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Durham, London, Edinburgh; for the Surtees Society: variously, by: Nichols, Pickering, Andrews, Whittaker, Quaritch, & Blackwood. 1835, 1860, 1906, 1929. First editions. Vol I: xi, 443, 16, with a foldout facsimile; Vol II: viii, 414; Vol III: viii, 215; Vol IV: (viii), 354. Pencilled underlinings in text and notes to rear endpapers, conspicuous in Vol I, but present in all vols: contents of the last 3 vols are otherwise fresh. Vols II & III have armorial bookplates, and Vol IV has a 1929 gift inscription on the half-title. Vol III has worm holes up to p.3. Vol I has some toning to first and final pages, and is bound in contemporary green glazed textured cloth boards with later untitled green cloth spine: corners bumped and scuffed, and with a small repair to base of lower joint. Vols II, III & IV are in the original Surtees Society binding of green cloth with spine ruled and titled in gilt with the society's emblem; all are firm, top edges dusty, with slight knocks or scuffs, although Vol II has a repair to the lower joint, and Vols II & IV are quite dulled. Original printings over a 95-year period: very uncommon as a set. Good+.
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Price: £140.00

London: John Murray, 1853. First edition. (viii), 340pp +32 advertisements, plus the five engraved plates. No half-title. Some foxing to prelims and final advert pages, and the plates have a slightly encroaching stain to the inner lower corner. Contents otherwise generally clean. In the original binding of brown grained cloth decorated in blind and with a gilt medallion on the front, with new matching-coloured spine with printed paper label, with author's name mis-spelt 'Banks'. Boards firm, with some stains, but general appearance good. VG.

Price: £18.00

Simson, Hertford, 1880. First and presumed only edition. viii, 15, 428pp, +(iv) adverts: the large folding map is missing its upper section(s). A few small line illustrations in text, mostly coats of arms. Title-page has a little wear and soiling but the contents are otherwise very good. Octavo, all edges gilt, recased with new endpapers in the original decorative and pictorial cloth, now sturdy, but showing rubbing at the joints and some wear to the old surface cloth at the ends. VG. VG..

Price: £45.00

London: Ward Lock, 1902-3 Series. Seventh Edition - re-written. 192pp, with photographs, plans and maps in the text, and two fold-out maps. Preceded, interspersed and followed by many pages of advertisements, some being on tinted paper. Contents unmarked and in very good order, with some toning to edges of maps. Octavo, with rounded corners, in the original red cloth over thin boards, with patterned borders and with 'Harrogate' given as the title. Firm, slightly darkened and rubbed. Very good copy. VG.

Price: £40.00

London: Elliot Stock, 1906, 1908. First edition. Vol. I: xiv, 133; Vol. II: xvi, 238 (including an index), followed by a page of Press Notices of the first volume. Each volume with a tissue-guarded frontis, coloured armorial decoration to the title page, and illustrated with photographs, plans and maps, some folding. One fold repaired. Contents very clean. Black endpapers, and in the original bindings of blue cloth over bevelled boards titled and decorated in gilt: bright, spines slightly darker. Vol I spine ends are puckered and scuffed, those of Vol II are frayed, with a short tear at head of lower joint. Boards firm, with light scuffs to joints and corners. Much on the Saxon Church of St Peter. Very nice set. Very Good.
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Price: £175.00

M.J. Backwell, Castletown, Isle of Man, n.d. (c.1910). Good firm copy with damaged boards. Probable first edition. Parallel text. xiii, 265pp, with a guarded portrait frontis and two other portrait plates. Ownership name on endpaper, blotted onto pastedown, with small bookseller's sticker. Contents clean and firm with minor fore-edge foxing. In original binding of green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front and Manx medallion on front. Extremities slightly knocked. The boards have damp damage, spoiling their colour towards the fore-edge (see photo). G-

Price: £25.00

Norwich: Jarrold & Sons (Jarrolds), 1930. First edition. xvi, 223pp, illustrated with text drawings and photographs, including a portrait frontis. The author lived at Burwell all his life, being a Fen Commissioner and practising as a doctor. Contents generally clean and in good order, with mild foxing to the endpapers and a few minor soil marks in the text. In the original binding of pink cloth, front board ruled and titled in blind, spine titled in gilt. Cloth faded and marked, extremities bumped, but firm, and has a good character. Now a very scarce title. VG.

Price: £80.00

Produced for the Publication Committee of the Workers' Educational Association 1968. First and only edition. 106pp + 8 photographs. Ownership name on pastedown, contents otherwise clean. Firm in the original black and white pictorial boards, a bit rubbed, spine ends scuffed, and spine yellowed. The protected dust jacket with the same map design is rubbed with some wear to the edges. Good copy. VG in VG dust-jacket.

Price: £35.00

Norfolk: The Author: Gerald Hagan, 1975 First edition. 132pp, illustrated with photographs and foldout genealogies. Errata slip tipped in facing the title. Author's 1975 gift inscription on first blank leaf. Detached front free endpaper tipped in, masking tape formerly used has left residue at join. Contents otherwise very clean and unmarked. In the original textured blue boards, spine titled in gilt, base of spine bumped. Protected pictorial jacket slightly frayed at head and corners, and has 1cm stain to back panel, but is otherwise clean. VG in VG dust-jacket.

Price: £60.00