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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).
- Categorised in:
- 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.
- Categorised in:
- 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)
SURREY (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Bridget Cherry.
Stock no. 1328590
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Second edition revised by Bridget Cherry, originally published in 1971. Black vinyl boards, gilt title. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096755. Tiny dent to top of spine of both book and wrapper.
SUSSEX (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Ian Nairn.
Stock no. 1328588
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2003.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. First published by Penguin in 1965. ISBN: 0300096771. Spine of book and wrapper bumped else a fine copy.
NORFOLK 2: NORTH-WEST AND SOUTH (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Bill Wilson.
Stock no. 1328585
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096577.
THE FLYING HORSES: TALES FROM CHINA
Written by Jo Manton; Robert Gittings.
Illustrated by Derek Collard.
Stock no. 1828847
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd..
1st
1977.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Chinese stories taken from translations of Chinese history and literature, the dialogue and poems often embody and give substance to ancient Chinese sayings. They range in time from the earliest popular legends, which deal with the origins of the universe, to a twentieth-century account of the Revolution. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Full page b/w illustrations. 172 pages. ISBN: 041683440X. Text block lightly browned. Light browning to vertical edge of front endpaper and small foxspot else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little scuffed.
CORNWALL (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Enid Radcliffe.
Stock no. 1828837
Published by Yale University Press.
1st thus
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Revised second edition. Black vinyl. B/w photos. 282 pages plus list of titles to rear. ISBN: 0300095899. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
A HISTORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Meadows; Nigel Ramsay.
Stock no. 1328557
Published by The Boydell Press.
2008.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large, heavy format. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. From the tiny community founded in the fens by St. Etheldreda in 672, and refounded as an abbey in 970, grew one of the greatest monasteries in England. ISBN: 9780851159454. Spine bumped. A couple of small spots to textblock and a couple of lower page corner tips slightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- EAST ANGLIA
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920: VOLUME I
Written by Rene J. Francillon.
Stock no. 1828800
Published by Putnam.
1st thus
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Edition, revised, updated and expanded. Originally published in one volume in 1979. This first volume covers the history of Douglas and its associate companies, and details all of its aircraft up to the 1967 merger with McDonnell. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 617 pages. ISBN: 0851778275. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Endpapers lightly imprinted with printers ink from dustwrapper flaps. Else contetns clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has some creasing of the laminate, corners lightly rubbed.
THE LONDON LT
Written by Ken Blacker.
Stock no. 1828782
Published by Capital Transport.
1st
2010.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The LT type bus which started to appear on London streets in 1929. The first vehicles of this class of over 1400 vehicles had outside staircases while the most developed examples led the way to the STL of 1932. All the variations are covered here, including the famous Bluebirds, the 'Scooter' single deckers and the two coaches. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout and one or two colour photos. 183 pages. ISBN: 9781854143426. Top and tail of front edge of spine lightly knocked. Else a lovely copy. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and is lightly scuffed.