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8vo., with 4 plates on 2 and 3 full-page plans in the text; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO I D MARGARY WITH THE FORMER'S INITIALLED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT WRAPPER. Reprinted from 'Archaeologia Aeliana', 4th Series, vol. xix. A presentation copy from the author to I.D. Margary, with the former' initialled holograph inscription on front wrapper. Reprinted from 'Archaeologia Aeliana', 4th Series, vol. xvii. Ivan Donald Margary (1896-1976) was the twentieth century's leading authority on Roman roads in Britain, devising a structured numbering system to ease identification. Among his many studies are 'Roman Ways of the Weald' (1948) and the definitive 'Roman Roads in Britain (2 vols., 1955-57). Bonser 2721.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 15 fine plates, 22 sketch-maps in the text and folding map coloured in outline; original tan boards, upper cover blocked with road map and lettered in darker brown, oatmeal buckram back lettered in brown, uncut, boards unevenly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Bonser, 2451; Cahill, 57C.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), 15 fine plates, 22 sketch-maps in the text and folding map coloured in outline; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bonser, 2451; Cahill, 57A.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and plates, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, upper hinge tender (but binding wholly sound), a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Scarce.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in blue and black, 16 plates (including the map; one plate lightly soiled at lower blank margin) and 50 illustrations by the author in the text, some very light occasional spotting; original pictorial cloth blocked in black, gilt back, uncut, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; orange cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.
Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. A clean very tight copy with bright very lightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. Map missing from pocket. 128pp. Definitive study of the soils around Preston by the scientist whose life had been given over to these studies.
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette and 24 plates; boards gilt, cloth back gilt, a near fine copy. Good historical overview, with illustrations of the more notable artefacts and appendices on incunabula, early printed books, prints and drawings.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with a folding coloured map as frontispiece, 10 plates, 34 diagrams and charts (a number double-page) in the text, and 3 folding maps on japon; original green cloth upper boards blocked in gilt, backstrips lettered in gilt, uncut, a near fine set. H S TOYNBEE'S COPY WITH HIS BOOKPLATE OF ALL THREE FRONT PASTE-DOWNS. Hugh Stanley Toynbee was a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society, and of the Economic History Society. Universally known as 'Toyno', he worked for the British Journalists' Union for over forty years. Complete sets are very scarce, especially in this condition.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. The author is archivist to Sir John Soane's Museum.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of second volume; cloth, gilt backs, all very good, clean copies in the dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises 'The Ballad and the Plough. A Portrait of the Life of the Old Scottish Farmtouns' (1978), 'Willie Gavin, Crofter Man. Portrait of a Vanished Lifestyle' (1980) and 'The Cornkister Days. Portrait of a Land and its Rituals' (1984). David Kerr Cameron's masterly study of the old Scottish rural way of life is carefully structured. In the first volume he tells of the larger farms or 'farmtouns'; in the second he examines the more numerous smallholdings or crofts. In his final volume he broadens the focus to include the life of the fields, the seasons and rituals, and the culture of the agrarian background in general. In its scope, its detail and its rigorous objectivity the trilogy is unique. A handsome set of an important contribution to the agricultural history of Scotland.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in green and black, title-vignette, and numerous plates and illustrations in the text, a few preliminaries lightly spotted; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, lower hinge tender (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Arguably the scarcest of Harper's various road and topographical titles. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
2 vols. roy. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispieces illustrations and maps in the text and endpaper maps; cloth gilt backs a near fine set in dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION SET FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON DEDICATION OF FIRST VOLUME. The set comprises Vol. I: The Medieval and Tudor Story; Vol. II: From Market Town to Chartered Borough 1608-1888
8vo., First Edition, with 2 plates, and 2 full-page facsimiles and a full-page map in the text, small inked price on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fascinating account of the Jezreelites, a Southcottian sect based on Gillingham in the 1880s. Scarce in this condition. Bennett p.160.
8vo., First Edition, text in English and French, with coloured facsimiles and monochrome illustrations; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 175.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Shell Shilling Guide No. 45.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Shell Shilling Guide No. 46.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and folding pedigrees; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, backstrip sunned and rubbed with short tear else a bright, clean copy. Sold from the West Sussex Record Office Library with neat label on front paste-down. Loosely inserted is a T.L.s to the editor from the Registrar, National Register of Archives, containing a suggested correction.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with creasing to upper edge and slightly sunned spine. 288pp. An exploartion of the Shetland Island's history, folklore, landscape and the characters who live there. Well illustrated with photographs which focus partly on these characters. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
8vo., First Edition, with a double-page map in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. Brockett, 46800
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous charts and tables (many full-page) in the text, and 2 folding maps on japon in pocket at end of second volume, wanting 3 (of 5) maps; original green cloth, gilt backs, uncut, covers mildly age-stained, a firm, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers browned at backstrips, moderately age-soiled and chipped with minor loss at heads and tails of backstrips. Sold from an institution with its inscription on front panels of dustwrappers and stamps on front free endpapers. The set comprises Vol. 1: Industries; Vol. 2: Facilities; Vol. 3: Development. Volume one wants both maps; volume two wants one map (of 3). The maps are often missing. An exhaustive and detailed assessment of South Wales and its industrial potential immediately prior to the outbreak of WWII. Complete sets are scarce.
