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THE PLACE-NAMES OF RUTLAND English Place-Name Society Volume LXVII/LXVIII/LXIX For 1989-90. 1990-1 & 1991-2
English Place-Name Society, 1994. 8vo., pp. lxxxvi,483, blue hardcover, gilt; ownership autograph in blue to front free endpaper, else a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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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, Volumes LVIII, LXIV/LXV, LXVI, LXXI, LXXIII, LXXVII, with 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; neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper (all volumes), a fine set, all in unclipped dust-jackets, with light loss at head and foot of spine of jacket to Volume II, small nick to jacket for Volume I, else very good indeed.
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THE PLACE-NAMES OF NORFOLK. Part One: The Place-Names of The City of Norwich. Part Two: The Hundreds of East and West Flegg, Happing and Tunstead. Part Three: The Hundreds of North and South Erpingham and Holt. English Place-Name Society, Volume LXI. The Survey of English Place-Names, Volume LXXII; Volume LXXIX.
English Place-Name Society. Three volumes, 8vo., pp. xxiii,169; xxvi,224; xx,167, hardcover, gilt, b/w figures to vol.I; blue ink ownership autograph to all three volumes, else a near-fine set in vg+ unclipped dust-jackets, one small closed tear to upper margin of Vol. I
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THE PLACE-NAMES OF DERBYSHIRE [Three Volumes] English Place Name Society. Volume XXVII for 1949-50 Part I: Introduction, River-Names, etc. High Peak Hunderd; Part II Scarsdale Hundred, Wirksworth Hundred, Morleyston and Litchurch Hundred; Part III Appletree Hundred, Repton and Gresley Hundred, Analyses, Index.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1959. 8vo., pp.lxix,185, 186-514, viii,515-829, hardcover, gilt; blue ink ownership autograph to front free endpaper of all three volumes, a few light marks to fore-edge of text blocks, otherwise all volumes internally clean, rubbing to lower right margin of front board of Vol. III, overall a very good set in vg unclipped dust-jackets, with minor chipping to upper and lower margins, and light foxing particularly affecting Vol. III
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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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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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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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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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