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MUD, BLOOD AND DETERMINATION
Written by Simon Peaple.
Stock no. 1329408
Published by Helion & Company Ltd. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of the 46th (North Midland) Division in the Great War. How the ordinary Tommies of the 46th Division learnt to fight more effectively and ultimately stormed the Hindenburg Line. Green boards, silver title to spine. 216 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781910294666. Glue from the binding process is visible through the paper at both joints, else a fine copy in a fine wrapper.

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FOLK TALES OF THE EAST MIDLANDS
Written by Eric Swift. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.
Stock no. 1329365
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of over forty folk tales from the East Midlands. 23 line drawings by Lawson. Small format, gilt title to spine. 183 pages. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean, top edge of textblock is a bit dusty. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby to rear panel and has 10.60 written in blue biro to front flap.

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DERBYSHIRE
Written by H.H. Arnold-Bemrose.
Stock no. 1829426
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 1914. Very good condition.

Pocket Edition. Small format. Blue cloth, black titles. Colour maps to endpapers. B/w photos. x and 174 pages. Spine browned and rubbed at top & tail. Boards clean. Text block browned. Small foxspots to endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.

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A BURTON RAILWAYMAN
Written by David Fleming.
Stock no. 1828848
Published by David Fleming. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Autobiography. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 388 pages. ISBN: 0955084709. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Covers edge-worn, creased at spine and rubbed to rear panel. Text block a little grubby. Last page has been taped back in with clear tape having come loose from the binding (neat).

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BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF DERBYSHIRE PART 3
Written by F. Harrison; M.J. Sterling.
Stock no. 1827493
Published by Derbyshire Entomological Society. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Microlepidoptera Moths of Derbyshire. White pictorial cardwraps. A survey. No illustrations. ISBN: 0951114123. Minor foxing to text block. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Overall a nice copy.

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BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF DERBYSHIRE PART 2
Written by F. Harrison; M.J. Sterling.
Stock no. 1827489
Published by Derbyshire Entomological Society. 1st 1986. Almost very good condition.

The Larger Moths of Derbyshire. White pictorial cardwraps. A survey. No illustrations. ISBN: 0951114115. Some foxing/browning to covers. Hinge towards front of contents is pulled but still fast. Contents clean.

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DIAMOND FLIGHT: THE STORY OF THE BRITISH MIDLAND
Written by Bill Gunston.
Stock no. 2139199
Published by Henry Melland. 1ST 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

British Midland Airline - a history of the first 50 years. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 0907929184. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Browning to outer page edges.

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THE NORTH DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO A.D. 1500
Written by C.R. Hart. Illustrated by S. Connock; A. Gregory; C.R. Hart; S. Hayfield.
Stock no. 1322793
Published by Sheffield City Museums. 1990. Very good condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. 179 pages. ISBN: 0863211208. 2nd reprint. Sunned to spine and at top front edge. Some rubbing to corners. A few light marks to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE FLORA OF DERBYSHIRE
Written by Alan Willmot; Nick Moyes.
Stock no. 2136676
Published by Pisces Publications. 1st 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour maps and photos. ISBN: 9781874357650.

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PACKMEN, CARRIERS AND PACKHORSE ROADS: TRADE AND COMMUNICATIONS IN NORTH DERBYSHIRE AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Written by David Hey.
Stock no. 1823388
Published by Leicester University Press. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A network of routes travelled by packmen, carriers and packhorse teams carried much of Britain's trade before the era of the turnpike road. In many parts of the country, a wealth of visual evidence survives - holloways, causeys, guide stoops and packhorse bridges. This book studies the system of routes, taking as an example the wild and difficult terrain of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 0718511921. Board corners lightly bumped. Minor mark to lower edge of text block. Contents otherwise fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top of spine and lightly scuffed.

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THE DERBYSHIRE MINERAL STATISTICS: METALLIFEROUS AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS 1845-1913
Written by Roger Burt; Peter Waite; Michael Atkinson; Ray Burnley.
Stock no. 1823355
Published by The Mining Research Group. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

This is the first volume only in a continuing series of county studies of metalliferous mining in Britain during the 70 years preceding the First World War. White cardwraps. ISBN: 0950762407. A few scuff marks to covers. Contents clean.

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THE DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL VOLUME CIII FOR THE YEAR 1983
Written by Graeme Barker; D.V. Fowkes.
Stock no. 1819478
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Contents include: The Survey and Excavation of a Neolithic Settlement Area at Mount Pleasant, Kenslow; The prehistoric Pottery from Mam Tor: Further considerations; Excavations at Poole's Cavern, Buxton: an Interim Report; The Curzons of Fifteenth-Century Derbyshire; and more.

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