Sussex And Kent Interest from

Derby: BREedon, 2005. An As New copy. 173 pages. 7 maps + maps of the highlighted areas. Photos of the inns. A to Z of Old Sussex Inns. The towns and villages of East and West Susses are blessed with hundreds of historic pubs, and in this new survey of the most interesting establishments the author uncovers a wealth of… Read more about this item

Salisbury, Wiltshire: Francis Frith Collection, 2006. An As New copy. 122 pages of photographs of Sussex by the Victorian founder of the world-famous photographic achive which has provided a unique historical record of the past.. 15. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Westerham, Kent: Froglets , 1999. An As New copy in an As New Dustjacket. 160 pages printed on glossy paper. Illustrated throughout. Period advertisement endpapers. The book selects a story here, a picture there, from a famous town's long river of memories, just as Mrs. Humphreys dipped that first cup into a bubbling stream to restore an ailing lord.… Read more about this item

Lewes, East Sussex: The Sussex Archaeological Society A Fine unmarked copy. 250 pages profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Comprises: The Cross Dykes Project Interim Report - The River Cuckmere to Eastbourne; Excavations of a Chichester Entrenchment at Lower Graylingwell, Chichester; Further Investigations East of Fishbourne Roman Palace; Archaeological Investigations at Preston Roman Villa, Brighton; An Early Roman… Read more about this item

Eastbourne: Sound Forum, 1983. Front cover has a crease to lower front else a clean and unmarked copy 64 pages. Photo illustrations. The author explores the town's creation and although the travellers are fictitious, the events and places are real. Celebrating the centenary of Eastbourne's creation as a municipal borough, when four hamlets had merged together. Its name was originally… Read more about this item

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1986. Sussex has a great wealth of stories from its long history and a fascinating folklore. These are tales from its rich treasury. Some are legends of dragons and magic. Others tell of piracy and smuggling. The old seasonal customs have their place too, as have the famous and infamous characters from the past. … Read more about this item

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy. A fascinating collection of murder, black magic, corruption and fraud, many of which made the national headlines and given rise to some of the most intriguing trials of the Sussex villains involved. 51. First. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ringmer, East Sussex: SculptureCo, 1999. A Fine unmarked copy in card covers. Rodin in Lewes is an exhibition celebrating the temporary return of Rodin's famous sculpture 'The Kiss' from the Tate Gallery for 5 months,to the town to which its was first brought in 1904. Commissioned by a Lewes resident, Edward Perry Warren, The Kiss was displayed in Lewes Town… Read more about this item

Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy . With a light-hearted approach, the author takes a trip down the garden and records for generations to come, the history of privies in Kent, and what it was like to use them in all weathers. 128 pages fully illustrated. … Read more about this item

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1990. This book describes over 150 West Sussex villages, recalling the history, people, events and folklore that have given each its particular flavour. It features illustrations by David Thelwell. 51. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Thelwell, David. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lewes, East Sussex: Pomegranate Press, 1994. A Very Good+ unmarked copy. With its chalk downland and wooded Weald, its coastal cliffs and steep ghyll valleys, its low lying wetlands and gorse-clad heaths, Sussex is the most varied and beautifula of English counties. The book explores the historic landscape to discover a world of bird and beast and flower, every… Read more about this item

Hastings, East Sussex: The Hastings Press, 2008. A near Fine unmarked copy which has some light indentations to front. viii + 231 pages. Illustrated. This groundbreaking book shatters many myths about the lives of working women in 19th century England. We move among publicans and pew-openers, pickpockets and poisoners, taking in courtroom dramas and domestic battles, as the social and… Read more about this item

Buckinghamshire: Spurbooks, 1978. A Very Good unmarked copy with light crease to spine and a touch of wear to spine head and tail. An excellent description of the history, scenery and people of East Sussex. 160 pages. 60 illustrations. 51. First. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Debretts Peerage, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. 150 pages. Useful reference of notable people of Sussex. Illustrated. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Southampton: Ensign, 1990. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A rectangular format volume of 80 pages. Through careful selection of very many rare and previously unpublished photographs the author has provided a lively pictorial commentary to the history of the town and the surrounding areas. There are some revealing portraits of the… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford, 1971. A near Fine copy which has a small name to front endpaper and a few specks to fore edge with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 170 old photographs. In the six decades covered by the book Sussex was a county where oxen, gleaners and smocked farm labourers were still to be… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. A Fine unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. xii + 172 pages. 20 illustrations. 28 plates. This richly entertaining book celebrates the 50th anniversary, in 1984, of the founding of Glyndebourne Festival Opera. It is a splendid mixture of historical survey, personal anecdote, criticism and comedy. Above all, emanating from… Read more about this item

Wendover, Bucks: Peterhouse Press, 1983. A Fine unmarked copy in green cloth boards with Fine dustjacket. Two of England's foremost writers on gardening, and a highly talented artist have contributed each in their own way to celebrate the gardens at Glyndebourne, set in the Sussex Downs and surrounding the unique Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Ann Scott-James writes evocatively on the overall… Read more about this item

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1968. A Near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small marks to fore and lower edges) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiii + 303 pages. 16 illustrations. 2 page genealogical chart. John Christie (1882-1962) was an English landowner and producer. He was the founder of the Glyndebourne Opera House and the… Read more about this item

Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore, 1990. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 167 illustrations and map endpapers. Seaford is a paradox. It is a town by the sea but not really a seaside town. Lying on the coast between Brighton and Eastbourne, it was a prosperous Cinque Port and a Parliamentary constituency six centuries before the… Read more about this item