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THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE
Written by W.G. Hoskins; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 1830735
Published by Folio Society. 2006. Very good condition.

Introduction by Keith Thomas. Yellow and brown pictorial cloth. B/w photos. xxix and 280 pages including index. Second printing. Spine faded. Minor mark to rear board. Contents are fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed.

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THE SILK ROAD
Written by Frances Wood.
Stock no. 1830734
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Turquoise silk covered boards with gilt decorations, gilt title to spine. Endpapers form maps of the Silk Road in Central Asia. Colour photos and illustrations. 270 pages includes index. Second printing. Top of spine a little creased else a lovely copy (spine not faded, as it often is!) contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded to one vertical edge.

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THE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PAINTINGS
Written by Martin Bailey.
Stock no. 1830733
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Edited by Martin Bailey. From Duccio to Picasso. Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles and the names of artists in gilt to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. 230 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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MAPPING THE WORLD: A HISTORY OF EXPLORATION
Written by Peter Whitfield.
Stock no. 1830732
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Turquoise cloth boards with an elaborate decoration in gilt to front, gilt title to spine. Brown pictorial endpapers depicting maps. Colour and b/w illustrations. 263 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor rubbing to open corners.

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MICHELANGELO
Written by Howard Hibbard; Michael Levey. Illustrated by Michelangelo.
Stock no. 1830731
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Michael Levey. Large format. Brown cloth spine and rear cover, gilt titles. Pictorial front board. Colour and b/w illustrations and photos. x and 278 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has just a little scuffing.

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CIVILISATION: A PERSONAL VIEW
Written by Kenneth Clark.
Stock no. 1830730
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Scripts of a series of television programmes, featuring Kenneth Clark, given in the spring of 1969 with virtually no printed script, spoken entirely 'off the top of his head'. Large format. Blue pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w photos. 276 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with minor bumping to corners.

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TRADITIONAL DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE BANBURY REGION
Written by Raymond B. Wood-Jones.
Stock no. 1830729
Published by University of Manchester. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This work is concerned primarily with the lesser domestic architecture of the Oxfordshire region, the homes of the yeoman farmers in which traditional and regional features are most clearly expressed, producing a distinctive regional style of ubilding of remarkable homogeneity in material and character. A study of over 1,100 existing structures. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and plans. xvii and 309 pages plus b/w plates to rear. Top & tail of spine and top corners of boards bumped. Small name & date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Else contents clean. Pale blue dustwrapper is grubby, edge-worn, browned to spine and some foxing present.

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ROBERT MYLNE: ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 1733 TO 1811
Written by A.E. Richardson.
Stock no. 1830728
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Robert Mylne was a famous eighteenth century architect. The diaries show by their day to day entries the way in which a busy eighteenth century architect worked, and, in the case of Mylne, the many long journeys he contstantly undertook and his meticulous care in carrying out his commissions, large or small. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 220 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed/worn. Foxing mainly to text block and prelims, some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge-rubbed, worn at corners with slight loss, browned to spine, some foxing.

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THE ROYAL BURGH OF AYR
Written by Annie I. Dunlop.
Stock no. 1830727
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seven Hundred and Fifty Years of History of the oldest Royal Burgh in Scotland. Edited by Annie I. Dunlop. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations and plans. x and 342 pages including index. Some minor foxing present mainly to endpapers and top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and browned.

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HISTORY OF THE HUDDERSFIELD WOOLLEN INDUSTRY
Written by William B. Crump; Gertrude Ghorbal.
Stock no. 1830726
Published by S.R. Publishers Ltd.. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition.

Reprint of the 1935 edition. Grey cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. 132 pages. A few light grubby marks and discolouration to boards. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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THE ANATOMY OF THE VILLAGE
Written by Thomas Sharp.
Stock no. 1830725
Published by Penguin. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

An essay which attempts to set out in a brief and direct form some of the main principles of village planning. Oblong format, card wraps. B/w photos. 72 pages. Corners of covers & top and tail of spine lightly worn. Foxing to spine. Covers are lightly browned. Contents clean.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1330525
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped, tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Top 2" of spine browned. Base of spine and also front cover damp(?) stained (matching stain to dustwrapper). Contents are very browned/foxed but otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, large section of loss to top of spine and also to spine corner of rear panel. Slight loss, and a magic tape repair to base of spine. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby on rear panel.

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