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THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. LAWRENCE, LUDLOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123759
Published by George Woolley. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green/blue cloth with gilt titles. A Monograph of The Tower Restoration, 1889-90-91. B/w photos. Fading and some damp spots to cover edges and spine. Damp staining to pages 28 + 29. A few margin marks.

HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF BOSBURY
Written by Samuel Bentley. Illustrated by Arthur Harrison.
Stock no. 2123522
Published by J. Masters And Co.. 1891. Almost very good condition.

Bosbury is in the diocese and county of Hereford. Green cloth, gilt titles. 14 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to top of spine with fraying to cloth. A few scuff marks and white marks to covers. Front joint is weak and partially broken (can see stitching beneath). Inscription in ink to top of title page. Some foxing and browning. All plates present.

THE ANCIENT CUSTOMS OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by Richard Johnson.
Stock no. 2123393
Published by T. Richards. 2nd 1882. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine and front cover. With transactions of the earlier city carters and grants: and Some account of the trades of the city, and other information relative to its early history. Second Edition. Spine is faded. Heavy damp marking to bottom corners of covers. Some foxing. Contents are generally very good still.

FASTI HEREFORDENSES AND OTHER ANTIQUARIAN MEMORIALS OF HEREFORD
Written by Francis T. Havergal. Illustrated by G.C. Haddon.
Stock no. 2123314
1869. Good condition.

Large format. Brown leather cloth with raised bands to spine and gilt titles, blind patterns to covers. Heavy bumping and wear to corners. Some scuffing and marks. Damp marks to bottom edges of a few pages. Some foxing.

TOURIST'S GUIDE TO WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 1609477
Published by Edward Stanford. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

The 'pleasant and picturesque'. With map and plan. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription to front endpaper.

A GENERAL HISTORY OF MALVERN
Written by John Chambers.
Stock no. 2122667
1817. Almost very good condition.

Embellished with plates, intended to comprise all the advantages of a guide, with the more important details of chemical, mineralogical and statistical information. Leather binding. Printed for Wm. Walcott and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. New leather spine, with original covers laid down; a bit of loss to edges of original leather. New endpapers. Foxing and damp marking to contents.

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by John Price.
Stock no. 2122666
1796. Very good condition.

Three-quarter burgundy leather, marbled boards and endpapers. With Some Remarks on the River Wye and the Natural and Artificial Beauties Contiguous to its Banks from Brobery to Wilton Embellished with Elegant Views, Plans etc. 7 b/w engraved plates. 262 pages. Printed by D. Walker. Contents are original; binding is more modern, with new endpapers. Some fading to leather on spine. Foxing and a bit of page browning. Damp corner marks to a couple of pages.

D.J. NORTON'S PICTORIAL SURVEY OF RAILWAYS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS PART ONE LMS WESTERN DIVISION LINES
Written by R.J. Essery.
Stock no. 1812398
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. 139 numbered pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781905184507. Very slight bowing, very slight rubbing to corners. A lovely copy.

REMEMBERING WORCESTER
Written by Ron Shuard.
Stock no. 1208579
Published by Peterson Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A picture postcard panorama of the city scene from the 1890s to the 1950s. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Packed with b/w photos. 124 pages. ISBN: 0904702030. Wrapper has some faint marks with a small closed tear at top edge repaired on verso.

LET'S GO TO WARWICKSHIRE
Written by John Hingeley. Illustrated by Will A. Green.
Stock no. 2120980
Published by Thomas's Publications Ltd.. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Fold-out map to rear. Staples have rusted. Some creasing and a few grubby marks to covers. Foxing and some page browning.

STEAMING INTO BIRMINGHAM AND THE WEST MIDLANDS
Written by Richard Coleman; Joe Rajczonek.
Stock no. 2118283
Published by W.D. Wharton. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos of steam engines. ISBN: 1899597042. A couple of light marks to covers. Spine is bumped. Wrapper is edge-creased with fading to spine; tear to rear panel, with triangle of loss.

LMS ENGINE SHEDS THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME TWO THE MIDLAND RAILWAY
Written by Chris Hawkins; George Reeve.
Stock no. 1713624
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1981. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Includes a detailed account of each of the ex-MR depots still operating in 1947 and brief notes on sites closed prior to that date. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 258 pages. ISBN: 0906867053.