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DELDERFIELD Eric R.
The Visitor's Brief Guide to the Exmoor Country. (Fourth Revised Edition). NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Fourth Edition, with photographs and maps (one double-page); original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued,a near fine copy. No. 1 of The Brief Guide series. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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BUCKLER J.C. [John Chessell]
Sixty Views of Endowed Grammar Schools. from Original Drawings with Letter-press Descriptions. [No. I. This part only. FIRST AND SOLE EDITION]. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS: A RARE SURVIVAL
4to., First Edition, on India Paper, with 6 fine copper-engraved plates, small tide-mark in blank margins (nowhere affecting engraved surfaces); ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, sewed as issued, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. The first part [only] of Buckler's notable series of copper views of the nation's eminent grammar schools. Here he depicts Banbury School (Oxfordshire), The King's School (Canterbury), Mercers' School (London), The Close School (Salisbury), Free Grammar School (Stamford), Free Grammar School (Wakefield). EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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DELDERFIELD Eric R.
The Visitor's Brief Guide to the Exmoor Country. (Sixth Revised Edition).
8vo., Sixth Edition, with photographs and maps (one double-page), neat signature on front wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, firm copy. No. 1 of The Brief Guide series.
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GREENSTED
Greensted Church. A Compact History of the World's Oldest Wooden Church. Revised Edition of 1970. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with illustrations and facsimiles; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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BARNARD Lady Emma
Parham and the Pearsons 1922-1948. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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LONDON TRANSPORT
Country Walks. Second Series. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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LONDON SOCIETY
The Journal of The London Society. Nos 438-443 inclusive. FINE RUN
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine run. The run comprises No. 438 (Autumn 1999) to No. 443 (Spring 2002).
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DELDERFIELD Eric
The Visitor's Brief Guide to the Exmoor Country. (Eighth Edition). NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Eighth Edition, with photographs and maps; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. No. 1 of The Brief Guide series.
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COOK Mrs. E.T.
Highways and Byways in London. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson and F.L. Griggs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text,; original series binding of green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, joints faintly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. With publisher's 4pp series catalogue bound in at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spielmann & Jerrold 34 .
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PRESTON HARRY
Memories. With a Portrait by Richard Sickert. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece and 11 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original red buckram, upper board blocked with author's signature in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sir Harry Preston (1860-1936) was at once a successful Brighton hotelier, keen boxing enthusiast and general all-round sportsman. His autobiography contains much material on boxing luminaries including Jack Johnson, Jim Driscoll, Jack Dempsey and many others. He was knighted in 1933 for services to sport and charity. Preston is buried at Cuckfield. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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FLETCHING
Fletching. A Brief History of the Parish and a Description of the Parish Church of St. Andrew & St. Mary the Virgin. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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TROTTER Torrens
Cowdray in the Parish of Easebourne, near Midhurst, Sussex. A Short History, architectural and biographical, together with a detailed Guide to the Ruins and Museum, and some Account of the ancient Domain. Compiled by Torrens Trotter. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN CLOTH
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 8 plates and folding plan, some light and inoffensive spotting; original white buckram, upper board lettered in gilt with Browne family arms blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright copy. With sketched postcard mounted on front paste-down, and a steel-engraved plate of the house mounted on preliminary. This, the first edition, contains more plates than any of the many subsequent reissues. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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COOPER William Durrant
Winchelsea. [Second Edition] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with folding map as frontispiece, title in red and black, and plates (a number folding); brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of the much-needed facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1850. It retains the list of original subscribers.
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HUTCHINSON Margaret
A Childhood in Edwardian Sussex. The Making of a Naturalist. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous photographs throughout; salmon cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SALMON Ann
Voices of the Village. A History of West Chiltington during the Twentieth Century. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. SCARCE.
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SACKVILLE-WEST Robert
Inheritance. The Story of Knole and the Sackvilles. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates, and decorative endpapers; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly sunned dustwrapper.
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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.]. [Second Edition]. THE PEPYS TRILOGY COMPLETE
3 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with 3 portrait frontispieces, 13 plates, and front and rear endpaper maps in first and second volumes, neat contemporarey inscription on front free endpapers; original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. One of the outstanding biographies of the twentieth century, the trilogy was first published by Cambridge (1933-38) in plain typographical dustwrappers. When Collins secured the right to reprint, maps were produced for the second volume. NMML Catalogue II, Part 1, 1194-1196; Albion, p.215 (all recording the first edition).
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GRINSELL L.V.
Studies in the History of Swindon. With an Introduction by David Douglas. [Index by J.T. Lea]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 14 monochrome plates, 9 illustrations (8 full-page) and 3 plans in the text, and 2 large folding maps on japon (one in red and black, one in green and black), free endpapers very faintly spotted; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Betjeman contributes the text of 'Architecture' at pp. 161-183. The text-illustrations are by A.H. Ridout; the folding maps (of Bonze Age and Roman period antiquities) are by Grinsell. Green, 1471; Peterson B27; Stapleton, D88.
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WEST DOWNS SCHOOL
The West Downs Magazine and O.W.D. Register 1957-1964. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with 2 photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Founded in 1897, the school closed in 1988. The Register lists all OWDs from 1947 to 1964. VERY SCARCE.
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WELLER] [Leslie
The Parish Church of St. George, West Grinstead. Its History and Antiquities. FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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MAXWELTON, MONIAIVE
Maxwelton, Moniaive, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. Catalogue of the Contents of the Mansion. 3-5 October 1967. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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FIELDGATES, CODMORE HILL
Fieldgates, Codmore Hill, near Pulborough. Catalogue of the Household Furniture and Effects. 6 November 1963. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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GORE HILL, PETWORTH
Gore Hill, Petworth. Catalogue of the Residence. 28-29 March 1968. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with plates, neat initials on front wrapper and some pricing in MS; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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FARTHING HILL HOUSE
Farthing Hill House, Horsham Sussex. Catalogue of the Antique Furniture and Effects. 30 March 1966. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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JERSEY
La Hougue Bie. Prehistoric Tomb and Ancient Chapels. Much condensed from the full Account by Major N.V.L. Rybot. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, plates and diagrams in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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COBB Ruth
A Sussex Highway. Illustrated by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous fine illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pale green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the author's delightfully written and illustrated account of a pre-war walk through the Wealden countryside from Lewes to Clayton. Many of the buildings and scenes depicted are scarcely changed. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Map of Sidmouth, Exmouth and District. Scale: One Inch to to One Mile. NEAR FINE COPY
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21 x 30 ins (approx. 53.3 x 76.2 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, near fine copy. Bright, crisp example of the 'Official' Royal Arms cover. This variant is single lineation on buff/black arms with red/location map used for the One Inch Popular Edition c.1927. Revised issue of a map issued in third revision 1912-14 with minor corrections 1923-6. Browne 8.1.a.1.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Road Map of North Devon. Sheet 31. Layers. Scale: Half-Inch to One Mile NEAR FINE COPY
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 32 x 29 ins (approx. 81.25 x 73.6 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.5 ins (approx. 19.05 x 10.75 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, near fine copy. Superb example of Ellis Martin's famous 'car with signpost' cover. This is the green and brown variant used for district maps in 1919. Revised issue of a map first published in 1915. Browne 12.2a.
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FURLEY Robert
A History of the Weald of Kent. With an Outline of the Early History of the County. Also, a Sketch of the Physical Features of the District by Henry B. Mackeson. EDWARD CROPPER'S COPY WITH SWAYLANDS BOOKPLATE
2 vols., in 3, 8vo., First Edition, with titles in red and black, plates and 6 folding maps (a number coloured in outline); original green pebble-grain cloth, bboards framed in black, upper boards individually blocked and captioned in gilt, gilt backs, chocolate endpapers, uncut, hinges slightly loose (but bindings wholly sound), very lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean set. WITH THE FINE NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGRAVED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE OF EDWARD CROPPER OF SWAYLANDS ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN OF FIRST VOLUME. Edward Cropper (1799-1877), director of British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company; sometime JP and Magistrate in the County of Kent. A bright copy with relevant and direct local provenance. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Anderson, p.150; Bennett, p.359.
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MORLEY Frank
The Great North Road. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. The dustwrapper was designed by David Jones.
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WHITE R.J.
Cambridge Life. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 16 plates on 14, 6 illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip.
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BRITISH MUSEUM
Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous illustrations in the text; original buff boards printed in brown, backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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ROGERSON, ed. Barnaby
One Hundred Years of Cottesmore. An Anthology 1894-1994. Edited by Barnaby Rogerson. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ST. ALBANS
St. Albans Millenary Pageant 948-1948. Souvenir Programme. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and advertisements throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BEVAN G. Phillips
Tourist's Guide to the West Riding of Yorkshire. Containing full Information concerning all is principal Places of Resort and Interest. Fourth Edition. BRIGHT COPY WANTING ONE MAP
8vo., Fourth Edition, with full-page plan and folding map, free endpapers lightly browned; original brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, case a little shaken (but binding entirely sound), a bright, clean copy. With 24pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. We have never seen a copy with two maps as called for. If a second map was present, it would probably have been a county map; the exisiting map shows roads and railways.
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TREVELYAN G.M.
Trinity College Cambridge. A History and Guide NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with full-page plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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ELY B. D.
Thakeham Parish Church. St. Mary's Church, Thakeham. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Second Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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GRIFFIN A.H.
The Story of Abbey Horn. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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BANKS F. R.
Around Godalming. Footpath Guides No. 26. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; printed wrappers, a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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WILSON Tom
Crosthwaite Parish Church. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with photographs, illustrations in the text and full-page plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM
Durham Castle. THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First edition, with photographs; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, cup-ring on front wrapper else a good, bright copy. UNCOMMON.
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CHADWICK John C.
The Unusual Guide to Salisbury. Illustrated by John Cooper, Nigel Clarke. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. UNCOMMON.
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ALLAN John R.
The Shilling Guides. North-East Scotland. Aberdeen. Kincardine. Banff. Moray. Nairn. BRIGHT COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Shell Shilling Guide No. 46.
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TAYLOR Wilfred
The Shilling Guides. The South Highlands. Perth and Angus. BRIGHT COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Shell Shilling Guide No. 45.
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MATTHEWS Debby
Re-discovering America in the Middle of Mid-Sussex. Nos 1 and 2.. No. 1: Barn Cottage: Cows, Cottages and Football Heroes. No. 2: America Lane: In the Footsteps of William Allen. NEAR FINE SET IN WRAPPERS
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, both near fine copies. SCARCE.
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BAKER Ken
Thaxted and its Church in Old Postcards. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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SCOTT Valerie G.
Sussex. County Maps and Histories Series. FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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BRADLEY M.C.
The Deanery Guide to Westminster Abbey. Fifteenth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
4to., Fifteenth Edition, with frontispiece, plates, illustrations and plans in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a well-preserved, bright, clean copy. The rear wrapper carries an advertisement for the Charing Cross Turkish Baths - a favourite haunt of Holmes and Watson!
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LONDON CANALS
Through London by Canal 1885. Introduced by Arthur Lowe. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with full-page illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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RIVER DERWENT
The Derwent Guide. [Revised Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Revised Edition, with numerous section maps; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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