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SECOND CITY: BIRMINGHAM AND THE FORGING OF MODERN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Vinen.
Stock no. 1826022
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Th drama of a small village that grew to become the quintessential city of the twentieth century: a place of mass production, full employment and prosperity that began in the 1930s, but which came to a cataclysmic halt in the 1980s. Blue paper boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780241454534. A nice copy.

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A HISTORY OF THE STRATFORD-UPON-AVON & MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY
Written by R.C. Riley; Bill Simpson.
Stock no. 1825513
Published by Lamplight Publications. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The history of a small proud independent Company in the centre of England, often struggling to remain solvent, but equally resourceful. A journey through time and place with over two hundred photographs, maps and diagrams. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781899246205. A lovely copy.

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LUDLOW CASTLE: ITS HISTORY & BUILDINGS
Written by Ron Shoesmith; Andy Johnson.
Stock no. 1825273
Published by Logaston Press. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

This books aim to draw together the history of the buildings and its owners to provide a developing picture of the castle and its role in both border and national history and to interpret the changes that occurred in the buildings themselves. Extended edition. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour in the centre of the book. ISBN: 1904396488. Base of text block lightly grubby from shelf-rubbing. Else contents clean.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1323737
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Spine bumped. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Large foxspots to preliminary pages, some smaller foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, spine browned with slight loss at top and bottom and also a small hole to centre.

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BOULTON & PAUL AIRCRAFT
Written by Gordon Kinsey.
Stock no. 2138430
Published by Terence Dalton Limited. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a company spanning almost two hundred years and of their achievements within the history of aviation. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ix and 199 pages including index. ISBN: 0861380851. Page edges are lightly browned. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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THE COLLIERIES AND COALMINERS OF STAFFORDSHIRE
Written by Richard Stone.
Stock no. 2137946
Published by Phillimore. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781860774553.

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HEREFORDSHIRE SPEECH
Written by Winifred Leeds.
Stock no. 1823602
Published by Arch. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

The South-West Midland dialect as spoken in Herefordshire and its environs. Revised Edition. Green cardwraps, yellow titles. ISBN: 0947618015. Text block lightly browned. Light creasing to card covers.

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WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by A.G. Bradley. Illustrated by Thomas Tyndale.
Stock no. 1823538
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Original pale blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 24 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding map to rear. Top edge gilt. A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. viii and 181 pages including index, 2 page publisher adverts for books in same series to rear. Spine browned, red marks to rear cover lower edge and rear edge of spine. Endpapers and prelims browned and fragile. All plates present and lightly browned. Rear joint cracking. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.

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HEREFORD TO NEWPORT VIA CAERLEON (WESTERN MAIN LINES)
Written by Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith.
Stock no. 2136730
Published by Middleton Press. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1904474543. Spine is a bit faded.

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THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.

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THE BLACK COUNTRY IRON INDUSTRY: A TECHNICAL HISTORY
Written by W.K.V. Gale.
Stock no. 1823367
Published by The Metals Society. 2nd 1979. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Orange pictorial cardwraps. Fold-out diagrams. ISBN: 0904357236. Spine lightly faded and rubbed to either side. Text block browned and a little grubby. Brown spots to gutter edge of page vii else contents clean.

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WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2136312
Published by Penguin. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth. B/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting/foxing to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is unevenly faded; edge-creased with a few tears and nicks; foxed to verso; minimal loss.

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