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FROM MOTHS TO MERLINS
Written by Robin J. Brooks.
Stock no. 1603534
Published by Meresborough Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. The story of West Malling Airfield. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948193239.

THE NATURE OF SURREY
Written by John Drewett. Illustrated by Rosalie S. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1806210
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Wildlife and Ecology of the County and London South of the Thames. Limited edition with subscribers list to rear. Green boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0860232476. Vertical crease at gutter edge of front endpaper. Copy 580. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is slightly grubby.

EPPING FOREST ITS LITERARY AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
Written by William Addison.
Stock no. 1806141
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Ex-lib with library labels to endpapers and base of spine else a clean copy.

CONSERVATION IN EAST AND WEST HORSLEY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1806034
1st 1975. Very good condition.

An account of some of the activities of the Horsley Countryside Preservation Society March 1956 - March 1974. Large format. Plain cardwraps. 32 pages. Covers grubby and browned. A few scattered foxspots.

THE NATURE OF SURREY
Written by John Drewett. Illustrated by Rosalie S. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1806033
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Wildlife and Ecology of the County and London South of the Thames. Limited edition with subscribers list to rear. Green boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0860232476. A fine copy in a pictorial wrapper with just a few minor marks.

THE DOWNS FROM THE SEA
Written by David Hay; Joan Hay.
Stock no. 2107028
Published by Edward Stanford. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Langstone Harbour to the Pool of London. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0540009652. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned, with some fading.

GREATER LONDON LOCAL HISTORY DIRECTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by Peter Marcan.
Stock no. 1602891
Published by Peter Marcan Publications. 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. 83 pages. ISBN: 0951028987.

OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN
Written by Agnes Castle; Egerton Castle. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2106665
Published by William Heinemann. 2nd 1915. Very good condition.

A charming glimpse into the joys and challenges of creating a personal garden. More than just a guide to flower gardening, this collection of essays and narratives explores the deep connection between a gardener and their cultivated space. Green cloth covers, gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Endpapers are illustrated. 8 beautiful tissue-guarded colour plates and many b/w text illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little uneven browning to covers. A few marks/scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few pages internally. All plates present.

GUILDHALL GAZETTE 1933-1938
No author listed.
Stock no. 1602576
1933. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. The magazine of the Middlesex County Officers' Association (quarterly publication). Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned, some foxing. A few pages have tears which have been professionally repaired.

THE WEY & ARUN JUNCTION CANAL
Written by P.A.L. Vine.
Stock no. 1805093
Published by Tempus. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Images of England series. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752417215.

AROUND BURY ST EDMUNDS
Written by Robert Halliday.
Stock no. 1602404
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Britain in Old Photographs series. Card wraps. 144 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0750934530. Top corner of rear cover is worn with lifting of surface laminate. Top corners of last pages in book are also creased, otherwise the contents are near fine.

A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SURREY
Written by Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell. Illustrated by Thomas Allom.
Stock no. 1205023
Published by G. Willis. 1850. Very good condition.

Five volumes. Brown leather spines and corners, raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Marbled boards and edges. Vol I: viii 472 pages index, 15 b/w plates, one folding colour map and one colour map of the course of the River Mole; Vol II: 486 pages 16 b/w plates; Vol III 527 pages 19 b/w plates; Vol IV: 519 pages 35 b/w plates; Vol V: 442 pages 48 page appendix 42 b/w plates. In total 127 b/w 2 colour plates. Book: all plates present. Corners worn. Contents very good indeed. A handsome set.