The Bide-a-While Book: The Little Guide to Village Inns, Good Hotels, Friendly Farms & Guest Houses 1962

Torquay, Victor Hilton, 1962. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Torquay: Victor Hilton, 1962. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Fascinating little volume, not least in comparing what was in your neck of the woods 56 years ago with now. All VG internally, but cover and block are heavily foxed. Good/No Jacket.

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The Book of Bolton

Cheltenham, Ed J Burrow & Co, 1957. Soft cover. Cheltenham: Ed J Burrow & Co, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ND. c.1957. Excellent and well illustrated compendium of Bolton life, leisure and industry in the middle of the 20th century. In VG, clean and bright order throughout. Numerous colour period advertisements add considerably to the interest. Fold out map to rear. Red card covers with bright gilt embossed decoration and titling. 4to. 192pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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The Borough Pocket Guide to Saffron Walden

Cheltenham, Edward J Burrow, 0. Soft cover. Cheltenham: Edward J Burrow. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. ND. c. 1920s, no.336 in the Borough Guides Series, with "descriptive letterpress, map and 13 pictures". Also numerous advertisements with photos of local businesses, which are probably the chief interest. All in fair to good internal order. Centre pages loose, map page rather grubby. Red card covers rather worn. 16mo. 44pp . Fair/No Jacket.

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Chipping Campden the Official Guide

London, The Homeland Association Ltd, 1959. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. London: The Homeland Association Ltd, 1959. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. All in VG internal order. Light marking to cover. Well illustrated and numerous local ads. Good/No Jacket.

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Four Bolton Directories 1821-22, 1836, 1843, 1853

Swinton, Neil Richardson, 1982. Soft cover. Swinton: Neil Richardson, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Four directories reprinted in one volume. All in VG order throughout bar sharp bump to top corner. 8vo. 104pp . Very Good/No Jacket.

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In Pitstone Green There Is a Farm

Pitstone, Pitstone Local History Society, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Pitstone: Pitstone Local History Society, 1979. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scarce, very well illustrated local history of Pitstone Green Farm with much on the changing nature of farming over generations. In general good order but a little lightly creased here and there. Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Farming & The Countryside

The Island of Jersey (First and Second Series) 24 Chromolithographic Views

London, T Neslon & Sons, 0. No Binding. London: T Neslon & Sons. No Binding. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND c. 1880/90s. Disbound. No covers or prelims. Index sheets and plates, all tissue guarded, in VG order. 24 plates arranged in two series, printed two up on 12 x card pages, gilt-edged. Scarce and a fine candidate for a sympathetic rebind. 12mo. This is s charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Good/No Jacket.

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Johnston's Motoring & Touring Map of Scotland

Edinburgh, W & A K Johnston, 0. Soft cover. Cloth backed 8 miles to 1 inch map with attractive colour cover panel. Wear to folds, with some fraying, but in general good order throughout. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Good/No Jacket.

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Kelly's Directory of Enfield, Winchmore Hill, Etc 1933

London, Kelly's Directories, 1933. Soft cover. London: Kelly's Directories, 1933. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A comprehensive snapshot of life in 1930's Enfield, with street by street directory of private residents, as well as businesses, etc. Entertaining advertisements. Large fold-out map to rear in VG order. Stock toned, but otherwise all in good internal condition, bar some corner folding. Swing ticket book mark (Stickphast Sticks For Ever!). Covers well worn, moreso to front with some creasing. Though available on CD, physical originals of this 1933 edition (and indeed all other dates) are scarce. 12mo. 504pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Letters of a Loyalist Lady Being the Letters of Ann Hulton, Sister of Henry Hulton, Commissioner of Customs at Boston, 1767-1776

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fascinating volume. From edition of 750 copies. In VG internal order. Endpapers toned. Neat inscription to front pastedown.Decoirated paper covered boards well marled and a little worn. 8vo. 107pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Essays And Letters

Maryport District Plan Consultative Document

Cockermouth, Allerdale District Council / Cumbria County Council, 1977. 1st Edition . Soft cover. The state of Maryport and what to do with it, from a 1970s' planner's point of view. "Perhaps it can become the start of a re-birth in the fortunes of Maryport," notes the author with the plan's very last words. Produced in-house by the council. Typed and photocopied and bound with plastic comb, with printed card cover. All in good order throughout. with minor occasional marking. Light wear only to card covers. Very scarce. 4to. Unpaginated. Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Town planning Urban regeneration

National Association of Head Teachers Jubilee Conference Souvenir Southport

London, Collins, 1947. Hardcover. London: Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Especially produced by Collins for the conference, with much information about Southport in the late 1940s. Well illustrated with photos. Pages a little toned but otherwise all in good internal order. Brown boards rather dulled and a little worn. 12mo. 192pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Alamanac and National Repository for the Year 1895

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1895. Hardcover. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1895. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. All Edinburgh life is here (plus much of the rest of Scotland). Many interesting ads. Good internal condition (one page creased), bindings a little shaky. Red boards worn, esp to base of spine. Gilt embossed 'British Linen Company' to front. 12mo. 1174 + 82pp ads. Good/No Jacket.

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Rambles in Hertfordshire

The Railway Executive (Eastern Region), 1949. Soft cover. A dozen walks, presented with notes, maps and illustrations. VG fold-out map of Eastern Region suburban lines to rear. All in VG order bar a little red pencil underlining in text. Attractive pictorial card cover, a little spotted. 12mo. 67pp . Good/No Jacket.

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Return from the Authorities of the Harbours, &C of the United Kingdom Giving a Description of Works Executed Within the Last Twenty Years

London, His Majesty's Stationery Office [HMSO], 1903. Hardcover. Fascinating compilation of information returned by every functioning port in the UK (and many that had ceased commercial shipping activity) as a result of a 1901 House of Commons order. Ports were required to answer 11 questions, addressing recent works and investment, harbour dimensions, engineers' details, condition, income, type of trade, byelaws, etc. Thus providing a detailed snapshot of the UK's maritime status at the start of the 20th Century. Stock toned, but otherwise in good internal order. Half leather binding repaired with white tape. Boards heavily worn. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). Folio. 120pp + numerous blanks . Fair/No Jacket.

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