John Middleton (1751 – 1833), surveyor, pioneering and inventive agriculturist, commissioner for enclosures. "The best of all the [board's] surveys of English Counties'". ODNB. An all-encompassing work in the spirit of the age, including the state of property, commons and… Read More
Radnorshire by Howse, W.H - 1949
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Radnorshire
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First edition. E. J. Thurston. Hereford. 1949. Octavo. 347pp. Photo frontis., 18 further photo-plates. Folding map. Small errata slip tipped in before preface. Some important corrections and additions dated 1957 by W. H. Howse tipped in to half-title. Original green cloth, sl. rubbed to edges. ALS tipped in to verso frontis. Occasional marginal neat addenda.
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Closely handwritten and signed letter (2pp) from W. H. Howse to "my dear Horne" relating to finds and other promising archaeologists, dated 14/8/59, Presteigne. Howse MBE clipping from the Radnor Times 1964 tipped in to pastedown. London Calling: The Weekly Letter by W.H. Howse dated January 29 1948 loosely inserted.
"In the little Welsh county of Radnorshire, you may complain that 'there is nought to see but scenery. On the other hand that scenery and the quietude, and dreamlike stillness that ever dwells upon hills, may become the very anchor of your existence.'"
Howse, W. H. MBE, FSA. (1884-1966) Historian and author.
Horne; James Sidney (1889-1982) Historian, author and auctioneer; Secretary of Stafford Historic and Civic Society; Trustee of the William Salt Library (1940-82)
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View of the Agriculture of Middlesex; with observations on the means of its improvement, and several essays on agriculture in general, drawn up for the consideration of The Board of Agriculture.
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John Middleton (1751 – 1833), surveyor, pioneering and inventive agriculturist, commissioner for enclosures. "The best of all the [board's] surveys of English Counties'". ODNB. An all-encompassing work in the spirit of the age, including the state of property, commons and… Read More
Tours in Wales (1804-1813). Edited from his Ms. Journals in the Cardiff Free Library by John Fisher, B.D.
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Richard Fenton (1747-1821), poet and topographical writer. His friends included Oliver Goldsmith, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, William Owen Pughe, Theophilus Jones and Sir Joshua Reynolds. "He built up a large library of books, manuscripts … and toured Wales extensively to visit prehistoric sites, many of which he excavated, and other features in the landscape. His books and journals, more tour literature than history, are entertaining reading, being an attractive mixture of accurate reporting and recording interspersed with personal descriptions of scenery and accounts of… Read More
History of Swansea and of the Lordship of Gower. From the earliest times to the XIV century
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Parochial Antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks: A New Edition, in Two Volumes, greatly enlarged from the Author’s manuscript notes.
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White Kennett (1660 - 1728) Vicar of Ambroseden, later Bishop of Peterborough. Antiquarian and author. "His reputation as a topographer and philologist was enhanced by his 'Parochial Antiquities attempted in the History of Ambrosden,… Read More
Memorials of Old Chelsea: a new history of the village of palaces. With numerous illustrations by the author.
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With Chelsea Provenance: from the library of Charles Douglas Medley of 11 Edith Grove Chelsea.
Charles Douglas Medley 1870-1963. Lawyer Field Roscoe & Co., an authority on authors' copyright who acted for Somerset Maugham, George Bernard Shaw, Richard Aldington, D.H. Lawrence and Noël Coward, among others, and who numbered George Moore and Harley Granville-Barker among his closest friends.
Charles was the son of Rev Edward Medley and Emily Grey Birrell. Nephew of Rev William Medley (the dedicator of this book) and Harriet Eliza Birrell. Emily and Harriet were sisters of the Right Hon. Augustine Birrell, M.P., Q.C. His son, (Charles) Robert Owen Medley was the artist (1905–1994), born on 19… Read More
View of the Agriculture of Middlesex; with observations on the means of its improvement, and several essays on agriculture in general, drawn up for the consideration of The Board of Agriculture.
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John Middleton (1751 – 1833), surveyor, pioneering and inventive agriculturist, commissioner for enclosures. "The best of all the [board's] surveys of English Counties'". ODNB. An all-encompassing work in the spirit of the age, including the state of property, commons and… Read More
Tours in Wales (1804-1813). Edited from his Ms. Journals in the Cardiff Free Library by John Fisher, B.D.
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Richard Fenton (1747-1821), poet and topographical writer. His friends included Oliver Goldsmith, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, William Owen Pughe, Theophilus Jones and Sir Joshua Reynolds. "He built up a large library of books, manuscripts … and toured Wales extensively to visit prehistoric sites, many of which he excavated, and other features in the landscape. His books and journals, more tour literature than history, are entertaining reading, being an attractive mixture of accurate reporting and recording interspersed with personal descriptions of scenery and accounts of… Read More
History of Swansea and of the Lordship of Gower. From the earliest times to the XIV century
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Parochial Antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks: A New Edition, in Two Volumes, greatly enlarged from the Author’s manuscript notes.
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White Kennett (1660 - 1728) Vicar of Ambroseden, later Bishop of Peterborough. Antiquarian and author. "His reputation as a topographer and philologist was enhanced by his 'Parochial Antiquities attempted in the History of Ambrosden,… Read More
Memorials of Old Chelsea: a new history of the village of palaces. With numerous illustrations by the author.
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With Chelsea Provenance: from the library of Charles Douglas Medley of 11 Edith Grove Chelsea.
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Charles was the son of Rev Edward Medley and Emily Grey Birrell. Nephew of Rev William Medley (the dedicator of this book) and Harriet Eliza Birrell. Emily and Harriet were sisters of the Right Hon. Augustine Birrell, M.P., Q.C. His son, (Charles) Robert Owen Medley was the artist (1905–1994), born on 19… Read More
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