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THE RECORDS OF DOVER. The Charters, Record Books and Papers of the Corporation, with the Dover Customal.
Dover. Dover Express Works, 1920. 205, [5] pages. Original green cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate; some spotting here & there throughout as is usual with this book, else a particualrly good copy in a bright, fresh binding.
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THE STORY OF THE CINQUE PORTS.
Rye. Deacon' Printing and Publishing House. No date [1925]. 65 pages. Original printed wrappers. Octavo. First edition. Spine splitting; little worn at corners; bookplate; else a very good copy of quite a scarce title.
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THE TONBRIDGE WELLS QUADRILLES, with their Figures, as Danced at Court, The Nobility's Balls, and Tonbridge Wells Assembleys. Composed and respectfully dedicated to the Subscribers to the Tonbridge Wells Promendade and Assembleys by Thomas Pradt.
London.G. Luff. No date. (Mid 19th century.). 12 page music score; the upper cover bearing a lithographed view of The Parade Tonbridge Wells. Disbound from an album of music scores, and a little damaged at spine; else an excellent copy of a scarce music sheet.
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THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS GUIDE or An account of the ancient & present state of that place with a particular description of all the Towns, Villages, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Ancient and Modern Seats, Founderies &.c. within the circumference of sixteen Miles, with accurate Views of the principal Objects.
Tunbridge Wells.J. Clifford. No date (Circa 1830). [4], viii, 188pp. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece and fourteen wood-engraved vignettes within the text. Contemporary half calf, gilt over marbled boards. 12mo. Previous owner's note dated 1832 on front free endpaper; binding a little rubbed; else a very handsome copy.
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TRAFFIC AND POLITICS. The Construction and Management of Rochester bridge, AD 43-1993.
Woodbridge. The Boydell Press, 1994. Hardback in unclipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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W. J. Cox’s GUIDE TO WHITSTABLE and its Surroundings. Copyright.
Whitstable.W. J. Cox. 1876. 61, [21 ad’s]pp. One wood-engraved illustration. Octavo. A very good copy. This copy has never been bound into wrappers. It is one of a number of copies, presumably remainder stock, that were stitched ready for binding into the usual paper wrappers, but for some reason never were.
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W. J. COX'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO WHITSTABLE-ON-SEA and the Surrounding Neighbourhood.
Whitstable. W. J. Cox. No date [1884]. [2] 18 [1] 19 - 42 [11 ad's] pages. Illustrated with 8 plates. Original printed wrappers. Octavo. Edition unknown. Small hole through the lower wrappers extending into the blank lower margin of about half the text block; rear wrapper a little soiled; else a very good copy of this scarce guide.
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W. J. COX'S ILLUSTRATED POPULAR GUIDE TO WHITSTABLE and its Surroundings. Copyright.
Whitstable.W. J. Cox. 1876. [61, [21 ad's]pp. Illustrated with one wood-engraving in the text. Octavo. Pages all unopened; lacking wrappers, but we suspect this is a bound up bookblock that have never been bound. Endpapers somewhat dusty; else a very good copy.
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W. J. COX’S NEW ALBUM OF WHITSTABLE-ON-SEA AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
Whitstable.W. J. Cox. No date. (Circa 1890). Folding panorama of 18 views printed black & white & blue, folding into decorative blue card covers. Folded size: 13.7 x 9.3 cm’s. Extended: 13 x 77.5 cm’s. Slight wear to covers; else a very good copy.
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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. Ownership name on endpaper; some very light spotting on endpapers; else a very good copy, the spine, which is usually dulled, quite bright.
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WILIAM D'ALBINI; or, The Second Siege of Rochester castle.
Rochester: Edwind Harris and Sons, 1901. xiv, 272, [4]pp. Publisher's presentation binding of full dark blue calf decorative gilt with red label to spine. All edges gilt. Octavo. First edition. A handsome copy.
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YESTERDAY'S TOWN: DARTFORD. From Country Town to Industrial Borough.
Buckingham. Barracuda Books Limited, 1981. Hardback in unclipped dust-wrapper. Number 344 of an unspecified limited edition, signed and dated by the author. A near fine copy in a like wrapper.
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