A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY SCARSDALE MISCELLANY
Written by Philip Riden; J.V. Beckett; J.P. Polak; et al.
Stock no. 2113468
Published by Derbyshire Record Society. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Contains 'The Scarsdale Surveys of 1652-62' edited by Beckett and Polak; 'The Autobiography of Leonard Wheatcroft'; Lawrence Oxley's Accounts, 1672-81 etc. ISBN: 0946324166. Some marks to outer page edges. Pages internally have some wrinkling.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XV 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710404
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1841. Very good condition.

Library Binding. January to June 1841. iv 698 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: Repairs of the Temple Church , London; New schoolhouse at Garsington, Oxfordshire; The appointment of Regimental Schoolmistresses; Repair of Whitby Abbey; Roman find at Risingham, Northumberland; Three churches in Dundee destroyed by fire; Serious flooding on the Thames; Conway Castle; trial of the Earl of Cardigan for shooting someone in a duel; St. Paul's Cray church, Kent; proposed school at Eversholt; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.

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RACECOURSES ON THE FLAT
Written by John Tyrrel.
Stock no. 2113084
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A description of every British course and a true sense of character for each, from the stands and straights, the paddocks and prize-monies and the personalities who played a part in the creation of a unique collection of sporting venues. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. 251 pages plus index. ISBN: 1852232684. Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with grubby mark to rear and light creasing at top edge.

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TWO IN A VALLEY
Written by Stephen Gwynn. Illustrated by R. Beddington.
Stock no. 1605745
Published by Rich and Cowan. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w plates and illustrations. A book about the Cotswolds. Spine bumped, some dents to board edges. Some foxing. Wrapper is browned and foxed with tears and edge chips, a little loss.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 16
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808501
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402006. A fine copy in a price-cut dustwrapper faded at spine and a few marks to rear panel.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 17
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808500
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Nostalgic memories of Cardiff. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402057. Small damp stain to lower margin of first few pages else a lovely, clean copy. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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OLD AND NEW CHESTERFIELD ETC.
Written by Tatler; John Richard Walbran; Grant W. Macdonald; Alfred Wallis; J.J. Sheahan; John George Bishop; et al.
Stock no. 2112523
Almost very good condition.

This is EIGHT volumes collected and bound into one book. Titles are: Old and New Chesterfield; A Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Aldborough, Brimham Rocks, Newby Hall, Hackfall, Tanfield and Several Places of Interest in Their Vicinity; A Brief Account of the Parish of Holbeach and Its Church of All Saints; Bemroses' Guide to Matlock, Bakewell, Chatsworth; Haddon Hall etc.; Hand-Book to Beverley; The Practical Guide to the City of York; The Brighton Pavilion and Its Royal Associations; The Abbey of Saint Alban. Black leather spine and corners. Uneven browning and mottling to covers. Wear to cover edges and corners. Ink stamps to a few pages. Some foxing and browning. Some pages have been cut down severely at margins - but text all appears to be present.

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DAYS IN DERBYSHIRE
Written by Spencer T. Hall.
Stock no. 2112522
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1863. Almost very good condition.

Leather binding; raised bands to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine is split to top of spine on both sides; horizontally as well. Corners are bumped. Scuffing to cover edges. Small part of paper clipping stuck to front free endpaper; name in ink. Some foxing. P. 185 has surface paper damage.

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A VIEW FROM THE GARTH
Written by Peter Thomas.
Stock no. 1808280
1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

One Hundred Years of Taffs Well Rugby 1887-1987. Black and white glazed boards. B/w photos and illustrations. 104 pages. Boards a little scuffed. Contents clean.

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FLORA OF STAFFORDSHIRE
Written by E.S. Edees.
Stock no. 2112308
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

County Flora series. B/w photos. 280 pages including b/w distribution maps. ISBN: 0715355635. Wrapper has been stuck to book, with clear adhesive film, which is now browning.

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