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THE HOUSEHOLD ACCOUNT BOOK OF SIR THOMAS PUCKERING OF WARWICK, 16:20: LIVING IN LONDON AND THE MIDLANDS WITH HIS PROBATE INVENTORY, 1637
Written by Mark Merry; Catherine Richardson.
Stock no. 1830220
Published by The Dugdale Society. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Dugdale Society Vol. 45. Edited by Mark Merry and Catherine Richardson. A rare and significant insight into the life and society of a baronet and member of parliament. The accounts record both routine occurences , such as weeding the garden or paying servants' wages, and extraordinary events such as the building of a banqueting house of the welcoming of travelling players. Blue cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. x and 341 pages. ISBN: 9780852200933. Couple of minor foxspots to vertical edge of text block else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, vertical creasing to rear flap.

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CELTIC AND ANGLO-SAXON ART: GEOMETRIC ASPECTS
Written by Derek Hull.
Stock no. 1830219
Published by Liverpool University Press. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Much of early medieval Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art is based on the display of motifs - key, interlacing, spiral and zoomorphic - in well-defined panels in simple and complex arrays. This book reflects the author's life-long interest in interpreting the exciting and exotic patterns revealed by scientific studies using light and electron microoscopes. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 254 pages including index. ISBN: 085323549X. A few minor marks to covers, spine faded but title bright, minor foxing to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean.

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BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1830218
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. xi and 267 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119226. A lovely copy, marred only by creasing to tip of lower corners from page 181 to the rear cover.

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GANGSTA GRANNY
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1330083
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ben's granny is a textbook granny and an international jewel thief! Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w illustrations. 296 pages. ISBN: 9780007371440. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

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THE RIVER RUNNING BY
Written by Joan Fleming-Yates.
Stock no. 1330082
Published by Wedderburn Art Ltd.. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

An Historical Journey Through the Monnow Valley. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1905037058. Minimal rubbing to corner tips of covers. Faint indentations to front cover where book has been leant on to write.

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MORE MEMORIES OF A DEAN FOREST RAILWAYMAN
Written by Bob Barnett.
Stock no. 1330081
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

Working Lives Series. Railway Heritage from the Nostalgia Collection. Card wraps. B/w photos. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription to title-page. Minimal rubbing to corners. Contents otherwise fine.

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BRITISH RAILWAYS PAST AND PRESENT No. 16 AVON, COTSWOLDS AND THE MALVERNS
Written by Geoff Dowling; John Whitehouse.
Stock no. 1330077
Published by Past & Present Publishing. 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Over 250 photographs black & white and colour taking a nostalgic and comparative look at the area's railways. Card wraps. 144 pages. ISBN: 1858950775. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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THE OLD INDUSTRIES OF DEAN
Written by David E. Bick.
Stock no. 1330075
Published by The Forest Bookshop. 1989. Very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0946252208. Corner tips of covers very slightly rubbed. Pencil markings erased from title-page.

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UNCONQUERED: THE STORY OF KENT AND ITS LIEUTENANCY
Written by David McDine.
Stock no. 1830213
Published by The Allan Willett Foundation. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Beacons flared across Kent in Elizabeth I's reign to warn of the Armada's approach. now the beacons celebrate great events like Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. And throughout the centuries the link has been the Lieutenancy, originally responsible for the defence of the Frontline County and now keeping alive the unique Spirit of Kent - still Unconquered. Large format. Dark blue imitation leather cloth boards with silver titles. Colour photos. 249 pages plus list of Lieutenants and Index. ISBN: 9780992834807. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. Contained in dark blue imitation leather cloth slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs.

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EGYPT REVEALED: ARTIST-TRAVELLERS IN AN ANTIQUE LAND
Written by T.G.H. James.
Stock no. 1830209
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Elaborate blue pictorial cloth in Egyptian design. Colour & b/w illustrations. 224 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners, lower rear edge is starting to crack.

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ITALIAN CITIES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Hibbert.
Stock no. 1830206
Published by Folio Society. 1998. Almost very good condition.

Three volume set: Venice; Florence; and Rome. Bound in full moire silk with gilt titles to spine and vignettes to front. Colour & b/w photos. Second printing. Spines have faded (fairly normal for this set). Center section of first set of coloured plates in 'Rome' has not been bound in and so is loosely contained but present, lower front corner is bumped in correlation with the slipcase. Contents of all three volumes are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little bashed to lower end (and thus 'Rome' is bumped to one lower corner) with wear to short side.

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CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 1768-1779
Written by Captain Cook; Glyndwr Williams.
Stock no. 1830205
Published by Folio Society. 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and introduced by Glyndwr Williams. Elaborately decorated blue cloth with gilt. Colour illustrations. Top edge blue. xxxiv and 522 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and lightly bumped at corners.

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