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THE WORTHING ROAD AND ITS COACHES
Written by Henrey Smail.
Stock no. 1826313
Published by Aldridge Bros. 2nd 1944. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 2nd edition. Endpapers show the road from London to Worthing in strip map form. The Worthing Pageant Series. Boards grubby and lightly marked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few marks mainly to margins.

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EAST SUSSEX: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by W.S. Mitchell.
Stock no. 1826293
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571107516. Light rubbing to lower board edges, minor pale marks to rear board. Foxing to prelims. Half-title page has a grease stripe (pale) about 2" wide from top to bottom at gutter edge. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly marked on front flap (again, very minor) and lightly scuffed.

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WHITEHAWK HILL: WHERE THE TURF MEETS THE SURF
Written by David Bangs.
Stock no. 1824741
Published by David Bangs. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

A landscape history and natural history of Brighton's most remarkable Downland survival. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations, colour illustrations to centre. ISBN: 0954863801. Light rubbing to corners and top & tail of spine. Sticky ISBN label to rear cover. Contents clean.

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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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MERLIN & THE SABRE
Written by Ken Rimell.
Stock no. 1823185
Published by K. Rimell. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of Royal Air Force Apuldram 1943-1945. Large format. White cardwraps. Staple-bound booklet. B/w photos. 36 pages. Light browning and creasing to covers. Contents clean.

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IT STARTED WITH A MAP: THE STORY OF THE BOGNOR REGIS ADVANCED LANDING GROUND 1943-1944
Written by Sylvia Endacott.
Stock no. 1823049
Published by S. Endacott. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

The story of a forgotten World War II Advanced Landing Ground in Bognor Regis, long since returned to agriculture. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1933570997. Uneven fading to spine edges and rear cover. Base of spine bumped with closed tear. Otherwise contents fine.

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GEORGIAN LEWES 1714-1830: THE HEYDAY OF A COUNTY TOWN
Written by Colin Brent.
Stock no. 1822357
Published by Colin Brent Books. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A readable but tightly organised account of Georgian Lewes, a county town at the height of its economic and cultural vigour. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Cream pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0952242303. Name & date in ink to half-title page. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Blue dustwrapper is faded to spine and top front edge, lightly edge-creased and a couple of small nicks to spine.

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THE RYE & CAMBER TRAMWAY
Written by Peter A. Harding.
Stock no. 2133729
Published by Peter A. Harding. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0950941417. Spine has faded.

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A GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF SUSSEX
Written by G. Des Forges; D.D. Harber.
Stock no. 2127599
Published by Oliver & Boyd. 1st 1963. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Damp marking to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine; couple of tear repairs to verso.

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THE BIRDS OF SUSSEX THEIR PRESENT STATUS
Written by Michael Shurbb.
Stock no. 2127597
Published by Phillimore. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Main habitats in the county and species found in them, together with a systematic list of species and their current status. B/w photos. ISBN: 0850333261. Bookplate to front pastedown. From the personal library of Bryan L. Sage, distinguished naturalist and author. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE KENT & EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY
Written by John Scott-Morgan.
Stock no. 2126770
Published by Oxford Publishing Co. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780860936084.

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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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