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DELDERFIELD Eric R.
A Guide to Church Furniture.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 57 plates, neat signature and stamp on front paste-down, occasional light annotation in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Rather than an exhaustive work of reference, this is a plain man's guide to the things to be found in and around almost any parish church irrespective of size. A very readable introduction complete with select blbiography
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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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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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DES FORGES G.
A Guide to the Birds of Sussex. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates, free endpapers and fore-edges very faintly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Nice copy of an important Sussex avifauna. 'A very complete annotated species list' (Tate). Tate, p.209.
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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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UNBEGAUN B.O.
A Bibliographical Guide to the Russian Language. With the Collaboration of J. .G. Simmons. NEAR FINE XL COPY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; original blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-browned at backstrip. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-down, and small neat stamp on dustwrapper and title verso. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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DODSON] [K.M.
Birth of a Parish. Christ Church, Brockham.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Very scarce.
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GUNNIS Rupert
Historic Cyprus. A Guide to its Towns and Villages, Monasteries and Castles. Second Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with 6 plates, 7 plans (one double-page) in the text and a very large folding map, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities and mildly age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. First published in 1936, this is the first comprehensive guide to the settlements of the island, compiled by the Inspector of Antiquities. Professor David Talbot contributes an introductory chapter on the icon and the Greek Church. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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KERR Rose
The Story of a Million Girls. Guiding and Girl Scouting around the World. Compiled by Rose Kerr. [Third Impression].
8vo., Third Impression, on laid paper, with plates; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in November 1936.
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MURARO M.
A New Guide to Venice and her Islands. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates, and 240 monochrome photographs and 13 plans (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial boards, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities and with minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. A remarkably well-preserved copy of this famous guide. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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COURCY J.W. de
The Liffey in Dublin. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs, illustrations and plans in the text, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The original edition of this detailed and comprehensive gazetteer is already very scarce, especially in this condition.
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BELL J.
The Telegraphists' Guide to the Departmental; and City and Guilds Examinations in Telegraphy. Seventh Edition (New Impression). NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Seventh Edition, with numerous illustrations and diagrams (a number folding) in the text; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL
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BANKS F. R.
Penguin Guides. [New Series]. Sussex.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece; original printed wrappers, price on upper wrapper else a very good, clean copy. Penguin Guides G16.
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WEYMOUTH
Weymouth. A Record Sunshine Resort. [Weymouth Official Guide]. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 8vo., with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. With an item of typescript ephemera loosely inserted. With wrap-around cover artwork, and many pages of trade advertisements at end. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.
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BLACK'S GUIDE
Black's Guide to Dorsetshire. Twelfth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with an engraved frontispiece and folding map coloured in outline, frontispiece moderately spotted; original decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, an unusually bright, clean, tight copy.
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EADON W.
Handbook to Rugby and Neighbourhood.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 11 plates and a large folding map; original red cloth, upper board lettered in black, cream endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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JINKS A. K.
An Illustrated Guide and Souvenir of Pevensey. The Mint House, Castle and Town. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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KERR Rose
The Story of the Girl Guides.
8vo., with 24 plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped and browned with loss at edges. First published in 1937.
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BRITISH MUSEUM
A Guide to the Egyptian Galleries (Sculpture). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with 39 plates and 46 photographs and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original printed boards, a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE
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VEREY David
Gloucestershire. A Shell Guide. Revised by David Verey. [Second Edition]. IN UNCLIPPED FIRST STATE DUSTWRAPPER
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, and coloured rear endpaper maps; original series binding of red cloth, backstrip lettered in red and black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with a few closed tears and minor loss at head and tail of backstrip. The dustwrapper is the first state showing Lodge Park. West's original edition was published in 1939.
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ALDEN E.C.
Alden's Oxford Guide. With Key-Plan of the University and City. [Thirty-Ninth Edition]. One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Thousand.
Sm. 4to., Thirty-Ninth Edition, with colored frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 8 plates in monochrome, large folding map coloured in outline, and front endpaper map; original limp blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the Notice dated August 1913 printed on red stock and mounted facing front free endpaper. With very numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. Cordeaux & Merry 250; Upcott, p.243 (recording the first edition of 1874).
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WALCOTT M.E.C.
A Guide to the Coasts of Durham and Northumberland descriptive of natural Scenery, historical, legendary and archaeological. IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Sm. 8vo., First Edition [Sole Edition], wanting front free endpaper; original brown pebble-grain cloth, upper board framed in blind and lettered in gilt, joints a little rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes full index of places. RARE. Not recorded by Upcott, who lists only the author's companion work on the East Coast of England.
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WINBOLT S.E.
Bell's Pocket Guides. The Chilterns and the Thames Valley (from Iffley to Staines). With Illustrations from Photographs by Edgar Ward. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with 58 plates (a number double-page), and front and ear endpaper maps; original green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy.
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MAHAN J.A.
Vienna Yesterday and Today. [Fifth Impression].
Sm. 8vo., Fifth Impression, with frontispiece and numerous plates; original burgundy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, backstrip sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1928. SCARCE.
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SCARFE Norman
Essex. A Shell Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, a double-page coloured map, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.
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MITCHELL W.S.
East Sussex. A Shell Guide. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; blue cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in blue and black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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CHESTER
Chester Cathedral. Seventh Edition Illustrated. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Seventh Edition, with plates; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear.
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CHICHESTER
The City of Chichester. The Sole Official Guide issued by the Corporation of Chichester. The Sole Official Guide issued by the Corporation of Chichester. 13th Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Thirteenth Edition, with plates and a folding street plan; original pictorial wrappers, covers lightly creased else a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear.
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MUDIE Robert
A Popular Guide to the Observation of Nature; or, Hints of Inducement to the Study of Natural Productions and Appearance, in the Connexions and Relations. IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
12mo., First Edition, with engraved and printed titles, illustrations in the text, small contemporary signature on title, later signature on front free endpaper, some moderate age-staining; original boards, green calf back with five raised bands, terracotta endpapers, backstrip label missing but lettering remaining in blind, a very good, clean copy. Sole Edition., Published as Vol. 77 in Constable's Miscellany. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman 2712.
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JELLICOE Ann
Devon.. A Shell Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, folding coloured map and pictorial endpapers; burgundy cloth, gilt back, very good, clean copy in dustwapper.
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CHICHESTER
The City of Chichester. The Sole Official Guide issued by the Corporation of Chichester. The Sole Official Guide issued by the Corporation of Chichester. 18th Edition. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 8vo., Eighteenth Edition, with plates and folding map; original orange wrappers blocked and lettered in gilt, a a near fine copy.
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JANCOURT
Jancourt's Railway Steamship Airway Tourist Map and Guide Book to Europe. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with very large folding coloured map at end; original red boards, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, covers very lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. Deceptively detailed data on European countries; particularly interesting the light of the post-WWII commentary on Germany.
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WORTH R.N.
Tourist's Guide to North Devon and the Exmoor District. Fourth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Fourth Edition, with folding map as frontispiece; original terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, covers very lightly age-marked else a remarkably bright, clean copy.
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WARD LOCK RED GUIDE
Guide to Exeter and South Devon from the Axe to the Teign. Twelfth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Twelfth Edition, with folding plan as frontispiece, plates and 9 maps and plans (7 folding); original series binding of red cloth wrappers printed in black, radial corners, upper hinge tender else a very good, bright, clean copy. With advertisement endpapers and 8pp (front) and 12pp (rear) of trade advertisements.
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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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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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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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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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ALDEN'S GUIDE
Alden's Oxford Guide with Notes on the District and Rivers. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 4to., with folding map as frontispiece, and numerous plates and plans; printed wrappers, coves very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. With very numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. Cordeaux & Merry 250; Upcott, p.243 (recording the first edition of 1874).
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HAYWARDS HEATH
Official Guide to Haywards Heath, Cuckfield, Lindfield 1970-71. 1970-71. FINE COPY
8vo., with plates and large folding street plan; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements at front and rear.
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CHESTER
Chester. Official Guide, 43rd Edition. Issued by the Chester City Council. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements.
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CHICHESTER
The Official Guide to Chichester. A SCARCE SURVIVAL
Sm. 8vo., with 15 tinted and sepia-toned plates, street plan and district map; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements. Borough Pocket Guide No. 263. IN THIS CONDITION, A SCARCE SURVIVAL.
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FAIRBAIRNS W. H.
Chichester Cathedral. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., with frontispiece, numerous plates and double-page plan; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
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LEIGH-ON-SEA
Leigh-on-Sea. A Town Guide. FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome illustrations, and double-page plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements.
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MOORE P. C.
A Short Guide to the Abbey Church of Pershore. FINE COPY
8vo., with plates and plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. With trade advertisements
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GOULD] [N.
Chichester District Guide. Issued by Authority of Chichester District Council FINE COPY. FINE COPY
8vo., with numerous plates; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements throughout.
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THOMAS S. Evelyn
London Handy Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with numerous photographs and double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
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GODFREY, ed. W. H.
The Official Guide to Lewes. Published by a Joint Committee of the Town Council, Lewes Chamber of Commerce, and the Lewes Scientific and Literary Society. BRIGHT WARTIME ISSUE
8vo., with frontispiece, plates and plans; printed wrappers, yapped edges, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
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US ARMY
Soldier's Guide to the Japanese Army. SCARCE WARTIME MANUAL
Oblong 4to., First and Sole Edition, with numerous photographs and diagrams throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers moderately frayed and age-soiled else a very good, tight, clean copy. Special Series No. 27. Restricted. 15 November 1944. Deceptively detailed wartime guide, including necessities of life, infantry weapons, artillery and armoured material, organisation, tactics, jungle warfare, booby traps and mines. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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DUDDEN (ed.)] [F.H.
Handbook to the University of Oxford. [Second Edition].
8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece, 23 plates, a full-page plan in the text, two large folding maps and front endpaper maps in red and black; original blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of an indispensable guide to Oxford in the Thirties. Part I was completed in 1932, Part II is revised to 1933. Cordeaux & Merry 1568 (recording the first edition).
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