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HERRIOT James
James Herriot's Yorkshire. With Photographs by Derry Brabbs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with coloured title spread, very numerous coloured photographs (many full-page) throughout, and photographic endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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NORTHAMPTON.
Life in Old Northampton. A Selection of old Photographs, Prints, Paintings, Posters and Drawings of Historical Interest. NEAR FINE COPY
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs and reproductions throughout, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; pictorial boards, a near fine copy.
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CLAYTON Antony
Subterranean City. Beneath the Streets of London. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, illustrations and maps throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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MAIS S. P. B.
Walking in Somerset. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps, half-title and title lightly spotted, neat contemporary inscription on half-title verso; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BRAY Mrs. [A. E.]
The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy. Their Natural History, Manners, Customs, Superstitions, Scenery, Antiquities, Eminent Persons, etc., in a Series of Letters to the late Robert Southey, Esq. A New [Second] Edition in Two Volumes. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY
2 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with engraved title-vignettes and numerous engraved illustrations and plans in the text, neat uniform signature on front free endpapers, neat contemporary signature on titles; original brown cloth, bevelled boards, upper boards framed in black and blocked in gilt (repeating title-vignettes), primrose endpapers, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Bray's classic account was first published as three volumes in 1836. Urged by Southey to report 'everything about a parish that can be made interesting; all of its history, traditions and manners that can be saved from oblivion', she produced a classic and important work combining natural history, topography and folklore in a series of delightful letters. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Brockett, 6260.
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SUFFLING Ernest R.
The Land of the Broads. A Practical and Illustrated Guide to the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk. [Seventh Edition], 20th Thousand. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Seventh Edition, with large folding coloured map as frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, signature on front paste-down; light blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt back, primrose endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. Suffling's famous work was first published in Norwich in 1885, with a revised London edition following in 1887. 'The demand for this volume has been so great that it was found necessary that it should undergo revision, so many changes having taken place since it was written' (Author's Preface to present edition). With 24pp catalogue of trade advertisements (a number illustrated) bound in at rear. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Darroch & Taylor 326 (recording the first and second editions).
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WRIGHT Maisie
Cuckfield. An Old Sussex Town. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BLOTT Walter
A Chronicle of Blemundsbury. A Record of St. Giles in the Fields and Bloomsbury, with original Maps, Drawings and Deeds. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, illustrated and printed titles, plates, illustrations in the text and 3 folding maps, frontispiece recto mildly spotted; original maroon cloth, upper board framed in blind, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy. With a small quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
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MAXWELL Donald
Unknown Sussex. Being a Series of unmethodical Explorations of the County illustrated by the Author. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, 20 fine coloured plates, 8 plates in monochrome and very numerous line illustrations in the text, some light-to-mild spotting (mainly marginal) throughout; original red cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked in gilt and colours, gilt back, blue top, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy.
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ARUNDEL
Arundel. The Gem of Sussex. [Foreword by Eustace Miles.] A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., with full-page photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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SANDWICH
The Ancient Town and Port of Sandwich. Official Handbook Illustrated. Edited by C. P. Neilson. Third Edition. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece and photographs (a number full-page) in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements (a number illustrated) at rear. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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MUNFORD G. F.
Seaton, Beer and Neighbourhood (Fifth Edition). Through the Famous Landslip to Rousdon and the Gates of Devon and Dorset; the Valley of the Axe; with Chapters on Axmouth, Colyton, Shute, Musbury, Axminster, Ford Abbey, Lyme and Charmouth; Wrecks in Seaton Bay. A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., Fifth Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs and illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, covers very lightly rubbed else a remarkably well-preserved bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Brockett 48950 (recording the first edition of 1890).
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MUNFORD Geo. F.
Bright and Bracing Seaton, Beer and Neighbourhood. Visitors' Guide and Companion. [22nd Thousand.] A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., with photographs, illustrations and full-page map in the text; printed wrappers, covers very lightly rubbed and age-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved bright, clean copy. With extensive trade advertisements (many illustrated) throughout. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Brockett 48950 (recording the first edition of 1890).
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GERAGHTY, ed.] [Kate
A Wander through Chideock. With a Look at the Past, the Present and the Future. . NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. A detailed and comprehensive millennium history of the village, well-research and written, and with the benefits of much valuable vernacular material.
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SMITH Ewbank
Edwardian Farnham. The Story of a Surrey Town 1900-1914. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, gilt back, ivory endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip.
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MORRIS W. G.
Hereford and the Wye Valley. A Collection of Camera Studies. [Homeland Illustrated No. 12]. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., with numerous fine sepia-toned photographs (many full-page) and full-page map; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy. Published in the Homeland Association's series as Homeland Illustrated No. 12. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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LYME REGIS.
Sunny Lyme Regis. Published under the Auspices of the Borough Advertising Committee. Twenty-Second Edition. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., Twenty-Second Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) and full-page street plan; original wrappers, printed in red and black, yapped edges, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) at front and rear. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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HUTTON Edward
Highways and Byways in Gloucestershire. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text and folding map, neat signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of George's of Bristol on front paste-down.
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ABERDEEN
Around and About Aberdeen by Car. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with photographs and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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EUSTACE G. W.
Arundel: Borough and Castle. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontspiece, 56 plates on 31 and illustrations in the text; original burgundy cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. Still the best all-round history, detailed and comprehensive. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
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WHITE Sally
Worthing Past. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontspiece, numerous photographs throughout and printed endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WHITEMAN W. M.
The Origins of Steep. [Written for Petersfield Area Historical Society]. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Petersfield Papers No.4. SCARCE.
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WIMBORNE MINSTER
The Minster Church of Saint Cuthberga. A Guide for Pilgrims and Visitors. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with plates; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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POULTERS COMPANY.
A List of the Court of Assistants, Livery and other Freemen of the Worshipful Company of Poulters. 1927. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Includes Declaration of a Freeman, Table of Fees, List of Benefactors, List of Plate. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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ANTROBUS Jocelyn J.
Bishop's Hatfield. Some Memories of its Past. IN MODERN BUCKRAM
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 5 plates and plan in the text, half-title and title faintly spotted; modern dark green buckram, gilt back, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a very good, bright, crisp copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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VINE P. A. L.
London's Lost Route to Portsmouth. An Historical Account of the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal Navigation including the Story of the ill-fated Portsea Ship Canal and the Chichester Ship Canal. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs and maps in the text, and endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DAVIES Philip
Lost London 1870-1945. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, many hundreds of fine photographs (many full-page), and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DAVIES Philip
Panoramas of Lost London. Work, Wealth, Poverty and Change 1870-1945. Foreword by Dan Cruickshank. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., with frontispiece, title-vignette, many hundreds of fine photographs (the majority full-page), and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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KIMBER Jane
The Changing Face of Hammersmith and Fulham. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number double-page) throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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FIRTH J. B.
Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding map on japon; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, fresh copy. With 2pp series catalogue at end. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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YOUNG Arthur
General View of the Agriculture of Hertfordshire. A Reprint of the Work Drawn up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., on laid paper, with 7 pages of full-page plates (the two additional folding plates are treated here as double-page), several illustrations in the text and large folding map; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The original edition was published in 1804. The County Reports of the Board of Agriculture rank among the most important sources in English trade and local history; works from this valuable series of reprints are already difficult to find in good state.
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BOND Henry
A History of the Trinity Hall Boat Club. With a Preface by Mr. Justice Maugham. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece and 15 plates, front free endpaper clipped; original black cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
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McCLATCHEY Diana
Oxfordshire Clergy 1777-1869. A Study of the Established Church and of the of the Role of its Clergy in Local Society. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with tables in the text and large folding map; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JOWITT R.L.P.
Salisbury. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 51 plates on 30, and 4 illustrations and 2 full-page plans in the text, tiny neat signature on front free endpaper; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly rubbed at backstrip. Published in Batsford's 'British Cities' series with striking dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.
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FARRANT John H.
Sussex Depicted. Views and Descriptions 1600-1800. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations; original series binding of brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sussex Record Society, Volume 85.
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ORDNANCE SURVEY
Ordnance Survey Contoured Road Map of Windsor. Sheet 114. Popular Edition. Scale: One Inch to to One Mile. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Folding coloured map on cloth measuring 21 x 30 ins (approx. 53.0 x 76.0 cms) folding in 24 panels to 7.0 x 4.0 ins (approx. 17.7 x 10.1 cms); original pictorial card wrappers, some very light age-soiling else a bright, clean copy. The famous Popular Edition One Inch series with striking 'cyclist' artwork by Ellis Martin was first issued in 1920. This is the 1927 revision. The covers are black with red sheet name and location map. Browne, 11.1.a
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PERKINS Rev. Thomas
Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory. A Short History of their Foundation and Description of their Buildings. [Third Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) and plans in the text, contemporary signatures on front paste-down; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, backstrip faded else a bright, clean copy. Published in Bell's 'Church Histories' series; first issued in 1899.
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ELLIOTT A. G.
A Portrait of Brighton circa 1911 and Today. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. Valuable 'before-and-after' photographs of Brighton locations.
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BROTCHIE T. C. F.
Glasgow Rivers and Streams. Their Legend and Lore. With Sketches by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; oatmeal cloth, upper board lettered in black with mounted coloured illustration (not repeated in text), backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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HOWELL Rev. A. R.
Paisley Abbey. Its History, Architecture and Art. A Complete Handbook to the Building. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, and folding plan, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip mounted on last leaf of Contents. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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KYNASTON David
The City of London. [Complete Set]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Complete set of first editions of Kynaston's masterly biography of 'the City', widely acclaimed as an outstanding historical and financial study. Vol. I: A World of its Own 1815-1890 (1994); Vol. II: Golden Years 1890-1914 (1995); Vol. III: Illusions of Gold 1914-1945 (1999); Vol. IV: A Club No More 1945-2000 (2001). Individual volumes are already scarce as first editions; a complete set is extremely difficult to find, especially in this condition.
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SALMON Ann
Voices of the Village. A History of West Chiltington during the Twentieth Century. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE.
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FOSTER Jim
Adams Illustrated Guide. Rye. With Notes on the District. [Fifteenth Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Fifteenth Edition, with frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text and large folding map; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements, many illustrated.
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INNES Kathleen E.
Life in a Hampshire Village. Notes from Past and Present. [Hurstbourne Priors and Hurstbourne Tarrant.]. [Second, revised, Edition.] THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with 11 plates; original green cloth, upper board lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. History and social life of the villages of Hurstbourne Priors and Hurstbourne Tarrant. Published a year after the first edition. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION.
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HOSKINS W. G.
Midland England. A Survey of the Country between the Chilterns and the Trent. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates toned in sepia, several illustrations in the text and front and rear endpaper maps in green, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'The Face of Britain' series, with wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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INGRAM J. H.
North Midland Country. A Survey of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. Illustrated from Prints, Engravings and Photographs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 115 fine monochrome plates on 64, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and front and rear endpaper maps on brown stock; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, blue top, an unusually bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's 'The Face of Britain' series, with splendid wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook..
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BRIDPORT.
'The Port Bredy of Wessex'. Some Account of the History and Charm of Bridport and its Surroundings. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged. Edited by Alderman E. S. Reynolds. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS: A RARE SURVIVAL
8vo., Fourth Edition, with numerous photographs and advertisements throughout, and large folding map (coloured in outline) at end; original pictorial wrappers, yapped edges, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably bright, well-preserved copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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BAX Clifford
Highways and Byways in Essex. With Illustrations by F.L. Griggs and S.R. Badmin. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations in the text (a number full-page) and front and rear endpaper maps, free endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, blue top, a near fine copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Powell p.57.
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FIRTH J. B
Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. With Illustrations by Frederick L. Griggs. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding map on japon, tiny signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, blue top, upper hinge tender (but binding wholly sound), boards lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 6pp series catalogue at end.
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HARPER Charles G.
The Smugglers. Picturesque Chapters in the Story of an Ancient Craft. Illustrated by Paul Hardy, by the Author and from old Prints and Photographs. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in green and black, title-vignette, and numerous plates and illustrations in the text, a few preliminaries lightly spotted; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, lower hinge tender (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Arguably the scarcest of Harper's various road and topographical titles. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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