). More
BRITISH CASTLES
Adam and Charles Black, 1911. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered decorated green cloth, top edge gilt (bright VG). Pp. xx + 208, illus with coloured plates and b&w illus in text (front and rear free endpapers removed and prelims lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
LOCAL STYLE IN ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE
B.T. Batsford, 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth, top edge red (fore edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (some light wear at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 183, illus with coloured frontispiece, b&w plates, b&w drawings, maps and plans in text..... More
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX Volume VII Acton Chiswick Ealing and Willesden Parishes Victoria County History
Oxford University Press [&] Institute of Historical Research, 1982. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt decorated red cloth (accession number stickers at tail of spine - otherwise VG), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. xx + 280, illus with b&w plates and maps (ex public library with usual marks and labels). More
THE COUNTRYSIDE LIES SLEEPING1685-1950 Paintings Prints and Drawings of Pinner Stanmore and Other Former Villages Now in the London Borough of Harrow
Riverhill Press, 1981. 0902119273. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 352, illus throughout with b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
SOMERSET ILLUSTRATED
Halsgrove Somerset Books, 2001. 0861834364. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. 176, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
VOLTAIRE'S VISIT TO ENGLAND 1726-1729
Smith Elder & Co., 1893. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine, slightly bumped at top corner of lower board, residue on both front pastedown and front free endpaper - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 338 (ex acedemic library with usual..... More
BARBER'S PICTURESQUE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT Comprising Views of Every Object of Interest on the Island Engraved from Original Drawings Accompanied by Historical and Topographical Descriptions
Simpkin & Marshall, c. 1834. 8vo. Original gilt decorated blind-stamped red ribbed cloth (faded at spine and top edge of upper board and corners bumped). Pp. 110, illus with engraved title, 40 b&w plates with tissue-guards and double-page map (previous owner's inscriptions on front paste-down, front prelim and bottom edge..... More
EXETER AND ITS REGION
University of Exeter, 1969. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark grey cloth (white marks on top edges of boards; top page edges spotted), dustwrapper (spine faded - in protective wrapper, not clipped). Pp. xxii + 343, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions). More
A GLOSSARY OF THE DORSET DIALECT WITH A GRAMMAR
Toucan Press, 1970. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original card covers (softback). (covers slightly creased and some light spotting on top edge - otherwise VG). Pp. vii + 124 (no inscriptions). More
SURREY Highways Byways and Waterways
Bliss Sands & Foster, 1895. 4to. Original gilt decorated green cloth (spine tanned; edges esp spine ends and corners a little scuffed/frayed). Pp. xv + 351, illus with b&w drawings in text by the author (internally bright; no inscriptions). More
SAKRALNOE PROSTRANSTVO SREDNEVEKOVOY MOSKVY (SACRED SPACE OF MEDIEVAL MOSCOW)
Mockba: Dizain Informatsiia Kartografiia, 2010. 1st edn. 4to. Original pictorial laminated boards (Fine, in protective cover), slipcase (slightly scuffed - otherwise near Fine). Pp. 399, illus with coloured and b&w photos and coloured maps and plans (no inscriptions; Russian text). More