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THE CINEMA OF JOHN MARSHALL
Written by Jay Ruby.
Stock no. 1712413
Published by Harwood Academic Publishers. 1999. Fine condition.

Exploring the life and art of the pioneering ethnographic filmmaker. Glazed pictorial boards. Volume 3 in The Visual Anthropology. 282 pages includes index. ISBN: 3718605570.

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ENGLISH IVORIES
Written by M.H. Longhurst.
Stock no. 1605880
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 1926. Good condition.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Ex-library, minimal stamps, embossed library stamps to plates. Spine and corners bumped. Some grubby marks.

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THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE
Written by John Heath.
Stock no. 1809457
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1982. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. This is a Limited edition. A complete list of original subscribers to rear. ISBN: 0860231275. A nice, clean copy.

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PICTURE LIVES OF GREAT HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114723
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1886. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title and green/brown decorations to front. With 48 coloured and tinted illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front endpaper is browned, with tear to bottom of page next to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Margin marks and a little foxing.

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GROWING UP IN KILVERT COUNTRY
Written by Mona M. Morgan.
Stock no. 1809205
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Recollections of a Radnorshire childhood. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863836801. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly faded at spine and rear spine edge.

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COSTUMES OF BRITISH LADIES FROM THE TIME OF WILLIAM THE 1ST TO THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1809112
Published by Dickinson & Son. Circa 1840. Almost very good condition.

Very large format (14.5" x 10.75"). Three quarters leather binding, marbled sides. Gilt title to spine. Elegant, colour floral title page. 49 mounted colour lithographs with tissue guards and accompanying text describing the era. Subscribers list to rear. Edges rubbed and scuffed, marbled sides scuffed. Joints starting to crack but binding still firm and tight. Subscribers list is MISSING from the rear. All plates present, some have a few small foxspots. Overall a nice copy of a scarce item.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (HENRY VII TO ELIZABETH)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312999
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2.5" of spine. Light scuff marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Some messy colouring to the b/w illustrations. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (JAMES I TO EDWARD VII)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312998
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. Good condition.

Humourous rhymes of historical times. Large format. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Red cloth spine. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, split to top 2" of spine. Light scratch marks to rear cover. Front joint cracked. Light pencil mark to rear endpaper. Some messy colour to the b/w illustrations, pencil doodles to one of the plates. Grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some tears at inner margins. Very scarce in this format.

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A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT
Written by Thomas Johnes; Richard J. Moore-Colyer.
Stock no. 1711308
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Selections from the letters of Thomas Johnes of Hafod Cardiganshire 1748-1816 ISBN: 0863837514.

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A SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF THE BENGAL NATIVE ARMY TO THE YEAR 1895
Written by F.G. Cardew.
Stock no. 1710748
Published by Picton Publishing. 1992. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1903 edition ISBN: 0948251689.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1808795
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. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwapper is unevenly faded and lightly edge-worn.

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REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST KAFIR WAR
Written by James McKay.
Stock no. 2113819
Published by C. Struik. 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated with numerous anecdotes. Limited edition, to 1,000 numbered copies. B/w illustrations. This is copy no. 538. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a few nicks and some grubby marks and browning.

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