DALLAWAY, James & CARTWRIGHT, Edmund

A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex. Including the Rapes of Chichester, Arundel, and Bramber, with the City and Diocese of Chichester.

T. Bensley and John Bowyer Nichols, 1815 and 1830. Folio. 2 volumes in 3. pp. clxvi, 215, [appendix of genealogy with 12 pedigrees, some folding] 336: xvi, 405: xvi, 402: 81 plates and maps as called for with the addition of 12 uncoloured views from Daniel's Voyage Round Great Britain, attractive watercolours of Pevensey, Hailsham and Church at Brighton, a pencil drawing of Fletching,a view of the Castle Sleephill, Isle of Wight and a print of the attack of the French fleet. The armorials in the margins are all coloured by hand. Half crushed brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, top edges gilt. A lovely large set, 362 x 285 mm. with wide margins and complete in all respects with Volume 1 and the original publication of Volume 2 part one [1819] were almost entirely lost in a fire at the publisher's office in 1819, with only around 200 of the first and 60 of the second surviving, having been distributed. With the bookplate of [Lady] Violet Beaumont and the manuscript inscription on the first blank end paper of volume 1 "C.W. Taylor Esq. A Presentation Copy March 1815."

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JAMES DALLAWAY

A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex. Including the Rapes of Arundel and Bramber. Vol. II. Part the First. [The Rape of Arundel complete in itself]

Printed by Bensley and Son, 1819. Folio. pp. xii, 369> illustrations, maps and plans, some folding. Contemporary full calf, gilt, blotchy stain to rear baord and wear along the spine. With the bookplate of Henry Howard of Graystone, nephew to the Duke of Norfolk [and Earl of Arundel and Surrey], to whom the book is dedicated. Scarce, Volume 1 and this, the original publication of Volume 2 part one [1819] were almost entirely lost in a fire at the publisher's office in 1819, with only around 200 of the first and 60 of this second volume surviving, having been distributed.

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Book number: 42716

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AUGUSTUS A. DALY

The History of the Isle of Sheppey from the Roman Occupation to the Reign of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII.

Simpkin, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1904. 8vo. pp. [4], vii, 297> illustrations. Original wrappers, new cloth spine.

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Book number: 42653

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G. CHRISTOPHER DAVIES

Norfolk Broads and Rivers or Water-ways, Lagoons, and Decoys of East Anglia.

William Blackwood and Sons, 1883. 8vo. pp. viii, [1], 290> illustrations. Original decorated cloth, new cloth spine with old spine laid down.

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Book number: 42597

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DAVIS, Roger

Kendrew of York and His Chapbooks for Children. With a Checklist.

Wetherby: The Elmete Press, 1988. Small 4to. pp. [6], 125> illustrations. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper and bound by Smith-Settle. Limited to 485 copies, this one un-numbered. This is one of very few deluxe copies in full vellum with a gilt 'Kendrew' wood cut reproduced on the front board, leather spine label. Fine in slip case. Including an inserted portfolio containing 3 facsimile chapbooks.

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Book number: 24136

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DAVY, Henry

Views of the Seat of the Noblemen and Gentlemen in nSuffolk, from Drawings... Part First [all published].

Southwold, Published by the Author, 1827. 4to. pp. unpaginated, 20 plates with accompanying text. Contemporary half calf, some light foxing, heavier on the final 3 plates.

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Book number: 45306

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J.L. DEACON

Ancient Rye> an illustrated handbook. [New Series, Third Edition]

Rye: The Library Printing Works, 1914. Oblong 8vo. pp. [8], 148> illustrations, folding map. Original stamped reverse calf binding, a little worn.

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Book number: 42646

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J.L. DEACON

Ancient Rye> an illustrated historical handbook. [New Series, Fifth Edition]

Rye: Printing and Publishing House 1927. Oblong 8vo. pp. [14], 210> illustrations, folding map. Original wrappers a little worn.

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Book number: 42705

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W. ALFRED DELAMOTTE

Views of the Colleges, Chapels & Gardens of Oxford, drawings by William Alfred Delamotte, executed in lithography by William Gauci: with historical and descriptive notices by Charles Ollier.

Thomas Boys, 1843. Large folio. pp. coloured title page, 25 tinted lithographs each with a page of descriptive text. Original morocco backed embossed cloth boards, corners a little worn and cloth on front cover discoloured, rear joint cracked. Internally clean and a decent copy of an uncommon Oxford view book.

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Book number: 43208

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W. ALFRED DELAMOTTE

Views of the Colleges, Chapels & Gardens of Oxford, drawings by William Alfred Delamotte, executed in lithography by William Gauci: with historical and descriptive notices by Charles Ollier.

Thomas Boys, 1843. Large folio. pp. coloured title page, 25 tinted lithographs each with a page of descriptive text. Original morocco backed embossed cloth boards, corners a little worn, recently rebacked with a new spine and new end papers, a little faint spotting.

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Book number: 44359

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MAJOR M. TEICHMAN-DERVILLE

The Annals of the Town and Port of New Romsey, with some extracts from the records of the town. Paper read before the Kent Archaeological Society, July 25th, 1929.

Kent Archaeological Society, 1929. 8vo. pp. 37> map, illustrations. Original decorated cloth.

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Book number: 42607

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DEVON [PRIOR, William Henry]

Descriptive Letterpress. Views of Plymouth and the Neighbourhood. [with] Torquay and the Neighbourhood. [with] Views in South Devon.

[1860] Three volumes. Small 8vo. pp. 16> 16> 16. Stitched without cover as issued. "It is proper to add that the Engravings are executed from Original Sketches by W.H. Prior, Esq., the eminent artist of London." from the footnote to the first two publications. Only the first, Plymouth, could be located [at the British Library]. Presumably issued to accompany sets of engravings, I have been unable to trace to which illustrations these little guides refer.

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Book number: 41111

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DIARIES

Six North Country Diaries. [with] North Country Diaries [second series].

Durham: The Surtees Society, 1910 and 1915. 2 volumes. 8vo. pp. ix, 360: ix, 328. Original cloth, mostly unopened, Very Good. Ex-Ramsgate Monastery with bookplate and pocket on pastedown, no stamps. Volumes 118 and 124. Diaries and autobiographies, etc. of John Ashton, Christopher Sanderson, Nicholas Bee, John Tomlinson, Thomas Gyll, Nicholas Brown, Sir William Brereton, Sir John Gibson, Jacob Bee, Mark Browell, Mark Akenside, Bishop Warburton, Bishop Richard Pococke and John Dawson of Brunton.

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Book number: 34555

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WILLIAM DICKINSON

The History and Antiquities of Newark, in the County of Nottingham, (The Sidnacester of the Romans,) Interspersed with Biographical Sketches and Embellished with Engravings.

Newark: M. Hage, 1816. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. x, [2], 401> map, illustrations, pedigrees. Very Good copy in original cloth backed boards, leather title label a little scuffed.

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Book number: 42592

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DIRECTORY. WHITE, William

History, Gazeteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, including the City and Diocese of Lincoln.

Sheffield: William White, 1882. 8vo. pp. viii, 1065, 52 (adverts)> large folding map. Inner joint broken.

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Book number: 39496

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