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The Landscape of Towns

By: Aston, M. And Bond, J.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: UK, J. M. Dent & Sons: 1976

Seller ID: 023676

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

255pp; illustratred. Archaeology in the Field Series. Signature and date on flyleaf. Brown tape reinforcement to reverse of dustjacket which has sunned spine and folds, chipped edges with some rubbing top front.
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Serial Map Service - Review and Commentary to Accompany Serial Maps Volume 7

By: Baker John & Burt E. C. (Editors)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: UK, Serial Maps: 1946

Seller ID: 019099

Binding: Ring Binder

Condition: Good

Brown cloth-covered ring binders with bumping to corners, containing Vol 7 map Nos 323-369 with commentaries. Boards rubbed and worn, particularly at spine, with bumped corners. Foxing/mottling to first and last pages, some rusting to rings.
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The Govenor's Lady Mrs Philip Gidley King : An Australian Historical Narrative

By: Bassett, Marnie

Price: £20.00

Publisher: UK, Oxford University Press: 1940

Seller ID: 024207

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

131pp; illustrated. Ownership plate on front pastedown. Price clipped dustjacket chipped with browned spine and some light soiling with closed split along spine and at top front. Mrs King, wife of the first Govenor of Norfolk Island, Australia.
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The Picture Book of Television 1930-1950

By: BBC

Price: £9.00

Publisher: UK, BBC: 1951

Seller ID: 015514

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

64pp; some minor soiling and one corner creasing.
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The Fight For Iraq January - June 2003 : The British Army's Role in Liberating a Nation. A Pictorial Account

By: Beaton, Major Angus (Editor)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: UK, Army Benevolent Fund: 2004

Seller ID: 023234

ISBN: 0951822926

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

152pp.
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English Medieval Boroughs: A Handlist

By: Beresford, M. W.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: United Kingdom, David & Charles: 1973

Seller ID: 9362

ISBN: 0715359975

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Fine

Hieroglyphics: The Writings of Ancient Egypt

By: Betro, Maria Carmela

Price: £5.00

Publisher: UK, Abbeville Press Publishers: 1996

Seller ID: 020088

ISBN: 0789202328

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

251pp; illus.
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Report on the Manuscripts of the Late Reginald Rawdon Hastings, Esq of the Manor House, Ashby de la Zouch Volume IV (Historical Manuscripts Commission 78)

By: BICKLEY, Francis

Price: £45.00

Publisher: UK, HMSO: 1947

Seller ID: 024023

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

463pp. Gilt lettering on spine slightly faded. Vol. IV only
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Cary's New Map of England and Wales with Part of Scotland

By: Cary, John

Price: £450.00

Publisher: UK, J. Cary: 1794

Seller ID: 022966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Maps followed by 88 page index. On inside front pasteown is written: This copy of Cary's Atlas was formerly in the Libarary of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister of England. Previous owner's book plate also on front pastedown. Bound in brown boards that have a few marks, a hint of wear to corners and a slightly sunned spine. Age tanning to page edges. Browning to early pages. Four maps have routes neatly coloured in and on one page towns added in ink in margin.
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The Making of Stonehenge

By: Castleden, Rodney

Price: £8.00

Publisher: UK, Routledge: 1993

Seller ID: 015503

ISBN: 0415085136

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

305pp; illus., one corner and tail of spine bumped; three dents to top edges of boards. Minor shelf-wear to top edge of d/w.
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Notes on the Prehistoric Metallurgy of Copper and Bronze in the Old World

By: Coghlan, H. H.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: UK, Oxford University Press: 1975

Seller ID: 022642

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

158pp plus XVI plates. Name on title page. Some annotation. Browning to spine and some marks to covers.
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The European Iron Age

By: Collis, John

Price: £7.00

Publisher: UK, Batsford Ltd: 1984

Seller ID: 022895

ISBN: 0713434511

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

192pp; illus. Light edgewear to jacket with slightly sunned spine.
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Billy Ruffian: The Bellerophon and the Downfall of Napoleon

By: Cordingly, David

Price: £5.00

Publisher: UK, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC: 2003

Seller ID: 024090

ISBN: 0747565376

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

355pp; illustrated. Small name label on front pastedown. Age tanning to page edges. 'The Biography and the downfall of Napoleon'.
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The Book of Myths

By: Cruse Amy

Price: £15.00

Publisher: UK, George G. Harrap: 1932

Seller ID: 016726

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

287pp; illus. in colour and black and white. Front board slightly warped, some soiling to text block and endpapers; inscription on front free endpaper; dustjacket has browned spine with full length closed tear, elsewhere chipped along edges and further 2" closed tear top rear fold.
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Lords Lieutenant and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire 1086-1868

By: Davenport, John Marriott

Price: £15.00

Publisher: UK, Private Publication: 1869

Seller ID: 020902

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

80pp; all page edges gilt; previous owner details on reverse of flyleaf. Some age tanning/foxing. Soiling to boards which have been professionally repaired using original red cloth blind stamped and gilt lettered. Undated circa 1869. Boards bumped, rubbed and soiled. Some marks/age tanning to endpapers but contents clean and tight.
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

By: Davidson, James

Price: £5.00

Publisher: UK, HarperCollins: 1997

Seller ID: 024080

ISBN: 0002555913

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

372pp; illustrated. Small name label on front pastedown.
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An Accompt of the Most Considerable Estates and Families in the County of Cumberland Plus Tract Series 3, 4 and 6

By: Denton, John Etc

Price: £95.00

Publisher: UK, T. Wilson: 1891

Seller ID: 023939

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

A series of tracts with separate authors and titles: Series 2 1887 214pp; Series 2 1889 36pp; Series 3 1890 54pp; Series 6 1891 41pp. Browned endpapers. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed, boards have some soiling, leather spine is rubbed.
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British Declaration of Independence

By: Drummond-Wolff, Henry

Price: £5.00

Publisher: UK, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd: 1948

Seller ID: 023333

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

136pp; light foxing to endpapers and text block. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering slightly warped with a touch of fading to spine. Dustjacket chipped, rubbed and soiled with minor loss to folds and tail of spine.
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