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Aldershot UK: Gale and Polden, 1937. Fascinating booklet a souvenir of the Coronation of King George VI. 16 pages of B/w photographs of the celebrations plus people of the time around old buildings including the headmaster and staff of Charterhouse School in 1937. A very interesting historical record. Book is overall bright inside just a little yellowing to edges of pages and few light marks on title page, covers are browned and rubbed at edges and corners. still a pleasing copy of an interesting book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First. Card Covers. Good Plus/No Jacket. 25 Cms X 19 Cms. Card Covers.

Maidenhead Berkshire: Terry Haynes, 2000. A book recounting the author's days of National Service in the R A F spent mainly around the Suez Canal area from 1948. Told mostly from letters sent to his father at the time and kept by him. 249 pages with many old photographs. Book and dustwrapper are very bright and clean approaching fine SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 x 7 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1907. Book detailing the Roman antiquities and artifacts in the Museum at Chesters Northumberland. 432 pages of very informative text accompanied by many photographs, drawings and maps. Book is overall bright and clean just some small ink spots to outer edges of pages not inside, light foxing to front endpaper and rear endpapers plus the first page after each but not in the rest of the book. Rear endpaper has been repaired at hinge and is now sound, outer covers are browned on paper covering the boards and rubbed and worn on edges, gold lettering a little dulled. Still a pleasing copy of an interesting book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Second Edition Revised. Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 22.5 x 14.5 Cms. Hardcover.

Oxford Uk: James Parker, 1873. Account of this church in Berkshire and the people associated with it up to the time of writing 1627, this is a reprint from 1873. Book is bright and clean, a little browning to pages and ghosting of printing from other side on two pages, this does not detract greatly and text can be read, small brown mark to top margins of two pages where a piece of newspaper has been used as bookmark, neat ink quotation opposite the title page. 127 pages outer boards a little rubbed on edgesand slight wear top and bottom of spine. A nice copy SEE IMAGE.DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Reprint. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 7¼ x 4¾ Inches. Hardcover.

Medmenham Bucks: The Village Bookshop, 1962. Very informative book on ale festivals and taverns in Medmenham village Buckinghamshire UK, privately printed with compliments slip pasted on half title page, SIGNED by ARTHUR H PLAISTED. 64 pages in very bright clean condition, many sepia photographs and illustrations all present as listed plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped, outer boards are very bright with light mark towards top right of front board this shows up darker than it actually is in the image. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by Author. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8¾ x 5¾ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Gateway Books, 1984. Bright clean hardback in dustwrapper, 251 pages in bright clean condition just slight browning to extreme edges. Detailed account of this period in history, dustwrapper is also bright and clean. INSCRIBED by AUTHOR on front endpaper To L... B... with admiration and best wishes for success in our mutual quest for security and peace Joseph Churba May 1985. A nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

Athens: Fnrs Athenes, 1988. Very informative in depth study on the history of the Greek city Beroea in Northern Greece, 572 pages in bright clean condition, 10 pages of photographs at rear. NO dustwrapper as issued outer card covers have a few light marks and spine slightly faded. HEAVY BOOK 1.6Kg with packaing, EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Card Covers. Good Plus/No Jacket. 9 ½ x 7 Inches. Card Covers.

Dyfed Wales: Lanerch Enterprises, 1990. A facsimile print of this book on Anglo Saxon history 112 pages with many facsimiles of the original old illustrations. First issue by this publisher, in very bright clean condition, a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Facsimile. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 x 5½ Inches. Card Covers.

Dover UK: Dover Express Works, 1938. Histories of the Castle, Port, passage , religion, the corporation, mayors and their times, corporation officials, representation in Parliament and social history. 464 page plus index, book is very bright and clean, previous owners name on front endpaper, outer boards a few light marks and faded on the spine. A nice copy of an interesting book on Dover SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Second Edition. Gold Embossed Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 20.5 x 14 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Baldwin Cradock and Joy, 1827. Very informative book on Greek antiquities and ancient Greek history, 594 pages plus 64 pages of introduction all in overall clean condition just some light foxing to first and last couple of pages and occasionaly on some pages,A few B/w illustrations and fold out map, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are leather spine and corners, rubbed and worn especially to top of spine which has splits judst under ½ inch long. Though not perfect a pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Second Edition. Half Leather. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

Abingdon: Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Limited, 1980. Very informative book on freemasonry, 246 pages in very bright clean condition, very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer cloth covered boards are very bright and clean. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 10 x 6 ¾ Inches. Hardcover..

London: The Cresset Press,, 1937. First edition of the autobiography of Ethel Firebrace, 224 pages in clean condition with light foxing throughout , many B/w photographs and illustrations,all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper.outer boards are clean with very slight discolouration to spine. A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards.. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8 x 5¾ Inches. Hardcover.

Stockholm: M Goppers, 1961. Very informative book on ancient maps of the Baltic Sea, 76 pages in very bright clean condition, some pages are uncut along one edge. Many B/w and single colour maps, many pull out double page, all present as listed plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is bright and clean though a little browned on edges and spine, small closed tear to top rear 1 inch long,, not price clipped, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Good Plus. 12 x 8 Inches. Hardcover.

New Delhi: Adarsh Publications, 1971. Very informative book on the bloody events that arose after the elections in Bangladesh in 1970, contains 296 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is marked with some wear along the edges,a few small tears. A nice example of this book in very good condition with a reasonable dustwrapper SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Good. 8 ¾ x 5¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1904. Short accounts, written by various authors, detailing the lives of eminent personalities at Blundell School 1604 to 1904. People such as Sir John Popham, Samuel Wesley, Thomas Wood Francis Fulford and many more 25v in all . Book is overall clean with some browning to endpapers and occasional very light foxing spots through the book , top of pages gold edged 10 illustrations accompany the text.Loosley inserted is a typed letter from the Librarian of the War Memorial Library Tiverton, discussing Blundells School. Outer boards have very light wear to edges, a few light marks and a little darkened on the spine. A pleasing copy of an interesting book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition. Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 9 x 7 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Arthur Humphreys, 1911. Original publcation from 1911 historical history of the Borgias which has been embellished somewhat by author Alexandre Dumas. 368 pages in overall bright clean condition just some faint marking to top blank edges of some early pages, very light foxing to top edge of blank rear endpaper not inside the whitenes of the pages is quite bright.,NO dustwrapper,outer paper covers are worn to edges with small losses and splits edges of spine but covers are attached, little dusty from age with a couple of small marks. Not perfect but still a presentable example of a collectable book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Paper Covers. Good/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 6 Inches. Paper Covers.

Bournemouth: Bournemouth Local Studies Publications, 1985. An excellent account of Bournemouth in the First World War, 90 pages of very informative text accompanied by many old photographs. Book is very bright and clean just a neat ink number on front cover and what looks like someones initials on rear cover. There is no other dates inside book believed to be first edition. A very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 20 x 14.5 Cms. Card Covers.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Very bright clean hardcover in dustwrapper, light pencil ticks and small comments throughout book mostly ticks in margins, couple of maps accompany the text. A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 23.5 x 16 Cms. Hardcover.

Ipswich UK: Anglia Publishing, 1993. Excellent book on Anglo Saxon antiquities and artifacts, reprint of a book originally published in 1923. Contains179 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w, photographs and illustrations plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Reprint. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Alecto Historical Editions, 1988. Three volumes in slipcase, consisting of introduction and translation, studies and folios and maps first editions. 179 pages in studies in bright clean condition with many illustrations, few very small light marks to outer covers, very bright. 81 pages in translation volume very bright and clean,few very small light marks to covers. 26 pages in folio and maps volume with two large maps in front pocket, this volume states this volume of the County edition of Great Domesday Book is limited to one thousand copies this is set number 52 very bright and clean. Slipcase is bright and clean just a small patch to one corner where surface paper has come of showing a slightly lighter colour very minor. HEAVY BOOKS 5.3Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A nice bright set SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Limited/ Numbered Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 16 x 11 Inches. Hardcover.