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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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RUTLAND: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by W.G. Hoskins.
Stock no. 1826370
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. Spine a little creased and shelf worn at top & tail. Corners slightly rubbed. A few light marks to cloth boards. Contents are clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, browned to verso. Overall a very nice copy.

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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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DORSET A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Michael Pitt-Rivers.
Stock no. 1826368
Published by Faber & Faber. 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. B/w photos. New edition. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly browned.

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NORTHUMBERLAND: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Thomas Sharp.
Stock no. 1826367
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1954. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based on the Northumberland section of the 1937 'Shell Guide to Northumberland & Durham'. B/w photos. Ex-lib with library stamps to front endpaper. Horizontal board edges lightly rubbed. Remains of library label to front pastedown. Tape mark to vertical edge of pastedowns hidden by flaps of dustwrapper. Rear joint is cracked and last section in book loose but still bound in. 1" closed tear (no loss) to vertical margin of free rear endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and edge-rubbed.

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FERRIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Joan Tucker.
Stock no. 1826355
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

A fascinating exploration of the history of the county's ferries, identifying isolated backwaters and popular tourist spots that once provided an esseeential link. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780752442389. A nice, clean copy.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE COURT OF SEWERS, 1583-1642
Written by Rose Hewlett.
Stock no. 1826354
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Reocrd Series Volume 35. These remarkable Court of Sewers records open a window on communities of the Gloucestershire Levels between 1583 and 1642 and their struggles against encroachments from the sea in a changing political climate. 'Sewers' here are watercourses, natural or manmade. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781913735005. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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HEREFORDSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1826350
Published by Penguin. 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0140710256. Reprint. Tiny, minor brown spot to base of text block else a lovely copy. Orange pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge and has a damp stain to lower edges, a few small black misprints to front edge of spine.

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DERBYSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1826349
Published by The Penguin Group. 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Second Edition with corrections and addenda. Black vinyl covers with gilt title to spine and Penguin vignette to front. B/w photos ISBN: 0140710086. Reprint. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE JOURNAL, ESSAYS, THE JOURNEY FROM ESSEX
Written by John Clare; Anne Tibble.
Stock no. 1826345
Published by Carcanet New Press. 1st thus 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduced and edited by Anne Tibble. Anne Tibble provides biographical and critical commentary and raises once again the question of Clare's supposed 'madness', applying the works included here to a fresh interpretation of his larger work. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856353442. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded and scuffed.

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MOLD TOWN AND COUNTRY: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT
Written by T.W. Pritchard.
Stock no. 1826341
Published by Bridge Books. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A full history of the county town of Flintshire from its earliest artefacts (which date from c.2,000 BC) to the end of the twentieth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations, some in colour. ISBN: 9781844940851. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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"... A FINER PLACE TO LIVE": A HISTORY OF THE PARISH OF CRAWLEY IN HAMPSHIRE
Written by David S. Dunbar.
Stock no. 1826340
Published by Crawley Local History Group. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Crawley is a small village and parish some 4 miles west of Winchester. This book tells the story of its people and buildings, and ends with an extended look at the people of Crawley in the year 2000. A fascinating and readable insight into the evolution of a small community over two thousand years. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour photos. SIGNED by the author (with best regards) to free front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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