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ALL ROUND THE WREKIN
Written by Walter White.
Stock no. 1326578
Published by Chapman & Hall. 2nd 1860. Almost very good condition.

A walk around the Wrekin in Shropshire, taking in Leominster, Shrewsbury, Birmingham etc. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in heavy pencil to front free-endpaper. Black biro doodles (blotting out previous writing) to top margin of title-page. Pencil erasure mark to top margin of page 1. Lower corner tip of page 23/4 removed (no loss of text). Some light foxing and some hinges pulled but generally contents clean and tight.

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SHROPSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by John Piper; John Betjeman.
Stock no. 1826298
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Pale yellow cloth, light blue title to spine. Light browning to top and tail of spine. A few minor marks to boards, light bumping to corners. Surface paper of facing verso of frontis stuck to title page (not bad). Light foxing to top edge of text block and browning to page edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, especially front and rear of spine, spine is browned with a few small chips and closed tears, repaired to verso with clear tape. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE SECRET OF THE GORGE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1325446
Published by John Goodchild. 1st thus 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Story. Revised edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 174 pages. ISBN: 086391084X. Minimal bumping to spine. A super copy.

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STRANGERS AT WITCHEND
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1325440
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition.

The 18th story about the Lone Pine Club, based in Shropshire. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 190441771X.

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NOT SCARLET BUT GOLD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by A.R. Whitear.
Stock no. 1325439
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Plenty of humour as well as excitement in this Lone Pine adventure set in the Shropshire hill country. Green boards, black titles to spine. Endpapers are maps. 246 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and browned to rear panel.

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ROAD TRANSPORT WALES & BORDER
Written by Paul Heaton.
Stock no. 1325321
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Featuring businesses based in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Cardiff. Also includes much space devoted to milk collections both in churn and bulk. Large format. Blue & red pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. 120 pages. ISBN: 1872006205. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Name in ink to front free-endpaper.

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LUDLOW CASTLE: ITS HISTORY & BUILDINGS
Written by Ron Shoesmith; Andy Johnson.
Stock no. 1825273
Published by Logaston Press. 1st thus 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

This books aim to draw together the history of the buildings and its owners to provide a developing picture of the castle and its role in both border and national history and to interpret the changes that occurred in the buildings themselves. Extended edition. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and a few colour in the centre of the book. ISBN: 1904396488. Base of text block lightly grubby from shelf-rubbing. Else contents clean.

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NOT SCARLET BUT GOLD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by A.R. Whitear.
Stock no. 2139428
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1ST 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. B/w chapter headpieces. Maps to endpapers. 246 pages. Page edge browning, with a few light marks. Wrapper has a little edge-creasing with a few nicks/chips to corners and edges.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1822283
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0946537453. A fine copy in yellow pictorial dustwrapper which is slightly faded to spine.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1821990
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0946537453. Text block slightly browned. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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SEVERN VALLEY LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Tom Ferris.
Stock no. 2128829
Published by Midland Publishing. 1995. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1857800303. Spine is faded. Name in ink to title page. Browning to page edges.

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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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