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VINE P.A.L.
London's Lost Route to Midhurst. An Historical Account of the Earl of Egremont's Navigation and the Building of the Petworth Canal.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper
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WADE B.
Yorkshire's Ruined Abbies. With a Foreword by Dr. C.H. Moody. To which has been added a short illustrated Glossary of architectural and monastic terms.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 15 plates on 14, 93 illustrations (11 full-page) and 10 plans (9 full-page) in the text, front endpaper maps and rear endpaper plan; cloth gilt, gilt back, endpapers a little browned else a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter with some slight foxing. This work, which deserves wider recognition, is arguably one of the best of the pre-War travellers' guides to its subject. Each individual location is placed in its architectural and clerical context in a readable manner while the glossary is charmingly illustrated and surprisingly compendious. The 10 full-page illustrations of key architectural features act as a valuable ready reference, a precursor of the achievements of Pevsner and his school yet to come.
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JANES Hurford
The Red Barrel. A History of Watney Mann.
8vo., with a coloured frontispiece and 102 monochrome plates on 64; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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WHITBREAD & CO. LTD
Whitbread's Brewery incorporating the Brewer's Art.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text (8 in colour); boards, as issued, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed at two points along upper margin.
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EMDEN Cecil S.
Gilbert White in his Village. [Selborne]. Illustrations by Lynton Lamb. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter just a trifle browned at backstrip
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WRIGHT Geoffrey
The Stone Villages of Britain.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 10 coloured plates, 91 monochrome plates and 28 illustrations by Janet Rawlins in the text; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.
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YORK
City and County of the City of York. Official Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with 2 coloured plates, 3 pages of armorial bearings in colour, numerous monochrome photographs, maps and plans in the text, and a large folding street plan (neatly repaired at fold) at end; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers a little rubbed at extremities else a very good, bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements at end. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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WENSLEYDALE
The Wensleydale Wesleyan Monthly. Vol. XIX., No. 10. October 1918. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled, edges frayed else a sound, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements throughout.
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PEATLING A.V.
Ancient Stained and Painted Glass in the Churches of Surrey.
8vo., with a coloured frontispiece, 9 coloured and 8 monochrome plates; original cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good copy. A detailed catalogue published by the Surrey Archaeological Society as a memorial volume to Dr. Peatling. The work owes much to F.C. Eeles, an expert in church ornament and member of the Alcuin Club, who assumed editorship upon Peatling's untimely death. Scarce
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SANCHA S.
The Luttrell Village. Country Life in the Early Fourteenth Century.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BORTHWICK William
An Inquiry into the Origins and Limitations of the Feudal Dignities of Scotland 1775 - WITH - Remarks on British Antiquities 1776.
2 works in 1 vol., 8vo., on laid paper, some foxing throughout; attractively bound in nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, back with five raised bands, compartments tooled in blind to a floral design, leather label gilt, speckled edges. With an early nineteenth-century ownership inscription in ink of half-title of each work. THE SOLE EDITION OF EACH WORK. The second work contains 1. The Origin and Ceremony of Judicial Combat; 2. The Solemnities of ancient Writs; 3. The ancient and modern Use of armorial Figures; 4. The Form of Funeral Service; 5. An Account, Charge and Discharge of John Bishop of Glasgow, Treasurer to King James III, for the Year 1474
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CARR W.
University of Oxford. College Histories. University College.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 7 plates and a full-page plan in the text, some very light age-staining to free endpaper; original series binding of navy blue buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, bevelled boards, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Scarce in this condition. Cordeaux & Merry 8531.
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LANGDON C.
Earls Court. With a Foreword by the Marquess of Milford Haven.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 14 plates; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. The first dedicated history of the well-known arena.
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THOMPSON [W.]
The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour (St. Marie Overie), Southwark.
8vo., with a title-vignette and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial cloth, covers and back a little age-marked, wanting half-title and rear free endpaper else a good, sound copy. A well-illustrated, comprehensive account and one of the best guides to this magnificent church, perhaps the finest mediaeval building in London after the Abbey.
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THOMPSON W.
The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour (St. Marie Overie), Southwark. Saviour (St. Marie Overie), Southwark. Third Edition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY WITH BOOKPLATE
8vo., Third Edition, title and text framed in red, with engraved title-vignette, numerous engraved illustrations and 2 full-page plans in the text, and patterned endpapers; original beige pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, boards unevenly faded else a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. With the armorial bookplate of Bristows of Sussex [Leslie Beaconsfield Bristow] on front paste-down. Nice copy of this well-illustrated, comprehensive account of this magnificent church, perhaps the finest mediaeval building in London after the Abbey.
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BARKER H.R.
West Suffolk, Illustrated. Giving an Account of every Town and Village in the Western Division of the County.
4to., First Edition, with 566 photographs in the text; strongly bound in early twentieth century half calf, cloth boards, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, clean copy. Barker's massive photographic compendium is arranged as a gazetteer 'giving an account of every town and village in the Western Division of the county, a description of every church (whether now used or in ruins), and a short account of the old castles, monasteries, halls and other buildings. Also containing allusions to all the chief historical events with which this very interesting part of East Anglia is associated, and notes on the family history, and archaeological discoveries in the district'. 'Many of the [very numerous] views have been specially produced, at great expense, to render the work more attractive, complete, and up-to-date.' Extremely scarce, especially in this condition. Steward, 548.
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HOLT John
General View of the Agriculture of the County of Lancaster. With Observations on the Means of its Improvement. A Reprint of the Work drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. [Facsimile reissue].
8vo., on laid paper, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and a folding map; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1795.
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TRICKER Roy
North Stoke Church, West Sussex. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and plans in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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HEYWOOD H. C. L.
Southwell Minster. A Commentary for the Visitor. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with 12 plates and a full-page plan in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With a single leaf visitor's guide loosely inserted. Nice copy of the original edition of this well-known guide, many times reissued during Heywood's provostship (1945-1969).
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OTTEWELL D.
Old Retford.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous full-page photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, a near fine copy.
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PALMER William T.
Wanderings in Surrey.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 38 plates on 30 and front and rear endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed and frayed at edges, and with minor loss at tail of backstrip. The first of the well-known 'Wanderings' series south of the Thames, and the precursor of the author's extraordinarily successful 'Odd Corners in Surrey' published two years later. Scarce in the dustwrapper, especially in this condition.
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WALTHAMSTOW
Book of the Walthamstow Pageant 1934. NEAR FINE COPY
Roy. 4to., Sole Edition, on paid paper, with a portrait frontispiece and full-page illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. Walthamstow Antiquarian Society, Official Publication no. 30. Extremely scarce.
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EVANS D.
The Sunday Schools of Wales. Their Origin, Progress, Peculiarities & Prospects. With introductory Chapters on the Religious and Intellectual State of the Country from the Reformation to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
8vo., First Edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 11 illustrations and facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; original plum pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt edges, chocolate endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front endpapers and small neat stamp on front free endpaper verso. Scarce, especially in this condition.
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BALME Elsie
Seagull Morning. The Cornwall of my Childhood.. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy.
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HUFTON Geoffrey
The Scarecrow's Legion or Smuggling in the South East.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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THOMAS Tamsin
Mysteries in the Cornish Landscape. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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WATTS Ethelwyn
How Long is Forever. Memories of a Cornish Maid. Illustrations by Edmund Julian. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Memories of St. Levan parish.
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FOWLER J.K.
A History of Beaulieu Abbey. AD 1204-1539
8vo., First Edition, with 38 plates (1 folding), 4 plans (2 folding) and 2 maps (1 folding), neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary; decorative red buckram gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a very good, bright, clean copy of an uncommon work. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front endpapers. With the binders ticket of Eyre & Spottiswoode on rear paste-down. The standard history.
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MAITLAND Frederic William
Township and Borough [with] Outside the Barnwell Gate. Being the Ford Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in the October Term of 1897. Together with an Appendix of Notes relating to the History of the Town of Cambridge [bound with] STOKES (H.P). Outside the Barnwell Gate.
2 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition, with (in the second work) a large folding map on japon, neat signature on front free endpaper; original black buckram, gilt back, uncut, a very good, clean copy. Clark, p.157 (first work).
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MAYS Spike
Reuben's Corner. Foreword by Richard Church [with] Return to Anglia. Drawings by Rene Eyre. SPIKE MAYS COMPLETE
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text (of the second volume) and front and rear endpaper maps; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in the dustwrapper. This minor classic, with its long-awaited and equally enjoyable sequel, tells of the the author's upbringing at Bartlow Hamlet near Ashdon in Essex. Elusive in this condition and seldom offered for sale as a set.
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PARKER Eric
Highways and Byways. Surrey. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. [First Edition in Parts.] FINE SET OF FIRST ISSUE IN PARTS
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; printed boards, a remarkably bright, clean set. Eric Parker's Surrey: Highways and Byways first appeared in 1908 and was always one of the most popular titles in that celebrated series. With the publication of the revised and updated second edition of 1937 the publishers acceded to popular demand and simultaneously issued the work in this handy form. The three volumes, titled respectively 'North Surrey', 'East and Central Surrey' and 'South-West Surrey', retain the pagination and illustrations of the one-volume edition. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spielmann & Jerrold 45 (recording the first edition).
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BRYANT Arthur
Samuel Pepys. The Man in the Making [with] The Years of Peril [with] The Saviour of the Navy. [The trilogy complete.]. THE PEPYS TRILOGY COMPLETE
3 vols., 8vo., First Editions, with 3 portrait frontispieces, 13 plates, and front and rear endpaper maps in first volume; decorative cloth blocked in blind, gilt backs, covers very slightly dulled, fore-edges dusty, backstrip of first volume heavily browned (but all gilt still legible) else a good, sound, firm working set. One of the outstanding biographies of the twentieth century, the trilogy comprises 'The Man in the Making' (1933), 'The Years of Peril' (1935) and 'The Saviour of the Navy' (1938). NMML Catalogue II, Part 1, 1194-1196; Albion, p.215.
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FROUDE J.A.
The Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish Character [with] The Enterkin [with] Sheep-Farmers and Drovers [with] Minchmoor. ). The Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish Character [with] BROWN (J). The Enterkin [with] ANON. Sheep-Farmers and Drovers [with] BROWN (J). Minchmoor. FOUR WORKS IN ONE VOLUME.
4 works in 1 vol., sm. 4to., First Edition, with 2 frontispieces and 4 engraved title-vignettes, endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; strongly bound in contemporary cloth, back with original leather label lettered ('Odds & Ends, etc.') and ruled in gilt, a very good, crisp, clean copy. FROUDE (J.A.) The Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish Character [with] BROWN (J) The Enterkin [with] ANON. Sheep-Farmers and Drovers [with] BROWN (J) Minchmoor. Froude, best known for his History of England, delivered the first work as an address before the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh on 3rd November 1865. The third work is sub-titled 'Sketches of Highland Character'. All four works were published in Edmonston & Douglas' series 'Odds and Ends'. First Editions of all works in this series are scarce.
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WYMER Norman
A Breath of England. [Complete set, comprising 'A Breath of England. The Southern Shires', 'Wheatsheaf and Willow. The Eastern Shires', 'Green Hills and Grey Spires. The West Midlands' and 'Mere and Moorland. The Northern Counties'].
4 vols., 8vo., First Editions, with 4 frontispieces, very numerous plates and illustrations in the text, and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, clean set in the dustwrapper (one price-clipped). Wymer's delightful sequence, covering virtually the whole of England, is neither a gazetteer nor the usual rural eulogy. Rather, he sets out to compare and contrast traditional variations between one county and another, emphasising industries, customs, superstitions, legends, folklore and, above all, people. It is an unusual approach, based on a charming prose style and enhanced by evocative illustrations both photographic and line. A lovely set, and uncommon in this condition
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LUMMIS] [W.M.
The Churches of Bungay. Third Edition.
Sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements. Includes the parish churches of St. Mary, and Holy Trinity. The text by Lummis is based on that of Mann and Baker (earlier editions 1950 and 1956); the photographs were taken in 1964 especially for this edition. Steward 3980.
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LANG Jennifer
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers 1439-1979. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs and facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, arms blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CROSBIE Jane E.M.
Strangford's Shores. Paintings by Alison Brown. Text by Jane E.M. Crosbie. [Second Impression]. FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., Second Impression, with coloured title-vignette, numerous full-page coloured illustrations and a full-page map in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy. First published in 1996.
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DAY J. Wentworth
Norwich and the Broads. [British Towns and Cities series]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 49 plates on 30, and several illustrations and plans a 2 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Darroch & Taylor 592.
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GARLAND George
Proud Petworth and Beyond. Photographs from the 20s and 30s by George Garland.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. First and scarcest of the author's Petworth trilogy
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HOLDENBY Christopher
Folk of the Furrow. With an Introduction by Sir Horace Plunkett. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece and decorative endpapers, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a remarkably bright, fresh copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. With 10pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. First published in 1913. Very scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
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HOWSE W. H.
Presteigne Past and Present. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and a folding map; cloth, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at edges. SCARCE
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JULYAN Herbert E.
Rottingdean and the East Sussex Downs and Villages. Third Edition. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., Third Edition, with a frontispiece and 23 plates on 14; green cloth, upper board lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. Extremely scarce, especially in the dustwrapper
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LACAILLE A.D.
The Stone Age in Scotland. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece maps, 9 plates, numerous illustrations and tables in the text; original blue cloth, small age-stain on upper boards else a very good,bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition
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FRASER Maxwell
Companion into Lakeland. Sixth Edition. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Sixth Edition, with a sepia-toned frontispiece, 15 sepia-toned plates and front endpaper map; red cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in Methuen's much-loved 'Companion' series in 1937.
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MILLINGTON Rosemary
The Islanders. A Hebridean Experience. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title in green and black, green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RICHARDS Eric L.
A History of the Highland Clearances. COMPLETE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; original cloth, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. The set comprises Vol. I: Agrarian Transformation and the Evictions 1746-1886; Vol. II: Emigration, Protest, Reasons. COMPLETED SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
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ROYAL COMMISSION HISTORICAL MONUMENTS
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, with many hundreds of plates and maps (many folding), and a large folding map in pocket at end; original series binding of decorative red cloth gilt extra, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned and soiled. Volumes of this splendid series were produced in two bindings, the relatively common grey cloth and the much less common red cloth (as here). This original edition is difficult to find in this condition, especially in the dustwrapper. Cordeaux & Merry, 291.
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SAMPSON Chas
Ghosts of the Broads. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with head- and tail-pieces, and several illustrations in the text, inscription on front free endpaper, some light spotting; red cloth, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. The original edition is scarce.
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BONE Stephen
The West Coast of Scotland. Skye to Oban. A Shell Guide. [Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED FIRST STATE DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs (several full-page) in the text, 3 double-page coloured maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of green cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in green, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very faintly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel and with one tiny loss at upper edge of rear panel. The dustwrapper carries the first state price of 12s 6d rather than the later 15s. The first edition of Bone's contribution to this wonderful and much sought-after series was published in 1938. This thoroughly revised edition is scarce in its own right, especially in this condition. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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SEWILL R.
The Free Men of Charlwood. IN DUSTWRAPPER WITH CORRIGENDA BOOKMARK
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 17 plates on 15, 24 illustrations and facsimiles (a number full-page) in the text and large folding map in pocket at end; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. WITH THE CORRIGENDA SLIP, ISSUED AS A BOOKMARK, LOOSELY INSERTED. The first edition is scarce, especially in the dustwrapper.
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