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Domesday Book. Hampshire, 3 volumes, plus booklet, original cloth, slipcase, folio, London: Alecto Editions, 1987 £60-80
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Gostling, William. A Walk in and About the City of Canterbury, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, 22 engraved plates, some slightly cropped, last few leaves repaired, modern cloth, 8vo, Canterbury: Simmons and Kirkby, 1777; [Anon] The History of the City and County of Norwich, 7 engraved plates, one folding, lacks final blank, modern cloth, 8vo, Norwich: John Crouse, 1768; and 2 others, v.s. (4) £70-90
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Howell, James. Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, first edition, title laid-down, lacking plate and portrait, browned and spotted, a few leaves with margins shaved, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, London: J. Streater, 1657; Widmore, Richard. An History of the Church of St. peter, Westminster, first edition, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Municipal Reference Library, blindstamped, 4to, London: Jos. Fox and C. Tovey, 1751 (2) £100-150
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Mudie, Robert. A Historical Account of His Majesty's Visit to Scotland, first edition, four folding engraved plates, three laid-down, some browning, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1822; and 3 others, Scotland, bookplates of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo (4) £60-90
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Nash, Joseph. The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, Series 1-3 only, 3 tinted lithographed titles and 75 tinted lithographed plates, many loose with margins torn and soiled, some spotting and water staining, contemporary morocco-backed boards, folio, London: T.M. Lean, 1838-1841, sold w.a.f. £100-150
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Nelson Pictorial Guidebooks. The River Thames: Pictorial and Descriptive, 24 coloured plates, original cloth gilt, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, library stamps, oblong 8vo, London: T. Nelson and Sons, [n.d.]; York and Its Cathedral, 12 tinted lithographed plates, original cloth, oblong 8vo, London: T. Nelson and Sons, [n.d.]; [Anon] Views of all the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings in the University and City of Oxford, 42 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary morocco gilt, all edges gilt, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamped throughout, oblong 8vo, Oxford: Henry Slatter, [c.1840] (3) £100-150
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Page, William, editor. The Victoria County History of Somerset, 2 volumes, plates, some spotting, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Constable and Company, 1911; Thompson, Marian S. Archer. Selworthy 1850-1857, plates, original buckram, Oxford: Privately Printed, 1907; [Goldsworthy, E.F.] Recollections of Taunton, second edition, original cloth, shaken, 8vo, Taunton: Barnicott and Son, 1883; and 23 others, Somerset, v.s. (27) £100-150
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Pichot, Joseph, J.M.C. Amedee. Voyage Historique et Litteraire en Angleterre et en Ecosse, 3 volumes, first edition, engraved titles, light spotting, contemporary calf decorated in gilt and blind, 8vo, Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1825 £30-40
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Plot, Robert. The Natural History of Stafford-Shire, first edition, engraved title vignette, folding engraved map, rebacked, 37 engraved plates, mostly double-page, a few laid-down, some spotting, nineteenth century calf, boards detached, lacks spine, worn, folio, Oxford: At the Theater, 1686 £200-300
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Shaw, Rev. Stebbing. The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, volume 1 and volume 2, part 1 (all published), first edition, 82 engraved plates, folding map, folding plan, some repairs, rather spotted, contemporary half calf, worn, boards detached, folio, London: J. Nichols and Son, 1801 £200-300
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Shepherd, Thomas H. Metropolitan Improvements; or, London in the Nineteenth Century, engraved additional title, engraved map, 116 engraved views on 58 leaves, India Proofs, some soiling and spotting, original advertisements and a few original wrappers bound in, modern cloth, 4to, London: Jones & Co., 1828; [Combe, William] The Tour of Doctor Syntax, third edition, hand-coloured frontispiece, title and 29 plates, some spotting and browning, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, London: R. Ackermann, 1828 (2) £100-150
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Stevenson, Thomas George. Edinburgh in the Olden Time, Displayed in a Series of Sixty-Three Original Views, one of 350 copies only, this copy ex-series, 63 plates, some spotting, tissue guards, original morocco-backed cloth boards, slightly worn, top edge gilt, bookplate of Bath Reference Library, folio, Edinburgh: Thomas George Stevenson, 1880 £60-90
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White, John. Some Account of the Proposed Improvements of the Western Part of London, By the Formation of the Regent's Park, second edition, 7 folding engraved plates and plans, 6 hand-coloured, some browning, 8vo, London: Cadell and Davies, 1815, bound with; [Anon] Brief Remarks on the Proposed Regent's Canal.. by an Observer, first edition, 8vo, London: J. Hatchard, 1812, modern cloth, bookplate of Bath Municipal Reference Library, blindstamps throughout £100-150 BOOKS FROM THE ASSOCIATION OF MEN OF KENT AND KENTISH MEN
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Archaeologia Cantiana; being Transactions of the Kent Archaeological Society, a near complete run of volumes from 1-107, lacking only volumes 92 and 104, a few leaves loose, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: For the Society, 1858-1989 £200-300
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De Vaynes, Julia H.L. The Kentish Garland, 2 volumes, original cloth, 8vo, Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons, 1881; Dunkin, I. The History and Antiquities of Dartford, plates, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: John Russell Smith, 1903; Vincent, W.T. The Records of the Woolwich District, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth, 8vo, Woolwich: J.P. Jackson, [n.d.]; Howell, George, editor. The Kentish Note Book, 2 volumes, plates, original cloth, 8vo, Gravesend: Smither Brothers, 1891; Poland, John. Records of the Miller Hospital and Royal Kent Dispensary, plates, original cloth, 4to, Greenwich: H. Richardson, 1893; Drake, Henry H., editor. Hasted's History of Kent, Part I, The Hundred of Blackheath, plates, tissue guards, original cloth, folio, London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1886; and approx. 200 others on Kent and environs, v.s. (200+) £400-600
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Furley, Robert. A History of the Weald of Kent, 2 volumes in 3, folding maps, illustrations, original cloth gilt, 8vo, Ashford: Henry Igglesden, 1871; Cotton, Charles. The History and Antiquities of the Church and Parish of St Laurence, Thanet, number 162 of 250 copies, signed by the author, plates, original half roan, 4to, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1895; Drake, Henry H., editor. Hasted's History of Kent, Part I, The Hundred of Blackheath, plates, tissue guards, original cloth, folio, London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1886; L'Estrange, A.G. The Palace and the Hospital; or, Chronicles of Greenwich, 2 volumes, original cloth, 8vo, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1886; and approx. 200 others on Kent and environs, mostly 1860-1950, v.s. (200+) £400-600
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Hasted, Edward. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 4 volumes, first edition, 60 engraved plates, 40 engraved maps and plans, many folding, one hand-coloured in outline, somewhat spotted, contemporary half calf, worn, boards detached, folio, Canterbury: Printed for the Author, 1778-1790, sold w.a.f. £300-400 See illustration
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Ireland, W.H. England's Topographer, or A New and Complete History of the County of Kent, 4 volumes, engraved title, folding engraved map, 124 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary calf, extremities rubbed, joints slightly cracked, 8vo, London: George Virtue, 1828-1830 £120-180
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Lambard, William. A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Description, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shire, third edition, some spotting and browning, a few contemporary annotations, Tt4-Uu3 with lower corner of margin missing, sometimes affecting text, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, London: R. Hodkinsonne, [1656] £200-250 See illustration
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Martin, C. Wykeham. The History and Description of Leeds Castle, Kent, first edition, 8 mounted photograph plates, lithographed plan, vignettes, p.38-39 torn with loss to margins, original cloth, chipped, hinges broken, folio, Westminster: Nichols and Sons, 1869 £70-90
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Oulton, W.C. Picture of Margate and its Vicinity, first edition, engraved map, additional title and 19 engraved views, some spotting, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, 8vo, London: Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1820; Jacob, Edward. The History of the Town and Port of Faversham, first edition, 16 engraved plates, some folding, some spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, London: For the Author, 1774; and 3 others, similar, v.s. (5) £100-150 1975-1979. No Lots
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Babington, Charles. Flora Bathoniensis: or, A Catalogue of the Plants Indigenous to the Vicinity of Bath, second edition, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, Bath: E. Collings, 1839; Egan, Pierce. Walks through Bath, 21 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Bath: Meyler and Son, 1819; and 10 others, Bath interest, v.s. (12) £100-150
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Barlow, Edward. An Essay on the Medicinal Efficacy and Employment of the Bath Waters, first edition, some browning, nineteenth century cloth, 8vo, Bath: Longman, Hurst, et al., 1822; Falconer, R.W. History of the Royal Mineral Water Hospital Bath, third edition, original wrappers, 8vo, Bath, 1888; An Essay on the Bath Waters, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, London: T. Lowndes, [n.d.]; Gibbes, G.S. A Treatise on the Bath Waters, Part I, second edition, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, Bath: Meyler and Son, 1812; and 3 others, similar, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamped (7) £50-80 See illustration
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Barrett, William. The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol, first edition, large folding engraved plan, torn, 30 engraved plates, some folding, rather spotted, some browning and soiling, later half calf, rubbed, upper board partly detached, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 4to, Bristol: William Pine, [1789]; and 2 others (3) £60-90
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Baylies, William. Practical Reflections on the Uses and Abuses of Bath Waters, first edition, half-title, some browning, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, title with blindstamp, 8vo, London: A. Millar, 1757 £70-90
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Baylies, William. Practical Reflections on the Uses and Abuses of Bath Waters, first edition, half-title, some browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints cracked, 8vo, London: A. Millar, 1757 £70-90
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Becker, Ferd. Etchings after Nature, engraved title, 78 engravings on 48 leaves, somewhat spotted, later half morocco, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo, Bath: 1821 £40-60
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Bridle, William. A narrative of the rise and progress of the improvements effected in His Majesty's Gaol at Ilchester, in the County of Somerset, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, somewhat browned, original boards, upper cover partly detached, 8vo, Bath: Wood, Cunningham and Smith, 1822 £40-60
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Egan, Pierce. Walks through Bath, describing Every Thing worth of Interest, 21 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo, Bath: Meyler and Son, 1819; Britton, John. An Historical Account of Corsham House, engraved frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 8vo, London: Printed for the Author, 1806; and 9 others, Bath interest, v.s. (11) £100-150
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Ellison, Fred. E. Etchings of Bath, number 219 of 250 copies, signed by the artist, 24 etched plates, guards, front free-endpaper loose, original publisher's boards, shaken, spine defective, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, title blindstamped, folio, London: Chiswick Press, 1888; and 5 others, Bath interest, v.s. (6) £60-90
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Evans, John. A Chronological Outline of the History of Bristol, folding engraved plan, contemporary cloth, joints cracked, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo, London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824; Greenwood, C. and J. Somersetshire Delineated, some spotting, original boards, with loss, 8vo, London: T. Bensley, 1822; Egan, Pierce. Walks through Bath, 21 engraved plates, some browning, later cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 8vo, Bath: Meyler and Son, 1819; and 44 others Bath interest, v.s. (49) £100-200
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Falconer, William. An Essay on the Bath Waters, somewhat browned, occasional spotting, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamped throughout, 8vo, London: T. Lowndes, 1772; Gibbes, George Smith. A Treatise [and Second Treatise] on the Bath Waters, 2 volumes bound in one, some spotting, occasional soiling, nineteenth century half calf, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamped, 8vo, Bath: W. Meyler, 1800-1803 (2) £70-90
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Graham, James. A New, Plain, and Rational Treatise on the True Nature and Uses of the Bath Waters, 48pp., disbound, soiled, 8vo, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1789; Gibbes, George Smith. A Treatise on the Bath Waters, Part I, second edition, some spotting, contemporary half calf, 8vo, Bath: Meyler and Son, 1812; Falconer, W. An Essay on the Bath Waters, some spotting, contemporary half calf, worn, covers detached, 8vo, London: T. Lowndes, 1772; and 10 others, similar, bookplates of Bath Public Reference Library (13) £80-100
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Green, Emanuel. Bibliotheca Somersetensis, 3 volumes bound in 6, contemporary cloth, slightly warped, 4to, Taunton: Barnicott and Pearce, 1902; Schickle, C.W. Ancient Deeds belonging to the Corporation of Bath XIII-XVI Cent., number 36 of 500 copies only, plates, original half morocco, 4to, Bath: Bath Records Society, 1921; two further copies, and 12 others, Somerset records and libraries, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library (21) £70-90
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Green, Mowbray A. The Eighteenth Century Architecture of Bath, number 41 of 500 copies, plates, some spotting, original cloth, 4to, Bath: George Gregory, 1904; Ison, Walter. The Georgian Buildings of Bath, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, library stamps, 4to, London: Faber, 1948; Murch, Jerome. The Ecritoire and Its Historical Pictures, plates, original cloth, Bath: William Lewis, [n.d.]; and 78 others Bath interest, including the Bath City accounts, 42 volumes, mostly 1900-1940, most with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, v.s. (81) £150-250
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Jewers, Arthur J. Wells Cathedral, coloured frontispiece, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1892; Davis, Andrew. A Concise History of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in Wells, 3 folding engraved plates, torn, some spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, Shepton-Mallet: W.J. Quartley, 1814; Major, Albany F. The Mystery of Wansdyke, number 268 of 750 copies, plates, some spotting, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, Cheltenham: E.J. Burrow, 1926; and 60 others, mostly Somerset interest, v.s. (63) £100-150
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Murch, Jerom. The Ecritoire and its Historical Pictures presented by the ladies and other inhabitants of Bath to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, May 25th 1870, 9 photographic plates, tissue guards, somewhat spotted, original cloth, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, oblong 4to, Bath: William Lewis, [n.d.] £30-40
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Nicholls, J.F. and John Taylor. Bristol Past and Present, 3 volumes, illustrations, original cloth gilt, 4to, Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1881; Stone, G.F. Bristol as it was and as it is, illustrations, upper joint cracked, original cloth, 4to, Bristol: Walter Reid, 1909; Bickley, Francis. The Little Red Book of Bristol, 2 volumes, half-titles, plates, some offsetting, original red buckram, slightly worn, 4to, Bristol: W. Crofton Hemmons, 1900, all with the bookplate of the Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps (6) £70-90
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Palmer, John. Papers relative to the agreement made by the Government with Mr Palmer, for the reform and improvement of the Posts, somewhat browned, later wrappers, blindstamped, 4to, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1797 John Palmer of Bath (1742-1818) was a theatre owner and instigator of the British system of mail coaches that was the beginning of the great British post office reforms with the introduction of an efficient mail coach delivery service in Great Britain during the late 18th century. He was Mayor of Bath on two occasions and Comptroller General of the Post Office, and later served as Member of Parliament for the constituency of Bath between 1801 and 1807. £50-70
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Rowlandson, Thomas. Comforts of Bath, 12 engraved plates, prefatory leaf of text, some spotting, last plate with repairs, contemporary cloth gilt, oblong 4to, Bath: Robert Walker, 1858 £60-80 See illustration
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Rutty, John. A Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, first edition, title printed in red and black, some spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine chipped with loss, 4to, London: William Johnston, 1758 £100-150
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Shepherd, Thomas and John Britton. Bath and Bristol with the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester displayed in a Series of Views, engraved title and 44 engraved views on 22 [of 24] leaves, later cloth, 4to, London: Jones and Co., 1829; Acland, Thomas Dyke. The Farming of Somersetshire, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1851; and 4 others, all with bookplates of Bath Public Reference Library, blindstamps, 4to (6) £100-200
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Seyer, Samuel. Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and Its Neighbourhood, 2 volumes, first edition, 35 engraved plates, plans and maps, some spotting, contemporary half calf, worn, one board lacking, 4to, Bristol: Printed for the Author, 1823; The Charters and Letters Patent... to the Town and City of Bristol, contemporary half calf, worn, 4to, Bristol: John Mathew Gotch, 1812, bookplates of Bath Public Reference Library (2) £70-90
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Somerset. A collection of works published in Somerset, or with connections to the county, including; Bowden, Samuel. Poems on Various Subjects, some browning, later half calf, rubbed, 8vo, Bath: T. Boddely, 1754; [Anon] Collections relative to Systematic Relief of the Poor, some spotting, original boards, 8vo, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1815; Pallet, Peter Paul. Rebellion in Bath, engraved title vignette, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, London: G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, 1808; Harington, Edward. A Schizzo on the Genius of Man, contemporary boards, chipped, 8vo, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1793; and 67 others, similar, most with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, v.s. (71) £150-250
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Warner, Richard. An Illustration of the Roman Antiquities discovered at Bath, wood-engraved plates, contemporary vellum-backed boards, soiled, 4to, Bath: W. Meyler, 1797; another copy, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, modern cloth, 4to, Bath: W. Meyler, 1797; Pownall, Governor. Descriptions and Explanations of some remains of Roman Antiquities dug up in the City of Bath, folding engraved plate, original wrappers, 4to, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1795; Nichols, W.L. Horae Romanae; or a Visit to a Roman Villa, original wrappers, 4to, Bath, R. Riviere, 1838 (3) £70-90
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Warner, Richard. The History of Bath, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 14 engraved plates and plans, a few with title shaved, some browning and offsetting, contemporary diced calf, repaired, rubbed and soiled, occasional library stamps, 4to, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1801 £70-90
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Warner, Richard. An History of the Abbey of Glaston; and of the Town of Glastonbury, first edition, one of 250 copies only, 20 engraved plates, one hand-coloured, somewhat spotted, woodcuts in text, publisher's original boards, rather soiled and worn, 4to, Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1826 £70-90
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Vivian, George. Some Illustrations of the Architecture of Claverton and of the Duke's House, Bradford, 26 lithographed plates, one double-page, some spotting, additional leaves of annotations, contemporary morocco-backed boards, 4to, London: 1837; Peach, R.E.M. The Annals of the Parish of Swainswick, number 24 of 100 copies only, original publisher's half parchment, rubbed and soiled, 4to, Bath: Charles Hallett, [n.d.]; and 6 others, similar, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, 4to (8) £70-100
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Widcombe Bridge, Bath. An 8pp. report prepared by T.E.M. Marsh investigating the accident of 6th June 1877, limp card covers, blindstamped, 4to, Bath: William Lewis, July 1877 On June 6, 1877, the Widcombe Bridge, a pedestrian bridge over the Avon River at Bath, collapsed under the weight of newly arrived tourists who crowded onto the bridge, rushing to see an agricultural show. There were 12 fatalities and over 50 injured. This report analyses the reasons for the engineering failure. £30-40 2008-2009. No Lots
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[Anon] The North-American and West-Indian Gazetteer, first edition, half-title, lacks maps, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, London: G. Robinson, 1776; Quarll, Philip. The Hermit, wood-engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, 12mo, Gainsborough, 1801; M'Leod, John. Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary calf, boards detached, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1818; and 8 others, similar, all with the bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, sold w.a.f. (11) £50-100
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