Britain from Washburn Books

London: The Epworth Press, 1935 Book. Good. Green Buckram. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Account of a spiritually uplifting walking tour in England. A lovely book, full of humanity and humour. Illustrated endpapers and gilt lettering to spine. 232pp. Tipped in list of readers, or other pilgrims, to rear pastedown and further inscriptions dated 1935 and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: 3D and 6D Pictures Limited, 2009 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8.5" Square. History of the F W Woolworth chain of High Street stores and online selling. 191pp with index, illustrated with a few colour plates and many black and white photographs. Crease to corner of front panel, left hinge pulling and some wear to edges, otherwise good… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: The National Trust, 1991 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. History of the social and architectural development of the country house, featuring 30 of the National Trust's most interesting and important houses. 320pp with index, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Maps to endpapers. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight foxing and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London & Chichester: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1985 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Modern edition of the statistical survey of England undertaken in 1086, with the Latin text and parallel modern English translation. Part One only of the Devon section. Minor shelfwear, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..

Leeds: Edmund Bogg and James Miles, 1898 Book. Good. Red Cloth Boards. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. History and topography of the border region in the North of England, bound in the original red cloth with gilt title to top board and spine. 256pp illustrated with 180 black and white drawings and photographs. Left hinge pulling,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 2nd Impression. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A journey through the British landscape's occupation by humans over the last 12,000 years which displays the ancient relationships between people and place and town and countryside. 579pp with index, illustrated with 24 pages of colour photographs. Silver lettering to spine.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Northumbrian Water, 1987 Book. Very Good. Pale Green Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Study of the history and topography of Upper North Tynedale, with stories of the people who live there. 191pp with index, illustrated with black and white maps and photographs, mainly in black and white, a few in colour. Gilt lettering… Saber más sobre este artículo

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, 2009 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Study of the history and archaeology of the lesser well-known sites in Northumberland. 160pp with index, illustrated with 114 maps and photographs in black and white and 25 colour plates. Fine copy with no marks or inscriptions..

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, 2010 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Celebration of some of Northumberland's rich landscapes and history as viewed from the air or hilltop. 191pp with index, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour and black and white. Fine copy with no marks or inscriptions..

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham, 1968 Book. Very Good. Dark Blue Leather. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Affectionate description of a strip of beach on the Northumberland coast beloved by the author and of great interest to amateur marine biologists and ornithologists. 142pp with index, illustrated with 20 pages of black and white photographs and maps to endpapers.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Little, Brown, 2004 Book. Illus. by Fred Van Deelen. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Amusing alternative portrait of the unseen subterranean world underneath London. 390pp with index and black and white illustrations to the chapter heads. Silver lettering to pine, black endpapers. Slight bumping to spine and sunning to edges, otherwise… Saber más sobre este artículo

London & Sydney: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1989 Book. Very Good. Card Covers With French Folds. First Thus. 7.75" Tall x 8.5" Wide. Examples of some of the finest graphic design produced in Britain between the wars. 130pp with index, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings. Slight shelfwear and creasing to cover and minor rippling to pages, otherwise very… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Historic Royal Palaces, 2007 Book. Near Fine. Card Covers With French Folds. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Guide to the various tours of the tower of London. 72pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Loosely included, an old ticket and fold-out colour map. Minor shelfwear, otherwise near fine copy..

Kendal, Cumbria: Westmorland Federation of Women's Institutes, 1957 Book. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Extracts from the Village Histories put together by members of the WI in 1956 and 1957 to illustrate growth and change in their villages, edited by B L Thompson, with a foreword by C M Hacking. 209pp,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jacqueline Cooper, 2011 Book. Illus. by Carol Wilkinson (maps), P & J Cooper (photographs). Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Detailed guide to a new long distance route, the Uttlesford Way, which comprises 16 circular walks linking 18 villages around Saffron Walden. 100pp illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. Minimal shelfwear,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Derby: The Breedon Books Publishing Company Ltd, 1996 Book. Very Good. Turquoise Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pictorial history of the town of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, home town of Gracie Fields and the Rochdale Hornets. 190pp illustrated profusely throughout with contemporary black and white photographs. Slight forward lean to spine and minor bumping… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: B T Batsford Ltd, 1977 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Detailed record of of the people and surrounding places of Wortham in Suffolk, written and illustrated by its Rector in 1860 and set into the context of English rural life in the aftermath of the Agrarian and Industrial revolutions by… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tamworth, Staffs.: Tamworth Corporation, 1972 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Story of the evolution of the borough of Tamworth from its Anglo- Saxon roots to incorporation by Queen Elizabeth I. 106pp with index. Gilt crest to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Yellow endpapers. Very good copy with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Prenton, Wirral: Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey, 2000 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tenth volume in a series of pictorial histories of Wirral, featuring over 300 black and white photographs and graphics, each with accompanying text. 120pp with index. Some creasing to corners of cover, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions..… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1994 Book. Very Good. Green Cloth Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. History of the people of London from before the Great Fire to modern times. 256pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Maps to endpapers. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards very slightly bowed, otherwise… Saber más sobre este artículo