Rayska, Urszula Victorian and Edwardian Shropshire from Old Photographs
Batsford, 1977 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: History; Countries & Travel ; Inventory No: 0008204. (Book ref. 0008204) £5.00
Glover, George: SHROPSHIRE ECCENTRICS - GOOD BAD & BIZARRE CHARACCTERS FROM THE COUNTY'S PAST
(Arch 1991) 8vo pbk.91pp. Very slight staining to top edge of front cover. Otherwise VG (Book ref. 7774) £4.00
: OSWESTRY CHARLES II CHARTER CELEBRATIONS 1674 - 1974
(No publisher stated) A3 size newspaper format.40pp unstapled on newsprint. bw ills. A little browned round the edges but otherwise in Good condition. (Book ref. 6342) £5.00
Rogerson, Col. W Historical Records of the 53rd Shropshire Regiment 1755-1889 Now the 1st Battalion The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1890. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+. 249pp, illus - superb colour litho plates as well as b/w plates, original red cloth with gilt titles, remarkable fine condition - appears unread, no foxing, clean and firmly bound. Digital image available on request. (Book ref. 006751) £145.00
Trinder, Barrie A History of Shropshire
Chichester: Phillimore & Co Limited, 1983. Illustrated by Read, Pat; Read, Christopher; Reynolds, Shirley. 1st Edition. Blue Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 128pp. A lovely copy of this first edition ( 1983) in wrapper ( white spine). 4to. From the Darwen County History Series. Illustrated with a variety of b/w photographic images and maps throughout. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Light bumps to the head and tail of the spine with slight bumps to a couple of board corners. No inscriptions. Scattered light foxing to the upper fore edges. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper is price clipped with slight shelf wear. A very good plus copy. (Book ref. 227489) £5.00
Moulsdale, J. R. B. Famous Regiments : The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
London: Leo Cooper, 1972. Illustrated by Illustrated. 1st Edition. Grey Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 92pp. First edition copy from the Famous Regiment series. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Illustrated with several b/w photographic images. There is a light bump to the tail of the spine and a slight bump to the head of the spine. Slight area of soiling to the top corner of the front end paper from where a price has previously been erased. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Light shelf wear. A very good copy. (Book ref. 225913) £12.00
Calvert, Frederick & West, William Picturesque views, and descriptions of cities, towns, castles, mansions and other objects of interesting features in Staffordshire & Shropshire
Birmingham: William Emans, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Clean larger format hardback tightly bound in green half leather with gilt titles on red leather spine panel, 5 raised bands and elaborate gilt tooling, marbled paper to boards, bookplate to front pastedown, name & year (1855) to front endpaper, small chip to edge of endpaper, leather is worn at corners, scattered light fox-spotting, page edges marbled. iv + 154 pages, 38 engravings on plates, index; and, 136 pages, 34 engravings on plates, index (Book ref. 36140) £125.00
BWB Cruising on the Shropshire Union Canal. British Waterway Inland Cruising Booklet No 5
London: British Waterways Board, 1964. Second Edition. Blue illustrated card cover. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 44pp :: With coloured fold-out map :: 210mm x 140mm (8" x 6") (Book ref. bw05) £6.60
Foreword by Major-General Sir Reginald Kerr.: CRUISING ON THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL - Ellesmere Port to Autherley Junction. British Waterways Inland Cruising Booklet 5.
Published by British Waterways. Undated. Stapled paperback. 52 pages. B.w. illustrations. Maps. Fold-out map at rear. V.g. in a v.g. papercover. No markings or inscriptions. (Book ref. 1846) £4.95
GLADSTONE (E.W): The Shropshire Yeomanry 1795-1945. The Story of a Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. With a Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese
Whitethorn Press, Manchester, 1953 vo., First Edition, with 4 coloured plates of uniforms, and numerous monochrome illustrations and maps in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy. The work comprises Part I: 1795-1899; Part II: 1899-1918; Part III: 1918-1945. Sutcliffe, p.221; White, p.171. (Book ref. 18812) £86.00
ROBINSON D.H. The Wandering Worfe
Waine Research Publications, 1982 129p, illustrations, including a double-page map in colour, by C.V. Waine, 8.6”x 11.8”, hardback (full brown cloth, unlettered), a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket [0905184068] (Book ref. 111334) £47.00
Baugh, G.C. (Editor). A HISTORY OF SHROPSHIRE. Volume XI [Only] Telford.
For the Institute of Historical Research by OUP 1985. 1st Ed. 4to. xix + 377pp. 60 plates and maps. Original bright gilt lettered cloth with gilt device to upper board, sl. rubbed d/w. US$62 (Book ref. 212165) £40.00
Hollins, Ben & Charlotte The Fight for Fordhall Farm: The Battle to Save a Way of Life
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0340951249 Pictorial dustjacket, red boards, xii + 340 pages, colour photo illustrations, foreword by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Minor shelf wear. "Once you've read it you may well find yourself making a resolution to visit Fordhall for yourself. You should. It's a wonderful place" - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. (Book ref. 6956) £4.00
Anon The Illustrated London News - July 16, 1960
London: Illustrated London News, 1960. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Bright unmarked condition, photos & articles include: the King & Queen of Thailand, independence in the Congo, obituary of Aneurin Bevan, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews, Scarborough open air theatre, double spread illustrated of prehestoric creatures on Scarborough beach, the Loch Ness Monster, Ellesmere College in Shropshire, the Republic of Ghana inaugurated, numerous contemporary pictorial adverts. (Book ref. 6870) £5.00
Bird, Vivian Bird's Eye View: The Midlands
Kineton: The Roundwood Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0900093048 Orange cloth, very good unclipped pictorial dustjacket, gilt title lettering, xiv & 196 pages, colour frontis photograph + 16 b/w plates, index; foreword by Sir Gerald Nabarro; neat previous owner name on front paste-down. (Book ref. 4088) £4.00
Housman, A E A Shropshire lad
London: Folio Society, 1991. Illustrated by Procktor, Patrick. Hardcover. Very Good. 1991 Folio Society third printing hardback, with slipcase; Very Good clean and bright condition, appears unread, near as new; UK dealer, immediate dispatch (Book ref. J623) £11.49
DIGBY William The British Invasion from the North - the campaigns of Generals Carelton and Burgoyne from Canada, 1776-1777, with the journal of Lieut William Digby of the 53rd or Shropshire Regiment of Foot. Illustrated with historical notes by J P Baxter.
Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887 first edition viii and 412 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Burgoyne, sketch of the colours of the 53rd. Small 4to. A fine copy in the publisher's diced maroon cloth. Interesting account of Burgoyne's campaign. The main body of the 53rd was left to garrison Fort Ticonderoga, but the flank companies went on with Burgoyne, and Digby, who commanded the Grenadier Company, was with the army to the bitter end at Saratoga. (Book ref. 60460) £240.00
houseman, ae /procktor A Shropshire Lad. With Illustrations by Patrick Procktor
Hardback Folio Society 1986 101 All items in stock -posted First Class on day of order (if received before 4.00pm) - expect next day delivery in UK, or within 3-6 working days for all non-UK destinations 1st Thus Near mint - may have shelf wear Fine (Book ref. 540866) £20.00
Morriss, Richard K. The Shropshire Severn
Paperback Shropshire Books 1994 144 Oblong 9780903802611 All items in stock -posted First Class on day of order (if received before 4.00pm) - expect next day delivery in UK, or within 3-6 working days for all non-UK destinations Nice clean bright ti Very Good (Book ref. 532437) £7.00
Dickins, Gordon Shropshire Seasons
Paperback Shropshire Books 1993 168 Oblong 9780903802581 All items in stock -posted First Class on day of order (if received before 4.00pm) - expect next day delivery in UK, or within 3-6 working days for all non-UK destinations Nice clean bright ti Very Good (Book ref. 532436) £5.00