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THE ABBEY OF KILKHAMPTON; OR MONUMENTAL RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1980. Faithfully transcribed From the ORIGINAL INSCRIPTIONS, which are sill perfect, and appear to be drawn up in a Stile devoid of fulsome Panegyric, or unmerited Detraction; and Compiled with a View to ascertain, with Precision, the MANNERS which prevailed in Great Britain during the last Fifty Years of the Eighteenth Century. The Eighth Edition, with considerable Additions.
London. G. Kearsly, 1780. Together with the third edition, corrected, of the Second Part, dated the same year. Continuous pagination throughout. Hardcover. 141 pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Measures approximately 26.5 x 21 cm. Spine recently expertly repaired. Some rubbing to boards; light foxing to endpapers and title-page; some hand-written ink entries in index and throughout supplying the missing identities; some pencil notes on front paste-down endpaper; is rubbed on the blank verso, where once stuck down, but is complete. A good copy.
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THE BOOK OF ORNAMENTAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND MONUMENTAL DESIGNS, rare alphabets, etc. Containing also drawings of the jewels in use by the Grand lodges of England and Scotland. With explanatory index. A useful collection for Lithographers, Engravers, Decorators, Cabinet-makers, Architects, Sculptors, Civil-engineers,
No date (inscribed 1856.). writing-masters, and parish teachers, manufacturers, founders, embroiderers, die cutters, designers, gold and silver-smiths, turners, house-painters, seal-engravers and all artisans who have more or less to do with drawings.12pp text, followed by 36 plates - some printed in colour and one folding, 2pp text. Original cloth, gilt Small folio. Binding very worn and marked - the spine splitting; light spotting to title; some water-staining; ownership inscription of C. J. Bowie, 'Painter & Decorator,' one front fixed endpaper. A good copy of an extremely scarce work. Five of the last six plates are of Masonic interest and have two pages of explanatory text at the close of the book. No copy located in COPAC.
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THE CATHEDRAL, or the Catholic and Apostolic Church in England. Third Edition.
Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1841. xvi, 311, [1] pages. Illustrated with 12 engravings. Contemporary full calf gilt; red label to spine. Some occasional light foxing; binding a little rubbed; else very good.
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THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CANTERBURY, AND THE Once-Adjoining Monastery: containg, An Account of its First Establishment, Building, Re-Edifications, Repairs, Endowments, Benefactions, Chapels, Altars, Shrines, Reliques, Chauntries, Obiits, Ornaments, Books, Jewels, Plate, Vestments; before the Dissolution of the Monastery: and the Manner of its Dissolution. A Survey of the present Church and Cloysters, Monuments, and Inscriptions, with other Things remarkable: Which, with the several Prospects of the Church, and Engraven by the Best Hands. The Lives of the Archbishops, Priors, &c. of Christ-Church: with an Account of Learned Men there flourishing in their several Times. An Appendix of Ancient Charters and Writings relating to the Church and Monastery. A Catalogue of the Church-Wealth, in Prior Estrey's Time. An Ancient Saxon Obituary, and a Large One continu'd Thence downward.
London: J. Cole, 1726. [4], 9 plates of coats of arms, 204, lvi Index pages. Illustrated with a further four double-page plates, a plan of the Cathedral, and 36 full-page plates, all extra to the paging, plus many engravings within the text. Contemporary full calf. Folio. First edition. Binding worn; joints cracked; hinges taped at inner joints; bookplate of Joannes Fuller; one double-page plate torn at lower margin and strengthened, many decades ago, from behind with cloth. Binding could do with some work, else a very good copy of what has become a scarce book.
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THE HISTORY AND LEGENDS OF CASTLES & ABBEYS.
London: John Dicks, No date [ circa 1850. iv, 744, iv. Chromolithograph frontispiece; lithographic title; illustrated throughout. Contemporary full pebbled cloth, gilt. 4to. Inscription on endpaper, and on blank recto of frontispiece; some light foxing; spine splitting at head; the last four pages [iv] are misbound at the end of the book, when they should have been bound at the beginning as they relate to the frontispiece, Warwick Castle. This work was originally issued in parts. This work is heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davilesmilesbooks.com
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THE HISTORY OF St. Paul’s in LONDON, From its Foundation. Extracted out of {Original Charters, Records, Leiger-Books, and other Manuscripts. Beautified with sundry Prospects of the Old Fabrick, which was destroyed by the Fire of that City, 1666. As also with the Figures of the Tombs and Monuments therein, which were all defac’d in the late Rebellion. Whereunto is added, a Continuation thereof, setting forth what was done in the structure of the New Church, to the Year 1685. Likewise, An Historical Account of the Northern Cathedrals, and Chief Collegiate Churches in the Province of York. By Sir William Dugdale Knt. Garter Principal King of Arms. The Second edition, corrected and enlarged by the Author's own hand. To which is prefixed his Life, written by himself.
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THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ST. MILDRED THE VIRGIN, Poultry, in the City of London, with some particulars of the church of St. Mary Colechurch, (Destroyed in the Great Fire, A.D. 1666.)
London: John Russell Smith, 1872. Hardcover. 132 pages. Frontispiece. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Small bookplate; cloth a little worn at head of spine; else very good.
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THE HISTORY OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS’, MAIDSTONE, with illustrations.
Maidstone: G. Bunyard, No date [circa 1899]. xiii, [3], 272 pages. Original dark blue cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Blank recto of frontispiece browned, also the last page and the blank sides of the endpapers; bookplate; else a very good copy.
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THE ILLUSTRATED CARPENTER AND BUILDER. A Weekly Journal for Architects, Builders, Joiners, Decorators, Painters, Plumbers, Gas-Fitters, &c. Illustrated with numerous practical engravings. Volume LXXII. January to June 1913.
London.John Dicks Press Ltd. 1913. 808pp. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half leather, gilt. Slight rubbing to binding; paper browning but not brittle. A very good copy.
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THE ILLUSTRATED CARPENTER AND BUILDER. A Weekly Journal for Architects, Builders, Joiners, Decorators, Painters, Plumbers, Gas-Fitters, &c. Illustrated with numerous practical engravings. Volume LXXIII. July to December, 1913-14.
London.John Dicks Press Ltd. 1914. 732pp. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half leather, gilt. Slight rubbing to binding with some wear to extremities; paper browning but not brittle. However, a very good copy.
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THE ILLUSTRATED CARPENTER AND BUILDER. A Weekly Journal for Architects, Builders, Joiners, Decorators, Painters, Plumbers, Gas-Fitters, &c. Illustrated with numerous practical engravings. Volume Seventy-Five. July to December, 1914.
London: John Dicks Press Ltd, 1914. 640pp. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half leather, gilt. Slight rubbing to binding with some wear at heel; paper browning but not brittle. However, a very good copy.
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THE ILLUSTRATED CARPENTER AND BUILDER. A Weekly Journal for Architects, Builders, Joiners, Decorators, Painters, Plumbers, Gas-Fitters, &c. Illustrated with numerous practical engravings. Volume Seventy-Four. January to June, 1914.
London.John Dicks Press Ltd. 1914. 784pp. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half leather, gilt. Slight rubbing to binding with a split beginning in spine; paper browning but not brittle. However, a very good copy.
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THE ILLUSTRATED CARPENTER AND BUILDER. A Weekly Journal for Architects, Builders, Joiners, Decorators, Painters, Plumbers, Gas-Fitters, &c. Illustrated with numerous practical engravings. Volume Seventy-six. January to June 1915. And Volume Seventy-seven July to December, 1915.
London.John Dicks Press Ltd. 1915-16. 640pp. 646pp. Two volumes bound as one. Both illustrated throughout. Contemporary half leather, gilt. Slight rubbing to binding; paper browning but not brittle. Couple of creases in first title-page. A very good copy.
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THE MEDIEVAL HOUSES OF KENT: An Historical Analysis. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.
London: HMSO, 1994. Softcover. Illustrated. Folding map at rear. A fine copy.
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THE PARISH CHURCHES OF CANTERBURY with descriptive Notes. Sketch of Canterbury Cathedral by Arnold Fairbairns.
London: Hunter and Longhurst, 1910. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 189 pages. Illustrated. Original red decorative cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. First edition. Name on endpaper, and an inscription of half-title; some browning to endpapers; else a very nice, clean copy in a bright binding.
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THE STRICT BAPTIST CHAPELS OF ENGLAND. Volume III. The Chapels of Kent.
London: The Strict Baptist Historical Society, No date. Hardcover. Cellophane dust-wrapper. 128 pages. Illustrated. Name and date on endpaper; else a very good copy.
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WATERMILLS AND WINDMILLS. A Historical Survey of their Rise, Decline and Fall as Portrayed by those of Kent.
Sheerness: Arthur Cassell, 1976. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Slight rubbing to head of wrapper; small ownership label on endpaper; else a very good copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postage. Please contact us directly at info@davidmilesbooks.com for a quote.
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