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The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 volumes, 1st edition, for Nichols, Son, and Bentley, and G. Andrews, 1816-40, 82 engraved plates including one not listed in contents ('Raby Castle' after J. M. W. Turner, bound as frontispiece to volume 4), plates variably spotted, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, sides scuffed and rubbed, volume 1 top spine compartment replaced in facsimile, folio (42.5 x 26.5 cm), together with: Bartlett (William Henry & William Brockedon illustrators), The Waldenses, or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche, by William Beattie, 1st edition, George Virtue, 1838, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, folding map, 70 plates, tissue guards, marginal damp-staining to first few plates, contemporary green morocco gilt by Davinson of Alnwick, rubbed, spine sunned, stripping to covers, 4to, Billings (Robert William), Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham, 1st edition, for T. and W. Boone and the author, 1843, 75 engraved plates, spotting, contemporary half calf, patterned cloth sides, superficial wear to corners, 4to, and approximately 15 others, mainly 19th-century topographical works on the Midlands and the north of England, contemporary leather bindings, some minor wear, 4to and 8vo Upcott pp. 609*-11* (Surtees). (approx. 20)