BUTLER T.

London Calling. The Middle Classes and the Re-Making of Inner London.

Berg,, [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with maps and diagrams in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy.

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Book number: 11559

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Keywords: topography, london, t. butler, g. robson, topography, london, london, calling

BUTLER Lionel

Medieval Monasteries of Great Britain. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs (a number full-page) and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Covers all the main monastic sites remaining in Britain, together with bibliography and detailed index.

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Book number: 26973

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Keywords: topography, monasteries, monks, monasticism, abbeys, priories, friaries, lionel butler, chris given-wilson

BUXTON David

Wiltshire of One Hundred Years Ago. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Alan Sutton, [Stroud],, [1991]. Folio, First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrated title, numerous photographs throughout and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 30458

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Keywords: topography, wiltshire, wilts

BYRNE L.S.R.

The Eton Book of the River. With Some Account of the Thames and the Evolution of Boat-Racing. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Alden & Blackwell, Eton,, [1952]. 4to., Second Edition, with 63 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; tan cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Much-needed re-issue of the original edition of 1935.

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Book number: 35978

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: mstock, topography, berkshire, berks, eton, etoniana, windsor, thames, rowing, sculling, boating, public schools

BYRNE Michael

Yardley [with] Yardley Revisited. Images of England. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET

Tempus, [Stroud],, [2006-2007]. 2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine set.

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Book number: 36360

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Keywords: topography, warwickshire, warks, warwick, yardley, hay mills, hobmoor lane

BYRON Robert

Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views. [First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION

Faber,, [1939]. 4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on cream stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers faintly browned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1935, this is one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. The Gazetteer was compiled by Edith Olivier. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30213

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, wiltshire, wilts, shell guides, robert byron, john betjeman

BYRON Robert

Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views. [First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION

Faber,, [1939]. 4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on cream stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers faintly browned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1935, this is one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. The Gazetteer was compiled by Edith Olivier. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30228

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, wiltshire, wilts, shell guides, robert byron, john betjeman

BYRON, ed. Robert

Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities, etc. Edited by Robert Byron. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Architectural Press,, [1935]. 4to., First Edition, with title-vignette, 8 plates toned in sepia, numerous photographs in the tgext and double-page map; original series binding of pictorial wrappers, comb-bound as issued, wrappers just a little age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. First appearance of the classic guide, one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series conceived by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43070

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Keywords: topography, wiltshire, wilts, shell guides, robert byron, john betjeman

CAARTEN A. Bicker

Middeleeuwse Watermolens in Hollands Polderland. 1407/'08-rondom 1500. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Stichting Uitgeverij Noord-Holland, Wormerveer,, 1990. Sm. folio, First Edition, text in Dutch, title in yellow and black, with photographs and maps in the text; olive cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.

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Book number: 42814

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Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, holland, netherlands, caarten, bicker caarten

CAARTEN A. Bicker

Molenleven in Rijnland. NEAR FINE COPY

Gysbers & Van Loon, Arnhem,, 1979. 8vo., First Edition, text in Dutch, with frontispiece , and very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 42810

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, holland, netherlands, rhineland, caarten

CAARTEN, A. Bicker

Zuid-Hollands Molenboek. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Samson, Alphen aan den Rijn,, 1965. 8vo., text in Dutch, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in white, backstrip scuffed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Photographs and technical details of over 200 Dutch windmills. SCARCE.

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Book number: 42764

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Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, holland, netherlands, dutch windmills

CALKIN J. Bernard

Prehistoric Pokesdown. Being an Account of some of the Antiquities in the Druitt Museum, Christchurch. NEAR FINE COPY

Bournemouth Natural Science Society,, 1951. 8vo., with plates; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Proceedings of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society, vol. XL, 1951.

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Book number: 24847

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Keywords: topography, dorsetshire, dorset, pokesdown, bournemouth, calkin

CALLENDER Geoffrey

The Queen's House, Greenwich. A Short History 1617-1937. NEAR FINE COPY

Yelf Brothers, Newport IOW,, 1937. 4to., with title-vignette, 24 plates, and full-page photograph and 2 full-page plans in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. This edition was entirely rewritten to incorporate new information that came to light during restoration of the house between 1934-1936.

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Book number: 7875

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Keywords: topography, london, greenwich, geoffrey callender

CALVERT Frederick

The Isle of Wight Illustrated in a Series of Coloured Views. engraved in Aqua-tint by Mr. Percy Roberts from the original Drawings of the late Mr. F. Calvert, accompanied by a succinct historical, geographical and topographical Description of the Island. CRISP, CLEAN COPYOF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH AQUATINTS COLOURED BY HAND

G H Davidson,, 1846. 8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with lithographed frontispiece (uncoloured as usual), engraved map and 19 splendid aquatint plates ALL FINELY COLOURED BY HAND; attractively bound in twentieth-century green straight-grain half morocco, green cloth sides, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy with virtually no trace of the usual offsetting. A crisp, clean copy of the First Issue, with plate 12 reading 'Bunbridge' [for 'Bembridge'] and plate 3 reading 'Ryde' [for 'Ryde Plate 1']. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Abbey, Scenery, 351; Bobins II, 628.

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Book number: 41521

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Keywords: topography, hampshire, hants, isle of wight, iow, calvert, frederick calvert, percy roberts, aquatint, abbey scenery, coloured plate books

CALVERT N. G.

On Water Mills in Central Crete. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Newcomen Society,, [1972-73]. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XLV. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43427

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Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, crete, newcomen society