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Inventory No.8934 Author: Abram, Wm. Alexander
Memorials of the Preston Guilds, Illustrating the Manner in Which the Guild Merchant Has Been Held in the Borough from the Earliest on Record Until the Last Guild in 1862
Published 1971 Preston Corporation Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
Reprint of the 1882 edition.
Lancashire Preston History Local Family Genealogy

Inventory No.18824 Author: Ackworth, John
Clog Shop Chronicles
Published 1913 Charles H. Kelly (London) Type:
Edition:Seventh Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £4
A few marks to boards, gift inscription on ffep, pages browning but decent copy

Inventory No.18823 Author: Ackworth, John
The Scowcroft Critics
Published 1898 James Clarke & Co. Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
A bit grubby but OK as reading copy

Inventory No.20272 Author: Addymen, P. V; Rumsby, J.h.
The Archaeological Implications of the Proposed Development in York
Published Council for British Archaeology Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6
Name on inside of front cover. Include all maps and plans at rear.

Inventory No.20474 Author: Ainsworth, Richard
History of Ye Olde Bull's Head Hotel Old Market Place Manchester
Published 1923 W. H. Smith & Son (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £15
Covers slightly ragged on edges but very good copy
Manchester Local History

Inventory No.19880 Author: Allan, Mabel Ester
An Island in a Green Sea
Published 1974 J. M. Dent (London) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Children's

Inventory No.20452 Author: Allan, Mabel Esther
Margaret Finds a Future
Published 2011 Girls Gone By Publishers (Bath.) Type:
Edition:New Edition ISBN: 9781847451262 Size:12mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Fine Price: £9

Inventory No.19791 Author: Allan, Mabel Esther; Illustrator: C. W. Bacon
Adventure Royal
Published Blackie and Son Ltd. (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Photocopy Price: £20
Original light blue cloth, red titling. Boards a little rubbed and faded. Dust jacket is a photocopy of a rubbed and slightly chipped original.
Children's Novel

Inventory No.19883 Author: Allsop, Kenneth.
Silver Flame
Published Percival Marshall (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good Price: £10
Light spotting on endpapers. Dust jacket rubbed,chipped and torn.
Children's

Inventory No.18519 Author: Allsopp, Bruce; Clark, Ursula
Architecture of England. Oriel Guide
Published 1964 Oriel Press Limited. (Newcastle Upon Tyne) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + But Price Clipped. Price: £5

Inventory No.17365 Author: Andersen, Hans Christian; Illustrator: Robinson, W. Heath
Fairy Tales
Published 1997 Folio Society (London) Type:
Edition:Fourth Printing ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Red Cloth, Gilt.
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Slipcase, Very Good Price: £37.5
Slight rubbing to slipcase, book in lovely condition

Inventory No.18790 Author: Andersen, Hans Christian; Drewsen; Alderson, Brian; Dal, Erik
Christine's Picture Book
Published 1984 Kingfisher Books (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0862720893 Size:4to Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good +/Very Good + Price: £10
Very nice copy of very nice book. Heavy- extra postage needed for overseas order

Inventory No.18508 Author: Anderson, Paul; Illustrator: Duchesne, Janet
Yong Kee of Korea
Published 1960 Hamish Hamilton. (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Hardback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/Good+ Price: £4
Slight damp stain at top of board, d/w rubbed, small closed tear at top of spine

Inventory No.19968 Author: Angus-Butterworth, Lionel M.
Old Cheshire Families & Their Seats
Published 1932 Sherratt & Hughes (Manchester) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Good+/No Jacket Price: £14
Original blue cloth worn on corners and head/tail of spine. Signed inscription on ffep. Some very light spotting. All plates present.
Cheshire Local History

Inventory No.18964 Author: Anon
ABC British Railways Diesels, 1958 Edition
Published 1958 Ian Allan (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:16mo Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
Pictorial card covers a little rubbed.
Railways

Inventory No.15245 Author: Anon.
Uniforms of the Territorial Army
Published John Player & Sons Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £9.5
Decorated card covers rubbed and a little grubby. Contents very good.
Military Uniforms

Inventory No.15244 Author: Anon.
Military Uniforms of the British Empire Overseas
Published John Player & Sons Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:4to Binding:Paperback
Book / wrapper condition:Good+ Price: £5
Decorated covers a little rubbed and spotted.
Military Uniforms British Empire

Inventory No.16253 Author: Applin, Arthur
The Children of the Gutter
Published 1908 Grant Richards (London) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Original Decorated Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £10
Nice clean copy of unusual item. Boards a little rubbed with spotting to prelims but text nice and clean and generally an attractive book

Inventory No.20507 Author: Armes, Alice
English Smocks with Directions for Making Them
Published Dryad Press (Leicester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Good Price: £5
Includes 12 out of 13 patterns: no. 4 is missing, very good otherwise

Inventory No.18481 Author: Armitage, Harold; Illustrator: Charles Ashmore
Chantrey Land Being an Account of the North Derbyshire Village of Norton
Published 1910 Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0906787076 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Reading Copy Price: £6
Front hinge splitting, frontis loose and has been mended with tape, names on ffep but complete
Derbyshire Chantry Land Norton History Local Family Genealogy Topography

Inventory No.20295 Author: Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickins, Bruce
The Place Names of Cumberland Parts I, II and III
Published 1950 Cambridge University Press. Type:3 Volumes
Edition:First Edition ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Good+ Price: £40
Nice clean copies in chipped dustwrappers, folding map present in pocket at rear of vol. III
topography Local History cumberland Cumbria Lake District

Inventory No.15345 Author: Armytage, W. H. G.
Manea Fen : An Experiment in Agrarian Communitarianism 1838-1841 Reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Vol. 38, No. 2, March, 1956
Published The John Rylands Library (Manchester) Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:8vo Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £5
White paint mark on front cover, contents very good

Inventory No.13900 Author: Ashworth, Canon James G. B.
A Prospect of Ripon
Published 1975 Type:
Edition: ISBN: Size:Landscape A4 Binding:Card Covers
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good Price: £6.5
Covers slightly rubbed, very good copy

Inventory No.19536 Author: Austen, Jane.
Pride and Prejudice
Published 1988 OUP (Oxford) Type:
Edition:Reprint ISBN: 019254702x Size:12mo Binding:Hard Cover
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £10
Volume II of The Oxford Illustrated edition.
BENNET, ELIZABETH (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER)_FICTION ENGLAND_FICTION

Inventory No.19262 Author: Austin, A. B.
Birth of an Army
Published 1943 Victor Gollancz (London) Type:
Edition:Second Impression ISBN: Size:12mo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
with 2 folding maps. Boards bumped with faint damp stain at bottom of spine, d/w a little rubbed

Inventory No.18756 Author: Ayer, A. J.
Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
Published 1982 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (London) Type:
Edition:First Edition ISBN: 0297781790 Size:8vo Binding:Cloth
Book / wrapper condition:Very Good/Very Good Price: £5
PHILOSOPHY

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