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THE FARMING AND MEMORANDUM BOOKS OF HENRY BEST OF ELMSWELL 1642. Records of Social and Economic History, New Series, VIII.

Edited by WOODWARD, Donald; glossary and linguistic commentary by MCCLURE, Peter. · 1984

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Oxford University Press, 1984. 8vo., pp.lxvii,347, green hardcover, gilt, b/w frontispiece, 4 plates and 6 maps/figures; smaller ownership sticker to front paste-down, otherwise internally clean, a very good copy indeed in a good unclipped dust-jacket with slight rub...

MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. The Jurassic Rocks of Britain. Vol. I. Yorkshire.

FOXSTRANGWAYS, C. · 1892

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

London: Eyre Spottiswoode, 1892. 8vo., pp. iv,551, publishers cloth, gilt, decorative blind, several b/w fold out maps, figures and illustrations; light yellowing to pages, rubbing to edges, colour pencilling in red and blue to some pages throughout text, light wear and fadi...

LOCKE, LANGUAGE AND EARLY-MODERN PHILOSOPHY

DAWSON, Hannah. · 2007

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Cambridge University Press, 2007. 8vo., pp.xii,361, black hardcover, gilt; very good indeed, in a very good unclipped dust-jacket.

BUCKFAST ABBEY. A New History of the Abbey from A.D. 1018-1968.

STEPHAN, John Dom. · 1970

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Bristol: Burleigh Press, 1970. 8vo. pp. ix,370, hardcover, gilt, colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations; ownership bookplate to front paste-down, pages very slightly yellowed, light foxing to endpapers, rest of the text unaffected, light rubbing to boards, overall a very goo...

THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF WORCESTER.

BRITTON, John. · 1835

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and T. Longman, Paternoster Row 1835. 4to., pp.xxxii,32,18,(2), half claret leather, neatly rebacked, with original spine overlaid, five raised bands with gilt decorations to compartments, original marbled endpapers, with cloth-tape...

RHYMES OF YE OLDE SIGN BOARDS.

Written and Pictured by LEWIN, F.G.; lettered by SAVORY, J.H.

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Bristol: E.W. SAVORY Ltd. Tall 4to, unpaginated, quarter cloth with illustrated paper covered boards and blue ribbon ties, uncut, black and white illustrations of Inn signs with accompanying verses; light foxing throughout, rubbing to text block edges and boards, particular...

HOLMAN HUNT AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITE VISION.

Edited by LOCHNAN, Katharine and JACOBI, Carol. · 2008

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2008. 4to., pp.221, paperback, 66 colour plates, 41 smaller b/w and colour figures; a near-fine copy with very slight rubbing to extremities.

ANNA AIRY The Story of her Life and Work (1882-1964)

CASEY, Andrew. · 2014

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Ipswich: Leiston Press, 2014. 4to., pp.48, many colour illustrations; a very good copy indeed.

ULTITARIANISM AND EMPIRE.

Edited by SCHULTZ, Barry and VAROUXAKIS, Georgios. · 2005

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Lanham: Lexington Books, 2005. 8vo., pp.ix,263, paperback; light rubbing to wrappers, a very good copy.

EARLY ARCHAIC CHINESE.

DOBSON, W.A.C.H. · 1962

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

University of Toronto Press, 1962. 8vo., pp.xxxi,288, grey cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; light ink underlining to p.xxi, pale foxing to edges, extremities lightly rubbed, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

THE SOUTHWOLD DIARY OF JAMES MAGGS 1818-1867. [Two Volumes.] Volume I: 1818-1848. Volume II: 1848-1867. (Suffolk Records Society Volumes XXV and XXVI)

Edited by, BOTTOMLEY, Alan. [Signed by the editor] · 1983

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, for the Suffolk Records Society, 1983 & 1984. Two volumes, 8vo., pp.ix,149;vii,183, olive hardcover, gilt, pictorial endpapers, b/w frontispiece, 10 further b/w illustrations to volume I, 5 further b/w illustrations to volume II; volume I c...

EROTIC COMICS: Two Volumes. Volume 1; Volume 2: From the 1970s to the Present Day.

PILCHER, Tim. Foreword by, KOMINSKY CRUMB, Aline; MOORE, Alan. · 2008

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

Cambridge, ILEX, 2008. First UK edition, two volumes, oblong 8vo.,pp. 192; 192, pictorial hardcovers, colour illustrations and frontispieces; near-fine, in near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jackets.

THE LITTLE WORLD OF MAN.

BAMBOROUGH, J.B. · 1952

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London, Longmans, Green And Co, 1952. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 187, green cloth, gilt; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, off setting to endpapers and toning to margins, sunned to spine. light rubbing and marking to boards, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

THE ASHINGTON GROUP. Paintings at Woodhorn Colliery Museum.

Introduction by William Feaver. · 2006

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Ashington: Ashington Group Trustees, 2006. Oblong 8vo., pp.24, paperback, colour-illustrated; slight toning to upper margins, a near fine copy.

MIDDLESBROUGH AND ITS JUBILEE. A History of the Iron and Steel Industries, With Biographies of Pioneers.

Edited by REID, H. G. · 1881

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Middlesbrough-on-Tees & London: The Gazette Printing and Publishing Offices, 1881. 8vo., pp.vii,283, pictorial bevelled olive green cloth, stamped in gilt and black, with decorative blindstamp to rear board, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w plates and decorative h...

THE CRUCIFORM BROOCH AND ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND.

MARTIN, Toby F. · 2015

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Woodbridge: Boydell, 2015. Large 8vo., pp.xv, pictorial hardcover, b/w plates and figures and colour charts; light shelfwear, with light bruising to corners, a very good copy. No dust-jacket, as issued.

ST. PETER’S, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER, LINCOLNSHIRE, Volume I., Part I. A Parish Church and its Community: History, Archaeology and Architecture.

RODWELL, Warwick; ATKINS, Caroline. With various contributors. · 2011

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,346)

Oxford/Oakville: Oxbow Books, 2011. 4to., pp.xxvii,543, pictorial hardcover, b/w plates and colour plans, many of which folding; a near-fine copy.

MAINZ AND THE MIDDLE RHINE VALLEY: Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology. The British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions XXX.

Edited by BROWN, Sarah. · 2007

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Leeds: The British Archaeological Association/Maney Publishing, 2007. 8vo., pp.xi,246, paperback, 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations; small ownership autograph to upper margin of half title, just slight shelf-wear to wrappers, a very good, fresh copy.

THE PARLIAMENT OF SCOTLAND, 1690-1702. Hume Brown Prize Essay, 1926. St. Andrews University Publications No. 29.

THOMSON, Edith E. B.

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

London: Oxford University Press, printed by W.C. Henderson & Son, Ltd., University Press, St. Andrews, N.D. 8vo., pp.viii,198, stiff card paperback wrappers; light toning to margins, a few marks to rear endpapers, light surface soiling to wrappers, a very good copy.

COLORS FROM NATURE. Natural Colors in Ancient Times.

Edited by: SOREK, Chagit; AYALON, Etan. · 1993

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Tel Aviv: Eretz Israel Museum, 1993. Bilingual exhibition catalogue in English and Hebrew, squat 4to., pp.37,102, paperback, colour illustrations; from the library of Penelope Walton-Rogers, with gift inscription to prelim blank, light toning to margins, light shelfwear to w...