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GLOUCESTERSHIRE I: THE COTSWOLDS (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; David Verey; Alan Brooks.
Stock no. 1831609
Published by Yale University Press. 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Extensively revised and expanded. The celebrated architecture of the Cotswold villages - stone-built manor houses, cottages, and medieval churches - is covered in full. Longer entries describe market towns such as Cirencester, Fairford and Chipping Camptden, with their great wool churches, almshouses, and charming civic buildings. Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, diagrams and illustrations. 826 pages including index. ISBN: 9780300096040. Reprint. Text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy.

ROMAN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Tim Copeland.
Stock no. 1831505
Published by The History Press. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

An examination of the area now known as Gloucestershire in the later Iron Age and Roman periods. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 9780752457833. Reprint. A lovely copy.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF THE COTSWOLDS AND SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd.
Stock no. 1331348
Published by Frederick Warne. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 73. 8 colour plates and 49 b/w photos. Small format. Orange boards. ISBN: 0723215766. Light fading to spine and cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly browned (as usual) and title to spine is slightly faded.

SOME COTSWOLD COUNTRY HOUSES
Written by James Lees-Milne.
Stock no. 1831018
Published by Dovecote Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Personal Selection of 28 houses known by the author in his lifetime. Contains extracts of the diary of Lees-Milne who in the 1930s and 40s travelled around country houses all over the country to try to persuade them to hand over their houses to the National Trust.Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 158 pages. ISBN: 0946159459. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. A few faint foxspots an grubby marks to prelims. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly edge-rubbed/creased and has a few minor marks.

CRANHAM: THE HISTORY OF A COTSWOLD VILLAGE
Written by Cranham Local History Society.
Stock no. 1830833
Published by Cranham Local History Society. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Rearched and written by members of the Cranham Local History Society. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xii and 308 pages including subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 0953633926. Foxing to top edge of text block, not affecting contents. Boards clean. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed with a tiny closed tear to top edge of rear panel (no loss).

BISLEY: A COTSWOLD VILLAGE REMEMBERED 1860-1945
Written by Juliet Shipman.
Stock no. 1830641
Published by Chantry Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

A colourful portrait of one of Gloucestershire's most interesting villages. The text has been based on the tape-recorded recollections of Bisley people and illustrated by their photographs. Green pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0951829408. Minor grubby mark to rear cover else clean.

WEST COUNTRY HISTORIC HOUSES AND THEIR FAMILIES VOLUME THREE: THE COTSWOLD AREA
Written by Eric R. Delderfield.
Stock no. 1830484
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author tells the eventful stories of fifteen historic homes in the Cotswolds area and of the families who built them through successive generations. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis & b/w photos. 124 pages including index. ISBN: 0715360892. Endpapers lightly browned else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

MINCHINHAMPTON AND AVENING
Written by Arthur Twisden Playne.
Stock no. 1830394
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally appearing in monthly papers to the Minchinhampton Parish Magazine during the year 1913 and part of 1914. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387259. A few minor marks to boards. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

SECRET GARDENS OF THE COTSWOLDS: A PERSONAL TOUR OF 20 PRIVATE GARDENS
Written by Victoria Summerley.
Stock no. 1830184
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Unearthing the fascinating stories of the plants and people behind some of the greatest gardens in the Cotswolds. Some of the gardens are strictly private, while others regularly open to visitors, but all can now be savoured and enjoyed along with those who know them best. Large format. Light brown cloth boards, brown title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711235274. Reprint. Light shelf-rubbing to spine and corners else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE JUBILEE BOY: THE LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS OF GEORGE SWINFORD OF FILKINS
Written by Judith Fay; Richard Martin.
Stock no. 1329951
Published by The Filkins Press. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Edited and researched by Fay and Martin. Cardwraps. Some b/w photos. Lower corner of textblock is very slightly grubby.

THE WILTSHIRE COTSWOLDS (EXPLORING HISTORIC WILTSHIRE 3)
Written by Ken Watts.
Stock no. 1830027
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

The Wiltshire Cotswolds on the county's north-western fring. An unassuming but fascinating and attractive region, which extends from Bradford on Avon in the south, through Corsham, Sherston and Malmesbury to the Cotswold Water Park and Cricklade in the north. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ix and 290 pages including index. ISBN: 9780946418657. Edges lightly rubbed, text block very slightly grubby. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

COTSWOLD STONE HOMES: HISTORY - CONSERVATION - CARE
Written by Michael Hill; Sally Birch.
Stock no. 1329722
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The architecture of the Cotswolds in terms of its characteristic building material, Cotswold stone, and a practical and informative guide to its use and care. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 188 pages. ISBN: 0750903228. SIGNED by Birch to title-page (by means of dedication). Spine and corners bumped. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and to front edge, small tear to base of spine.