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READ] [Charles H.
A Guide to the Antiquities of the Bronze Age in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities. [With Preface by Charles H. Read].
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 9 coloured plates and very numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text, neat contemporary signature on front inside board; original grey boards, upper boards and backstrip lettered in white, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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JOWITT R.L.P.
The Penguin Guides. Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
8vo., First Edition, with 8pp of coloured maps, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G13.
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BANKS F. R.
The Penguin Guides. Warwickshire and the Shakespeare Country.
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece and plans in the text, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G18.
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BANKS F. R.
The Penguin Guides. Sussex. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece and plans in the text, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G16.
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NASH John
Bucks. Shell Guide. With Notes on Monuments by Katherine A Esdaile. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL COMB-BOUND EDITION
4to., First Edition, with title-vignette, 8 plates on pink stock, numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original pictorial wrappers with black comb-binding, an unusually bright, clean copy. One of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman. In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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ARNOLD E.N.
A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. Illustrated by Denys Ovenden. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and numerous line illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth boards, covers very lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down.
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FIELD Rev. T
Canterbury Official Guide to the Cathedral Church. and Handbook to the City IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and folding maps; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a a very good, bright, clean copy. In this condition, an uncommon survival.
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and LYNMOUTH LYNTON
The Ramblers' Guide to Lynton and Lynmouth. Fifth Revised Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Oblong 8vo., Fifth Edition, with photographs, maps in the text and large folding map; origjnal printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of a fragile production.
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CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
Shilling Guide to Chichester Cathedral. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1946.
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CHURCH Richard
The Royal Parks of London. With Drawings by Victor Cooley. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with folding map as frontispiece, plates, illustrations ( a number full-page) in the text and 7 folding maps; 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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PALMER W.T.
North Wales. The Penguin Guides. [Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., Second Impression, with 8pp of coloured maps; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. First issued in 1949.
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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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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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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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MONMARCHE Georges
Paris. Photos de Marcelle D'Heilly. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout, small signature on title; pictorial wrappers, a good, clean copy.
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STOBART Tom
The International Wine and Food Society's Guide to Herbs, Spices and Flavourings. Illustrations by Ian Garrard. [CBC edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition thus, with 8 coloured plates, very numerous monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and decorative endpapers; yellow cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. First published in 1970, this is arguably the best of the single-volume compendia of herbs and spices. A well-known mountaineer and member of Hunt's 1953 Everest Expedition, Stobart later developed two other careers - as photographer and cookery writer. This volume was some twenty years in the making. Curiously elusive in this condition.
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WARD LOCK RED GUIDE
A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Worthing,. The South Downs, Lancing, Shoreham, Littlehampton, Arundel, with a special Section for Motorists. Seventh Edition - Revised. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Sm. 8vo., Seventh Edition, with folding map as frontispiece, plates and maps (a number folding), contemporary annotations on front free endpaper; original series binding of limp red cloth covers printed in black, radial corners, cream advertisement endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy. With trade advertisements at front and 48pp of trade advertisements at rear. The Red Guide series has several versions devoted to Worthing and the adjacent Sussex coast. This is a very nice copy of an early issue
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BYRON Robert
Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views. [First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on cream stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers faintly browned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1935, this is one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. The Gazetteer was compiled by Edith Olivier. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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PETWORTH
Petworth (Sussex). Rural District Guide. NEAR FINE COPY
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Rural England series No. 72. With trade advertisements at front and rear. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BYRON Robert
Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views. [First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on cream stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and pictorial endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers faintly browned at edges else a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1935, this is one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. The Gazetteer was compiled by Edith Olivier. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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QUENNELL C.H.B.
Somerset. Shell Guide. [Edited by John Betjeman. First Faber edition], BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST FABER EDITION
4to., First Edition thus, with numerous plates on green stock, photographs (many full-page) in the text, 2 full-page coloured maps and patterned endpapers; original ivory cloth, backstrip blocked in red and lettered in white, comb-bound as issued, covers lightly spotted (as often), a very good, bright, clean copy. Originally published by Architectural Press in 1936, this one of the first ten titles in this wonderful series edited by Betjeman (see Peterson D4). In 1939 the imprint passed to Faber who replaced the characteristic comb-binding with conventional cloth and standardised the titles. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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CAMERON Mary Lovett
The Inquiring Pilgrim's Guide to Assisi. to which is added the First Life of S. Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Celano. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, fore-edge lightly spotted; burgundy cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss at edges and wanting top quarter of backstrip. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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CHAMBERS George F
Tourists' Guide to the County of Sussex. containing full Information concerning all its favourite Places of Resort, both on the Coast and Inland. Fourth edition. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Sm. 8vo., Fourth Edition, with large folding map as frontispiece, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly spotted; original terracotta cloth, upper board with multiple frame border in blind enclosing title in gilt, gilt back, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a remarkably bright, clean copy. With 40pp of trade advertisements at end.
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FORD Richard
A Hand-Book for Travellers in Spain and Readers at Home. Describing the Country and Cities, the Natives and their Manners; the Antiquities, Religion, Legends, Fine Ars, Literature, Sports and Gastronomy. Foreword by Sir John Balfour. Edited and with an Introduction by Ian Robertson. NEAR FINE SET OF THE CENTAUR EDITION
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 3 frontispieces and 2 large folding maps; navy cloth, gilt backs, blue tops, a near fine set. The set comprises Vol. I: Preliminary Remarks and Andalucia; Vol. II: Ronda and Granada, Murcia, Valencia, Catalonia, Estremadura, Leon and Gallicia; Vol. III: The Asturias, The Castiles (Old and New), The Basque Provinces, Arragon and Navarre. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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PAGE C.H.W.
The Story of St. Nicholas' Church, North Walsham, Norfolk. (formerly dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary). BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., with photographs in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as isued, a very good, bright, clean copy. with the separately printed errata slip.
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BARR] [Guy
The History of Icklesham Parish Church. Revised Edition
8vo., Revised Edition, with photographs and illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a good, firm copy. First published in 1955.
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FAURE Gabriel
Rome. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text; original series binding of chocolate cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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MAUCLAIR Camille
Normandy. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette, very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text and folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board lettered in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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CLARKE Moma
Paris. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text; original series binding of buff cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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GAUTHIEZ Pierre
Florence. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette, very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text and folding map; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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DEBRAYE Henry
Touraine and its Chateaux. [The Picture Guides series]. NEAR FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with map as frontispiece, sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text, original series binding of green cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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FAURE Gabriel
The Land of St. Francis of Assisi. Assisi and Perugia. [The Picture Guides series. Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
4to., Second Impression thus, with sepia-toned title-vignette and very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in the previous year. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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HOLLAND Clive
Flanders and Hainault. [The Picture Guides series]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
4to., First Edition, title and text in sepia, with very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text and front endpaper map, neat contemporary inscription on blank preliminary; original series binding of terracotta cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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FERRAND Henri
Grenoble and Thereabouts. Chartreuse, Oisans, Vercors, Belledone, Uriage-les-Bains, Allevard, Trieves, Salette, Laffrey. [The Picture Guides series. Second Impression]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
4to., Second Impression, with title and text in sepia, title-vignette, very numerous photographs in the text and front endpaper map; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published a year after the first edition. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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HOLLAND Clive
The Ardennes and the Walloon Country. [The Picture Guides series]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
4to., First Edition, with title and text in sepia, title-vignette, very numerous photographs in the text and front endpaper map (mildly browned); original series binding of grey cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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PRAVIEL Armand
Biarritz, Pau and the Basque Country. [The Picture Guides series]. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY
4to., First Edition, with sepia-toned title-vignette, very numerous sepia-toned photographs in the text and front endpaper map, endpapers mildly browned; original series binding of brown cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Combining history and travel, Medici's profusely illustrated 'Picture Guides' series is notable for its generous use of period photography. Each volume is filled with evocative images complementing a deceptively detailed text.
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HUGHES Thomas
The Stranger's Handbook to Chester and its Environs. Containing a Short Sketch of its History and Antiquities, a Descriptive Walk round the Walls, and a Visit to the Cathedral, Castle and Eaton Hall. With Forty-Seven New Illustrations by George Measom etc. FIRM COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
8vo., First Edition, with steel-engraved frontispiece (lightly spotted) and engraved plates and illustrations in the text, some moderate and occasional spotting; publisher's blue embossed cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back,uncut, primrose endpapers, long tears in joints (but binding entirely sound) else a firm, clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of R J Fynmore on front paste-down, 4pp of local trade advertisements at end and binder's ticket of Bone & Son on rear paste-down. VERY SCARCE. Anderson, p.66 (recording thirty-four illustrations).
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READ] [C.H.
A Guide to the Antiquities of The Stone Age in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 9 plates and 142 illustrations in the text; original printed boards, sewed as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Uncommon in this condition.
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ADAMS Douglas
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. DENT AND PREFECT IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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MURRAY'S HAND-BOOK.
Handbook for Travellers in Kent. Fourth Edition. With Maps and Plans. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Sm. 8vo., Fourth Edition, with 2 full-page plans in the text and large folding map in pocket at end; original red cloth, boards with multiple frame border in blind, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably bright, clean, firm copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of William Thomas Laird Patterson on front paste-down, advertisement endpapers and 76pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Bennett p.212 (recording the first and subsequent editions starting in 1858).
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CHESTER.
Chester Official Guide. 30th Edition. Issued by the Chester Corporation. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS
8vo., Thirtieth Edition, with numerous photographs (the majority full-page) throughout and folding map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) throughout.
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TAYLOR W.T.
Hexham Abbey 674-1972. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., with numerous photographs and illustrations in the text, and folding plan; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy.
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WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA.
A Guide to the Town of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
8vo., with photographs and double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. With numerous trade advertisements (many illustrated) throughout.
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BEVAN G. Phillips
Handbook to the County of Kent. Containing full Information concerning all its favourite Places of Resort, both on the Coast and Inland. Sixth Edition. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SIXTH EDITION
8vo., Sixth Edition, with 2 plans (one folding) and large folding map, small neat contemporary signature on half-title; original brown cloth, sides with multiple frame border in blind enclosing title lettered in gilt, gilt back, backstrip a little faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, bright, clean copy. With 32pp of trade advertisements (many illustrated) bound in at end. First published in 1876, 'Bevan' is probably the best of the later nineteenth century pocket or 'portmanteau' guides to the county. These were deliberately condensed, both in size and content, to provide ultimately portable information for those visiting by rail and road. A seventh and final edition appeared in 1891 by which time the larger and weightier guides were beginning to dominate. Bennett, p.204.
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