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Singleton, David
The North West : Land for Leisure
Ex-library book with usual marks and stamps. A clean tight copy with no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with slightly faded spine. 96pp. How our growing leisure time is changing the landscape of the region. Focus on England's North West
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Wilson, H. L. & Clayton Jones, H.
Mountain Skylines and Place Names in Llandudno and District
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A clean tight booklet with slightly foxed boards, mark to rear (ink ?), rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 24pp. In three parts - 'Guide to the Welsh pronunciation', 'Mountains in the vicinity of Llandudno' and 'Welsh Place Names in Llandudno and District'. Undated ca 1900.
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Wellbye, Reginald and the Staff of 'Cycling'
'Cycling' Book of Tours
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to some corners. Clean tight pages with very slightly marked dusty boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. With eight attached fold-out coloured maps of major tourist areas in Britain and Ireland in very good condition. 84pp. With forty itineraries of 7 to 14 day Tours in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, forty sketch maps and eighty illustrations.
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Wright, Nicky
English Mountain Summits
Name to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with old tape marks and small tears to upper rear edge. 208pp. This book covers the 345 mountain summits in England which can be identified on the one-inch Ordnance Survey maps as being 2000 feet or more in height - the English Munros. Access to all of these is described.
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The Editors
White Nancy : The Official Guide to Bollington
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to lower corner. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Guide to Bollington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire. White Nancy is the structure on the hill overlooking the Village. Tucked in is a used Christmas card of a snow scene featuring White Nancy.
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Lofthouse, Jessica
North Wales for the Countrygoer
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 291pp. A delightful mix of history, national pride, countryside, walks, buildings and the wild places of North Wales.
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Evans, Lindsay
The Castles of Wales
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor crease near top of sunned spine. 273pp. A study of the strongholds of the Edwardian Conquest in North Wales and the Norman defences in South Wales. Well illustrated.
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Crofton, Ian
Walking the Border : A Journey Between Scotland and England
Book and jacket appear in as new unread condition. 246pp. A complete walk along the Border from Gretna to Lamberton, just north of Berwick on Tweed, filled with information on nature, literature, history and the people who lived there.
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Delaney, Frank
Betjeman Country
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with light creasing to front. 233pp. An affectionate journey through many of the places immortalised in verse by John Betjeman. The description and history of the places is accompanied by the relevant verse.
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Mills, Anastasia R. (editor)
Fodor's Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire : Country Dining, B&Bs, Antiques and Mountain and Coastal Drives (3rd ed)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor indenting to upper front edge and no bumping to corners. 240pp. Travel guide to the USA's New England - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire.
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Westgate, Alice
The Home Colour Directory
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. 192pp. A guide to finding the right paint for interior decoration. Includes 14 pages of 225 small tear-out colour swatches to make matching easier. Colours are from the Dulux range.
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Conolly, Denis
The Tourist in South Africa
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards and a little bumping to upper edge and corners. Dust jacket not price clipped, front cover very slightly marked, rear cover soiled and with nicks and light creasing to edges. 296pp. Very detailed tourist guide to South Africa in 1969. Well illustrated, although strangely, there don't seem to be any black people living in the country !
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The Editor
Michelin Red Guide: Great Britain and Ireland, 1979
Appears unused. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, very faint creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to corners. 600pp. Standard Michelin guide to Britain and Ireland.
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The Editor
The Course of the Rhine from Mainz to Cologne : A Relief Panorama
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to upper corners of covers. A fold-out relief map with unmarked covers. 1pp. Opens up to 120 x 8 inches. All the sights doen the Rhine with descriptions in English.
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Moffat, Alistair
Edinburgh
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and bumping to lower rear corner. 176pp. Essentially a book of lovely photographs presenting an up-to-date picture of the Scottish capital accompanied by a short history.
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Moffat, Alistair
Fife
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and extremely minor bumping to spine top and lower rear corner. 176pp. Essentially a book of lovely photographs presenting an up-to-date picture of the Scottish region of Fife between the Forth and the Tay accompanied by a short history.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 1 : Abyssinia to Bengall
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, rubbing to ends of and small scratch to spine and no bumping to corners. 724pp. With a ten page introduction by Joseph Conrad, this very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world tells us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 3 : Constantinople to Iceland
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. 1453-2180pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 4 : India to New Orleans
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly marked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. 2181-2908pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 5 : New York to Siam
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. Fold-out coloured maps of New York and Paris in the 1920s in excellent condition. 2909-3628pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Hammerton, J. A. (editor)
Countries of the World : Volume 6 : Siberia to Zanzibar
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Contents excellent. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly irregularly sunned boards, minor rubbing to ends of spine and no bumping to corners. Fold-out coloured maps of the World in the 1920s in excellent condition. 3629-4348pp. A very well-researched and well-wrtten account of the countries and cities across the world which tell us what our world was like 100 years ago with nearly 700 photographic illustrations including about 200 in full colour or photogravure. Undated ca 1923. A heavy book.
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Pillement, Georges
Unknown Greece : Volume One : Athens & The Peloponnesus
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked cream cloth boards, slight rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked with nicks to upper and lower edges and traces of storage. 200pp. Three itineraries which take us firstly through the ancient buildings of Athens, Cape Sounion, Marathon and Delphi and then Corinth, Epidaurus, Sparta, Mycenae and Olympia.
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Hibbard, Peter
The Bund Shanghai : China Faces West
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine and no bumping to corners. 368pp. A history of Shanghai's landmark waterfront ' the Bund' from its beginnings as a muddy foreshore in the mid 19th century to a fine esplanade in the latter half of the 19th century to its cosmopolitan reinvention in the 21st millennium. )
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Wills, F. Alex (The Vagabond)
The English Gate (Northumberland)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly sunned orange cloth boards, rubbing to a small number of page edges and bumping to lower front corner. 242pp. Historical and touring account of the county of Northumberland. Illustrated. Undated ca 1950.
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OS and Moore, Dr Gareth
The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain
Book in unread as new condition. 239pp. Over 300 fiendish puzzles to crack, with the challenges provided from Ordnance Survey's maps.
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Demeude, Hugues
Israel
Possibly unread. No marks or inscriptions. A little storage creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 159pp. A journey to the Promised Land with its history, customs, fertile valleys, desert and holy places. Lavish photographs with captions and an associated descriptive text throughout.
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Grierson, E.
Things Seen in Edinburgh
Lengthy inscription on reverse of frontis. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine, dusty/foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small pieces missing, nicks, chips and small tears to edges and sunned spine. 157pp. Illustrated account of what to see on a visit to Edinburgh.
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Manning, Conleth
Rock of Cashel : Co. Tipperary
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, the tiniest of rubs to lower front edge and no bumping to corners. 44pp. Guide to the Rock of Cashel in Tipperary, Ireland. Well illustrated.
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Temple, Philip
About New Zealand
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Government tourist publication describing the country's history, politics, culture, industry, sport and the rest.
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Garrod, Trevor
Europe Beyond the Tunnel : Exploring the Near Continent by Rail
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly indented front and no bumping to corners. 128pp. A fascinating insight into the trains and tracks of Europe from an expert which show you how to get more out of your European visit by using the train.
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Brown, June
Karen Brown's Ireland : Charming Inns & Itineraries
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 243pp. Travel/accommodation guide to Ireland.
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Hunt, Lindsay & Phillips, Laurence
The AA Key Guide to Brittany
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. 222pp. Brittany's sights, restaurants, bars, hotels, shopping, walks, tours, trains, buses and Metro in a beautifully laid out guide with user-friendly maps.
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Ward, Greg
The Rough Guide to Brittany & Normandy
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rub to front and no bumping to corners. 462pp. Travel guide to Northern France.
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Sale, Richard ; Rudd, Peter
The Visitor's Guide to the Italian Lakes
No marks or inscriptions to contents. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards, discolouration to small part of upper rear corner and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with general traces of storage. 256pp. Detailed guide to the Italian Lakes - Orta, Maggiore, Lugano, Como and Garda and the surrounding area. Well illustrated.
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De Franciscis, Alfonso
Guide with Reconstructions : Pompeii Herculaneum - Past and Present
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very firm copy with bright unmarked red pvc bevelled-edge boards and no bumping to corners. Spiral binding in excellent condition. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 90pp. This guide to this ancient city which was destroyed by the volcanic action of Vesuvius in 79 AD, is well illustrated including a large number of full page photographs of scenes as they are now with coloured acetate overlays indicating their likely appearance before the eruption.
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Gibbon, David (designed by)
New England : A Picture Book to Remember Her By
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to upper rear edge and traces of storage. Unpaginated. A picture book with captions showing the attractive scenery of the six states of America's New England.
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Hughes, Pennethorne
The Isle of Wight : A Shell Guide
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 price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper edge. Jacket now protected in fully-removable transparent sleeve. 78pp. First edition, first printing of the classic Shell Guide to the Isle of Wight.
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Bryant, Julius
Marble Hill House, Twickenham
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. History and guide to Marble Hill House, considered a perfect example of Palladian architecture, built in the 18th century for the Countess of Suffolk, mistress of George II. Well illustrated. Value-added with two attached coloured postcards, one showing the House around 1750 plus two small coloured photographs.
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Hammond, Reginald J W (editor)
The Isle of Man (Red Guide)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly tanned pages, very minor bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket clipped but not price clipped and not marked or torn with a little rubbing to upper edge. Fold-out map in excellent condition. 128pp. Red Guide to the Isle of Man. Twelfth edition.
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Noble, Isabella; Noble, John; Quintero, Josephine; Sainsbury, Brendan
Andalucia : Lonely Planet Guide
Appears unused. 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. 391pp. Lonely Planet guide to the Andalucia region of Spain including Seville and Gibraltar.
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Skinner, Annabel
Tanzania & Zanzibar
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. 437pp. Travel guide to east African countries.
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Peace, D. B.
A Historic Buildings Map of the Peak District and Sherwood Forest
Folded map. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy, bright unmarked, not torn and no bumping to corners. 1pp. Some 450 historic buildings, including 228 churches, are illustrated on the map from sketches and with Heraldic Emblems. On the reverse side is a comprehensive guide arranged alphabetically to the places of interest in towns and villages from Abney to Youlgreave. The map covers parts of Yorkshire West Riding, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Both map sides are held open to photograph with laid-on metal supports.
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Home, Gordon
France
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. Clean very tight pages with slightly marked rubbed red cloth boards, tanned end papers, rubbed ends of sunned spine, mottled rear board and minor bumping to some corners. 219pp. An account of France and the French in 1914 at the start of WWI - this is the revised 1918 second edition with double the number of illustrations. With 64 tissue-guarded colour plates. The image displayed is one of the 64 in the book - appears to show two soldiers walking with linked arms in Paris.
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May, Dr Jacques M.
Thailand, Around the World Program; American Geographical Society
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny crease to lower corner of rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with very slightly dusty boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. All twenty-five coloured stickers present and attached. 64pp. An introduction to Thailand in the 1960s and earlier. Very well illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Scott, Schomberg
Culzean : a History and Guidebook
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked silightly rubbed boards, staples not rusted and no bumping to corners. 68pp. Culzean in the province of Carrick in South Ayrshire became the stronghold of the Kennedy clan whose roots go back to the 12th century. First edition, second printing. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Buckley, J. A.
Geevor Mine
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 24pp. The story of Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall. Glossary of mining terms at rear. Illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Palmer, W. T.
The Handy Guide to the English Lakes
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with foxing to boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Guide to England's Lake District -, covering walking, history, angling, mountaineering, local authorities, places to visit etc. Photographs throughout and cover illustration by W Heaton Cooper. Undated but talks about 1935 in the past. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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The Editor
More Yorkshire Motor Runs
No added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Dog-eared, slightly chipped/rubbed corners. Mainly clean very tight pages with dusty boards and very dusty page edges. 80pp. With twenty-one touring routes through Yorkshire and nearby. Sketch maps. Undated but likely 1936 - from car advert on rear. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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The Editor
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, staples not rusted and no bumping to corners. Long fold-out family tree at rear in excellent condition. 32pp. History and guide to the stately home between Southport and Preston in Lancashire. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Turner, Colonel A. G. (editor)
Trans-African Highways
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with very slightly marked boards, dusty page edges and bumping to some corners. A small piece of a fair number of the lower edges of adjacent pages has been clipped away/pierced - with no effect on any of the maps or text. 548pp. A fascinating trip around Africa with great detail giving mile-by-mile information and all the place names for all of the major road routes.
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