BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS: BAROQUE CULTURE IN RESTORATION ENGLAND
Written by Joseph M. Levine.
Stock no. 1814566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns was an old dispute when it was resumed with special ferocity in the later seventeenth century as writers and artists, their friend and patrons, debated how far to risk the freedom to innovate. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300079141. A very nice copy.

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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Percy Macquoid. Illustrated by S. Slocombe.
Stock no. 1814367
Published by Lawrence And Bullen Ltd.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany, and The Age of Satinwood. Very large, heavy volumes. Red cloth boards, gilt titles with publisher vignette to front. Top edges gilt. 15 colour plates, after Shirley Slocombe, per volume with titled tissue-guard. Numerous b/w illustrations by the author. First published 1904; 1905; 1906; and 1908 respectively. Uneven fading to cloth and spines are very faded with a few marks. Slight fraying to board corners. Some scattered foxing present, some foxing to plates - some badly foxed to margins, others just a little, others clean. All plates and tissue-guards present. Some plates detached mostly in The Age of Oak, some of these are worn at edges and creased but not affecting the subject of the plate. All volumes are first editions 1904-1908. A few margin marks. A very nice set for someone with an interest in furniture making.

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CHEPSTOW PARISH RECORDS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1609603
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1955. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited to 1245 copies. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Cloth at corners and spine is rubbed. Front endpaper missing. Wrapper is edge torn and chipped with some loss; some fading to spine.

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STEMMING THE TIDE OFFICERS AND LEADERSHIP IN THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 1914
Written by Spencer Jones.
Stock no. 2123419
Published by Helion & Company. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Maps and b/w photos. Wolverhampton Military Studies No. 1. ISBN: 9781909384453.

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PRESTON PUBS
Written by Stephen R. Halliwell.
Stock no. 1814267
Published by Amberley. 1st 2014. Fine condition.

Over the past 400 years more than 800 pubs have opened in the city of Preston... well researched and beautifully illustrated. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445638584.

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THE ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Johnson.
Stock no. 2123393
Published by T. Richards. 2nd 1882. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine and front cover. With transactions of the earlier city carters and grants: and Some account of the trades of the city, and other information relative to its early history. Second Edition. Spine is faded. Heavy damp marking to bottom corners of covers. Some foxing. Contents are generally very good still.

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YESTERDAY'S GOLCONDAS
Written by R.H. Bird.
Stock no. 1609360
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Notable British metal mines. Mottled yellow / orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0903485370. Spine and corners bumped. A little foxing. Wrapper spine faded.

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOYS
Written by Constance Eileen King.
Stock no. 1609297
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. In addition to a general historical description of each category, the book includes alphabetical entries on the major manufacturers, and also advice for the collector as well as comments on care and cleaning. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0707917126. Corners bumped. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine, edge creased and torn.

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CROWN, COLLEGE AND RAILWAYS
Written by Raymond South.
Stock no. 1609250
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

How the Railways came to Windsor. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0860230716. Price-cut wrapper is browned to flaps and faded to spine and edges.

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DARLINGTON
Written by Gordon Coates.
Stock no. 1609115
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Card wraps. Images of England series. B/w photos. ISBN: 075241576X.

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PORTSMOUTH'S TRAMWAYS
Written by Martin Petch.
Stock no. 1609100
Published by Middleton Press. 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Tramway Classics series. Glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781873793725. Second reprint edition.

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THROUGH IRISH EYES
Written by Malachy McCourt.
Stock no. 1609033
Published by The O'Brien Press Ltd.. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A visual companion to Angela McCourt's Ireland. B/w photos. ISBN: 086278591X.

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