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A LAODICEAN: A STORY OF TO-DAY (THE NEW WESSEX EDITION)
Written by Thomas Hardy; Barbara Hardy; Ernest Hardy.
Stock no. 1831231
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A novel. Paula Power inherits a medieval castle from her industrialist father who had purchased it from the aristocratic De Stancy family. She employs two architects, one local and one, George Somerset, newly qualified from London... Introduction by Barbara Hardy, notes by Ernest Hardy. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and circular TH logo to front. 429 pages. Top edge green. ISBN: 0333177657. Green dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, lightly browned to spine, minor mark to rear panel. A lovely copy.

TRADITIONAL HOUSES OF SOMERSET
Written by Jane Penoyre; et al.
Stock no. 1830251
Published by Somerset Books. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book, illustratd by photographs and drawings of local stones, building styles, house plans, roof structure and the more decorative features of the houses, explores the local traditional buildings thate extend in date here, from the late thirteenth century to the beginning of the eighteenth. Large format. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, line drawings and plans. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9780861834075. Reprint. Tiny pinhole to lower front spine edge and light rubbing to base of spine. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has some minor foxing to verso, not visible to front.

ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829564
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the second) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the city and county of Bristol, from the counties of Cornwall & Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xiii and406 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780954791612. Boards clean and bright. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

THE BARNSTORMERS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1329036
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Another exciting story about Fricka Hammond and her friends. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Brown patch to base of spine. Child's writing to front free-endpaper (the ink has partially smudged). Heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped with loss and edge tears, foxed on verso. Rear panel is grubby.

THE ATLAS FLORA OF SOMERSET
Written by Paul R. Green; Ian P. Green; Geraldine A. Crouch.
Stock no. 1828970
Published by Paul R. Green, Ian P. Green And Geraldine A. Crouch. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Some colour photos. B/w distribution diagrams. xxiv and 292 pages including index. ISBN: 0953132404. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

SOMEWHERE IN THE WEST COUNTRY
Written by Ken Wakefield.
Stock no. 2138841
Published by Crecy Publishing Limited. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport 1930-1957. Yellow cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0947554653. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Spine slightly bumped. Wrapper is very slightly faded to spine.

SOMERSET SHELL GUIDE
Written by C.H.B. Quennell; Peter Quennell.
Stock no. 2137638
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound, card wraps. B/w photos. Some browning to covers. A bit of creasing/wear to cover edges and corners. Surface paper damage with a bit of loss to front cover. Contents are still very good - just odd margin mark.

NORTH SOMERSET AND BRISTOL (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2137632
Published by Penguin. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Paperback edition. B/w photos. No. BE13 Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-chipped with a few marks.

BATH & BRISTOL
Written by Stanley Hutton. Illustrated by Laura A. Happerfield.
Stock no. 2137410
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. 3000 copies printed. Grey cloth, green titles and borders. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. 2 folding maps. REPRINT! Spine is browned. Marks to covers; bumping. Front joint is a bit cracked. Margin tear to plate guard page 101. Blue mark to verso of plate page 176. Some foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

CHILDREN AT THE CHANTRY
Written by Eleanor J. Owen. Illustrated by Hester Martin-Harvey.
Stock no. 1823551
Published by The Mendip Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

White card wraps. B/w plates. A childhood at the Chantry in Somerset. A few light foxspots to cover. Original glassine wrapper present but torn with a large amount of loss to rear. Slight mustiness present.

INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE
Written by Peter Wallis; et al.
Stock no. 1823336
Published by The Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institution; The William Herschel Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Peter Wallis with contributions by numerous authors. Georgian Bath. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780948975967. Reprint with minor corrections. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Contents clean.

AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE OLD STONE CROSSES OF SOMERSET
Written by Charles Pooley.
Stock no. 2135764
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1877. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations and lithographic plates. Bumping to spine and corners. 1" split to top of spine, with small piece of cloth missing. Some foxing throughout.