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TREUDDYN: PAST & PRESENT DDOE A HEDDIW
Written by Philip Lloyd.
Stock no. 1827604
Published by Pwyllgor Mileniwm Truddyn Millennium Committee. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

History of a village in North Wales, Flintshire. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 187242497X. Spine and spine edges faded else a nice, clean copy.

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UNUSUAL RAILWAYS
Written by John R. Day; B.G. Wilson.
Stock no. 1827601
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the earliest days of railways, inventors have exercised great ingenuity in devising special forms of proopulsion and track either to meet a particular need (such as to climb gradients beyond the unaided power of an ordinary locomotive), or in an attempt to reduce the cost of construction and operation of an orthodox railway. Some of the many systems devised are included here... Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w diagrams and photos. Boards lightly bowed. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at edges with some slight loss, scuffed to rear panel, foxing to verso.

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BUILDING THE GREAT STONE CIRCLES OF THE NORTH
Written by Colin Richards.
Stock no. 1827599
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Of all prehistoric monuments, few are more emotive than the great stone circles that were built throughout Britain and Ireland. This book looks at the enigmatic stone structures of Scotland and investigates the background of their construction and their cultural significance. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos, and sketches. ISBN: 9781909686120. Rear cover lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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THE CARTULARY OF CHATTERIS ABBEY
Written by Claire Breay.
Stock no. 1827598
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

The fifteenth-century cartulary of the Benedictine nunnery of Chatteris abbey in Cambridgeshire contains copies of documents dating from the mid-twelfth to fifteenth centuries; this critical edition, edited by Claire Breay, comprises a full transcription, together with historical notes and apparatus. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine, white title within a lilac title label to front. ISBN: 0851157505. A few minor marks to boards. Content clean.

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THE FENLAND IN ROMAN TIMES (R.G.S. RESEARCH SERIES No. 5) 2 VOLUMES
Written by C.W. Phillips.
Stock no. 1827597
Published by Royal Geographical Society. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition.

Studies of a major area of peasant colonization with a Gazetteer covering all known sites and finds. Edited by C.W. Phillips. One volume of text, one wallet containing 11 maps that accompany the text. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Spine of text volume is dulled, light scuffing to rear board. Contents clean, all maps present in folder.

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THE STONE CIRCLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Aubrey Burl.
Stock no. 1827596
Published by Yale University Press. 1981. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive and serious account of an important and perennially fascinating group of prehistoric monuments. Special attention is paid to Stonehenge and Avebury, the two best known and most spectacular rings. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0300019726. Sixth printing. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine else clean.

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THE NAPOLEONIC PRISON OF NORMAN CROSS: THE LOST TOWN OF HUNTINGDONSHIRE
Written by Paul Chamberlain.
Stock no. 1827595
Published by The History Press. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Norman Cross was the site of the world's first purpose-built prisoner-of-war camp contructed during the Napoleonic Wars. Opened in 1797, it was more than just a prison: it was a town in itself, with houses, offices, butchers, bakers, a hospital, a school, a market and a banking system. This book explores what life was like for inmates and turnkeys alike. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780750985932. A lovely copy.

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ANCIENT SCILLY: FROM THE FIRST FARMERS TO THE EARLY CHRISTIANS
Written by Paul Ashbee.
Stock no. 1827594
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Introduction and Survey. A scientific account of the early archaeology of the islands. Light blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and sketches. ISBN: 0715365681. Light shelf-wear to top & tail of spine. Lower edges of boards slightly marked. Top edge of text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and has a few minor marks to rear panel.

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ROMAN SILVER COINS VOL II TIBERIUS TO COMMODUS
Written by Herbert Allen Seaby.
Stock no. 1827593
Published by B.A. Seaby Ltd.. 2nd 1968. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

2nd (revised) edition. Seaby's Numismatic Publications. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minor mark to rear board. Lower edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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ENGLISH COINS: FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by George C. Brooke.
Stock no. 1827592
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Methuen's Handbooks of Archaeology. Third Edition, revised. Includes numerous revisions of lists of newly discovered pieces and some additional matter. Black cloth boards, red title block, gilt title. B/w illustrations. Reprint. Top edge of text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE NEOLITHIC CULTURES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Stuart Piggott.
Stock no. 1827591
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Study of the Stone-using Agricultural Communities of Britain in the Second Millennium B.C. Originally published in 1954, this is a Cambridge University Press Library Edition re-issue. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w maps and plans. ISBN: 0521077818. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing to top. Contents clean. Price-cut blue dustwrapper is unevenly faded, lightly browned to spine.

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THE LONDON LT
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1827589
Published by Capital Transport. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The LT type bus which started to appear on London streets in 1929. The first vehicles of this class of over 1400 vehicles had outside staircases while the most developed examples led the way to the STL of 1932. All the variations are covered here, including the famous Bluebirds, the 'Scooter' single deckers and the two coaches. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9781854143426. A lovely copy of a rare book. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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