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The Editors
Time Off in the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. Browning to page edges. 127pp. The Observer Guide to hotels and restaurants.
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Long, Peter
Hidden Inns of East Anglia
Second edition. No inscriptions or marks. Minor crease to rear cover and last four pages, none to front or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 228pp. A fully illustrated guide to the more secluded traditional Inns and Pubs in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.
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Crookston, Peter (editor)
Village England
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased. 256pp. Taken from the highly successful Observer Magazine series, Village England is a catalogue of all that is best in England. Twenty-four towns were chosen as centres to explore, and their surrounding villages are detailed with places to visit, things to do, national parks, model railways, places to eat and drink etc. With over 170 colour photographs, it is an introduction to the true England: quiet, picturesque, calm and beautiful.
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Bourbon, Fabio
Israel
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with nick to upper front corner and light creasing to upper edge. 128pp. A concise history of the country of Israel and a lavish guide book to the people and the land, religion, cities and countryside.
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Barrett, Betty and Power, Frances
The Golden Book of Dublin
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 64pp. A brief history of Dublin, a guide and map to the city.
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The Editors
Newly Discovered White Scar Caverns Ingleton
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 20pp. The story of the Cavern's discovery is told along with its history and details of what visitors can see. Not dated but the Cavern was discovered in 1923 and special mention is made of it being 'Illuminated by Electric Light'.
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King, John ; Nebesky, Richard and Wilson, Neil
Lonely Planet : Prague
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Appears unused. 240pp. Fourth edition.
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Gertslacher , Anne et al.
China for Women : Travel and Culture
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 357pp. For the tourist or the armchair traveller, this book brings to life the complex culture and history of the world's most populous nation. Over a dozen women of various backgrounds including world-famous authors Ding Ling and Agnes Smedley describe what it is like to live in China.
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Gordon, Susan
Explore Britain's Villages
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. The history of change and development in Britain's villages is an intriguing story, described in the introduction to this book. Over 115 villages are featured and beautifully illustrated, from cosy thatched cottages, to the wild and remote hamlets of the Scottish Highlands.
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The Editors
The English Lakes
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with bright boards, traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Coloured photographs and descriptions of the English Lake District.
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McCorquodale, Anna (editor)
Debrett's Cities of the World : London
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 303pp. The volume which is distributed to peers and baronets, chairmen, managing directors, Members of Parliament, and Members of the European Parliament and others selected from Debretts (of Debrett's Peerage Ltd fame) - primarily those living within a 150 mile radius of London. A limited number is circulated among London's top hotels. A heavy book.
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Ross, Zoe
Insight Guide : Amsterdam
Book in mint condition. 289pp. Everything you'll ever need in a guidebook which vividly conveys a sense of everyday life.
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Greene, Patrick (translator)
Looking at Paris
Hardcover in slip-case. Extremely slight foxing to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Slip case repaired at lower edge with tape and with bumping to corners. 156pp. Very well illustrated study of the French capital with emphasis on its architecture and art plus its culture, food and the French people.
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Siegner, Otto and Heffe, Jacques
La Suisse
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with chips, creases and tears to edges and a little colour loss to front. 239pp. Well over 200 full-size photographic plates, mainly black & white plus a few colour. Seven introductory pages of text in French.
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Munby, Julian; Summerson, H. R. T.
Stokesay Castle
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 37pp. Guide and history of the Castle on the Welsh Borders.
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Ben Younes, Alia and Habib
All Tunisia : Collection All Africa
Very faint marking to title page. No other marks or inscriptions. Creasing and minor rubbing to covers. Very clean very tight pages. 128pp. History and tourist guide to Tunisia, very well illustrated.
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Horne, Nicola
Guide Association of Cornwall
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A compilation of photographs and memorabilia of Girl Guiding in Cornwall over the period 1919 to 2000. It highlights the changes in uniform over this time, award presentations, competitions and camps.
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Baynton-Williams, Roger
Investing in Maps
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. An excellent study on the history of maps and cartography with many illustrated examples in superb condition.
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Pascoe, John
New Zealand from the Air in Colour
Very slight marks to a few pages. No inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with very slight marking, creasing/rubbing to edges and small tears to spine ends. 111pp. New Zealand in 1968 in fifty-two full page colour plates with extensive detail and caption on opposite pages. A very scarce book.
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Bee Jay
Scotland's Shangri-La
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked pale green boards, slight bumping to lower page corners and no bumping to board corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight marking and very minor creasing to edges. 359pp. The far north-west of Scotland in Wester Ross and Sutherland.
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Ribton-Turner, C J.
Warwick Castle and Town together with Guy’s Cliffe
Very slight marking to title page and crease to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright lightly marked covers. 72pp.
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Cowgill, John H.
Clitheroe : Heart of the Ribble Valley
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very faint creasing to corner and near spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 84pp. A guide book with brief local history to the ancient borough of Clitheroe in Lancashire and the surrounding villages.
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Burn, Richard
The Two Counties of Suffolk
Previous owner's name and date on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to some corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with traces of storage. 80pp. Captioned photographic study of old and new Suffolk - the two counties - plus seven page introduction.
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Lockley, R. M.
Britain in Colour
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with light creasing/rubbing to edges. 143pp. The British Isles as it looked forty years ago.
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Warner, Judith and Simon
The South Pennines and the Bronte Country
Book in virtually mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 64pp. Ten pages of introduction followed by beautiful photographs of the West Yorkshire area on quality art/photographic paper and accompanied extensive captions..
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Gant, Frank
The Isle of Skye
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to foot of spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Guide to the Scottish Island.
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Hadjipandelis, Nicos
This is Cyprus
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 80pp. Illustrated guide to Cyprus. Undated ca 1980.
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Cali, Francois and Heimann, Ernest & Adair (Translators)
Provence : Land of Enchantment
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Clipped dust jacket not marked or torn or creased. 338pp. With 215 pages of beautiful photographs of the Provence region of France in black & white and four colour plates. Two fold-outs in perfect condition. Ninety introductory pages on the region and 32 pages of notes on the photographs.
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Corporation of the City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Official Guide plus City of Edinburgh Accommodation Register
Two fine unused publications in their original as-delivered well-scuffed envelope, dated 1963. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spines. Very clean crisp very tight booklets with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. One booklet has a trace of foxing to rear. Fold-out map inside rear cover in perfect condition. 88 + 96pp.
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Anon
Bonnie Scotland
Small mark inside rear cover and to last page. No inscriptions, no creasing to main covers, slight rubbing and creasing to oversize edges. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 32pp. A series of sepia photographs of the beautiful places of Scotland. Not dated, ca 1930s.
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McLean, Allan Campbell
Explore the Highlands and Islands
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, traces of foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 63pp. Publicity brochure for parts of Scotland.
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Donvez, Jacques & Mills, Hugh
Paris
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Introduction in English and French. Colour photograhs with dual language captions of Paris around 1951.
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Skelton, R. A.
Decorative Printed Map of the 15th to 18th Centuries
Ex-library book with usual (minimal) marks and stamps. Light foxing to last few pages. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy in a library binding with very slightly marked boards, bumping to lower edge and minor rubbing to corners. All maps in excellent condition. 84 plates of maps plus text on 80pp. This book serves as a resource of specimens of maps and as an elementary guide to the study of maps printed from wood blocks or copper plates between the 15th and the 18th centuries.
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Hopkins, Anthony ; Havord, Bryn
Anthony Hopkins' Snowdonia
Book and jacket in virtually mint condition. 112pp. Superb photographic study of the Snowdonia region of North Wales with detailed descriptive text.
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Lederer, Joseph; Bondarin, Arley
All around the Town: A Walking Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in New York City
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small repaired tears to upper edge and slight rubbing/creasing to both edges. Extremely scarce in the UK. 243pp. A sightseeing study through New York's five boroughs highlighting the best known and most interesting of a great public art - the outdoor statue, through West Side, Madison Square, Central Park, Manhattan, Staten Island, Greenwich, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.
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Barker, Felix
London from the Air
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with light traces of storage. 144pp.
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Archer, D.
Corsica : The Scented Isle
Previous owner's name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with very lightly marked boards, browned end papers and a little rubbing to corners. 212pp. Walks, flowers, excursions, towns, villages and mountains of one of the most beautiful and interesting Mediterranean islands. With twelve photographic illustrations, all present.
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Weymouth, Anthony ; Trent, Christopher
Going to London
Previous owner's name well crossed out inside front board. Foxing to page edges. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with very slightly marked boards and minor bumping to lower corners. 160pp. A study of London for the visitor, mainly concentraing on its buildings. Illustrated with black & white photographs, some aerial.
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The Editors
Southport Official Guide 1956
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight rubbing to top of spine and no bumping to corners. 132pp.
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Ingram, Michael & Hurley, Graham
Moods of Surrey : A Photographic Essay of the County of Surrey in all Its Moods
Book in mint condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with traces of storage. 160pp. This book is the result of the enthusiastic response to a photographic competition and the quality and variety of pictures showed clearly the affection held by the people of Surrey for their County. The final selection accompanies text from Graham Hurley and captures the essence of Surrey in all its varying moods. Also comes with a signed personal letter from the Managing Director of one of the book's sponsors, L&C Croydon which congratulates the recipient on the purchase of their new BMW.
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Miers, Richenda
Cumbria : County Companion
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, faint crease to spine. A very clean extremely tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 211pp. Complete guide to the county including detailed maps, town directory, leisure A-Z.
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Platzhoff-Lejeune, Dr
Beautiful Switzerland
Neat inscription on 2nd front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked card covers loosened at lower part of spine and some bumping to corners. Dust jacket not clipped with dusty rear and well rubbed to edges and corners. Unpaginated. ca 100pp. Description and discussion on Switzerland in English followed by about 80 pages of black & white photographs.
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Hammond, Reginald James William
The Highlands of Scotland : Following Road, Rail and Steamer Routes with Tours from Each Centre
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to lower front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with light creasing and some rubbing/nicks to edges. 160pp.
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The Editors
Bournemouth Official Guide 1954/1955
Neat writing to upper corner of front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Crease to rear cover and to oversize extremeties of covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly dusty covers and missing the map at the end. 141pp. With separate List of Hotels and Boarding Houses loosely tucked in. Undated but Council Rates given for year ending 1955.
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The Editors
Cheltenham Spa : The Centre for the Cotswolds
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor rubbing to edges and no bumping to corners. Fold-out pictorial map of Cheltenham in perfect condition. 104pp. Well illustrated in black & white. Undated but tucked-in is a personal letter of acceptance of nearby accommodation dated 1975.
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Phillips, Keith P
The Flinders in Colour
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and bumping to upper front corner and spine ends. 32pp. Captioned colour photographs of the Flinders mountain range near Adelaide, South Australia.
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Goodwin, Godfrey
Ottoman Turkey: Islamic Architecture
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very faint creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with very lightly marked boards, minor rubbing to edges and no bumping to corners. 192pp.
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Ordnance Survey
Reprint of the First Edition of the One-inch ORDNANCE SURVEY of England and Wales : Sheet No. 21 : Huddersfield & Manchester
Large fold-out map in excellent unmarked condition. 1pp.
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Lemmon, William
Bolton Abbey and the Wharfe
No marks or inscriptions. Slight creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp.
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Birley, A. R.
Hadrian's Wall : An Illustrated Guide
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright very faintly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 52pp. Rear cover opens up to a map of the entire Wall.
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