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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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MINEHEAD IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET.
A History of the Parish, the Manor, and the Port.
Taunton: Barnicott & Pearce, 1903. Limited edition, no.232 of 250 copies, 8vo., pp.xiv,468, uncut, green cloth, gilt, b/w frontispiece, folding map, b/w illustrations and plates; p.309/10 torn across (without loss), a little roughly cut, tobacco odour, rubbing/light wear to extremities, a good copy. No 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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LOYAL LOCHABER,
And its Associations, Historical, Genealogical, and Traditionary.
Glasgow: Morison Brothers. Limited edition of 500 copies, 4to., pp.xxvii,487, uncut, pictorial brown buckram, gilt, t.e.g., b/w frontispiece portrait, title in red and black, numerous b/w illustrations; small ownership inscription inked out to reverse of frontispiece, light marking and toning to reverse of frontispiece, a little light foxing to prelims, rubbing and some light wear to extremities, light rubbing/surface scratches to boards, a good(+) copy.
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DUNDEE AND DUNDONIANS SEVENTY YEARS AGO:
Being Personal Reminiscences of an Old Dundonian.
Dundee: James P. Mathew & Co, 1892. Small 8vo., pp.80, brown cloth, lettered in gilt to front board, with stamped black border, unlettered spine; light paper-splitting to inner hinges, light rubbing to extremities, internally clean, a very good copy.
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LONDON TO THE NORE.
London: A. & C. Black, 1905. First edition, 8vo., pp.ix,260, pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt and black, t.e.g., 60 colour plates, including frontispiece, with caption sheets, and 28 b/w head and tail pieces to chapters; ownership bookplate and inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers and edges, rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has been reinforced with masking tape to reverse of folds, with small closed tears, chipping and slight loss to extremities, darkening to spine, and evidence of small label removed near foot of spine.
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DIRECTORY OF YORK AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
Including All Villages Within Six Miles of York. Containing the Private and Commercial Residents (Alphabetically Arranged), Court Directory, The Trades Classified, Coloured Map of Yorkshire (North and East Ridings). Historical Notes, Local Intelligence, &c.
London: Printed and published by George Stevens, 1885. 8vo., pp.662, rebacked with original spine laid down, brown cloth, gilt, adverts to start and end of volume, double-page map in colour; area of loss to lower inner corner of A2 (advert leaf), foxing to prelims, with toning to front endpapers, rubbing and light wear to extremities, light sunning and vertical crease to spine, a good copy of this scarce title, with original endpaper adverts pasted in.
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KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF LINCOLNSHIRE 1889.
London: Kelly and Co, 1889. 4to., pp.xviii,687,56, red cloth, gilt; lacks map, foxing to endpapers/prelims; rubbing and some wear to extremities (including 2cm break to cloth along lower joint), with light marking to rear board and some general surface soil to cloth, a good copy.
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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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LONDON UND UMGEBUNGEN NEBST REISERROUTEN VON CONTINENT NACH ENGLAND.
Handbuch fur Reisende. Mit 4 Karten und 20 Planen. Neunte Auflage.
Leipzig: Verlag von Karl Baedeker, 1887. Ninth edition, pocket 8vo., pp.viii,332, red cloth, gilt, marbled edges, folding frontispiece Railway map of England and Wales, folding map of London loose, further maps and plans; small ownership inscription (dated 1910) to front free endpaper, closed tear to frontispiece, small chips to edges of frontispiece and loose map, light wear to extremities (especially at headband), light roll to spine, internally fresh, a 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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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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INTERESTING AND REMARKABLE PLACES;
With Historical and Topographical Descriptions.
London: John Reynolds. 8vo., pp.viii,296, pictorial textured red cloth, gilt, decoratibe 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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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, Robrt Sayer. 8vo.,pp. 16 linen-backed sections of map, folded to fit inside a marbled card pocket, printed label to front cover, overall toning and light foxing, staining to linen backing, pocket rubbed, a good+ copy.
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