BELLOC Hilaire

The Old Road. With Illustrations by William Hyde. THE SCARCEST OF BELLOC'S ROAD STUDIES

Constable,, 1904. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece and 10 plates in photogravure, 17 illustrations in the text and 6 large folding maps coloured in outline, endpapers mildly browned, some light marginal dust-soiling; original green cloth, upper board lettered in gilt with illustration mounted in gilt frame, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip (browned) laid down, a good, firm copy. The second edition, published in 1911 but bearing no date, is often represented as the first edition. SCARCE. Cahill 18.

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Book number: 17532

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BELLOC Hilaire

The Road. [Sketches by Sydney R Jones.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Charles W Hobson for the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co., Manchester,, 1923. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 7 plates and 15 maps and diagrams in the text; broad-weave cloth, buckram back with leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, uncut, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With small neat institutional stamp on front paste-down. This attractively produced work, published for the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company, is perhaps the scarcest of the author's studies of the history and development of the English road. Cahill 80.

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Book number: 19586

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BELLOC Hilaire

The Stane Street. A Monograph. Illustrated by William Hyde. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Constable,, 1913. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 15 fine plates, 22 sketch-maps in the text and folding map coloured in outline; original tan boards, upper cover blocked with road map and lettered in darker brown, oatmeal buckram back lettered in brown, uncut, boards unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bonser, 2451; Cahill, 57C.

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Book number: 13794

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BELLOC Hilaire

The Stane Street. A Monograph. Illustrated by William Hyde. IN FULL MOROCCO

Constable,, 1913. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 15 fine plates, 22 sketch-maps in the text and folding map coloured in outline; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, uncut, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bonser, 2451; Cahill, 57A.

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Book number: 19726

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BELLOT Hugh H L

The Temple. Second Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Methuen,, [1922]. 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates, illustrations in the text and front endpaper map, neat signature on blank preliminary; original series binding of red cloth, upper board framed in white and blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp series catalogue at end.

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BEMBRIDGE WINDMILL

Bembridge Windmill, Isle of Wight. NEAR FINE COPY

National Trust,, [c.1965]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 44398

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BENCE-JONES Mark

Life in an Irish Country House. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Constable,, [1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 44836

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Keywords: topography, ireland, country houses, country house, mark bence-jones

BENDALL D. J.

The Parish Church of Clifton 1154-1954. A Brief History. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

British Publishing Company, Gloucester,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with 9 plates on 8; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a very good, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear.

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Book number: 15048

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Keywords: topography, somersetshire, somerset, somers, bristol, avon, clifton, guide books

BENFIELD T. C.

City and County of the City of York. Official Guide. NEAR FINE COPY

Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of York, York,, 1953. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 3 pages of arms in gilt, silver and colours, numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text, a folding coloured street plan and a full-page map coloured in outline; original coloured pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements, many illustrated, at rear. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 14463

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BENFIELD Eric

The County Books. Dorset. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Robert Hale,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series

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Book number: 16612

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BENFIELD Eric

The Town of Maiden Castle. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hale,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map and 11 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper, one or two neat annotations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.

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Book number: 6351

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Keywords: topography, dorsetshire, dorset, dorchester, maiden castle, archaeology, roman britain, benfield, eric benfield

BENHAM Hervey

Some Essex Water Mills. Drawings by James and Andrew Dodds. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY

Mersea Bookshop, Colchester,, 1983. Sm. folio, Second Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1976.

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Book number: 49998

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Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, essex, benham, hervey benham

BENNETT Richard

History of Corn Milling. NEAR FINE SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION WITH PROSPECTUS

Simpkin Marshall & Co,, 1898 [-1904]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, title-vignettes and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; publisher's green cloth, boards framed in blind, upper boards lettered in gilt, gilt backs, primrose endpapers, a near fine set. WITH THE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED PROSPECTUS TO VOLUME IV LOOSELY INSERTED IN FIRST VOLUME. The set comprises: Vol. I: Handstones, Slave and Cattle Mills; Vol. II: Watermills and Windmills; Vol. III: Feudal Laws and Customs; Vol. IV: Some Feudal Mills. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.

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Book number: 42628

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Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, moulinology, richard bennett, john elton

BENNETT Richard

History of Corn Milling. Vol. IV. Some Feudal Mills.. With Memoir of Richard Bennett by John Elton. [Facsimile reissue.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

EP Publishing, [Wakefield],, 1975. 8vo., with portrait frontispiece, title-vignette and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper Bright copy of a standard reference. Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1904. Blythman 314.

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BENNETT Richard

History of Corn Milling. Vol. I. Handstones, Slave and Cattle Mills. [Facsimile reissue.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Burt Franklin, New York NY,, n.d. [c.1980?]. 8vo., with frontispiece, title-vignette and illustrations in the text; navy buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy. Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1898.

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Book number: 42866

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