AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH 1770-1914
Written by John F. Travis.
Stock no. 1831618
Published by Breedon Books Publishing Co.. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Author John Travis has compiled a tremendous amount of historical information about the development of both Lynton and Lynmouth in the outstandingly beautiful north coast villages of Devon. To read how both small hamlets grew into ever popular coastal resorts through the centuries is a fascinating read. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages including index. ISBN: 1859830234. SIGNED by the author (Best Wishes) to free front endpaper. Contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased across top edge.

THE VOICES OF MOREBATH: REFORMATION AND REBELLION IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE
Written by Eamon Duffy.
Stock no. 1831523
Published by Yale University Press. Circa 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book chronicles the coming of the English Reformation to a small village in sixteenth-century Devonshire. Duffy tells the story of Morebath through the eyes of its boisterous vicar, Sir Christopher Trychay, who kept exceptionally detailed records during his fifty-four year career in the village. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. xv and 232 pages including index. ISBN: 0300091850. Second printing. A clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a narrow band of fading to vertical front edge of spine, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

THE HISTORY OF CORYTON
Written by Thomas Newman.
Stock no. 1831025
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

History of the tiny Parish of Coryton in North West Devon, from prehistoric times to 1921. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w plates. vii and 216 pages including index. Contains facsimile printout of auction of the Manor of Coryton 1809 to rear. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine and front board corner. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, faded and chipped to spine, a little grubby.

ROMAN MOSAICS OF BRITAIN VOLUME II SOUTH-WEST BRITAIN
Written by David S. Neale; Stephen R. Cosh.
Stock no. 1829564
Published by Illuminata Publishers. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The 4 volumes of this work (of which this is the second) amounts to a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Roman mosaic in Britain. Mosaics from the city and county of Bristol, from the counties of Cornwall & Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Published for The Society of Antiquaries of London. Large, heavy format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. xiii and406 pages including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780954791612. Boards clean and bright. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. White dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

WALKING DARTMOOR'S ANCIENT TRACKS: A GUIDE TO 28 ROUTES
Written by Eric Hemery.
Stock no. 1829556
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first detailed and definitive guide to Dartmoor's most important and hitherto uncharted historic tracks. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w maps and photos. 294 pages including index. ISBN: 0709025823. Vertical light score mark to front board. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at top of spine and is lightly creased.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD BIDEFORD: VOLUME NINE
Written by Peter Christie.
Stock no. 1829400
Published by Edward Gaskell Publishers. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos of times-gone-by. 158 pages. ISBN: 9781906769703. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Light waving to contents else contents clean.

TWO VILLAGES
Written by R.F. Bidgood.
Stock no. 1829391
2nd Very good condition.

2nd Edition. The story of Mortehoe and Woolacombe. Grey pictorial card wraps. Staple bound booklet. B/w photos. 64 pages plus folding map to rear. Undated. Spine browned. Staples rusting but still firm. Small previous owner label to inside front cover. Text block browned. Contents clean.

THE "NIGHTINGALE" SCANDAL
Written by Stanley Thomas. Illustrated by John Dyke.
Stock no. 1829390
Published by Gazette Printing Service. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Lundy & North Devon in the 18th century. An account of the career of a merchant of the 18th century; a man no better and, perhaps, no worse than his contemporaries, who traded from a small port in Devonshire, but whose name became known throughout the land, Thomas Benson. Pictorial cardwrap booklet with staple binding. A few b/w drawings. 75 pages. Edges lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded to rear. Staples are rusting with some bleeding but still firm. Tiny foxspots to text block.

JAN STEWER: A WESTCOUNTRY BIOGRAPHY
Written by Douglas J. Cock.
Stock no. 1829380
Published by Moonraker Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of two people who were almost indivisibly one: A.J. Coles, the creator, and Jan Stewer, the creation. The whole of the west country knew Jan Stewer who was 'one of the most relishing dialect humorists the regions of Britain have ever produced.' This book is both a period piece and an evocative account of a character who was the authentic popular voice of a region. Mustard brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. 103 pages including index. ISBN: 0239001923. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Yellow dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

FLORIAN'S FARMYARD
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 1328971
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Florian is one of the smallest Shetland ponies ever bred (only 30" high). This book is about all the interesting characters that the author met among Florian's companions. B/w photos throughout by Money. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper has small tears at corners and the printed price to front flap has been crossed out with pencil.

ATLAS OF THE DEVON FLORA
Written by R.B. Ivimey-Cook.
Stock no. 1828971
Published by The Devonshire Association. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Flowering plants and ferns. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. xviii and 258 pages including index. Distribution maps. ISBN: 0852140479. Spine faded from green to almost white - title to spine is obscurred. Light rubbing to board edges. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

CRUCHLEY'S RAILWAY AND STATION MAP OF THE COUNTY OF DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137680
Published by Gall & Inglis. Fair condition.

Card wraps. Priced Sixpence. Map is creased, chipped, taped back together in places, damp marked. Foxed and fragile, with musty smell.