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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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THE DIARIES OF SANDERSON MILLER OF RADWAY
Written by Sanderson Miller; William Hawkes.
Stock no. 1829568
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 41. Edited by William Hawkes. Saunderson Miller (1716-80) was a gentleman architect, an amateur pioneer of significance in the development of the Gothic Revival during its delightful and inventive Georgian period. This volume contains the fully annotated text of Miller's diaries of 1750-1756, a self-revelatory Memoir he wrote fo his friend, James Menteath, and a catalogue of his architectural and landscape work. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 449 pages including index. ISBN: 0852200846. A lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a vertical score to front panel.

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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 II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829564
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the second) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the city and county of Bristol, from the counties of Cornwall & Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xiii and406 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780954791612. Boards clean and bright. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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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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CHARLES A. LINDBERGH AND THE BATTLE AGAINST AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Wayne S. Cole.
Stock no. 1829561
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.. Circa 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In the "Great Debate" before Pearl Harbor, Charles A. Lindbergh was the leading opponent of American entry in to World War II. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xvii and 298 pages. ISBN: 0151181683. 2nd printing. Minor foxing to text block. Content clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and scuffed.

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A CENTURY OF SHIPBUILDING
Written by T. Clark.
Stock no. 1829560
Published by Dalesman Books. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Ships of Barrow-In-Furness. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0852061234. Some light scuffing to covers. Contents clean.

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DRIVEN PATRIOT: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JAMES FORRESTAL
Written by Townsend Hoopes; Douglas Brinkley.
Stock no. 1829559
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Bluejacket Books. A haunting portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the mid-twentieth century. Forrestal forged a career that took him from his working-class origins to the social and financial stratosphere of Wall Street, and from there to policy making in Washington. This absorbing study not only takes an understanding look at this complicated man but presents an authoritative history of the tumultuous years of America's rise to world primacy. Blue cardwraps. A few b/w photos. xvi and 587 pages including index. ISBN: 1557503346. Covers lightly scuffed. Small stain to top edge of text block and a few margins. Contents clean.

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BRECKINRIDGE: STATESMAN, SOLDIER, SYMBOL
Written by William C. Davis.
Stock no. 1829558
Published by University Press of Kentucky. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

John C. Breckinridge rose to prominence during one of the most turbulent times in America's history. Born to a well-known Kentucky family in 1821, he became a celebrated statesman, heroic soldier, and supporter of compromise. Pictorial cardwraps. xxviii and 687 pages including index. This is a physical print-on-demand copy. ISBN: 9780813192550. Lower front corner of covers lightly creased. Small stain to top rear edge and gutter margin of index pages. Else contents clean.

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