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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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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 ACCOUNT AND DELINEATION OF ABERDEEN.
Embellished with Beautiful Engravings of the Principles Bridges, Public Buildings, and Sacred Edifices in and about the City.
Aberdeen: James Johnston, 1822. Small 8vo., pp.xii,226,(i), patterned paper-covered boards with printed paper label to spine, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, 17 further b/w plates; foxing to prelims, small closed tear to fore-edge of front free endpaper, wear to paper covering at extremities, including loss of approx. 3 x 1cm near foot of spine, 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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CORNWALL'S HISTORIC LANDSCAPE. Presenting a Method of Historic Landscape Character Assessment.
Cornwall: Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 1998. 4to., pp.viii,115, paperback, pictorial wrappers, 56 b/w figures and 8 colour plates, large colour fold out map to rear pocket; light marking to endpapers, lightly rubbed with some light surface scratches and slight crease to front, overall a very 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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HARTLEPOOL: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF A MEDIEVAL TOWN. Tees Archaeology Monograph Series, Volume 4.
Hartlepool: Tees Archaeology. 4to., pp.xv,283, paperback, b/w illustrations; slight shelfwear, residue of price-sticker to rear wrapper, a very good copy, which is internally fine.
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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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HULL IN YE OLDEN TIMES: A Lecture on “Hull in Ancient Times”, Together with a series of Letters, To the “Eastern Morning News”, With extracts from the Johnson Manuscripts.
Hull, Eastern Morning News, Company Ltd. 8vo., pp.132, blue paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth; toning to endpages, rubbed and lightly worn to extremities, with small splits to cloth at head and foot of joints, a 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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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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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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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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THE A TO Z OF REGENCY LONDON.
Lympne Castle, Kent: Harry Margary, in association with Guildhall Library, London, 1985. 4to., pp.116, red hardcover, gilt, b/w plans; some coloured-pencil colouring to plans, else very good, in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket.
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THE A TO Z OF VICTORIAN LONDON.
Harry Margary, in association with Guildhall Library, London, 1987. 4to., pp.viii,140, red hardcover, gilt, b/w plans; colour-pencil colouring to plans, else very good, in lightly edgeworn unclipped dust-jacket, with sellotape reinforcement to lower edge.
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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 MIDLAND HOTEL.
Morecambe’s White Hope.
Lancaster: Palatine Books, 2008. Second edition, 4to., pp.vii,216, black hardcover lettered in silver, colour and b/w illustrations; 4 loose postcards included, a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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