THIS NORTH DEVON OF OURS
Written by Arthur H. Slee.
Stock no. 1829427
1935. Very good condition.

A history of North Devon. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front board only. B/w photos and illustrations. 89 pages. Spine browned and worn to top & tail with sloght loss of cloth to tail. Boards lightly marked. Foxing to text block and prelims. Endpapers browned. A few foxspots to contents.

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EXMOOR TRAVELLERS
Written by Rosemary Anne Lauder.
Stock no. 1829423
Published by Alan Sutton. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An anthology drawing on the accounts of Exmoor travellers and visitors over the past 200 years. Oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ix and 142 pages including index. ISBN: 0750903155. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, very lightly faded to spine, slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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GLORIOUS DEVON
Written by S.P.B. Mais.
Stock no. 1829402
Published by Great Western Railway Company. 2nd 1929. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Pictorial cardwraps. Maps to endpapers. B/w photos and pen-and-ink sketches, maps. viii and 151 pages including index. Vertical creases to spine & top & tail of spine lightly worn (reading use). Covers are browned, a little grubby and lightly edge-rubbed. A few foxspots present. Binding is tight but a little fragile through use.

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SECRET BIDEFORD
Written by Peter Christie.
Stock no. 1829401
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book goes behind the facade of the familiar medival town to discover lesser-known aspects of its fascinating past ranging from its strategic Anglo-Saxon importance to its high-profile witch trials in the seventeenth century. From its chapels, churches and graveyards to its former patrons and men of industry, Bideford is revealed to be a town of historic importance. Cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 96 pages. ISBN: 9781445644844. A nice, clean copy.

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ILLUSTRATIONS OF OLD BIDEFORD: VOLUME NINE
Written by Peter Christie.
Stock no. 1829400
Published by Edward Gaskell Publishers. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos of times-gone-by. 158 pages. ISBN: 9781906769703. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Light waving to contents else contents clean.

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A HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE, BARNSTAPLE
Written by R.J.E. Boggis.
Stock no. 1829399
Published by Cross And Jackman. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Includes an early history of Barnstaple. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. 204 pages including index plus list of subscribers to rear. Spine lightly browned. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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TWO VILLAGES
Written by R.F. Bidgood.
Stock no. 1829391
2nd Very good condition.

2nd Edition. The story of Mortehoe and Woolacombe. Grey pictorial card wraps. Staple bound booklet. B/w photos. 64 pages plus folding map to rear. Undated. Spine browned. Staples rusting but still firm. Small previous owner label to inside front cover. Text block browned. Contents clean.

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THE "NIGHTINGALE" SCANDAL
Written by Stanley Thomas. Illustrated by John Dyke.
Stock no. 1829390
Published by Gazette Printing Service. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Lundy & North Devon in the 18th century. An account of the career of a merchant of the 18th century; a man no better and, perhaps, no worse than his contemporaries, who traded from a small port in Devonshire, but whose name became known throughout the land, Thomas Benson. Pictorial cardwrap booklet with staple binding. A few b/w drawings. 75 pages. Edges lightly rubbed, spine lightly faded to rear. Staples are rusting with some bleeding but still firm. Tiny foxspots to text block.

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THE SAXON CONQUEST OF SOMERSET AND DEVON
Written by H.M. Porter.
Stock no. 1829381
Published by James Brodie Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's attempt to solve the many obscure problems surrounding the origins of Somerset and Devon. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 87 pages including index. Includes 2 page letter from the author to the recipient. Fading to rear board. Foxing and browning to text block. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few closed tears, is a little scuffed and is grubby to rear panel.

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JAN STEWER: A WESTCOUNTRY BIOGRAPHY
Written by Douglas J. Cock.
Stock no. 1829380
Published by Moonraker Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the story of two people who were almost indivisibly one: A.J. Coles, the creator, and Jan Stewer, the creation. The whole of the west country knew Jan Stewer who was 'one of the most relishing dialect humorists the regions of Britain have ever produced.' This book is both a period piece and an evocative account of a character who was the authentic popular voice of a region. Mustard brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. 103 pages including index. ISBN: 0239001923. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Yellow dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine.

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THE OLD PARISH CHURCHES OF DEVON
Written by Mike Salter.
Stock no. 1829265
Published by Folly Publications. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition.

This book describes all the features of interest dating from the Saxon period up until the 1790s to be seen in 470 parish churches and chapels in Devon. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and floor plans. 223 pages plus glossary. ISBN: 1871731399. Small mark to last couple of pages else a very nice copy.

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FLORIAN'S FARMYARD
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 1328971
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Florian is one of the smallest Shetland ponies ever bred (only 30" high). This book is about all the interesting characters that the author met among Florian's companions. B/w photos throughout by Money. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper has small tears at corners and the printed price to front flap has been crossed out with pencil.

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