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Glasgow: Post Office Glasgow Directory for 1923-1924, arranged as General, Street, Commercial and Suburban with an Appendix

By: N/A

Price: £56.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Glasgow Post Office Directory Association: 1923

Seller ID: 003881

very thick octavo 22 by 15 cms with text of 1819 pages for the main work plus a further 246 pages of general information and advertisements, numerous inserted advertisements in the text, some coloured, original black cloth, gilt titles light rubbing to spine, webbing showing at title page but holding firm, a sound copy-not loose or shaky-the contents clean and unmarked, no signatures or inscriptions. Overseas buyers please note that it's a heavy book and will need extra postage £56.00
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Sedbergh School Record Of War Service 1914-1918

By: N/A

Price: £24.00

Publisher: Sedbergh, Jackson and Son: 1925

Seller ID: 004031

octavo 23.5 by15 cms This scarce book lists over 1250 ex-pupils of Sedbergh School who served in the armed forces during the First World War. It notes those who lost their lives during the conflict. The text runs to 121 pages and is illustratedwith 3 photographic plates. It's bound in the original vellum with gilt titles, all edges gilt.. A bright, clean copy-no internal marks or inscriptions Covers bowed £24.00
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Ordnance Survey (Provisional Edition on National Lines)

By: N/A

Price: £62.00

Publisher: London, Ordnance Survey: 1935

Seller ID: 004186

Offered here is a rare large-scale Ordnance Survey map (6 inches to 1 mile) showing part of central London.It measures 72.5 by 58 cms (28.5 by 23 inches) and ranges from the Thames at Tower Bridge up to Islington and includes Docklands, Finsbury, Holborn, London Fields and Hackney. The title is Ordnance Survey (Provisional Edition on National Lines) sheet 52/38 S W . Maps from this large-scale series are rarely found. The are two horizontal fold marks, some minor marginal creasing and a few short splits in the outer edges and a very small black mark at the base of the image
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Historic Architecture of Newcastle upon Tyne

By: Allsopp, Bruce edits

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Newcastle, Oriel Press Ltde: 1967

Seller ID: 003360

slim large octavo (25 by 18.5 cms) text of 94 pages, illustrated throughout with photgraphs, some full-page, cream cloth in unclipped dust jacket which is well used otherwise a very clean copy, no internal marks or signatures £14.00
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A History of Trinity College Dublin 1892-1945

By: Bailey Kenneth C

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Dublin, University Press: 1947

Seller ID: 003539

octavo (22.5 by 14.5 cms) text of 274 pages including index, illustrated with 43 photgraphs, original green covers, gilt titles, small inscription on front end-paper, a very good copy, clean and sound £16.00
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The Registers of St Stephen's Walbrook and of St Benet Sherehog London

By: Bannerman, W Bruce

Price: £48.00

Publisher: London, Harleian Society: 1919

Seller ID: 003878

the original edition complete in two parts as issued, small folio 27 by 19 cms, text of 348 pages plus 4 pages of Harleian Society publications, original brown cloth, gilt titles, free end-papers lightly browned otherwise a very clean and sound set-no internal marks or signatures/ £48.00
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Images of the South Wales Mines

By: Bellamy, David

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Stroud, Alan Sutton: 1993

Seller ID: 003440

quarto (23.5 by 25.5 cms) text of 136 pages illustrated throughout with text and full-page illustrations, many in colour, a very fine copy in unclipped dust wrapper £18.00
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Tyneham. A Lost Heritage

By: Bond L M G

Price: £17.00

Publisher: Dorchester, Longmans: 1956

Seller ID: 003495

first edition in dust wrapper, octavo (27 by 14.5 cms) text of 128 pages, illustrated with 6 plates of photographs. signature and date written inside front cover, small very faint damp marks to front cover, light signs of use to the dust jacket, a nice clean copy otherwise. £17.00
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The Registers of Boughton under Blean,. Kent

By: Boodle, Rev J A

Price: £21.00

Publisher: London, Parish Register Society: 1903

Seller ID: 003847

the original edition, octavo 23 by 15.5 cms text of 120 pages including index, blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, from the Law Society library with their stamp on the half title and title, bookplate and some reference numbers inside front cover, half title and last leaf of index browned, contents very fresh clean and unmarked, firm and sound in the binding £21.00
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Soho and its associations

By: Clinch, George

Price: £36.00

Publisher: London, Dulau & Co: 1895

Seller ID: 004162

octavo 19 by 14 cms (7.5 by 5.5) first and only edition, text of 232 pages including index, illustrated with a frontispiece, original green cloth, gilt titles, front free end-paper removed otherwise a nice clean copy. Rare.
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The Great Northern Railway in Focus

By: Crawley, John

Price: £26.00

Publisher: Wellingborough, W d Wharton: 2001

Seller ID: 003429

first and only edition, quarto 30 by 21.5 cms (12 by 8.6 inches) text of 176 pages illustrated throughout with photographs, finely printed on glossy paper, small bump to one corner otherwise a fine unmarked copy in unclipped dust wrapper. Please note that it's a heavy book so will need extra postage £26
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Picturesque Old Houses

By: Fea, Allan

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, S H Bousfield & Co: 1902

Seller ID: 003624

first edition, thick octavo 22.3 by 15 cms text of 224 pages including index, many plates of photographs plus some text illustrations, original blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, some light overall foxing, slightly heavier on a few leaves, covers bright, sound and firm, text clean and unmarked. £18.00
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Notes and Recollections of Stroud, Gloucestershire

By: Fisher, Paul Hawkins

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co: 1891

Seller ID: 003640

octavo 23 by 15 cms, second edition, text of 378 pages including index, with a portrait of the author and 5 plates, plain black cloth, gilt titles, edges untrimmed, light foxing to first and last leaves including portrait, very slight rubbing to spine ends but a very clean and sound copy
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Changing London. A Book of Sketches

By: Fletcher, Hanslip

Price: £46.00

Publisher: London, Methuen: 1928

Seller ID: 004061

the third and final volume and the scarcest in the series, folio 38 by 25.5 cms (15 by 10 inches) illustrated with 40 plates by Fletcher showing street scenes, buildings, squares, interiors etc. almost all in central London but including one of Chiswick and another of Richmond. It's bound in the original boards sewn with cords, paper label on front cover. The text consists of brief descriptions of each scene, Some signs of use to the covers, rear cover with an old markand a few spots, the contents clean and unmarked £46.00
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The Story of the Making of Buchanan Street (Glasgow)

By: Frazer, Daniel

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Glasgow, James Frazer: 1885

Seller ID: 003828

first and only edition, small quarto (22.5 by 18 cms) with a frontispiece and a large folding facsimile plate at end, original roan spine, green boards with gilt design, spine with overall rubbing and slightly worn at top, facsimile plate in several pieces but complete, a very clean and sound copy-no internal marks or inscriptions £18.00
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The Tower of London (vol 1)

By: Gower, Lord Ronald Sutherland

Price: £22.00

Publisher: London, George Bell and Sons: 1901

Seller ID: 003772

volume one of the two-volume set, octavo 23.5 by 17.5 cms, text of 231 pages, illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, a folding plan, 38 plates in photogravure and 16 plates of photographs,original red cloth, gilt titles, top edge gilt, small white mark on front cover otherwise a very clean and sound copy-no internal marks or signatures. £22.00
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Bygone Putney

By: Hammond, Ernest

Price: £12.00

Publisher: KIngston, Bygone Putney: 1898

Seller ID: 003387

slim octavo (18.5 by 12.5 cms) paper wrappers, text of 87 pages plus advert leaves, illustrated with a double-page map and 5 full-page illustrations, lacks the original card covers, a few of the advert leaves are well-used and chipped, text leaves clean except for occasional faint foxing Very rare
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The History of Market Harborough with that portion of the Hundred of Gartree, Leicestershire

By: Hill, John H

Price: £46.00

Publisher: Leicester, Subscribers: 1875

Seller ID: 003856

thick folio (38.5 by 28 cms) text of 339 pages plus index. with a pictorial title page and 27 plain plates, bound in the original printed boards, lacks spine, covers worn, end-papers dusty, contents clean, a complete copy. A heavy book so will need extra postage for overseas buyers. £46.00
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London: Our Beautiful Homeland. The Heart of London: Through London's Highways: In London's By-ways: Rambles in Greater London

By: Jerrold, Walter

Price: £32.00

Publisher: London, Gresham: 1925

Seller ID: 004262

first and only edition, illustrated with 48 coloured plates, text of 256 pages, original cream cloth, a nice clean and sound copy, complete, no signatures or inscriptions. Four titles issued here in one volume and under the general heading of London
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The Stately Homes of England

By: Jewitt, Llewellynn and Hall, S.C.

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, J.S.Virtue & Co.: 1875

Seller ID: 000102

medium octavo (9.2 x 6.4 inches) no date but circa 1875. text of 399 pages illustrated with 210 wood engravings, red cloth with black decoration and gilt lettering to front cover and spine, all edges gilt, 3 small date stamps on blank endpaper, very occasional small foxing spots but a bright, clean and sound copy
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Romance of London's Rivers

By: Jones, James A

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson: 1935

Seller ID: 004034

large octavo 23.7 by 16 cms (9.6 by 6.4 inches) text of 311 pages illustrated with over 100 text illustrations by Frank Mason, orignal blue cloth gilt, spine ends a bit rubbed,, a few smal spots on the covers but a clean and sound copy-no internal marks or inscriptions.£24.00
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The Story of Fowey (Cornwall)

By: Keast, John

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Exeter, James Townsend: 1950

Seller ID: 003504

first edition, octavo (22.5 by 14.5 cms) text of 166 pages, well illustrated with black and white plates from photographs, sketches and facsimiles, original cloth, gilt, spine dull. A nice clean copy, no signatures or inscriptions. Offered cheaply as it lacks 2 plates and the map of Fowey at the end, otherwise complete. £15.00
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A Short History of the Scottish Highlands and Isles

By: Mackenzie, w c

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Paisley, Alexander Gardner: 1906

Seller ID: 003501

octavo (20 by 13.5 cms) text of 380 pages plus index, illustrated with a coloured map and numerous black and white plates, original cloth, covers with a few small and insignificant marks otherwise a very clean and sound copy-no signatures or inscriptions £20.00
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The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time (volume 2)

By: Maitland, William

Price: £235.00

Publisher: London, T Osborne, J Shipton and J Hodges: 1756

Seller ID: 001822

thick folio (16 by 10 inches) illustrated with 59 plates only. Offered at a lowprice as the covers are broken and worn and some text sections and pages are loose, a few pages and plates with marginal damp marking and a few plates trimmed close but not cropped. one plate with a short tear just affecting the image. Many of the plates show churches but there are also street plans and birds-eye views of squares,hospitals etc.. The contents are generally very clean, a few plates are a bit trimmed or have fraying to the outer edges, Note that this is volume two only of two..
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Parish of Hornsey: Court Rolls of the Bishop of London's Manor of Hornsey

By: Marcham, William McBeath and Frank Marcham

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Grafton and co: 1929

Seller ID: 003841

quarto (25.5 by 18 cms) text of 301 pages including index, illustrated with a folding frontispiece, a plate and a folding map, original blue coth, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Edition limited to 235 numbered copies. Small faint whiute mark to bottom edge of front cover otherwise a very clean and sound copy-no internal marks or signatures. £30.00
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Unknown Dorset.

By: Maxwell, Donald

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, John Lane The Bodley Head: 1927

Seller ID: 003937

first edition, small quarto 21.5 by 18 cms, text of 208 pages including index, illustrated with 8 coloured s and many plain plates plus numerous text illustrations, all by the author, original red cloth, spine lightly faded and with a few small spots, small erasure mark on front end-paper, a very clean copy, firm and sound in the binding. £24.00
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Unknown Kent

By: Maxwell, Donald

Price: £26.00

Publisher: London, John Lane: 1921

Seller ID: 004259

first edition, with 24 coloured plate sand many full-page and text illustrations by Maxwell, text of 210 pages, original blue cloth, small nick to the foot of the spine, end-papers lightly toned, a nice clean and sound copy-no signatures or inscriptions
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Unknown Surrey

By: Maxwell, Donald

Price: £26.00

Publisher: London, John Lane: 1924

Seller ID: 004260

first edition, illustrated with 24 coloured plates and many black and white text illustrations by Maxwell, text of 210 pages, original green cloth, gilt, two bookplates, end-papers toned otherwise a bright, clean copy-no signatures or inscriptions
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Rutlandshire: Rotelandiae

By: Morden, Robert

Price: £19.00

Publisher: London, 1722

Seller ID: 003741

an engraved map of Rutlandshire by Robert Morden, undated but 1722, overall size 39 by 48 cms,, compass rose, title within a decorative cartouche, small street plans of Oakham and Uppingham, The reverse is blank. A small tear in the top blank margin otherwise a fine copy with wide margins £19.00
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Bridewell Hospital, Prison, Schools from the earliest times to the reign of Elizabeth

By: O'Donoghue, Edward Geoffrey

Price: £27.00

Publisher: London, John Lane: 1923

Seller ID: 004012

first edition, octavo 22 by 13.5 cms (8.8 by 5.5 inches) text of 262 pages including index, well illustrated with plates and a few text illustrations, original blue cloth, gilt, spine ends slightly worn, signature on front end-paper but a very clean, sound and complete copy.
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The Anglos-Saxon Episcopate of Cornwall with some account of the Bishops of Crediton

By: Pedler E H

Price: £28.00

Publisher: London, John Petheram: 1856

Seller ID: 004009

octavo text of 178 pages plus errata leaf, bound in old half green calf with marbled sides and end-papers, signature and date on front fly-leaf, spine worn with slight loss of leather, covers rubbed and rear cover detached, a few pencil notes and underlines in text, a clean, sound and conplete copy otherwise. £28.00
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An Account of the Island of Jersey, containing a Compendium of its Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military History

By: Plees W

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Southampton, T Baker: 1824

Seller ID: 003858

small quarto (23 by 18 cms) second edition and issued without the folding map and 4 plates found in the first edition. Offered cheaply as a working copy, covers detached, backstrip gone, lacks title and half title first 3 leavesgrubby 3 leaves with browning to the lower blank margin a few pages with small brown marks. The book block is firm and sound and the text, apart from the problems noted, is generally clean. £20.00
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The Dorset Coastline

By: Pridham, Dr Llewellyn

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Dorchester, Longmans: 1950

Seller ID: 003616

first ediiton, undated but circa 1950 small quarto (25 by 19 cms) 127 pages, very well illustrated with photographs by Edwin Kestin, end-paper maps, a few text drawings, original green cloth in unclipped dust wrapper, minor wear to dust jacket, covers slightly bowed otherwise a bright clean and sound copy, no internal marks or signatures. £15.00
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Charterhouse. A History of the School

By: Quick, Anthony

Price: £19.00

Publisher: London, James and James: 1990

Seller ID: 003720

large octavo (25 by 17 cms) text of 166 pages plus index, with many photos and other illustrations in the text plus a few in colour, two small address labels on the front end-paper otherwise a near-fine copy in dust wrapper £19.00
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History of Glasgow volume 1 Pre-Reformation Period

By: Renwick, Robert and Lindsay, Sir John

Price: £26.00

Publisher: Glasgow, Maclehose, Jackson: 1921

Seller ID: 003827

thick octavo (24 by 15 cms) text of 411 pages plus index, ilustrated with 59 photographic plates and 2 large folding plans, original dark grey cloth, gilt titles, a presentation copy from Sir Robert Lindsay with a long inscription by him on the front end-paper, 4 text pages with heavy browning. short tear in one map, spine ends slightly rubbed otherwise a bright clean and sound copy £26.00
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S. Winifred's , Llanfairfechan. The Story of Fifty Years 1887-1937

By: Roberts, Nesta

Price: £22.00

Publisher: Shrewsbury, Wilding and Son: 1937

Seller ID: 003945

first and only editionof this rare history, octavo 22 by 14.5 cms, text of 96 pages, illustrated with 30 plates of photographs, original green cloth, neat signature on front end-paper, small split to the top of the rear joint, a bright, clean and sound copy otherwise. £22.00
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The Registers of Stratford on Avon in the county of Warwick Baptisms 1558-1662

By: Savage, Richard

Price: £22.00

Publisher: London, Parish Register Society: 1897

Seller ID: 003843

octavo (23 by 15 cms) text of 188 pages including index, edges unut, with a frontispiece, original paper wrappers which are bit dusty, contents clean and unmarked-no signatures or inscriptions £22.00
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Some Notes of the History of the Parish of Whitchurch, Oxon

By: Slatter, Rev John

Price: £19.00

Publisher: London, Elliot Stock: 1895

Seller ID: 003846

octavo 23.5 by 15 cms text of 150 pages, with a frontispiece, original two-tone cloth, spine ends slightly rubbed, a small circular paper label of Trinity College Library on the front cover and its small ink stamp on the title page and the blank margin of a text page, a very clean and sound copy £19.00
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The Pont Manuscript Maps of Scotland. Sixteenth century origins of a Blaeu atlas

By: Stone, Jeffrey c

Price: £32.00

Publisher: Tring, Map collector Publications: 1989

Seller ID: 003420

large octavo (30 by 21 cms) softcover, text of 214 pages plus bibliography, about half the work consists of photographs of the maps, neat inscription inside front cover otherwise a fine copy
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Winchester (signed copy)

By: Vesey-Fitzgerald, Brian

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Phoenix House Ltd: 1953

Seller ID: 003726

first and only edition, signed by the author on the title page, octavo (22 by 14.5 cms) text of 178 pages plus index. i;;ustrated with 49 plates of photographs, orignal cloth, inscription on front end-paper. outer edge opf front cover slightly crinkled but a very clean and sound copy. £18.00
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The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire

By: West, William

Price: £42.00

Publisher: Birmingham, R Wrightson: 1830

Seller ID: 004018

thick octavo (8.8 by 6 inches) text of 800 pages illustrated with a coloured folding map and 26 engraved plates, a few folding,. A detailed, well-illustrated and comprehensive history of the county. Old half calf with both covers detached and most of the backstrip missing but the book block firm and sound. A few text leaves and plates with light foxing A very clean and sound copy, complete with the map which is often missing. Offered as a re-binding copy at a low price
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Fasti Oxonienses, or Annals of the University of Oxford a new edition with additions by Philip Bliss

By: Wood, Anthony

Price: £90.00

Publisher: F C Rivington: 1815

Seller ID: 003222

two volumes bound in one, quarto, finely bound in modern half brown calf wirh red and green lettering labels, withdrawn stamp on reverse of first title, small blind stamps in the blank lower margins of the title pages and a few other leaves, a few leaves with significant foxing otherwise a nice clean copy.Note that this heavy book will need extra postage-please enquire
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