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Ashford, Kentish Express, , 1906. 1906 92 p. 5 plates and many illustrations in the text. Publisher's pale blue decorated cloth which shows some marks. A very good copy. There is an old presentation inscription dated 1922 on the front endpaper, with a later address label. This volume contains sections on Cranbrook, Bilsington, Bilsington Priory, and Woodchurch.

Whittaker and Co.,, 1835.. 1835 xii, 343, [3] p. Additional engraved title page, maps, vignettes in the text. Second edition. Modern quarter calf binding. Uncut edges. A little spotting to the maps and several small insect holes in the blank margin of the engraved title page, otherwise a very good copy. First published in 1834, the Preface describes this edition as ' ... in an improved form, carefully revised, embellished by Pictorial Illustrations ...'

Henry Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson,, 1834.. 1834 8vo. viii, 9 - 560 p. Engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, nine engraved plates. One or two plates dated 1835. Bound in recent quarter calf, spine with raised bands and gold lines. Fore edge of frontis and engraved title frayed without affecting printed surface. Some marginal browning of the plates, but a very good copy. This anonymous didactic work of moral and practical advice went through many editions, including printings in Manchester and Liverpool. This comparatively late edition appears to be unrecorded.

Light Railway Transport League,, 1971; 1975.. 1971 8vo. 360 p. Illustrated throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Bound in publisher's cloth with the sleeved dust jackets chipped at the head. Spine of Vol. 1 lightly sunned. A very good set.

House of Commons,, 1831.. 1831 Folio. 2 p. Lithographed folding map (321 x 402 mm). by W. Day, coloured in outline. Later cloth backed boards, lettered on the front board. Extracted from the Report of the Boundary Commission. A very good copy.

London: Published by S. Lee, 70, Fetter Lane,, 1888. 1888 58 p. Publisher's vellum, gilt binding, a little soiled. The endpapers are toned but the text is clean and bright. Reprinted from one of the scarce 1750s editions. A classic of the low life genre.

London, Published by T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall, , M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]. 1793 viii,[1],viii-xii,206 p. Additional engraved title page, engraved map and 28 tinted plates. Contemporary tree calf. Rebacked and corners restored. Spine gilt with a contrasting label. Faint spotting to some plates but a nice, sound copy.

London, J. Boydell, , 1791.. 1791 Two volumes. [6], cxxii, 311, [1] ; [3], 312 - 607, [5] p. Engraved title pages and plates. Nineteenth century half calf with a little wear on the top corners and headcaps. Spines gilt (faded) between raised bands with two labels per volume. One spine label chipped. Internally clean and tight. A good set of the first edition. A supplement volume appeared in 1798 but these volumes are complete as issued.

Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark,, 1857.. 1857 xi, 307 p. Two tinted litho groundplans of No.7 Blythswood Square, Edinburgh. 22cm. Strongly bound in library buckram with goatskin spine. Neat labels and stamps internally, otherwise clean and tight.

London, J. M. Dent & Co.,, 1906. 1906 xvi, 267, [1] p. Pictorial title page, frontispiece and 22 plates as called for. 19cm. Polished red calf by Bumpus. Spine darkened and gilt in panels between raised bands. All edges gilt. Internally clean and crisp. A very good copy.

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1893.. 1893 Two volumes. xxx, 379; xiv, 405, [1] p. Frontis. and plates which are protected by tissues. Agapida Edition. Publisher's ornately gilt white cloth bindings over bevelled boards designed to resemble ornate vellum bindings, with decorative printed endpapers in an arbesque pattern. The text throughout is printed within red and black borders. The cloth is toned and there is some spotting, mainly to the edges of the text blocks. Otherwise clean and tight. There is a gift inscription dated Xmas 1892 to the verso of a front endpaper. An impressive piece of 1890s book design.

Antwerpiae, Ex typographia Gisleni Iansenni,, 1601.. 1601 12mo in 8s and 4s. xii, 392 p. 13cm. Contemporary vellum lettered in ink on spine and with a later shelfmark on a small label at the foot. Front endpaper partly detached, with two short notes in early hands. Contents clean and tight on uniformly toned paper. From the library of Anna Simoni.