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THE CIVIL WAR IN WORCESTERSHIRE 1642-1646
Written by J.W. Willis Bund.
Stock no. 2123771
Published by The Midland Educational Company. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Burgundy cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Also include The Scotch Invasion of 1651. A few fade marks to covers. Small partially removed bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning.

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TOURIST'S GUIDE TO WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 1609477
Published by Edward Stanford. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

The 'pleasant and picturesque'. With map and plan. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription to front endpaper.

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A GENERAL HISTORY OF MALVERN
Written by John Chambers.
Stock no. 2122667
1817. Almost very good condition.

Embellished with plates, intended to comprise all the advantages of a guide, with the more important details of chemical, mineralogical and statistical information. Leather binding. Printed for Wm. Walcott and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. New leather spine, with original covers laid down; a bit of loss to edges of original leather. New endpapers. Foxing and damp marking to contents.

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REMEMBERING WORCESTER
Written by Ron Shuard.
Stock no. 1208579
Published by Peterson Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A picture postcard panorama of the city scene from the 1890s to the 1950s. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Packed with b/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0904702030. Wrapper has some faint marks with a small closed tear at top edge repaired on verso.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 2120396
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY JOURNEY
Written by David C. Williams.
Stock no. 1810028
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

Kidderminster to Bridgnorth. Silver Link Silk Editions series. Oblong format. Silver paper boards, silver/grey ribbon page marker. Vivid colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781857944365. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE ROCKS OF WORCESTERSHIRE: THEIR MINERAL CHARACTER AND FOSSIL CONTENTS
Written by George E. Roberts.
Stock no. 1809249
Published by Joseph Masters. 1st 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Fold-out map of Bird's Eye View of Worcestershire and fold-out plan of descending order of sedimentary rocks. 247 pages including index plus 36 page publisher adverts to rear. Spine slightly cocked. Corners bumped. Bookplate and inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some pencil annotation present. Map and plan lightly foxed and damp stained with a small closed tear but complete and very good. A few margin marks.

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THE BIRDS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Graham R. Harrison; Alan R. Dean; Alan J. Richards; David Smallshire.
Stock no. 1709818
Published by West Midland Bird Club. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0950788104. Wrapper spine faded.

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THE BIRDS OF THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Graham R. Harrison; Alan R. Dean; Alan J. Richards; David Smallshire.
Stock no. 1203470
Published by West Midland Bird Club. 1st 1982. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0950788104. Wrapper spine is faded.

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WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 821131
Published by Penguin. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth. B/w photos. Covers clean. Some neat ruled underlining in ink else contents are clean. Pictorial wrapper is rubbed at corners and red title to spine has faded to pink. Overall a decent copy.

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THE MALVERN COLLEGE REGISTER SECOND SUPPLEMENT 1949
No author listed.
Stock no. 817371
Published by The Malvernian Society. 1949. Very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt crest to front. Pale foxing to endpapers. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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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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