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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1840. Good condition.

Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIV 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710402
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son. 1st 1840. Very good condition.

Library binding. July to December 1840. iv 704 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: Genealogy of the Beauharnais family; Opening of the Crusader's tomb in Botus Fleming Church, Cornwall; Description of Ratcliffe Tower, Lancashire; Failed assassination attempt on Queen Victoria; Paintings in Rochester Cathedral; Celtic finds near Bridgwater; Atmospheric Railway at Wormholt Scrubs with expected speeds of 100 mph!; London and Blackwall Railway opened; Work commences on Laying out Trafalgar square; The Manor House of Samlesbury, Lancashire; The church of Great Yarmouth; the church of Walford, |Hertfordshire; the Martyrs memorial, Oxford; Stocks and Whipping Post at Waltham Abbey; The Judges House at Dorchester; Saxon sundial at Bishopston Church, Sussex; Relics from the wreck of the Mary Rose; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.

FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN THE FIELD
Written by George A. Brown.
Stock no. 1605305
Published by Western Canadian Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Register of the Distinguished Conduct Medal 1939-1992. Large format. Spine and board edges bumped.

HULL PALS
Written by David Bilton.
Stock no. 1708747
Published by Pen & Sword Books. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th (Service) Battalions of East Yorkshire Regiment in the first world war. ISBN: 0850526345. Address label inside front cover.

THE CROSS OF SACRIFICE VOLUME IV
Written by S.D. Jarvis; D.B. Jarvis.
Stock no. 1708691
Published by Roberts. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Non-commissioned officers, men and women of the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and Empire who died in the service of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corp and the Royal Air Force 1914-1921. Including the Commonwealth Navies and Air Forces. Large format. ISBN: 1873058411.

THE CROSS OF SACRIFICE VOLUME II
Written by S.D. Jarvis; D.B. Jarvis.
Stock no. 1708690
Published by Roberts. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Officers who died in the service of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force 1914-1919. Large format. ISBN: 1873058314. Address label to front pastedown.

A HISTORY OF THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN THE PARISH OF LLANTILIO-CROSSENNY IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1807551
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st 1924. Good condition.

Founded 10 August 1654 by James Powell of Cymmerau, Gentleman. Grey card wraps. 44 pages. Splash stains to front cover. Pages are uncut at top edge suggesting the book has never been read. Pages untrimmed at vertical edge so that the contents are wider than the covers, ageing the unprotected paper. Else contents clean.

THE MAGDALEN COLLEGE REGISTER 1979
No author listed.
Stock no. 2110378
Published by Magdalen College. 1979. Very good condition.

Red card wraps. Spine is creased. Small inscription in ink to inside front cover. Some marks to outer page edges.

TIDENHAM PARISH REGISTERS PART 2
Written by Sarah Ormerod; F.H. Keyte; M. Keyte.
Stock no. 1604511
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1971. Almost very good condition.

Card wrap booklet. ISBN: 0900278064. Covers browned, edge creased and chipped with slight loss.

A LIST OF VICARS OF CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 2109387
Published by Ivor Waters. 1975. Very good condition.

Red card wraps. 15 pages. ISBN: 095000796X. Some creasing to cover edges and corners.

ANALYTICAL INDEXES TO VOLUMES II AND VIII OF THE SERIES OF RECORDS KNOWN AS THE REMEMBRANCIA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1604126
Published by The Corporation Of London. 1878. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine reads 'Remembrancia Index Vols II & VIII'. Ex-Library. Corners bumped, splitting at top and tail of spine with a little loss. Corporation of London plate to front pastedown. Scattered annotations and margin marks, mainly in pencil. Library number to spine.