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OAKRIDGE: A HISTORY
Written by Pat Carrick; Kay Rhodes; Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 1826815
Published by Oakridge Historical Research Group. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A social history of Oakridge, a village in the Cotswolds, and its surrounding hamlets of Far Oakridge, Waterlane, Bournes Green, Tunley and Daneway. Burgundy boards, white and yellow titles. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos throughout. ISBN: 0954030648. Rear panel of dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BRUNEL IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by John Christopher.
Stock no. 1826801
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tour of Gloucestershire examining Brunel's influence on the county and exploring the surviving works. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445607818. Appears Unread.

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THE FOREST OF DEAN NEW HISTORY 1550-1818
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1826798
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A superb work of scholarship, the book is of considerable value to historians of Britain's industrial, economic, agricultural and social past as well as to those with a particular interest in the history of the Dean region. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xxii and 330 pages including index. ISBN: 0750909579. Text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Slight musty odour present.

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BLOCKLEY THROUGH TWELVE CENTURIES: ANNALS OF A COTSWOLD PARISH
Written by H.E.M. Icely; Jeremy Bourne.
Stock no. 1826792
Published by Blockley Heritage Society. 5th 2013. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Fifth Edition revised and updated by Jeremy Bourne. Blockley is a village apparently on the way from nowhere to nowhere, but that belies a fascinating and extensive history. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780956373830. A nice clean copy. There are a number of top corner creases where the corner has been turned down to mark a page of interest to the previous owner. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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FOLKLORE AND DIALECT OF THE LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1325937
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

1000 copies printed of this edition. Green pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0900278161. Covers are lightly stained. Staples rusty. Crease to lower corner of front cover, also affects the pages. Date in biro to inside front cover. Foxing to textblock.

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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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THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND: GLOUCESTERSHIRE (VOLUME TWO)
Written by William Page.
Stock no. 1826395
Published by Dawsons Of Pall Mall. 1972. Almost very good condition.

Reprinted from the 1907 edition. Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0712905553. Contents fine. Top front edge of spine frayed and a couple of frayed instances to front top of board. 2" split to front edge of spine at base. Spine faded. Boards scuffed. Text block a little dusty, contents are clean.

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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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FERRIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Joan Tucker.
Stock no. 1826355
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

A fascinating exploration of the history of the county's ferries, identifying isolated backwaters and popular tourist spots that once provided an esseeential link. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780752442389. A nice, clean copy.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE COURT OF SEWERS, 1583-1642
Written by Rose Hewlett.
Stock no. 1826354
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Reocrd Series Volume 35. These remarkable Court of Sewers records open a window on communities of the Gloucestershire Levels between 1583 and 1642 and their struggles against encroachments from the sea in a changing political climate. 'Sewers' here are watercourses, natural or manmade. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781913735005. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE MILLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Stephen Mills; Pierce Riemer.
Stock no. 1826275
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small and large, steam and water driven, cloth and corn, silk and iron - the buildings and the people of the county's past. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0860234177. Faint pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Bookplate to half-title facing page. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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WOOL & WATER: THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE WOOLLEN INDUSTRY AND ITS MILLS
Written by Jennifer Tann.
Stock no. 1826273
Published by The History Press. 1st 2012. Almost very good condition.

For those interested in the industrial heritage of Gloucestershire. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. ISBN: 9780752462158. Crinkling of covers and contents. Stain to vertical edge of text block. A few scuffs to laminate of covers. Otherwise, contents clean.

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