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YORKSHIRE: YORK AND THE EAST RIDING (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Neave.
Stock no. 1828838
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0300095937. Light shelf wear to top of spine else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and lightly worn at top edge of spine, light scuffing.

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CORNWALL (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Enid Radcliffe.
Stock no. 1828837
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised second edition. Black vinyl. B/w photos. 282 pages plus list of titles to rear. ISBN: 0300095899. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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A HISTORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Meadows; Nigel Ramsay.
Stock no. 1328557
Published by The Boydell Press. 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. From the tiny community founded in the fens by St. Etheldreda in 672, and refounded as an abbey in 970, grew one of the greatest monasteries in England. ISBN: 9780851159454. Spine bumped. A couple of small spots to textblock and a couple of lower page corner tips slightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Written by Lawrence James.
Stock no. 1828833
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Elaborately decorated blue cloth. This edition follows the second edition, with minor emendations and the inclusion of a new Afterword by the author. Colour illustrations. When book is left open, the top corners of pages bow upwards (not creased). Cornertips of prelims have tiny crease. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is bumped at one end and a little scuffed.

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OLD COPPED HALL 1258-1748: A MASSIVE OBJECT OF DESIRE
Written by Norah Carlin.
Stock no. 1828817
Published by West Essex Archaeological Group. 1st 2021. Very good condition.

Passing from an Anglo-Norman family through the hands of abbots, monarchs and courtiers, nobles and wealthy families, the thirteenth-century manor house called Copped Hall developed into a magnificent Renaissance mansion. People quarelled and schemed over it for centuries, with sex, violence and murder entering the story of its earliest owners... Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 9781910759592. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Tiny closed tear to margin of a few pages. Name in ink to verso of front cover. Else contents clean.

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CAFE RACERS: ROCKERS, ROCK 'N' ROLL AND THE COFFEE-BAR CULT
Written by Mike Clay.
Stock no. 1828787
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Cafes - the Busy Bee on the A41, Johnsons on the A20 and the Ace on the North Circular - have now all done. So, too, has the media's sensationalism of the dangerous exploits of their clientele - the coffee-bar cowboys, the ton-up boys, the rockers, who diced with death racing records, playing chicken and fighting mods. The cafe racer was for many years the enfant terrible of the motorcycling world... Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0850456770. A lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN THEN AND NOW
Written by Winston G. Ramsey.
Stock no. 1828754
Published by Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. 719 numbered pages. An After The Battle Publication. ISBN: 0900913193. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of closed edge-tears and is faded to spine, slightly grubby to rear panel.

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WARWICK THE KINGMAKER
Written by Paul Murray Kendall.
Stock no. 1828716
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as The Kingmaker. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis, a few b/w plates and foldout pedigree. 135 pages including index. Top edge red. Second Impression. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, browned to spine and worn at top of spine, rear panel is a little grubby and browned.

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THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME TWO
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1328496
Published by Monnow Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From the Civil War to present times. Maroon boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 215 pages includes index. ISBN: 0950661805. Some erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and there is a light stain across the top 1.5" of rear panel.

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YORKSHIRE: YORK AND THE EAST RIDING (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Neave.
Stock no. 1828695
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0300095937. Rubbing to top rear edge of spine. Top of spine has a light vertical crease. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps, lightly scuffed, and lightly worn to top of spine and top corners.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE I: THE COTSWOLDS (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Verey; Alan Brooks.
Stock no. 1828692
Published by Yale University Press. 1st Thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Extensively revised and expanded. Black covers, gilt titles. B/w photos, diagrams and illustrations. 826 pages including index. ISBN: 0300096046. Top and tail of spine lightly bumped. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and lightly scuffed.

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WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828691
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. 378 pages. ISBN: 0300096607. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and is a little scuffed.

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