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GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY AROUND DROITWICH, ABBERLEY AND KIDDERMINSTER
Written by G.H. Mitchell; R.W. Pocock; J.H.. Taylor.
Stock no. 1831123
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Geological Survey of Great Britain. An Explanation of One-Inch Geological Sheet 182, New Series. This book describes the geology of an attractive largely rural district in the West Midlands characterised by an undulating agricultural landscape developed for the most part on sandstones and marls of Old Red Sandstone and Triassic age. Orange cloth boards, black titles. B/w diagrams and photos. x and 137 pages including index. ISBN: 0118807625. Second impression (with amendments). Boards clean. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned at spine, lightly worn to corners, lightly creased.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

THE LOST ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPES OF WARWICKSHIRE (VOLUME 1 - THE SOUTH)
Written by Peter Bolton.
Stock no. 1829467
Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Landmark Collector's Library series. Combing the county's towns, villages and fields, this book aims to record every building of significance in South Warwickshire destroyed or altered in the twentieth century. Red cloth boards, gitl title to spine. B/w photos. 160 pages including index. ISBN: 1901522989. Front corners lightly bumped. Very faint fading to lower edge of front board. Minor mark to vertical margin of half-title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has old price-label to rear panel.

WORCESTERSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828691
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. 378 pages. ISBN: 0300096607. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to top and bottom of inside flaps and is a little scuffed.

SHROPSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828688
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096429. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has light browning to top and bottom of inside flaps and is lightly scuffed.

THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1327928
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. Spine slightly bumped. White marks at top and tail of spine edges of covers. Dustwrapper is faded and creased at spine.