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THE ROYAL PAVILION BRIGHTON
Written by John Dinkel.
Stock no. 1830768
Published by The Vendome Press. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The development of the Brighton Pavilion through all its phases - Palladian, Chinese, and eventually Indian. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0865650357. Boards clean. Browning to text block and endpapers with minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-rubbed.

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A SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER
Written by Evelyn Pentecost.
Stock no. 1830639
Published by The Window Press. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. In this detailed account of a lifetime in rural Sussex Evelyn Pentecost takes us from the earliest days of this century, through childhood, marriage, two wars and into retirement. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 125 pages. Boards very slightly grubby. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and scuffed to rear panel.

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IT STARTED WITH A MAP: THE STORY OF THE BOGNOR REGIS ADVANCED LANDING GROUND 1943-1944
Written by Sylvia Endacott.
Stock no. 1330243
Published by S. Endacott. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

The story of a forgotten World War II Advanced Landing Ground in Bognor Regis, long since returned to agriculture. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1933570997. Uneven fading to spine edges and rear cover. Base of spine bumped with closed tear. Otherwise contents fine.

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A SOUTHERN SKETCH-BOOK THROUGH OLD SUSSEX FROM LEWES TO CHICHESTER
Written by A. Leonard Summers; Prescott Row. Illustrated by A. Leonard Summers.
Stock no. 1329678
Published by The Homeland Association. 1st 1921. Good condition.

The Homeland Library Vol. 6. Includes a Note on "John Speed and His Map of Sussex" by Prescott Row. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 200 pages (including index). B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingering to page margins. Joints cracked.

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THE FIRST MOTOR RACING IN BRITAIN: BEXHILL-ON-SEA 1902
Written by John Rose.
Stock no. 1829147
Published by Bookmarque Publishing. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

The Drivers; The Cars; The Results; The Prizes. Taken in part from periodicals of 1902 and in full from the 'Special Motor Races Supplement' given free with the Saturday 24th may 1902 edition of the Bexhill-on-Sea Observer and also from its celebratory issue of 1954. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. 63 pages. ISBN: 187051940X. A nice copy.

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SUSSEX PLANT ATLAS
Written by P.C. Hall.
Stock no. 1828969
Published by Booth Museum Of Natural History. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

An atlas of the distribution of wild plants in sussex. Compiled from records collected by the Sussex Flora Society 1966-78. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w distribution maps. 179 pages including index. ISBN: 0950237264. Boards ligthly scuffed. Endpapers and text block lightly browned. Contents clean.

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SUSSEX (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Ian Nairn.
Stock no. 1328588
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. First published by Penguin in 1965. ISBN: 0300096771. Spine of book and wrapper bumped else a fine copy.

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THE IRON INDUSTRY OF THE WEALD
Written by Henry Cleere; David Crossley.
Stock no. 1828301
Published by Merton Priory Press. 2nd 1995. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised, edited by Jeremy Hodgkinson. The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex was the leading ironmaking centre of Great Britain. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1898937044. Initials and date in ink to front endpaper else a lovely copy. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly faded to spine.

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BYGONE STEYNING BRAMBER AND BEEDING
Written by Aylwyn Guilmant.
Stock no. 1327772
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful, pictorial evocation of the changing face of the three places during the last century. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850336694. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny mark to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper (new publisher's price sticker above) has minimal edge creasing.

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HISTORIC HASTINGS
Written by J. Manwaring Baines.
Stock no. 1827703
Published by Cinque Port Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Amended and revised edition. Red boards, gilt titles. 438 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948869003. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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EDWARDIAN WORTHING
Written by Rob Blann.
Stock no. 1326522
Published by Rob Blann. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Eventful era in a lifeboat town. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 194 pages. ISBN: 0951627716. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine and corners bumped, some small dents to cover edges. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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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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