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THE BOG PEOPLE: IRON-AGE MAN PRESERVED
Written by P.V. Glob.
Stock no. 1828339
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating picture of the lives of Iron-Age people found in peat-bogs in recent times. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 057108947X. Price-cut dustwrapperis grubby and browned to rear panel.

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HISTORY FROM THE FARM
Written by W.G. Hoskins.
Stock no. 1828322
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Hoskins. In the 1968 Farmers Weekly, a competition appeared which invited readers to submit histories of their own farms. The twelve prize-winning entries form the basis of this book with six further contributions by Hoskins. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 0571094376. Minor browning to endpapers. Top edge of text block is a little foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed/grubby.

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ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK OF VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Written by R.W. Brunskill.
Stock no. 1828239
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is concerned with the architecture of the lesser houses - manor houses, farm-houses, cottages - and of barns, stables and mills, inns and shops, and early industrial buildings close to the domestic scale built according to local traditions. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and architectural drawings. ISBN: 0571086365. Light browning to endpapers and text block else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly faded to spine, light creasing to top horizontal edge.

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THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR VOLUME I TRIAL BY BATTLE
Written by Jonathan Sumption.
Stock no. 1828163
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

Softback Preview Edition. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 1928, following up the war to the surrender of Calais in 1347. Pictorial cardwraps. xi and 659 pages including index. ISBN: 0571166970. Corenrs lightly creased. Edges rubbed. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Cotnents clean.

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SOUTH-WEST WALES A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Vyvyan Rees.
Stock no. 1827991
Published by Faber & Faber. 2nd 1976. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. B/w photos. Part of Dyfed The Old Counties of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571048102. Minor foxing to text block else a lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1326305
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. A short passage from The Song Of Hiawatha. ISBN: 0571132863. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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THE FLYING SHIP
Written by Rosemary Harris. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1326304
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Russian folk tale retold. Pictorial boards and blue endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. A delightful book! 10 x 7.5". ISBN: 0571105041. Spine cocked, binding very tight. Small pencil erasure mark to top corner of front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher and very slightly browned at edges. A lovely copy.

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THE WILD CHERRY
Written by Diana Ross. Illustrated by Gri.
Stock no. 1325819
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories. Orange cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight darkening to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly marked, faded to spine and front edges.

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NORTH WALES: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Elisabeth Beazley; Lionel Brett.
Stock no. 1826375
Published by Faber & Faber. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Caernarvonshire, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571097561. Reprint. A lovely copy in price-cut pictorial dustwrapper which has a date written in ink to top of front flap.

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LINCOLNSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Jack Yates; Henry Thorold.
Stock no. 1826374
Published by Faber & Faber. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571062970. Third impression. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned and lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has small inscription ink to top of front flap, and is ligthly browned.

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WARWICKSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Douglas Hickman.
Stock no. 1826373
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571108318. Boards clean and bright, as are the contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has initials and a date in ink to top of front flap, light creasing to lower edge of rear panel, light rubbing to lower corners.

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HEREFORDSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by David Verey.
Stock no. 1826372
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Small name in ink to top of half-title page. Small closed tears (no loss) to top edge of pages 57/59 and 59/60. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, a little scuffed/grubby to rear panel.

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