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LONDON UP TO DATE
Written by George Augustus Sala.
Stock no. 2133854
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1895. Good condition.

Essays describing scenes and characters by 'an authority on London streets'. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, red titles and decorations to front cover. 378 pages. Spine faded and worn with tear in cloth at top. Corners bumped and rubbed. A few faint marks to covers. Newspaper cutting featuring Sala stuck to front pastedown. Endpapers foxed. Pages lightly browned.

SMITH'S LONDON JOURNAL
Written by H. Allen Smith.
Stock no. 2133852
Published by Arthur Barker Ltd.. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

The amusing journal of an American in London. Red cloth, white title to spine. 234 pages includes glossary. Spine bumped, sunned and slightly marked. Corners bumped. A couple of foxspots to endpapers. Pages lightly browned else clean.

THE ABBEY CHURCH OF ST. ALBAN'S
Written by J.W. Comyns Carr. Illustrated by Ernest George; R. Kent Thomas.
Stock no. 2133765
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday. 1877. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Grey cloth with gilt titles and black decorations. B/w etchings and vignettes by George and Thomas. Gilt to spine has faded. Small splits/nicks/fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine. Also wear to cover edges; a few knocks and nicks. Foxing and marks throughout, some hinges / gatherings are pulled.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Written by Olive Cook.
Stock no. 2133689
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A representative selection of the characteristic scenes of this surprising county. B/w photos. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some tape repairs to verso; a few small pieces of loss.

DELINEATIONS OF THE NORTH WEST DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET
Written by John Rutter.
Stock no. 2133680
Published by Amberley. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

And of the Medip Caverns. Card wraps. Book originally published in 1829, this is the facsimile edition. ISBN: 9781848682115.

OLD MANOR HOUSES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319359
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

12 tissue-guarded colour plates plus tinted illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby with a few light marks. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Some light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

THE STORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE VOLUME TWO
Written by Arthur Clark.
Stock no. 1319156
Published by Monnow Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From the Civil War to present times (1974). Maroon boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 215 pages includes index. ISBN: 0950661805. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and has a sticker covering the price on front flap ('help spastics').

A CALENDAR OF NEW FOREST DOCUMENTS 1244-1334
Written by D.J. Stagg.
Stock no. 2133346
Published by Hampshire County Council. 1st 1979. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hampshire Record Series Volume III. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 090668000X. Spine is bumped, spotting (possibly from damp) to covers. Browning to page edges and margins. Wrapper is edge-creased.

WYE VALLEY 40 HILL AND RIVERSIDE WALKS
Written by Ben Giles.
Stock no. 1819945
Published by Pocket Mountains Ltd. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

From the broad riverside meadows of the Herefordshire plain and the soaring limestone cliffs of the lower gorge near Chepstow to the industrial heritage of the Forest of Dean in the east and the far reaching views of the Trellech plateau in the west, Ben Giles' 40 circular routes offer a refreshing introduction to the picturesque landscape of the Wye Valley. Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos and maps. ISBN: 9781907025013.

THE HISTORY AND DIARY OF THE NEWPORT Y.M.C.A. 1869 TO 1990
Written by Ernest J. Bakewell.
Stock no. 1819901
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

You Must Come Again. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0907143164. SIGNED by the author (with gift dedication) to free front endpaper. Top edges have been bumped. Foxing to verso of page facing title page (blank page). Top edge of text block lightly foxed. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily scuffed and a little grubby.

CHEPSTOW AND THE CHARTISTS
Written by Eric Wiles.
Stock no. 1319121
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

White card wrap booklet. 12 page booklet. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900278447. Staples are rusty.

THE DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL VOLUME CIII FOR THE YEAR 1983
Written by Graeme Barker; D.V. Fowkes.
Stock no. 1819478
Published by Moorland Publishing. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Contents include: The Survey and Excavation of a Neolithic Settlement Area at Mount Pleasant, Kenslow; The prehistoric Pottery from Mam Tor: Further considerations; Excavations at Poole's Cavern, Buxton: an Interim Report; The Curzons of Fifteenth-Century Derbyshire; and more.