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DEVON (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner; Bridget Cherry.
Stock no. 1328583
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300095961.

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WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764
Written by Nat Alcock; Cary Carson.
Stock no. 1828362
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This major innovative study explores the significance of a unique type of document that has hitherto been almost unknown to scholars. House-and-estate surveys - which add details of the village's houses, outhouses, and farm buildings to the standard evidence of an estate survey - survive for South-West England for the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-18th century. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour photos. ISBN: 9781842172995. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.

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THE DARTMOOR REAVES: INVESTIGATING PREHISTORIC LAND DIVISIONS
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828215
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.; Oxbow Books. 2nd 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, extended with colour illustrations and two new chapters. A classic of archaeological fieldwork and discovery. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, colour photos. xvi and 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119158. Initials & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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A WEST COUNTRY PILGRIMAGE
Written by Eden Phillpotts. Illustrated by A.T. Benthall.
Stock no. 1327770
Published by Leonard Parsons. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on blue paper. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers browned. Some light foxing to contents which are generally clean.

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MATE'S ILLUSTRATED DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324519
Published by W. Mate & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A descriptive and historical guide. Large format. Green boards, white titles. B/w photos. Covers scuffed and marked. Corners are bumped. Slight damage to front pastedown at inner margins (looks like the joint may have been glue repaired?). Red ink spots to textblock/page margins.

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CRUCHLEY'S RAILWAY AND STATION MAP OF THE COUNTY OF DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137680
Published by Gall & Inglis. Fair condition.

Card wraps. Priced Sixpence. Map is creased, chipped, taped back together in places, damp marked. Foxed and fragile, with musty smell.

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SOUTH DEVON
Written by Chas R. Rowe. Illustrated by C.E. Hannaford.
Stock no. 2136979
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 24 colour plates. A & C Blacks 6 shilling series. Spine is faded. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some throughout. Plate pages 72, 104 and 120 have been reattached.

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DEVON: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Ann Jellicoe; Roger Mayne.
Stock no. 1822363
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors have made an intensive exploration of the county for their re-writing of the Shell Guide to Devon. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571048366. Light mottling & scuffing to boards. Text block browned. A few foxspots present. Dustwrapper is browned and edge-rubbed with slight loss of surface paper to corners, small pen mark (writing) to top of front flap.

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ASPECTS OF EXETER
Written by Peter Thomas; Jacqueline Warren.
Stock no. 2134883
Published by Baron Jay Ltd.. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Black boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 090459307X.

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THE TORRINGTON & MARLAND LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by Rod Garner.
Stock no. 2134873
Published by Kestrel Railway Books. 1ST 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0954485971.

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EXMOOR TRAVELLERS
Written by Rosemary Anne Lauder.
Stock no. 2134592
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An anthology drawing on the accounts of Exmoor travellers and visitors over the past 200 years. Large oblong format. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0750903155. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut, edge-creased with a tear to base of spine; repaired with sticky tape.

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THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOL IV
Written by John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Stock no. 2134499
Published by Vernor & Hood. 1st 1803. Very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt title to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. Includes Devonshire and Dorsetshire. 29 b/w plates. 560 pages + booklist. Spine is faded; a few scuffs. Browning and foxing to covers and pages internally.

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