PEVSNER, Nikolaus Berkshire
Penguin Books, 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good. A very good hardback copy in dust-wrapper, Neat name stamp on endpaper. (Book ref. 104884) £8.00
Lee, Richard: LAMBOURN VILLAGE OF RACING
(Barker 1982) 8v0 178pp. bw ills. F/F (Book ref. 6292) £7.50
Blight Gordon The History of the Royal Berkshire Regiment 1920-1947
Staples, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 499pp, index, fold-out maps, plates, photos, 2nd World War regimental history in original dark blue cloth with gilt badge and titles. Very good condition throughout. (Book ref. AB005654) £70.00
Verey, Sampson, French & Frost The Berkshire Yeomanry 200 Years of Yeoman Service
Alan Sutton, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0750907541 118pp, list of units and commanding officers, illus, photos (Book ref. 005264) £14.50
Groves J Percy The 66th Berkshire Regiment 1758-1881
Joseph J Beecroft, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 159pp, illus, original green cloth covered boards with gilt illus to front board, VG+ (Book ref. 005263) £55.00
Thoyts E E History of the Royal Berkshire Militia
Reading: Hawkes, 1897. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 352pp, spine faded , illus, history of the unit that became 3rd battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. Very good condition. (Book ref. 000288) £75.00
Foster, Muriel Days on Sea, Loch and River, A Fishing Diary Compiled and Illustrated by Muriel Foster between 1913 and 1928
London: Michael Joseph, 1979 First edition. Laminated pictorial boards 13x11 cm, many col and bw ills Pagination: unpaginated [app 128]. Fascinating facsimile of a fishing diary kept between 1913 and 1928. The author mostly fished in Scotland, but she also fished in Ireland, Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. The diary gives details of where and when and with whom she fished, the number of fish caught - whether salmon, sea trout or coal fish - as well as fascinating snippets of information about the fishing conditions and the ones that got away. There are also numerous watercolour illustrations.. Book: extremities a little bumped, gift inscription to ffep, endpapers sl foxed, VG, Jacket: n/a (Book ref. 3077) £10.00
Karau,Parsons & Robertson: The Didcot Newbury & Southampton Railway
Wild Swan 1981 224pp,photos.maps,plans.Detailed account. vg copy in vg d/w. (Book ref. 3495) £17.50
Judge C W: An Historical Survey of the Didcot,Newbury & Southampton Railway
OPC 1984 143pp,photo.illus.Layouts & ilustrations.vg copy in vg d/w. (Book ref. 6126) £13.00
Mitford, Mary Russell Belford Regis, or Sketches of a Country Town
London: T.Werner Laurie, 1942. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Mauve cloth boards, 507 pages, b/w frontis illustration, two further illustrations, introduction by L. Stanley Jast, neat previous owner name on endpaper; 'Belford Regis' is Reading, very different from the big and busy town of today; originally published in 1835, an idealised picture of Reading in the early 19th Century. In the "Live Books Resurrected" series. (Book ref. 6721) £8.00
Rooney, Sheila Windsor & Eton: Centuries of Change
Derby: Breedon Books Publishing Company, 2002. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 1859833101 Over 200 b/w illustrations and photographs, 260 pages. Local historian Sheila Rooney gives a vivid illustrated account of the distinctive history of Windsor and Eton over the last 1,000 years. A major section of the book covers the wartime experiences of Windsor and Eton and their post-war development. (Book ref. 4064) £5.95
Sharpham, Edward Cupids Whirligig (1607) The Berkshire Series I
Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Limited Edition [273/550]. Blue quarter cloth cover on marbled boards. G: in Good condition without dust jacket and in blue cloth slipcase. Rebound in quarter cloth and marbled papered boards. 94pp :: Illustrations :: 200mm x 140mm (8" x 6") (Book ref. 4840) £54.00
Humphreys, A. L.: Eccentric Characters of Berkshire;
Reading, 1926; Softcover. Very good condition. 28pp. Reprinted from The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Archaeological Journal. Some light foxing. Hard to find. (Book ref. 15516) £38.00
Hodder, F.C. A Short History of Sunningdale with Some Notes on Wentworth
London: Saint Catherine Press, 1937. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo 8vo. 1937. Foreward by Brewis. Frontis and photographic illustrations. 155pp. some foxing throughout otherwsie good. Original blue cloth gilt.A little faded and rubbed at edges. Good. (Book ref. 21030) £30.00
Charity Commission. ENDOWED CHARITIES ( COUNTY of BERKS). Parish of HAMSTEAD MARSHALL.
London: HMSO, 1909. 4pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. Disbound British Parliamentary Paper. HC 67-V. Neat number marking. A clean copy. Inquiry held July 1908 and reported on all charities, almshouse etc in the parish, with benefactors named. Census population figure for 1901 given. The report includes a reprint of the charity commissioner report of 1837 giving individual histories of the charities, clarifying their previously chaotic organisation and administration. (Book ref. 158673) £7.00
Charity Commission. ENDOWED CHARITIES (COUNTY of BERKS). ANCIENT PARISH of BRAY
London: HMSO, 1909. 37pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. British Parliamentary Paper. HC 264. A clean copy. Inquiry held December 1908 and reported on all charities, almshouses etc in the ancient parish with numerous benefactors named. The report includes a reprint of the charity commissioner report of 1819 giving individual histories of the charities and clarifying their previously chaotic organisation and administrtation. (Book ref. 158672) £15.00
SOUTHERN GAS BOARD Annual REPORT and ACCOUNTS including REPORT of GAS CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL for the Year ended 31st March 1967
London: HMSO, 1967. viii pp + 64pp. 8vo. Illustd. black/white photographic plates. Fold out Sketch Map. Paper wrappers. Rebound in card covers. British Parliamentary paper. HC 633. Southern Gas Board Annual Report. List Members and co-opted Members of the Committees with full postal addresses. Neat library/date mark. A very clean copy. (Book ref. 158633) £8.00
SOUTHERN GAS BOARD Annual REPORT and ACCOUNTS including REPORT of GAS CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL for the Year ended 31st March 1966.
London: HMSO, 1966. xii pp + 61pp. 8vo. Illustd. black/white photographic plates. Sketch Map in parts. Paper wrappers. Rebound in card covers. British Parliamentary paper. HC 190. Southern Gas Board Annual Report. List Members and co-opted Members of the Committees with full postal addresses. A very clean copy. (Book ref. 158632) £8.00
SOUTHERN GAS BOARD Annual REPORT and ACCOUNTS including REPORT of GAS CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL for the Year ended 31st March, 1964.
London: HMSO, 1964. ix pp + 60pp. 8vo. Fold out Sketch map. Paper wrappers. Rebound in card covers. British Parliamentary paper. HC 344. Southern Gas Board Annual Report. List Members and co-opted Members of the Committees with full postal addresses. A very clean copy. (Book ref. 158631) £8.00
Charity Commission. ENDOWED CHARITIES ( COUNTY of BERKS). Parish of STRATFIELD MORTIMER.
London: HMSO, 1909. 18pp. Folio. Paper wrappers. British Parliamentary Paper. HC 67-XIV. Neat library mark. Good clean copy. Inquiry held November 1908 and reported on all charities, almshouse etc in the parish, with numerous benefactors named. Census population figure for 1901 given. The report includes a reprint of the charity commissioner report of 1837 giving individual histories of the charities, clarifying their previously chaotic organisation and administration. (Book ref. 158616) £12.00