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TOURIST'S GUIDE TO GLOUCESTERSHIRE: HILL, VALE, AND FOREST
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 1829260
Published by Edward Stanford. 1896. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Fold-out map to front. 127 pages including index plus local advertisements to rear. 1888 to title page but adverts to rear are dated 1896-97. Boards lightly rubbed at edges. Text block browned. Light browning to contents and a few minor foxspots present.

BATTLE OVER PORTSMOUTH: A CITY AT WAR IN 1940
Written by P.E. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1829250
Published by Middleton Press. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

During the tumultuous months of 1940, Portsmouth was mutilated by some of the fiercest air raids outside London and was subjected to the threat of invasion and the uncertainties of the Battle of Britain. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 117 pages including index and publisher advert to rear. ISBN: 0906520290. Second reprint. Mark where price label existed to rear board. A few light scuff marks. Contents clean.

THE BUMPER BOOK OF WEYMOUTH
Written by Maureen Attwooll.
Stock no. 1829226
Published by Halsgrove. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An encyclopaedic treasury providing a fascinating glimpse into Weymouth's history. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 9781871164527. Boards clean and bright. A few minor marks to prelims. Else a lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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.

A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 1828883
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Boards clean. Name in ink to front pastedown. Text block lightly browned. A few pencilled marks to a few page margins. Else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper has creased laminate.

CORNWALL (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Enid Radcliffe.
Stock no. 1828837
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Revised second edition. Black vinyl. B/w photos. 282 pages plus list of titles to rear. ISBN: 0300095899. Neat name in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

THE COMPLETE DIARY OF A COTSWOLD LADY VOLUME ONE THE LADY OF RODBOROUGH
Written by Agnes Witts.
Stock no. 1328429
Published by Amberley. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction and diaries covering the period 1788-1793. Colour and b/w illustrations. Red boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 9781848680104. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.

ROTOL THE HISTORY OF AN AIRSCREW COMPANY 1937-1960
Written by Bruce Stait.
Stock no. 1327899
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of Dowty Rotol. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951681508. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly faded to spine, light score mark to front panel of wrapper.

LAWS OF DEAN
Written by Cyril Hart.
Stock no. 1327893
Published by The British Publishing Company. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being a Supplement to "The Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St. Briavels, in the County of Gloucester" by James G. Wood 1878. Green cloth boards, gilt title to front. x + 25 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (with the authors' compliments). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a few edge tears.

THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 24
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327862
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society. 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society. Small price sticker to front cover.

THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 29
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327861
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society. Light crease to lower corner of front cover else fine.

THE NEW REGARD NUMBER 24
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327857
Published by The Forest Of Dean Local History Society. 2010. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. The Journal of the Forest of Dean Local History Society.