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OLD HOUSE HANDBOOK: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CARE AND REPAIR
Written by Roger Hunt; Marianne Suhr.
Stock no. 1830647
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In association with The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. If you live in an old house, and want to maintain it to prevent expensive repairs and avoid destruction of the very qualities that make it appealing, this is the book you need. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 204 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711227729. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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SECRET GARDENS OF THE COTSWOLDS: A PERSONAL TOUR OF 20 PRIVATE GARDENS
Written by Victoria Summerley.
Stock no. 1830184
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Unearthing the fascinating stories of the plants and people behind some of the greatest gardens in the Cotswolds. Some of the gardens are strictly private, while others regularly open to visitors, but all can now be savoured and enjoyed along with those who know them best. Large format. Light brown cloth boards, brown title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711235274. Reprint. Light shelf-rubbing to spine and corners else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CARTOONS & CORONETS THE GENIUS OF OSBERT LANCASTER
Written by James Knox. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster.
Stock no. 1329926
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unrivalled selection of illustrations from the Lancaster archive, published to coincide with the Exhibition at the Wallace Collection, London. Yellow boards, blue title to spine. 224 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780711229334. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn to spine and corners.

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A TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES
Written by John Murray; Thomas Gray. Illustrated by Joseph Farington.
Stock no. 1329923
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 159 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780711232686. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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THE LOST CITY OF STOKE-ON-TRENT
Written by Matthew Rice. Illustrated by Matthew Rice.
Stock no. 1828996
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. Circa 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A song for Stoke: a fanfare for one of the great cities of the world's first Industrial Revolution. Matthew Rice's detailed - and often funny - architectural watercolours are the basis of this book. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 152 pages including index. ISBN: 9780711231399. Second printing. Top & tail of spine and lower corners lightly rubbed. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed at edges.

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PARADISE OF EXILES: THE ANGLO-AMERICAN GARDENS OF FLORENCE
Written by Katie Campbell.
Stock no. 2138774
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with copper title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780711229563. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. A few marks to covers and some to title pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with 2-3" tear to top of spine; some fading to spine.

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