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GREEN TIDE
Written by Richard Church. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330429
Published by Country Life. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A series of essays on the theme of country life in wartime, life in the Weald of Kent. Green cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light damp stains to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is chipped with loss to spine and slightly grubby.

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BIGGIN ON THE BUMP
Written by Bob Ogley.
Stock no. 1830490
Published by Froglets Publications. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the most famous fighter station in the world. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour photos & illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 1872337058. Reprint. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Light scuffing and creasing to covers. Contents clean.

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UNCONQUERED: THE STORY OF KENT AND ITS LIEUTENANCY
Written by David McDine.
Stock no. 1830213
Published by The Allan Willett Foundation. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beacons flared across Kent in Elizabeth I's reign to warn of the Armada's approach. now the beacons celebrate great events like Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. And throughout the centuries the link has been the Lieutenancy, originally responsible for the defence of the Frontline County and now keeping alive the unique Spirit of Kent - still Unconquered. Large format. Dark blue imitation leather cloth boards with silver titles. Colour photos. 249 pages plus list of Lieutenants and Index. ISBN: 9780992834807. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Contained in dark blue imitation leather cloth slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs.

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THE IRON INDUSTRY OF THE WEALD
Written by Henry Cleere; David Crossley.
Stock no. 1828301
Published by Merton Priory Press. 2nd 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised, edited by Jeremy Hodgkinson. The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex was the leading ironmaking centre of Great Britain. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1898937044. Initials and date in ink to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly faded to spine.

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THE EARLY TOWN BOOKS OF FAVERSHAM C. 1251-1581 (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Duncan Harrington; Patricia Hyde.
Stock no. 1828118
Published by History Research. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Town Books of Faversham c. 1251-1581 are invaluable because they provide the basis for the history of the town in the period. The First Town Book, compiled c. 1382-1405, being a collection of documents dating from 1251 relating to the legal status of the Borough. The Second Town Book comprises the Town Accounts, Wardmote minutes and other records for the period 1436-1581. Two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour frontispieces. Limited edition of 250 numbered & signed copies. ISBN: 9780953099832. Copy L (50) of 250 and SIGNED by Duncan Harrington. Edge of boards lightly rubbed. Contents are fine. White pictorial dustwrappers are both a little scuffed and grubby.

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SANDWICH: THE 'COMPLETEST MEDIEVAL TOWN IN ENGLAND'
Written by Helen Clarke; Sarah Pearson; Mavis Mate; Keith Parfitt.
Stock no. 1828108
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of the town and port from its origins to 1600. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174005. Light bumping & rubbing to corners. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine.

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THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME ONE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827985
Published by Kent County Cricket Club. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a reprint of the original text of 1907, edited by The Right Hon. Lord Harris, including Appendices A.B.C.D. & E, the last published in 1910. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Pale foxing to top edge of text block. Boards bright and clean. Contents clean.

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THE HISTORY OF KENT COUNTY CRICKET VOLUME TWO 1910-1984
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827983
Published by Kent County Cricket Club. 1st thus 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Being a reprint of Appendices F.G.H. & I. first published between 1924 & 1985. Blue cloth boards, black titles. Boards clean and bright. Some minor marks to text block. Contents clean.

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ALFRED HAMBROOK'S MID KENT: THROUGH TIME
Written by Andrew Ashbee.
Stock no. 1826391
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Alfred N. Hambrook was a stationer and printer whose shop in Snodland High Street served the community for around fifty years from 1901. His postcards of Snodland and district are well known and he produced a great number of other views with his brother. This book concentrates on an area of mid Kent all within about a dozen miles of Snodland. Hambrook was a good photographer and his images show a way of life and a landscape now much changed by the trappings of modern society. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9781848689343. A lovely copy.

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KENT
Written by W. Teignmouth Shore. Illustrated by W. Biscombe Gardner.
Stock no. 2136983
Published by A. & C. Black. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. Popular series. 2nd revised edition. Spine is browned. Marks to covers, including damp stain to rear cover. Foxing. Damp stain to first few plates on lower margin. Browning to margins of plates. Grubby mark to plate on page 113.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOLS. VII AND VIII (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134498
Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe; Longman; Hurst. 1st 1808. Very good condition.

Leather spines and corners; raised bands to spines; marbled boards. Volume 7 = Herts, Huntingdon and First part of Kent; Volume 8 = Kent. B/w plates. Spines are faded; a few scuffs. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

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THE ROMNEY, HYTHE & DYMCHURCH RAILWAY
Written by W.J.K. Davies.
Stock no. 1820927
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos, maps and plans. ISBN: 0715368273. Endpapers browned with a few minor foxpots. Foxing to top edge of text block and a few top page margins. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots to flaps and top edge, rear panel a little scuffed.

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