Search Results: British Topography from Interquarian

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1980. lxiv, 199, 104 plates, numerous fig. and plans, some folding, 3 loose maps in end pocket. Grey cloth gilt titles to spine and front cover. An ex-library book, jacket in protective cover and taped to fpd, label on ffep, stamp on fpd and edges only, call number label on dj spine; dj spine faded. 4to. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to. Book.

Reading and London: Berkshire Archaeological Society, 1943. 104, xii, black and white photographs and drawings in-text. Articles on Leckhampstead church bells, armorial glass in the Oxford diocese, patterned tiles from Tilehurst Church, a handlist of enclosure acts for Berkshire, with reports and statements at the end. Original printed paper wrappers, a little dust-stained else vg.. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Edinburgh: HMSO, 1956. 105, 57 figs, 9 plates. some water staining to edges of first few pages.. 2nd Edition.revised. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Privately Published, 1973. x, 126. 8 monochrome plates, 3 line illustrations,5 lithographic plates, publisher's yellow cloth, gilt titles to spine, dj complete but with some wear. Owner inscriptio of architect R. J Medd on ffep. Spine of dj faded. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Sir William Rothenstein. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: William Andrews & Co., 1897. [12] including frontispiece, 235, 16 pp catalogue; publishers blue cloth gilt, bevelled boards, teg, floral eps. Half title foxed, covers slightly marked. suamme 12 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

London: Collins, 1947. 47, 8 colour plates, 12 black and white illustrations (taken from works of art). Dustjacket complete, owner inscription of architect/designer David Medd dated 1947 on ffep. Some toning of feps, a little darkening of dj edges and rubbing to spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Elliot Stock, 1892. viii, 328, "A classified collectionof the chief contents of THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE FROM 1731 TO 1868". White buckram, gilt tites to spine, spine faded boards slightly marked, some browning of early pages, else vg. This volume in the series dealsg with the topography, buildings and settlements of Cambridegshire, Cheshire, Cornwall and Cumberland.. Cambridegshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberl. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (thick). Book.

London: Elliot Stock, 1897. x, 301, "A classified collectionof the chief contents of THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE FROM 1731 TO 1868". White buckram, gilt tites to spine, spine faded boards marked, some browning of early pages, else vg. This volume in the series dealing with the topography, buildings and settlements of Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Rutlandshire. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (thick). Book.

London: For Messrs. Butterworth Etc., 1815. xvi, 670, xxviii, xxi, full crushed dark brown morocco, gilt rulings to board margins and edges, compartmented spine with black title label, blind decoration to dentelles, marbled edges, yellow eps-bound by J. Leslie of Lincoln's Inn Fields with their ticket on fpd. This edition enlarged and corrected by Josiah Beckwith with additions by Hercules Malebysshe Beckwith from the original published in 1679. Blount, a Catholic, became an antiquarian in response to exclusion from public office. The book details humerous and curious information derived from mediaeval land tenure documents designed to cause "the reader to smile at the inoffensive mirth both of our kings in former times and lords of manors in creating them". Undert 4 headings-Grand Serjeantry (Offices of State), Petit Serjeantry (those holding land in return for service to the Crown), Ecclesiastical Paletines etc, and a miscellany on trials, fines, manorial customs etc, Blount details… Read More

Plymouth: The Western Morning News Co Ltd., 1905. 220 with 4 pp adverts. at the end; XXIV chaters on scenic locations in and around Dartmoor with numerous full page and smaller black and white photographs on nearly every page, map and appendix giving distances and locations. White vellum over bevelled boards with pictorial gilt titles to the front cover, aeg. Ffep removed, inscription on title page "Bought in Torquay" 1905. A very nice copy with few signs of wear, spine darkened.. Second Edition with Additional Notes. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1921. xx, 444, folding map (torn at fold), frontispiece and 75 black and white illustrations by Griggs. Publisher's blue cloth gilt, gift inscriptions to ffep. eps toned, spine darkened, a little rubbibg but quite firm. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Frederick L. Griggs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

High Wycombe: University Microfilms Xerox copy of the British Library copy of the edition of 1775; vi. 764, (10), 10 plates, some folding. Bound in 2 volumes with blue papaer covers, cloth tape spine. Good condition.. Xerox Copy. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

London: H. Grant 48, 5 black and white photographs of the church, decorative head and tail poeces. Brown boards with gilt titles to front cover. Improperly sewn, 1 signature and 1 plate loose. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lillian Reiss (Photographer). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1958. viii, 297, 9 illustrations, publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, college crest to front cover. A little foxing to eps, top edge dusty. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Faber and Faber, 1970. 229, publisher's brown cloth gilt tiles, 150 plus photographs and line drawings, page margins slightly yellowed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Westerham: Froglets Publications Ltd, 1988. 132, mostly black and white photographs of the results of the 1987 hurricane in the UK. 10 x 8 inches (oblong). Third, National Edition. Soft cover. Good. 10 x 8 inches (oblong). Book.

Studley, Warwickshire: Brewin Books, 1989. 304, pictorial card covers, numerous illustrations after photographs and line-drawings etc, gift inscription of ffep, margins beginning to yellow a little. 22 articles covering the manufacture of terracotta, Bournville, Birmingham School of Art and its female students, West Midlands Guild, jewelery-making, silver smithing, the brass trade, Best and Lloyd, Pel furniture, Wolseley Group, the cycle industry, the motorcycle industry, cars at Longridge, Lucas industries, Dunlop, Bakelite Beetle and Melamine, Cadbury design and packaging, contemporary design, Apricot computers, etc.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Collins, 1958. xxii.456, 74 illustrations, 10 maps and diagrams, map on ffep and folding map in rear pocket; publisher's red cloth gilt. Book is near new and has no inscriptions or stamps etc, dj torn with loss.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Colllins, 1977. 256, 40 plates, 56 text figures and 20 tables. Publisher's green cloth gilt, dj clipped but with new price label. Slight spotting of edges.No inscriptions etc.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near New/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Shrewsbury: Wilding and Sons Ltd, 1912. 92, index (viii), 10 pp local adverts, many plates and line drawings, 1 colour plate tippedin. Small ink sketch of the gable of a house opposite the Raven hotel with discussion of coats of arms pinned to page 30, 1 folding map. Bookplate of Frances Christina Baldwyn Childe pasted to fpd, list of "Little Guides" pasted to ffep. eps foxed, else clean, fore and bottom edges uncut, red cloth, gilt titles to spine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". 2nd Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Book.