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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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LANCASHIRE ILLUSTRATED
Written by William H. Pyne; D. Wylie. Illustrated by S. Austin; J. Harwood; G. Pyne; C. Pyne.
Stock no. 811417
Published by H. Fisher, Son And Jackson. 1831. Good condition.

Large format. 11.5 x 9". Three-quarter burgundy leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. 52 plates, each with two b/w views plus engraved title page. Lancashire Illustrated in a Series of Views, showing Towns, Public Buildings, Streets, Docks, Churches, Antiquities, Abbeys, Castles, Seats of the Nobility Etc. Engraved on Steel by Robert Wallis. Book: all plates present. Front joint broken. Some foxing throughout. Spine edges rubbed. Corners worn.

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LE THEATRE DE MONSIEUR DE MARIVAUX
Written by Monsieur De Marivaux.
Stock no. 810343
Published by Arkstee & Merkus. 1754. Almost very good condition.

Four volumes. Small format. 5.5 x 3 inches. Full tree calf binding. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spines. B/w frontis to each volume. Title pages in red and black with b/w vignette. Title label missing from Volume 4. Spine edges slightly cracked. A nice set.

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LETTRES CHOISIES DE MADAME DE SEVIGNE
Written by Madame De Sevigne; M. Poujoulat. Illustrated by V. Foulquier.
Stock no. 810363
Published by Alfred Mame Et Fils. 1st thus 1871. Almost very good condition.

Large format. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Floral patterned endpapers. 18 b/w text illustrations. Text in French. Limited edition of 300 copies. Top edge gilt. Title on spine is Madame De Sevigne. Copy no. 124. Bookplate to front pastedown. Title page is very browned and has been reinserted. Last page also very browned and reinserted. Possibly not original binding but looks contemporary. Corners rubbed.

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FURNESS PAST AND PRESENT ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by George Markham Tweddell.
Stock no. 628348
Published by J. Richardson. 1st 1870. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Large format. 11 x 8.5 inches. Black leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles to spine. 16 b/w plates, 4 coloured title pages, 50 beautiful colour plates, 2 double-page colour plates, 1 colour map, 1 double-page colour map plus b/w text illustrations. Marbled endpapers and edges. Both volumes have been professionally rebacked with original spines laid down. Some light foxing to plate margins. Overall a very handsome set.

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HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA
Written by William H. Prescott.
Stock no. 628351
Published by George Routledge and Co.. 1854. Very good condition.

Two volumes. 6.5 x 4 inches. Brown leather spine and corners. Raised bands and elaborate gilt decorations to spines. Marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Prelims lightly foxed. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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A COLLECTION OF COATS OF ARMS BORNE BY THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY OF THE COUNTY OF GLOCESTER
No author listed.
Stock no. 628236
Published by J. Good. 1792. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Gilt title to spine. 7 pages list of subscribers; 49 pages of text; 62 b/w heraldic plates with typically 6 images per plate. Marbled edges and endpapers. Large format, 12 x 9.5 inches. Book: all plates present. Title page browned. Some scattered foxing throughout. Plates in general clean and bright. Spine has 3 inch crack at base. Spine rubbed, corners worn. REDUCED FROM £440.

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MANWOOD'S TREATISE OF THE FOREST LAWS
Written by William Nelson.
Stock no. 628241
Published by E. Nutt. 1717. Almost very good condition.

Shewing Not Only the Laws Now in Force But the Original of Forests, What They Are, and How They Differ from Chases, Parks and Warrens With All Such Things As Are Incident to Either. Together With the Proper Terms of Art, Collected Out of the Common and Statute Laws of This Realm; as Also From the Assises and Iters of Pickering and Lancaster and Several Other Ancient and Learned Authors. Treating Also of the Offices of Agistors, Beadles, Foresters, Keepers, Rangers, Verderors and Woodwards and of the Courts of Attachment Etc. With All the Variety of Cases Relating to Forests, Chases, Parks and Warrens and All the Laws Concerning the Game Made, Adjudged or Repealed Since the Year 1665. The Fourth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. 7.5 x 4.5 inches. Full brown leather binding. Raised bands, gilt title to spine. 435 pages + 23 pages "The Table". Endpapers browned. Contents in general very good. Boards scuffed. Top and tail of spine chipped with loss. Corners worn.

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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 TUNBRIDGE WELLS GUIDE
No author listed.
Stock no. 597673
Published by J. Sprange. 1817. Very good condition.

An Account of the Ancient & Present State of That Place With a Particular Description of All the Towns, Villages, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Ancient & Modern Seats, Founderies, Etc. Within the Circumference of Sixteen Miles With Accurate Views of the Principal Objects. Small format. 7 x 4". Black leather spine and corners. Marbled boards and edges. 12 b/w plates of which 8 are large folding. Illustrated title page. xx + 332 pages. Rebacked. Corners rubbed. Contents very good indeed except for title page which is lightly browned.

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HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY AND DIRECTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 597612
Published by William Bailey. 1858. Very good condition.

To Which is Prefixed an Abridgement of the Early History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Invasion of the Danes in 832. With an Account of the Seventeen States into Which England Including Wales was Divided at the Invasion of the Romans. A List of the Kings of England from Julius Caesar to the Departure of the Romans and from Their Departure to the Introduction of the Saxons by Vortigern; Also an Account of the Heptarchy and of the Idols Worshipped by the Saxons. Useful and Correct Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of England from Egbert to Victoria. xxvii + 350 pages + one page of advertisements. Modern binding with leather spine and corners and marbled boards. Original spine laid down. Lacks map. Contents in general very good. Attractive binding.

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