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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.

WINGS OVER GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by John Rennison.
Stock no. 1831602
Published by Piccadilly Publishing. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An account of the air war over Gloucestershire during the second world war. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 188 pages. ISBN: 0951404709. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a very nice 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.

BORN AN OPTIMIST
Written by Jean Lee.
Stock no. 1331340
Published by M.I.P.I. PUBLISHING. 2nd 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Story of Geoffrey Groves, Inventor. Second (revised) edition. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095405590X. Minimal rubbing at edges and minimal fading to spine.

THE RURAL HOUSES OF NORTH AVON & SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1400-1720 (MONOGRAPH No. 6)
Written by Linda J. Hall.
Stock no. 1831425
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

In this monograph, the author has listed andm apped all the houses of north Avon and sought Gloucestershire of her study period known to her at December 1981 and her Gazetteer comprises a detailed description i nnote form of a major selection of them, fully planned and illustrated. Large format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos & plans. xvii (including subscribers list) and 316 pages including index. Card covers lightly foxed, damp staining to top edges. Text block and top margins damp stained (does not affect text). Otherwise, a nice, tight copy.

BORN AN OPTIMIST
Written by Jean Lee.
Stock no. 1331262
Published by M.I.P.I. PUBLISHING. 2nd 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Story of Geoffrey Groves, Inventor. Second (revised) edition. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095405590X. Tiny spot to lower edge of textblock by spine and minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

A WEEK'S HOLIDAY IN THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by John Bellows.
Stock no. 1831383
Published by John Bellows Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition.

Eighth Edition, revised and brought up to date. Being a Series of Detaileed Itineraries embracing all areas of the Forest for the guidance of walkers, cyclists and tourists. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos, maps & illustrations. 70 pages including index plus adverts to front and rear. Covers slightly grubby, very lightly edge-rubbed. Light page browning else contents clean.

LOWER WYE VALLEY
Written by Nigel Barry; et al.
Stock no. 1330980
Published by Climber's Club. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. Climbing Guide to the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Volume 1. ISBN: 9780901601797. Plastic covers seem to have shrunk a little causing some slight waving to covers. Some page corner tips creased.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AIRFIELDS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by David Berryman.
Stock no. 1830909
Published by Countryside Books. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

A thoroughly researched and action-packed book describing the history of each airfield, highlights of some of the operations carried out from them, and putting them into overall context of a country and nation at war. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 9781853069499. Reprint. A nice copy.

THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE GENTRY
Written by Joan Johnson.
Stock no. 1830831
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive survey of the landowner families of the 15th - 19th centuries drawn from county and estate records, and illuminated with revealing glimpses of everyday life - from diary entries, household accounts, marriage contracts, and personal and official correspondence. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 269 pages including index. ISBN: 0862995841. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Foxing to top edge of text block, not affecting contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE BIRDS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Gordon Kirk; John Phillips.
Stock no. 1830680
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

One of the most comprehensive accounts of Gloucestershire's birds ever produced, covering all the species recorded in the county in modern times. Large, heavy format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w illustrations. xi and 451 pages including index. ISBN: 9781846318085. Text block is very slightly grubby. Contents clean. Picotrial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges, tiny closed tear (no loss) to lower front panel corner.

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.