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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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WELLESBOURNE AT WAR 1939-1945
Written by Alan Griffin; Daisy England; Eleanor Zonik; et al.
Stock no. 1326576
Published by The Wellesbourne Village Society. Circa 1990. Very good condition.

A record of local people's experiences during the conflict of WW2. Green cardwraps. 28 pages. B/w photos. Some light staining to covers. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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HEREFORDSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1326536
Published by Penguin. 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0140710256. Very small address label stuck to front free-endpaper else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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WORCESTERSHIRE A SHELL GUIDE
Written by James Lees-Milne.
Stock no. 1326499
Published by Faber & Faber. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd impression. Peach cloth with red title label to spine. B/w photos. 104 pages. Spine bumped, corners rubbed. A few small white marks to top edges of cover. Pale page edge browning. Light musty smell to contents. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and browned.

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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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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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HEREFORDSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by David Verey.
Stock no. 1826372
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Small name in ink to top of half-title page. Small closed tears (no loss) to top edge of pages 57/59 and 59/60. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, a little scuffed/grubby to rear panel.

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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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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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STAFFORDSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Henry Thorold.
Stock no. 1826296
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Terracotta cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571105165. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards else boards lovely and bright. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly scuffed.

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LMS ENGINE SHEDS THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUME TWO THE MIDLAND RAILWAY
Written by Chris Hawkins; George Reeve.
Stock no. 1325703
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes a detailed account of each of the ex-MR depots still operating in 1947 and brief notes on sites closed prior to that date. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 258 pages. ISBN: 0906867053. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased at edges, there is a tiny patch of surface paper damage to edge of rear panel.

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THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY VOLUME ONE DUDLEY-WALSALL-LICHFIELD-BURTON
Written by Bob Yate.
Stock no. 1826116
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

(including the Black Country Branches). Oakwood Library of Railway History 154A. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. 312 pages including index. ISBN: 9780853617006.

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