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HIGHER WHARFEDALE: The Dale of Romance, From Ormscliffe to Cam Fell… Nearly Two Hundred Illustrations prepared expressly for this work.
York: John Sampson, 1904. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. First edition. Original green cloth. Endpapers lightly dust-soiled; binding rubbed and a worn at extremities; else a good plus copy.
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HISTORIC HAVEN The Story of Sandwich.
Derby: Pilgrim Press Ltd, 1954. viii, 368 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth gilt. Original dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Signed in full by the author on the title-page. Dust-wrapper worn and chipped at head of spine and corners, and a little soiled on the blank verso; else a very good copy. .
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HISTORICAL PARTICULARS OF LAMBETH PARISH AND LAMBETH PALACE; in addition to the Histories by Dr. Ducarel in the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica.
London: John Nichols, 1795. Iv, 165 – 468 pages. Recently bound in two-tone paper-covered boards with a printed title label to the spine. 4to. Some light finger-marking and a few spots; else very good.
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HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF BRENTFORD. Illustrated with Photographs and Reproductions of Old Prints.
Brentford.Norbury Press. 1922. [xii], 227pp. Numerous illustrations extra to pagination. Original white and green cloth gilt. Quarto. First edition. Number 253 of a signed limited edition of 275 copies. Corners a little bumped; else a an excellent clean copy.
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HISTORY OF DEVIZES CASTLE, with an engraving:
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HISTORY OF GILLINGHAM KENT.
Chatham: Printed by F. A. Clements (Chatham) Ltd, No date [Usually assumed to be 1948, but this copy dated by the author 1947]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 172 pages. Illustrated. The author's own copy with his signature on the endpaper and date of 1947; bound by him in two-tone cloth with hand-lettering to upper panel. Octavo. First edition. A unique copy.
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HISTORY OF MAIDSTONE. With illustrations.
Maidstone: William S. Vivish, 1881. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. x, [2], 423 pages. Bound in contemporary half red leather gilt over red cloth. Octavo. First edition. Lacks front endpaper; else a very good copy.
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HISTORY OF STROOD.
Rochester: John Hallewell Publications, 1978. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. ISBN 905540085. 431, [3 subscriber's list] pages. Illustrated. Number 163 of a limited edition of 500 copies. ISBN number written in in manuscript. Review copy, inscribed as such on front endpaper: 'Review Copy Evening Post with the publisher's compliments.' Wrapper a little chipped and torn, else a very good copy.
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HISTORY OF STROOD.
Chatham & Rochester: Parret & Neves: "News" Office. Strood: Sweet & Sons, 1899. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 435 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original red cloth gilt; pictorial design on upper board. Octavo. First edition. Presentation copy from the author inscribed on half-title: 'To Mrs Ada Marsh with the author's best wishes Henry Smetham March 19th 1928.' Spine little faded; design on upper boards rubbed; else a very good copy. Signature of the Kent author Philip Rogers to endpaper; loosely laid in is the slight damaged bookplate of the author.
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HISTORY OF STROOD.
Chatham & Rochester: Parret & Neves: "News" Office. Strood: Sweet & Sons, 1899. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 435 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original green pictorial cloth handsomely re-backed in green morocco. Octavo. First edition. Neat ownership details to endpaper; else a very handsome copy.
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HISTORY OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF SANDWICH AND RICHBOROUGH CASTLE, in Kent. With illustrations by the author.
London: Printed for the Author by Savill & Edwards, 1848. xvi, 160 pages. Engraved frontispiece and eleven other engravings. Original red cloth gilt. 8vo. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Neame, and another bookplate and an address label. Little worn at head & heel of spine; else a very good copy.
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HISTORY OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF SANDWICH AND RICHBOROUGH CASTLE, in Kent. With illustrations by the author.
London: Printed for the author., by Savill & Edwards, 1848. xvi, 160 pages. Original cloth-backed printed paper covers. 161 x 11mm. Covers worn and rubbed; small ownership label on endpaper; else a very good clean copy.
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HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH AND FOREIGN OF WALSALL, in the county of Stafford; with an interesting tour of inspection, including a faithful Report of the Government Inquiry into the Charities at the Guildhall, Walsall, June 1855, before Thomas Hare, Esq., compared with the former inquisition, A.D. 1823.
Walsall.J.R. Robinson, The Bridge. 1856. [iv], [1], 2-226pp. Half calf gilt over pebbled boards a.e.g. Two bookplates to front paste-down endpaper. Previous owner's note to verso of front free endpaper, and to title page. Quarto. Some slight rubbing to spine edges, and corners; else, a very good copy of the first book about Walsall.
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HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT. Volume I: Primeval period. Volume II: Caesar’s campaigns.
London: John Russell Smith, 1856. 1858. Vol’ I: 170, [1 blank, [1 errata] pages. Vol’ II: Folding map; 268 pages. Each volume limited to seventy copies only. Title of Volume I inscribed: ‘Edwd Knocker Esq with Alfred Dunkin’s Compts.’ Half-title of volume II inscribed: ‘Edward Knocker Esq with Alfred John Dunkin’s Compts.’ Lack half-title to volume I, and the title-page is foxed. Map strengthened at joint, and with a short tear. The two volumes bound as one in contemporary half- calf over marbled boards. Binding rubbed and worn; bookplate; but a good part set, a third volume being published in 1877. Very scarce.
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HISTORY OF THE PRIORY CHURCH OF BRIDLINGTON, in the East Riding of the County of York. By the Rec. Marmaduke Prickett, M.A. of trinity College, Cambridge. A New Edition.
Cambridge: Printed for T. Stevenson; J. G. Rivington, London; and G. Perry, Bridlington, 1835. [9], vi -xi, [1 blank], 131, [3] pages. Engraved frontispiece and eleven plates at the close including a map, plus two folding plat es within the text, not mentioned in the plate list. Bound in contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards. Frontispiece a little foxed; map at end also and with a small chip to the blank margin; ownership name on endpaper; else a very good copy. The first edition was published in 1831.
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HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF STONEY MIDDLETON. By Thos. E. Cowen, Schoolmaster of Stoney Middleton.
Chesterfield: Printed and Published by Wilfred Edmunds Ltd, “The Derbyshire Times.”, No date [circa 1910]. 56 pages, plus ad’s. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. 160 x 121 mm. Little worn at head and heel of spine, else very good. Scarce.
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HISTORY OF THE WARD OF WALBROOK in the City of London. Together with An Account of the Aldermen of the Ward and of the two remaining churches, S. Stephen, Walbrook, & S. Swithin, London Stone with their Rectors. Printed for Private Circulation.
London: 1904. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 493 pages. Folding map at start. Original red cloth, gilt. Octavo. Small bookplate; some foxing at start and end; cloth a little worn; else very good. Presentation copy, inscribed on endpaper, 'Jas Vincent Esq. with the author's kind regards J. G. W. 1904.'
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IN DOVER BAY.
London: Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld, No date [ circa 1899]. Softcover. 32 pages. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs throughout. Original pictorial chromolithograph covers. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Little wear to spine; else very good. Seemingly rare as no copy located in both COPAC and WorldCat.
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Jarrolds' Illustrated Guide to the RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. Revised and Enlarged. 45th Edition.
Norwich: Jarrold and Sons Ltd, No date [ circa 1919]. Hardcover. 206, [2 ad's] pages. Folding map in pocket on rear board, and many illustrations throughout. Original pictorial boards. Octavo. Pencil notes on endpapers; else a very good copy.
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JOTTINGS OF KENT, being a series of historical, ecclesiastical, topographical, and statistical sketches, by William Miller, of H.M. India Office. [Third edition.]
Gravesend: Thomas Hall. London. Whittaker & Co, 1871. viii, 176 pages. Original brown cloth gilt. Small octavo. Bookplates; neat name on title; else very good.
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