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HILL Ron
Weymouth at War. Ron Hill's Story of the vessel 'My Girl'. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE.
Sussex Sunday Sailors by the Sea. The History of the Royal Naval Reserve in Sussex 1874-1974. Foreword by Admiral Sir Terence Lewin. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WILLIAMSON, ed. Howard
The Clacton Roll of Honour 1914-1919. Edited by Howard Williamson. FINE COPY
Folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial boards, backstrip lettered in white, a fine copy. SCARCE.
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WASLEY Gerald
Devon in the Great War 1914-1918. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NOALL Cyril
Wreck and Rescue round the Cornish Coast. 1. The Story of the North Coast Lifeboats. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with plates; red tweed cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
Northamptonshire at War 1939-1945. A Selection of Photographs. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs throughout and endpaper charts; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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ROBINSON David M
South Glamorgan's Heritage. The Archaeology of a County. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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PETERS John
Bournemouth Then and Now. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Folio, First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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PRICE Bernard
Chichester. The Valiant Years. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous photograsphs throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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JERROME Peter
Tread Lightly Here. An affectionate Look at Petworth's ancient Streets. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with full-page photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SMETHAM Henry
Rambles Round Churches. Volume I [THIS VOLUME ONLY]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST VOLUME
8vo., First Edition, with full-page illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, small pull at headband else a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. First of Smetham's four volumes surveying Kent churches. This volumes covers Cuxton, Halling, Paddlesworth, Snodland, Birling, Ryarsh, Leybourne and Trottescliffe.
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JONES Anthea
Tewkesbury. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, and numerous photographs and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HOYS Dudley
Below Scafell. With Drawings by Lynton Lamb. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; patterned boards, green cloth back lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper very lightly browned at extremities. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HENSHALL Audrey Shore
The Chambered Tombs of Scotland. [Complete set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, many full-page and smaller illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text, and 2 large folding maps in pocket at end of second volume, free endpapers lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference.
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LEGER-GORDON D. St.
The County Books. Devonshire. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of decorative green cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at tail of backstrip. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HARPER Charles G.
Thames Valley Villages. Illustrated from Photographs by W.S. Campbell and from Drawings by by the Author. NEAR FINE SET
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces, titles in red and black, very numerous plates and illustrations in the text; original green cloth, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, blue and black, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, a near fine set. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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GENT John B.
Croydon. A Pictorial History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid assembly of historical photographs with accompanying text.
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FARRAR Rev. C.F.
Old Bedford. New Introduction by F.W. Kuhlicke. [Facsimile reissue]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with numerous plates (one folding); red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned at backstrip. High quality facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1926.
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JEKYLL Gertrude
Old West Surrey. Some Notes and Memories. [Facsimile reissue]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with frontispiece and very numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; brown faux-morocco cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1904.
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WYMER Norman
Companion into Sussex. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and front endpaper map; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published by Methuen in 1950.
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BARTLETT Benjamin
Manduessedum Romanorum. Being the History and Antiquities of the Parish of Manceter, [including the Hamlets of Hartshill, Oldbury and Atherstone], and also of the adjacent Parish of Ansley, in the County of Warwick. Enlarged and corrected by Gentlemen resident on the Spot. A RARE SURVIVAL OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with series half-title, title, 17 fine engraved plates, 6 engraved maps (one folding), a map in the text, 6 pedigrees (2 folding) and large folding chart, contemporary and later signatures and presentation inscriptions on half-title, some occasional relevant annotation in the text in a neat contemporary hand; handsomely bound in nineteenth century dark green morocco, sides with triple frame border enclosing inner double frame stopped at corners with sprays and rosettes including title all in gilt, back with raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles gilt, expertly recased with hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published as Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, Vol. IX. No. 1. THIS COPY IS COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL AS CALLED FOR BY UPCOTT. The text includes advertisement, additions and corrections. There are two contemporary binding discrepancies: Plate VI is placed at p.41 (not p.49); the large folding chronological chart is placed at p.25 (not p.35). The series half-title, remarking the work's status in continuation of BTB, is often missing. Anderson, p. 291; Upcott, Warwickshire XXVII, pp.1279-1281. RARE.
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LAMBORN E.A. Greening
The Armorial Glass of the Oxford Diocese 1250-1850. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 64 fine plates and several folding pedigrees; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cordeaux & Merry 1323.
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MACDONALD Alasdair
Stowe School. An Illustrated History. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) and pictorial endpapers; blue faux-morocco cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy. SCARCE.
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THOM A.
Megalithic Sites in Britain. [Second Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece coloured in outline and numerous diagrams in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at edges. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. The standard reference, first published in 1967.
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SCOTT-MONCRIEFF Lesley
Scotland's Eastern Coast. A Guidebook: from Berwick to Scrabster. Photographs by G. Doudlas Bolton. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey One-Inch Tourist Map. The North York Moors. Scale: One Inch to to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folding coloured map on paper measuring 32 x 32 ins (approx. 81 x 81 cms) folding in 36 panels to 8.25 x 5.0 ins (approx. 21 x 13 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The One-Inch Tourist Maps began publication in 1948 with evolving typographical cover artwork by Stanley Phillip Reeves. North York Moors first appeared in 1961; this is the 1963 issue with Five Lines/landscape/Royal Arms in frame [Royal Arms by Reynolds Stone]. Browne 100.1.b.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey One-Inch Map of Lowestoft. New Popular Edition. Sheet 137. Scale: One Inch to to One Mile. [First Issue thus]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 30 x 27 ins (approx. 76 x 69 cms) folding in 24 panels to 8.25 x 5.0 ins (approx. 21 x 13 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous New Popular Edition One Inch series began publication in 1940 with evolving typographical cover artwork by Ellis Martin which became the first post-war standard design. This is the 1946 issue with Red Border/Royal Arms/letterpress. Browne 96.1.a.2.
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HORSHAM.
Horsham: its History and Antiquities. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
8vo., with engraved frontispiece (original tssue guard present), title-vignette, 18 engraved plates, an illustration in the text and folding map (a littl browned); original green pebble-grain cloth, upper board framed and blocked in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, sepia endpapers, uncut, expertly recased, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Anderson, p.283.
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ROPER Anne
The Church of Saint Augustine, Brookland. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., with photographs and illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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HAYWARD R.L.
Yesterday in Sullington. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., with photographs, illustrations and full-page map in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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HAYWARD R. L.
Yesterday in Sullington. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., with photographs, illustrations and full-page map in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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HICKMAN M. M.
S. Mary the Virgin, Shipley, Sussex. [Third Edition]. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. First published in 1947; this edition with amendments and some new photographs.
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CANNER A. C.
The Parish of Tintagel. Some Historical Notes. With Illustrations by George T. Cole. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; orginal printed wrappers, covers unevenly sunned else a near fine copy. SCARCE.
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HARMAN Leslie
The Parish of S. Giles-in-Reading. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on title; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. With a few relevant cuttings loosely inserted. SCARCE.
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BRIGHTON.
Brighton, Hove and District. A brief Description of Brighton of To-day and Yesterday, with a Street Plan, and Illustrations. BRIGHTON: A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and very large folding street plan on japon; original brown card wrappers printed in black, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With trade advertisements throughout. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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CLEVELAND Duchess of
The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; original ivory faux-vellum, bevelled boards, gilt backs, red edges, red endpapers, some light age-staining else a very good, bright, clean set. Includes index of names. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
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BAXTER, G.G.
Aircraft Casualities in Kent. Part I: 1939 to 1940. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy.
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WIXEY Ken
Gloucestershire Aviation. A History. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and facsimiles in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BALLARD Martin
Bristol. Sea-Port City. With an Introduction and the editorial assistance of Berna Clark. Illustrated by Gareth Floyd. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and endpaper maps, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MEE Arthur
The King's England. Cornwall. Fully revised and edited by E.T. Long. Illustrated with new Photographs by A.F. Kersting. REVISED EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Revised Edition, with very numerous plates and double-page map; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Revised, updated and reset version of the original edition of 1937.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map. [Wimborne & Ringwood]. Sheet 31. Scale: One Inch to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21 x 30 ins (approx. 53 x 76 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.0 x 4.5 ins (approx. 18 x 11 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, one split at fold else a very good, bright, clean copy. The famous One-Inch Popular Edition began in 1919. The cover is Ellis Martin's 'cyclist on hillside' in dark red with Stanford address. Browne, 11.2.c.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Road Map of North Devon. Sheet 31. Scale: Half-Inch to One Mile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 29.5 x 22 ins (approx. 65 x 56 cms) folding in 21 panels to 7.5 x 4.5 ins (approx. 19 x 12 cms), a few contemporary annotations in ink in a neat hand; original pictorial card wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The Half-Inch series began in 1919; this is a 1920s reissue. The cover is Ellis Martin's 'car passing signpost' in green and brown. Browne, 12.2.a
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BYRNE L.S.R.
The Eton Book of the River. With Some Account of the Thames and the Evolution of Boat-Racing. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
4to., Second Edition, with 63 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; tan cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Much-needed re-issue of the original edition of 1935.
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HAY David
The Solent from the Sea. Portsmouth to Portland. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; orange cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.
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HOLT Edgar
Protest in Arms. The Irish Troubles 1916-1923. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, green top (mildly faded), a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MCKINLEY Richard
The Surnames of Sussex. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol. V in the English Surnames series.
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PARISH, ed. W.D.
Domesday Book in relation to the County of Sussex. Edited for the Sussex Archaeological Society by W.D. Parish. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING
Folio, First Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 28pp of facsimiles in red and black; black faux-morocco cloth, boards ruled in gilt, upper board blocked in gilt, back gilt with flat bands ruled in gilt, bevelled edges, primrose endpapers, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper.
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HARMER H R H
A Picture of Worthing. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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BICKERTON L. M.
Worthing. A Brief Account of the History of the Town from Neolithic Times to the Present Day. Third Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with plates; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Worthing Museum Publications No. 3.
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BYRNE Michael
Yardley [with] Yardley Revisited. Images of England. BRIGHT, CLEAN SET
2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine set.
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