Search Results: Titles starting with F from AMBRA BOOKS (Aitchison & Cornish)

Imp. B. Arnaud, Lyon. Late 1870's.. 4pp., 4to, with fine large illustrations of fire engines, one showing a fireman in full gear standing by it, another with 6 firemen on a cart pulled by a galloping horse, towing a fire- engine. Detailed description with columns for measurements. On the last page is a long list of the towns and villages supplied, arranged by departement. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include GENERAL [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] ---

London: Longman, Rees, Orme and Co., 1827.. 508pp, early half calf, raised bands, leather labels, cloth boards, lightly rubbed to edges, Cornwall Record Library to front endpaper, and class number to spine. The author was the Master of the Grammar School, Truro. The work is in the form of a long poem expanding on the writings of earlier authors. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e- mail for a FREE copy, they include CORNWALL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

1838.. In watercolour on thick paper, rolled, size 28" x 26", plus wide margins. From the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy at Bruxelles. Signed W.H. Shippard, 4th April 1838. Formed of a large tree, with 39 coloured shields, with names in circles, with date of death. Begins at the bottom with Louis VI, the last date is 1307. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include GENERAL [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] ---

Geo. Gordon & Son, Printers, 1914.. 32pp, original printed wraps, with 2 indelible ownership stamps to verso of top wrap, slight signs where once folded. Includes sections on Bristol Housing Problems; Girl Labour in Bristol; Small Holdings and Allotments; etc, as well as local various institutions. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include BRISTOL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

1791.. Copper-plate engraving, engraved surface approx. 7" x 10«", plus margins. From Collinson's History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include SOMERSET [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] ---

Reprinted, Zodiac House Publications, Glastonbury: 1991.. Illusts, 18pp, original pictorial card covers. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e- mail for a FREE copy, they include - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Printed by J.H. Lake & Co., Ltd., Falmouth: (1947). 63pp, 12mo, full leather lacks spine, small portions missing from leather adjacent to spine, text block loose in case. Gives the names of men and women who gave their lives during the war and whose next of kin received Token of Remembrance provided by the Fund, and the names and addresses of those who served and returned who benefited from the fund. Over 1500 people listed. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include CORNWALL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Devonshire Association, 1995.. Illusts, some in colour, xii + 83pp, original pictorial card covers. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DEVON - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Redcliffe Press Ltd., Bristol: 1985.. Illusts, 96pp, original pictorial card covers. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include BRISTOL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

c.1920.. Pedigree, 3pp, 4to, unlettered wraps. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include BRISTOL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

St. Leonards-on-Sea: King Bros. & Potts, 1942.. With 10 plates, 3 folding pedigrees in pocket at rear, 56pp, few damp spots to the original cloth. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include DEVON - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Walthamstow Antiquarian Society, Official Publication No 34. 1936.. Frontis, illusts, folding pedigree, 100pp, 4to, original half morocco, cloth boards, spine slightly faded. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Redcliffe Press, Bristol: 1979.. Illusts, 32pp, original pictorial card covers. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include BRISTOL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Harvey and Woodland, Frome: January, 1907 - August, 1913.. A series of articles concerning Bath taken from 'The Beacon' each article covers 2 pages, illusts, 148pp, 4to, binders cloth. Includes articles on the Luders family; the Bowdlers; Edmund Burke; Christopher Anstey; Lord Byron; Partis College; Mrs Siddons; Mary Wollstoncraft, etc. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include SOMERSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

B. & J.F. Meehan, Bath: 1901 - 1906.. First volume, illustrated with about Sixty Reproductions of Original Drawings and Rare Prints in the Possession of the Author. xiv + 228pp. Bath: 1901..... With.... Second volume, illustrated with about Fifty Reproductions of Original Drawings and Rare Prints.... xvi + 248pp. Bath: 1906. 2 volumes, roy 8vo, original cloth, spines slightly faded, private ownership stamp to front endpaper, the first volume has the original 8pp prospectus tipped in at the front, the foot of the top board is damp marked and spotty, and on the rear board is a approx 1" dia. stain, few small spots to cloth of second volume. ONLY 500 COPIES PRINTED. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include SOMERSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

Keenes, Printer, Bath. 1845.. Playbill on thin paper, size 15" x 10", some slight wear at one point where once folded vertically, reinforced on verso with tape. Some light browning at two points. Details 7 Acts, commencing with the 'Fascinating Pas de Fleurs'. There were three short plays between the different dances. The young Queen Victoria sketched the dancers at a London performance. On the 18th November there was a variety benefit for Mrs Macready, the Lessee. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include SOMERSET [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] ---

1856-1864.. Narrow folio cash book, 12«" x 4", parchment covered boards, darkened and rubbed at spine. Probably for a farmer called Hawthorn. 109 pages of entries, in an untidy hand, plus many blanks, listing amounts for cheese sold (the sale of cheese predominates) under the heading of purchaser, barley, wheat, oats sold, payments for thatching etc. ('2 men thatching Cotages 2.6d a day, 4 days... œ1. 0s 0d'), wages of workers, noting agreements made with them 'Jane Bryan has engaged herself to Mrs Hawthorn for œ11. 10s from the 10 of October 1877 till 10 of October 1878', 'sold Mr Evrett 11 qrtrs of beans'. At the beginning of the book about 6 pages have been cut out. Mentions Oadby, 'Burbidge' (Burbage), Seagrave. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include LEICESTERSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] ---

1885-1920.. 8vo account book, marbled boards, rubbed, calf spine. Approx. 200 pages recording wages paid fortnightly, listing names of workers and payment, mostly giving just the name, and the number of days worked, but sometimes the nature of the work, e.g. thrashing, thatching, making hurdles, bag mending, mangold pulling, hedge cutting. Each page is full, and neatly written. A slip of paper loosely inserted by someone at a later date says the accounts are for Upper Court Farm, Chadlington, but I can find no reference to Chadlington or this farm in the accounts; the only place mentioned is Charlbury, where a a Mr Harris of Charlbury is paid (at the back of the book). --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include OXFORDSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] ---

Reprinted, Dover publications, New York: 2010.. Illusts, 160pp, folio, original pictorial card covers, clear tape applied to crack in rear cover. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

University of London: 1964.. xi + 97pp, couple of 1cm tears to head of dustwrapper. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include SOMERSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----