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Maps, Land and Society - a history, with a carto-bibliography of Cambridgeshire estate maps, c.1600 - 1836
by Bendall, A. Sarah
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- Very Slightly Worn
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780521410557
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Cambridge University Press, 1992. A few illustrations, large thick octavo, pp xxiv, 404, top edge slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth very good, in a very slightly scuffed dustwrapper. ["This book investigates maps and their reflection of and influence on the contemporary society of early modern Britain. It is concerned with rural estate maps, which were primarily drawn… Read more about this item Item Price
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Corsets and Crinolines
by Waugh, Norah
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- Slightly worn
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- Second impression
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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- 9780713407228
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London: B.T. Batsford, 1970. Second impression. Well illustrated, small quarto, pp 176, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and chipped, with a small piece missing from the top of the upper cover. . Second impression. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn. Item Price
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Fashions Through the Centuries - Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo
by Sronkova, Olga (translated by Till Gottheiner)
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- First British edition
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London: Spring Books Not dated - c. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 163, very clean internally, bound in anattractive decorated cloth, very slightly faded and marked. [ Originally written in Czech, so a very good source for Central European costumes.]. First British edition. Cloth. Good. Item Price
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Memorials of Old Nottinghamshire
by Guilford, Everard L. (editor)
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1912
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- Hardcover
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London: George Allen & Company Ltd, 1912. Well ilustrated, large thick octavo, pp xiv, 353 + publishers' catalogue 8 pages, margin to pages3/4 with a little loss, otherwise extremely clean internally, blue cloth very slightly worn, the spine slightly faded, the rear cover slightly wrinkled, the spine head slightly pulled. An ex-library copy with labels on the front endpaper and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Handbook of English Costume in the Sixteenth Century
by Cunnington, C. Willett & Phillis
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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London: Faber & Faber, 1954. Illustrated, octavo, pp 224,very slight age-toning and a neat signature on the front endpaper, but otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly rubbed. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Item Price
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![The Georgics of Virgil, with an English translation [Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicum Libri Quatuor]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/191/042/1596042191.0.m.jpg)
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The Georgics of Virgil, with an English translation [Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicum Libri Quatuor]
by Martyn, John
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- 1778
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- Hardcover
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$158.92
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Dublin: John Exshaw, 1778. Illustrated with three folding engraved maps and ten engraved plates (some folding), octavo, pp xvi, 118; 128; 132; 95; [13], a few folded corners, a little used and age-toned internally with a few paper imperfections and marks, the front endpaper slightly marked and lacking a corner, contemporary calf sound but rather worn at the edges, lacking… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Stones of Florence
by McCarthy, Mary
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Slightly Worn
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- 1976
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- Hardcover
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- 9780434461042
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$22.25
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1976. Very well illustrated with monochrome photogarphs, small quarto, pp (4), 129, very clean internally, brown cloth in excellent condition, the price-clipped dustwrapper is just a little used and age-toned, but overall a very pleasing copy. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Item Price
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History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, being the Rhind Lectures on Archaeology (expanded) delivered in 1916
by Watson, William J.
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- First Edition
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- 1926
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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1926. Octavo, pp xx, 558, extremely clean internally, blye cloth, very lightly spotted on the upper cover, but really a very impressive copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Item Price
$38.14
The Scots Household in the Eighteenth Century - a century of Scottish domestic
by Lochhead, Marion
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1948. Illustrated, octavo, pp 410, very clean internally, lacking the front endpaper, the front hinge cracking a little but not at all weak, blue cloth slightly worn, the spine a little creased and age-toned. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. Item Price
$12.71
![Guide to the Museums of the City of Norwich {1938} [together with] Official Guide to the City of Norwich {1935}](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/978/196/1587196978.0.m.jpg)
Guide to the Museums of the City of Norwich {1938} [together with] Official Guide to the City of Norwich {1935}
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Museums of the City of Norwich, 1938, illustrated, 12mo, pp 56, very clean internally, paperback, the covers very slightly worn. Norwich Official Guide, 1935, illustrated, 12mo, pp 110, a folding map, paperback attractive coloured cover. . Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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Epsom : its History & its Surroundings
by Home, Gordon
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London: The Homeland Association Ltd & Frederick Warne & Co. Well illustrated, octavo, pp 194, an owner's small name stamp on the verso of the frontispiece, otherwise clean internally, quarter cloth and pictorial boards with an inlay of the race-course, slightly worn at the corners, the spine age-toned. [Not dated - early 1900's. Possibly a first edition ??].… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lives of the Engineers, Volume 1
by Smiles, Samuel
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- Used - Very Good
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- Slightly worn and browned
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- 1968
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- Hardcover
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- 9780715342794
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$11.76
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Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. Originally published 1862. Facsimile reprint, illustratewd, thick octavo, pp xviii, 484, the fore-edhe with a very slight mark, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped and sliightly worn and browned dustwrapper. [Vermuyden, embanking, draining, Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River, early roads, bridges, harbours, ferries, James… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tottenham, Edmonton And Enfield Historical Note Book. With Some Incidental Notices Of Harringay (or Hornsey)
by Roe, William James
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- Very Slightly Worn
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- First Edition
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- 1952
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Tottenham: The Percy Press, 1952. Three plates, small octavo, pp viii, 156, very clean internally, paperback with price-clipped and very slightly chipped dustwrapper. A very good copy. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Item Price
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Historic Buildings of North Wales - a map and guide illustrating 400 buildings
by Peace, D.B. (introduction by John Betjeman)
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- Slightly worn
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London: Architectural Maps A coloured lithographic folding paper map, a tear along one short fold, otherwise good, in printed paper wrapper, [Postage will be reduced].. Paperback. Good/Slightly worn. Item Price
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Opening of the Company's New Power House at Creekmouth, Barking, by His Majesty King George V on 19th May, 1925
by County of London Electric Supply Co. Ltd
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- 1925
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$95.36
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1925. Illustrated with black and white plates and with three fine colour plates from watercolours by Norman Howard, [all the illustrations are high quality and tipped-in], large horizontal octavo, pp 30 + plates, the edges a little foxed, and large but faint foxing on several pages [not unsightly], paperback, yapp edges, in very good condition. In its original plain… Read more about this item Item Price
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Epsom, Esher, Hersham, local history collection, and surrounding areas
by Greenwood, G.B.; Stevens, Ian D.; Pike, E. Royston; Wynn Jones, Hazel; Deedes, Cecil; Toland, John; Anderson, Ian G.; Home, Gordon.
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An interesting collection, 23 items. Notes Towards a History of Hersham. 1966, by G.B. Greenwood. Large octavo, pp 23, stapled, paperback, a little worn throughout. [With Esher Local History Leaflet number 1 loosely inserted.]. SCARCE Hersham in Surrey - a brief local history of the parish of St Peter's, Hersham, in the Borough of Elmbridge in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ancient Halls of Halifax Parish
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Halifax: Free Press Not dated - perhaps 1890/1895 ? Illustrated, horizontal octavo, pp 48, completely loose and a bit worn, lacking the rear cover. RARE. [Together with another copy, incomplete.]. First Edition. Paperback. Poor. Item Price
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Newham - Background to the Borough
by Sainsbury, F. (et al)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1972
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- Paperback
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London Boroughof Newham., 1972. Slender tall small quarto, pp 20, a very good copy. TOGETHER WITH the accompanying 46 sheets of plates and maps, very good condition, in the original paper case which is rather creased and worn. SCARCE. . First Edition. Paperback in folder. Very Good. Item Price
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The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. Volumes 1 & 2
by Turner, J.T. Howard
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Slightly Worn
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- First Edition
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- 1977
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- Hardcover
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London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1977. [1997 - 1998]. Volumes 1 & 2. Illustrated, octavo, pp xvi, 287; xvi, 320, the fore-edge very slightly foxed, otherwise extremely clean internally, yellow cloth in very good condition, in very slightly worn dustwrappers. [Origins and Formation. Establishment and Growth.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn. Item Price
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The Evolution of an Empire Market
by Fitter, Henry S. Fitter & Sons Ltd
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1931
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- Paperback
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61/4, Holborn Viaduct, London: Henry S. Fitter & Sons, Ltd, 1931. Illustrated, slender small octavo, pp 24, the pages are loose as the staples have rusted, paperback covers with "porthole", faded and very slightly worn. With the stamp pf the conservationist Richard Fitter. [A promotional booklet for the firm and for Smithfield Market. The company had been trading at… Read more about this item Item Price
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