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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THE MAYTHORN STORY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330202
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers, affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, very slightly grubby to rear panel with a crease and light stain to rear flap.

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COVENTRY PRIORY REGISTER
Written by Peter Coss; Joan C. Lancaster Lewis; Nat Alcock.
Stock no. 1830226
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 46. The Coventry Priory Register is a precious survivor from the rich records that once existed of the Benedictine monastery which lay at the centre of the city. The Register was compiled by an unknown monk and completed in or after 1419. Edited by Peter Coss and Joan C. Lancaster Lewis. With Coventry in 1411 by Nat Alcock and Indexes by Angela Coss. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. x and 723 pages. ISBN: 9780852200964. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS PAST AND PRESENT No. 16 AVON, COTSWOLDS AND THE MALVERNS
Written by Geoff Dowling; John Whitehouse.
Stock no. 1330077
Published by Past & Present Publishing. 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Over 250 photographs black & white and colour taking a nostalgic and comparative look at the area's railways. Card wraps. 144 pages. ISBN: 1858950775. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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ORCOP: THE STORY OF A HEREFORDSHIRE VILLAGE FROM PRE-HISTORY TO PRESENT TIMES
Written by Delphine Coleman.
Stock no. 1830081
Published by Self Publishing Association Ltd.. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The small Herefordshire village of Orcop, with its scattered farms and cottages, is rimmed by a ring of hills which have, for centuries, served to isolate it from the world around. A fascinating amalgram of events and personalities that over the centuries combined to create the Orcop of today. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and maps. 304 pages. ISBN: 1854211943. Top edge of text block is lightly browned with minor foxing. Else a lovely clean copy. Black dustwrapper is scuffed.

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MINUTES AND ACCOUNTS OF THE CORPORATION OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND OTHER RECORDS VOLUME VI 1599-1609
Written by Robert Bearman.
Stock no. 1829573
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 44. Edited by Robert Bearman. With Indes to Vols I-VI. The decade 1599-1609 was at first dominated by the Corporation's lively efforts to extend its authority at the expense of the lord of the manor. This was followed by a period of consolidation leading eventually to the grant of a second charter in 1610 consolidating rights acquired piecemeal over the previous seven or eight years. This volume contains the Corporation's minutes and accounts but supplemented, from 1602, by the records of the borough sessions. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ix and 588 pages including index. ISBN: 9780852200940. A couple of pages have minor corner creases else the book appears unread. Pictorial dustwrapper is half (vertically) faded to spine.

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WARWICKSHIRE HEARTH TAX RETURNS: MICHELMAS 1670 WITH COVENTRY LADY DAY 1666
Written by Tom Arkell; Nat Alcock.
Stock no. 1829572
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 43. Edited by Tom Arkell with Nat Alcock. The hearth tax was a graduated house tax based on the number of fireplaces within each household. This volume examines how the hearth tax was administered and how the reliability of some of its records can be tested. It also explores numerous aspects of Warwickshire's rural and urban society and describes a range of houses with different numbers of hearths. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 566 pages. ISBN: 9780901505552. Top front corner lightly bumped else appears unread. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor scuffs.

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THE EARLY RECORDS OF COLESHILL: C.1120-1549
Written by Andrew Watkins.
Stock no. 1829571
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 51. Edited by Andrew Watkins. Coleshill was one of six hundred or so small market towns to emerge during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to form the framework for trade and commerce in late medieval England. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xii and 608 pages including index. ISBN: 9780852201046. Text block slightly grubby, corners lightly bumped else looks unread. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap.

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THE WARWICKSHIRE EYRE ROLL OF 1262
Written by Jens Rohrkasten.
Stock no. 1829570
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 54. Edited by Jens Rohrkasten. The General Eyre was held by itinerant justices who had the right to hear all pleas arising in the county they were assigned to visit. They conducted an in-depth review of all judicial and administrative procedures in the county, correcting abuse of office by officials and ensuring that penalties were imposed on all those responsible for encroachments on royal rights. This volume contains an English translation of the sole surviving roll from the Warwickshire Eyre held between 5 June and 20 July 1262. ISBN: 9780852201077. Looks unread. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of marks to rear panel.

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MINUTES AND ACCOUNTS OF THE CORPORATION OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON AND OTHER RECORDS VOLUME VII 1610-1620
Written by Robert Bearman.
Stock no. 1829569
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 55. Edited by Robert Bearman. This is the seventh and concluding volume in a project begun in 1921 to publish edited texts of key documents relating to the Corporation's governance of the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon from its incorporation as a borough in 1553. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 774 pages including index. ISBN: 9780852201084. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and is lightly scuffed.

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DOMESDAY BOOK WARWICKSHIRE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829567
Published by Alecto Historical Editions. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. 3 Volume set, cream cloth spines with gilt titles, brown boards. Contains 'Folios & Maps', 'Introduction and Translation' and 'Domesday Book Studies'. Limited edition to 1000 copies. ISBN: 0948459476. This is copy 94 of 1000. Minor foxing to top edge of text block, and small mark to title page & facing page of Book Studies. All three volumes appear a little grubby to cream cloth spines, Small knock to lower edge of boards of Introduction and Translation. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has minor fading and is a little scuffed, small 'dint' to one end.

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ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME I NORTHERN BRITAIN: INCORPORATING THE MIDLANDS AND EAST ANGLIA
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829563
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the first) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the counties of Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire & Rutland, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, Yorkshire, and Scotland. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xv and 415 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0953784525. Boards bright and clean. Text block very slightly marked. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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