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;) ;) | PATERSON Daniel A new and accurate description of all the Direct and and principal Cross Roads in Great Britain. Printed for the Proprietor (1799) lxii + 759pp + folding map. 12th ed., clean in old half calf. | £75 |
;) | NOBBS Moses James Old Coaching Days: Some Incidents in the Life of Moses James Nobbs the Last of the Mail Coach Guards. - With a preface by the Controller of the London Postal Service. 55pp + engraved frontispiece. 1st ed., fine in worn original cloth. Inscription and signature of R.C. Tombs on f.e.p. | £60 |
;) | ANON Execution of MacLean, Commonly Known by the Name of the Gentleman Highwayman. Sold by S. Hazard, Bath (1795 (circa)) 22pp. Clean in worn paper covers with stain on front cover and wear to edge. 4¼ x 7" Very scarce. | £165 |
;) ;) ;) | WHITTLE James and LAURIE Richard Whittle & Laurie's New Traveller's Companion. - Exhibiting a complete and correct survey of all the direct and principal cross roads in England, Wales, and Scotland: as far north as Edinburgh and Glasgow… London (1813) [10pp] holding map of England and Wales + 25 road maps. 7th ed. Very fine in original morocco travellers wallet with pockets front and back. | £600 |
;) | 1722 An Act for the amending the Highways leading from Brampton Bridge, near Church Brampton in the county of Northampton, - through the Parish of Thornby, to a bridge called Welford Bridge in the Parish of Welford... H.M.S.O. 14pp. Clean. | £12 |
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) | PATERSON Daniel Paterson's British Itinerary. - Being a new and accurate delineation and description of the Direct, and Principal Cross Roads of Great Britain, in two volumes. London: Printed for the Proprietors, Bowles & Carver (1803) Revised 2nd ed. 2 vols. bound in one. xxxv + 633pp. 340 + 45 strip maps and double page general map. A very fine copy bound in contemporary full calf. With the bookplate of James Beveridge Duncan of Damside. | £1000 |
;) ;) | BATEMAN J. The General Turnpike Act, 3 Geo. IV, cap.126, with an Appendix of Forms and the Standing Orders of both Houses of Parliament with respect to private Road Bills., etc., to which are added, and Index and Notes. London, Printed for the Associated Law Booksellers (1822) xvi + 189pp + 2pp publisher's list. Mostly clean in contemporary half calf. | £45 |
;) | GILBEY Sir Walter The Harness Horse. Vinton & Co (1898) 43pp + 7 plates, 3rd ed., fine in original decorated cloth. | £50 |
;) | SPIERS R.A.H. Coaching Days in Oxford and at 'The Mitre.' Oxford (1928) 75pp + mounted coloured frontispiece, plus 4 other colour illustrations. 1st ed., clean in original black card covers. | £32 |
;) | CARY J. Cary's new itinerary: - or, an accurate delineation of the Great Roads, both direct and cross throughout England and Wales; with many of the Principal roads in Scotland. From an actual admeasurement made by command of His Majesty's Postmaster General, for Official Purposes; Under the direction and inspection of Thomas Hasker Esq., Surveyor and Superintendant of the Mail Coaches. London (1806) 3rd ed., complete with folding map and advertisment for Globes at rear in original quarter calf binding with marbled boards, rebacked. The large folding map torn and repaired otherwise a clean copy. | £75 |
;) ;) | BAINES F.E. On the track of the Mail-Coach. - Being a volume of reminiscenses personal and otherwise. London (1895) vi + 351pp. 1st ed., very fine in original decorative cloth. Seldom seen work on stage coaching in Britain. | £75 |
;) ;) | BEAUFORT Duke Of Driving. - Badminton Library. Longmans, Green & Co (1901) 416pp + plates. 5th ed., clean in orig. pictorial cloth. Guide to history of stage coaching in Britain with attractive line drawings. | £50 |
;) | BLEW W.C.A. Brighton and its coaches. - A history of the London and Brighton road with some account of the provincial coaches that have run from Brighton. John C. Nimmo, London (1894) xxi + 354pp + 20 colour plates. 1st ed., fine in old decorated half morocco binding with red cloth. Occasional tone spotting. 7 x 10.5in A fine work with lovely hand coloured plates from original watercolour drawings by J. & G Temple. | £160 |
;) | BOVILL E.W. The England of Nimrod and Surtees. 1815-1854. Oxford Uni Press (1959) 188pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in worn D/W. Large section devoted to coaching also much on hunting and racing. | £18 |
;) | BRADLEY T. The Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire. Leeds (1889) xv + 251pp + ads. 1st ed., fine in worn original red pictorial cloth. A fine work illustrated with many line drawings by the author. Much on the old coaching inns. | £35 |
;) | BRADLEY T. The Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire. Leeds (1889) xv + 251pp + ads. 1st ed., fine in worn orig. green pictorial cloth. A fine work illustrated with many line drawings by the author. | £60 |
;) | BURKE T. Travel in England. - From Pilgrim and Pack horse to light car and plane. B.T. Batsford (1942) vi + 154pp + plates. 1st ed., some tone spotting mostly confined to page edges, clean in damaged D/W. Many B & W and a few colour plates. | £10 |
;) ;) ;) | CROSS T. The autobiography of a stage coachman. Kegan Paul, Trench, Thrubner & Co (1904) 2 vols. 253 + 250pp + 43 colour plates. 1st ltd. ed. of 500 copies. Fine in old Bayntun half morocco binding, all edges gilt. Very fine hand coloured aquatint plates after paintings by Pollard, Cooper Henderson, Rowlandson and Alken, etc. | £750 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | CROSS T. The autobiography of a stage coachman. Kegan Paul, Trench, Thrubner & Co (1904) 2 vols. 253 + 250pp + 43 colour plates. 1st ltd. ed. of 500 copies. Very fine in original decorated green cloth, spines rather dull. Very fine hand coloured aquatint plates after paintings by Pollard, Cooper Henderson, Rowlandson and Alken, etc. Considered by many to be the finest work on stage coaching. | £500 |
;) | FINGER Charles J. Highwaymen. - A book of gallant rogues. George G. Harrap & Co (1923) 258pp + 8 plates by Paul Honore. 1st ed., clean in slightly worn original black cloth. Front end paper clipped. Stories of famous highwaymen. | £25 |
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