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WREXHAM & SHROPSHIRE: OPEN ACCESS - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Written by Richard Harper.
Stock no. 1829072
Published by Adlestrop Press. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the extraordinary story of the service between Wrexham, Shropshire and London (Marylebone) that ran between 2008 and 2011, told by the people that ran it, and the people that promoted it. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour maps to endpapers. Colour photos throughout. 256 pages. ISBN: 9780957145610. SIGNED with personal dedication by author, Richard Harper, and Adrian Shooter (fellow railway transport author) on verso of front endpaper. Ink from signatures imprinted on title page. Else Contents clean. Light rubbing to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges.

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THE FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by H. Edward Forrest.
Stock no. 1828991
Published by L. Wilding. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes found in the county of Salop. Photographic plates and portraits. Green cloth, gilt titles. 248 and vi pages. Spine lightly browned, boards have a few minor marks, corners are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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ECOLOGICAL FLORA OF THE SHROPSHIRE REGION
Written by C.A. Sinker; J.R. Packham; et al. Illustrated by Anne Gilbert; Lindsay Brown.
Stock no. 1828929
Published by Shropshire Trust For Nature Conservation. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book ranges beyond the county boundary to include interesting and important parts of neighbouring counties, especially on the Welsh side. Large format. Dark orange cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. One acetate overlay included. xvi and 344 pages including index. ISBN: 095086370X. Heavy bump to lower rear edge of spine but not affecting contents. Acetate overlay is present. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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SHROPSHIRE (BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND)
Written by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 1828688
Published by Yale University Press. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black vinyl covers, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0300096429. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has light browning to top and bottom of inside flaps and is lightly scuffed.

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THE NEGLECTED MOUNTAIN
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1328157
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine story. Buff cloth, red titles and pine tree vignette. Endpapers are maps. 248 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A couple of foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners and is slightly grubby to rear panel.

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STRANGERS AT WITCHEND
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1328155
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. Top edge red. A Lone Pine adventure based in Shropshire. ISBN: 0001602908. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small erased pencil mark to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher and has a tiny nick at top of spine.

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MAN WITH THREE FINGERS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Michael Whittlesea.
Stock no. 1328151
Published by Newnes. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This exciting and fast-moving story is the 16th adventure of the Lone Piners once more set against the background of the Shropshire hills. Green covers, gilt titles and Lone Pine vignette. Maps to endpapers. B/w illustrations. 183 pages. Spine is very slightly bumped. Pale foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and just a tiny bit grubby to white rear panel.

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NOT SCARLET BUT GOLD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by A.R. Whitear.
Stock no. 1328109
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt titles. Map endpapers. Black and white illustrations in text. A Lone Pine adventure. Spine slightly bumped. Small name and address in ink have been crossed out on front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has old tape marks to edges (tape no longer present) and is very slightly wrinkled.

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THE SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
Written by John Marshall.
Stock no. 1327928
Published by David St John Thomas; David & Charles. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages. ISBN: 0946537453. Spine slightly bumped. White marks at top and tail of spine edges of covers. Dustwrapper is faded and creased at spine.

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THE CLEOBURY MORTIMER AND DITTON PRIORS LIGHT RAILWAY
Written by M.R.C. Price.
Stock no. 1827762
Published by The Oakwood Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition.

Locomotion Papers 21. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Covers lightly browned and a little grubby. Contents clean.

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ALL ROUND THE WREKIN
Written by Walter White.
Stock no. 1326578
Published by Chapman & Hall. 2nd 1860. Almost very good condition.

A walk around the Wrekin in Shropshire, taking in Leominster, Shrewsbury, Birmingham etc. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in heavy pencil to front free-endpaper. Black biro doodles (blotting out previous writing) to top margin of title-page. Pencil erasure mark to top margin of page 1. Lower corner tip of page 23/4 removed (no loss of text). Some light foxing and some hinges pulled but generally contents clean and tight.

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NOT SCARLET BUT GOLD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by A.R. Whitear.
Stock no. 2139428
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1ST 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. B/w chapter headpieces. Maps to endpapers. 246 pages. Page edge browning, with a few light marks. Wrapper has a little edge-creasing with a few nicks/chips to corners and edges.

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