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• Nine famous Birmingham men : lectures delivered in the University (Cornish Brothers, 1909), by John H. Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nine famous Birmingham men : lectures delivered in the University (Cornish Brothers, 1909), by John H. Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Nine famous Birmingham men; lectures delivered in the University (Cornish brothers, ltd., 1909), by John Henry Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham men. Reprinted from the "Birmingham daily mail," with revisions, corrections, and additions (Midland Educational Trading Co., 1877), by E. Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Birmingham (Society for promoting Christian knowledge;, 1920), by John Howard Bertram Masterman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Personal recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham men. (Midland educational trading co., limited, 1877), by E Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• An historical and descriptive sketch of Birmingham (Beilby, Knott, & Beilby, 1830) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The making of Birmingham: being a history of the rise & growth of the midland metropolis. (Allday, 1894), by Robert Kirkup Dent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorials of the Old Square : being some notices of the priory of St. Thomas in Birmingham, and the lands appertaining thereto; also of the Square built upon the priory close, known in later times as the Old Square; with notes concerning the dwellers in the sixteen houses thereof, and of some notable persons associated therewith (A. Taylor, 1897), by Joseph Hill, Robert K. Dent, and Robert Kirkup Dent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of Birmingham. (Hall and English, printers, 1886), by British Association for the Advancement of Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of Birmingham: Prepared for the Members of the British Association, 1886, by British Association for the Advancement of Science (Gutenberg ebook)
• Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men, by Eliezer Edwards (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham: Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald", by Thomas Anderton (Gutenberg ebook)

• Memorials of old Birmingham. Traditions of the Old crown house, in Der-Yat-End, in the lordship of Birmingham. With some notice of English gilds. (H. Wright, 1863), by Joshua Toulmin Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Birmingham (G. Berger; [etc., etc.], 1835), by William Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated ... : reprint of the part relating to Birmingham and Aston juxta Birmingham (C. Cooper & Co., 1891), by William Dugdale and William Fowler Carter (page images at HathiTrust)

• A catalogue of the Birmingham collection (Pub. for the Public libraries committee by Cornish brothers, ltd., 1918), by Birmingham Public Libraries, Walter Powell, and Herbert Maurice Cashmore (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memorials of the Old Square : being some notices of the priory of St. Thomas in Birmingham, and the lands appertaining thereto; also of the Square built upon the priory close, known in later times as the Old Square; with notes concerning the dwellers in the sixteen houses thereof, and of some notable persons associated therewith (A. Taylor, 1897), by Joseph Hill, Robert K. Dent, and Robert Kirkup Dent (page images at HathiTrust)

• Walks in the Black Country and its green border-land. (S. Low, Son, and Marston, 1868), by Elihu Burritt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journey from London to Birmingham (A. H. Baily & Co., 1838), by Francis Coghlan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gossiping guide to Birmingham (J. L. Allday, 1897) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cornish's Grand Junction, and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway companion, containing an account of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, and all the towns on or near the line. (J. Cornish, 1837), by J. Cornish (page images at HathiTrust)
• Showell's dictionary of Birmingham. A history and guide ... containing thousands of dates and references to matters of interest connected with the past and present history of the town ... (Cornish Brothers, 1885), by Thomas T. Harman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Walks in the Black country and its green border-land. (S. Low, Son, and Marston, 1869), by Elihu Burritt (page images at HathiTrust)
• An historical and descriptive sketch of Birmingham : with some account of its environs, and forty-four view of the principal public buildings, &c. (Beilby, Knott, and Beilby, 1830) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Birmingham institutions : lectures given at the University (Cornish, 1911), by John H. Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The story of Birmingham's growth : interwoven with the growth of the nation (Davis & Moughton, 1911), by William Moughton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Description of Modern Birmingham: Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington, by Charles Pye (Gutenberg ebook)

• Birmingham. History and general directory of the borough of Birmingham, with the remainder of the parish of Aston ... being part of a general history and directory of the county of Warwick ... (Printed for the authors by J. Blurton, 1849), by Francis White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Birmingham 120 years ago : being a reprint of an old directory published in 1777 : to which has been added ... a few notes of comparison between Birmingham of 1776 and the city of today (printed for Cornish Brothers, 1896), by Charles E. Scarse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Birmingham 120 years ago : being a reprint of an old directory, published in 1777, to which has been added a streets directory, a trades directory, and a few notes of comparison between Birmingham of 1776 and the city of to-day (Scarse, 1896), by Charles E. Scarse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kelly's directory of Birmingham. (including the suburbs and the boroughs of Smethwick and Aston Manor) (Kelly's Directories, in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Midland antiquary (London [etc.]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A Concise history of Birmingham, containing an account of its ancient state, and the latest improvements : together with a statement of the arrival and departure of the mails, stage coaches, waggons &c. &c., the whole forming a complete guide to the inhabitant and stranger. (Printed and sold by R. Jabet, 1808) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Birmingham illustrated. Cornish's stranger's guide through Birmingham. (Cornish brothers;, 1851), by Cornish (page images at HathiTrust)
• A poetic survey round Birmingham (Printed for the author by Swinney and Hawkins; sold by T. Heptinstall, Holborn, London, Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham, and all other booksellers, 1800), by J. Bisset (page images at HathiTrust)

• Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871. (E. C. Osborne;, 1873), by John Alfred Langford (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Concise history of Birmingham, containing an account of its ancient state, and the latest improvements : together with a statement of the arrival and departure of the mails, stage coaches, waggons &c. &c., the whole forming a complete guide to the inhabitant and stranger. (Printed and sold by R. Jabet, 1808) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Showell's dictionary of Birmingham. A history and guide ... containing thousands of dates and references to matters of interest connected with the past and present history of the town ... (Cornish Brothers, 1885), by Thomas T. Harman (page images at HathiTrust)
• An history of Birmingham. (Knott and Lloyd, 1809), by William Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Birmingham. (Printed for J. Nichols and Son [etc.], 1819), by William Hutton and Catherine Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century of Birmingham life: or, A chronicle of local events, from 1741 to 1841. (W.G. Moore & Co., 1870), by John Alfred Langford (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century of Birmingham life: or, A chronicle of local events, from 1741-1841. (Birmingham, 1868), by John Alfred Langford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern Birmingham and its institutions : a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871 (W. Downing, 1870), by John Alfred Langford (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the corporation of Birmingham : with a sketch of the earlier government of the town (Published for the Corporation by Cornish Brothers, 1878), by John Thackray Bunce and C. A. Vince (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorials of old Birmingham. (W. J. Sackett;, 1864), by Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Birmingham (G. Berger; [etc., etc.], 1835), by William Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Birmingham. (Wrightson and Webb, 1839), by William Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Birmingham (Printed and sold by Thomas Pearson, 1795), by William Hutton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Birmingham and the Great War, 1914-1919 (Cornish Brothers, 1921), by Reginald Henry Brazier and Ernst Sandford (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Three tracts relative to the battle of Birmingham, A.D. 1643. ([s.n.], 1815) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Century of Birmingham life, or, A chronicle of local events, from 1741 to 1841 (E.C. Osborne, 1868), by John Alfred Langford (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of Birmingham's growth : interwoven with the growth of the nation (Davis & Moughton, 1911), by William Moughton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Personal recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham men. Reprinted from the "Birmingham daily mail," with revisions, corrections, and additions (Midland Educational Trading Co., 1877), by E. Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old and new Birmingham : a history of the town and its people (Houghton and Hammond, 1880), by Robert Kirkup Dent (page images at HathiTrust)
• A report of the proceedings of the artizans of Birmingham, at their meeting, held at the Shakespeare Tavern, on Wednesday, the 17th of June, 1812 : and of other circumstances connected therewith. (Printed and sold by O. and H. Smith, 1812), by Eng. Artisans Birmingham and Lord Brougham (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the corporation of Birmingham. (Published for the corporation by Cornish brothers, 1878), by John Thackray Bunce, Harold J. Black, and C. A. Vince (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An History of Birmingham (1783), by William Hutton (Gutenberg ebook)
• An iron rod for the naylors and tradesmen neer Brimingham.: ([London : s.n., 1655]), by John Sanders (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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