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POPULAR TRADITIONS OF LANCASHIRE
Written by J. Roby.
Stock no. 627424
Published by Henry G. Bohn. 1843. Very good condition.

Three volumes. Green leather spines and corners. Gilt decorations and black title labels to spines. Marbled boards. B/w text illustrations. 3rd edition. Bookplates to front endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed. Contents very good indeed. Spines slightly rubbed. A handsome set.

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THE FLORA OF LIVERPOOL
Written by Joseph Dickinson.
Stock no. 597717
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1851. Very good condition.

Purple cloth. Gilt title to spine. 166 pages. Bound with Supplement to the Flora of Liverpool 1855, 28 pages. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Spine and cover edges browned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Title page browned else contents very good.

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LEAVES FROM MY NOTE BOOK
Written by R. Saunders Jones.
Stock no. 597735
Published by Rockliff. 1st 1926. Slightly better than very good condition.

Interesting Items Concerning the Ancient and Historic District of Garston. Brown paperwraps. 16 pages.

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LANCASHIRE ITS HISTORY LEGENDS AND MANUFACTURES
Written by G.N. Wright.
Stock no. 682386
Published by Fisher, Son & Co.. Good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates. Spine and covers unevenly browned. Corners a little bumped and rubbed. Some plates slightly foxed.

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A PORTFOLIO AND FRAGMENTS AND ANTIQUITIES OF LANCASHIRE
Written by Matthew Gregson.
Stock no. 900316
Published by G.H. Harris's Widow And Brothers. 1824. Very good condition.

The book consists of the book "Fragments" bound with other material in modern brown cloth with black and gilt title label. Consists of: A page of manuscript notes relating to the text. The "Notice of Publication Sheet" for the book dated 1817. Title Page for 1817 edition. Portrait of Matthew Gregson. Title Page for 1824 (second) edition. ix pages including updated subscribers list. Page vii repeated from original edition. Large folding map. 152 pages completes Part I. Part II dated 1817 continues the pagination through to page 302. Part III has cviii pages. One page prospectus for forthcoming fourth part. A coloured page titled "A List of the Sheriffs of Lancashire copied from Gregson's fragments of the History of that County" followed by pages 295 to 302 repeated but with all the heraldic shields hand coloured. A further document title "To the Freemen of Lancaster" seemingly one of 200 printed in 1780. 4 small pages with a review of Gregson's book. Two manuscript pages with notes relating to the book. One printed page which is a a letter from Gregson probably printed in a newspaper Titled "National Education in Drawing" and dated 1813. Numerous black and white illustrations and original card covers bound in. Bookplate to front pastedown. The contents are superb. Reduced from £350.

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