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	ABELL, E.I. AND CHAMBERS, J.D. The Story of Lincoln. An Introduction to the History of the City. Lincoln: City of Lincoln Education Committee, 1939. 1st ed. Pp.231, b/w frontis. + 11 further b/w plates, many line drawings by Austin Garland and Herbert Steadman, maps to endpapers + 4 further maps, gift inscription to inner free endpaper. Green cloth, gilt title and heraldic shield motif to front, gilt title to spine. VG. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 30492 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ANQUETIL, AUDREY F. Wartime Memories. Jersey: publisher unknown, nd. (c. 1994.). 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. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 29811 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ATTHILL, WILLIAM. Documents Relating to the Foundation and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Middleham, in the County of York... London: Printed for the Camden Society, 1847. 0. 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. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 33845 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BANNISTER, JEAN. From Parish to Metro. Two Centuries of Local Government in a Lancashire town. Bury: Bury Times, 1974. 1st ed. History of local government. Pp. 10/140, 9 b/w illustns. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w slightly chipped. G+/G. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 13160 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BISHOP, C.H. Folkestone. The Story of a Town. Folkestone: C.H.Bishop, 1973. 0. "To those who know the town, it will present a fascinating picture of bygone days, past customs and more recent growth." Pp.vi/153, b/w frontis.plate + 32 further b/w plates, 9 figure illustrations in the text + 2 plans of Folkestone, signed by author to front free endpaper. Turquoise cloth with gilt roundels to front and gilt title to spine, d/w rubbed with tears and small losses. G+/G-. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 34108 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BORLAND, MARGARET, & DUNNING, JOHN, O.B.E. Bishop Burton and Its People. Beverley: Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd, 1992. 1st ed. A Village History. Pp. 10/134, 78 b/w photos + 4 maps. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 8807 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BOSWORTH, G.F. London: West of Temple Bar. Cambridge: Universary Press, 1914. Pocket edition. Pp.12/267, b/w illustrations and diagrams throughout, coloured maps to endpapers, owners name to top of verso front cover. Blue cloth, edges slightly rubbed. VG. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 31127 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BOWLING, HELEN G.(EDITOR). Some Chapters on the History of Sunderland. Privately published, 1969. Chapters include: 1. Prehistoric Times by H.L.Robson; 2. Anglo Saxon Monkwearmouth by Mary A.S.Hickmore; 3. The Middle Ages by Helen G.Bowling; 4. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by Helen G.Bowling; 5. The Ancient Borough of Sunderland by H.L.Robson; 6. Rowland Burdon and Sunderland's First Bridge by Helen G.Bowling; 7. Sunderland and the Railways by Tom Corfe; 8.The Building of the Sunderland Docks by Anthony Rivett; 9. Dock Politics and Unholy Alliances 1832-1852 by Thomas Nossiter; 10. The Hospitals of Sunderland by Dorothy Watson; and Two Hundred Years of Development 1750-1968 by May Fawell. Pp.110, 11 b/w plates. Pbk covers rubbed with some creasing. G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 31986 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BRIGGS, J.H.Y. A History of Longton. 1.The Birth of a Community. Keele: Department of Adult Education. 1982. 1st ed. Contents Include:- Before the Machine: Town Hall and Mayoral Chain: Law and Disorder: Dirt and Disease: An Old Man's Memories by George Hammett. 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp 113, many b/w illustrations, 2 sketch maps. P/b, scuffed to base of spine and corresponding front and back of cover, illustrated cover. G. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 23815 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	CAMPBELL, GORDON. Macclesfield Memories: An Old Picture Postcard Album. Chester: Cheshire Libraries, 1985. 090453216X. 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+. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 32605 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	CHRISTIAN, ROY. Well-Dressing in Derbyshire. Derby: Derbyshire Countryside. 1991. "Outside Derbyshire, well-dressing is a mystery. Even inside the county it is a mystery in the Shakespearean sense of a skilled craft practised only by a privileged few initiates". 23.5cms x 16.5cms. Pp 24, many colour illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 \| JP¥ 498] Book number: 26624 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COOKE, PATRICK. Athelhampton House and Gardens. Privately Printed, 1999. Guide to Athelhampton House and its gardens, in Dorset. Pp.24, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Stiff card covers. VG. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 31980 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COOKSON, STANLEY AND HINDLE, HERBERT. Wycoller. NelsonL Hendon Publishing, 1973. 1st ed. "Wycoller is one of three hamlets forming Trawden Forest and lies between Pendle Witch country to the west, and Bronte country to the east.. It is perhaps best known for its unique Hall, the home of the Cunliffes for over 200 years." 14.5cms x 22cms. Pp.48, b/w photo illustrations throughout, signed by both authors to the title page. Pbk, crease to lower front corner. G+. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 32543 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COURSE, EDWIN. The Itchen Navigation. Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group, 1983. 0905280067. "The Itchen Navigation..authorised by an Act of Parliament of 1665, and carrying its last barge, loaded with coal, up to Winchester in 1869." 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.31, 58 b/w plates, 2 maps. Stiff card covers, slightly rubbed. VG. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 32506 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	DIXON, G.M., & HARLAND, M.G. & H.J. Life in Norfolk. Peterborough: Minimax Books Ltd, 1979. 1st ed. Illustrated book about Norfolk. Pp. 62, illustd. throughout. P/b. Illustd. covers. 29.5 cm.s x 20.5 cms. G+. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 9166 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	DOUGLAS, ALTON, STRETCH, GORDON AND HARDY, CLIVE. Coventry at War. A Pictorial Account. 1939-45. Studley: Brewin Books. 1983. 30cms x 21cms. Pp 111, many b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 \| JP¥ 1209] Book number: 27868 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	DYMOND, DAVID. Writing Local History: A Practical Guide. London: Bedford Square Press, 1981. 071991048X. 1st ed. "This step-by-step guide to the writing of local history describes in simple language the process from basic research to the final presentation of material, with examples of how (and how not) to do it." Pp.10/91, small initials to fep. Pbk. VG. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 31794 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ELLIOTT, MALCOLM. Leicester: A Pictorial History. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1983. 1st ed. "Leicester is one of those towns which has only recently become aware of the importance of its architectural and historical heritage." 25.2cms. x 19cms. Unpaginated, 7 colour & 161 b/w plates, illustrated endpapers. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 28749 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	EMMISON, F.G. Guide to the Essex Record Office Estate, Ecclesiastical & other Deposited Archives. Essex: Essex County Council, 1948. 1st ed. Part II. Foreword by Sir Cyril Flower. A list of manorial archives. Pp. 6/158, col. frontispiece, 28 b/w illustns. Ex libris university label to verso back cover. P/b. Illustd. cover. Name to front cover. G+. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 10203 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	LONDON TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE. The London of Charles Dickens. London: Dickens Centenary, 1970. Published by London Transport in association with the Dickens Fellowship. Alphabetical guide to places in London mentioned in Dickens' s works, with very short extracts linking the references. Foreword by Monica Dickens, designed and illustrated by Peter Roberson. Pp.166, occasional b/w illustrations. Pbk, edges slightly rubbed. VG. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 \| JP¥ 640] Book number: 32333 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FARQUHARSON-COE, A. Devon's Ancient Industries and Handicrafts. St. Ives: James Pike. 1975. 1st ed. "When living was a simpler more direct affair and men concerned themselves with their own survival and prosperity the men of Devon excelled in adaptability...Many activities were persued by West Country workers". Pp 32, 5 b/w illustrations, 1 sketch map. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 21655 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FARQUHARSON-COE, A. Devon's Smugglers. St. Ives: James Pike. 1975. 1st ed. "Smuggling is a profession which has never been able to parade its accomplishments...Fortunately a few details have come down to us of the procedures employed by the smugglers of the past together with many colourful accounts of the heroic rascals who practised them". Pp 32, 6 b/w illustrations, 1 sketch map. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 21656 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FARQUHARSON-COE, A. Hants & Dorset's Ghosts. St. Ives: James Pike. 1975. 1st ed. "Some authoritative writers say that to want to see a spectre is half-way to seeing one, so the reader is advised to wander round the delightful villages of these two most English of English counties, pay the modest fee and visit the stately homes in which they abound". Pp 32, 6 b/w illustrations, 1 sketch map. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 21657 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FISK, ROY. Lincolnshire Gleanings. Being a miscellany of drawings stories etc. Lincoln, England: Roy Fisk, nd. "One in a trilogy of books about Lincolnshire, where the author grew up." Pp.110 with b/w illustrations throughout. P/b with illustrated cover." G+. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 \| JP¥ 640] Book number: 19130 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FISK, ROY. Reflecting Lincolnshire. Being a miscellany of drawings, stories etc. Lincoln, England: Roy Fisk, 1983. rep. "The book takes a look back in time but also glimpses at the present.. The author reveals himself as a man of many parts, with line drawings of a high standard together with an imaginative and at times humorous literary style.." Pp.109 with b/w illustratiions throughout. P/b with illustrated cover. G+. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 19132 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.

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	ABELL, E.I. AND CHAMBERS, J.D. The Story of Lincoln. An Introduction to the History of the City. Lincoln: City of Lincoln Education Committee, 1939. 1st ed. Pp.231, b/w frontis. + 11 further b/w plates, many line drawings by Austin Garland and Herbert Steadman, maps to endpapers + 4 further maps, gift inscription to inner free endpaper. Green cloth, gilt title and heraldic shield motif to front, gilt title to spine. VG. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 30492 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ANQUETIL, AUDREY F. Wartime Memories. Jersey: publisher unknown, nd. (c. 1994.). 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. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 29811 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ATTHILL, WILLIAM. Documents Relating to the Foundation and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of Middleham, in the County of York... London: Printed for the Camden Society, 1847. 0. 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. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 33845 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BANNISTER, JEAN. From Parish to Metro. Two Centuries of Local Government in a Lancashire town. Bury: Bury Times, 1974. 1st ed. History of local government. Pp. 10/140, 9 b/w illustns. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustd. d/w slightly chipped. G+/G. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 13160 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BISHOP, C.H. Folkestone. The Story of a Town. Folkestone: C.H.Bishop, 1973. 0. "To those who know the town, it will present a fascinating picture of bygone days, past customs and more recent growth." Pp.vi/153, b/w frontis.plate + 32 further b/w plates, 9 figure illustrations in the text + 2 plans of Folkestone, signed by author to front free endpaper. Turquoise cloth with gilt roundels to front and gilt title to spine, d/w rubbed with tears and small losses. G+/G-. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 34108 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BORLAND, MARGARET, & DUNNING, JOHN, O.B.E. Bishop Burton and Its People. Beverley: Highgate Publications (Beverley) Ltd, 1992. 1st ed. A Village History. Pp. 10/134, 78 b/w photos + 4 maps. P/b. Illustd. cover. VG. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 8807 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BOSWORTH, G.F. London: West of Temple Bar. Cambridge: Universary Press, 1914. Pocket edition. Pp.12/267, b/w illustrations and diagrams throughout, coloured maps to endpapers, owners name to top of verso front cover. Blue cloth, edges slightly rubbed. VG. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.5 US$ 41.35 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 31127 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BOWLING, HELEN G.(EDITOR). Some Chapters on the History of Sunderland. Privately published, 1969. Chapters include: 1. Prehistoric Times by H.L.Robson; 2. Anglo Saxon Monkwearmouth by Mary A.S.Hickmore; 3. The Middle Ages by Helen G.Bowling; 4. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries by Helen G.Bowling; 5. The Ancient Borough of Sunderland by H.L.Robson; 6. Rowland Burdon and Sunderland's First Bridge by Helen G.Bowling; 7. Sunderland and the Railways by Tom Corfe; 8.The Building of the Sunderland Docks by Anthony Rivett; 9. Dock Politics and Unholy Alliances 1832-1852 by Thomas Nossiter; 10. The Hospitals of Sunderland by Dorothy Watson; and Two Hundred Years of Development 1750-1968 by May Fawell. Pp.110, 11 b/w plates. Pbk covers rubbed with some creasing. G+. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 31986 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	BRIGGS, J.H.Y. A History of Longton. 1.The Birth of a Community. Keele: Department of Adult Education. 1982. 1st ed. Contents Include:- Before the Machine: Town Hall and Mayoral Chain: Law and Disorder: Dirt and Disease: An Old Man's Memories by George Hammett. 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp 113, many b/w illustrations, 2 sketch maps. P/b, scuffed to base of spine and corresponding front and back of cover, illustrated cover. G. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 23815 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	CAMPBELL, GORDON. Macclesfield Memories: An Old Picture Postcard Album. Chester: Cheshire Libraries, 1985. 090453216X. 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+. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.89 \| JP¥ 1281] Book number: 32605 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	CHRISTIAN, ROY. Well-Dressing in Derbyshire. Derby: Derbyshire Countryside. 1991. "Outside Derbyshire, well-dressing is a mystery. Even inside the county it is a mystery in the Shakespearean sense of a skilled craft practised only by a privileged few initiates". 23.5cms x 16.5cms. Pp 24, many colour illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG. GBP 3.50 [Appr.: EURO 4 US$ 5.79 \| JP¥ 498] Book number: 26624 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COOKE, PATRICK. Athelhampton House and Gardens. Privately Printed, 1999. Guide to Athelhampton House and its gardens, in Dorset. Pp.24, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Stiff card covers. VG. GBP 3.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 US$ 4.96 \| JP¥ 427] Book number: 31980 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COOKSON, STANLEY AND HINDLE, HERBERT. Wycoller. NelsonL Hendon Publishing, 1973. 1st ed. "Wycoller is one of three hamlets forming Trawden Forest and lies between Pendle Witch country to the west, and Bronte country to the east.. It is perhaps best known for its unique Hall, the home of the Cunliffes for over 200 years." 14.5cms x 22cms. Pp.48, b/w photo illustrations throughout, signed by both authors to the title page. Pbk, crease to lower front corner. G+. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 32543 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	COURSE, EDWIN. The Itchen Navigation. Southampton University Industrial Archaeology Group, 1983. 0905280067. "The Itchen Navigation..authorised by an Act of Parliament of 1665, and carrying its last barge, loaded with coal, up to Winchester in 1869." 29.5cms x 21cms. Pp.31, 58 b/w plates, 2 maps. Stiff card covers, slightly rubbed. VG. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 32506 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	DIXON, G.M., & HARLAND, M.G. & H.J. Life in Norfolk. Peterborough: Minimax Books Ltd, 1979. 1st ed. Illustrated book about Norfolk. Pp. 62, illustd. throughout. P/b. Illustd. covers. 29.5 cm.s x 20.5 cms. G+. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 9166 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	DOUGLAS, ALTON, STRETCH, GORDON AND HARDY, CLIVE. Coventry at War. A Pictorial Account. 1939-45. Studley: Brewin Books. 1983. 30cms x 21cms. Pp 111, many b/w illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.06 \| JP¥ 1209] Book number: 27868 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	DYMOND, DAVID. Writing Local History: A Practical Guide. London: Bedford Square Press, 1981. 071991048X. 1st ed. "This step-by-step guide to the writing of local history describes in simple language the process from basic research to the final presentation of material, with examples of how (and how not) to do it." Pp.10/91, small initials to fep. Pbk. VG. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 31794 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	ELLIOTT, MALCOLM. Leicester: A Pictorial History. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1983. 1st ed. "Leicester is one of those towns which has only recently become aware of the importance of its architectural and historical heritage." 25.2cms. x 19cms. Unpaginated, 7 colour & 161 b/w plates, illustrated endpapers. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w price-clipped. VG/G+. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 US$ 24.81 \| JP¥ 2134] Book number: 28749 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	EMMISON, F.G. Guide to the Essex Record Office Estate, Ecclesiastical & other Deposited Archives. Essex: Essex County Council, 1948. 1st ed. Part II. Foreword by Sir Cyril Flower. A list of manorial archives. Pp. 6/158, col. frontispiece, 28 b/w illustns. Ex libris university label to verso back cover. P/b. Illustd. cover. Name to front cover. G+. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22 US$ 33.08 \| JP¥ 2846] Book number: 10203 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	LONDON TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE. The London of Charles Dickens. London: Dickens Centenary, 1970. Published by London Transport in association with the Dickens Fellowship. Alphabetical guide to places in London mentioned in Dickens' s works, with very short extracts linking the references. Foreword by Monica Dickens, designed and illustrated by Peter Roberson. Pp.166, occasional b/w illustrations. Pbk, edges slightly rubbed. VG. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 \| JP¥ 640] Book number: 32333 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FARQUHARSON-COE, A. Devon's Ancient Industries and Handicrafts. St. Ives: James Pike. 1975. 1st ed. "When living was a simpler more direct affair and men concerned themselves with their own survival and prosperity the men of Devon excelled in adaptability...Many activities were persued by West Country workers". Pp 32, 5 b/w illustrations, 1 sketch map. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 21655 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FARQUHARSON-COE, A. Devon's Smugglers. St. Ives: James Pike. 1975. 1st ed. "Smuggling is a profession which has never been able to parade its accomplishments...Fortunately a few details have come down to us of the procedures employed by the smugglers of the past together with many colourful accounts of the heroic rascals who practised them". Pp 32, 6 b/w illustrations, 1 sketch map. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 21656 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FARQUHARSON-COE, A. Hants & Dorset's Ghosts. St. Ives: James Pike. 1975. 1st ed. "Some authoritative writers say that to want to see a spectre is half-way to seeing one, so the reader is advised to wander round the delightful villages of these two most English of English counties, pay the modest fee and visit the stately homes in which they abound". Pp 32, 6 b/w illustrations, 1 sketch map. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 21657 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FISK, ROY. Lincolnshire Gleanings. Being a miscellany of drawings stories etc. Lincoln, England: Roy Fisk, nd. "One in a trilogy of books about Lincolnshire, where the author grew up." Pp.110 with b/w illustrations throughout. P/b with illustrated cover." G+. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.44 \| JP¥ 640] Book number: 19130 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.
	FISK, ROY. Reflecting Lincolnshire. Being a miscellany of drawings, stories etc. Lincoln, England: Roy Fisk, 1983. rep. "The book takes a look back in time but also glimpses at the present.. The author reveals himself as a man of many parts, with line drawings of a high standard together with an imaginative and at times humorous literary style.." Pp.109 with b/w illustratiions throughout. P/b with illustrated cover. G+. GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.62 \| JP¥ 569] Book number: 19132 Click here to order or inquire at Beckham Books.