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BOSWELL'S LONDON JOURNAL 1762-63
Written by James Boswell; Frederick A. Pottle.
Stock no. 1826914
Published by Folio Society. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and Introduced by Frederick A. Pottle. Dark blue cloth spine, grey boards. B/w illustrations. Third Impression. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby and marked.

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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF BISLEY WITH LYPIATT GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Mary A. Rudd.
Stock no. 1826886
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st thus 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally privately published in 1937 in a limited edition of 250 copies. This edition limited edition of 350 numbered copies. Brown boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 090438716X. Text block lightly browned. Pale foxing to prelims and rear endpapers. White dustwrapper is scuffed and creased, unevenly faded and browned. This is copy 172 of 350.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1826883
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, is grubby to rear panel and has previous bookseller's label to lower edge.

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THE MILITARY SURVEY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1522
Written by R.W. Hoyle.
Stock no. 1826879
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 6. An indispensable guide to Gloucestershire society at the end of the middle ages and an essential source for local historians and genealogists. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 265 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197366. Text block a little dusty. Else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is a little discoloured and is scuffed.

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ORIGINAL ACTA OF ST. PETER'S ABBEY GLOUCESTER C. 1122 TO 1263
Written by Robert B. Patterson.
Stock no. 1826873
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Records Series Volume 11. Revealing much information about the ecclesiastical. topographical, tenurial, economic and social history of Gloucester and its region. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 354 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197471. Spine cocked. Text block a little grubby. Contents have been read but are clean. Blue dustwrapper is scuffed.

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A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY 1816-1919 VOLUME 8: THE WESTERN FRONT, 1915-1918; EPILOGUE, 1919-1939
Written by The Marquess Of Anglesey.
Stock no. 1826871
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps. xxv and 397 pages including index. ISBN: 0850524679. Lower corners of boards lightly bumped. Top edge of text block is browned. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, alittle grubby and previous bookseller's barcode label to rear panel.

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A CALENDAR OF THE REGISTERS OF APPRENTICES OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER 1595-1700
Written by Jill Barlow.
Stock no. 1826870
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 14. A calendar of more than 4000 indentures providing a valuable source for urban social and economic historians as well as a key document for family historians and the history of Gloucester. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 343 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197544. A few minor marks to boards. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE NELSON PORTRAITS
Written by Richard Walker.
Stock no. 1826869
Published by Royal Naval Museum. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An iconography of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B. Vice Admiral of the White. Every known contemporary image of Nelson is collated here, along with a detailed and scholarly catalogue listing the history, provenance and present whereabouts of each image - 238 in all. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952637758. Scuff marks to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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THE TWELVE GREATEST SOVEREIGNS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826868
Published by Inspire Creative. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

The most historically significant and interesting coins from 200 years of the gold sovereign's history. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Ribbon page marker. ISBN: 9781640083240. A few small, minor marks to boards. Contents clean.

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TEWKESBURY CHURCHWARDENS ACCOUNTS 1563-1624
Written by C.J. Litzenberger.
Stock no. 1826865
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 7. Furnishing fresh insights into this formative period of the development of Tewkesbury. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 163 pages includes index. ISBN: 0900197390. Spine slightly cocked. Text block a little grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper has a closed tear to lower front corner (no loss) and is lightly scuffed.

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A CATALOGUE OF THE MEDIEVAL MUNIMENTS AT BERKLEY CASTLE
Written by Bridget Wells-Furby.
Stock no. 1826863
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

First of two volumes. Gloucestershire Record Series Volume 17. The medieval muniments at Berkeley Castle form one of the largest and and most remarkable accumulations of records relating to the ownership and administration of land. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 574 pages. ISBN: 0900197609. Spine slightly cocked. Contents a little crinkled but clean. Dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.

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THE GREAT HOUSEHOLD IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
Written by C.M. Woolgar.
Stock no. 1326182
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In this portrait of asistocratic and gentry life in medieval England, the author describes the roles of family members, the situations of servants, the uses of space within the household, how meals were prepared etc etc. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 254 pages. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0300076878. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is faded and slightly creased at edges.

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