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;) | 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. | £12.00 |
;) ;) | A COACH PAINTER The Coach Painters Hand-Book & Guide Henry J. Drane (1896) 132pp + coloured frontispiece and plate + advertisements. 1st ed., clean in original mustard cloth, front hinge slightly cracked. Very scarce. | £95.00 |
;) | 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. | £165.00 |
;) ;) | 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. | £75.00 |
;) ;) | 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. | £45.00 |
;) ;) | BEAUFORT Duke Of Driving ; By His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, With Contributions by Other Authorities - Badminton Library. Longmans, Green & Co (1901) 416pp + plates. 5th ed., clean in original pictorial cloth. Guide to history of stage coaching in Britain with attractive line drawings. | £20.00 |
;) | BEAUFORT Duke Of Driving ; By His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, With Contributions by Other Authorities - Badminton Library. Longmans, Green & Co (1889) 426pp + plates. 1st ed., inscription on half title, clean in original pictorial cloth. Guide to history of stage coaching in Britain with attractive line drawings. | £30.00 |
;) | 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. | £160.00 |
;) | 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. | £18.00 |
;) | 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. | £30.00 |
;) | BRADLEY T. The Old Coaching Days in Yorkshire. Leeds (1889) xv + 251pp + ads. 1st ed., fine in worn original green pictorial cloth. A fine work illustrated with many line drawings by the author. | £30.00 |
;) | 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. | £10.00 |
;) | 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. | £75.00 |
;) | CARY John Facsimile Edition of Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London on a Scale of One Inch to a Mile [South Set] Post Office Archives (1990) 17 loose pp contained in special folder. Fine. | £15.00 |
;) ;) ;) | CROSS Thomas 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. | £600.00 |
;) ;) ;) ;) | CROSS Thomas 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. | £450.00 |
;) | 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. | £25.00 |
;) | FREELOVE W.F. Victorian Horses and Carriages. - A personal sketchbook. Clarkson N. Potter (1979) 32pp. Clean in D/W. Collection of the authors coloured drawings of different wheeled carriages seen by him in Kingston upon Thames. | £4.00 |
;) | GRIFFITHS Miriam Chester to Holyhead - Travelling the old post road O Gaer i Gaergybi - yr hen lôn bost (Llunwyr Cymru) Magma Books (1997) 13pp + folding map. 1st ed., clean in card covers. | £7.00 |
;) | HARPER C.G. The Hastings Road - and the 'Happy Springs of Tunbridge.' Chapman & Hall, London (1906) xv + 287pp. 1st ed., very fine in old Bayntun binding, slightly faded. With the book plate of Alfred Northcliffe. Description of the the buildings and history surrounding the old coaching road. | £75.00 |
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SWITZERLAND A Century of Swiss Alpine Postal Coaches. L'Art en Suisse, Geneve 1932 82 large pp + ads and folding map. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial card covers, a little damaged on spine. History of Alpine postal horse drawn carriages and later motor buses with many tipped in colour plates and interesting adverts. Recommended.
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CARY John Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London. British Postal Museum 2000 Facsimile reprint of 1790 edition containing 48 strip maps on 14 sheets + title page. Loose. New.
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SWITZERLAND A Century of Swiss Alpine Postal Coaches. L'Art en Suisse, Geneve 1932 82 large pp + ads and folding map. 1st ed., fine in original pictorial card covers, a little damaged on spine. History of Alpine postal horse drawn carriages and later motor buses with many tipped in colour plates and interesting adverts. Recommended.
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CARY John Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London. British Postal Museum 2000 Facsimile reprint of 1790 edition containing 48 strip maps on 14 sheets + title page. Loose. New.
£10
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