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01; 613803 - The growth of Birmingham, 1800-1950. - 1950
02; 21297 - Ye Old Brum and Ye New, from a humorous point of view. A complete History of the Town, abridged from Trustworthy Documents by Jayhay. Illus by G.H. Bernasconi. 88pp. 1878-9. ANDERTON (JOHN).
02; 140874 - Birmingham, 1837 - 1897. A souvenir of the Diamond Jubilee Year. (Anon) Ports. Illus. 80pp. 1897. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP). - 1897
02; 227093 - Birmingham Institutions. Illus. 1911. - 1911
02; 286388 - Birmingham. Illus. (Story of the English Towns) 1920. *MASTERMAN (JOHN HOWARD BERTRAM). History of Birmingham. - 1920
02; 396705 - Birmingham : its rise and progress. A short history. Illus. Maps. 147pp. 1932. RENSHAW (THEOBALD LLOYD). - 1932
02; 399727 - Forward. A project in history for Birmingham schools. Illus. Dgms. Facsimile. 80pp. With history note book to accompany 'Forward' (Oxford) Maps. Dgms. 48pp. 1932. SUSSAMS (THOMAS WILLIAM). - 1932
02; 483222 - Centenary of Charter of Incorporation. A short history of Birmingham from its origin to the present day. By Conrad Gill and Sir C.G. Robertson. Published by the City of Birmingham Information Bureau, by direction of the General Purposes Committee. With a foreword by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor E.R. Canning and a bibliography. Illus. Map. 96pp. 1938. *ROBERTSON (Sir CHARLES GRANT) Principal of the University of Birmingham,. - 1938
02; 544114 - Our Birmingham : the Birmingham of our forefathers and the Birmingham of our grandsons. Issued by Cadbury Brothers Limited. Advance copy. Ports. Illus. Maps. Dgms. 52pp. 2nd impression. With corrections. 1943. Reconstruction. - 1943
02; 662560 - Georgian England : [with references to Birmingham and the Midlands]. - 1963
02; 662809 - Forgotten Birmingham : a brief record of early sites, buildings, and activities in central Birmingham / written and published by J. Newton Friend. - 1964
04; 227093 - Birmingham Institutions. Lectures given at the University, to the Workers' Educational Association, under the auspices of the Social Study Committee. Illus. 1911. MUIRHEAD (JOHN HENRY) Works edited by. - 1911
06; 50696 - Transactions.
06; 72316 - Freeman (E.A.) Birmingham Historical Society. The study of history. Inaugural address, 1880. 33pp. 1880. Historical Society (Birmingham). - 1880
06; 265313 - City Life. Paper read to the Birmingham Historical Society, 1883. 24pp. NOTE - bound with 50696. Transactions and addresses 1880-4. *HARRIS (WILLIAM) J.P..
06; 752923 - Programme.
07; 783385 - The boudoir mss : [mainly lists of 'favourite' things].
08; 12314 - Moody's Birmingham Almanack and Guide for 1875 - 1879, 1883. 6 volumes. 1874-82.
08; 31069 - Cooper's Birmingham Illustrated Almanac and Book of Dates (A.D.78 etc.) for 1874 (2nd year) -- 1884, 1895, 1897, 1898. 14 volumes. 1873-97 NOTE - The volumes for 1874-6 were called "Birmingham Illustrated Almanack and Historical Calendar", 1895-8 were called "Birmingham and District Book of Dates : a local retrospect and calendar of early local events".
08; 60713 - Our Almanack and Local Book of Dates (A.D. 777 - 1873) (Birmingham) 1873. - 1873
08; 69139 - Williams (John) Williams's Birmingham and Midland Counties Almanack and Literary Companion for 1874, 1875. 2 volumes. 1873-4.
08; 144357 - Birmingham News Illustrated Annual and Year Book. With almanack and diary for 1898, 1899, 1900. 3 volumes. 1897-9.
08; 243125 - Looking backwards. A chronicle of local events. From Birmingham Weekly Mercury. With Local retrospect, 1863 – 1906. POUNTNEY (WILLIAM) :. - 1906
08; 300202 - Showell's Diary for 1884 (Birmingham) 1883. - 1883
08; 627796 - Moody's Birmingham almanack [and annual chronicle of events for] ...
061; 57752 - Pictures of the People. Drawn by one of themselves. Social conditions in Birmingham. Cuttings from the Birmingham Morning News. 1871. - 1871
061; 63064 - A Midland tour: Birmingham etc. (Anon) From The Leisure Hour. 1872. HOBBS (R.G.). - 1872
061; 72731 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Birmingham (Miscellaneous) 1813-58. Miscellanea.
061; 89499 - Peeps into the past. 1st series. Cuttings from "The Harborne Herald" Including A peep at Harborne 100 Years Ago. 1886. *MOULD (RICHARD WILLIAM). - 1886
061; 122480 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Birmingham (Miscellaneous) 1856-84; 1904-13. 17 volumes. 1856 – 1913. Miscellanea. - 1913
061; 294827 - Newspaper cuttings, partly relating to Birmingham. 1860-63. O'NEILL (D.J.).
061; 294984 - A collection of newspaper cuttings consisting mainly of articles written by Eliezer Edwards. Port. 1864 - 82. *EDWARDS (ELIEZER).
061; 302135 - Bygone Birmingham. Cuttings from the Birmingham Daily Mail, collected by J. Macmillan. 1905. 'By-gone Birmingham'. - 1905
061; 388294 - Local Notes and Queries. Newspaper cuttings from the Birmingham Weekly Post collected and classified by H.S. Pearson. 1876-91. History of Birmingham.
061; 394944 - Local Notes and Queries. Cuttings from the Birmingham Weekly Post. 2 volumes. Illus. 1878-82. LOWE (ALFRED) Newspaper cuttings etc. collected by.
061; 394946 - Newspaper cuttings (miscellaneous) relating to Birmingham. Illus. 2 volumes. c.1878. LOWE (ALFRED) Newspaper cuttings etc. collected by. - 1878
061; 508693 - Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings relating to Birmingham. c,1860-65. Miscellanea.
061; 528922 - A collection of gleanings relating to Birmingham and its vicinity : obtained from old newspapers. Collected by J.H. Fennell. 35pp. 1790 – 1814. History of Birmingham. - 1814
061; 531711 - My book. A collection of published articles and notes upon various subjects. Including Birmingham. Newspaper cuttings. Illus. 3 volumes. 1905-36. *PORTER (BERNARD ARTHUR). - 1905-1936
5836 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 3rd edition. Re-issue. (T. Pearson) Map. Illus. 1795. HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1795
12145 - Transactions of the National Association for the promotion of Social Science, Birmingham Meeting, 1868. - 1869
12504 - Osborne (E.C.) The Free Library of Birmingham. In Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, London meeting 1862. 1863. Libraries (Free Public) (Municipal), Books and Pamphlets on the Libraries. - 1863
15366 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 4th edition. Re-issue. Continued to the present time by Catherine Hutton. (London: J. Nichols and Son, etc.) 1819. HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1819
15368 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 6th edition. With considerable additions by Josiah Green (Joshua Vernal). Illus. Map. c.1854 NOTE - Two title pages, one dated 1835. HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1835
36977 - Personal recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham men. Reprinted from the Birmingham Daily Mail. Ports. 1877. *EDWARDS (ELIEZER). - 1877
60353 - Hutton (W) Life of, including account of the riots at Birmingham in 1791, by himself. Appendix to Guest's edition of Hutton's History of Birmingham. 1835. Riots 1791. - 1835
64383 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. (Wrightson and Webb) Map. 17 Parts. 1835 NOTE - The first wrappers read: “With notes and additions to the present time, by an eminent writer. Birmingham: W. Cooper.”. HUTTON (WILLIAM).
64556 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 3rd edition. Re-issue. (Knott & Lloyd) Map. Illus. 1806. HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1806
69268 - Memoir of Rev. J.A. James, written in continuation of his autobiography, by his son. Titlepage missing. 32pp. 1864?. *JAMES (THOMAS SMITH).
69286 - An historical curiosity, by a Birmingham Resident. 141 ways of spelling Birmingham. 22pp. 1880. Birmingham (The Name of). - 1880
71433 - Showell’s Dictionary of Birmingham. A history and guide. 24 parts. 1884-5. HARMAN (THOMAS T.). - 1884-1885
72369 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 2nd edition. (Pearson & Rollason) Map. Illus. 1783. HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1783
115929 - Dent (R.K.) Old and new Birmingham. Views of Birmingham.
124166 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 4th edition. (Knott & Lloyd) Map. Illus. 1809. HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1809
148485 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 3rd edition. (T. Pearson) Map. Illus. 1793. HUTTON (WILLIAM). - 1793
174533 - Jaffray (J) Hints for a history of Birmingham. Cuttings from Birmingham Journal, 1855-6. 2 volumes. 1857. History of Birmingham. - 1857
229692 - The story of Birmingham's growth, interwoven with the growth of the nation. Illus. Maps. 100pp. 1911. *MOUGHTON (WILLIAM J.). - 1911
230721 - A short history of Birmingham. Illus. 1911. *JONES (JAMES ERNEST). - 1911
242137 - Old and New Birmingham. A history of the town and its people. First issue, with error on p.338. With photographs of prominent Birmingham men inserted. Ports. Illus. Maps. 1880 (with wrappers of sixpenny parts (1-27) inserted). History of Birmingham. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP).
299105 - Old and New Birmingham. A history of the town and its people. Ports. Illus. Maps. 1880. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP). - 1880
302276 - A short history of Birmingham. - 1911
327982 - History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 6th ed. NOTE - Two title pages, one dated 1836 History of Birmingham (abridged) : see History (under Brief). HUTTON (WILLIAM).
363103 - The story of Birmingham's growth, interwoven with the growth of the nation. 2nd impression. With two appendices, index and bibliography. Illus. Maps. 1912. *MOUGHTON (WILLIAM J.). - 1912
371450 - A free press and how it bacame free. In Hutton (W) History of Birmingham to the end of 1780. 6th edition. With additions by Josiah Green (‘Joshua Vernal’). Also appendix containing the life of the author. Two title pages. 2 volumes. Map. Illus. 1835. GUEST (JAMES). - 1835
441028 - The story of Birmingham's growth, interwoven with the growth of the nation. 2nd impression. With two appendices, index and bibliography. Illus. Maps. 1912. *MOUGHTON (WILLIAM J.). - 1912
553786 - Old and new Birmingham : a history of the town and its people.
576124 - History of Birmingham. - 1795
581420 - The history of Birmingham [to the end of 1780]. - 1835
625284 - History of Birmingham / by C. Gill and A. Briggs ; with an index by H.M. Cashmore. Vol. I, Manor and borough to 1865 / by C. Gill. - 1952
778147 - Birmingham : [a history for young readers]. - 1969
794847 - Portrait of Birmingham. - 1970
814093 - Old and new Birmingham : a history of the town and its people / by Robert K. Dent.
a - History of Birmingham / by C. Gill and A. Briggs ; with an index by H.M. Cashmore. Vol. II, Borough and city 1865-1938 / by A. Briggs. - 1952
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