Search Results: Local/Regional History from Bramcote Books Ltd

Purley: Southern Electric Group, 1977. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Stapled booklet relating the fascinating story of the 3142, a British main line electric train; several b/w plates; crease to front and back covers, also slightly affecting internal pages; pp 12

NUM, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. A book for the use of branch officials; grubby condition, but intact; pp 205

Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1990. Reprint . Soft cover. Fine. Traces the link between two powerful forces: the legend of King Arthur and the ancient Abbey of Glastonbury; fully illustrated in mainly b/w, but some colour; neat name to fep, else as new with bright unmarked text, and uncreased spine; pp 164

Birmingham: Birmingham City Council, 1994. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Brings alive the energy, determination, hard work and initiative of Birmingham's people, with b/w illustrations throughout; signed by author, a few very light, superficial scratches to front cover; pp 145

Buckingham: Barracuda Books, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. No 116 of a limited edition run, with inscription from author to original owner; illustrated throughout in b/w; some sun-fading to front green cloth board, pages bright and unmarked; d/j has sun-fading to spine/part of front cover, no nicks/tears; very good reading/working copy; pp 148

Leicester: Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society, 1959. Reprint . Soft cover. Good. Stapled booklet reprinted from the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological & History Society, Volume XXXV, 1959; inscription by original owner to top of front cover, a little sun-discolouration to covers, actual text clear and unmarked; good woking copy; pp 55

London: Pitkin Pictorials, 1967. Soft cover. Fine. Volume in the Pitkin Colour Souvenir series, illustrated throughout in colour and b/w; stapled booklet in fine unmarked condition; pp 32

Leicester: Leicestershire Archaeological Society, 1937. Reprint . Soft cover. Good. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society Volumes XIX and XXI, 1937-41; stiff card covers scuffed and nicked at edges, inner text clear and unmarked; good working copy of this hard to find text; pp 204

Edinburgh: Chambers, 1987. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Illustrated guide to 250 of the most interesting and beautiful castles of Scotland; crease to bottom front right corner, small nick to edge of front cover, also affecting edges of introduction and first approx 20 pp, but text bright and unmarked, and spine uncreased; pp xviii, 97

London: HMSO, 1970. Sixth Impression . Stapled Booklet. Very Good. Official guidebook from the Ministry of Public Building and Works Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings; several b/w illustrations and three plans, including one fold-out to inside back cover; pp 31

London: Collins, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No 5 of a series of fully b/w illustrated books ('About Britain') published for the Festival of Britain Office as guides to the living Britain; coloured title page; small tears and slight creasing to d/j top edges; pp 94

Nottingham: Loaf on a Stick Press, 2013. First Edition . Soft cover. New. NEW BOOK: 'Stories from Nottingham in 1844, many of them previously untold, and their deeds resonate across the generations to this day'; pp 243

London: T Fisher Unwin, 1889. Hardcover. Good. Collection of 7 essays including The Coming of the Friars, Village Life in Norfolk Six Hundred Years Ago and The Black Death in East Anglia; front board becoming unhinged, although still intact, and stain to back board, but text clean; a good working copy; pp 344

London: Collins, 1979. First Edition . Cloth on Board. As New/Fine. As well as the 'Shakespearean' corner of Warwickshire, the guide covers all of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and north-western Gloucestershire; many b/w illustrations, maps, plans; book new and unread, d/j has discoloured strips to front and rear inner flaps; pp 320

Manchester: Neil Richardson, 1999. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Tells the story of how Stockport and its people adapted to life in WWI; tall stapled booklet in overall fine condition, with clean covers and bright unmarked text; pp 75

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2015. Soft cover. Very Good. Fascinating selection of photographs tracing some of the many ways in which the Derwent Valley Mills have changed and developed over the last century; a little scuffing to cover edges else in fine condition with bright unmarked pages and uncreased spine; pp 96

Chester: Grosvenor Museum, 1959. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. Stapled booklet telling the story of Roman Chester; fold-out map, many b/w plates; rather grubby glossy covers, actual text in very good unmarked condition

Aylesbury: Shire, 1976. Second Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Stapled booklet with glossy green covers, no 130 in the Shire 'Discovering' series, a motorist's guide to places of interest, including nine circular tours and a gazetteer of the main towns and villages; 22 b/w plates; small crease to bottom right corner front cover also affecting first few pages, text clear and unmarked; pp 71

Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society, 1970. Soft cover. Good. Stapled booklet reprinted from the Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society Volume XLV, 1969-70, with fold out map to front; inscription from author to top of front cover and small neat name inside the cover, else in very good condition with clear unmarked text; pp 19

Nottingham: University of Nottingham, 2012. First Edition . Soft cover. New. NEW BOOK intended as a resource for all individuals and organisations involved in historic research projects in the East Midlands, illustrated throughout in b/w and colour; pp 148