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THE BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY AND THE AVON AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY
Written by Colin G. Maggs.
Stock no. 1811965
Published by The Oakwood Press. 2nd 1992. Fine condition.

2nd enlarged edition. Oakwood Library of Railway History 26. Green card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0853614350. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

IMAGES OF CHELTENHAM
Written by Eric Franks Arps.
Stock no. 1811924
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

A collection fo stunning black and white photographs taken in Cheltenham between 1937 and 1953. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0750924721. Slight bump to vertical rear edge of boards. A few faint minor marks but generally a lovely copy.

FRAMPTON ON SEVERN AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by Rose Hewlett; Jean Speed.
Stock no. 2119811
Published by The Frampton On Severn Village Hall Management Committee. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The evolution of village life including the manorial system and open-field farming, law and order, poor relief, education, entertainment, the importance of the church vestry and later of the parish council. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps. ISBN: 0953633993. Some light wear and bumping along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

A COTSWOLD VILLAGE SCHOOL FROM VICTORIAN TIMES
Written by Michael Boyes.
Stock no. 1811455
Published by The Rissingtons Local History Society. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

An account of the development of education in one rural village - Great Rissington - of which much of this account could apply equally to other small villages in the Cotswolds and elsewhere. Cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 095306610x. A nice, clean copy.

BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS OF BISLEY
Written by Harold Berkeley.
Stock no. 2118553
Published by Impressions Of Monmouth Ltd. 2003. Fine condition.

Imitation leather covers, with gilt titles. Large format. Photography of Harold Berkeley.

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD GLIMPSES OF THE PAST
No author listed.
Stock no. 1810937
Published by Stow-on-the-Wold and District Civic Society. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Contains articles which have appeared in the Stow-on-the-Wold & District Civic Society's Newsletters over twenty-five years and have been written by members and friends who have been interested in different aspects of Stow history. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations and photos. 116 pages. ISBN: 0953294102.

A MANOR BOOK OF OTTERY SAINT MARY
Written by Catherine Durning Whetham; Margaret Whetham; W.C.D. Whetham.
Stock no. 2116763
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1913. Very good condition.

Red brick cloth with gilt title to spine. Note on the history of the dependent Manor of Cadhay by W.C.D. Whetham. Bumping to corners. A few marks/spotting to covers. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.

DISCOVERING LACOCK
Written by Graham Watling. Illustrated by Graham Watling.
Stock no. 2116300
Published by G. & J.M. Watling. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. An Illustrated Guide and Personal Tribute by the Silversmith of Lacock. SIGNED by author, with inscription to previous owner on the first day of publication. 2-3" to top of spine is damaged to one side - split, but appears to have been partially repaired. Some foxing.

INNS AND TAVERNS OF CHEPSTOW AND THE LOWER WYE VALLEY PART 3
Written by Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1713363
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Slim pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0900278315.

THE FLORA OF BRISTOL
Written by James Walter White.
Stock no. 1606462
Published by Chatford House Press Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Being an Account of all the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and their Allies That Have at Any Time Been Found in the District of the Bristol Coal-Fields. A facsimile of the 1912 edition. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 722 pages. 3 b/w plates and a map. Limited to 400 copies. ISBN: 0950083658. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper, with partially erased pencil annotation. Wrapper is faded to spine and edge torn with a little loss.

THEY MET IN A BARN
Written by Molly Hoy; Alfred Hoy.
Stock no. 1712387
1987. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. The Story of Congregationalism in Stroud 1687-1987. B/w photos. 152 pages. ISBN: 0951220209. First few pages appear to have been reattached, but now held in solidly.

COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1808795
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwapper is unevenly faded and lightly edge-worn.