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OBSERVATIONS ON THE COASTS OF HAMPSHIRE, SUSSEX, AND KENT
Written by William Gilpin.
Stock no. 2123312
Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1804. Almost very good condition.

Brown marbled leather binding. Red title label to spine, with gilt title. Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty: Made In The Summer of The Year 1774. Plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners and cover edges. Scuffing to covers; some chipping. Front joint is a bit cracked. What looks like original receipt pasted to free front endpaper. Some page browning and light foxing.

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HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN NORWAY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208692
Published by John Murray. 9th 1897. Almost very good condition.

Ninth Edition Revised with Maps and Plans. Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Pocket for map inside front cover. All maps and plans present. Map in front pocket has a small mark and tear to margin but no loss. Rear pocket contains Murray's Hand-Book to Norway Cycling Routes, Grammar and Vocabulary. Spine browned. Covers marked. Inscription in pencil on front endpaper. Name and date in ink on verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.

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HANDBOOK FOR NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND RUTLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208690
Published by John Murray. 1st 1878. Good condition.

Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles. With Map. A Murray's Guide. Map in rear pocket present and complete without tears. Covers marked. Spine browned with wear and small split at top. Joints cracked. Tear to lower edge of front endpaper. Name and date in ink to half-title page. Foxspots to prelims else contents clean. A sound copy of the first edition.

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HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN NORWAY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208679
Published by John Murray. 8th 1892. Very good condition.

Eighth Edition Revised with Maps and Plans. Small format. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Pocket for map inside front cover. MAP MISSING from front pocket, all others present including Murray's Hand-book to Norway Cycling Routes in rear pocket. Spine browned. Corners slightly bumped. Covers have light dampstains. Newspaper clipping New Routes In Norway taped inside front cover. Inscription in ink to top of front endpaper. One map has slightly ragged edges. Contents very good.

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A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN HAMPSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208678
Published by John Murray. 5th 1898. Good condition.

Fifth edition with Maps and Plans. Small format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. A Murray's Guide. All maps and plans present including map in rear pocket. Spine browned with slight wear at top and tail. Covers marked. Front endpaper detached.

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HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SUSSEX
No author listed.
Stock no. 1814229
Published by John Murray. 4th 1877. Almost very good condition.

4th edition, with map (in rear pocket) and plan. Red limp-cloth, with gilt titles. A Murray's Guide. Spine & corners owrn, boards scuffed. Joints split and fragile. Bookplate to front pastedown. Prelims detached. Linen-backed map present in rear pocket.

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A GENERAL HISTORY OF MALVERN
Written by John Chambers.
Stock no. 2122667
1817. Almost very good condition.

Embellished with plates, intended to comprise all the advantages of a guide, with the more important details of chemical, mineralogical and statistical information. Leather binding. Printed for Wm. Walcott and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. New leather spine, with original covers laid down; a bit of loss to edges of original leather. New endpapers. Foxing and damp marking to contents.

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AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD
Written by John Price.
Stock no. 2122666
1796. Very good condition.

Three-quarter burgundy leather, marbled boards and endpapers. With Some Remarks on the River Wye and the Natural and Artificial Beauties Contiguous to its Banks from Brobery to Wilton Embellished with Elegant Views, Plans etc. 7 b/w engraved plates. 262 pages. Printed by D. Walker. Contents are original; binding is more modern, with new endpapers. Some fading to leather on spine. Foxing and a bit of page browning. Damp corner marks to a couple of pages.

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THE BRITISH ANGLER: OR A POCKET-COMPANION FOR GENTLEMEN-FISHERS
Written by John Williamson; et al.
Stock no. 2122549
1740. Good condition.

Leather binding. B/w frontis and some fold-out b/w plates. This book still has its original boards, but has a NEW spine and endpapers (recased). Scuffing and heavy wear, with a little loss to original covers. Some page browning and a little foxing. Lovely tight binding; where book has been rebacked.

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NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons. 1898. Almost very good condition.

With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.

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YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Baines; Edward Baines.
Stock no. 2121939
Published by William Mackenzie. Very good condition.

A History and Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering by Thomas Baines, Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire by Edward Baines. 2 volumes complete. Large format. Leather spine and corners. Some fading and wear to leather on spine and corners. Wear and a little chipping also along edges, with fading. Some foxing and margin marks.

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SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton. Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 2121875
Published by J. Skelton. Circa 1825. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Contemporary binding; Leather spine has raised bands and gilt title. Green covers. 56 b/w plates. Book has been rebound with leather spine, which has some fading and scuffing; wear to top and tail. Green covers, which have a few marks; top corner of front cover is bumped. New endpapers, which now have some browning/foxing. Original pages internally have foxing and some damp marking; chipping to edges of some pages.

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