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CAMBRIDGE COMMEMORATED: AN ANTHOLOGY OF UNIVERSITY LIFE
Written by Laurence Fowler; Helen Fowler.
Stock no. 1831190
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The daily lives of dons and students, town and gown relations, change and continuity are unfolded in letters, diaries, memoirs, novels, college records, newspapers and magazine articles. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 384 pages including index. ISBN: 0521257433. Boards clean. Text block slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light page edge browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly edge-creased.

CAMBRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WARS
Written by T.E.B. Howarth.
Stock no. 1330901
Published by Collins. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The achievements of Cambridge University between the wars. Light blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 258 pages including index. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0002111810. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading at spine ends. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed.

THE KING'S GLASS: A STORY OF TUDOR POWER AND SECRET ART
Written by Carola Hicks.
Stock no. 1830942
Published by Chatto & Windus. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best known buildings. This book tells the untold story of the Chapel's crowning glory, its stained glass windows, and of the people who created them - the triumphant culmination of a project completed despite wars, the death of kings and violent religious conflict. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine.Colour & b/w plates. ix and 246 pages including index. ISBN: 9780701179922. Fifth impression. Boards clean. Small mark to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

COX'S COUNTY WHO'S WHO SERIES: NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE 1912
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830111
Published by Horace Cox. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

A Who's Who in three counties. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Advertisements to front and rear. Spine is faded, browned and marked. Boards a little scuffed and lightly marked. Text block browned. Some minor foxing present, mainly to prelims and page edges. Name in ink and 'Swatham Vicarage' blind stamp to top of first page of Who's Who in Norfolk, grubby mark to top of same page, not affecting text.

THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY (THE ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS)
Written by Gavin Smith.
Stock no. 1829407
Published by Chalford. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Archive Photographs Series. Card wraps. 128 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752406396. Light fading to spine. Contents clean.

A HISTORY OF ELY CATHEDRAL
Written by Peter Meadows; Nigel Ramsay.
Stock no. 1328557
Published by The Boydell Press. 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, heavy format. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. From the tiny community founded in the fens by St. Etheldreda in 672, and refounded as an abbey in 970, grew one of the greatest monasteries in England. ISBN: 9780851159454. Spine bumped. A couple of small spots to textblock and a couple of lower page corner tips slightly creased else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

THE CARTULARY OF CHATTERIS ABBEY
Written by Claire Breay.
Stock no. 1827598
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

The fifteenth-century cartulary of the Benedictine nunnery of Chatteris abbey in Cambridgeshire contains copies of documents dating from the mid-twelfth to fifteenth centuries; this critical edition, edited by Claire Breay, comprises a full transcription, together with historical notes and apparatus. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine, white title within a lilac title label to front. ISBN: 0851157505. A few minor marks to boards. Content clean.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE (KING'S ENGLAND)
Written by Arthur Mee.
Stock no. 2137938
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New edition. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a few nicks and chips; a little edge creasing; browned to spine.

A HISTORY OF ST CATHARINE'S COLLEGE ONCE CATHARINE HALL CAMBRIDGE
Written by W.H.S. Jones.
Stock no. 2136328
Published by Cambridge University Press. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles. B/w photos. Some fading to spine, especially top and tail. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped with loss; spine heavily browned and edges.

A VILLAGE AIRFIELD AT WAR
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1322188
Published by Egon Publishers. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

RAF Steeple Morden 1939-1943. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout, fold-out map at rear pastedown. ISBN: 0905858875. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly creased and rubbed at spine and corners.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Written by Olive Cook.
Stock no. 2133689
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A representative selection of the characteristic scenes of this surprising county. B/w photos. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some tape repairs to verso; a few small pieces of loss.

THE FENS & WEST NORFOLK SELECTED PLACES OF INTEREST
Written by Trevor A. Bevis.
Stock no. 1807168
Published by Trevor A. Bevis. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

Incorporating a History of Wisbech Castles. Pink cardwraps. 32 pages. Staple binding. Slight fading to edges of covers. Contents fine.