1st edition. "Grave Matters is designed as a walk of about two hours which will take the participants to a cross section of the interesting and famous people buried in Kensal Green. The aim is to provide information about the times and the lives of those whose graves are visited - be they famous or infamous". 21cms x 24cms. Ring binding. Pp.52, black & white and colour photos and illustrations throughout. Paperback. VG. View More...
1st edition. "Herefordshire is peculiar amongst English counties, along with Cornwall, in having many churches dedicated to Celtic saints, and brief biographies of these, as well as of biblical and legendary saints, are included. The illustrations (with one exception) are taken from stained glass in churches in the diocese of Hereford." Pp.xii/68, occasional black & white photo illustrations. Paperback. VG. View More...
Slim guide booklet. Pp.8, 5 black & white illustrations. White card covers, brown marks to rear cover. Plus 4 colour postcards (publisher Walter Scott) loosely enclosed. G+. View More...
Penhurst Place stands close to its village on gently rising ground on the north bank of the upper Medway. It has been the seat of the Sidney family since 1552. Pp.28, 8 black & white plates + double page genealogical table of the Sidney family to centre. Red card cover with armorial shield to front, rusting to staples. G+. View More...
Facsimile reprint of a guide book to the Health Resorts of Derbyshire. "There were many guide books to the Matlock area printed in the nineteenth century but this one is remarkable in its wide view of local, commercial and industrial activity, combined with a detailed and often personalised description of the hotels, hydros and local attractions and in the range of illustrations." 28cms x 21.5cms. Pp.81, black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Paperback. VG. View More...
nd. "This is a true account of my life as a schoolgirl in the Bailiwick of Jersey from 1940 to 1945." Pp. 40, portrait frontis, 21 b/w photographs, signed by author 'Audrey Falle, 1994' to inside rear cover. P/b. VG. View More...
1st edition. Contents: Myths, Legends, and Traditions Connected with Whitby: a)The Story of Caedmon. b)The Horngarth; Whitby and the District before the name Cleveland was given; Whitby: What it used to be Called, and Why; Shreds of Old Whitby History; Further Historical Shreds Touching the Refounding of the Monastery, first as a Priory, and then as an Abbey; Additional Notes on the Change of the Priorate into an Abbacy, and Inferential Matters Therewith Connected; Successional Churches (Abbey) at Whitby, and Fabric Notes; Old Whitby: Its Site, Topography, and Distribution; The Site of the Mar... View More...
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London: Printed for the Camden Society, 1847. 0
Seller ID: 33845
With an Historical Introduction, and Incidental Notices of the Castle, Town, and Neighbourhood. 22.5cms x 17.5cms. Pp.30/112, gift bookplate to inside front board(George Hildreth Goldsbrough, Wakefield). Green blind-stamped boards, gilt title to spine. VG. View More...
2nd edition. "The visitor to Pleshey is quickly aware that it is a place full of history: a Roman fortification, a mediaeval castle, a college of priests, many links with the national life, and now the House of Retreat..." Pp.56, black & white photographs throughout + map and occasional black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG. View More...
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Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1985. 0862990890
Seller ID: 46666
ISBN-13: 9780862990893
1st edition. "Sherwin Bailey has previously written about the Canons' houses. In this book he traces from original records the history and tenants of other houses and properties, including many inns. Some of the houses were held by clergy, but mostly by ordinary lay people, rich and poor." Pp.xxviii/224. Black cloth, dustwrapper has inked-out price to inner front flap. VG/VG. View More...
1st edition. "This book probes the far past: the Romans, the Saxons, the Vikings, the monks (and the wolves) who have been in the dale. It uses the copious documents of the quiet Quaker people who built their meeting house beside the silent stream in 1706, and the Methodists who build Atkinson Memorial Chapel in 1889 Pp.viii/120. Paperback. VG. View More...
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Littleport, Cambridgeshire: G. Watson, 1950 . 0
Seller ID: 47306
A very good original publication in printed paper covers. 7 x 5.0 x 0.25. [24pp.]/ff.25/[4pp.]/ff.9/[72pp.]. Unusual pagination. Most leaves numbered on one side, with adverts on the verso. Well illustrated with black & white pictures (plus one coloured). Clean front cover, rear cover with small red ink stain, just light wear to edges. VG. View More...
Publisher:
St Annes-on-Sea: Barrett's Publications Ltd, 1966.
Seller ID: 47317
Copyright edition. Contains a brief, three-page history of Wakefield and District by John F. Goodchild 25cms x 18.5cms x 1.5cms. Divided into many sections such as alphabetical streets, commercial and classified trade sections separated by stiff card advertisements. Red cloth, gilt title to front. VG. View More...
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London: Stephen Marks / The Scolar Press, 1976.
Seller ID: 45805
Facsimile reprint published by Stephen Marks for the Camberwell Society. Ye Parish of Camerwell. A Brief Account of the Parish of Camberwell, its History and Antiquities. Originally published in 1875, this is still the principal reference work on the history of Camberwell, Peckham, and Dulwich and their surroundings up to the late nineteenth century. Pp.xvi/486/cviii(appendix + index)/6(list of subscribers), 99 black & white illustrations. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG. View More...
Northamptonshire proudly claims to have been the birthplace of the ancestors of two world-famous Americans, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Pp.45, many black & white photo and line-drawing illustrations + pedigrees of the Washington and Spencer families from the Kytsons of Warton, spotting to endpapers, silverfish damage to title page and to last few pages. Green boards. G-. View More...
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St Ives: Burn-Murdoch, B./Norris Museum, 1999.
Seller ID: 44722
Vol.3. No.7. Oliver Cromwell Anniversary Issue 1599-1999. Contents include: The Last Ceremony of Honour by Alan Richardson; Yours Oliver Cromwell by John Goldsmith; The First Cromwell Museum in Huntingdonshire by John Goldsmith; The James Nayler Affair by David Cozens; Family Loyalties by David Cozens; Some Fit Memorial by Bob Burns-Murdoch; The Farmer of St Ives by Rev. Edwin Paxton Hood; and The Huntingdonshire Local History Society. Pp. 56, occasional black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG. View More...
Street, Classified Trades and Professional Directory of Mayfair in London. A Special Coronation Edition. Contents: Editorial; The Mayfair Story by Gilbert Harding; Car Cruising : Off the Beaten Track by Ronald Pring; Burlington Arcade by The Burlington Arcade Association; Regent Street by The Regent Street Association; Piccadilly by The Piccadilly Association; Streets Directory; Coronation Year; Outstanding Events for 1953; Forthcoming Shows; London Theatres; The Over-Seas League; Classified Trades and Professional Directory; Map Supplement. 25cms x 18 cms x 1cm. Pp.176 + 8 pages of maps to en... View More...
A very good original booklet in the original printed paper covers. 8.25 x 6.25 x 0.25. Well illustrated with black & white pictures, adverts and large fold-out street map. Orange covers, just light rubbing to edges. VG View More...
1st ed. 14.5cms x 21cms. Composed entirely of postcards from the Macclesfield area. 147 b/w reproduction of photographic postcards. Pbk, crease to front corners. G+. View More...
A short history of law and order in Yorkshire. Contennts innccludes: The Court House; ThheLLiibertyy; The Justices of the Liberty; Borough versus Liberty: 1832; The Old Quarter Sessions; Law in Ripon; Sentencing; The Police; The Clerks; The Petty Sessional Divisions; Pubs and Licensing; Borough and Liberty: Local Government; The 20th Century; The Townships of the Liberty. Pp.60, occasional black & white illustrations and photos. Stiff blue card covers.. VG. View More...
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