Jennings, Trevor S. A History of Staffordshire Bells
Author, 1968 First Edition. Binding: Softcover. Book Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Ex library. In stock for immediate despatch. '...a survey of Staffordshire bells from the 14th century to the present time'. 119 pp, front cover only, detatched. Packed weight 360g Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Music, opera, ballet, Dance ; Inventory No: 0025376. (Book ref. 0025376) £10.00
Dodd, A E: WEAVER HILLS AND OTHER POEMS
(London, Fortune Press 1967) 8vo. Black cloth. Title gold block 55pp. VG clean copy in a Good dustwrapper. (Book ref. 9768) £7.50
Dent, R.K & Hill, J: HISTORIC STAFFORDSHIRE
(Midland Educational / Simpkin, Marshalkl, Hamilton, Kent 1896) 4to xii, 332pp. Numerous bw ills. 1 plate detached and damaged round edges. Green leather boards, gilt lettering. Spine faded slightly split at top, an d bumped at bottom. A Good tight copy. (Book ref. 5113) £45.00
FARMER'S INVENTORY, Staffordshire, 1866. Inventory and Valuation of Live and Dead Farming Stock, Household Furniture and other Effects of Mr William Bridgewood, Farmer, Aston, near Stone Stratford, Staffordshire, deceased.
Manuscript, 1866. Unknown. Very Good. December 13th, 1866. A detailed 9 page handwritten inventory, with docket title. It records the contents of the four bedrooms, spare room, linen store, parlour, ‘house place', dairy, pantry, kitchen, granary, yard, cart house, stable and barn. He kept 30 cows and a bull, 63 sheep, 37 lambs, and 2 horses. He also had ‘about 8 cwt of cheese', and in total the contents were valued at £825.1s.6d. Some original fold marks, but in good condition. Records reveal that he died on the 29th November, 1866, aged 59. 322mm x 205mm. 1866. (Book ref. 104831) £45.00
READ Herbert Staffordshire Pottery Figures
Duckworth, 1929 24p, tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, 6 pages of colour plates, and 70 pages of b/w plates, 8.7”x 11.3”, hardback, a very good copy (no dust-jacket) (Book ref. 111478) £30.00
READ Herbert Staffordshire Pottery Figures
Duckworth, 1929 24p, tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, 6 colour plates (tissue guarded), and 70 b/w plates, 8.7”x 11.3”, hardback, back cover just a little marked and extremities a bit rubbed but a very good working copy (no dust-jacket) (Book ref. 111477) £14.00
Anon History of The 1st & 2nd Battalions The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales') 1914-1923
Hughes & Harber, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Very scarce Great war regimental history. Original blue cloth, photos, illus, maps, plans, small piece missing from corner of rear blank end-paper, Binding firm, pages clean, some evidence that spine back strip has been repaired at some stage otherwise very good condition. Digital images available on request. (Book ref. 007034) £125.00
Jones James P A History of the South Staffordshire Regiment (1705-1923)
Whitehead Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. 483pp, superb clour frontis of the regimental uniform, many other plates, illus & maps, scarce Great War regimental, boards a little dull, drawings on rear blank end-papers, hinges a little weak (Book ref. AB006144) £115.00
Kemp Lieut.-Commander P K The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Q.O.R.R.) In the First and Second World Wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
Gale & Polden, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 168pp, honours & awards, roll of honour, maps, photos, original blue cloth with gilt badge to front board, clean, tightly bound and appears unread, no markings or inscriptions, nice example of this scarce regimental (Book ref. AB006100) £160.00
Underhill Major D F The Staffordshire Yeomanry An Account of the Operations of the Regiment During World War II 1939-1945 Queen's Own Royal Regiment
Staffordshire Libraries, 1994. First Edition. Original Card. Very Good. 0903363585 43pp, large format, illus, fold-out map, photos, very good condition - just a faint crease to the corner of the rear cover, scarce (Book ref. AB005655) £45.00
Purdon H G Memoirs of the Services of the 64th Regiment (Second Staffordshire) 1758 to 1881
W H Allen & Co, 1882. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 112pp, original paper covered boards with original maroon cloth spine, fine original colour lithograph plates, extremities of spine a little rubbed, paper worn away on edges of boards, minor soiling, plates are fine, (Book ref. 005646) £185.00
Godden, Geoffrey A. Staffordshire Porcelain
London: Granada Publishing, 1983. 1st Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 0246114940 Z 593pp. A lovely copy of this porcelain reference book in very good wrapper. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine and profusely illustrated with numeorus b/w and colour photographic images of Staffordshire Porcelain. Ribbon book mark in place. Bump to one corner of the rear board. A light bump to one corner and a very slight bump to another. The wrapper is not price-clipped with light creasing at the head of the spine and light shelf wear. A lovely, well preserved, tight, clean copy in a very good wrapper. (Book ref. 225889) £145.00
LITTLE WL Staffordshire Blue: Underglaze blue transfer-printed earthenware
B.T.Batsford Ltd, 1969 152p, 64 pages of plates and 8 pages of marks, hardback, a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket (Book ref. 111413) £10.00
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 Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. British Waterway Inland Cruising Booklet No 4
London: British Waterways Board, 1961. 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. bw04) £6.60
PINE Lynda and Nicholas: WILLIAM HENRY GOSS - The story of the Staffordshire family of Potters who invented Heraldic Porcelain.
Portsmouth. Milestone Pub. 1987. lst edn. HEAVY large format hardback which will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. The book is illustrated with over 300 b.w. photographs and maps, includes much material not previously published and comprehensive family trees. Fine in blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated end-papers, in a near-fine d.w. Signed by Nicholas Pine, co-author. ISBN: 0-88902-967-9. (Book ref. 1198) £9.95
FLEIG Dieter: STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER.
Woodbridge. Boydell. 1990. lst English translated edn. Hardback. 149 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in green boards with silver lettering to spine, in a fine, corner-clipped and re-priced by publisher, d.w. Errata slip loosely inserted. Ex shop stock - unread book. ISBN: 0-85115-543-X. (Book ref. 4992) £22.50
: SOTHEBY'S MOTORCYCLES AND RELATED MATERIAL CATALOGUE of Staffordshire Sale held on Sunday, 29th April, 1990.
Paperback. Unpaginated. B.w. illustrations. Fine in a near-fine papercover. (Book ref. 6655) £12.95
BEMDEN Yvette Vanden & KERR Jill The Glass of Herkenrode Abbey
Society of Antiquaries of London, 1986 37p+ 22 pages of plates (8 of which in colour), 8.1” x 11.6”, a VERY-LOW-POSTAGE paperback*, a very good+ copy (Reprinted from Archaeologica (108) 1986 (Book ref. 103132) £8.00
READ Herbert Staffordshire Pottery Figures
Duckworth, 1929 24p, tissue-guarded colour frontispiece, 6 colour plates (tissue guarded), and 70 b/w plates, 8.7”x 11.3”, hardback, a very good ex-library copy (no dust-jacket) Because of the weight of this book, the default postal charge will not suffice and we will request an additional charge for this item. (Book ref. 102480) £16.00