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THE ORIGINS OF HERTFORDSHIRE
Written by Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1828304
Published by Hertfordshire Publications. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

The history of Hertfordshire from late prehistoric times to the thirteenth century. A look at the origins of the county and the early evolution of its landscape. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 9781905313952. Initials and date in ink to half-title page else a lovely, clean copy.

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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 FENLAND PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Samuel H. Miller; Sydney B.J. Skertchly.
Stock no. 1828299
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1878. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. Pictorial front cover; colour frontis plus 27 b/w illustrations; folding map; xxxii+649 pages. Board edges rubbed, rear board scuffed. Text block browned. Possible new endpapers, white fabric tape to verso of joints (strength). Contemporary bookplate to front pastedown. Name in ink to front endpaper and slight surface paper damage to same. Some amateur repairs to hinges (neat). Some paper repairs (neat). Some hinges are pulled but binding is tight. Some annotation in pencil. Some marks to contents.

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THE BIRDS OF ESSEX: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
Written by Miller Christy.
Stock no. 1828260
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Essex Field Club Special Memoirs Vol II. Red cloth boards, black titles and owl vignette to front. 162 woodcut illustrations, two plans and a frontispiece. Chapters include Hawks & Hawking; Wild Fowl Decoys and Wild-Fowling. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper ('with the author's kind regards'). Boards marked, spine faded and frayed at top. Corners a little worn. Joints starting to crack. Text block browned. Foxing to prelims. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few marks to ontents mainly to margins. Contents are lightly browned.

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ORTON HALL FARM: A ROMAN AND EARLY ANGLO-SAXON FARMSTEAD
Written by D.F. Mackreth.
Stock no. 1828255
Published by Nene Valley Archaeological Trust. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 76. Yellow cardwraps. B/w line drawings, 3 microfiche and 7 loose, folded plates to rear pocket. ISBN: 0952810506. Uneven fading to covers. Light scuffing to covers. One or two minor marks to text block. All plates & microfiche present.

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THE FOLKLORE OF HERTFORDSHIRE (THE FOLKLORE OF THE BRITISH ISLES)
Written by Doris Jones-Baker.
Stock no. 1828240
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers and footers. ISBN: 0713432667. Blue dustwrapper is faded to green at spine and top edges and is browned to flaps.

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WILLIAM FADEN AND NORFOLK'S 18TH CENTURY LANDSCAPE
Written by Andrew Macnair; Tom Williamson.
Stock no. 1327874
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 2013. Nearly fine condition.

The context of the map's production, its place in cartographic history and the creation of a new, digital version of the map. Cardwraps. Includes a digital version of the map on DVD. 216 pages including bibliography and index. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781905119349. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. DVD still present but untested.

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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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PREHISTORIC AND ROMAN ESSEX
Written by James Kemble.
Stock no. 1828092
Published by The History Press. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

This book, with its county mpas, photographs and detailed gazetteer of the sites and monuments, provides the visitor and historian with an accessible guide from which to conduct their own exploration of Essex. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780752450322. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.

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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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