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List of books and other items in the catalogue

3/08/2011 - 1077 items

Author / Corporate Author / Title / Publisher & Year / Collation / Class / Keywords / Notes
A Guide to the topography buildings and people of medieval St Albans. / ([198?]) / ff.[ii], 60. / P32MA21 / St. Albans (England) History - Medieval / (HIS) Preliminary edition. A later version was produced in 1994.||(DES) Spiral bound A4 soft cover.
Bryant's Map of Hertfordshire, 1822.\Includes 4 sheets and index / Hertfordshire Record Society (2003) / D6 P31 / (DES) printed from an original map held by Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Cathedral and abbey church of St. Alban 1077 - 1877 - 1977 : the hands of a craftsman / printed by Eversheds Ltd. (1977) / [8]p. (incl. covers); 21cm. (sm. 4to) / pP325W3 / St Albans Cathedral - Crafts / (GEN) Pamphlet guide to the exhibition "Hands of a Craftsman" mounted in the cathedral 1977. Supported by numerous Livery Companies.||(TIT) Hands of a Craftsman||(DES) Attractive gilt paper covers. In protective clear envelope.
Gorhambury: historic Hertfordshire home of the Grimston family. / English Life Publications (1998.) / [ii], 12,[ii] p., ill. / P327Gor / Grimston Family / (DES) Pictorial guide.
Great Nast Hyde House. / [British Aerospace] (n.d.[c.1985?]) / 20p., ill. / P33Hat Gnhh / Great Nast Hyde House / (GEN) Souvenir A4 brochure for British Aerospace distinguished visitor guest house.
Hertfordshire Archaeological Notes and Queries, June 7th 1902 to August 29th 1903 [excerpts]. / n.p. (n.d.) / P31 / Hertfordshire Archaeology;Moats;Place Names - Hertfordshire / (DES) Collection of cuttings pasted into a notebook||(CON) Principal running items : R.T. Andrews, "Moated houses, moats and remains of moats in Hertfordshire"; and "The Place-names of Hertfordshire"
Hertfordshire puddingstone ; [and] Hertfordshire puddingstone formation : the Kalahari model. / (n.d.) / ff. [4], ill / P31D1 / (GEN) Photocopies of printed folding pamphlet and a manuscript description of "formation". No evidence of authors.
Historical records of St Albans Abbey, the ancient city of Verulam, the churches of St Albans, &c., &c. / W. Langley (1878) / viii, 45p., ill. / P32 Misc P/11 / Verulamium;St Albans Abbey;St Albans (England) Guidebooks / (GEN) Item 11 in vol. of "Miscellaneous Papers ..."||(HIS) A "re-publication" - preface||(DES) In printed card covers, with interesting adverts.
History of Verulam and St. Alban's : containing an historical account of the decline of Verulam and origin of St. Alban's, and of the present state of the town, the abbey, and other churches ... / [no author]. / Printed and published by S. G. Shaw (1815) / xiii, 239, 26 p : plates ; 17 cm. / P32M2 / St Albans - History / (PHY) Photocopy sheets in three plastic pockets. Downloaded from electronic copy. Lacks the engravings.||(PUB) An imperfect OCR reprint is also held by SAHAAS Library.
History of Verulam and St. Alban's ; Unknown author. / General Books (2010) / [v], 114p. ; pbk. / P32M2 / St Albans - History / (GEN) An OCR version (imperfect) of "History of Verulam and St. Alban's : containing an ... account of the decline of Verulam ..." also at P32M2.
Howe Dell : the story of a house. / (2004) / [19]p, ill.; 21 cm. / P33HatHow / Howe Dell, Hatfield / (RES) Compiled by the Millicheap and Willis families.||(TIT) Cover title. Sub-title "An account in words and pictures".
John Soane / Academy Editions (1983) / 123p; illus; plan; / X3 / (CON) Includes list of Soane's works including several in Hertfordshire.
Kelly's directory of St Albans 1968 / Kelly's Directories (1968) / x, 8, 572p. + adverts. / P32A1 / St Albans - Directories / (DES) Printed card covers.
Kelly's directory of St Albans, Harpenden, Hatfield, Radlett and district ... 1946 ("Buff book"). / Kelly's Directories Ltd. (1942) / ii,42,584 + adverts. / P32A1 / St Albans - Directories / (DES) Fragile.
Letchworth Garden City : official guide. / Letchworth Urban District Council ([1963]) / 80p.,fold plate : ill., 1map ; 22cm. / P33Let / Letchworth (England) Description and travel-Guidebooks / (PHY) Armorial card covers
Let's explore St Albans Abbey; a guidebook for children / St Albans Abbey (1968) / 11p; illus / pP32X52
Memories of St Albans / True North Books Ltd (2000) / 104p; ill. / P32MA25 / St. Albans (England) History-Pictorial works / (CON) 20th century photographs of St Albans with accompanying text by John Thornton.
Miscellaneous papers [relating to the ] history of St Albans. / (1870-1966) / 15 pamphlets bound together. / P32 / (CON) Miscellany of pamphlets relating to St Albans and Hertfordshire. Individual pamphlets separately catalogued.
Parish Church of St Leonard, Sandridge. / n.p. (n.d.) / [8]p., ill. / P33SanX51 / St Leonard's Church - Sandridge / (GEN) Brief historical and architectural notes.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers
Past & present : a history [of mid-20th century Watford] in pictures / Watford Observer (1994) / 36p : ill. ; 29 cm. / P33WatMA25 / (PUB) Issued free with the Watford Observer of Friday November 11 1994||(ACC) Review (1995) of another photographic vol. on Watford loosely inserted.
Queen Alianore and her memorial crosses. A lecture. / (1870) / pp. 73-80, 97-104; frontis. engraving. / P32 Misc P/4 / Eleanor Crosses / (GEN) Item 4 in vol. of "Miscellaneous Papers ..."
Redbourn : selected articles / n.p. (n.d.) / various / P33Red / (GEN) Collection of various photocopies of articles and notes about Redbourn. Formerly in the Hertfordshire College of building Library, St Albans||(PHY) In A4 ring binder.
Signals : a railway miscellany : Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. / Book Castle (2008) / xii, 276 p. / P31V4 / Railways - Hertfordshire / (SBN) 9781903747902 (pbk.)||(PHY) Pictorial card covers
So He giveth His beloved sleep: To the beloved memory of the Right Rev. Bishop Claughton, D.D., First Bishop of St Albans, who entered into rest, St James' Day, July 25th, 1892. / n.p. (1892) / Single sheet / P325X55 / Claughton, Thomas Legh, (1808-92), Bishop of St Albans / (PHY) Single sheet dedicatory poem, within red ruled border, pasted on right rear endpaper of Gibbs' "Account of the High Altar Screen ..."
St Albans & District Green Guide 1969/70. / J.Weiner Ltd (1969) / 40 p., ill. / P32A1 / St Albans - Directories / (DES) Pictorial card covers.||(CHR) Date from cover.
St Albans and District Green Guide 1968/9. / J. Weiner Ltd. (1968) / 68 p. / P32A1 / St Albans - Directories / (DES) Pictorial card covers.||(CHR) Date from front cover.||(SER) Green Guides
St Albans Charter 1553-2003. / Review and Observer Newspapers (2003) / 28 p., ill. / P32A77 / (GEN) Commemorative brochure and programme.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers.
St Albans Diocesan Gazette, November 1923 / St Albans Diocese (1923) / pp. 269-296. / P325A79 / (PHY) Decorated paper covers.
St Albans Millenary Pageant 948-1948 : Souvenir programme 21st-26 June 1948. / St Albans Millenary Pageant Committee (1948) / 68 p., ill., 4to / P32A76 / (GEN) With scripts of "scenes" and historical notes.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers, in protective clear-fronted pocket.
St. Albans : the story of the City and its people, written by people of the City. / St. Albans City Council (1963) / 128 p.; ill., maps (2 fldg). / P32 A73 / St Albans (England) Guidebooks / (HIS) First edn. publ. 1949.
The Cathedral and Abbey church of Saint Alban. / H. A. Richardson (1943) / 20 p. ill.; 13cm. / pP325X73 1943 / St Albans Cathedral -- Guidebooks / (PHY) Printed paper covers.
The Manor House, Little Gaddesden, nr. Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. An illustrated guide, etc. / English Life Publications ([1971]) / 16p., ill. / P33Gad / Little Gaddesden / (PHY) Oblong pamphlet guide in pictorial card covers.
The psalter or seven ordinary hours of prayer according to the use of the most illustrious and excellent church of Sarum...also the Litany and vigils of the dead. / Joseph Walters (1852) / 442p.music. / MB51 / (BY) Printed and sold by Joseph Walters at his dwelling house in Aldersgate Street within the City of London and also at his shop,78 New Bond street within the City of Westminster||(BIB) Index to hymns||(DES) Inscribed presented by H J Toulmin 1876
The St Albans Book: the reference guide and directory of the commercial, business and community activities of the Borough, 1970-1971. / Regency Publicity Services (1969) / 80 p. / P32A1 / St Albans - Directories / (TIT) The St Albans Book Including the Radlett book - cover title
The St. Albans Pageant Monday, July 15th, to Saturday, July 20th, at 3 p.m. each day [souvenir programme] / Green & Bamforth, printers (1907) / [16]p., ill., plan ; 12cm (oblong0 / P32A76 / (TIT) St. Albans Pageant July 1907.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers
The Story of Hatfield Parish Church, Hertfordshire. / British Publishing Co (1961) / 25p.,ill.,plan; 19cm. / P33HatX51 / St. Ethelreda Church, Hatfield / (GEN) Previous ed. 1958.
The Story of St Albans Police Force [1836-1886]. / Hertfordshire Constabulary (1986) / 8 p., ill. / pP32MB62 / (AUD) For schoolchildren.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers.
The Story of the Parish Church of St Ethelreda, Bishops Hatfield. / British Publishing Co (n.d.[c. 1951]) / 28p.,ill.,plan; 19cm. / P33HatX51 / St. Ethelreda Church, Hatfield / (GEN) Later editions have title "The Story of Hatfield Parish Church".
Verulam, and Saint Albans: An account of the ancient city of Verulam, of St Alban's Abbey, the several churches of the town, and other public buildings, with historical records relating to the neighbourhood / W. Langley (1874) / 47 p., ill. / P32 Misc P/12 / St Albans (England) Guidebooks / (GEN) Item 12 in vol. of "Miscellaneous Papers ..."||(TIT) An account of the ancient city of Verulam, of St Alban's Abbey ...||(HIS) A "re-publication" - preface.
Abbots Langley Local History Society / Abbots Langley Project 2000. / Abbots Langley Local History Society (2001) / 191p., ill. / P33Abb / Abbots Langley (England) -- Social life and customs / (GEN) Chapters aimed at capturing a picture of social and economic life in Abbots Langley at the Millenium. Result of a Millenium Festival Awards for All funded project||(DES) In pictorial card covers.
Antiquarian News / Park street(Beds) coin find. / Antiquarian News (188-?) / 3pp.photocopy. / pF33PAR / Bedfordshire.Archaeology;Coins / (DES) " pages of photocopy from the Antiquarian News, and one page from the minutes of the SAHAAS Council
Barnet & District Local History Society. / The Barnets & Hadley : Barnet & District Local History Society. / Sutton (1996) / 158p. : ill., facsims., maps, plans, ports. ; 25cm. (pbk) / P33Bar / Barnet (London, England) History;Barnet (London, England) Pictorial works
Bishops Stortford and District Local History Society / Bishops Stortford : a short history / Bishops Stortford and District Local History Society (1969) / 78p; illus; bibliog; / P31Bis
Bishop's Stortford and District Local History Society / Bishop's Stortford : a short history. / the Society (1969) / 78p., ill.; 21cm. / P33Bis / Bishop's Stortford - History / (PHY) Pictorial card covers
Boxmoor Trust. / This is your heritage. / Boxmoor Trust; [Distributed by Hemel Hempstead Council of Social Service] (1976) / [31]p. : ill. (chiefly col), 1facsim., 1port. ; 15x21cm. / P33BoxA75 / Boxmoor Trust - History;Hemel Hempstead;Landscape conservation / (PHY) Oblong pictorial card covers.
Bricket Wood Society. / A Souvenir of Bricket Wood. / The Bricket Wood Society (c1982) / 32p. : ill., facsims.,map ; 21cm. / P327Bri / Bricket Wood - History to 1981 / (GEN) Text on inside covers.||(BIB) Bibliography: p32.||(PHY) Pictorial green card covers.||(ACC) 1st copy contains Insert Letter from Geoff Dunk to John ???? re a review of the work.
Briffa Phillips, chartered architects / The Grange, 16 St Peter Street ; [Sketches and sections of archititectural details and decorations] ; Project No. 504. / (n.d.[pre-2000]) / 31 folio drawings (variously numbered) / PP328X6 / Architecture -- Details / (PHY) Spiral bound oblong folio, paper covers
British Library.;British Library. / The Benedictines in Britain. / British Library (c1980) / 111p.,[4]p. of plates : ill(some col.), facsims.,ports. ; 24cm. (pbk) / MB54 / British Library. Dept. of Manuscripts-Catalogs;Benedictines in Great Britain-History;Benedictines;Catalogues / (SBN) 0904654478 (cased) :||(SBN) 0260-678x ;||(GEN) Published to accompany an exhibition at the British Library, 1980.||(BIB) Bibliography: p103.
British Railways Railway Executive. - Eastern Region / Rambles in Hertfordshire. Rev. impression / Railway Executive.Eastern Region (1949) / 67p., ill, maps ; 18cm. / P31D65 / Walks - Hertfordshire;Rail fares - Hertfordshire - 1949 / (ACC) With insert sheet of British Railways "Specimen Fares of Third Class return tickets available in connection with the ... booklet"||(PHY) Pictorial card covers. Stapled booklet; tp. strained. In protective clear fronted envelope.
Bushey Urban District Council / Bushey Urban District Official Guide / Pyramid Press (n.d. [1950s]) / 20p., ill, fldg. map at end ; 19cm. / B33A73 / Bushey - Guidebooks / (PHY) Printed card covers||(CON) Contains interesting adverts.
Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure. / The plague reconsidered : a new look at its origins and effects in 16th and 17th century England. / 'Local population studies' [for] the S.S.R.C. Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (1977) / 144p. : ill., 1facsim., maps ; 22cm. (pbk) / MB12 / Black Death-England-History;Epidemiology;Bubonic plague;Eyam Plague / (GEN) Text on inside back cover.||(GEN) Includes index.
Canterbury Archaeological Trust / Canterbury's archaeology 1992-1993: 17th Annual Report of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd. / Canterbury Archaeological Trust (1993) / iv,76p; illus., maps, plans / F36 / Kent
Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Albans;Shrine of St Alban - Restoration Appeal / Restoration of the shrine pedestal of St Alban. / (c.1990) / twice folded single glossy sheet, ill.; w. insert / P325X56 / Shrine of St Alban / (DES) Coloured appeal brochure, w. photos of the shrine pre-restoration||(ACC) Donations instruction sheet enclosed
Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Albans;St Albans Cathedral / A service to commemorate the sealing of Magna Carta, Sunday June 14th 1998 at 3 pm. / St Albans Cathedral (1998) / 16p.; ill. front cover / P325A76 / Magna Carta - Commemoration / (GEN) Attended by various political, county, civic and ecclesiastical dignitaries.
Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban / Evensong & Rehallowing of the Shrine of St Alban, ... Thursday 6 May 1993 ... / Cathedral and Abbey Church (1993) / 20 p., ill. / P325X56 / Shrine of St Alban / (PHY) A4 dark blue card covers.||(TIT) Cover title
Church of Saint John the Baptist, Markyate / The Story of the Church of St. John the Baptist, Markyate, Hertfordshire. / Church Publishers ([1963]) / 16p, ill. ; 18cm. / P33Mar / (CON) Includes interesting period adverts.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers.
City and District of St Albans. Department of Development and Technical Services / St. Albans City and District plan. Stage Two: The options and St Albans road proposals. [Technical report]. / City and District of St Albans (1978) / [4], i, 32+ [xi], incl .folding plans / P32C / Town Planning - St Albans / (GEN) 2 copies||(PHY) 1st copy spiral bound in blue card covers.||(PHY) 2nd copy in clear punched pocket.
Colney Heath Local History Society. / Colney Heath views from the past : a selection of photographs from the collection of the Colney Heath Local History Society / Colney Heath Local History Society (c1999) / 38 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm. (pbk) / P33Col / Colney Heath (England) History;Colney Heath (England) History-Pictorial works / (PHY) A4 pictorial card covers
Committee of the Ancient Monuments Board for England / Scientific Treatment of mateial from rescue excavations: a report by a working party of the Committee for Rescue Archaeology of the Ancient Monuments Board for England / Dept. of the environment (1978) / 28p. / E5 / Conservation;Methodology
Council for British Archaeology. Lapidary Working Party / Recording worked stones : a practical guide. / Council for British Archaeology (1987) / 47p; figs; 2 folding charts / E4 / Building stones;Architecture;Excavations (Archaeology)
Diocese of St Albans / Festalban 77 : a celebration in the hundredth year of the Cathedral City and Diocese of St Albans. / Diocese of St Albans (1977) / 40 p. (incl. covers); ill, map. / P32A772 / St Albans Diocese / (GEN) Includes historical contributions by Eileen Roberts, Elsie Toms, et al.
Director General of the Ordnance Survey / Field archaeology in Great Britain / Ordnance Survey (1973) / ix; 184p; diags; / F2 / (GEN) First published in 1921.
Director General of the Ordnance Survey / Ordnance Survey map of Southern Britain in the Iron Age. Scale !:625,000 about ten miles to one inch. / Ordnance Survey (1967) / 55p maps chronological table / J
East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society. / Hertfordshire archaeology. / St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society (-2003 Vol. 1 (1968) - vol. 13 (1997/2003)) / 13 v. / Excavations (Archaeology) England-Hertfordshire-Periodicals;Antiquities, Prehistoric-England-Hertfordshire-Periodicals;Hertfordshire (England) Antiquities-Periodicals / (PHY) Regular print||(SBN) 0440-7342 02||(USE) Current copyright fee: GBP5.00 0 Uk||(CHR) Transactions of the St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society||(CHR) Hertfordshire archaeology and history 1752-7406
English Heritage / Climate change and the historic environment. / English Heritage (2006) / 8 p.; illus. / pC / Conservation
English Heritage / Wind Energy and the Historic Environment / English Heritage (2005) / 11p, illus. / pC / Conservation
English Heritage Planning Advisory Service / Guidance on conservation area appraisals / English Heritage (2006) / 25p, illus., maps. / pC
English Heritage Planning Advisory Service / Guidance on the management of conservation areas / English Heritage (2006) / 25p, illus, diagrams. / pC
English Heritage Planning Advisory Service / Retail Development in Historic Areas / English Heritage (2005) / 28p, illus. / pC / Conservation;Environment
English Heritage;Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors;British Property Federation;Drivers Jonas / Heritage works: the use of historic buildings in regeneration, a toolkit of good practice / Drivers Jonas ([2005?]) / 29p, illus, diagrams. / pC / Town Planning;Conservation
Friends of Verulamium Park / Help us preseve this precious space. / Friends of Verulamium Park (2006) / A4 sheet folded; map. / pP32
Great Britain.;Local Government Commission for England / The future local government of Hertfordshire : draft recommendations : a report to local residents / H.M.S.O. (1994) / 57p. : ill., maps ; 30cm. (pbk) / P31MB72 / Local government - Hertfordshire
Harpenden & District Local History Society. / Bygone Harpenden : a pictorial record. / Harpenden & District Local History Society (c1980) / [48]p. : chiefly ill., 1map, 2ports. ; 21cm. (pbk) / P33HarA75 / Harpenden (England) Social life and customs-Pictorial works / (GEN) Late 19th and 20th century photographs.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers.
Hatfield Workers Educational Association;Hatfield Branch. / Hatfield and its people : the story of a new town, a garden city, an old village, a historic house, the farms and the country side in a Hertfordshire parish. Book 4. Newgate Street including the manors of Ponsbourne and Tolmers. / B.Hutton (1960) / 26p.,ill.,22cm. / P33Hat / (PHY) Pictorial card cover.
Heath & Heather, Ltd., (St Albans) / Herbs : a comprehensive list of herbal remedies and some brief notes on their adaptability to the treatment of common illnesses / Heath & Heather (c.1925-26) / 100p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. / P32S9 / Phytotherapy;Herbal Medicine;Plants, Medicinal / (TIT) Cover title||(DES) Additional printed text on endpapers||(CON) Includes a brief history of the company, and portraits of Mr & Mrs James Ryder, who founded and managed the firm.||(CON) Includes an "Index of illnesses" cross-referenced with the herbs used to cure them||(ACC) 4p. Advertising flier "The Verdict - Use Herbal Remedies" tipped in||(PHY) Green pictorial paper covers, in protective clear fronted envelope.
Hertford Civic Society;Town Council. / Discovering Hertford. / Synod '73 (1973) / iii,41p. : ill., maps ; 21cm. / P33HerA73 / Hertford (England) Description-Guidebooks / (GEN) Written by Joanna Coakley et al.||(GEN) Map on inside back cover.||(PHY) Pictorial card covers
Hertfordshire (England) / Hertfordshire County handbook. / British Publishing ([198??]) / 144p. : ill(some col.), 1 coat of arms, maps, ports. ; 30cm. (pbk) / P31A73 / Hertfordshire (England) Description and travel-Guidebooks;Hertfordshire;Visitors' guides
Hertfordshire (England).;County Council. / A Hertfordshire record : European Architectural Heritage Year 1975. / Hertfordshire County Council ([1975]) / [2]p.,60 leaves : ill. ; 30cm. (pbk) / P31X2 / Architecture-England-Hertfordshire-Guidebooks;Architecture-Details - Hertfordshire;Buildings of historical importance / (BIB) Bibliography: leaves 57-60.
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies. / Tracing your family history in Hertfordshire / Hertfordshire Publications (2003) / viii, 143 p. : ill. ; maps, ports. ; 25 cm. (pbk) / A6 / Archival resources-England-Hertfordshire;Hertfordshire (England) Genealogy-Archival resources / (DES) Includes index.||(CON) includes locations of Herts parish registers