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THE EARLY TOWN BOOKS OF FAVERSHAM C. 1251-1581 (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Duncan Harrington; Patricia Hyde.
Stock no. 1828118
Published by History Research. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Town Books of Faversham c. 1251-1581 are invaluable because they provide the basis for the history of the town in the period. The First Town Book, compiled c. 1382-1405, being a collection of documents dating from 1251 relating to the legal status of the Borough. The Second Town Book comprises the Town Accounts, Wardmote minutes and other records for the period 1436-1581. Two volumes. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles to spines. Colour frontispieces. Limited edition of 250 numbered & signed copies. ISBN: 9780953099832. Copy L (50) of 250 and SIGNED by Duncan Harrington. Edge of boards lightly rubbed. Contents are fine. White pictorial dustwrappers are both a little scuffed and grubby.

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REPRESENTING SLAVERY: ART, ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Written by Douglas Hamilton; Robert J. Blyth.
Stock no. 1828117
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book draws on the extensive collections of the National Maritime Mueseum, Greenwich, and is published to mark the 200th anniversary of Parliament's abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. Ten specially commissioned essays by leading scholars set the collections in their historical context, demonstrating the scale and brutality of slavery, the nature and extent of African resistance, and the widespread effort to achieve abolition and emancipation. Edited by Hamilton & Blyth. Grey cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780853319665. Light rubbing to base of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE IVEL STORY
Written by John Moffitt.
Stock no. 1327801
Published by Japonica Press. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Celebrating 100 years of the Ivel, the first internal combustion tractor. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 203 pages. Photos throughout. ISBN: 0954022262. SIGNED by the author to verso of front free-endpaper with a message and dedication to John. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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FRENCH BATTLESHIPS 1922-1956
Written by John Jordan; Robert Dumas.
Stock no. 1828115
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were among the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period. This is a study of these important and technically interesting ships. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781848320345. Base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine (title has gone from red to pink).

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FOR THE KING'S SERVICE RAILWAY SHIPS AT WAR
Written by A.J. Mullay.
Stock no. 1327798
Published by Pendragon Publishing. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

In two World Wars nearly 200 railway-owned ships were converted to operate as troop carriers, hospital ships, minesweepers and seaplane-carriers, while others carried on normal sailings in a world suddenly more dangerous than before. Railway ships took part in many battle, one in three of them failed to return. This book tells their story. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 127 pages. ISBN: 9781899816163. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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THE BANBURY AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY 1887-1962
Written by J.H. Russell.
Stock no. 1327797
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, track plans and locomotive sketches. 140 pages. ISBN: 0902888455. Light scratch mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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NORTH WALES STEAM (1927-1968)
Written by E.N. Kneale.
Stock no. 1327796
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first of two volumes in which the author portrays steam in North Wales over a period extending from the late twenties to the demise of steam locomotion on British Railways in 1968. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0860930742. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top front corner.

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HAND TO EARTH: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY SCULPTURE 1976-1990
Written by Andy Goldsworthy; Terry Friedman; Clive Adams; et al. Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1828112
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photography. Terry Friedman has assembled Goldsworthy's lyrical photographs of his own works plus interviews and essays by ten contributors. ISBN: 0500511721. Lower board corners bumped and thus lower margins of first half of contents are also creased (dropped?). Green ink has imprinted from facing colour page onto page 73 lower corner (margin, not affecting text). Otherwise, contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper has narrow band of vertical fading along the front edge of spine, lightly creased at lower corners.

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GAINSBOROUGH'S FAMILY ALBUM
Written by David H. Solkin. Illustrated by Thomas Gainsborough.
Stock no. 1828111
Published by National Portrait Gallery. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Despite his famous antipathy towards portraiture, Gainsborough painted and drew over fifty portraits of his extended family. This book brings together some of his best loved works as well as many that are little known and rarely exhibited. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name that ran from 2018-2019. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781855147904. Corners of boards very lightly rubbed else a lovely copy.

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WARRIOR TO DREADNOUGHT: WARSHIP DEVELOPMENT 1860-1905
Written by David K. Brown.
Stock no. 1828109
Published by Caxton Editions. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The technological changes which transformed warships from the fully-rigged broadside ironclads of the mid-nineteenth century, through the centre battery ships, early turret vessels and barbette ships, to the turbine-powered Dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers which were to fight in the First World War. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 1840675292. Minor mark to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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SANDWICH: THE 'COMPLETEST MEDIEVAL TOWN IN ENGLAND'
Written by Helen Clarke; Sarah Pearson; Mavis Mate; Keith Parfitt.
Stock no. 1828108
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

A study of the town and port from its origins to 1600. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781842174005. Light bumping & rubbing to corners. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise fine.

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LORENZO LOTTO PORTRAITS
Written by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo; Miguel Falomir. Illustrated by Lorenzo Lotto.
Stock no. 1828105
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits of the Italian renaissance period. Edited by Dal pozzolo and Miguel Falomir. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500970935. A lovely copy with light scuffing to rear cover.

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