ANDREW, MARTIN

Francis Frith's Sussex

Salisbury, Wiltshire, Francis Frith Collection. 2006. (ISBN: 1859371841). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy. 122 pages of photographs of Sussex by the Victorian founder of the world-famous photographic achive which has provided a unique historical record of the past. 15. As New/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011033

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Sussex Photographic History 1859371841

SCOTT-JAMES, ANNE AND LLOYD, CHRISTOPHER

Glyndebourne - the Gardens

Wendover, Bucks, Peterhouse Press. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0946312001). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Bury, Elizabeth. A Fine unmarked copy in green cloth boards with Fine dustjacket. Two of England's foremost writers on gardening, and a highly talented artist have contributed each in their own way to celebrate the gardens at Glyndebourne, set in the Sussex Downs and surrounding the unique Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Ann Scott-James writes evocatively on the overall ambience, whilst Christopher Lloyd, with his encyclopaedic knowledge, writes with special reference to the plants to be found there. Elizabeth Bury has made a series of 20 watercolours which capture the gardens as opera visitors know them and also glimpses into the other seasons. NOT EX LIB 13. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009658

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Glyndebourne Gardens, Sussex Downs 0946312001 Bury, Elizabeth

ARMSTRONG, ROBERT

The Birth of Eastbourne

Eastbourne, Sound Forum. 1983, First. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Front cover has a crease to lower front else a clean and unmarked copy 64 pages. Photo illustrations. The author explores the town's creation and although the travellers are fictitious, the events and places are real. Celebrating the centenary of Eastbourne's creation as a municipal borough, when four hamlets had merged together. Its name was originally to be Burlington, yet fate dictated Eastbourne. 51. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010884

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Eastbourne History

ARMSTRONG, J.R.

A History of Sussex

Chichester, Sussex, Phillimore. 1984. (ISBN: 0850333164). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Lockwood, Caroline. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First published in 1961, this considerably enlarged third edition has enabled the author to include chapters on many more aspects of the county's history, including an account of the buildings and domestic life of ordinary people at different periods, and an analysis of the regional differences within the county. 48 illustrations by Caroline Lockwood and 26 maps and plans. 13. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 006480

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Sussex History 0850333164 Lockwood, Caroline

ARSCOTT, DAVID

Explore Sussex - Its Coast, Countryside and Heritage.

Newbury, Berkshire, Local Heritage. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0863680143). Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A clean, tight copy with a small name and number to inside front cover. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Tim Sharman. Map. The perfect guide to the county's many places of interest. A1F. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007869

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Sussex Heritage, Coast, Countryside 0863680143

ARSCOTT, DAVID

Living Sussex

Lewes, East Sussex, Pomegranate Press. 1994, First. (ISBN: 0951987615). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy. With its chalk downland and wooded Weald, its coastal cliffs and steep ghyll valleys, its low lying wetlands and gorse-clad heaths, Sussex is the most varied and beautifula of English counties. The book explores the historic landscape to discover a world of bird and beast and flower, every bit as rich and diverse as the scenery it inhabits. Lavishly illustrated. 13. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010388

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Sussex Flora and Fauna 0951987615

BARBER, LUKE (EDITED BY)

Sussex Archaeological Collections Volume 156 2018

Lewes, East Sussex, The Sussex Archaeological Society. First. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 250 pages profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Comprises: The Cross Dykes Project Interim Report - The River Cuckmere to Eastbourne; Excavations of a Chichester Entrenchment at Lower Graylingwell, Chichester; Further Investigations East of Fishbourne Roman Palace; Archaeological Investigations at Preston Roman Villa, Brighton; An Early Roman Pottery Assemblage and Possible Clamp Kiln at Ersham Farm, Hailsham; Roman and Late Medieval /Early Post Medieval Occupation at Goddards Green, Burgess Hill; The Widow and the Ward - the Perils of the Dunstanvilles at the Turn of the 12th and 13th Centuries; A Medieval Assemblage from the Lower Barn Farmhouse, Ringmer; The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Petworth and the Work of Charles Barry; The Nelond Family, Lewes Priory and East Grinstead; The Three Gunter Family Monuments at Racton. 20. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010928

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Cross Dykes, Fishbourne, Preston Roman Villa, Clamp Kiln, Goddards Green, St. Mary the Virgin Petworth

BARKER, THEO

Shepherd Neame - a Story That's Been Brewing for 300 Years

Cambridge, Granta. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 1857570626). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. The tradition of brewing quality beers from local materials in Faversham dates back to before King Stephen and Queen Matilda founded the Great Abbey in 1147. Such was the excellence of the local spring water and barley for malting that, over the ensuing centuries, a number of brewhouses were established in the area. Shepherd Neame is a descendant of one of them. The book records the development of the Company over the past 300 years. Illustrated throughout. C3F. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008337

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Kent Brewery. Faversham, Captain Richard Marsh, Julius Shepherd 1857570626

CHRISTIE, GEORGE; HALL, SIR PETER; LEPPARD, RAYMOND; STRONG, SIR ROY; BERLIN, ISAIAH; HAITINK, BERNARD AND OTHERS

Glyndebourne - a Celebration

London, Jonathan Cape. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0224019058). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. xii + 172 pages. 20 illustrations. 28 plates. This richly entertaining book celebrates the 50th anniversary, in 1984, of the founding of Glyndebourne Festival Opera. It is a splendid mixture of historical survey, personal anecdote, criticism and comedy. Above all, emanating from every piece is a genuine affection for Glyndebourne and its founder John Christie, admiration for its style and musical standards, gratitude for opportunities given to artists, conductors, designers and audiences, for musical experiences and pleasure, and sheer delight - a recurring refrain of the book - in the atmosphere of the place. EMI Records advertisement for Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1934-1959 - memories of the first 25 years, HMV Record - is loosely inserted. 14. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 009669

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Glyndebourne Festival Opera 50th Anniversary 0224019058

BLANN, ROB

A Town's Pride - Victorian Lifeboatmen and Their Community

Worthing, West Sussex, Rob Blann. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0951627708). Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. xvi + 472 pages. A dramatic and informative insight of a seafaring community in Worthing, during the latter half of the 19th century, in which true stories reveal the lives and times of fisherfolk in a close-knit neighbourhood. It takes the reader through every exciting rescue mission, describes each lifeboat parade, and details sailing regattas. Profusely illustrated with period photographs. A1F. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007702

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Victorian Worthing, Rnli, Lifeboats, Sea Rescues, Sailing Regattas, Fishermen 0951627708

BLUNT, WILFRED

John Christie of Glyndebourne

London, Geoffrey Bles. 1968, First Edition. (ISBN: 071380212X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small marks to fore and lower edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiii + 303 pages. 16 illustrations. 2 page genealogical chart. John Christie (1882-1962) was an English landowner and producer. He was the founder of the Glyndebourne Opera House and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera at his home at Glyndebourne, near Lewes in Sussex in 1934. An only child, he was sent to Eton, where he later returned as a member of the Science staff. His 16 years as a schoolmaster were interrupted by two years of active service in the First World War, when he won a Military Cross. After the death of his grandfather his father gave him use of Glyndebourne, an ancient but much renovated country house in the Sussex downs which soon became an absorbing interest to him. In 1930, his father, who had always been mentally unstable, died leaving his Devonshire properties away from the family; this caused a celebrated lawsuit in which John Christie and his mother were successful. A year later John married Audrey Mildmay, the opera singer, with whose help he created the Opera Festival which, in spite of some initial scepticism, has triumphantly succeeded and is now an accepted institution in the pattern of English life. 13. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009665

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Glyndeboune, Audrey Mildmay 071380212x

CANDLIN, LILLIAN

Tales of Old Sussex

Newbury, Berkshire, Countryside Books. 1986, First. (ISBN: 0905392450). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Osmond, Don. Sussex has a great wealth of stories from its long history and a fascinating folklore. These are tales from its rich treasury. Some are legends of dragons and magic. Others tell of piracy and smuggling. The old seasonal customs have their place too, as have the famous and infamous characters from the past. 51. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010796

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Sussex Folklore, Sussex Smuggling, Sussex Piracy 0905392450 Osmond, Don

CHAPMAN, FRANK

Tales of Old Tunbridge Wells

Westerham, Kent, Froglets. 1999, First. (ISBN: 1872337252). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New Dustjacket. 160 pages printed on glossy paper. Illustrated throughout. Period advertisement endpapers. The book selects a story here, a picture there, from a famous town's long river of memories, just as Mrs. Humphreys dipped that first cup into a bubbling stream to restore an ailing lord. A fascinating selection of stories from the past of Tunbridge Wells. A1A. As New/As New.

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Book number: 010973

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Lord North, Beau Nash 1872337252

COULCHER, PATRICK

A Natural History of the Cuckmere Valley

Lewes, East Sussex, Book Guild Publishing. 2006. (ISBN: 1846240573). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page with dedication. A Fine unmarked copy. 166 pages. 57 coloured plates and drawings in the text. Foreword by Dennis Healey (Lord Healey of Riddlesden). The Cuckmere Valley is one of the loveliest and most varied areas of countryside on the South Coast, where you can wander from ancient Roman byways to river banks, through new forests to old heaths, and see otters or ospreys or rare orchids, and hear the song of the nightingale. An immensely readable and superbly illustrated book for the lover of nature and the English countryside, which presents the true richness of the Cuckmere Valley. 22. Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 008115

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Sussex Natural History, Cuckmere Valley, Dennis Healey 1846240573

DARBY, BEN

View of Sussex

London, Robert Hale. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0709147228). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author has produced a book in which text and photographs (his own), equally balanced and each complementing the other, present an intimate picture of one of the loveliest of the English counties. A wonderful work with 112 black and white photographs and 1 map. NOT EX LIB C3C. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 005426

Catalogue: Sussex and Kent Interest

Keywords: Sussex, History, Landscape, Buildings, Towns, Villages 0709147228