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ADDISON, WILLIAM: The County Books. Suffolk.
Robert Hale. London. 1950 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to covers. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Suffolk. A colourful picture of the county and people of Suffolk, illustrated with anecdotes and precise description. Chapters on Suffolk landscape, Stour, Constable, Wool, Ipswich, Deben, Alde, Ore, Blyth, Waveney, Bury St.Edmunds, Newmarket,
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ADDISON, WILLIAM: The Regional Books. The Thames Estuary.
Robert Hale. London. 1954 1st edition.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Small marks to back. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing some of the identifiable regions of Britain. This volume covers Thames Estuary. The author covers the sixty miles of waterway between London Bridge and The Nore. He looks at the battles which have been fought against human foes and natural ones, and traces the development of the social and industrial life of the estuary. Includes Thames Barges, The Tower, Greenwich, Tilbury, Rochester, Woolwich, Nore Fort, Southend, Tilbury. There is a list of Important Dates.
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ALLAN, JOHN R.: The County Books. The North-East Lowlands of Scotland.
Robert Hale. London. 1952 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to cover. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers The North-East Lowlands of Scotland. Chapters include Aberdeen, Fishing Communities, Ballads, Diversions and Pastimes, Cattle Show. Includes, Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Balmoral, Elgin, Spey, Inverness, Culloden, Loch Broom, Strathpeffer, Meldrum, Peterhead, Helmsdale, Wick, Braemar, Cawdor Castle, Cairngorms, Dornoch.
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BATY, F.W.: The Regional Books. Forest of Dean.
Robert Hale. London. 1952 1st edition.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With maps to endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly rubbed at top end. Small marks to back. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing some of the identifiable regions of Britain. This volume covers The Forest of Dean. The author describes the history of the Forest with its mixture of industry, mining and hunting, going back to Roman times. Chapters cover Forest Laws, People, buildings, geology, coal, flora and fauna and the future. Includes, Cinderford, Common Rights, Lydney harbour, Stunton, Charcoal Burning, Mitcheldean and much more.
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BEACH THOMAS, Sir WILLIAM: The County Books. Hertfordshire.
Robert Hale. London. 1950 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to covers. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Hertfordshire. The author’s description of the county is based on his own experience of living there. He looks at the, then, new Garden Cities, and some of the people associated with the county and its history.
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BENFIELD, ERIC: The County Books. Dorset.
Robert Hale. London. 1950 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to covers. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Dorset. The author gives descriptions of some of the major places with historical points. Includes Monmouth, Jeffreys, Cerne Giant, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Purbeck, Maiden Castle, Dorset authors and churches.
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BERRY, CLAUDE: The County Books. Cornwall.
Robert Hale. London. 1951 repr.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Small tear near top of spine. Slightly rubbed along top edge. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Cornwall. The author aims at giving a true and faithful character study of the county. Includes, Boscastle, Morwenstow, Mullion Cove, Falmout Harbour, Fowey, Port Isaac, The Lizard, Land’s End, Dozmary Pool, Newquay, Launceston, St Ives, Lostwithiel, St Michael’s Mount, Truro, Padstow, Polperro, Tin Mies, Zennor, Tintagel, Looe, Helston, Furry Dance, Mousehole, Camborne, and much more.
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BLOOM, ALAN: The Regional Books. The Fens.
Robert Hale. London. 1953 1st edition.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Small marks to back. Price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing some of the identifiable regions of Britain. This volume covers The Fens. The author describes the land and the people who live ther with their methods of making a living through history. Includes Croyland Abbey, Chatteris, Wisbech, Ely, Boston, tulips, carrots.
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BRETT-JAMES, NORMAN G.: The County Books. Middlesex.
Robert Hale. London. 1951 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened with small bump to top. Small marks to covers. Price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Middlesex. Chapters on, Geography, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Grim’s Dyke, Romans, Saxons, Normans, Black Death, Tudors, Stuarts, Houses, Worthies, Enclosures, churches, roads, education, aviation, sport, cricket, Middlesex Regiment. Includes Hampton Court, Ickenham, Brentford, Hendon, South Mimms, Edmonton, Barnet, Staines, Kingston, Twickenham, Stanwell, Wembley Stadium, Highgate, Enfield, Ruislip, and much more.
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BRILL, EDITH: The Regional Books. The Cotswolds.
Robert Hale. London. 1955 repr.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly rubbed at top edge. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing some of the identifiable regions of Britain. This volume covers The Cotswolds. The writer traces the the history from the earliest beginnings to modern times and also describes the topography as well as the human and wild life. Chapters on, Roman Villas, various towns and villages, border country, Ermine Street, Golden Valley. Includes, Uley Bury, Rollright Stones, Chedworth Roman Villa, Upper Slaughter, Burford, Hailkes Abbey, Chipping Norton, Painswick, and much more.
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BURGESS, ALAN: The County Books. Warwickshire.
Robert Hale. London. 1950 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Warwickshire. Chapters on Warwick, Rugby, Leamington, Stratford-on-Avon, Henley-in-Arden, Stoneleigh, Kenilworth, Coventry, Birmingham. Includes, Warwick Castle, Compton Wynyates, Shakespeare, Guy’s Cliffe, Coventry Cathedral, Bull Ring, Cotswold Warwickshire.
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BYGOT, JOHN: The County Books. Lincolnshire.
Robert Hale. London. 1952 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to covers. A few small chips around edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Lincolnshire. The author describes the geology and geography of the county and how it has influenced the lives and work of the people who live there. The saga of Lincolshire worthies provides an impressive cavalcade of Archbishops and Bishops, Isaac Newton, John Wesley, Alfred Tennyson and others. Includes chapters on Humberside, Wolds, Woodlands, Fens, Cathedral, sport, dialect, settlements.
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CAMERON. S.: The History and Antiquities of Melrose, Old Melrose and Dryburgh Abbeys, with a description of Abbotsford, Eildon Hills, Etc, Etc, Etc.
Edinburgh. W.P.Nimmo. 1861
Sm 8vo. In purple limp cloth/card cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. 95pp. With b/w engraved plates. In very good condition. Spine faded with black leather title strip. Covers slightly faded. Inscriptions to front endpaper, &;To Miss H.Margesson, with best wishes from C.McGaham(?) M.D. Dalkieth. 18th August 1868; and &;E.W.Margesson. Findon Place. from C.E.M. who inherited from H.A.M. 1905, 1909.Else a clean and tight copy. Guide to Scottish Abbeys with deatils of architecture and memorials, and Sir Walter Scot’s home.
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CHURCH, RICHARD: The County Books. Kent.
Robert Hale. London. 1963 7th.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to covers. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Kent. The author gives a richly personal account of a pageant of two thousand years of history. Includes, Hever Castle, Penshurst Place, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Hawkhurst, Sissinghurst, Romney Marsh, Scotney Castle, Dungeness, Leeds Castle, Hop Picking, Canterbury,
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CLUNESS, ANDREW T.: The County Books. The Shetland Isles.
Robert Hale. London. 1951 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to cover. Price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers The Shetland Isles. Chapters include Picts, Norsemen, Sagas, Folk-lore, Occupations, Recreations, Natural History, Dialect. Includes Thule, Foula, Sumburgh, Mousa, Scalloway, Lewrick, Reawick, ponies, Unst, Yell, Muckle Roe, Westerwick, Noss.
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COLVILLE, ROBERT: The County Books. London, The Northern Reaches.
Robert Hale. London. 1951 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to front. . Price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers London from Oxford Street, north to Hamstead, including; Camden Town, Kentish Town, Highgate, Belsize Park, Regent’s Park, Holloway. The author describes the areas and notable buildings with short histories and mention of famous inhabitants.
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COOK, OLIVE: The Regional Books. The Breckland.
Robert Hale. London. 1956 1st edition.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Small marks to back. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing some of the identifiable regions of Britain. This volume covers Breckland. ‘This book deals with the strange tract of country - twelve miles across- which lies partly in Norfolk, partly in Suffolk with Thetford at its centre. It is called Breckland after the "brecks", or huge stony fields, at one time ploughed but now fallow, which are its characteristic feature.’ Includes chapters on Flint, prehistoric, flint knapping, churches, ruins, cottages, Sand, heath, ancient tracks, forests, treasure, water, meres, rivers, parks, Grime’s Graves, Swaffham, Castle Acre, East Harling, Foulden, Oxburgh, Lakenheath, Mildenhall.
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COOPER, LETTICE: The County Books. Yorkshire, West Riding.
Robert Hale. London. 1951 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers The West Riding of Yorkshire. Using the analogy of the cloth, The chapters are, Design for Weaving, The Warp, The Woof-Historical, The Woof-Contemporary, Texture, with an appendix on West Riding Dialect. Includes Wakefield and County Administration, Tops and Noils District, Leeds and Templenewsam, South Yorkshire, Pastoral and Agricultural West Riding.
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COYSH, A.W. / MASON, E.J. / WAITE, V.: The Regional Books. The Mendips.
Robert Hale. London. 1962 2nd edition.
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With map at back and diagrams in text.. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Small marks to back. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing some of the identifiable regions of Britain. This volume covers The Mendips. Three writers have pooled their knowledge and experience to give an readable and comprehensive account of this upland region of Somerset. They descibe its early trackways, ancient barrows, lead workings, magnificent cliffs and caves, stately church towers and picturesque villages. Chapters cover Stone Age, Lead mining, Caving, Steep Holme, Royal Forest, Cheddar, Farming, cheese, strawberries, coal. Includes, Measbury Camp, Banwell Cave, Burrington Combe, Priddy, Nine Barrows, Wookey hole, King John, Chewton Mendip, Banwell, Frome, Dinder, Wells, Cheddar Gorge, and much more.
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CROSSLEY, FRED H.: The County Books. Cheshire.
Robert Hale. London. 1949 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened. Small marks to covers. Slight browning to endpapers. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Cheshire. The author looks back at the county before the overspill from the large Lancashire towns. He describes customs and traditions, dwellings, Chester, Civil War, Salt industry and agriculture. With an appendix of dialect words.
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