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SELHAM
St. James Church, Selham. James Church, Selham. A Church Guide. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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SCORE G. F.
Guide to Wimborne Minster: its Monuments and Curiosities. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Sm. 8vo., with frontispiece and 5 plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably bright, clean copy. A very nice copy of a standard guide first published in 1893.
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RYE
Adams Illustrated Guide. Rye and District. by Jim Foster. [Thirteenth Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
12mo., Thirteenth Edition, with numerous photographs in the text and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements at front and rear.
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RUTHVEN Angela
Clovelly. A Guide Book. [Fifth Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Fifth Edition [First Edition thus], with 5 illustrations ( a number full-page) and a double-page map in the text; original pictorial wrappers in green and black, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly browned at backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy. Ruthven's guide was first published in 1926. This, the first post-WWII issue, is appropriately updated. Brockett 63530 (recording the first edition).
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SALTER T.F.
The Angler's Guide, being a complete practical Treatise on Angling: containing the whole Art of Trolling, Bottom and Float-Fishing, Fly-Fishing, and Trimmer-Angling, for Sea, River and Pond Fish; founded on Forty Years' Practice. The Fourth Edition.
8vo., Fourth Edition, with a wood-engraved frontispiece, a wood-engraved plate and 33 woodcut illustrations (5 full-page including a map of the Thames) in the text, frontispiece and title mildly age-stained, some very light and occasional spotting to text; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back with six flat gilt rules, second compartment lettered in gilt, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, fore-edges a little dusty else a most attractive copy in period binding. The engraved plate shows hooks baited for trolling; the full-page engravings depict an epitaph in Stepney Church, sniggling apparatus, mackerel and bank-fishing. The work includes a glossary of terms. The first edition of this angling classic appeared in 1814. Second and third editions, respectively expanded, appeared in the following year. 'This edition contains a new method of fishing for salmon in the River Lea, which has been attended with much success, and called by the author dragging or snatching for salmon'. (Author's Preface). SCARCE IN ANY CONDITION. Westwood & Satchell, p.186.
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BROWN R.H.
Footpath Guides No. 25. Hampshire Highlands. NEAR FINE COPY
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy in unclipped cartographic dustwrapper.
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ERWOOD (ed.) P.M.E.
The Railway Enthusiast's Guide [1960].
8vo., with numerous plates; cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped and lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Ottley 7811
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HUGHES Pennethorne
The Isle of Wight. [A Shell Guide].
4to., with a coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at edges
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NEWSOME Joan
A Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells. Companion to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, illustrations throughout and endpaper plans; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SMITH J.C.D.
A Guide to Church Woodcarvings. Misericords and Bench-Ends.
4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs (a number full-page) in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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THOMAS Nicholas
A Guide to Prehistoric England. [Illustrated by John Piper].
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The dustwrapper was designed and illustrated by John Piper.
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TURNER D.
Ordnance Survey Historical Guides. Surrey.
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and maps throughout, and pictorial endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WATKIN Bruce
Surrey. A Shell Guide. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous photographs (many full-page) in the text, and front and rear pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WINBOLT S.E.
Bell's Pocket Guides. Devon. Illustrated from Photographs by Edgar & Winifred Ward.
8vo.,First Edition, with 57 plates, and front and rear endpaper maps, fore-edges very lightly spotted; original black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly age-soiled on (predominantly white) cover. With a personal pictorial bookplate on front free endpaper verso. Scarce in this condition. Brockett, 79190.
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WINBOLT S.E.
Bell's Pocket Guides. Sussex. With Illustrations from Photographs by Edgar & Winifred Ward.
8vo., First Edition, with 64 sepia-toned plates (a number double-page), and front and rear endpaper maps, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a personal pictorial bookplate on front free endpaper verso. Scarce in this condition.
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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.
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 in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped at headband. With a personal pictorial bookplate on front free endpaper verso. Scarce in this condition.
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EELES Francis C.
The Parish Church of St. Bartholomew, Crewkerne. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, signature on front inner wrapper; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
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CHELTENHAM SPA
Cheltenham Spa. Home of Health, Beauty and Entertainment. Official Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, and a folding map; original pictorial wrappers, a a very good, bright, clean copy. With 48pp of trade advertisements at rear. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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RIBTON-TURNER C.J.
Kenilworth Castle and Town. With Plan and Illustrations. Section II. Shakespeare's Land. Thirteenth Edition.
Sm. 8vo., Thirteenth Edition, with numerous sepia-toned photographs, and a full-page plan in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and rear. Very scarce, especially in this condition.
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MASH] [N.B.
SS Peter & Paul Swaffham. Pictorial Guide. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers lightly creased at edges else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1960.
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WARD LOCK LTD
A Handbook to Switzerland. Ninth Edition - Revised.
Sm. 8vo., Ninth Edition, with a folding coloured map (one small tear) as frontispiece, 59 plates on 48 and 12 folding maps (5 coloured); original series binding of red cloth, upper board lettered in black, gilt back, radial corners, red and blue sprinkled edges, a very good, clean copy. With the small trade stamp of Robert of Geneve on front paste-down.
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TYDEMAN Richard
Without a City Wall. A Short Guide to St. Sepulchre without Newgate London. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., Third Edition, with photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy.
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KELLY (ed.) E.R.
County Topographies. Wiltshire. With Map engraved expressly for the Work. Edited by E.R. Kelly.
8vo., with folding engraved map, small neat signature on front free endpaper, end papers lightly spotted; original red pebble-grain cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, red edges, backstrip midly faded else a very good, bright, firm copy. Very scarce, especially in this condition. This edition not recorded by Goddard.
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COFFIN A.I.
Botanic Guide to Health, and the Natural Pathology of Disease, Twenty-Ninth Edition. 'BY OURSELVES CORRECTED'
8vo., Twenty-Ninth Edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original orange cloth, boards and backstrip elaborately blocked in blind, backstrip lettered in black, primrose endpapers, covers moderately age-soiled, backstrip sunned (but all gilt entirely legible), case slightly shaken (but binding wholly sound), a good, clean copy. 'This edition has been by ourselves revised and corrected, and those errors and technicalities which were published in the former have been carefully corrected and expunged' (Preface).
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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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