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1F)   Around Grimbsy in Old Photographs (x30) (Britain in old photographs). Collected by Janet Tierney. Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. 1992  paperback. Approx. 21.5 cm x 15.5 cms. 159 pp. Sections .. Grimsby, Cleethorpes, People, North East Lincolnshire at War, Village Life, Port of Grimsby and Immingham. Many black and white photographs covering a period approx. 1860 to 1960. To mention a few... Volunteers at camp in Thornton Abbey 1868, Church Lane Laceby 1920, Steam Trawler Strephon coaling  1930s, Grain barge at William Marshall's Haven Mill. Riverhead 1892. Slight wear to  corners of front cover.

2F)   Millstone Grit. Glyn Hughes. Futura. A Journey through West Riding of Yorkshire and East Lancashire. (x30) 1977 dustjacket. 154 pp. illustrations include...Path to the "Bronte" waterfall, Staley Hall, Wycoller Hall  (or Ferndean Manor. Jane Eyre), Saddleworth Moor, Hardibutt's Farm, early Methodist meeting place, Mosslet, The Thame Valley. Creasing to corner of front cover.

3F)   A Second Merseyside Maritime History.  (x30) Transactions and Research. Editor H.M. Hignett. Liverpool Nautical Research Society. Black and white illustrations. 64 pp. Bottom right corner of  cover page creased.

4F)   Travels With Boogie. (x30) (500 Mile Walkies and Boogie up the River in one volume). Arrow Books.  Paperback. 1996. 430 pp. The author with Boogie the mongrel dog  travel along the coast... Somerset, Devon, Corwall, Dorset. A humourous account of their travels. Join of pages to spline showing on a couple of pages at the beginning, and light crease on front cover top right. 

5F)   West Country Walks and Legends. (x30) J.H.N.Mason. Granada Publishing. Paperback. 1980. 186 pp.  Book covers some of the interesting legends of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. Full directions are also given on how to get to, and explore each area. Illustrations include Godolphin House, The Men-an-Tol, Pengersick, Chagford Three Crowns Inn, Malmsmead Lorna Doone Farm . St. Catherine's Castle Fowey, Prussia Cove,  Portgwarra, Madgy Figgy's Chair, Morwenstow  "Caledonia" Figurehead.

6F)   Royal Yachts of Europe. (x30)  Reginald Crabtree. David & Charles, Newton Abbot. 1975 Hardback with dustjacket. 95 pp. with many illustrations  including ...Kaiseradle paddle steamer, Savoia 1, Lueafarul, Amphion, Fantasie paddle steamer, Miramar, Alberta, Royal George, Norge, etc. Many of the royal yachts over the decades are described, with details and specifications. Any important events relating to them are also detailed. The era covered is the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. Book is annotated on the inside front cover with  a name and address . Small wrinkle on top and bottom of dustcover.

7F)   No Tides to Stem. Volume 2 .  (x30) A History of the Manchester Pilot Service 1894-1994.  By Derek A. Clulow. Countyvise Ltd. 1998. Card Back. 276 pp. Illustrated. Attached map of the Manchester Ship Canal on inside back cover. Illustrations include... Motor Vessel. "Manchester Renown", Birkenhead luggage boat at landing stage, horse drawn vehicles,  White Star Liner "Baltic" at anchor,  1938  S.S.San Zeferino,  Bucket dredger and silt barge alongside, plus many other interesting illustrations.

8F)   One Man and His Bog . (x30)Barry Pilton. Corgi Books. 1986. Paperback. Cartoons and  line drawn map illustrations. 134pp. Humourous account of walking the Pennine Way. About 270 miles, stretching from the Peak District to the Cheviots. Maps include... Map of the Route. Edale to Hagg Farm,  Hagg Farm to Todmorden, Todmorden to Ponden Hall, Balderdale to Dufton.  Some toning to page edges. 

9F)   A Walk Around the Lakes. (x30)Hunter Davies. 1980 Hamlyn paperback. 339 pp.black and white illustrations. Visiting the villages, towns and countryside, mixed with local and social history, past and present.

10F)   The Servants' Hall. (x30) Merlin Waterson. A Domestic History of Erddig. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 1982  paperback. 240 pp. Many illustrations including...Edward Prince, carpenter at Erddig 1792,  The New Kitchen 1978,  The Bakehouse,  The Dry Laundry, The Wet Laundry,  Nursery Toys including rocking-horse, Noah's Ark, trains, etc, The Butlers Pantry. Plan and layout of rooms. Some creasing to corner of back cover.

11F)   The Phillips Guide to English Porcelain of the 18th and 19th Centuries. (x30)John Sandon. 1993 Hardback with dustjacket. 160 pp.  7.5 ins x 10 ins. Publisher Premier Editions. The book includes many black and white and colour illustrations. Annotated with Christmas Greeting inside fly-leaf. Chapters cover...Origins of English Porcelain, First Ten Years, Oriental Connection, Influence of Meissen and English Figure Making, Blue and White Porcelain, Golden Age, New Developments and Markets,  Classical Revival and Regency Styles, French Influences, Revival of Rococo, Victorian Art and Great Exhibition, Japanesque and Late Victorian. Hints on Collecting. Fakes and Forgeries.

12F)   Visitors Delight . An Anthology of Visitors' Impressions of North Wales. (x30) Dewi Roberts. 1992. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. 150pp. black and white illustrations . Some of the writers include . Matthew Arnold 1822-1888, Arnold Bennett 1867-1931, William Spencer 1769-1834...and many more.

13F)   Oriental Lacquer. (x30) Paul Hamlyn. Oscar Luzzato-Bilitz . The Hamyln Publishing Group Ltd. 1969 Hardback with dustjacket. 158 pp. 73 plates in full colour. Some small rust spots on top edge of the book, but don't appear to be on the pages. Techniques and styles are detailed, ranging from ancient times BC to the more modern period. Some of the colour plates...Oval Dish 4th-3rd Century, Oval Bowl with two flanged handles 1st Century BC, Box for sweetmeats 18th to 19th Century, Travelling Box 16th to 17th Century, throne of the emperor Ch'ien  Lung, Small medecine box, inro, 14th to 16th Century, Lacquered Wardrobe 18th Century.

14F)   Cobwebs and Cream Teas. (x30)  Mary Mackie. A year in the life of a National Trust House. Orion 2004 paperback.  175 pp. black and white illustrations. Wife of the Houseman at Felbrigg Hall recounts a year at the hall, and all the tasks she became involved in.

15F)   Innocent Abroad. The Travels of Miss Hannah Hauxwell. (x30)Hannah Hauxwell with Barry Cockcroft. Ted Smart Publisher's Ltd.  1992 Hardback with dustcover. 191 pp. Colour and black and white illustrations. She lived  on a remote small farm in Yorkshire for many years.

16F)   A Dictionary of mark. (x30) Ceramics. Metalwork. Furniture. Edited by Margaret Macdonald Taylor. The Connoisseur. 1968. Hardback with Dustjacket. 318 pp. Sections include for Metalwork...British Silver, English Siversmith's Marks, Marks on Gold Plate, Marks on Sheffield Plate , British Pewterers' Marks, American Silversmiths' Marks, American Pewterers' Marks. For furniture and Tapestry... English Furniture Marks, French Furniture Marks, Tapestry Marks. For Ceramics...English and European  Marks, Japanese Date Marks, Chinese Reign Marks. Illustrated throughout showing the marks and symbols. Dustcover with tears  and repaired.

17F)   The Complete Guide to Calligraphy. (x30)Techniques and Materials. Judy Martin. Consultant  Miriam Stribley. Guild Publishing. London. Book Club Associates. 1985 Hardback with dustjacket.  Comprehensive details of this art of writing, well illustrated throughout. Pictures show each aspect, ranging from examples in ancient classical cultures, through to mediaeval, then  details and examples of the techniques used. Chapters include... The development of writing, Media and Materials, Basic Letterforms, Layout and Design. The dustcover shows some wrinkling on front top edge.

19F) Chinese Bronzes. (x30) Mario Bussagli. The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1969 Harback with dustjacket.  158 pp. 70 plates in Full Colour. The book covers the background about the making of Chinese Bronzes and symbolism used. A few of the illustrations....,Tripod vessel, Ting type, Late Shang, Wine vessel middle Chou period, Bronze Axe Head Chang, Wine vessel Tsun, Bronze bear support Han, Bronze Mirror Tang.

20F) The Pageant of England. 1216-1272. (x30) Thomas B. Costain. Universal-Tandem Publishing Co. Ltd. 1973 paperback. 383 pp. A few pages of illustrations in middle of the book. This is the second volume covering the reign of Henry III. 1216-1272.

21F)  Byng's Tours. National Trust Classics. (x30) The Journals of the Hon. John Byng 1781-1792. Edited by David Souden. Century 1991 paperback. 231 pp. The book covers his jouneys on horseback in 1781, 1788 to Sussex, and 1792 to the North.

22F) Gallipot Eyes. A Wiltshire Diary. (x30) Elspeth Huxley. National Trust Classics. Century 1988. paperback. 184 pp. A few black & white  line illustrations. Diary of village life between 1974 and 1975.

 23F) Speak for England. Melvyn Bragg. (x30)A book about Wigton Cumberland and it's people. Coronet  paperback 1978.  464 pp. black & white illustrations. The book covers the period of time from about 1900. Some wear to the edges of the cover.

24F) Britain's Living Heritage. (x30)Philip Sauvain. Hardback with dustjacket. B.T.Batsford Ltd. 1982. 128 pages, 318 photographs. Covering a wide period of time ranging from the prehistoric era, through to the Medieaval, Tudor, Georgian, etc.

25F)  Collectors Pieces. Jewellery 1837-1901. (x30) By Margaret Flower. Hardback with dustjacket. Cassell & Company Ltd. 1968. 64 pp. black and white illustrations. Few small tears to edges of dustcover.
26F)  Collectors Pieces. Old Spode China. (x30) By John Bedford. Hardback with dustjacket. Cassell & Company Ltd. 1969. 64 pp. black and white & colour  illustrations.

29F)  Around Bebington. (x30)The Archive Photographs Series. Compiled by Pat O'Brien. The Chalford Publishing Company. 1995. Paperback. 23x16 cms. 129 pp. Illustrated throughout with over  250 black and white photographs. Views of the Wirral of times gone by. Includes Bebington, Bromborough, New Ferry, Raby, Old Windmill, Port Sunlight. Thornton Hough. Also photographs of the locks being built at Eastham. Horse Drawn Fire-engine. Sunday School Procession. Etc, Etc.

30F)  Antique English Furniture. (x30)Edward Joy. The Warwick Press. 1979 Hardback with dustjacket. 192 pp. Black and white illustrations. 24 cms x 16 cms. Covers the period 1600 to 1860. The first part  has chapters on the design and manufacture of furniture, Techniques of furniture making, Care and Renovation, Fakes and copies, Collections and Museums.  Part two has numerous black and white photographs for each period of time. 7 sections over 260 years...Tudor and Early Stuart, Early 18th Century, Chippendale Era, Late 18th Century,  Regency, Victorian. To mention a few of the pieces...Georgian fire screens, Dumb waiter, Commode 1780, Mahogany c1750 china cabinet of William Kent style, Early Georgian clock of long case style, Veneered tallboy c1720-30, etc, etc.

31F)  Down the Line to Brighton. (x30) Muriel V. Searle. Bloomsbury Books. 1988 Hardback with dustjacket. 159 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. History of the railway companies across the decades and the  London and Brighton line.  London Brighton & South Coast Railway, The Southern and BR. Two strips of sellotape have been part removed from across the front dustjacket.

32F)  Golf. The History of an Obsession. (x30) David Stirk. 1995. Phaidon Press for Past Times. 1995 Paperback. Large size book as regards length and width. 28 cms x 24 cms. 160 pp. Tracing the history of the game from several  centuries ago to modern time. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour, including full page illustrations. Very bottom of the back spline for about one eighth to quarter of an inch ( 2 to 4 mm) has wear possibly due to a knock, but not the pages.

33F)  Glass. (x30)George Savage. Octupus Books. 1972. Hardback with dustjacket. 97 pp. 24 cms x 21 cms. 143 illustrations, colour and black and white. Glass making covers about 4000 years of history and this book gives an introduction to this art in different countries across the centuries, and is well illustrated throughout.

34F)  The Golden Age of the Great Western Railway. 1895-1914.  (x30) Tim Bryan. Patrick Stephens Limited. 1991 Hardback with dustcover. 256pp. black and white illustrations. A comprehensive look at the background and history of the Great Western Railway. To mention a few of the contents that are included....Swindon town and factory, New Birmingam Route, Paddington, Goods Depot, Cornish Riviera, Fishguard, Etc, Etc.

35F) (Booklet) Mawdesley Old & New. (x30) A Collection of Illustrations of the Parish of Mawdesley with Bispham. In Clebration of St Peters 150th Anniversary. 1840-1990. Large A4 size paperback with card covers. Black & white full page black and white line drawings on each page with ornate descriptive text on the opposite page. Pages don't appear to be numbered. Remains of small adhesive labels on the front and back pages which have been part removed. Some of the illustrations....St Peter's Church Scool, The Red Lion, Tea Part Day, Mawdesley Brick and Tile Works, Mawdesley Hall, Old Round Bank Farm, etc.

37F)  Explore Britains Country Gardens. (x30) by Michael Wright. Published for the Daily Telegraph by the Automobile Association. 1993. 159pp. Colour illustrations throughout. 27.5 cms x 17.5 cms. A detailed look at 70 interesting Gardens. To mention a few.....Broughton Castle, Chisenbury Priory, Crathes Castle,   Hidcote Manor, Hodnet Hall, Kiftsgate Court, Newstead Abbey. Pencil figures on inside page.

39F)  English Interiors. (x30)A Pictorial Guide & Glossary. Doreen Yarwood. Lutterworth Press. 1983 Hardback with Dustjacket. 191 pp. 22 cms x 16 cms. Black and white illustrations. A look at English interior design through the centuries, ranging across a span of time from about 1300 AD up to more recent times. Mediaeval, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian, and finally the 20th Century. The first pages cover the different periods with the latter part in alphabetical order covering a wide range of items with black & white illustrations as a glossary. 

40F) Beyond the Da Vinci Code. (x30) The Book That solves the Mystery. René Chandelle. Bounty Books. 2005 paperback. 158 pp. black & white illustrations. 21.5 cms x 14.5 cms. There is a lot of background history including the Knights Templar etc. The heading in bold type is included in the title of the book and not my observations.

41F)   Classic British Steam Locomotives. (x30) Peter Herring. Abbeydale Press 2004. 192 pp.  Colour & sepia  illustrations throughout. Large paperback 28.5 cms x 22 cms. approx A4 size. Some of the Railway companies...Great Eastern, Great Northern, Lancashire & Junction, Midland, London & North Western, Stockton & Darlington.

42F)  The Settle to Carlisle. A Tribute. (x30) Roger Siviter.Bloomsbury Books. 1988.  Hardback with dustcover. 30 cms. x 21.5 cms. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. The  Victorian Railway line stretching 73 miles from Settle to Carlisle. Every page or almost every page has a photograph of the trains with a few full page illustrations. with a short description. The dustcover  has some small tears around the edges and creases on the dustcover flaps.
43F)  Bergerac's Jersey. (x30)John Nettles. Published by BBC Books. 1991 paperback. 24.5 cms x 19 cms.  152 pp. Colour and black and white illustrations. Explores many aspects of Jersey, with it's history laws and  customs. llustrated with maps, photographs and etchings. Adhesive label removed from inside front page and crease to corner of inside front page. £9.

44F) Guide to Tracing Your Ancestry. Debrett's. (x30)Hardback with dustcover. New Revised Edition. 1990. Webb & Bower. 208 pp. Black & white & colour illustrations. A comprehensive book with historical and background information. and details of sources. Annotated on inside front page with name.

45F)  History of the Royal Navy. (x30) Robert Jackson. Parragon paperback. 2002. 21x16.5 cms. 95pp. Colour, sepia and black and white illustrations. Ships, Warships, Sea Battles, Admirals and Leaders. Across the Centuries from the Age of Sail up to the Present Time. Topics Include... Age of Sail, Dreadnoughts, World Wars I and II, Suez. Korea, Cold War, Trafalgar, etc. Pencil figures part rubbed out inside page.

46F)  Nelson. The Life & Letters of a Hero.  (x30)  Roger Morriss. Published byCollins & Brown Ltd. Published in Association with National Maritime Museum. A comprehensive look at his life from all aspects. Naval and love for Emma Hamilton. 1996 cardback. 25 cms x 19 cms. 160pp. 150+ illustrations in colur & black & white. Crease on back cover near the spline but a nice detailed look at Nelson's life and well illustrated throughout.

47F) Secrets of the Sea. Discovery & Exploration. (x30) by Carl Proujan. The Reader's Digest Association Ltd. 1979.  Hardback with illustration on the board. 26.5 cms. x 19.5 cms.  colour and black & white illustrations. 191 pp.

48F) The Care & Repair of Sails. (x30)Second Edition. Jeremy Howard-Williams. Adlard Coles Ltd. 1985 Paperback approx. 21.5cms x 18.5 cms. Making sails and how to prolong the life of them with repairs.139pp. Black and white illustrations. Annotated on inside front page with a few numbers, slight wrinkle crease on cover corner.