NEAREST EARTHLY PLACE TO PARADISE: THE LITERARY LANDSCAPE OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by Margaret Wilson. Illustrated by Geoff Taylor.
Stock no. 1830445
Published by Merlin Unwin Books. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An elegant anthology of Shropshire-inspired literature. Edited by Margaret Wilson. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos. vii and 117 pages including index. ISBN: 9781906122522. Couple of minor foxspots to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.

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FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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STORIES OF WEST COUNTRY FOLK
Written by .
Stock no. 1830433
Published by R.H. Johns Limited. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

All lovers of the English country-side and its village folk will be fascinated by this volume of stories by a masterly writer whose previous books have met with such a favourable reception. Limited Edition, numbered and signed by the author. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Top edge green. 178 pages. Spine discoloured to top and tail. A few minor white marks to boards. A small area of surface paper loss to lower corner of front pastedown which is hidden by the front flap of the dustwrapper. A few minor marks and light foxing to prelims. This is copy 458 SIGNED by the author. Price-ut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with loss at corners, grubby, small patch of surface paper loss to top of front panel.

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THE CASTLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY
Written by D.J. Cathcart King.
Stock no. 1830423
Published by Croom Helm Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive treatment of the archaeology of the castles of England and Wales including a section on the castles of the Welsh. Light blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 210 pages including index. ISBN: 0709948298. Light foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly creased across top edge and has minor foxing to top edge of rear flap.

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OLD EBBW VALE IN PHOTOGRAPHS VOLUME 1
Written by Keith Thomas; Michael Foot.
Stock no. 1830405
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ebbw Vale owes its existence to the iron, steel and coal industries. There has been a rapid decline in the iron and steel industry in Ebbw Vale, but in 1920 the accent was on expansion and the population rose from less than 500 in 1780 to over 40,000 in 1920. These photographs are a permanent reminder of a completely different way of life in Ebbw Vale, which was bound up with hard manual; work, dirt, smoke and grime. Foreword by Michael Foot. Light red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 193 b/w photos. ISBN: 0900807377. SIGNED & dated by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Spine slightly cocked. Board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Pale dampstain to lower corner of pastedowns and rear endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained at edges, faded to spine with a small closed tear repaired to verso at top of spine. Tobacco odour present.

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MINCHINHAMPTON AND AVENING
Written by Arthur Twisden Playne.
Stock no. 1830394
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Originally appearing in monthly papers to the Minchinhampton Parish Magazine during the year 1913 and part of 1914. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 188 pages including index. ISBN: 0904387259. A few minor marks to boards. Lower front corner of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN SEVERN BRIDGE
Written by Samuel Baldwyn Rogers.
Stock no. 1330152
Published by Merlin Bookshop. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsmile of the 1845 'Memoranda Relative to a Magnificent Toll-Free Stone Bridge Across the River Severn...Between the New Passage in Gloucestershire and the Black-Rock in Monmouthshire. Small card wrap booklet. 8 pages. ISBN: 0904376001. Some very pale edge browning to covers. Staples have started to go rusty.

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DUNDONALD: A CONTRIBUTION TO PAROCHIAL HISTORY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by James H. Gillespie.
Stock no. 1830301
Published by John Wylie & Co. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Parish of Dundonald, Ayrshire. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Map to front endpapers. Light rubbing to base of spines and corners. Foxing to text blocks. A few foxspots to contents. Green dustwrappers are browned to spines and edges.

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ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF THE MORRISES OF ANGLESEY (1735-1786) VOL. XLIX PART I & II
Written by Hugh Owen.
Stock no. 1830300
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Transcribed and edited by Hugh Owen. A collection of greatly valued letters in two volumes. Beige cloth covers. Boards of both volumes are a little grubby and marked, spines and endpapers are browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to text block.

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KILVERT'S DIARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Kilvert; William Plomer.
Stock no. 1830294
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1980. Very good condition.

Chosen and Edited by William Plomer. Three volumes. Green cloth spine with gilt titles, beige marbled effect boards. B/w photos. Top edges green. ISBN: 0224012991. Reprint of the 1977 edition. A very respectable set contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor marks.

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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.

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DIGGING BATH STONE: A QUARRY AND TRANSPORT HISTORY
Written by David Pollard.
Stock no. 1830249
Published by Lightmoor Press. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive history of quarrying Bath stone - the companies, the quarries, the personalities, the quarrymen, the methods, the product and its transportation. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, maps and illustrations. 512 pages. ISBN: 9781911038863. A very nice copy.

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