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DISCOVERING LACOCK
Written by Graham Watling. Illustrated by Graham Watling.
Stock no. 2116300
Published by G. & J.M. Watling. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. An Illustrated Guide and Personal Tribute by the Silversmith of Lacock. SIGNED by author, with inscription to previous owner on the first day of publication. 2-3" to top of spine is damaged to one side - split, but appears to have been partially repaired. Some foxing.

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THE FLORA OF BRISTOL
Written by James Walter White.
Stock no. 1606462
Published by Chatford House Press Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Being an Account of all the Flowering Plants, Ferns, and their Allies That Have at Any Time Been Found in the District of the Bristol Coal-Fields. A facsimile of the 1912 edition. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 722 pages. 3 b/w plates and a map. Limited to 400 copies. ISBN: 0950083658. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper, with partially erased pencil annotation. Wrapper is faded to spine and edge torn with a little loss.

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THEY MET IN A BARN
Written by Molly Hoy; Alfred Hoy.
Stock no. 1712387
1987. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. The Story of Congregationalism in Stroud 1687-1987. B/w photos. 152 pages. ISBN: 0951220209. First few pages appear to have been reattached, but now held in solidly.

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ADAM'S CHRONICLE OF BRISTOL
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114212
Published by J.W. Arrowsmith. 1910. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Facsimile page of original to front. Reprint edition. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some damp marking to corners. Scuffing. Page browning, with some damp marking.

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COLLETT'S FARTHING NEWSPAPER: THE BOWERCHALKE VILLAGE NEWSPAPER 1878-1924
Written by Rex Sawyer.
Stock no. 1808795
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a newspaper like no other, written and printed every week for over forty years in the remote South Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke by its remarkable vicar, the Revd Edward Collett. Originally published as The Bowerchalke Parish Papers: Collett's Village Newspaper, 1878-1924 in 1989 by Alan Sutton Publishing. A completely revissed and reset edition with additional illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 166 pages including index. ISBN: 0946418225. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwapper is unevenly faded and lightly edge-worn.

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TWO IN A VALLEY
Written by Stephen Gwynn. Illustrated by R. Beddington.
Stock no. 1605745
Published by Rich and Cowan. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w plates and illustrations. A book about the Cotswolds. Spine bumped, some dents to board edges. Some foxing. Wrapper is browned and foxed with tears and edge chips, a little loss.

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THE FLORA OF WILTSHIRE
Written by D. Grose.
Stock no. 2112493
Published by W.A.N.H.S. Devizes. 1957. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. iv + 824 pages. B/w photos. A few marks to covers. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Small bookplate to front pastedown.

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A REVIEW OF THE CORNISH FLORA 1980
Written by L.J. Margetts; R.W. David.
Stock no. 2112307
Published by Institute Of Cornish Studies. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first comprehensive survey of all the flowering plants and ferns of Cornwall (including casuals) to appear since Davey's 'Flora' (1909) and Thurston and Vigurs' 'Supplement' (1922). Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w photos. vi and 388 pages including index. ISBN: 0903686341. Some light page browning. Wrapper has been covered with clear adhesive film, to protect it from wear.

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DAUGHTER OF WYEDEAN AND KERNOW: NOTES FROM A WEST COUNTRY CHILDHOOD
Written by Jessie M. Stonham.
Stock no. 1808100
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography. The author's childhood in Ross on Wye, her move to Weston Under Penyard, her visits to the Forest of Dean. Her long periods in Cornwall. ISBN: 0904110648. Name in ink to front endpaper else contents fine. Green wrapper is grubby and worn at corners.

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A HISTORY OF WILTSHIRE VOLUME II
Written by R.B. Pugh; Elizabeth Crittall.
Stock no. 1807741
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title and vignette to spine, gilt crest to front. xvii and 245 pages. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE COTSWOLDS
Written by Anthea Jones.
Stock no. 2111288
Published by Phillimore. 1997. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Photographs by Glyn Jones. Colour and b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0850338832. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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