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A HISTORY OF PAISLEY 600-1908
Written by W.M. Metcalfe.
Stock no. 813933
Published by Alexander Gardner.
1st
1909.
Very good condition.
Purple cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette to front. 14 b/w plates + text illustrations + large folding plan. ix + 546 pages + 1 page errata + 1 page booklist. Book: all plates present. Spine faded and bumped at top and tail. Endpapers lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
COLLECTIONS FOR THE HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by Tredway Nash.
Stock no. 813546
Published by John White.
1799.
Almost very good condition.
Second edition with additions. Two volumes. Very large format. 18 x 11 inches. Full brown leather, gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers and edges. Plates and pedigrees checked against book index and Upcott page 1330. Variations: Vol II - the book index calls for Kyre plate. This is a repeat of the one in Vol I (Upcott) but is not duplicated. Vol I has b/w frontis not in book index or Upcott. Vol I has illustrated title page with Bevere Elm (not listed) as well as Bevereye (listed). Vol I: 39 b/w plates + frontis + large folding map + text illustrations. Vol II: Illustrated title page + 37 b/w plates + plan of Worcester as frontis + text illustrations. Vol I: xcii + 609 pages + 1 page list of plates and pedigrees. Vol II: 484 + clxviii + dedication page to Lord Sandys + 13 pages Domesday facsimile + 104 pages. Rebacked with modern leather spine. Gilt decorations to spines. Red and black leather title labels with gilt titles to spines. Original covers scuffed and slightly worn at edges and corners. Slight damage to front endpapers where a bookplate has been removed and replaced by a slightly smaller one. Last two pages of Vol II detached. Contents very clean and bright. A handsome set.
EXCURSIONS IN THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX
No author listed.
Stock no. 813549
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme And Brown.
1st
1822.
Good condition.
Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations; Together With Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity. Forming a Complete Guide for the Traveller & Tourist. Small format. 6.5 x 4 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. Red title label to spine. Brown boards. 43 b/w plates. Title page states 50 plates but 43 present. Boards a little unevenly faded.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- SUSSEX
- ANTIQUARIAN
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- LEATHER BINDING
PAST AND PRESENT
No author listed.
Stock no. 813480
Published by Past & Present Publishing.
1993.
Fine condition.
A nostalgic look at five decades of change. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
TEWKESBURY
Written by Anthea Jones.
Stock no. 812263
Published by Phillimore.
1st
1987.
As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.
Tewkesbury's history in relation to the fabric of the town today. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336317. SIGNED by author.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
GLAMORGAN REMINISCENCES
Written by D.T. Alexander.
Stock no. 812108
Published by Stewart Williams.
1st thus
1973.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Republication of the 1915 edition. Endpapers very lightly marked. Wrapper slightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- GLAMORGAN
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
INDEX TO THE CHARTERS AND ROLLS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS BRITISH MUSEUM (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Henry J. Ellis; Francis B. Bickley.
Stock no. 811793
Published by British Museum.
1900.
Slightly better than good condition.
Two volumes. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Book covered in self-adesive clear film. Library labels to spines.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- PLACE-NAMES
WALES: TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
Written by T. Stephens.
Stock no. 811678
Published by Western Mail.
1st
1907.
Very good condition.
Religion, Politics, Education, Art, Literature and Industry. 80 writers, 80 portraits. Green cloth, gilt. 389 pages. 9.5 x 6". Free endpapers browned. Covers a little marked.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- RELIGION
- POLITICS
- EDUCATION
- ART
- LITERATURE
- INDUSTRY
LANCASHIRE ILLUSTRATED
Written by William H. Pyne; D. Wylie.
Illustrated by S. Austin; J. Harwood; G. Pyne; C. Pyne.
Stock no. 811417
Published by H. Fisher, Son And Jackson.
1831.
Good condition.
Large format. 11.5 x 9". Three-quarter burgundy leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. 52 plates, each with two b/w views plus engraved title page. Lancashire Illustrated in a Series of Views, showing Towns, Public Buildings, Streets, Docks, Churches, Antiquities, Abbeys, Castles, Seats of the Nobility Etc. Engraved on Steel by Robert Wallis. Book: all plates present. Front joint broken. Some foxing throughout. Spine edges rubbed. Corners worn.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- NORTH WEST UK
- LANCASHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
MIDDLESEX MATTERS
Written by Allan Beaver.
Stock no. 811346
Published by The Provincial Grand Lodge Of Middlesex.
1st
1995.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A history of 125 years of Middlesex freemasonry. 1870-1995. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952531305.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH EAST UK
- HOME COUNTIES
- MIDDLESEX
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FREEMASONRY
MONMOUTHSHIRE SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION TO 1870
Written by E. Tegla Davies.
Stock no. 811345
Published by Starsons.
1st
1957.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. Wrapper spine faded.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- EDUCATION
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- SCHOOLS
THE BOOK OF SOUTH WALES
Written by Charles Frederick Cliffe.
Stock no. 811174
Published by Hamilton, Adams, and Co..
1848.
Slightly better than good condition.
Brown embossed cloth, gilt titles. 30 b/w plates and text illustrations, two b/w maps. The Book of South Wales, The Bristol Channel, Monmouthshire and the Wye. 2nd edition, enlarged. 400 pages + 2 page booklist. Two small holes to top of front endpaper. Boards scuffed. All plates and maps present.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANTIQUARIAN
- MONMOUTHSHIRE
- WYE VALLEY