Abstract from the public records, &c. of charters, acts of parliament, treaties, &c. concerning 1. The Steuartry and principality of Scotland; 2. The Dutchy of Cornwall; 3. The principality of Wales and Earldom of Chester; 4. The Dutchy of Normandy; 5. The Dauphine´ of France.

Edinburgh: printed by P. Neill, 1824. 4to. vii[i], 86pp. Original linen-backed grey paper boards, printed paper label to front board, uncut. Boards rubbed, with slight wear, and stained; label stained; spotting to eps and prelims. Cornwall County Record Office copy with oblong ink-stamp to rfep verso. From the library of John Davies Enys with his book-plate to fpdep. Cover title: Historical account of the stewartry and principality of Scotland, &c. until the passing of the statute 25th Geo. II.C.20.

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Book no.: 40632

GBP 63,80 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 72.75 US$ 83.89 | JP¥ 12936]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History

An account of the alarming and destructive fire, at the Exchange, Nottingham, on Saturday, November 26, 1836. Copied from the Nottingham Review.

Nottingham: printed by R. Sutton, [1836]. 19cm. 15[1]pp including frontis. Sewn. Text age browning especially last page; library ink-stamp to title verso.

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Book no.: 45679

GBP 41,76 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 54.91 | JP¥ 8467]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History Midlands Exchange Hall (Nottingham, England)

The acts of the rebels, written by an Egyptian: being an abstract of the journal of Mr. James Ray of Whitehaven. Volunteer under His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland.

[Preston: re-printed for John Arkwright by Henry Oakey, 1881 limited edition (275 copies).] 4to. 32pp, full-page text illustration. Contemporary plain boards. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed; wear to spine. Original edition dated to [1746] in ESTC: Au, L, Gu; NNC-RB This edition held at Aberdeen, NLS & Oxford.

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Book no.: 46057

GBP 40,60 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 53.38 | JP¥ 8232]

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History Rebellion 1701-1800 Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 Great Britain History 18th century. Great Britain History 18th century. Great Britain History 18th century ; Early works to 1800.

S[ABIN], S. E. & J. B.

An adventure on Scafell.

Windermere: Johnson and Sons, 1904. 18cm. 23[1]pp, frontis sketch map and info. Original printed blue card wraps, stapled. Staples rusted but holding firm o/w a fine copy. Baddeley, Mountford John Byrde 1843-1906 [editor] Bennett, John: landlord of the Dungeon Ghyll hotel, Langdale. DISCOVER: Oxford.

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Book no.: 46117

GBP 40,60 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 53.38 | JP¥ 8232]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North West England Geography Lake District

[DANSON, J. T.]

Agriculture in Cheshire. Five Letters on Farming Agreements, with special reference to a Form of Agreement proposed by Mr. Humberston ... By a Tenant Farmer.

Birkenhead: J Cross; Chester: T. Catherall, December, 1855. 21cm. 48pp. printed on pink paper. Original printed blue glazed-paper wraps, sewn. Near fine copy. DISCOVER: Reading, BL, Cardiff, Oxford.

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Book no.: 46388

GBP 34,80 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 45.76 | JP¥ 7056]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North West England Agriculture Cheshire

[HALLECK, Fitz-Greene.]

Alnwick Castle, with other poems.

New York: George Dearborn, 1836. 8vo. 98[2]pp. Original decorated blind-stamped maroon moire cloth gilt, aeg. Re-spined with original spine label laid down; board corners rubbed with slight wear; spotting and light soiling to eps and prelims; occasional spotting to text. * An earlier edition was published in 1826.

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Book no.: 38056

GBP 53,36 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 61 US$ 70.16 | JP¥ 10819]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North East England Poetry

M[ARSH], J[ohn] F[itchett].

Analysis of the Warrington Improvement and Market Act, 1854, and the various consolidation acts incorporated therewith, digested into methodical order, with a copious index ...

Warrington: printed by Haddock and Son, 1854. Tall 12mo in sixes. viii, 116pp. Original blind-stamped black cloth gilt. Small neat repair to spine head; light spotting to eps and prelims. Ex-reference library with only evidence ink-stamps to fpdep. Not in HLL.

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Book no.: 37580

GBP 44,08 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 50.25 US$ 57.96 | JP¥ 8937]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North West England

Annus a Nativitate Salvatoris Nostri Jesu Christi MDCCCXXXVII. Dierum 365 stylo Gregoriano et Juliano deductus sive Calandarium in usum ecclesiae R. Cathlicae.

Budapest: Universit. Hungaricae, 1837. 8vo. xvi, [14]pp calendar printed in red and black, [34]pp. Bound with: Schematismus inclyti regni Hungariae partiumque eidem adnexarum cum schematismo literario ... 1837. Budapest: Universit. Hungaricae, 1837. 8vo. 492pp. Bound with: Schematismus Literarius sive nomina eorum qui rem scholasticuam per regnum Hungariae ... anno MDCCCXXXVII. Budapest: Universit. Hungaricae, 1837. 8vo. 126pp. Contemporary half tree-calf gilt, red and olive calf gilt spine labels, matching marbled paper sides. Extremes rubbed with wear to paper sides; occasional slight spotting and browning to text. * In effect a Hungarian directory for 1837.

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Book no.: 36596

GBP 110,20 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 125.75 US$ 144.89 | JP¥ 22343]

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History Eastern Europe Hungary

[SAVAGE, E. Sidney, Rev.]

An appeal from Hexham Abbey A.D. 674, to A.D. 1904.

Hexham: printed by H. Robson & Sons, [1904]. 22cm. 16pp, tinted text illustrations, ALS and subscription form loosely inserted. Original pictorial printed glazed-card, stapled. Wraps very lightly soiled and sun-faded. An impassioned plea by the Rector, E. Sidney Savage, for improvements to the Abbey. No copies located in DISCOVER.

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Book no.: 45364

GBP 20,88 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 24 US$ 27.45 | JP¥ 4233]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North East England Architecture

An appeal to the unprepared and the prepared, on the approach of the Indian cholera.

[Leeds: published by J Y Knight and printed by Edward Baines and Son,] 1831. 18cm. 8pp. Stab-sewn as issued. Asiatic cholera was diagnosed in England in 1831 - this an early provincial piece Not in DISCOVER or OCLC.

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Book no.: 46058

GBP 46,40 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 53 US$ 61.01 | JP¥ 9408]

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History medicine Cholera India

The Attorney General against the Great Northern Railway Company.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed for gratuitous circulation [by order of the coal owners] at the Journal Office ... by Andrew Carr, [1860]. 22cm. 16pp. Disbound - slight wear to spine. In essence a case brought by local coal owners against the Great Northern Railway because of the latter's commercial interest in selling on coal rather than using it to fuel trains. Not in DISCOVER, Ottley or Anderton.

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Book no.: 46316

GBP 55,68 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 63.5 US$ 73.21 | JP¥ 11289]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North East England Coal Railway

Aviemore and Rothiemurchus: illustrated brochure and list of furnished houses, hotels, boarding houses and apartments.

Aviemore: Aviemore and Rothiemurchus Village Council, [1937]. 19cm. [32]pp including local adverts, text illustrations. Original pictorial printed card wraps, stapled. Wraps browned o/w excellent.

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Book no.: 45010

GBP 11,60 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 13.25 US$ 15.25 | JP¥ 2352]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History scotland Guide

Bachelorism Portrayed. ... By a member of the female society, for the extinction of that useless portion of mankind, OLD BACHELORS.

London: W Nicholson and Sons, N.D. 12mo. 19[1]pp including wraps. Original printed decorated yellow paper wraps. Rear wrap very lightly soiled. * BL lists a Wm. Nicholson, Halifax edition [1865?]. This, a Wakefield printing, looks later.

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Book no.: 38461

GBP 34,80 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 39.75 US$ 45.76 | JP¥ 7056]

Catalogue: Social History

Keywords: social history Provincial printing

Banquet at Guildhall. Wednesday, 9th November, 1887. The right honourable Polydore de Keyser, Lord Mayor, Major Horatio David Davies, C.C., and William Alpheus Higgs, Esq., F.R.C.I., F.R.G.S., sheriffs.

[London: W. H. and L. Collingridge, City Press, N.D. [1887?] 16cm. 48pp, head and tail-pieces. Original decorated maroon watered silk binding, aeg. Fine copy. Fine vignette chapter headings. DISCOVER: Bishopsgate Institute, Senate House.

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Book no.: 46463

GBP 37,12 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 42.5 US$ 48.81 | JP¥ 7526]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History London City of London (England). Corporation Dinners and dining. City of London (England). Corporation Government. Guildhall (London, England) History.

T, Q.

Beautiful Cleveland, and just beyond its borders ... With digressive notes on some short tours in the Cleveland district, by Q.T.

Middlesbrough: Hood & Co, 1897. Oblong 8vo. [64]pp, title-page vignette, text illustrations (some full-page and some tinted). Original pictorial grey cloth gilt, bevelled edges. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; cloth soiled; gilt to front board partly faded; lacks ffep; eps spotted

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Book no.: 37178

GBP 41,76 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 47.75 US$ 54.91 | JP¥ 8467]

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History North East England