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REDSHANK'S WARNING
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330602
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The first in the Jillies series. Blue cloth, silver title to spine and silver signature to front board. Endpapers are maps of the great adventure. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 206 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Foxing and a few small fingermarks else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed with 2" loss to base of spine, slight loss to top of spine and corners and slight surface paper damage to front panel.

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NORFOLK & THE GRAND TOUR
Written by Andrew W. Moore.
Stock no. 1830761
Published by Norfolk Museums Service. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

This book explores the origins of some of the finest art collections in Britain, tracing the travels and souvenirs of those Norfolk gentlemen who went on the Grand Tour of Europe throughout the eighteenth century. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 168 pages including index. ISBN: 0903101491. Covers lightly scuffed. Text block has some minor foxing and minimal grubbiness. Contents clean.

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THE BROADS (NN 89)
Written by Brian Moss.
Stock no. 1330524
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 89. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0002201631. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed. Dustwrapper spine is sunned.

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THE DIARY OF A COUNTRY PARSON
Written by James Woodforde; David Hughes. Illustrated by Ian Stephens.
Stock no. 1830692
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Extracts from R.L. Winstanley's transcript from the diaries, 1759-81, selected by David Hughes. Navy blue cloth spine with burgundy title block and gilt title. Marbled paper boards. Red endpapers. B/w engravings. Top edge red. xviii and 445 pages. A very nice copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed.

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NORFOLK I: NORWICH AND NORTH-EAST (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Bill Wilson.
Stock no. 1830524
Published by Penguin. 2nd 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. Black vinyl cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher vignette to front. B/w maps, plans and photos. 796 pages including index. ISBN: 0140710582. Text block very slightly browned. Pages 593-600 mis-cut by printer to top margins (not affecting text). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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COX'S COUNTY WHO'S WHO SERIES: NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE 1912
No author listed.
Stock no. 1830111
Published by Horace Cox. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

A Who's Who in three counties. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Advertisements to front and rear. Spine is faded, browned and marked. Boards a little scuffed and lightly marked. Text block browned. Some minor foxing present, mainly to prelims and page edges. Name in ink and 'Swatham Vicarage' blind stamp to top of first page of Who's Who in Norfolk, grubby mark to top of same page, not affecting text.

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THE GREAT GALE
Written by Hester Burton. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328832
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Children's Library No. 12. The story of the floods that swept the Norfolk coats in 1953. Red boards, silver title to spine. 207 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192770527. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink and a crease to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut with a couple of small, light marks to rear panel.

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THE WHITE DRAGON
Written by Richard Garnett. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328798
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mark Rutter's adventures at Fen Burton. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to front free-endpaper. Slight bumping to spine. Printed price on front flap of dustwrapper has been covered with a 'new' price stick (£2.50 net). Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges and slight browning to spine of wrapper.

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FLORA OF NORFOLK
Written by C.P. Petch; E.L. Swann.
Stock no. 1828932
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1st 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An account of the distribution and status of the Norfolk flora. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 288 pages. Lower edge of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine, edge-creased, 1.5" closed tear to top front fold.

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NORFOLK 2: NORTH-WEST AND SOUTH (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Bill Wilson.
Stock no. 1328585
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black vinyl boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096577.

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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF CAISTER CASTLE
Written by Dawson W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827724
Published by Whittaker & Co.. 1st 1842. Almost very good condition.

Full title is: Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, Near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family. Edited by Dawson Turner. Cloth boards with blind tooling and borders to both sides. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Pedigree of Paston family folds-out to rear. Spine browned, worn & frayed at top & tail. Boards a little marked. Some scattered foxing mainly to margins.

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REDISCOVERING RAILWAYS: NORFOLK PAST AND PRESENT
Written by Des Saunders; Richard Adderson.
Stock no. 1327065
Published by Past & Present Publishing. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

A pictorial record of the county's railways past and present. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1858951445. Minimal rubbing to corners. Very pale page edge browning else contents fine.

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