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KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF DERBYSHIRE, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, LEICESTERSHIRE, AND RUTLAND, 1936, Kelly’s Directories Ltd.; 3 folding colour maps, xxiv+708+vi+1166+viii+1256pp; large 8vo; some ink annotations, a few small ink stains, corner clipped from title page and a few adjacent pages of advertisements, orig. gilt dec. cloth, hinges worn, backstrip somewhat creased. £125.00
A HAND-BOOK OF THE PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE, AND TO THE USE OF THE BUXTON MINERAL WATERS, W.H. Robertson, 11th edn., Buxton, 1886; large folding map, xxiii+271pp, plus index; small 8vo; foot of title page torn and repaired, orig. cloth, good copy. £22.00
THE PEAK DISTRICT OF DERBYSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, M.J.B. Baddeley, Thorough Guide Series, 1913; folding coloured maps, viii+xxx+178+48pp; small 8vo; orig. gilt dec. cloth, good. £5.00
Devon
EXETER, 1540-1640: THE GROWTH OF AN ENGLISH TOWN, W.T. MacCaffrey, 2nd edn., Harvard Univ. Press, 1975; 2 maps; index; 315pp; 8vo; orig. black cloth gilt, very lightly used. £11.00
KELLY’S DIRECTORY OF DEVONSHIRE & CORNWALL, Kelly & Co., 1893; 2 engraved folding county maps (the Cornwall map torn without loss and crudely repaired); xl+1474+84pp, incl. adverts. (some illus.); large 8vo; orig. gilt dec. red cloth, faded, a moderate amount of general wear, but not at all a bad copy. £165.00
THE HISTORY OF THE FOREST OF EXMOOR, E.T. MacDermot [1911], reproduced, 1973; frequent illus.; index; 480pp; 8vo; orig. cloth, dust-jacket, a firm, clean copy, top edge slightly spotted. £10.00
THURLESTONE CHURCH AND PARISH, Rev. F.G. Egerton Coope, 2nd (enlarged) edn., n.d.; 14 illus., index, xix+130pp; 8vo; spotting to contents, orig.wrappers, torn, a working copy only. £7.00
Dorset
[Manuscript] Indenture, 1776, between John Rogers, of Lytchett Minster, and John Leer, of Poole, gentleman: mortgage of a plot of about half an acre of heathy ground at Lytchett Minster adjoining the lands of John Hooper on the south side, and of another plot adjoining on the east and south side the tenement occupied by William Gerrard. Other persons mentioned include Robert Pope, Mary Maber, Mary Cheesman, John Cheesman, and John Brinton. One red wax seal. Signatures of John Rogers and two witnesses. Written on one sheet of paper, in generally good condition, spotted, and with a few small holes. £15.00
THE CIVIL DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET, Edward Boswell, 2nd edition (corrected, augmented, and improved), Dorchester, 1833; “Methodically digested and arranged, comprizing lists of the civil ministerial officers, magistrates, and subordinate officers; with a complete Nomina Villarum, in four parts; a list of the county and other bridges; together with the annual value of real property; amount of the land-tax, of the poor's-rate, and county rate, the population, and the rules and orders for regulation of the practice of the Quarter Session; also, an appendix containing abstracts of returns of charitable donations, corrected to the present time”; list of subscribers (only 315 copies subscribed for); folding county map; index of places; [6+] viii + ii + ii + 192 [+2] + 98 + xxvipp; 8vo; orig. cloth-backed boards and paper label, binding worn and marked. £45.00
THE PLACE-NAMES OF DORSET, A.D. Mills, 2 vols., English Place-name Society, Vols. LII & LIII, 1977-1980; 4 maps; index; xxxvii+384, 298pp; 8vo; orig. blue cloth gilt, dust-jackets torn, otherwise a firm, clean set. £26.00
[Manuscript] Apprenticeship indenture, 1834. George Lockyer, aged 15 on the 2nd February last past, son of Simon Lockyer, of Verwood, parish of Cranborne, yeoman, is put apprentice for the term of 5 years to William Haskell, of Verwood, cordwainer. Manuscript on a standard printed form. The apprentice has to agree inter alia not to commit fornication nor contract matrimony within the term, nor play at cards or dice tables, nor haunt taverns or playhouses. Bearing three red wax seals and one blue revenue stamp. Two witnesses. Written on a single sheet of parchment, in good condition; has been folded. £35.00
[Manuscript book] The Swannery, Abbotsbury: visitors’ book, 1896-1903. Records over 4,000 visitors including Prince Louis of Battenberg, Princess Victoria, Rupert D'Oyly Carte, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, William Phillimore. The entries are written in numerous different hands, hence, presumably, they include many autographs. Each entry contains date, name, and address, all in columns. The address usually comprises a town. 219pp, most pages containing about 20 entries; small 4to; a leaf detached, otherwise contents generally sound, contemporary black half-calf, binding worn, boards discoloured. £150.00
DORSET RAILWAYS REMEMBERED, L. Oppitz, 1996; recounts the history of the surviving lines as well as those which have been discontinued; frequent illus.; 112pp; 8vo; orig. pictorial cloth, in matching dust-jacket, almost as new. £8.00
DORSET HARBOURS, D. Payne, 1953; illus. with photographs and line drawings; index; 156pp; 8vo; orig. cloth, sound copy, dust-jacket a little torn at edges. £8.00 |
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