THE RIVER HOBBLER'S APPRENTICE: MEMORIES OF WORKING THE SEVERN AND WYE
Written by Alan Butt.
Stock no. 1826267
Published by The History Press. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A vivid insight into the forgotten world of the river hobbler, a unique trade and one which he learnt at the end of its days. The river hobbler paid no taxes and made a living by working whatever was available on and around the river. Cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780752451381. Spine faded to rear edge. Minor crease to vertical edge of prelims. Contents clean.

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THE BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY AND THE AVON AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY
Written by Colin G. Maggs.
Stock no. 1325728
Published by The Oakwood Press. 2nd 1992. Very good condition.

2nd enlarged edition. Oakwood Library of Railway History 26. Green card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853614350. Covers are edge rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE COMMONERS OF DEAN FOREST
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1826121
Published by Lightmoor Press. 2nd 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, emendations and updated. The rights of the Commoner in the King's forest is the subject of undying interest. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1899889116. SIGNED by the author (Best Wishes) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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GLOUCESTER: IN NATIONAL HISTORY
Written by Francis A. Hyett.
Stock no. 1826076
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1907. Very good condition.

2nd edition, revised. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Fold-out map of Gloucester 1610 as frontis. A few marks to boards, top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Rear joint cracked exposing cloth binding which is still tight. A few minor foxspots.

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WIMBORNE MINSTER: THE HISTORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN
Written by Jude James.
Stock no. 1826072
Published by Dovecote Press. 1983. Very good condition.

Orange cardwraps. B/w photos. Reprint. Spine faded. Corners rubbed. Rear copver a little scuffed. Strong smell of tobacco present else a clean copy.

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WEEK ST. MARY VILLAGE: A COMMUNITY AT LARGE
Written by David M. Martin.
Stock no. 1826055
Published by David Martin. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The village of Week St. Mary, in North Cornwall, has a rich and varied history reaching back some 2,000 years. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955721908. A lovely copy.

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BATHFORD PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Godfrey F. Laurence; David A. Howells.
Stock no. 1826018
Published by The Bathford Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Revised and updated by David Howells. This book tells what we know of the history of the parish of Bathford, a community situated in the north-east corner of Somerset. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780951074626. A lovely copy.

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DARTMOOR STONE
Written by Stephen H. Woods.
Stock no. 1825557
Published by Devon Books. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

The evidences of man in the Dartmoor moorland environment. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0861148436. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Rear cover a little scuffed and remains of old label. Light crease to top corner of contents. Else contents are clean.

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CORNISH MINING
Written by Bryan Earl.
Stock no. 1825022
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The techniques of Metal Mining in the West of England, Past and Present. Blue mottled boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. Text block browned, minor stain to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper has remains of price label to front flap, is faded to spine and slightly grubby.

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THE FLORA OF BRISTOL
Written by James Walter White.
Stock no. 1324730
Published by Chatford House Press Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Being an Account of all the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and their Allies That Have at Any Time Been Found in the District of the Bristol Coal-Fields. A facsimile of the 1912 edition. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 722 pages. 3 b/w plates and a map. Limited to 400 copies. ISBN: 0950083658. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate and small address label to front free-endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Edge of fold-out map has been slightly misfolded and now has a slightly ragged margin. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss, spine of wrapper is a bit grubby and front flap is creased.

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MATE'S ILLUSTRATED DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324519
Published by W. Mate & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A descriptive and historical guide. Large format. Green boards, white titles. B/w photos. Covers scuffed and marked. Corners are bumped. Slight damage to front pastedown at inner margins (looks like the joint may have been glue repaired?). Red ink spots to textblock/page margins.

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BRISTOL AS IT WAS 1879-1874
Written by Reece Winstone.
Stock no. 1824114
Published by Reece Winstone. 2nd 1968. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Orange glazed boards. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author to free front endpaper (no dedication). Boards scuffed with a few marks. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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