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A PILGRIMAGE IN SURREY
Written by James S. Ogilvy. Illustrated by James S. Ogilvy.
Stock no. 815467
Published by Waverley Book Company Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Gilt map of Surrey to front covers. Top edge gilt. 94 tissue-guarded colour plates. Edges lightly bumped and rubbed. Covers still nice and bright. Volume II front joint cracked and starting to break at top but still quite tight. Volume I rear joint starting to crack. All plates present and clean. Tissue guard to plate opposite page 168 is torn across top corner. Plate is fine.

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THE PAPERED WALL
Written by Lesley Hoskins.
Stock no. 814966
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st USA 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tracing the history of wallpaper ranging from hand-painted Chinese papers to the myriad patterns and paper types available for use today in the ordinary home. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. 256 pages. ISBN: 0810937301. A lovely, clean copy.

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A NEW AND COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF YORK
Written by Thomas Allen. Illustrated by Nathaniel Whittock.
Stock no. 814535
Published by I.T. Hinton. 1st 1828. Good condition.

Three volumes. Full brown leather bindings. Marbled endpapers and edges. 143 b/w plates. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. All plates are present. The contents of this set are very good but the covers leave a lot to be desired! Front endpapers are missing from volumes I and III. Vols I and III have been amateurishly rebacked in brown leather and the covers are very worn.

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MEXICO AS I SAW IT
Written by Mrs. Alec Tweedie.
Stock no. 814550
Published by Hurst & Blackett. 1902. Slightly better than good condition.

Second edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. Colour plates and b/w photos. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by author. All plates present. Endpapers lightly foxed. Joints slightly cracked. Contents very good. Spine faded and rubbed.

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THE CASTLES OF THE LORDSHIP OF GLAMORGAN
Written by Jeston Homfray.
Stock no. 814333
Published by Stewart Williams. 1972. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile of the 1828 edition. Large oblong format. Green cloth, gilt titles to front. Tissue-guarded b/w plates. Limited edition of 500 copies. Copy no. 363. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Small mark to spine.

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MYTHS OF MODERN INDIVIDUALISM
Written by Ian Watt.
Stock no. 814180
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Faust, Don Quixote, Don Juan, Robinson Crusoe. A critical account - historical, cultural, moral and aesthetic - of how four great Western myths have insinuated themselves into the actualities of modern culture. B/w illustrations. 293 pages includes index. ISBN: 0521480116. Book: name in ink to front endpaper.

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EXCAVATIONS AT DINORBEN 1965-9
Written by Hubert N. Savory.
Stock no. 814092
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1971. As new condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0720000483. Wrapper lightly marked.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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