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Leicester ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXXI.10.
First Edition 1884-5. Scale 25" to 1 mile. Size One ward in the city shaded pale green, repaired tear 7" into map from right edge. Covers north Leicester, Fever Hospital, Abbey Park, Bedford Street, Bow Bridge House etc. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include LEICESTERSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK48-1195) £16.00
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Leicester ORDER OF MASONIC PROCESSION to Lay the Foundation Stone of The New Church of St. George, in Leicester, Friday 29th day of August, 1823.
J.G. Brown, Printer. 1823. Handbill, size approx. 7" x 5", listing order of procession including members of St. John's Lodge. Traces of folds. Includes 'Bible, Square, and Compasses on a Crimson Velvet Cushion carried by a Master Mason', 'Mallet, carried by an Operative Mason'. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include LEICESTERSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK48-1194) £20.00
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Leicester ORDER OF PROCESSION at the Laying The First Stone of St. George's Church, At Leicester, On Friday 29th August, 1823.
August 1823. 2pp., 4to, blank conjoint leaf. Lists Charity School Children, Clergy, High Sheriff etc., with printed vertically down the side 'Soldiers' and 'Constables' who were walking either side, on verso are words of hymns etc... together with... Three handbills, all printed by J.G. Brown, Printer, size 7" x 8", as follows: 'New Church Procession' detailing the route; 'New Church' giving instructions for occupying the platform and positions 'The Nobleman and Gentlemen attending as Free Masons (not members of St. John's Lodge) to fall back, right and left and keep their stations on the platform...' etc.; 'The National Anthem to be Sung at the Ceremony...' 4 items. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include LEICESTERSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK48-1193) £36.00
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Knipton PROBATE of the Will of Robert Harvey of Knipton, Farmer.
1808. Vellum, 18" x 22", plus printed certificate, large papered seal. Leaves his land in Foston in Lincolnshire called Moor Hedge to his wife. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include LEICESTERSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK48-1191) £15.00
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Huncote SETTLEMENT by Mr and Mrs Harvey of the Red Lion Inn, a butcher's shop and four houses in Huncote to Charles Hall and William Harvey.
1878. Large vellum sheet, 2 wax seals. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include LEICESTERSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK48-1190) £12.00
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Bottesford OBLIGATION BOND of Mathew Livesey of Bottesford, Yeoman, to William Rose of Shelton, Yeoman.
1704. 1p., small folio, blank conjoing leaf, folds, in English with preamble in Latin, signed by Livesey with small wax seal, two witnesses. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include LEICESTERSHIRE [ Manuscripts, Maps, Ephemera, Views, etc., etc. ] --- (Book ref. UK48-1189) £25.00
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Owen, Jennifer The Ecology of a Garden : The First Fifteen Years
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. First Edition.. 0521343356 Illustrated, large octavo, 403 pages, dust-wrapper, a very good copy. An amazingly detailed account of fifteen years of observations of the wildlife in a Leicestershire garden. Originally published at £65.00. (Book ref. 001442) £85.00
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Trubshaw, Bob Ancient Crosses of Leicestershire & Rutland
Loughborough: Heart of Albion, 1990. 1872883001 First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback original, stapled spine, no inscriptions, card covers clean & uncreased. 22 pages, 28 illustrations. (Book ref. 36853) £7.00
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Hoskins, W. G. The making of the English landscape
Folio Society, 2007. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in an unmarked slipcase. Appears little used. xxx + 280 pages, 82 photos, 17 plans, new introduction by Keith Thomas, bibliography, index. Heavy book (Book ref. 36846) £12.50
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HARDY, Clive & FRITH, Francis Francis Frith's Leicestershire: Photographic Memories (ISBN: 1859375804)
Frith Book Company, Salisbury, 2002. NEW IN D/W 4to, pictorial laminated boards, mainly old photos. (Book ref. 117678) £35.00
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B Newman PORTRAIT OF THE SHIRES [ lEICESTERSHIRE]
hale, london 1968 8vo hardback. Small library cancel to rear of title else AS NEW IN D/W * much on foxhunting (Book ref. 117338) £20.00
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Footpath Walks round Loughborough
Echo Press, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. 12 walks with 26 local views and a folding map at the rear.Spine and part of rear board slightly sunned. (Book ref. 12660) £4.00
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Aucott, Pam & Mastoris, Steph Harborough in camera: Victorian photographs of the Market Harborough area
Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1992. 0750902833 First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions. Appears little used. 160 pages, 162 black and white photos on plates (Book ref. 36720) £6.00
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Hill, John Harwood: THE HISTORY OF MARKET HARBOROUGH with that Portion of Gartree, Leicestershire, Containing the Parishes of Baggrave, Billesdon, Bosworth, Bradley Priory, Bringhurst, Burrow, Burton Overy, Evington, Fleckney, Frisby, Galby, Glenn, Goadby, Great Easton, Harborough, Horninghold, Holt, Hothorpe, Houghton, Kilby, Knossington, Laughton, Lubbenham, Leesthorpe, Mardefield, Medbourne, Newbold Saucey, Norton, Noseley, Newton Harcourt, Ouston, Pickwell, Rolleston, Saddington, Scraptoft, Stockerston, Stoughton, Stretton, Theddingworth, Thurnby, and Wistow; with an Account of The Lords of the Manors and their Pedigrees; and a list of the Patrons and Rectors of Each Living; A Description of the Churches, Monuments, &c.
Leicester: Printed for the Subscribers (and not Published) by Ward & Sons, 1875. Tall 4to, 337pp, index, illus. Rebacked, covers rubbed and worn at edges, some foxing to prelims but otherwise internally VG. (Book ref. 13473) £150.00
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Palmer, Marilyn (Ed): LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGY. The Present State of Knowledge, Vol. 3 Industrial Archaeology.
Leicestershire Industrial History Society, 1983. 4to, 68pp, illus. Pb. G. (Book ref. 12823) £8.00
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Cavanagh, Terry & Yarrington, Alison: PUBLIC SCULPTURE OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND.
Liverpool University Press, 2000 4to, 420pp, index, illus. Fine in fine dw. (Book ref. 11896) £25.00
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Mee, Arthur Arthur Mee's Leicestershire and Rutland
London: King's England Press, 1997. Hard back. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall (Book ref. 20338) £12.00
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HILL John Harwood The History of the Parish of Langton and that portion of the Hundred of Gartree, Leicestershire
GB: Ward & Sons, 1867. Hardback. Good/No DW. Front cover is detached (with frontis & title page). Book is in only good (that is, fair or average) condition with major signs of wear and/or age. 380 x 290 mmm. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY. GB £8. Packed weight 3500g (Book ref. dl103.007) £99.00
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Cruickshank, Iona; Chinnery, Allen Victorian and Edwardian Leicestershire from Old Photographs
B T Batsford, 1983. Reprint. Hardback. nrFine/nrFine DW. 0713431903 Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. (Book ref. dr104.002) £7.00
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Lee, Joyce Who's Buried Where in Leicestershire
GB: Leicestershire Libraries,, 1991. 1st Edition. Paperback. VG. 0850222915 (Book ref. tem005.204) £4.00
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