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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES SAMUEL KEENE
Written by George Somes Layard.
Stock no. 1828049
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Charles Keene was an English artist and illustrator working in black and white and associated with the periodical 'Punch' from 1851 to 1890. Red cloth boards, gilt titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 463 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Boards faded and edge-worn with a few small splits to top & tail of spine, 1" split to top front edge of spine. Rear board scuffed. Text block browned. Previous owner's name stamp to front endpaper and verso of same. Joints starting to crack. Hinges pulled but binding is still tight. Some foxing present.

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AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William Coxe. Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 1327737
Published by T. Cadell. 1801. Good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations and maps, some fold-out. Spines rebacked retaining original title-strips. Covers are very edge-worn and scuffed. New endpapers. Two names in ink to top margins of title-pages of both volumes (one name crossed out in each volume). Heavy foxing to contents and a musty (antiquarian) smell to contents. All plates are present. Fold-out map of Monmouthshire to volume 1 has been neatly repaired on verso with clear tape. Plan of Monmouth in volume 2 (pg292) has been neatly/professionally repaired and plan of Chepstow in volume 2 (pg357) has a small hole to it (not affecting any text or the illustration).

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ALL ROUND THE WORLD: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND ADVENTURES IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by W.F. Ainsworth. Illustrated by Gustave Dore; et al..
Stock no. 1827689
Published by William Collins Sons & Company. 1st 1868. Almost very good condition.

Large and very heavy set of two volumes. Edited by Ainsworth. Leather spine & corners with 5 raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and title label. Brown cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. Two hundred b/w illustrations. Six folding colour maps. Sereis I is 1st 1868, Series II is 1st 1870. Spine of Series I is split to top half of front joint. Both volumes are worn at board edges and scuffed. Title label of both volumes is heavily rubbed. Foxing throughout. Series I has a closed tear (no loss) mainly to margin of plate opposite page 592, also a small chip to vertical edge of illustration list. Biro mark to some maps. Else contents are very good.

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ALL ROUND THE WREKIN
Written by Walter White.
Stock no. 1326578
Published by Chapman & Hall. 2nd 1860. Almost very good condition.

A walk around the Wrekin in Shropshire, taking in Leominster, Shrewsbury, Birmingham etc. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in heavy pencil to front free-endpaper. Black biro doodles (blotting out previous writing) to top margin of title-page. Pencil erasure mark to top margin of page 1. Lower corner tip of page 23/4 removed (no loss of text). Some light foxing and some hinges pulled but generally contents clean and tight.

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GUIDE TO THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AND MISSAL PAINTING
Written by W. Audsley; G. Audsley.
Stock no. 1827144
Published by George Rowney And Co.. 12th 1868. Good condition.

Blue textured cloth boards with embossed pattern and gilt title to front. 8 lithographic plates. All edges gilt. 72 pages plus 40 page publisher adverts to rear. Boards browned and marked, rubbed at edges, corners lightly worn. Front joint starting to crack. Front hinge pulled but binding is tight. Prelims and endpapers are grubby. Damp stain to verso of frontis, small damp stain to top margin of plates. Contents are a little grubby. If frontis is plate 4, all plates are present else plate 4 is missing.

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A JOURNAL OF A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AFRICA
Written by The Marchioness Of Londonderry.
Stock no. 1827124
1st 1843. Almost very good condition.

'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item.

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF ALSTON MOOR, WEARDALE AND TEESDALE, IN CUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
Written by Thomas Sopwith.
Stock no. 1826860
Published by W. Davison. 1st 1833. Good condition.

Comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees. Lead mining. Cloth boards with title label to spine. Colour map of the area to frontis. Boards unevenly faded, browned, and grubby, bumped at corners, spine edges fraying, title block obliterated. Front joint split, rear joint just starting to split. Front hinge between title page and frontis is split at top & tail. Pencil writing and erasure to front pastgedown, inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Endpapers are browned and grubby. Text block browned. Initials to title page. Foxing and some grubby marks throughout. Rear hinge split.

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FLOUR MANUFACTURE: A TREATISE ON MILLING SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Written by Friedrich Kick; H.H.P. Powles.
Stock no. 1826854
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1888. Almost very good condition.

Translated from the Second Enlarged and Revised Edition with Supplement by H.H.P. Powles also bound in. Illustrated with 24 fold-out plates plus another 4 fold-out plates to supplement. 113 woodcuts plus 54 woodcuts to supplement. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block untrimmed. Spine & board corners rubbed & worn. Cloth joints starting to split from the outside. Inner joints still firm. Text block and page edges a little browned. All plates present. A few finger marks to margins. Some dampstaining to some plates.

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THE REPORTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR BETTERING THE CONDITION AND INCREASING THE COMFORTS OF THE POOR (2 VOLS)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826851
Published by Printed For The Society By W. Bulmer And Co.. 1805. Very good condition.

Four volumes in two i.e. Vol I & II and Vol III & V. Cloth spine with white title, leather boards. List of Subscribers and Lady Subscribers to rear of volume IV. Volume I Third Edition 1802; Volume II 1799; Volume III 1801 and Volume IV 1804 and also 1805. Rebacked with blue cloth spine. Original leather boards are scuffed and worn at corners. New marbled endpapers. Some foxing present. Contained in expertly made matching slipcases.

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PRACTICAL PAPER-MAKING
Written by George Clapperton.
Stock no. 1826831
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

A Manual for Paper-Makers and Owners and Managers of Paper Mills to which are appended useful tables, calculations, data, etc. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations reproduced from micro-photographs. Top & tail of spine lightly worn. Page browning. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

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A GLOSSARY OF DIALECT & ARCHAIC WORDS USED IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER
Written by J. Drummond Robertson.
Stock no. 1826400
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1890. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. SIGNED by author on half-title page. A few grubby marks to boards. Some pencil annotations and scattered foxspots to contents. Spine & corners lightly rubbed.

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BLACK'S TOURIST'S GUIDE THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD & MONMOUTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826389
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. B/w illustrations. Modern brown library binding with gilt title to spine. Ex-lib, Library label to front endpaper. Stamp to verso of frontis, contents clean but browned. Library repairs to hinges using white tape.

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