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DATCHET PAST
Written by Janet Kennish.
Stock no. 2136327
Published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1860771033.

METHODISM IN MAIDENHEAD 1829-1979
Written by Peter Hardiment.
Stock no. 2124205
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. B/w photos. Includes a list of ministers. ISBN: 0860231119. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine and edges, with some edge-creasing.

OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1317063
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

A collection of about 100 literary sketches of rural lifeLimited edition of four hundred ad seventy copies of the large paper edition. Dark red cloth, white title label to spine. 256 pages, edges untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers faded to spine and edges, title-label to spine rubbed. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Name in pencil to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers. Joints starting to crack. Page browning throughout.

THE FLORA OF BERKSHIRE
Written by H.J.M. Bowen.
Stock no. 1814513
Published by Holywell Press. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps to rear. Bookplate to front endpaper and name and date in ink. Slight musty odour present.

OUR VILLAGE
Written by Mary Russell Mitford. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; Alfred Rawlings.
Stock no. 2119098
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1910. Almost very good condition.

A collection of about 100 literary sketches of rural lifeLarge format. Green cloth, gilt titles and gilt shepherd vignette to front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates by Alfred Rawlings. Numerous b/w illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Top edge gilt. lx and 256 pages. Covers are unevenly browned. A few chips and nicks at cloth; with a little fraying in places. Plate to opposite page 27 is MISSING (mounting card and tissue-guard are still present, but plate no longer there). Some foxing and page browning.

ARCHIE AND THE STRICT BAPTISTS
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by Phillida Gili.
Stock no. 1504435
Published by John Murray. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Archibald Ormsby Gore, the teddy bear. This book tells of his youthful adventures while hunting for history and flying with home-made wings over the Berkshire Downs and over the village with its church, its four chapels and four public houses. Yellow boards with small gilt vignette of teddy and title in gilt to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0719534291. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Odd tiny spot to covers. Page edges are browned otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss from top 2" of rear fold. Spine slightly faded.

THE FLORA OF BERKSHIRE
Written by H.J.M. Bowen.
Stock no. 2112306
Published by Holywell Press. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w distribution maps to rear. Some wear to covers; a few marks. Foxing in places. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-tears and chips; a little loss; creased.

THE LAST DAYS OF STEAM IN BERKSHIRE
Written by Kevin Robertson.
Stock no. 1706660
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0862993954. Short tear to wrapper front flap fold. Wrapper price-cut.

RAIL CENTRES: READING
Written by Laurence Waters.
Stock no. 1706570
Published by Ian Allan Ltd.. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0711019371.

BERKSHIRE VALE
Written by Wilfrid Howe-Nurse. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1302874
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Limited to 250 copies signed by the author and artist. Poems about Berkshire. Very large format (15.5 x 11.25"). Cream cloth with gilt title to front cover. 42 pages. Lovely tinted illustrations. SIGNED by the author and the artist. Copy no. 188. Spine and corners are slightly bumped. Cream covers are ever so slightly grubby (hardly noticeable). Foxing throughout else contents clean.

WELLINGTON COLLEGE REGISTER 1859-1973
No author listed.
Stock no. 817331
1975. Very good condition.

Ninth Edition. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Edges lightly rubbed, top corners lightly bumped. Contents clean.

NOTITIA PARLIAMENTARIA OR AN HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Browne Willis.
Stock no. 576351
Published by Robert Gosling. 1715. Very good condition.

Full brown leather binding, gilt titles and raised bands to spine. xl + 183 pages + extensive booklist. An History of the Counties, Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales. Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge and Cheshire. Rebacked with modern spine. Some light page browning. REDUCED FROM £200.