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SURREY: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Bruce Watkin.
Stock no. 1826369
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571096093. Light mottling to edges of boards, more so to rear board, else boards clean and bright. Contents clean. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE BOOK OF KINGSTON
Written by Shaan Butters.
Stock no. 1826035
Published by Baron Birch. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. The story of Kingston in Surrey. ISBN: 0860235629. Light scuffing to boards. Slight grubbiness to text block. Contents clean. Number 346 of a Limited Edition.

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THE HISTORY OF BROOKLANDS MOTOR COURSE
Written by William Boddy.
Stock no. 1824579
Published by Grenville Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1957. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

A comprehensive history of the famous Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey covering the period of 1906 to 1940, when the Track was in active use as a venue for motor-racing, testing and record-breaking. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xv and 368 pages including index. Boards heavily mottled. Name label to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Foxing to text block and throughout contents (not too heavy). Price-cut blue dustwrapper is repaired and strengthened with mostly clear tape (now yellowed with age), repair to rear panel has a white label, dustwrapper is grubby. Also contains relevant newspaper articles loosely inserted.

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ENGLISH WINDMILLS VOLUME I
Written by M.I. Batten.
Stock no. 2137717
Published by The Architectural Press. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue/green cloth with dark titles. Containing a history of their origin and development, with records of mills in Kent, Surry and Sussex. B/w photos. Some bumping and wear to covers. Foxing and page browning. Wrapper is very browned to spine with edge-chipping and nicks; a little loss; some foxing.

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CRUCHLEY'S RAILWAY AND STATION MAP OF THE COUNTY OF SURREY
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137679
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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EAST SURREY
Written by Bell Street.
Stock no. 2128567
Published by H.J. Publications. 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased to edges, with couple of repaired tears; some scuffing.

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BIRDS IN SURREY 1900-1970
Written by Donald Parr.
Stock no. 2127542
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An authoritative survey of Surrey's birds. Mottled blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 293 pages including index. ISBN: 0713403292. Bookplate to front pastedown. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Browning/foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some fading to spine; edge browning.

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BUTTERFLIES OF SURREY
Written by Graham A. Collins.
Stock no. 1815914
Published by Surrey Wildlife Trust. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A detailed study of all Surrey's butterflies. Identification guide and information about each species and its distribution. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 87 pages including index. ISBN: 095260650X.

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THE WEALD (NN 26)
Written by S.W. Wooldridge; Frederick Goldring.
Stock no. 1815361
Published by Collins. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 26. Green cloth, gilt title. 8 colour photos. 25 b/w photos. 53 maps and diagrams. Fourth Impression. Corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper which is lightly creased. Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned to rear panel and has a couple of small closed tears to top edge, spine is NOT faded.

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RICHMOND AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM THE OLDEN TIME
Written by Richard Crisp.
Stock no. 2118593
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Marston. 1866. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; gilt title. With Memoirs and Notes. 7 b/w plates, including frontis. Scuffing and wear to leather on spine and corner edges. A few marks to covers. Grubby marks to a few pages; mostly to prelims. Some pencil annotation to a few pages.

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OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN
Written by Agnes Castle; Egerton Castle. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404229
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1914. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers, gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Endpapers are illustrated. 8 beautiful guarded colour plates and many b/w text illustrations throughout. 304 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Couple of marks to rear board. Front and rear joint starting to crack. A few hinges pulled. Heavy foxing to prelims and last few pages. Foxing throughout book including verso of plates. One plate has a small nick to one edge.

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THE PARISH OF BEDDINGTON IN THE YEAR 1837
Written by Ronald Michell.
Stock no. 1605575
Published by Beddington, Carshalton & Wallington Archaeological Society. 1991. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Revised edition. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0950148156. SIGNED by author (with dedication) on title page.

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