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A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield on March 11 and 12, 1864; Being A True and Original Narrative, from Authentic Sources, Comprising Numerous Facts, Incidents, and Statistics Never Before Published. To which are added official lists of the dead and missing, giving the names, ages and residences of all the victims, when and where found, and where interred: Official returns showing the number of buildings and houses destroyed and injured in each locality: Mr Rawlinson's report to Government on the causes of the flood: Full report of the inquest: Measures of relief, the water company and its liability, illustrated with twenty views of the principal scenes described, taken from photographs.
by Harrison, Samuel
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- 1864
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London / Sheffield: S. Harrison 1864. 8vo. First Edition. 160 pp. Publisher's green cloth with blind stamped decoration to boards and gilt lettering to spine. Damage to spine and corners. Some waterstaining and bookplate of Gertrude Maria Wilson to pastedown, otherwise generally clean internally. Near-contemporary handwritten report of some of the effects of the flood included as insert. Includes twenty… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Norfolk Diary
by Rev. Armstrong, Benjamin John ; Armstrong, Herbert B. J. [ed.]
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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London / Sydney / Toronto / Bombay: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd. 1949. 8vo. First Edition. 288 pp. Cloth in unclipped illustrated jacket. Minor spotting and chipping to jacket and minor foxing to earlier pages, otherwise clean internally. The editor of this work was the grandson of the diarist and also himself a vicar in Norfolk. The diaries provide… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters Written During a Tour Through North Wales in the Year 1798 and at Other Times [together with] Letters Written During a Tour Through South Wales in the Year 1803 and at Other Times (Two Volumes)
by Evans, J.
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- 1804
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- Full Speckled Calf
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London: C. and R. Baldwin 1804. 8vo. xix, 415, (2); xii, 449, (2) pp. North Wales is a 3rd edition, South Wales a 1st edition. 2 volumes bound in a contemporary full patterned calf binding with red morocco gilt lettered title lables. Some creasing to the spine. Binding firm with owner's name in ink to the front end paper and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire
by Peacock, Edward
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- 1889
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- Half Morocco
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London: Published for The English Dialect Society by Trubner & Co. 1889. 8vo. 2 volumes in 1, complete. xvi, 636 pp. Half morocco over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt lettering at spine; t.e.g.Original wraps bound at rear. Rubbing to extremities, with slight splits at bottom joints. Light foxing along edges and largely internally clean, with only very occasional spotting.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The English Countryman: A Study of the English Tradition
by Massingham, H. J.
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- 1942
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London: B. T. Batsford 1942. 8vo. viii, 148 pp. Green cloth in illustrated dust jacket. A few marks to boards and sunning to spine and edges. One or two very small tears to top edge of jacket. Internally clean and bright. An exploration of English rural culture, its history and its present modern relevance. Contains 85 black-and-white illustrations from prints,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Glastonbury: Ancient Avalon, New Jerusalem
by Roberts, Anthony
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- Limited Numbered Edition
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- 1976
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- Laminated Paper Covers
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London: Zodiac House Publications 1976. Large 8vo. Limited edition, no. 228 of 250 copies. vii, 108 pp. Paperback with publisher's decorative wraps. A few marks to cover and edges of pages, otherwise internally clean. A collection of articles on the mysticism of Glastonbury, generously illustrated with maps, drawings, diagrams and original art work. . Very Good. Laminated Paper Covers. Limited… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ravilious in Pictures a Travelling Artist
by Russell, James
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9780955277788
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Sparham, Norwich: The Mainstone Press 2012. Oblong 4to. 47 pp., Pictorial Hardcover with jacket. A clean and bright copy, illustrated in colour. 9780955277788 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2012. Item Price
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Hampshire
by Varley, Telford
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1926
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- Half Morocco
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London: A & C Black Ltd 1926. 8vo. Second edition. ix, double-page map, 243 pp. 32 colour illustrated plates. Half straight-grained morocco over cloth boards; gilt lettering and devices to spine with raised bands; t.e.g. Minor rubbing to extremities and to front board. Ink inscription and illustration pasted down to prelims. Internally clean with plates bright. A well-researched history of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Voltaire's England
by Voltaire ; Flower, Desmond (editor)
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- Very Good
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- 1950
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London: The Folio Society 1950. 8vo. First edition. Folio Society's 25th published book. Green and grey cloth blocked with gold design. Illustrated jacket. Minimal rubbing and bumping to spine ends. Light discolouration to bottom edge. Minimal rubbing and creasing to jacket extremities. Ink ownership inscription dated 1956. Internally clean and bright. Voltaire arrived in Greenwich in 1726 and stayed for… Read more about this item Item Price
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Accounts ledger of a Mr Thomas Hood for the management of his estate 1906-1915.
by Hood, Thomas
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- 1906
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- Full Sheep
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Bradford: W. H. Brocklehurst 1906 - 1915. Large 4to. Unpaginated account book. Full sheep with gilt lettering and Bramah lock and key; marbled edges. Edgewear and chipping to the binding, alongside splitting to the front hinge. This account book, of Mr Thomas Hood, was used in the management of an estate in county of Yorkshire. This is a heavy item… Read more about this item Item Price
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Picturesque Europe - The British Isles
by Birket Foster et al
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- 1870
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London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin 1870s. Large 4to. Two volumes. xii, 288 pp; vii, 288 pp. Full calf with gilt decoration and lettering to spine, gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers; a.e.g. Some wear to spine and boards, including scratching and chipping to the latter. Some scattered foxing. Steel engravings, all present. This is a very heavy… Read more about this item Item Price
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London's Glory: Twenty Paintings of the City's Ruins
by Ostrowska, Wanda ; Garvin, Viola G.
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1945
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London: George Allen & Unwin 1945. Large 8vo. First edition. 52 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board. In dust jacket, not price clipped. Slight sunning to spine end, some wear to top spine end of jacket, small tear to back panel. Includes 12 black-and-white and 8 colour plates. A clean copy. . Near Fine. Cloth.… Read more about this item Item Price
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History of the English Landed Interest: Its Customs, Laws and Agriculture
by Garnier, Russell M.
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- 1892
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London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1892. 8vo. xviii, 406 [2] pp. Maroon hardback. Bumping to corners and spine ends, light wear to joints. Laid paper, bottom edge uncut. Decorative endpapers. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. 1892. Item Price
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Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England series.
by Pevsner, Nikolaus ; Harris, John ; Antram, Nicholas
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- 2002
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New Haven ; London: Yale University Press 2002. Tall Narrow 8vo. 879 pp. Black hardback in pictorial jacket. Small mark to top edge, light creasing and scratching to jacket. Internally as new. A republication by Yale University Press of Pevsner's famous 'Buildings of England' series. Includes many black-and-white illustrations and photographic plates of buildings referenced. A smart copy. . Near… Read more about this item Item Price
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The New Forest Handbook: Historical and Descriptive. With a New Map and Itinerary.
by Phillips, C. J.
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1876
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- Decorative Cloth
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Lyndhurst: J. G. Short 1876. 8vo. 106, [2 ads] pp. Green boards with gilt decoration and lettering to front, black borders and tooled device to back board, all edges gilt. Wear to spine ends and edges, discolouration to back board and front edges. Light occasional foxing inside and a torn but complete map. An attractive book exploring the New Forest… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Glasgow Stage
by Baynham, Walter
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- 1892
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Glasgow: Robert Forrester 1892. Small 4to.Limited Edition. Large Paper Edition. Limited to 100 copies, of which this is no. 87. [v], frontis, 221, viii pp. Quarter calf with gilt lettering to spine over cloth boards; t.e.g. Bumping and wear to extremities. Light foxing to prelims, but otherwise internally clean. Photogravure frontis. of the Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street. A detailed study… Read more about this item Item Price
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Outlines of British Geology, Chiefly Intended to Illustrate the Geology of England and Wales, with Some Notice of that of Scotland and Ireland. To Which is Appended, a Glossary of Terms Used in Geology and Minerology.
by [British Geology]
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- 1850
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London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1850. Small 8vo. xii, 305 pp. Hand coloured folding map frontis, and chart at rear, with wood engravings throughout. Cloth with blind stamped decoration to boards and gilt lettering to spine. Wear and bumping to extremities, particularly at spine, which has darkened. Light marking to binding. Folding pages have wear to fore-edges. Pencil… Read more about this item Item Price
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Worcestershire : A Shell Guide
by Lees-Milne, James
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1964
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London: Faber and Faber 1964. 8vo. First Edition. 102 pp. Cloth in dust jacket (not price clipped). Some edge-wear to jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise internally clean. Colour frontis. and numerous b&w photographs. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1964. Item Price
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The Cam and Cambridge Rowing
by Armytage, H.
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- 1887
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- Gilt Decorated Cloth
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Cambridge: W. P. Spalding [1887]. 4to. ix, 10-77, [2 ads.] pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and floral decoration to front board and spine; top edge gilt, others uncut. Boards quite marked and stained, light discolouration to spine and rubbing to extremities. Endpapers and fore-edge darkened and spotted, otherwise internally clean. Lots of black & white in-text decorations. A study… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shell Guide to South-West Wales : Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire
by Rees, Vyvyan
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- Very Good
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- 1963
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London: Faber and Faber Limited 1963. 8vo. 93 pp. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust wrapper (not price clipped). Light edge-wear to bottom of jacket and minor chipping to top. Light rubbing to book spine ends. Cloth clean. Internally clean. Illustrations throughout. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1963. Item Price
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