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REPORT ON THE PREVALENCE OF TYPHOID FEVER IN YORK, DURING THE YEAR 1884.
York: Ben Johnson and Company, 1884. 4to., pp.48, printed wrappers, large folding map; wrappers are delicate, with wear to the extremities and partial loss to the spine, a little foxing to prelims, internally clean and otherwise very good.
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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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Royal Commission On Historical Monuments England: AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN WESTMORLAND.
London: His Majesty’s Staionery Office, 1936. 4to., pp. lxvii, 302, grey cloth, black emblem and lettering to front board and black lettering to spine, b/w plates and figures, b/w fold-out plans, folded map to rear pocket, b/w frontispiece; small ownership inscription to front paste down endpaper, toning and foxing to edges of text block, light toning and foxing to margins, occasional light cracking to inner hinge, all content firm, rubbed to extremities, cracking along rear hinge of spine from head of spine to aprox halfway down, chipping to foot of spine and light wear to corners, overall very good. No 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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SCANDINAVIAN AND RUSS, Or By Way of the Baltic.
Being an Account of the Cruise of the S.S. St. Sunniva to the Northern Capitals, Illustrated with Map and Forty Original Photographs and Thumb-Nail Sketches.
London: Gay and Bird/Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1895. Pocket 8vo., pp.viii,93, printed paper wrappers, b/w plates, folding frontispiece Cabin Plan, b/w map; closed tear and creasing to fore-margin of frontispiece, light wear to extremities of wrappers, paper covering of spine lost, a good copy, which is lightly foxed to prelims, else internally clean, though with surface soil to wrappers.
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SCENES IN CHINA. Sketches of the Country, Religion, and Customs of the Chinese.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1852. 12mo., pp.223,(i)Index, decoratively blindstamped green cloth with pictorial spine in gilt, a.e.g., engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, 12 further engraved plates; owner’s nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, with handwritten plate pasted down and now partially removed from rear paste-down endpaper, lacks free endpapers, wear to extremities, spine a little rolled, a good copy of this scarce title.
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SCENES IN RUSSIA; Describing the Manners, Customs, Diversions, Modes of Travelling, &c. of the Inhabitants of that Country: Also the Manners and Customs of the Cossacks and Kalmucs, and other Tartar Tribes.
London: E. Wallace, 1842. Fourth edition, 12mo., pp.iv,140, quarter green roan, gilt, marbled boards, engraved frontispiece and 13 further engraved plates; vestiges of ink ownership inscription (dated 1842?) to prelim blank, toning to prelims, foxing/toning to plates and adjacent leaves, with some foxing throughout, light crease to spine, gentle wear to extremities, 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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SOME YORKSHIRE GOLF COURSES.
Leeds: The Apsley Press, 1935. First edition, 8vo., pp.(vii),132, green cloth lettered in black, 29 monochrome illustrations, plus pictorial adverts; light foxing to edges and endpapers, lower corners of front board just lightly bruised, a very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is worn to extremities, with creasing and small areas of loss, and has 4.5cm closed tear to foot of front flap-fold, and 1cm closed tear to head of rear flap-fold, good+ and now in a protective cover.
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SPRINGTIME IN THE BASQUE MOUNTAINS.
London, Grant Richards. 8vo.,pp.xx,297, blue cloth, green lettering, b/w plates, figures and maps; author’s presentation copy with signature to title page, lightly rubbed to extremities and lightly toned to spine, foxing to endpapers and frequently foxed to margins occasionally affecting text and illustrations, o/w very good. No dust-jacket.
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STAINFORTH: STEPPING STONES THROUGH HISTORY.
A History of a North Yorkshire Village.
North Yorkshire: Stainforth History Group, 2001. 8vo., pp.,vii,153, paperback, b/w photos, fold-out archaeological map; a very good, fresh copy.
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STRENSALL IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY.
York: William Sessions, 1989. 4to.,pp. 64, pictorial wrappers, b/w figures and maps; a very good copy.
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THE ANNALS OF HAWICK
A.D.M.CC.XIV.- A.D.M.DCCC.XIV, With An Appendix, Containing Biographical Sketches, and Other Illustrative Documents.
Edinburgh, Thomas George Stevenson. Limited edition of 500 copies, 8vo., pp.xii,398, uncut, textured green cloth, gilt, engraved frontispiece and pictorial title; pp.187-90 8cm closed tear repaired from fore-edges to centre of pages and margin trimmed, title and frontispiece foxed and toned, occasional light foxing throughout, slight wear to upper corners of boards, otherwise a very good copy, which is bright and vg externally.
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THE ARAB OF THE DESERT. A Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sau’di Arabia.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1967. 3rd edition (revised and abridged) 8vo., pp.xxvii,228, hardcover, black lettering, pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations; a fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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THE BEETLES OF SPURN PENINSULA.
York: Yorkshire Museum, 1995. 8vo.,pp. 96, paperback; light sunning to extremities, a very good copy.
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THE CAVES OF YORK: Topographical Draughtsmen, Artists, Engravers and Copper-Plate Printers.
York: City of York Art Gallery, 1934. Small 8vo., pp.48, printed wrappers; small ink ownership autograph to front wrapper (ex libris A.G. Dickens), light marking to pale wrappers, 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 ELDORADO OF THE ANCIENTS.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. First edition, 8vo., pp. x, 447, b/w illustrations throughout, 2 colour folding maps, terracotta cloth, gilt embossed decoration, gilt top edge, uncut; slight foxing and darkening to endpapers, small tear to front endpaper, soiling to extremities, some wear and darkening to spine, o/w a very good copy with bright contents.
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THE EVE OF THE GREEK REVIVAL.
British Travellers’ Perceptions of Early Nineteenth- Century Greece.
London: Routledge, 1990. 8vo., pp.xvii,289, black hardcover, silver lettering, 6 b/w maps; light soiling to boards, very slight rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket which is slightly shelf-worn, else very good.
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THE FAWKES'S OF YORK IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: Including Notices of the Early History of Guye Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot Conspirator.
Westminster: J.B. Nichols and J.G. Nichols, 1850. Pocket 8vo., pp.67, printed wrappers; wear to paper wrappers at head and foot of spine, light tobacco odour, else very good.
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