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1 Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica.
NY Krause & AMS 1968 Hardcover Very Good 
Large 8vo; Brown buchram, profusely illustrated, complete in ten thick volumes. 
Price: 675.00 USD
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2 Collectanea Curiosa; Or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating To The History And Antiquities of England and Ireland, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a Variety of Other Subjects. Chiefly Collected, and Now First Published, from the Manuscripts of Archbishop Sancroft; Given to the Bodleian Library by the Late Bishop Tanne
Oxford Clarendon Press 1781 First Edition Hardcover Other than lacking two boards a tight, clean set. 
8vo; Two volumes, volume I mottled boards rebacked, volume IIlacks boards, red and green leather spine labels, [3], xix, 448, [1], x, [2], 468p., index. **With armorial bookplate of Craven Ord 1756-1832, antiquary. 
Price: 250.00 USD
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3 Views Of Teignmouth.
London Rock & Co. [ca1871] First Edition (?) Softcover Good; Spine cracked but internally tight, ink scribble of less than one inch square, light foxing. 
Oblong 12mo; Printed and embossed ivory colored wraps, 4" by 7 1/8," 6 engraved plates, print area about 2 3/4" by 3 1/2," engravings are dated 1860 to 1871. 
Price: 65.00 USD
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4 Bailey, Charles Transcripts From The Municipal Archives Of Winchester, And Other Documents, Elucidating the Government, Manners, and Customs of the Same City, from the Thirteenth Century to the Present Period.
Winchester Hugh Barclay 1856 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Signed by Author
12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Publisher's ornately stamped red cloth, gilt title on front board, vi, [1], 198p., index. **Inscribed presentation copy.; Signed by Author 
Price: 75.00 USD
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5 Beard, Charles Austin The Office Of Justice Of The Peace In England In Its Origin And Development .
NY Burt Franklin N.D. Hardcover Very Good-; 
8vo; 184, [1]p. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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6 Broomhall, William (Ed. ) The Country Gentlemen's Estate Book 1913.
Lechworth Country Gentlemen's Association 1913 First Edition Thus Hardcover Very Good-; Only minor signs of use. 
tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Ornate cloth, xxvii, [4], 572, [xxviii-xxx]p., illustrated, index, advertisements. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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7 Burn, R. Scott The Practical Directory For The Improvement Of Landed Property, Rural And Suburban, and the Economic Cultivation of its Farms.
Edinburgh William Patterson 1882 First Edition Hardcover Good+; Volume 1 lacks top inch of spine, volume 2 lacks spine, internallly tight and clean, about VG internally. 
Folio 13" - 23" tall; 2 volumes, 628p., 77 plates and numerous woodcuts, index. 
Price: 250.00 USD
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8 Chambers, E. K. Arthur Of Britain.
London Sidgwick & Jackson 1927 First Edition Hardcover Good+; Spine faded, spine title dark. 
8vo; Publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front board, vii, 299p., bibliography, index. **Classical study with bibliographical essay. Henry Bosley Woolf's copy, signed by him and with his bookplate. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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9 Child, Francis James The English And Scottish Popular Ballads, Edited By Francis James Child. [Complete set]
NY Folklore Press 1956 Hardcover Very Good- in Good dust jacket; One jacket is about good while the other two are almost VG, name on front free end-paper. 
Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Five volumes bound into three, glossaries, extensive bibliography, indexes. 
Price: 250.00 USD
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10 Christopherson, John An Exhortation To All Menne To... Beware Of Rebellion.
NY Da Capo Press 1973 9022105806 / 9789022105801 Facsimile Hardcover Very Good-; Bound upside down. 
The English Experience; Vol. 580; 24mo 6" tall; Unpaginated. **Reprinted from the London, 1554 edition. 
Price: 75.00 USD
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11 Coke, Edward The First Part Of The Institutes Of The Laws Of England; Or, A Commentary Upon Littleton...
London Wright For Brooke & Lynch 1788 Thirteenth Edition 
Folio, leather, [22], xx p. , 395 folios, [66]p. , folding table. **"...revised and corrected. With the addition of notes and references, from the beginning to folio 195 inclusive, by Francis Hargrave... And from folio 196 to the end, with the preface and index to the notes, by Charles Butler... And an analysis of Littleton, written by an unknown hand in 1658-9, but never before published. **The first and last several leaves detached else sound and clean internally. The boards are detached with some loss of leather, spine is very worn and has library numbers. 
Price: 395.00 USD
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12 Collier, J. Payne (Ed. ) The Egerton Papers. A Collection Of Public And Private Documents, Chiefly Illustrative of the Times of Elizabeth and James I. from the Original Manuscripts, the Property of the Right Hon. Lord Francise Egerton [Ellesmere]
London Camden Society 1840 First Edition Hardcover Good+; Small perforated library stamp on title page, lacks spine ends, ink date on spine, internally about VG. 
Camden Society; Vol. 12; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Publisher's cloth, uncut and unopened, viii, 509p., index. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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13 Collins, Arthur The Peerage Of England; Containing A Genealogical And Historical Account Of all the Peers of England, Now Existing, Either by Tenure, Summions, or Creations: Their Descents and Collateral Lines: Their Births, Marriages, and Issues: Famous Actions Both in War and Peace...
London Printed for W. Innys, et al 1756 Third Edition Hardcover Old paper labels at base of spine, donor bookplate with release, embossed stamp on title pages, spine ends worn, hinge cracks started, a strong attractive set, internally VG. 
8vo; Contemporary plain calf, spine panels divided by raised bands within double gilt rules, volume number in gilt without titling, five volumes bound in six, profusely illustrated. **"Also, their paternal coats of arms, crests, supporters and mottes, curiously engraven on copper plates. Collected from records, old wills, authentick manuscripts, our most approv'd historians, and other authorities, which are cited." The third edition, corrected annd enlarged in every family, with memoirs, not hitherto printed. This was the last edition published under the superintendance of Arthur Collins. 
Price: 875.00 USD
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14 De Lolme, J. L. [Jean Louis] The Constitution Of England; Or, An Account Of The English Government; In Which it is Compared, Both with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other Monarchies in Europe.
NY Hodge & Campbell 1792 First American Edition Hardcover Good; Lacks most of top inch of spine, front board held by stitching, otherwise a tight clean copy. 
12mo; Contemporary leather, xvi, [25]-376, [8], index. **Evans #24263. 
Price: 185.00 USD
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15 Dudley, Robert, Earl Of Leicester Correspondence Of Robert Dudley, Earl Of Leycester, During His Government Of the Low Countries, in the Years 1585 and 1586. Edited by John Bruce.
London Camden Society 1844 First Edition Hardcover Very Good; Perforated library stamp on title page, head of spine broken, ink date on spine, internally about VG. 
Camden Society; Vol. 27; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Publisher's cloth, l, 496p., index. **With the binder's ticket of Remnant & Edmonds, London. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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16 England. Parliament. House Of Commons Votes Of The House Of Commons. Jovis 26 Die Januarii, 1715. Order, That The Answer Of Thomas Earl Of Strafford...
London J. Tonson Et Al 1715 Good; 
Broadsheet, 11.5" by 7." **Leaf 355/3566, Numb. 170, signature 8M, complete in itself. **In addition to the impeachment of Strafford in includes the impeachment of George Earl of Winchester, and the attainting of John Earl of Mar, James Earl of Linthgow, & James Drummond for high treason. This was issued as a single sheet at the price of 2d. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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17 England. Parliament. House Of Commons Votes Of The House Of Commons. Martis 31 Die Januarii, 1715. Mr. Morice Reported That The Committee...
London J. Tonson Et Al 1715 Good with no dust jacket; 
Broadsheet, 11.5" by 7." **Leaf 361/362, Numb. 173, signature 8P, complete in itself. **"...to whom the bill for naturalizing Henry Cornelison..." also the petitions concerning the woolen manufactory. This was issued as a single sheet at the price of 2d. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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18 Freeman, Edward A. The Growth Of The English Constitution From The Earliest Times.
Leipzig Bernhard Tauchnitz 1872 First Edition Thus Hardcover Very Good-; Corners worn. 
16mo; 287 pages; 3/4 red morocco, marbled boards. **Copyright editions, published the same year as the first edition. The binding is by R. W. Smit. H 
Price: 50.00 USD
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19 Fryde, E. B. (Ed. ) Book Of Prests Of The King's Wardrobe For 1294-5. Presented To John Goronwy Edwards.
Oxford Clarendon Press 1962 First Edition Hardcover Very Good- 
8vo; lix, 266 pages; Illustrated with 2 plates, bibliography, index. **The introduction is in English while the records are in Latin. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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20 Glasgow, Various Ministers of Lectures On The Social And Physical Condition Of The People, Especially in Large Towns. by Various Ministers of Glasgow.
Glasgow William Collins [ca1850] Hardcover Fair; A bit loose. 
12mo; 192 pages; **Lecture V, "Remedies for the Prevailing Evils" includes a comparison of the feaudal and the clan system. 
Price: 85.00 USD
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