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SYLVAN'S PICTORIAL HANDBOOK TO THE ENGLISH LAKES
No author listed. Illustrated by Thomas Gilks; Edward Gilks.
Stock no. 1830026
Published by Evans & Longley Associates. 1st thus 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

With a new Foreword by John Wyatt, Head Warden, Lake District National Park. He writes: 'The author of this little gem of a guide is unknown... but, Sylvan's Handbook is still not only capable of helping the new adventurer intto the bewitching wilderness: it is also very much a book for browsers...' First published in 1847 by John Johnstone, republished in this edition in 1974 by Evans & Longley Associates. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations & maps. 248 pages including index plus folding map to rear. ISBN: 0904293025. Minor rubbing to base of spine. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly browned.

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SHETLAND
Written by Norman Newton.
Stock no. 1829285
Published by The Pevensey Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The essential guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee: everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 0907115950. Light rubbing to base of spine. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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TOURIST'S GUIDE TO GLOUCESTERSHIRE: HILL, VALE, AND FOREST
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 1829260
Published by Edward Stanford. 1896. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Fold-out map to front. 127 pages including index plus local advertisements to rear. 1888 to title page but adverts to rear are dated 1896-97. Boards lightly rubbed at edges. Text block browned. Light browning to contents and a few minor foxspots present.

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A WEEK'S HOLIDAY IN THE FOREST OF DEAN
Written by John Bellows; Ian Standing.
Stock no. 1327848
Published by Holborn House. 1st 2013. Fine condition.

A replica of the first edition with an introduction and printing history by Ian Standing. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos.

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VENICE AND ITS LAGOON
Written by Giulio Lorenzetti.
Stock no. 1827118
Published by Edizioni Lint Trieste. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint from the 1961 edition. Small format. Cream cloth boards, blue titles and black illustration to front. B/w photos. Folding maps. Text block a little grubby. Tiny crease to tip of top corners, light diagonal crease to top corner of prelims. Else a clean copy. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a biro mark crossing out to rear panel (price?).

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BLACK'S TOURIST'S GUIDE THROUGH THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD & MONMOUTH
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826389
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1860. Almost very good condition.

Small format. B/w illustrations. Modern brown library binding with gilt title to spine. Ex-lib, Library label to front endpaper. Stamp to verso of frontis, contents clean but browned. Library repairs to hinges using white tape.

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HANDBOOK FOR SHROPSHIRE, CHESHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2124520
Published by John Murray. 1st 1870. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles. With Map. 64 pages of advertisements to rear. New red spine, with gilt titles (old spine is still inserted loosely into book). Heavy wear to edges, with some scuffing to covers. Some foxing. A few small pencil annotations to margins. Map is present, but very fragile!

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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 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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TOURIST'S GUIDE TO WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 1609477
Published by Edward Stanford. 1st 1889. Very good condition.

The 'pleasant and picturesque'. With map and plan. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription to front endpaper.

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HANDBOOK TO THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX
Written by George F. Chambers.
Stock no. 1609465
Published by Edward Stanford. 1st 1877. Very good condition.

Containing full information concerning all its favourite places of resort, both on the coast and inland. With map and plan. Title to front is Tourists' Guide to Sussex. Spine and corners are bumped and scuffed. Endpapers browned. Front joint beginning to pull. Hinge opposite title page is cracked at top. One internal hinge pulled.

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