Many of the worthwhile local texts are out of print. We have a small but growing collection of local history and topography and of o/p books by local writers. The first couple of dozen are described below. Stock turns over fast, so please phone (01289.304986) to check whether a book you are interested in is still available.
We can offer good prices for similar titles if you have any that are surplus to your requirements.
(BEWICK, Thomas) The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and his Workshop Apprentices, (2 vols), Thomas Bewick Birthplace Trust, 1989. 233 + 230 pp. Hundreds of examples of this artist's work in black and white and in colour, from Quadrupeds, Birds, Aesop, Fauna and so on. Mint condition. £36.00
CHAPMAN, Abel, Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two, 1851 - 1929 (with a memoir by George Bolam), 1930, Gurney and Jackson, 1st edition. 24 col plates by W.H.Riddell and 4 b/w plates. Many illustrations in the text by the author. A Fine copy in green glazed cloth £70.00
FULLER, JOHN: The History of Berwick upon Tweed. 1799. This facsimile edition published by Frank Graham dates from 1973. 601 pages + 50 pp appendix. 7 plates and town plan. Book very good, a little browned to top edge, d/w VG+ £40.00
HUNT, CJ, The Book trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860: A biographical dictionary of printers, engravers, lithographers, booksellers, stationers, publishers, mapsellers, printsellers, musicsellers, bookbinders, newsagents and owners of circulating libraries, 1975, Thorne's Students' Bookshop Ltd for the History of the Book Trade in the North. Pp116. Fine in d/w£ 15.00
MARTIN, Isa H, The Field Club Flora of the Lothians, 1934, Blackwood, Edinburgh. Pp 318 with 'descriptions, keys, ecological lists, illustrated glossary, and map of the Lothians.' Small format. Fine condition .£10.00
PEARSON, Lynn F, The Northumbrian
Pub: An architectural history, 1989, Sandhill Press, Morpeth.
Pp 142 with copious plans and photo illus, many in colour. Fine
in F d/w. (Retail price £15.95) £7.50
PERRY, Richard, A Naturalist on Lindisfarne, 1946, Lindsay Drummond.
First edition. 248 pp, copious b/w illus and large map folded
into end papers. Fine in VG d/w£ 16.00
SHIELLS, KAG, 'The Geological Structure of North-East Northumberland,' Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. lxv, no. 18, 1962/63. Pp 35+vii, 3 fold in plans and smaller text figs. Large format off-print in paper covers. Very good £5.00
TANKERVILLE, Leonora, Countess
of, The Ghosts of Chillingham,
1925, JW Brand, Wooler. Transcript of a radio talk of December
3rd, 1925? . Pp 12 with plate of Chillingham Castle. Pamphlet
in Good condition but stain to front. Scarce. £25.00
HENRY TEGNER lived at Whalton near Morpeth. Both his novels and his non-fiction are firmly located in the countryside around his home.
TEGNER, Henry, A Border County: Being an account of its wild life and field sports, 1955, Robert Hale.First Edition. Pp 191, b/w plates. Light marks to boards, Very Good- £7.00
TEGNER, Henry, Beasts of the North Country, from Whales to Shrews, 1962, Country Book Club repr. Pp 144, with photo plates, and 26 drawings by BB, just like the trade edition (1961). Very Good in Good d/w .£10.00
TEGNER, Henry, Charm of the Cheviots, 1970, Frank Graham, Newcastle upon Tyne. First Edition.Pp 160, b/w plates. Minor discoloration to title page, o/w Very Good+ in VG d/w £10.00
TEGNER, Henry, Rhymeside, 1964, William Kimber. First edition. Decorations by Peter Chadwick. Fine copy in very good d/w. £10.00
Another copy £10.00
TEGNER, Henry, Wild Cheviot, 1962, William Kimber. First Edition. pp 160 with line drawings. Fine in VG+ d/w £11.00
WILSON, FREDERICK RICHARD, An Architectural Survey of the Churches in he Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, 1870. Pp 200 of text, engraving and plan (some of them large and fold out) of each of the hundred or more churches described. Rebound in workmanlike brown book cloth. Fine £125.00