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[14390] Anon. Kelly's Directory of Berkshire Bucks and Oxon [with new map] 1903. London: Kelly's Directories, 1903. Sixth Edition. Hardback. Very Good Berkshire with a plan of Reading. The preface states ' The Maps [Bucks and Oxon in one and Berks. separately] are sold at the following prices : - Plain Sheet 2/- On Rollers 4/- In Case 5/-'. This copy has the map of Berkshire tipped in but not the Bucks and Oxon map. No inscriptions. Red cloth with gilt title to the spine and Royal arms on the front board. A very good solid copy. £200.00

[2526] Anon. Northampton Charities - Report of the Special Committee Appointed By the Town Council on 4th May 1908. County Borough of Northampton, Paperback. Good+. 95pp. Some annotations. Plain wrappers. £12.00

[9454] Anon. Hook Norton 2000 AD - The Millennium Book. Hardback. Fine Small oblong format. 74pp. Illustrated. A record of this North Oxfordshire village at the Millenium. £10.00

[14389] Anon. Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire 1895 with large map engraved expressly for this work. London: Kelly & Co., 1895. Hardback. Very Good xii, 1p. Index to Advertisers. 407pp. 40pp. adverts. Large folding map of the county, two tears on the right-hand side, repaired with no loss. Name/date [17-5-95] on front endpaper. Red cloth with gilt title to the spine and Royal arms on the front board, pages slightly browned. A very good solid copy. £150.00

[14437] Anon. Borough of Banbury 1554-1954. Banbury: Cheney & Sons, 1954. First Edition. Card covers. Very Good 35pp. Illustrated with photographs. Folding coloured map of The Borough of Banbury. No innscriptions. Printed cover with coloured arms of Banbury. Souvenir of the Quater-centenary of the granting of the Charter of Incorporation to the Borough of Banbury by Queen Mary on January 26th. 1554. This year, 2008, marks the 400th anniversary of the Charter granted by James I on 28th June 1608. £30.00

[15860] Anon. Rambler's Maps of The Cotswolds No. 1 Broadway and Campden. Rambler's Association, 1082. Map. Very Good Folding map approx. 24 by 17 inches. folding to 8.5 by 4.5 inches in illustrated card covers.Scale 1:25000. Printed on Polyart water repellent and tear resistant paper. No inscriptions. £5.00

[15861] Anon. Rambler's Maps of The Cotswolds No. 2 Cleeve Hill. Rambler's Association, 1983. Map. Very Good Folding map approx. 24 by 17 inches. folding to 8.5 by 4.5 inches. Scale 1:25000. Printed on Polyart water repellent and tear resistant paper. No inscriptions. £5.00

[15862] Anon. Rambler's Maps of The Cotswolds No. 5 Dursley. Rambler's Association, 1983. Map. Very Good Folding map approx. 24 by 17 inches. folding to 8.5 by 4.5 inches in illustrated card covers. Scale 1:25000. Printed on Polyart water repellent and tear resistant paper. No inscriptions. £5.00

[1117] Banks, F.R,.. Warwickshire and the Shakespeare Country. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Good+. ISBN: B0000CKLLH. 376pp.Maps and plans. The Penguin Guides New Series. No inscriptions. Pages browned o/w VG £3.00

[15984] Barker, Robin. Aynho Junction. Absolute Design Solutions, 2008. First Edition. Hardback. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0955213975. 316pp. Inscribed and signed by the author. Dustwrapper unclipped. Blue cloth gilt. As New condition. £30.00

[2892] Beckinsale, R.P.. Companion into Gloucestershire. London: Methuen, 1939. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. xiv,269pp. Illustrated. Map. No inscriptions. Ochre cloth. £5.00

[6335] Bennett, Stanley G.. An Extraordinary Mixture. Gloucester: Stanley Bennett, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. Fine. No dustwrapper. 118pp. Illustrated. Most of the items in this book appeared in the Gloucester Journal and Citizen. Signed by the author. TLS signed letter from the author dated 29th March 1972 loosely enclosed. Green cloth, black lettering. £25.00

[3856] Camp, John. Portrait of Buckinghamshire. London: Robert Hale, 1975. 2nd Impression. Hardback. Fine in very good dustwrapper. ISBN: 0709132328. 240pp. 36 photographs by Ronald Goodearl. Map. No inscriptions. Yellow-green cloth gilt. £5.00

[14236] Clark, Ted. Banbury in Old Picture Postcards. Zaltbommel: European Library, 1982. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No dustwrapper. ISBN: 902882037X. Small oblong format. 78pp. 2 page introduction and 76 illustrated pages each with accompanying text. No inscriptions. Green cloth, front board illustrated with a view of Banbury High Street decorated for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebration. £20.00

[15979] Cooper, Nicholas. Aynho - A Northamptonshire Village. Banbury: Leopards Head Press/Banbury Historical Society, 1984. First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0904920097. xii, 339pp. 34 plates. 10 maps. 4 figures. Map endpapers. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper unclipped. The definitive history of Aynho in Northamptonshire. Red cloth gilt. £37.00

[15982] Cowley, Stanley. The Fireman's Tale - The experiences of a Banbury Fireman in the Days of the Great Western Railway. Banbury: Diadem Publishing Services, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Signed by Author. Very Good 40pp. Illustrated with 4 photographs and a map. Signed by the author. Illustrated covers, crease on corner of back cover otherwise Fine. £25.00

[14737] Crosher, G.R.. Along the Chiltern Ways. London: Cassell, 1973. First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0304291935. xiii, 178pp. 31 photographic illustrations. Map. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper price intact. Green cloth gilt. £8.00

[12868] Delderfield, Eric. The Cotswolds - Some Stories of the Lovely Villages and Churches. Exmouth: Raleigh Press, 1965. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: B0000CKYDH. 123pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. £3.00

[3021] Delderfield, Eric. The Cotswolds - Some Stories of the Lovely Villages and Churches. Exmouth: Raleigh Press, 1965. Second Edition. Paperback. Good. ISBN: B0000CKYDH. 123pp. Illustrated. Names on both covers, marked. £3.00

[15876] Dickins, Margaret. A History of Hook Norton 912-1928. 2009. Facsimile reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine 200pp. Illustrated. Additional index of names for the 2009 edition. A facsimile reprint of the original 1928 edition published by the Banbury Guardian. As New condition. £30.00

[15981] Dodwell, Robert. Barkshire or Berkshire Pocket County Companion. London: Tylston & Edwards and A.P. Marsden, 1896. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No dustwrapper. 198pp. 19 pp. advertisements and publishers catalogue. Folding map [two tears repaired on the back with no loss]. Short inscription dated Christmas 97. Green cloth, gilt titles. A very nice clean and tight copy. £80.00

[9890] Ford, E.B. and Haywood, J.S.. Church Treasures in the Oxford District. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0862990513. xiv, 114pp. 19 illustrations Map. Foreword by A.L. Rowse. No inscriptions. Illustrated covers. £8.00

[14976] Fothergill, John. My Three Inns. London: Chatto & Windus, 1949. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good / No dustwrapper. 241pp. Illustrated with 8 plates and line drawings. No inscriptions. Orange cloth gilt. £10.00

[14438] Gibson. J.S.W. [editor]. Burial Register of Banbury, Oxfordshire Part Three 1723-1812. Banbury: Banbury Historical Society, 1984. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0900129174. Banbury Historical Society Volume 18. 176pp. No inscriptions. £30.00

[14715] Green, Bassett. A Cotswold Tragedy - A Tale of Pagan England. Coventry & Winchcombe: Mercian Publishers, 1950. First Edition. Hardback. Good+ / No dustwrapper. 88pp. Map of The Rollright Stones. Illustrated title page. Set around The Rollrght Stones, Chipping Camoden and Drayton Bassett 200 years ago. No inscriptions. No dustwrapper. Grey cloth, slightly marked. £12.00

[12656] Gretton, Mary Sturge. Burford Past and Present. London: Faber & Faber, 1946. New and Revised Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. 158pp. Illustrated. Bookplate of Cheltenham Ladies' College on endpaper. Fawn cloth gilt. £10.00

[15983] Huntriss, Y.S.. Exploring Old Bloxham. 1994. First Edition. Spiral bound paperback. Fine ISBN: 095087471X. 104pp. Illustrated with photographs , line drawings and sketch maps. Photographic work by R.C. Huntriss. No inscriptions. Illustrated covers. £25.00

[14984] Jackson, Freda Silver. Then and Now - A Collection of Recollections. Oxford: Oxford Jewish Congregation, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0951925318. 186pp. 21 illustrations. A miscellany of fascinating reminiscences of Jewish people in Oxford. Contributors include Lord Jakobovits and Sir Isaiah Berlin. No inscriptions. Brown cloth gilt. As New condtion. £15.00

[14426] Jones, Francesca; Gilmour, Lauren Adams; Henig, Martin. Treasures of Oxfordshire. Oxford: Famos, 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+ ISBN: 090687131X. 4to. 96pp. Many colour illustrations. A selection of about 100 treasures from Oxfordshire's Museums, Oxfordshire Record Office and the Centre for Oxfordshire Studies. No inscriptions. Illustrated cover. £10.00

[12750] Keates, Jonathan illustrated by William Bird. Drawings and Sketches of Oxford. Salamander Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. ISBN: 0907540317. No inscriptions. £5.00

[2517] King, Edmund (editor). A Northamptonshire Miscellany. Northampton: Northamptonshire Record Society, 1983. First Edition. Hardback.. Fine. No dustwrapper. ISBN: 0901275476. Northamptonshire Record Society Volume XXXII for the year ended December 1982. 167pp. 8 illustrations. Contains three items - Estate Records of the Hotot family, The Daventry Tithing Book and Militia Lists for Nassaburgh 1762. No inscriptions. Green cloth gilt. £10.00

[15598] Meagher, Walter L. and Sheasby, Peter. Portrait of a River : The River Swere in Oxfordshire. Bloxham: English Landscapes, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Signed by Illustrator. Fine ISBN: 0954987306. Small 4to. 176pp. Illustrated with colour photographs by Peter Sheasby and maps. Signed 'with best wishes Peter Sheasby' on the title page. £20.00

[9418] Murray, D.L.. Folly Bridge. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good. No dustwrapper. 335pp. Map endpapers. No dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Red cloth, spine sunned. £3.00

[15854] Nevell, Peter. Rambling for Pleasure Around Maidenhead. East Berkshire Rambler's Association, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Fine 12pp. 12 walks each with a map and detailed description. No inscriptions. Illustrated cover £6.00

[4181] Nicholas, Michael. Muse at St. Matthew's - A short history of the artistic traditions of St. Matthew's Church, Northampton. Paperback. Good. ISBN: 0950031208. 4to.pamphlet. Photographs by Ralph Meakins. Cartoons by Stephen Meakins. £6.00

[12867] Ottewell, Gordon. A Cotswold Quiz Book. Cheltenham: Barn Owl Books, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 0950905712. 44pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. £10.00

[6210] Paul, John. Grasshoppers & Crickets of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire. Oxford: Pisces Publications, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0950824569. 96pp. Illustrated by Charlotte Matthews. No inscriptions.. £6.00

[9871] Pickering, Michael. Village Song and Culture - A study based on the Blunt Collection of song from Adderbury, North Oxfordshire . London: Croom Helm, 1982. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. ISBN: 0709900597. 187pp. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper. Black cloth gilt £35.00

[12773] Pinnell, Miss with the help of the children of Sapperton School. Village Heritage. London: Alan Sutton, 1986. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper ISBN: 086299263X. Oblong 4to. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt. £6.00

[15980] Piper, John. Oxfordshire - A Shell Guide. London: Faber & Faber, 1953. New Edition. Hardback. Very Good+ / No dustwrapper. Small 4to. 68pp. 67 illustrations with photographs and drawings mostly by John Piper. 2 page colour map. Illustrated endpapers. No inscriptions. Brown cloth. A very nice clean copy. £50.00

[586] Plaisted, Arthur H.. The Romance of a Chiltern Village. Medmenham, Buckinghamshire: The Village Bookshop, 1958. First Edition. Hardback.. Fine in near fine d/w ISBN: B0000EF0P6. 214pp. Illustrations and Plans. Map endpapers. Arthur H. Plaisted was Vicar of Medmenham. No inscriptions. £16.00

[14601] Pollard, Evelyn. Randwick and Roundabout. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1986. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+ ISBN: 0862990424. viii, 100pp. Illustrated. Map. No inscriptions. Illustrated covers. £6.00

[14436] Potts, William. A History of Banbury - The Story of the Development of a Country Town. Banbury: Banbury Guardian, 1958. First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: B0016RTKHK. xvi, 253pp. 51 illustrations. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper price intact. Blue cloth gilt. £30.00

[14981] Prescott, Ann. Souldern : Our Village in Oxfordshire. 1994. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine 120pp. Many illustrations Cover design by Elaine Holloway. No inscriptions. Illustrated covers £20.00

[14500] Richardson, John. Oxford and County Ghost Stories. Oxford: J. Hannon, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Fine 38pp. No inscriptions. Illustrated cover. £12.00

[12678] Rowse, A. L.; Hedgecoe, John. Shakespeare's Land: A Journey Through the Landscape of Elizabethan England. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1987. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0877014620. Illustrated. No inscriptions. £10.00

[12866] Ryland, Peter. Cheltenham Walks and Rides: Six short tours in Cheltenham, originally prepared for the Cheltenham Society. Cheltenham: Borough of Cheltenham Libraries and Arts Committee, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 0902679015. 28pp. Folding map. Illustrations by Peter Reardon. Additional research by Nancy Pringle. No inscriptions. £12.00

[12677] Sampson, Aylwin. Scene Together - A Further Selection from the Series on People and Places First Published in the "Gloucestershire Echo" . Adlestrop: Windrush Press, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 090007597X. Illustrated. No inscriptions. £6.00

[12863] Shurey, Richard. Shakespeare's Avon from Source to Severn. Manchester: Whitethorn Press, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. ISBN: 095060559X. 79pp. Illustrated. Map of river. No inscriptions. £5.00

[7050] Simpson, Alan and Mary. Compton-Land Revisited - New looks at an Old Puzzle . Little Compton Historical Society, 1994. First Edition. Hardback. Fine. No dustwrapper. Volume II in a series of publications in honor of Carlton C. Brownell. Oblong format. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Colour map by Louis W. Luedtke of 'Compton-Land in England' showing the locations of Comptons in the counties loosely enclosed. Foreword by Nate Atwater. No inscriptions. Blue cloth gilt. £25.00

[15715] Spencer, Charles. Althorp : The Story of an English House. London: Viking, 1998. First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0670883220. Small 4to. 168pp. Illustrated. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper price intact. Green cloth gilt. £6.00

[8767] Sutton, Alan and Hudson, John. Cotswold Images. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1988. First Edition. Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. ISBN: 0862995116. Oblong 4to. 192pp. Numerous colour and monochrome illustrations. Map. Dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Red cloth gilt. £6.00

[15857] The Chiltern Society. C.S. Footpath Map No. 2. Henley N.W. Footpath map with notes on five walks in the Oxfordshire Chilterns. Shire Publications, 1972. Second Edition. Map. Good+ 16 by 10.5 inches folded into four with the map on one side [scale 2.5 inches to the mile] and walking notes on the reverse. Slightly marked. £3.00

[15858] The Chiltern Society. C.S. Footpath Map No. 4. Henley S.W. Footpath map with notes on five walks north of Reading. Shire Publications, 1974. 2nd Impression. Map. Good+ 16 by 10.5 inches folded into four with the map on one side [scale 2.5 inches to the mile] and walking notes on the reverse. Slightly marked. £3.00

[15859] The Chiltern Society. C.S. Footpath Map No. 10. Ewelme and distr ict Footpath map with notes on walks around Watlington, Swyncombe and Nuffield. Shire Publications, 1975. First Edition. Map. Good+ 16 by 10.5 inches folded into four with the map on one side [scale 2.5 inches to the mile] and walking notes on the reverse. Slightly marked. £3.00

[4180] Thornton, John R.. The Shoemaker in Art - Catalogue of an Exhibition March 26 - April 22 1961 Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton. Northampton: Museums and Art Gallery Committee, 1961. Paperback. Good+. 24pages. 2 illustrations. £6.00

[14439] Trinder, Barrie. Victorian Banbury. Banbury: Banbury Historical Society, 1982. First Edition. Hardback. Fine / Very Good+. ISBN: 0850334330. Banbury Historical Society Volume 19. 4to. xii, 235pp. 33 plates. 18 drawings in the text. Map. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper price intact. Red cloth gilt. £10.00

[14421] Tyzack, Charles. Wychwood and Cornbury. Charlbury: Wychwood Press an imprint of Jon Carpenter Publishing, 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author. Fine ISBN: 1902279042. 168pp. Illustrated. Signed by tthe author on the title page with no further inscription. Illustrated covers. £10.00

[5932] Utechin, Patricia. Epitaphs from Oxfordshire. Oxford: Robert Dugdale /Friends of Oxfordshire Churches, 1980. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+ in Very Good d/w ISBN: 0950388068. 79pp. Illustrations by Clare Roberts. Foreword by John Piper. No inscriptions. Red cloth gilt. £8.00

[12632] Various. Brass Rubbings from Shakespeare's Countryside: A Selection of the More Interesting Rubbings from Monumental Brasses from Churches in the Environs of Stratford-Upon-Avon. Stratford-on Avon: Edward Fox & Son Ltd, 1970. Limited edition of 1250 copies. Trade Paperback. Very Good. ISBN: 0950165808. Folio. 28pp. Map of the district. 13 brass rubiings, each with a tissue guard, from 11 churches with an accompanying drawing of each church and text description. Card covers £50.00

[14619] Vyvyan E.R. [editor]. Cotswold Games : Annalia Dubrensia 1636. London: Tabard Press, 1970. First Thus. Hardback. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0901951242. Small 4to. 85pp. Illustrated. Facsimile reprint of the 1878 edition. No inscriptions. Dustwrapper slightly worn on edges, price-clipped. Fawn cloth gilt. £20.00

[3323] Waters, Rev T.. Thornbury Church. Paperback. Good. Reprinted from the transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 10pp. Plan. Wrappers chipped. £4.00

[14745] Woolley, A. R.. Oxford University and City. London: Art and Technics, 1951. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good+ / Good. 4to. 208pp. Numerous plates. Line drawings. Map endpapers. Name on half-title. Dustwrapper chipped, price intact. Green cloth gilt. £10.00