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THE PAST GLORY OF MILTON CREEK Tales of Slipways, Sails and Setting Booms.
Rainham: Meresborough Books, 1985. Hardcover. 255 pages. Illustrated. Original pictorial glazed boards. Octavo. First edition. Name on endpaper; else a very good copy.
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THE PICTURESQUE POCKET COMPANION TO MARGATE, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, and the parts adjacent; illustrated with One Hundred and Twenty Engravings on Wood, by G. W. Bonner.
London: William Kidd, 1831. [8], iii, [1 blank], 215, [1] pages. Original pictorial cloth gilt. 148 x 97 mm. Rear inner joint splitting; binding cocked; bookplate; else a very good, clean copy.
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The Plague-Stricken Derbyshire Village, or, What to see in and around Eyam.
Tideswell: F. Chapman and Sons., Printers, 1920. Third edition. 76 pages. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. Softback. Octavo. Spine repaired at heel; else very good. .
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THE RECORDS OF ROCHESTER by Revd, C. H. Fielding, M. A., Exhibitioner of Tonbridge School, and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Dartford: Snowden Brothers, 1910. 610, [8 subscribers’ list], [4 Personal and Press Opinions] pages. Bound especially for the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men in green cloth gilt with their insignia to the base of the spine, and interleaved throughout with many illustrations taken from other works and with some original photographs. Some occasional light spotting, else a very good copy.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF WARGRAVE History and Reminiscences by the People of Wargrave.
Wargrave: Wargrave Local History Society, 1998. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Slipcase. Number 71 of the limited edition Subscriber's edition. Numbered and with the subscriber's name on a special bookplate. Signed on the half-title by twelve of the contributors. A fine copy.
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THE VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT. Edited by William Page.
London. Volumes one, two, & three: Archibald Constable [volume one] The St. Catherine's Press [volumes two & three], 1908. 1926. 1932. Three volumes. 518; 388; 452 pages. Each illustrated throughout. Original red cloth, gilt. Large 4to. Volume one top edge gilt. First editions. Inner joint of volume one cracked and some spotting to the endpapers and half-title; light spotting to the fore-edge of volume three; else a very good set. Signature of the Kent historian Philip Rogers to the front endpaper of volume one. This set is very heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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The Victoria History of the Counties of England WARWICK.
London. University of London Oxford University Press. No date. Hardback. 24 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original red cloth, gilt. 4to.A very good copy.
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THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT. Volume Three.
London: The St. Catherine's Press, 1932. Hardcover. 452 pages. Illustrated. Original red cloth, gilt. Some spotting to fore-edges; binding very lightly rubbed and one corners a touch bumped; else very good. This is the third and final volume in the History of Kent, the first volume being published in 1908.
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THE VISITANT'S GUIDE TO SOUTHAMPTON, AND NETLEY ABBEY with engravings. Price 1s. 6d.
Southampton: Skelton & Co, No date [circa 1830?]. Softcover. 54 pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and two other engraved plates. Original printed blue wrappers. 15.8 x 10 cm. All paper lost from spine, small area of worming to the blank upper margin; else a very good copy of an ephemeral little guide
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THIRTY VIEWS OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS. Price 1/-.
Published by R. Pelton., the Parade and Broadway, No date. Thirty steel-engraved views. Original cloth gilt. Oblong: 125 x 180 mm. Slight water-damage to the outer blank margins of the plates, but not visible from the front; else very good.
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To THE MAYOR, JURATS, COMMON COUNCIL, and Resident Freemen, of the Town and Port of Sandwich. These Observations Are most respectfully Addressed, by The Author.
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TOPOGRAPHY OF MAIDSTONE, and its Environs, and Directory of the Clergy, Gentry, Tradesmen, &c. of Maidstone. And also, a correct address of the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, & c. residing in the vicinity.
Maidstone: J. Smith, 1839. [4],iii, [1],108, 38, [26 ad’s]pages. Map frontispiece and 1 other double-page map, plus 1 plate. Original cloth gilt.173 x 110 mm. A very good copy. First published in 1835, but without the Directory.
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TWICE ROUND THE CLOCK or the Hours of the Day and Night in London. Illustrated with forty-seven engravings on wood from drawings by the late William M’Connell.
London: John and Robert Maxwell, 1878. 392 pages. Bound in half red sheep gilt over marbled boards. Octavo. Ownership inscription on endpaper., else a very good copy in a handsome binding.
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VESTIGES OF ANTIQUITY; or, A Series of Etchings & Engravings of the Ancient Monastery of St. Augustine, with the Cathedral, Castle, and other Antiquities, in the suburbs of the Metropolitan City of Canterbury: illustrated by a corresponding account taken from the best Authorities.
London: Published by the Author, 1813. [12] pages of letterpress, including title, text, and list of subscribers. 12 full-page plates chiefly etched by the author. Original paper-covered boards with pastedown title-label on upper cover initialled by Hastings. Imperial folio; binding: 47 x 30 cm. Binding repaired at spine; some foxing throughout; one plates a little damaged at the bottom of the blank margin, but a very good copy overall, and rarely found in the original boards. It is thought that less than 150 copies were issued.
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VIEWS IN CAMBRIDGE.
Cambridge: W. P. Grant, No date [circa 1830]. Pictorial engraved title and 32 engraved plates, interleaved with blanks, engraved by R. W. Smart, after drawings by R. R. Harraden. Original pictorial card covers. All edges gilt. 110 x 90 mm. Spine strengthened neatly with tape; corners a little worn; else very good. Scarce.
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WEST SUFFOLK ILLUSTRATED. 500 Illustrations from Photographs. Giving an account of every town and village in the Western Division of the County... Complete in 14 fortnightly Parts.
Bury St. Edmunds: Langhorn, Pawsey & Co, No date [circa 1907]. Fourteen parts in their original yellow wrappers. Part one worn and the front cover is loose; some wear to the other spines; else a very good, complete set, much enhanced in the later parts by the illustrated advertisements. This set is heavy and will incur extra postal charges; please contact us directly for a quotation info@davidmilesbooks.com
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WHITSTABLE, SEASALTER AND SWALECLIFFE. The History of three Kent Parishes.
Canterbury: Cross & Jackman, Ltd, 1938. xi, [1 blank], 326 pages. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and with black & white plates throughout. Original blue cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men to front pastedown. A fine clean copy.
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YARMOUTH NOTES. 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich Mercury.
Great Yarmouth: J. Buckle, 1889. Hardcover. 358 pages. Mounted photographic frontispiece of the author with his signature below. Original red cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Later name on front endpaper; spine and binding a little mellowed; else a very good copy.
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