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THE PLACENAMES OF IRELAND IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM.
Logainmneacha na hÉirann sa Tríú Mílaois.
The Placenames Commisssion. Pocket 8vo., pp.144, paperback; a very good, clean 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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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 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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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 PLACE-NAMES OF LINCOLNSHIRE. Part One: The Place-Names of The County of The City of Lincoln. Part Two: The Place Names of Yarborough Wapentake. Part Three: The Wapentake of Walshcroft. Part Four: The Wapentakes of Ludborough and Haverstoe. Part Five: The Wapentake of Bradley. Part Six: The Wapentakes of Manley and Aslacoe. Part Seven: Lawress Wapentake. English Place-Name Society, Volume LVIII; Volume LXIV/LXV; Volume LXVI; Volume LXXI; Volume LXXIII; Volume LXXVII; and The Survey of English Place-Names Volume LXXXV.
English Place-Name Society, 1985. Seven volumes, 8vo., pp.xliii,236;xix,326; xxiii,197;xv,201;xix,179;xviii,228;xxv,151, blue cloth, gilt, b/w figures; Volume III ex Dorset County Reference Library, Volume IV very mildly ex library, pictorial ownership inkstamp to front paste-down endpaper of Volume VI, otherwise very good indeed, with all volumes internally clean, overall a very good, fresh set, in very good dust-jackets (jacket to Volume III with acquisition no. sticker to foot of spine).
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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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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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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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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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VIEWS IN DERBYSHIRE,
London: Bremrose & Sons, 1860. Oblong 8vo., pp. 12, yellow cloth-backed card wrappers, 12 tipped-in steel engravings; foxing throughout but plates unaffected except for no.s 5 and 12, light wear to wrappers, overall very good copy.
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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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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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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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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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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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THE RURAL LIFE OF ENGLAND. [In Two Volumes]
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839. First edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xx,396; xii,386,16 (adverts), decorative green cloth stamped in blind and gilt, uncut), b/w illustrations throughout; ink ownership inscription (dated 1839) to front free endpaper of both volumes, sunning to spines (and, lightly, to margins of boards), a little light marking to cloth, rubbing to head/tail of spines, internally fresh, overall a very good set.
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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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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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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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