Throsby, John The history and antiquities of the ancient town of Leicester
Leicester: J. Brown, for the Author, 1791. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Good. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown half leather over black leathercloth, gilt titles and raised bands at the spine, spine is a recent professional replacement, minor rubbing at corners, bookplate and inscription ('The Duke of *******'s copy' and a heraldic plate) from the original binding have been incorporated into the most recent rebind at the front pastedown, some plates damp marked, occasional fox spotting, generally above average, no inscriptions. vi + 424 pages, 47 plates, hand coloured crest to title page, extensive footnotes, index (Book ref. 36215) £250.00
James, Colonel Sir H. Domesday book, or, the great survey of England of William the Congueror A.D. MLXXXVI: fac-simile of the parts relating to Leicestershire; and Rutland; with the 2 English translations (4 books bound together)
Ordnance Survey, 1857. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Fair. Larger format hardback, tightly bound in light brown quarter leather over red leathercloth, endpapers scarred where labels have been removed, library stamps blanked out on title page verso, some pages have repaired tears at the bottom edge, with loss (not affecting the text) in a couple of instances, no inscriptions. [6] + xvi pages, 2 illustrations in the text; [2] +ii pages; vi + 62 pages; [1] + 7 + xiii pages, index, errata slip tipped in. All four volumes are first printings dating from 1857 to 1864 (Book ref. 36213) £90.00
Phythian-Adams, Charles (ed) The Norman conquest of Leicestershire and Rutland: a regional introduction to Domesday Book
Leicestershire Museums Art Galleries and Records Service, 1986. 0850222001 First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback original, no inscriptions. Appears little used. x + 52 pages, illustrations in the text, notes, reading list, index. (Book ref. 36212) £7.00
Allen & Potter Leicestershire regional planning report
Allen & Potter, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, name on front endpaper, no other marks or inscriptions. xxii + 106 pages, photographs on plates, foldout colour maps, large map in pocket at rear (Book ref. 36211) £20.00
Johnson, Mrs. T. Fielding Glimpses of ancient Leicester in six periods
Leicester: John & Thomas Spencer, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, dulled at spine, rubbed at corners, bevelled boards, 4 contemporary reviews of this book tipped onto front pastedown and endpaper, no inscriptions. viii + 306 pages, illustrations in the text, foldout map, bibliography, index. (Book ref. 36210) £15.00
Simmons, Jack Leicester: past and present, volume 2 - modern city, 1860 - 1974
Leicester: Eyre Methuen, 1974. 0413308901 First Edition. Hardcover. Fair in Very Good dust jacket. Good reading copy, ex library with the usual stamps, but otherwise clean and complete, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. xvi + 160 pages, photos & maps, notes, index (Book ref. 36209) £7.00
Baum, R. K. Antique maps of Leicestershire
Loughborough: The Book House, 1972. 0902520016 First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. x + 74 pages, many maps in the text and on foldouts (Book ref. 36206) £30.00
Bradley, Joe et al: OUR CENTURY - A SCRAPBOOK
(BBC Radio Leicester not dated [1981]) 4to pbk. 59pp. bw ills, maps. VG. (Book ref. 9289) £4.50
: VOL 31 PART 1:REPORTS AND PAPERS READ AT THE MEETINGS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, COUNTY OF YORK, ARCHDEACONRIES OF NORTHAMPTON AND OAKHAM, COUNTY OF BEDFORD, DIOCESE OF WORCESTER, COUNTY OF LEICESTER DURING THE YEAR 1911
(W.K.Morton & Sons 1912) Pbk. demy 8vo, 339pp yellowed, lower corner of back page missing, small tears to front cover. Heavily rubbed and bumped Good+ (Book ref. 6101) £15.00
: VOL 29 PART 1:REPORTS AND PAPERS READ AT THE MEETINGS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, COUNTY OF YORK, ARCHDEACONRIES OF NORTHAMPTON AND OAKHAM, COUNTY OF BEDFORD, DIOCESE OF WORCESTER, COUNTY OF LEICESTER DURING THE YEAR 1907
(W.K.Morton & Sons 1908) Pbk. demy 8vo, 336pp yellowed, rear ep and cover missing, lower 15% of front cover missing, spine torn with top10% missing. Heavily rubbed and bumped Good- (Book ref. 6099) £10.00
Haverfield, F.J.: ROMAN LEICESTER
(Reprinted from the Archaeological Journal 1918) Vol LXXV Nos 297-300 2nd series & Vol XXV Nos 1-4 pp 1-46. Demy 8vo pbk 46pp. bw ills, Folding map. Rather tatty and grubby covers otherwise good sound copy. (Book ref. 5675) £10.00
Stevens Philip A The Leicester Line A History of the Old Union and Grand Union Canals
David & Charles, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0715355368 216pp, illus, photos, maps, book and jacket are in very good condition (Book ref. 006687) £9.50
Hadfield Charles The Canals of the East Midlands
David & Charles, 1981. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. 294pp, index, from the Canals of the British Isles series, 200 years of history, flap of jacket price-clipped otherwise book and jacket are as new (Book ref. 003630) £14.50
TRANSACTIONS OF THE LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Volume XXIX.
LAS, 1953. 8vo, 92pp, folding map. Pb. Top right hand corner bumped otherwise VG. (Book ref. 9898) £10.00
MORTLOCK D. P.: ARISTOCRATIC SPLENDOUR - Money and the world of Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester.
Stroud. Sutton. 2007. lst edn. Hardback. 280 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in black boards with gilt lettering on spine, in a fine price-clipped d.w. ISBN: 978-0-7509-4370-3. (Book ref. 1629) £9.95
Hoskins, W.G. and McKinley, R.A. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER. Volume III [Only, Industries, Roads, Canals, Railways, Population, Education, Sport].
Institute of Historical Research by Dawsons 1969. Reprint. 4to. xxi + 338pp. Many ills. and maps. Original gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board. US$39 (Book ref. 212896) £25.00
Hoskins, W.G. and McKinley, R.A. A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER. Volume III [Only, Industries, Roads, Cansl, Railways, Population, Education, Sport].
Institute of Historical Research by Dawsons 1969. Reprint. 4to. xxi + 338pp. Many ills. and maps. Original gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, spine very sl. faded. US$39 (Book ref. 212874) £25.00
??? The Leyland Titan PD3s of Leicester City Transport
Leicester: Leicester City Transport, 1982. 1st Edition. Stapled Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0904903052 16 pages. 100g. Stapled soft Card Covers a little rubbed to spine and a little creased to covers, but the contents tight and clean, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. (Book ref. 13317) £8.00
Craigmyle, Lord (formerly Lord Shaw of Dunfermline): ''Leicester : a Historie''.
Ernest Benn Ltd (London) 1931. xii + 155pp. Decorative cloth. Presentation copy signed by author. VG. (Book ref. 4441) £15.00
Williams, Daniel (Ed) The Adaptation of Change: Essays Upon the History of 19th Century Leicester and Leicestershire
Leicester: Leicester Museums, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 085022067X No previous owner marks, pictorial cover, 135 pages, b/w illustrations, map, charts; six essays relating to the impact of social change upon the life of early Victorian Leicester and Leicestershire. (Book ref. 6200) £4.00