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FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY TRADE UNIONISM
Written by G.W. Alcock.
Stock no. 1829129
Published by Co-Operative Printing Sociaty Limited.
1st
1922.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xvi and 631 pages including index. Boards lightly rubbed to top & tail of spine and edges. Minor mark to rear board. Text block and endpapers browned. Mark to centre of prelims. Contents clean.
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- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- TRADE UNIONS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Queen Victoria; Arthur Helps; Delia Millar.
Stock no. 1829106
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition.
Published in honour of The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. From Queen Victoria's journal, 1848 to 1861. Introduced by Delia Millar. Red buckram cloth covered boards with extensive gilt and black decorations. Bevelled boards. B/w and colour illustrations. Limited edition of 1850 numbered copies. Large format. All edges gilt. Light vertical crease to free front endpaper, tip of lower corner of contents lightly creased (likely to have been dropped at some point but boards not affected). Else a lovely copy. This is copy 1198. Contained in publisher's red cloth solander case which is lightly speckled.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- ROYALTY
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY (VICTORIAN)
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
THE LOST CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT
Written by Matthew Rice.
Illustrated by Matthew Rice.
Stock no. 1828996
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited.
Circa
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A song for Stoke: a fanfare for one of the great cities of the world's first Industrial Revolution. Matthew Rice's detailed - and often funny - architectural watercolours are the basis of this book. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 152 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711231399. Second printing. Top & tail of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed at edges.
LONDON'S SIXTIES BUSES
Written by Mick Webber.
Stock no. 1828914
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2019.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781854144324. A lovely copy.
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- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- HISTORY
- LONDON
MANCHESTER AND ASHTON UNDER LYNE TROLLEYBUSES (TROLLEYBUS CLASSICS 25)
Written by Stephen Lockwood.
Stock no. 1828911
Published by Middleton Press.
1st
2010.
Very good condition.
The Manchester and Ashton trolleybus network was one of the largest in the country. Manchester's red and Ashton's blue vehicles shared the wires on most of the services between the two areas, and in addition Manchester had a substantial network of its own. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos throughout. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781906008734. Covers lightly creased & rubbed at corners. Front hinge pulled and therefore a few pages of the section are a little loose from the lower edge. Else contents clean and binding tight.
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- TRANSPORT
- BUSES
- TROLLEYBUS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LANCASHIRE
- MANCHESTER
THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME ONE
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1828871
Published by Monnow Press.
2nd
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Second Edition. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. From the earliest times to the Civil War. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950661813. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to text block and page edges. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with a few grubby marks.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
A GUIDE TO THE TAFF VALLEY FROM QUAKERS' YARD TO ABERFAN
Written by Mary E. Gillham; Clive Thomas; John Perkins.
Stock no. 1828857
Published by Merthyr Tydfil and District Naturalists' Society.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Depicting what may still be seen of the Industrial History, Geology, Natural History and Following the courses of the ancient Penydarren Tramway, Glamorgan Canal and the River itself. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Cardwraps. 66 pages. Covers are lightly browned. Grubby margin marks to last page (not bad). Else contents clean.
SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828855
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Three pale foxspots to top front edge of spine. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly worn at horizontal edges.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
INNS AND TAVERNS OF THE CHEPSTOW DISTRICT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Illustrated by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828854
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1949.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. 8 b/w illustrations plus plan of Chepstow Inns. 103 pages including index. 8.5 x 5.5". SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top corner of boards bumped. top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block & endpapers browned with some foxing. Grubby finger marks to page 14. The list of Chepstow Inns and their Landlords has some marked with a biro 'x' next to the name. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and edge-worn.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- WYE VALLEY
- INNS
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
SWORD AND PLOUGHSHARE: THE STORY OF THE DE BOHUNS AND CALDICOT
Written by T.T. Birbeck.
Stock no. 1828853
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The early history of Caldicot and surrounding community. Limited to 600 copies. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 180 pages. ISBN: 0900278153. Minor mark to rear board. Base of spine lightly shelf worn. Pale foxing to endpapers. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, has some foxing to verso and flaps, lightly worn at horizontal edges with a few tiny closed tears (no loss).
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTH-SHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers.
Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 1828852
Published by Moss Rose Press.
1st thus
1978.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
First published in 1708, this edition limited to 100 copies 1978. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 95 pages. ISBN: 0906134021. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. White pictorial dustwrapper with green titles is lightly edge-rubbed.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LIMITED EDITION
HENRY MARTEN AND THE LONG PARLIAMENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1828850
Published by The Chepstow Society.
1st
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first English republican and a leading opponent of Charles I and later of Oliver Cromwell. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0900278188. Heavy knock to top front board corner which is impacting the top corner of contents (very minor). Pencil erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown. Contents clean. Green & white dustwrapper is grubby & scuffed, rubbed at corners, top front corner repaired with a white label to front and masking tape to rear.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- BIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)