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GLOUCESTERSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Anthony West; David Verey.
Stock no. 1830636
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Revised by David Verey. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, colour map to rear. 64 pages plus map to rear. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, split to rear edge of spine repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel a little grubby.

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by David Verey.
Stock no. 1830482
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition, completely rewritten with a very much longer introductory essay and a few impressions of Bristol. An invaluable companion for those who set out to discover Gloucestershire in all its variety. Brown cloth boards, blue title block to spine. Colour frontis and b/w photos. 136 pages including index. ISBN: 0571047106. Edges of boards lightly rubbed, boards clean. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and scuffed. Musty odour present.

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NORTHUMBERLAND & DURHAM SHELL GUIDE
Written by Thomas Sharp.
Stock no. 1830166
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1939. Good condition.

Metal spiral binding encased in white cloth boards with title to spine. Colour maps and b/w photos and illustrations. 54 pages. Boards grubby and marked, spine browned and worn at top & tail. Small piece of surface paper loss to front pastedown. Front endpaper missing and possibly a page after the illustrations list (not sure about this...). Light crinkling of contents to lower margins. Light page browning.

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SOUTH-WEST WALES A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Vyvyan Rees.
Stock no. 1827991
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1976. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. B/w photos. Part of Dyfed The Old Counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571048102. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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BUCKS: SHELL GUIDE
Written by John Nash.
Stock no. 1826377
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Spiral bound, card wraps. Two and Sixpence printed to front cover. Covers creased, worn at spiral binding - top and tail of front cover starting to tear from spiral. Plastic spiral is split in the middle but holding. Front endpaper has a diagonal crease. Some marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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NORTH WALES: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Elisabeth Beazley; Lionel Brett.
Stock no. 1826375
Published by Faber & Faber. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Caernarvonshire, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571097561. Reprint. A lovely copy in price-cut pictorial dustwrapper which has a date written in ink to top of front flap.

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LINCOLNSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Jack Yates; Henry Thorold.
Stock no. 1826374
Published by Faber & Faber. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571062970. Third impression. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned and lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has small inscription ink to top of front flap, and is ligthly browned.

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WARWICKSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Douglas Hickman.
Stock no. 1826373
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571108318. Boards clean and bright, as are the contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has initials and a date in ink to top of front flap, light creasing to lower edge of rear panel, light rubbing to lower corners.

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Juliet Smith.
Stock no. 1826371
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth boards, red title block to spine. Colour frontis plus b/w photos. Text block browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, creased at top of spine.

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SURREY: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Bruce Watkin.
Stock no. 1826369
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571096093. Light mottling to edges of boards, more so to rear board, else boards clean and bright. Contents clean. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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EAST SUSSEX: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by W.S. Mitchell.
Stock no. 1826293
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571107516. Light rubbing to lower board edges, minor pale marks to rear board. Foxing to prelims. Half-title page has a grease stripe (pale) about 2" wide from top to bottom at gutter edge. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly marked on front flap (again, very minor) and lightly scuffed.

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THE WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Stephen Bone.
Stock no. 1826292
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Skye to Oban. Green cloth. B/w photos. Colour maps to rear. Second edition - no mention of this within the book but carries the later dustwrapper, being a b/w photo with green and blue title background, blue rear panel with list of Shell Guides ending with South-West Wales. Boards nice and bright, light rubbing to lower edges. Name in ink to verso of free front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears which have been repaired to verso with clear tape (no loss), top & tail of spine rubbbed with loss of surface paper and minor chipping. Slight musty odour present.

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