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WARD LOCK RED GUIDE
Guide to Stratford-upon-Avon, Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, and Shakespeare's Birthplace. Eighth Edition - revised. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE WWII ISSUE
8vo., Eighth Edition, with folding plan as frontispiece, plates and 8 maps and plans (4 folding); original series binding of red cloth wrappers printed in black, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. With advertisement endpapers and 8pp (front) and 8pp (rear) of trade advertisements, and the 'wartime shortage' slip mounted facing Contents..
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HOLDERNESS Rev. H. B.
The Story of St. Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and a full-page plan; original pictorial wrappers, sewed as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy.
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IVES Marjorie
A History of Patterdale and its Parish Church. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Carmarthen. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 89. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), small neat contemporary signature on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1923; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Hastings. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 135. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), small neat contemporary signature on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1933 revision (roads and railways) of the 1921 impression; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Land's End and Lizard. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 146. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1925 revision; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Portsmouth and Southampton. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 132. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), small neat contemporary signature on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1932 revision; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey One-Inch Map. Fifth Edition. SE London and Dartford. Mounted on Linen. Sheet 15. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on linen measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms); a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous One Inch Fifth Edition series was first published in 1934 with striking 'younger sitting hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1935 revision; the covers are the blue and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.unrecorded.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Torquay and Dartmouth. Popular Edition. One Inch. Sheet 145. [Ellis Martin cover].
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 22.0 x 28.5 ins (approx. 56.0 x 72.0 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.25 ins (approx. 19.0 x 11.0 cms), covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series was first published in 1919 with striking 'hiker' artwork by Ellis Martin. The present copy is the 1925 revision; the covers are the dark red and black variant with location map. Browne, 11.2.a
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BETJEMAN John
An Oxford University Chest. Comprising a Description of the Present State of the Town and University of Oxford. With an Itinerary arranged alphabetically. Illustrated in Line and Half-tone by L. Moholy-Nagy, Osbert Lancaster.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title in red and black, with 76 photographic plates on 56, and very numerous illustrations, sketches and cartoons in the text, endpapers lightly spotted, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original marbled boards, buckram back gilt, gilt top, covers lightly chafed at edges and corners, a very good, clean copy. The author's first prose work is an entertaining survey (architectural, historical and social) of the Oxford he knew and adored as an undergraduate. All but five of the fine photographic plates are by Moholy-Nagy; the illustrations and cartoons are by Bradley and Lancaster; most of the engravings are taken from Ingram's 'Memorials of Oxford' (1837). A fine period piece printed for Miles at the Chiswick Press. Cordeaux & Merry, 433; Peterson A6a; Stapleton, I.54.
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HARRISON Michael
London by Gaslight 1861-1911. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; pink cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
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IRELAND Samuel
Picturesque Views on the River Thames. LARGE PAPER COPY
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, Large Paper, with engraved pictorial titles, printed titles, 53 fine sepia aquatint plates, 21 woodcut illustrations in the text and 2 full-page maps, mild dust-soiling at blank margins, some offsetting from plates to facing pages; attractively bound in early twentieth century crushed brown half morocco, brown cloth boards, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments ruled in gilt, a bright, firm copy. With half-titles, and errata leaf at end of each volume. The aquatint titles and plates are engraved by C. Apostool after Ireland. LARGE PAPER COPIES ARE SCARCE. Abbey: Scenery 430; Anderson, p. 38; Upcott CXLIII.
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BRAND] [John
A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth and Caithness, wherein after a Short Journal of the Author's Voyage thither, these Northern Places are first more generally more described. FIRST DEDICATED PUBLISHED ACCOUNT
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, eighteenth century inscription on title, title and several following leaves age-stained, title neatly mounted without loss of text, final leaf of Appendix mounted with loss of half text; strongly and attractively bound in half calf, marbled boards, back with five flat gilt bands, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, a most attractive copy. This copy was formerly in the McIntosh Library, Dunkeld, and carries the MS press-mark A8.51 and bookplate (numbered 493) on front paste-down. A sound and complete (save last leaf) copy of the first dedicated published account of Orkney and Zetland. RARE. Anderson, p.402.
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PATTERSON A.H.
A Norfolk Naturalist. Observations on Birds, Mammals and Fishes. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 35 illustrations by the author in the text; green pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 8pp publisher's catalogue at end. Lovely copy of a Norfolk classic.
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GROOM J.B.
A Maidstone Naturalist's Rambles during the 'Year of Rain' from March 1903 to March 1904. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; long contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, black endpapers, a very good, bright, fresh, clean copy. VERY SCARCE. Bennett, p.249.
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PLASTOW N.
Safe as Houses. Wimbledon at War 1939-1945.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and a large folding map at end; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. A detailed account of the many aerial attacks on Wimbledon during WWII. The map shows clearly the impact sites of the various types of enemy (and allied) weapon.
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WINSFORD
A Winsford Anthology. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; originals pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Writings and illustrations by residents of Winsford on Exmoor in West Somerset. SCARCE.
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GOODSALL Robert H.
A Second Kentish Patchwork. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects ten essays. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Bennett, p.209.
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EVANS George Ewart
Acky. [Illustrated by David Gentleman]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at extremities. Stories of country life in Suffolk. Wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by David Gentleman
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GOODSALL Robert H.
The Arun and Western Rother.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 55 plates on 30, and several illustrations and 2 maps (one double-page) in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper
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SCOTT J.M.
The Book of Pall Mall. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, dark top, blue silk marker, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. With personal bookplate on half-title
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TUCKER Norman
The Homeland Guide to the North Coast of Wales. Llandudno. Colwyn Bay. Conway. Rhyl. Prestatyn and their Surroundings. Fourth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Fourth Edition, with plates, maps (one double-page and several full-page) and large folding map coloured in outline; original pictorial wrappers, a remarkably bright, clean copy.
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CHALLACOMBE Jessie
Jottings from a Farnborough Note Book. A Story of an Old World Village. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates toned in sepia, some light spotting; neat contemporary signature on front inside wrapper; pictorial wrappers, a very good, firm copy. SCARCE.
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EARDLEY F.S.
Horsted Keynes, Sussex. The Church and Parish of St. Giles. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 8 plates; blue cloth, gilt back, joints cracked (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately dust-soiled and rubbed at extremities. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.
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JACKSON E. Dudley C.
The Pre-Conquest Churches at Much Wenlock. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with plates and 4 large folding plans; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. JAA, Third Series, Vol. XXVIII.
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PENNINGTON Rev. C. B.
St. Wulfran's, Ovingdean, Brighton. Historical Survey and Notes of the Parish of Ovingdean, 1050-1928. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait, 2 plates and a full-page illustration in the text; original wrappers printed in red and black, wire-stitched as issed, wrappers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
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GOMME Laurence
London. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; red buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy. Gomme's masterly study is scarce in anything like this condition.
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GOVER J.E.B.
The Place-Names of Northamptonshire. [English Place-Name Society, Vol.
8vo., First Edition, with 6 folding maps in pocket at end; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, small pull at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy. English Place-Name Society, vol. X
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MAWER A.
The Place-Names of Sussex. With the Assistance of J.E.B. Gover. [English Place-Name Society, Vols. VI and VII]. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with large folding map coloured in outline in pocket at end of first volume; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt backs, backstrips sunned (but all lettering wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean set. English Place-Name Society, Vols. VI and VII. Part I: The Rapes of Chichester, Arundel and Bramber; Part II: The Rapes of Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings.
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ROBINSON M.
A South Down Farm in the Sixties. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and 16 plates on 14, free endpapers lightly spotted; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. Valuable and very readable account of nineteenth century life on a large farmstead at Saddlescombe in Sussex. This is the much-needed re-issue (itself now hard to find) of the original edition published by Dent in 1938.
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HOSKINS W.G.
Fieldwork in Local History. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Important pioneer study compiled when Hoskins was Hatton Professor of English History at Leicester. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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DYMOND] [T.
Cobham [Kent]. Illustrated by D. Hollingum. FINE COPY
8vo., with illustrations and double-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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ARTHURE Humphrey
Life and Work in Old Chiswick. FINE COPY
8vo., with plates and illustrations; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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BECKENSALL Stan
Hexham. History and Guide. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, maps and very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
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BERWICK
St. Michael and All Angels and its Paintings, Berwick, Sussex. FINE COPY
8vo.,with coloured and monochrome photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Much frequented by the Bloomsbury Set, the church contains paintings and other artwork by Vanessa and Quentin Bell, Duncan Grant and others.
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BISHOP H. E.
Notes on Exeter Cathedral. With Preface by the Dean. FINE COPY
8vo., printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a fine copy.
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BLAKENEY POINT
A Souvenir of Blakeney Point. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with photographs, illustrations and maps; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CIRENCESTER
The Story of Cirencester Parish Church (St. John Baptist). NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with plates; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. With trade advertisements.
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GARNE D.
Mainly about Rogate. A Collection of Articles from The Rogate & Terwick News 1992-2008. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. With relevant cuttings loosely inserted.
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HOWELL-THOMAS, ed. Dorothy
Goodwood. Letters from below Stairs. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and facsimiles; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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MALDEN R. H.
The Hangings in the Quire of Wells Cathedral. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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MCCANN Timothy J.
Restricted Grandeur. Impressions of Chichester 1586-1948. FINE COPY
8vo., with plates and illustrations; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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MOWFORTH E. H.
Lastingham. A Brief History. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. SCARCE
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STEER F. W.
The John Edes House, West Street, Chichester. FINE COPY
8vo., with plates, plans and a folding pedigree; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Chichester Papers, No. 52.
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TUFFS, ed. Peter
The Industries of Yorkshire. Middlesbrough 1890. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1890.
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TUFFS, ed. Peter
The Industries of Yorkshire. Stockton-on-Tees 1890. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1890
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VEREY Rev. Lewis
The Story of the Parish Church of St. Margaret, Rottingdean. Revised and brought up-to-date in 1937. FINE COPY
8vo., with plates, illustrations and a plan; pictorial wrappers, sewed as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WINBOLT S. E.
The Roman Villa at Bignor Sussex. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with illustrations, maps and a double-page plan; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
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WOODFORD, ed. Peter
From Primrose Hill to Euston Road. A Survey of Streets, Buildings and Former Residents in a Part of Camden. [Revised Edition]. FINE COPY
Oblong 8vo., with numeous illustrations and maps; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Revised version of the original edition of 1988.
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FOLKESTONE.
Folkestone Past and Present. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with plates, maps and a folding map; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. With trade advertisements.
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