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07 - Book Trade in Birmingham - nd

08 - Periodicals and Newspapers - nd

09 - Bibilography on all aspects of the history of Birmingham - nd

10 - Religion - nd

11 - Ecclesiology, Church Buildings, Art, Furniture - nd

12 - Monastic Birmingham - nd

13 - Church of England General Histories - nd

14 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Birmingham - nd

15 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Aston - nd

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18 - Nonconformists Dissenters - nd

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20 - Social Life - nd

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22 - Customs of Public and Private Life, Pageants, Festivals Ceremonies and Other Customs - nd

23 - Inns, Taverns, Public Houses, Hotels, Hospitaity, customes connected with eating and drinking - nd

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25 - Amusements, Recreation, Sports and Pastimes - nd

26 - Circuses, Fair and Similar Shows - nd

27 - Parks, Open Spaces, Public Gardens and Pleasure Gardens - nd

28 - Theatres, Music Halls - nd

29 - Legends, Ghost Apparitions, Hauntings - nd

30 - History of Birmingham Government from ealiest times - nd

31 - City Corporation, The Mayor, Aldermen and Council Collectively - nd

32 - Mayoralty - nd

33 - Aldermen - nd

34 - City Council - nd

35 - Freedom Qualifications, Rights and Duties of Citizens - nd

36 - City Officials and Departments - nd

37 - nd

38 - Town Hall - nd

39 - Regional Government - nd

40 - Statistics, Yearbooks of General Statistics - nd

41 - Poor, Life and Labour - nd

42 - Crimes, Offences, Misdemeanours, Juvenile Crime, Special Crimes - nd

43 - Laws, Admisitration of Justice - nd

44 - Markets and Food Supply - nd

45 - Public Health - nd

46 - Medicine Hospitals - nd

47 - Transport, Communication, Traffic Problems - nd

48 - Education, Teaching and Teachers, History and Description of Schools, - nd

49 - Other Services (Gas, Electricity) - nd

50 - Culture in Birmingham - nd

51 - Literary Associations - nd

52 - Literary Associations (Birmingham and Midland Writers Only) - nd

53 - Libraries - nd

54 - Fine Arts, artists, Printing, Sculpture - nd

55 - Music - nd

56 - Architecture in Birmingham - nd

57 - Public Buildings - nd

58 - Domestic Architecture, Household Effecrs, Gardens - nd

59 - Other Cutural Activities - nd

60 - Economic History and Theory - nd

61 - Industrial Organisation - nd

62 - Commerce, Commercial Interests - nd

63 - Finance, Banking, Public Finance - nd

64 - Trades and Manufactures - nd

65 - Engineering and Technology - nd

66 - Chemical and Allied Industries - nd

67 - Manufactures - nd

68 - Specialised Trades and Craftys - nd

69 - Other Industries - nd

70 - History: Sources - nd

71 - History: General - nd

72 - History: Before the Conquest - nd

73 - Histories of Specific Periods - nd

74 - Relations with Foreign Countires. Colonial Relations - nd

75 - Military, Naval and Air History - nd

76 - Political History - nd

77 - Geneaology, Heraldry - nd

78 - Biography - nd

79 - Collections of Portraits, Catalogues of Portraits - nd

80 - Topography and description - nd

81 - Birmingham as described by foreign travellers - nd

82 - Vestiges of Old Birmingham and Midlands - nd

83 - Guides to Birmiongham and Surrounding Country - nd

1; 6426 - Pictorial guide to Birmingham. (Anon) (J. Allen and Son) Fine paper copy. 1849. *BATES (WILLIAM). - 1849

1; 6427 - A concise history of Birmingham, etc., forming a complete guide. 4th edition. (with a different titlepage) (R. Jabet, etc.) 78pp. 1808, with a different titlepage and without the plan. Guides. - 1808

1; 6483 - The picture of Birmingham. Being a historical and descriptive account of that place Attributed to William Hawkes Smith. 2nd edition. Map. Views. 1831. Guides. - 1831

1; 6487 - The picture of Birmingham. Being a historical and descriptive account of that place Attributed to William Hawkes Smith. (J. Drake) Illus. 1825. Guides. - 1825

1; 6488 - A concise history of Birmingham, etc., forming a complete guide. 4th edition. (R. Jabet, etc.) Plan. Illus. 78pp. 1808 NOTE :- For earlier editions see A brief history of Birmingham, above. Guides. - 1808

1; 6489 - A brief history of Birmingham. (Grafton & Reddell) 59pp. 1797 NOTE - An abridgement of Hutton’s History – Preface. History of Birmingham. - 1797

1; 6490 - A brief history of Birmingham and guide to strangers. 2nd edition. (Grafton & Reddell) Plan. 59pp. 1802. Guides. - 1802

1; 6539 - A description of modern Birmingham. With observations during an excursion round the town in 1818. Map wanting. 1823. PYE (CHARLES). - 1823

1; 12291 - Historical and descriptive sketch of Birmingham and its environs. Views. 1830. NOTE - This copy has copious MS. notes on margins etc. throughout. YATES (GEORGE) F.R.C.S. Work attributed to. - 1830

1; 14974 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. Map. Illus. 1839. Guides. - 1839

1; 21360 - Pictorial guide to Birmingham. (Anon) (J. Allen and Son) Illus. Map. 1849. *BATES (WILLIAM). - 1849

1; 31071 - Stranger's guide to modern Birmingham. With observations on the surrounding neighbourhood. (Anon) 1825 NOTE - A re-issue of A Description of modern Birmingham, above. PYE (CHARLES). - 1825

1; 51851 - A concise history of Birmingham, etc., forming a complete guide. 5th edition. Plan. Illus. 1817. Guides. - 1817

1; 54328 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 7th edition. Map. Illus. 1849 (Bound with 14974 above). Guides.

1; 57795 - Road guide; or Traveller’s companion between London and Birmingham. Map. 67pp. 1827. Guides. - 1827

1; 57798 - The picture of Birmingham. Being a historical and descriptive account of that place Attributed to William Hawkes Smith. (Another copy. Map and views wanting). Guides.

1; 60764 - The Commercial guide through England (including an account of Birmingham) 86pp. 1807. CORRY (JOHN). - 1807

1; 64743 - A description of modern Birmingham : [with] observations made during an excursion round the town in 1818. - 1823

1; 71539 - A concise history of Birmingham, etc., forming a complete guide. 4th edition. (R. Jabet, etc.) Plan. Illus. 78pp. 1808 NOTE :- For earlier editions see A brief history of Birmingham, above. Guides.

1; 82096 - Supplementary gleanings, collected on the Warwickshire station (Birmingham portion) From Pratt (S.J.) Harvest Home. 1805. *MORFITT (JOHN). - 1805

1; 109865 - A brief history of Birmingham intended as a guide to the inhabitant and stranger. 3rd edition (Wilks & Grafton) Plan. 58pp. 1805. Guides. - 1805

1; 302571 - Stranger's guide to modern Birmingham. With observations on the surrounding neighbourhood. (Anon) c.1835. PYE (CHARLES). - 1835

1; 309508 - Cornish's Strangers' guide through Birmingham. 7th edition. Map. Illus. 1849 NOTE - Specially bound copy presented to H.M. Queen Victoria on the occasion of her opening Aston Hall, 1858. Queen Victoria, Visit to Birmingham, 1858. - 1858

1; 342997 - A concise history of Birmingham, etc., forming a complete guide. 4th edition. (with a different titlepage) (R. Jabet, etc.) Plan. 78pp. 1808. Guides. - 1808

1; 427407 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 2nd edition. Improved and enlarges. Illus. Map. 1846. Guides. - 1846

1; 460458 - Stranger's guide to modern Birmingham. With observations on the surrounding neighbourhood. (Anon) Illus. 1819. PYE (CHARLES). - 1819

2; 6486 - Birmingham in miniature. (J. Allen and Son) Maps. Illus. 68pp. 1851. Guides. - 1851

2; 12282 - Cornish’s Visiter’s handbook through the manufactories of Birmingham, with the geology, architecture etc. of the town and district. (William Cornish) 2nd edition. 1851. Guides. - 1851

2; 15377 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 8th edition. Map. Illus. 1852. Guides. - 1852

2; 31049 - Pictorial guide to Birmingham. (Anon) (J. Allen and Son) Illus. Map. 1852. *BATES (WILLIAM). - 1852

2; 31050 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 9th edition. Illus. 1855. Guides. - 1855

2; 31052 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 13th edition. Map. Illus. 1867. Guides. - 1867

2; 33050 - Birmingham. A handbook for residents and visitors. Illus. Map. 1879. *LANGFORD (JOHN ALFRED). - 1879

2; 54327 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 11th edition. Map. Illus. 1861. Guides. - 1861

2; 57781 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 10th edition. Map. Illus. 1858. Guides. - 1858

2; 57782 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 12th edition. Map. Illus. 1865. Guides. - 1865

2; 57783 - Guide to the excursions of the British Association, Birmingham. 37pp. British Association for the Advancement of Science, Birmingham Meeting 1865. - 1865

2; 57789 - Ward & Lock’s Illustrated guide to, and popular history of Birmingham and its vicinity. Maps. 1881. Guides. - 1881

2; 57797 - Birmingham and the Black Country. 19pp. c.1870. - 1870

2; 60349 - Cornish’s Visiter’s handbook through the manufactories of Birmingham, with the geology, architecture etc. of the town and district. (William Cornish) 3rd edition. 1854. Guides. - 1854

2; 60350 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 14th edition with a guide to places of interest round Birmingham. Map. Illus. 1873. Guides. - 1873

2; 71244 - The Guide to Birmingham. Issued by the publishers of ‘The Birmingham Red Book’ For the Birmingham meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, 1884. Map. 64pp. 1884. Guides. - 1884

2; 72233 - Agricultural Gazette Guide to Birmingham. (Anon) Illus. Plans. 48pp. 1876. BADGER (EDWARD WILLIAM) F.R.H.S. - 1876

2; 104038 - What to see in Birmingham (Anon) (Kirk's Popular Guides) Map. 68pp. 1889. *KIRK (ROBERT SIMPSON). - 1889

2; 107263 - Birmingham Saturday Half-Holiday Guide. 7th edition. Including chapters on natural history. Maps. 1890. STURGE (JOSEPH) the younger. - 1890

2; 119606 - Allday's Gossiping guide to Birmingham (Anon). Illus. Map. 1893. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP). - 1893

2; 128400 - Allday's Gossiping guide to Birmingham (Anon). Illus. Maps. 1895. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP). - 1895

2; 147783 - The Cyclists' Finger-post. A route book for Birmingham cyclists. 1899. BALL (WILLIAM F.). - 1899

2; 159496 - Birmingham News illustrated local cycling runs. Maps. Illus. 1899 etc.. Guides. - 1899+

2; 166560 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 9th edition. Illus. 1855. Guides. - 1855

2; 169731 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. -New edition. Map. Illus. 1902. Guides. - 1902

2; 174668 - Rambles around Birmingham. Articles from the Birmingham Journal by S. Timmins. Rambles 1 - 34, 36 - 40, 49. Newspaper cuttings. Extra illustrated. 1860-63. TIMMINS (SAMUEL) F.S.A.. - 1860-1863

2; 300185 - Cornish’s Guide to places of interest round Birmingham. 37pp. c.1872. Guides. - 1872

2; 354149 - Feuling (D) Bischof William B. Ullathorne, O.S.B. : ein Apostel des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Sonderabdruck aus Benediktinische Monatschrift, 1928. (Beuron) 40pp. 1928. ULLATHORNE (WILLIAM BERNARD). - 1928

2; 354159 - Royal Agricultural Society of England. Birmingham meeting, Four Oaks Park, June 1898. A short and interesting illustrated guide for the information of visitors to places of interest in the neighbourhood. (Dummy book) (Lichfield) Illus. 1898. Guides. - 1898

2; 375113 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 14th edition. Another issue with different cover and advertisements and without the Guide to places of interest round Birmingham. Map. Illus. 1873. Guides. - 1873

2; 398597 - Short cycling runs round Birmingham. Articles from the Birmingham News, June 10th - September 9th, 1899. Newspaper cuttings. Illus. 1899. Guides. - 1899

2; 398598 - Midland Cycle runs. Articles from the Birmingham Weekly Post. June 3rd - July 29 1899. Newspaper cuttings. Illus. 1899. Guides. - 1899

2; 439270 - Ward & Lock’s Illustrated guide to, and popular history of Birmingham and its vicinity. 1882. Guides. - 1882

2; 458173 - Rambles around Birmingham. Articles from the Birmingham Journal by S. Timmins. Rambles 1 - 6, 9 - 10, 12 - 18, 20, 22 - 34, 36 - 47, 49 - 50. 1860-65. TIMMINS (SAMUEL) F.S.A.. - 1865

2; 462636 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. 13th edition. Covers and map differ from those of 31052 above. Apparently published without plates. 1867. Guides. - 1867

2; 462905 - The Guide to Birmingham. Issued to the members of the Social Science Congress, Birmingham, 1884. Frontis. Map. 64pp. NOTE :- Text the same as 71244 above. Guides. - 1884

2; 463319 - Birmingham Saturday Half-Holiday Guide. 4th edition. Map. 73pp. 1879. STURGE (JOSEPH) the younger. - 1879

02; 464612 - History and guide to Birmingham. 48pp. 1868. WILLEY (WILLIAM). - 1868

2; 464612 - Willey’s history and guide to Birmingham. 48pp. 1868. Guides. - 1868

2; 520978 - Birmingham Saturday Half-Holiday Guide. 8th edition. Maps. 92pp. 1892. STURGE (JOSEPH) the younger. - 1892

2; 589778 - Ward & Lock's illustrated guide to, and popular history of Birmingham and its vicinity. - 1892

2; 636791 - Guide to Birmingham. - 1890

2; 784392 - Birmingham : a handbook for residents and visitors. - 1879

2; 790591 - Cornish's stranger's guide through Birmingham. - 1867

3; 14966 - Cornish’s Visiter’s handbook through the manufactories of Birmingham, with the geology, architecture etc. of the town and district. (William Cornish) Map. 52pp 1851. Guides. - 1851

3; 180500 - Round about Yardley steeple. Midland cycle rides and rambles etc. 1904. DEWIS (ARTHUR). - 1904

3; 185198 - Souvenir of Birmingham and district. (Whitehead and Cambridge Ltd.) Ports. Illus. 1904. Published (or privately issued) Series of Views. - 1904

3; 191963 - Wakelin's Clear type street guide of Birmingham and district. Annual. 1906 - . 5 volumes. - 1906-1928

3; 195697 - The Borderland of Birmingham. Historical and descriptive sketches of places in and around Birmingham. Illus. 1906. *HINGELEY (JOHN). - 1906

3; 198603 - Allday’s Dictionary of Birmingham. A complete guide with maps, street index and illustrations. 1907. Guides. - 1907

3; 203451 - Birmingham Saturday Half-Holiday Guide. 10th edition. 1907. STURGE (JOSEPH) the younger. - 1907

3; 222452 - Wright's Birmingham and suburban street guide. Annual. 1910 - 1911. 2 volumes. 1910-11. Streets. - 1910-1911

3; 225311 - Allday's Gossiping guide to Birmingham (Anon). Illus. Maps. 1909. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP). - 1909

3; 230918 - Handbook of Birmingham. Illus. Maps. 1911. Medical Association (British), Birmingham Meeting, 1911. - 1911

3; 236065 - Hudson’s Cycling and motor runs round Birmingham. Illus. 1912. Hudson’s (Ernest Foster) Publications. - 1912

3; 242297 - Cornish’s Strangers’ guide through Birmingham. New edition. Map. Illus. 1913. Guides. - 1913

3; 244278 - Birmingham official guide issued to commemorate the centenary of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 1913 (1st issue) Illus. 1913. WRIGHT (GEORGE HENRY) Work edited by. - 1913

3; 273366 - Birmingham. Official guide issued to commemorate the centenary of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 1913. issued in the interests of the trade of the City and surrounding district, 1918. 2nd issue. Illus. Map. 1918. Guides. - 1918

3; 307607 - Allday's Gossiping guide to Birmingham. (10th edition) 1922. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP). - 1922

3; 323629 - Allday's Gossiping guide to Birmingham. Revised. Illus. Map. c.1913. DENT (ROBERT KIRKUP). - 1913

3; 368100 - Oliver’s road guide and map, with routes and distances from Birmingham. 10th edition. 1930. Guides. - 1930

3; 368358 - Birmingham and district. An official guide compiled and edited by H. Eyles. Published by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. Illus. Maps. 1930. EYLES (HARRY). - 1930

3; 382159 - Hudson’s Ramblers’ guide to Birmingham and environs. Published by ‘Geographical’ Ltd. Illus. Maps. 64pp. 1931. ‘Geographia’ Ltd.. - 1931

3; 407873 - Birmingham and district, old and new. Useful knowledge for house and home. With many advertisements of houses in course of erection, by builders, in and around Birmingham. By F. Green and S. Wolff. Illus. 1933. GREEN (FRANK), WOLFF (SIDNEY). - 1933

3; 439135 - Ward, Lock and Co. Illustrated guide to Birmingham and its vicinity. 1901. NOTE :- Incomplete. Wants plan, pp. 127-8 and part of pp. 1 - 4 of advertisements. Guides.

3; 499670 - Lets go! Where to go, what to see. A complete guide to the Midlands, Shakespeare's country, the Cotswolds, the Malverns, Derbyshire, Wales etc. Published by Thomas's Road Guides. Illus. Map. 72pp. 1939. Thomas's Publications Ltd.. - 1939

3; 540575 - Souvenir of the 18th annual conference of the Postmen's Federation 1909 : Allday's Dictionary of Birmingham. Illus. Plan. 1909 NOTE - Maps wanting. Post Office.

3; 592737 - Birmingham : a guide to the city for visitors to the B[ritish] I[ndustries] F[air] with a silver wedding and royal visit supplement. - 1848

3; 617240 - Fifty week-end walks around Birmingham. - 1951

3; 628985 - Thomas's complete street guide of Birmingham including [an] alphabetical index of all streets and roads, bus and tram services [etc.]. - 1947

3; 661090 - Weekend rambles within easy reach of Birmingham [from weekly articles in "The Birmingham Mail"] / by E.J.S. ; [decorations by Wiat]. - 1958

3; 661135 - A guide to Birmingham ...

3; 700825 - Start walking : fifty rambles selected from "The Birmingham Mail" weekend walks / by E.J.S. - 1961

3; 759411 - Visitors' guide to the city of Birmingham. - 1967

3; 778136 - Stratford and the Cotswolds, the Wye Valley : [a guide]. - 1969

4; 325263 - Birmingham and district. An official guide, issued by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, under the authority of the Corporation of Birmingham. Compiled and edited by G.H. Wright. Illus. Maps. 1926-7. WRIGHT (GEORGE HENRY) Work edited by. - 1926-1927

4; 410280 - Birmingham - England's second city. A publication of the City of Birmingham Information Bureau. Illus. 16pp. 1933. FAULKNER (LEONARD WILLIAM). - 1933

4; 459987 - Birmingham. City of modern tradition and gateway to ancient romance. (City of Birmingham Information Bureau) Illus. 24pp. 1937. Guides. - 1937

4; 528525 - Birmingham and district. An official guide, issued by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, under the authority of the Corporation of Birmingham. Compiled and edited by G.H. Wright. Illus. Maps. 1926-7. WRIGHT (GEORGE HENRY) Work edited by.

4; 586822 - Birmingham : [facts and figures relating to industrial Birmingham]. - 1936

4; 597804 - [Guides to Birmingham ...].

4; 782229 - Portrait of Birmingham. - 1969

14793 - Wallis (G) Schools of Art. Their constitution and management, comprising a statement of the progress etc. of the Birmingham Central and Branch Schools. A paper etc. 35pp. 1857. Arts (Birmingham Society of) and School of Design. - 1857

14901 - Proceedings, January 1850 only. Mechanical Engineers (Institution of).

514807 - Midland Red illustrated guide. - 1940

Art C.11; 211797 - Bore (H) The story of the invention of steel pens. With a description of the manufacturing processes by which they are produced. With illustrations engraved from pen and ink sketches, by Walter Langley. Ports. Illus. 52pp. c.1890. LANGLEY (WALTER) R.I., R.B.C., R.W.A. Work illustrated by. - 1890

84 - Maps and Plans - nd

85 - Views, Prospects, Panoramas - nd

86 - Improvement Schemes to 1939 - nd

87 - Reconstruction and Redevelopment: 1940s onwards - nd

88 - Conservation, Environment - nd

89 - Particular streets and localites - nd

90 - Parishes - nd

91 - Suburbs and Districs in Warwickshire - nd

92 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Worcestershie - nd

93 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Stafforsdhire - nd

94 - Herefordshire - nd

95 - Shropshire - nd

96 - Staffordshire - nd

97 - Warwickshire - nd

98 - Worcestershire - nd

99 - West Midlands, Black Country - nd

B.Col - The Birmingham Collection - nd

F - Large volumes (folio) - nd

FF - Extra large volumes - nd

p - Pamphlets - nd

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