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A GLOSSARY OF PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL WORDS USED IN ENGLAND.
To which is now first incorporated the Supplement.
London: John Russell Smith, 1839. 8vo., pp.iv,188,4,16 (adverts), uncut, cloth, with printed paper label to spine; final advert leaf cropped, small remnant of ownership label to front paste-down endpaper, sunning to spine and, lightly, to margins, rubbing to extremities, a good copy.
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A HISTORY OF BREDENBURY AND ITS LANDED ESTATE.
Bromyard: Bromyard & District Local History Society, 1997. 8vo., pp.viii,197, paperback, b/w illustrations; very good+.
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A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. 8vo.,pp. lx,371, black cloth, silver lettering, b/w illustrations and maps; ownership inscription to front paste down endpaper, front free endpaper missing, light toning and foxing to upper edge of text block, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES, FORMERLY SITUATED ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RIVER WITHAM:
Being the Substance of Certain Papers Read Before the Lincoln Topographical Society, in the Year 1842.
London: R. Spencer/Uppingham: C.W. Oliver. Small 8vo., pp.xviii,187,(iv)adverts, decoratively blindstamped red cloth, gilt; ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light toning with occasional light foxing throughout, wear to cloth at head and tailbands (2mm loss at tailband, apx.5mms at headband), further small spots of wear to cloth at extremities, else very good.
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AN ACCURATE MAP OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. (Folded linen-backed map in marbled slipcase).
Divided into its Hundreds, and laid down from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved Modern Maps, with various Improvements. Illustrated with Historical Extracts relative to its Natural Produce, Trade, Manufactures, and present state of its Principal Towns.
London, Robert Sayer. Folding map in 16 sections, linen-backed, housed in a marbled slipcase, with small printed label to front panel; toning and light foxing to map, slipcase worn, else very good.
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AN HISTORICAL CURIOSITY: ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE WAYS OF SPELLING BIRMINGHAM.
London/Sheffield: J. Ward. 8vo., pp.22, printed blue paper wrappers; light surface soil and some staining to wrappers, internally clean, a good copy.
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CRYSTAL PALACE.
A Guide to the Palace & Park.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857. Pocket 8vo., pp.197,16, pale blue pictorial paper wrappers, b/w frontispiece, folding map, two folding plans, engraved b/w illustrations accompany the text throughout; very light foxing throughout, otherwise internally clean, wrappers lightly soiled with significant area of loss to wrappers at head of spine, creasing and light wear to corners of wrappers, else a very good copy.
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HISTORY OF DUNDEE; Being an Account of the Origin and Progress of the Burgh from the Earliest Period; Embracing a Description of its Antiquities, Topography, Public Works and Buildings, Manufactures and Commerce, Municipal, Educational, and Charitable Institutions, With Biographical Sketches of Eminent Men. A New and Enlarged Edition.
Dundee: John Durham, 1874. 8vo., pp.xvi,419,xxxiii,8, uncut, recased, preserving the original heraldic brown cloth, gilt, recased, folding frontispiece map; tear to first fold of frontispiece, light foxing to prelims/Index, rubbing and slight wear to extremities, with slight bubbling to cloth over spine, a very good copy.
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INTERESTING AND REMARKABLE PLACES; With Historical and Topographical Descriptions.
London: John Reynolds. 8vo., pp.viii,296, pictorial textured red cloth, gilt, decorative borders in blind, pictorial spine, a.e.g., illustrated with 250 engravings, including b/w frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w plates; light foxing to margins, wear to extremities, a good+, though attractive, copy, with spine rather bright.
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OLD ROADS AND PANNIERWAYS IN NORTH EAST YORKSHIRE.
Helmsley: North York Moors National Park, 1988. 4to., pp.81, paperback, b/w illustrations, double-page map; signature to inside front cover, ink markings to appendix and rear end paper, lightly water damaged, lightly rubbed to extremities, slightly soiled, a good + copy.
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PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE WESTERN ISLES.
Edinburgh: John Donald, 2010. 8vo., pp.xxvi,294, black hardcover, gilt, b/w plates; a fresh and near-fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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RAWSON, Peter F. and WRIGHT, John K. Geologist’ Association Guide No. 34.
The Geologists Association, 2018. 8vo., pp.vi,178, paperback, ring bound, colour illustrations; very good indeed.
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ROMAN WAYS IN THE WEALD.
London: Phoenix House, 1948. 8vo., pp.287, red cloth lettered in silver, b/w frontispiece, b/w maps and plates, including folding map; mildly ex library, with stamps to prelims and closing leaves, partial sunning to cloth, and covered with adhesive plastic, a good copy, which is internally clean and very good.
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ROSEBERRY TOPPING. Geology - Landscape - History - Heritage.
Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project, 2007. 4to., pp.206, blue hardcover lettered in silver, colour illustrated throughout, endpaper maps; very lightly rubbed to head and tail band, otherwise a fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket lightly rubbed to extremities, a few light surface scratches.
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SANDS OF TIME. A History of Skipsea from Prehistoric Times to the Year 2002.
Skipsea History Workshop, 2003. 4to., pp.300, paperback, b /w illustrations; light sunning to spine, slight shelfwear to wrappers, internally clean, a very good copy.
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SEEN ON THE PACKHORSE TRACKS.
South Pennine Packhorse Trails Trust, 2002. Oblong 4to., pp.xxii,105, paperback, b/w and colour illustrations; large crease across front wrapper, else a very good copy.
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THE CHANGING PLAN OF HULL 1290-1650: A guide to documentary sources for the early topography of Hull.
Kingston upon Hull City Council, 1290. 4to.,pp.184, paperback, with ringbinder spine, b/w figures; rubbing and toning to covers, toning to margins and ownership autograph to front cover, a very good copy.
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THE CITY BY THE POOL:
Assessing the Archaeology of the City of Lincoln. [Lincoln Archaeological Studies No. 10] [includes Lincoln Archaeological Research Assessment Research Agenda Zones GIS and Interactive Database CD]
Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2003. 4to., pp.viii,424, glazed hardcover, colour & b/w plates, illustrations and folding maps; slight spotting to top edges, else very good indeed.
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THE HISTORY OF LUDLOW AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD; Forming a Popular Sketch of the History of the Welsh Border.
London: R. Jones, 1910. First edition, 8vo., pp.ii,541, embossed brown cloth, gilt, lithographic frontispiece showing Ludlow Castle, b/w illustrations within; ink ownership inscription, dated 1910, to front paste-down endpaper, toning to prelims, foxing to frontispiece and title, contents very slightly shaken but still firm, rubbing to extremities, a good+ copy.
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THE MUNICIPAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL BURGH OF DUNDEE. Compiled from Original and Authentic Documents and Records in the Archives of the Town, and other sources; and Embellished by Plans of Ancient and Modern Dundee and Barbour; Engraved Views of Public Buildings; and Fac-Similes of Historical Documents hitherto unpublished.
Dundee: Dundee Advertiser Office, 1873. Tall 8vo., pp.xvi,327, textured pictorial red cloth, gilt, a.e.g., b/w frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w plates and maps (including folding plates); ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, two 1cm closed tears and small nick to headband, rubbing, light wear and surface soil to cloth, internally clean, a good+ copy.
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