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Schools Inquiry Commission. Reports. Volume 1 - 21. Complete Set.
21 volumes in original paper covers, 5 or 6 bindings a bit challenged with covers or initial ...
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Commentaires sur la Coustume du Baillage de Troyes.
254p original old full calf binding with small defects but holding very well, small area of leather ...
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Manchester and District Regional Scheme. Set of 10 Maps and Reference / Key Map on Accompanying Sheet.
one very large map made up of 12 sheets, each sheets unfolds to 72 x 104 cm, folded size 26 x 18 ...
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Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan. With Numerous Engravings.
xvi 548p full calf binding with marbled edges and marbled endpapers, gilt lettering to spine, a ...
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London in Miniature. With Engravings from its Public Buildings and Antiquities.
96p miniature hardback, red leather binding with gilt lettering to spine, light wear, binding ...
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A Glossary of North Country Words with their Etymology and Affinity to other Languages and occasional Notices of Local Customs and Popular Superstitions.
254p 242p 2 vols bound in one, engraved frontispiece, library donation bookplate, oversized "Do Not ...
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Almanack and Tide Table for 1821. The Isle of Man Diary and New Almanack for theYear of our Lord 1821 etc including Correct Tide Tables etc with a Variety of Additional Articles useful to Gentlemen, Merchants, Seamen, Farmers, and the Public.
59 pages, partly interleaved with 3 empty pages, which are rubricated and contain 3 pages of ...
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£240.00
Les photos de mon grand-père.
158p very large format hardback, fresh dustjacket, many black & white photographs throughout, fresh ...
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La Palestine Illustrée. 1: Porte d'Entrée, Jaffa; 2: Jaffa la Belle. Tableau Complet de la Terre Sainte par la Photographie.
two very large format paperback volumes, photographic illustration to cover, photographic plates ...
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Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the Most Authentic Sources.
6 parts bound in 3 volumes, large format, original plain cloth binding, inner hinges tight and ...
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A Historical-Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Russian Habitation Names of the Crimea.
x 1233p large and voluminous hardback tome, black laminated boards, maps in pockets at front and ...
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Streets of Manila.
252p large format hardback, navy cloth with silver jacket, very good condition, light wear and some ...
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The Ancient Liturgy of The Church of England According to the Uses of Sarum Bangor York & Hereford and the Modern Roman Liturgy Arranged in Parallel Columns.
Preface: lxxxvi, texts in Latin and Greek (printed in black and red: 117p), and preface and notes ...
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The Voyager's Brazil. In 3 Volumes Complete Set. Imagery of the New World. A Place in the Universe. The Construction of the Landscape.
3 volumes large square format cloth with white/blue illustrated jacket, in original slipcase, near ...
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[Cambridge] The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Vol 6. (Chilford, Whittlesford, Radfield, etc)
large red volume from a Cambridge college library with adhesive film to cover, very good, unused ...
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£120.00
Excursions in the County of Kent: Comprising Brief Historical and Topographical Delineations; Together with Descriptions of the Residences of the Nobility and Gentry, Remains of Antiquity, and Other Interesting Objects of Curiosity.
216p full leather binding, five raised bands, marbled edges, ribbon marker present but broken, ...
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£120.00
Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol 71 (1981) to 92 (2003) plus Index Volume (1 - 80)
24 issues, large format paperback, excellent condition, as issued, no faults
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£120.00
The Annalls of Ipswiche. The Laws Customes and Government of the Same Collected Out of the Records Bookes and Writings of That Town.
vii 561p, iii large format, folio size, original water "silk" cloth, hinges opening and yielding, ...
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The History of Brighton and Environs. Extraillustrated Copy.
265p hardback, old binding defective with spine mostly missing, this is a extra-illustrated copy of ...
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£120.00
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Vol 81 - Vol 90.
includes general index issue, missing volume 84 (1965) but including part 1 of Vol 79 (1960) ...
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Viaggio nel Passato. Immagini d'Epoca di Monte Argentario.
173p very large format hardback, taller than A4, laminated boards, illustrated throughout, also in ...
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Berlin und die Mart Brandenburg.
119p green/white limp cloth with gilt lettering, inscription by the author to front endpaper, b/w ...
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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. The Second Edition, Improved, Corrected, and Continued. Volume 5 ONLY.
xxxv 590p half calf binding holding well, decorative spine, six bulky maps inserted folded, ...
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Lviv. A Symposium on Its 700th Anniversary. Published under the Sponsorship of Alumni of Institutions of Higher Education in Lviv.
397p large format hardback, original dark blue cloth tight with gilt armorial design to front now ...
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Contesting the City: The Politics of Citizenship in English Towns, 1250 - 1530.
xxi 254p hardcover, dustjacket, as new, first edition, excellent condition
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Devonshire Verbal Provincialisms. As Collected by Members of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, 1877 to 1908.
196p green hardback, a collation made with the approval of the Society and reprinted by Permission ...
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The Adventive Flora of Tweedside.
296p green cloth with gilt lettering, pages unmarked and clean, with b&w plates, binding firm, nice ...
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The Revolution of 1905 in Odessa: Blood on the Steps.
xvi 302p hardback with very fresh dustjacket, excellent copy with illustrations and maps, never ...
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Trinity Hall or The College of Scholars of the Holy Trinity of Norwich in the University of Cambridge. First Edition.
ix 283p light blue buckram cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, frontispiece with tissue card ...
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Gente Italiana in California.
254p large format hardback, dark cloth blind-stamped with gilt highlights now dull, spine and ...
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Historical Account of Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School (University of London). Original Plan and Statutes, Rise and Progress. Founded 1818.
309p large green cloth, a very good copy from a Cambridge college library, minor shelfwear only, ...
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A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect. Explanatory, Derivative and Critical.
liv 616p original cloth with half of cloth spine absent, list of subscribers in back, from a ...
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A Look Back at Lough Eske (The Western Shore: A Chronological Miscellany).
364p large paperback with photographic cover featuring the Lough, excellent copy, first edition, ...
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£80.00
[Cambridge] The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Vol 8: Armingford and Thriplow Hundreds.
large red volume from a Cambridge college library with adhesive film to cover, very good, unused ...
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Cambridgeshire Customs and Folklore.
415p hardback, blue cloth with white jacket, very good condition, minimal wear, binding firm, pages ...
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All Clear. A Brief Record of the London Special Constabulary. 1914 - 19.
122p small slim volume, cream cloth darkened with age in places, rare title in journalistic mode by ...
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£78.00
Chepstow Packets. Limited edition 195 copies.
140p hardcover, unclipped dustjacket in excellent condition protected with cellophane wrapper, gift ...
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Place-Names of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Edited and Published by a Grandson.
xiv 610p hardback volume tightly bound with gilt lettering to front and spine, includes colour ...
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Eton College.
xiii 56p large cloth, with cream dustjacket a little scuffed along the edges and some dust, 100 ...
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An Agenda for Regional History.
x 334p paperback, black cover, very good condition, light wear to spine, binding tight, pages clean ...
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History of the Regality of Musselburgh.
x 338p burgundy cloth cover with gilt lettering and blindstamp detail to front and back, engraved ...
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Burgh of Coatbridge Quinquennial Review.
two volumes, spiral bound, "Written Statements"; "Survey Report" many illustrations, maps (some ...
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£68.00
Centenary Record. Stonyhurst College: Its Life Beyond the Seas 1592 - 1794, and on English Soil 1794 - 1894.
xiv 317p large format red cloth, gilt lettering to spine & cover, many figures in text, notes, ...
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£68.00
Memoirs of Samuel Hick, The Village Blacksmith, and his Celebrated Sermon On Entire Sanctification in his own Dialect, and as Corrected. To Which are Added Choice Wesleyan Anecdotes.
80p small hardback (8.5x12.5cm), greenish black cloth with embossed design and gilt titles, prize ...
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Modifications Phonétiques du Langage Etudiées dans le Patois d'une Famille de Cellefrouin (Charente).
383p bound in half calf with spine poor/boards detaching. Text with many tables and illustrations, ...
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"Narodnaja volja" i "Cernyj peredel": Vospominanija ucastnikov revoljucionnogo dvizenija v Peterburge v 1879 - 1882 gg. (Memoirs of Participants in the Revolutionary Movement in St Petersburg in 1879 - 1882.)
414p hardback, green leather style hardback with gilt lettering, a fresh and tight copy, never ...
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£68.00
Plzen v Obrazech.
183p large format, colour dustjacket, many b/w photographs throughout, nice copy, a little aged, ...
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Regesto delle Pergamene dell'Archivio Capitolare di Atri.
xvi 717p, two volumes, large paperback with ivory cover, as new, partly un-cut, excellent set
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The Ruins of Liveden: With Historical Notices of the Family of Tresham, and its Connexion with the Gunpowder plot, etc. to which is added a legendary poem.
72p large format paperback, cover soiled and dusty, printed with large folding plate, additional ...
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£65.00
A History of Royston Hertfordshire with Biographical Notes of Royston Worthies, Portraits, Plans and Illustrations.
264p facsimile reprint of the 1906 first edition printed by Burlington Press, perfect condition ...
£65.00