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SHETLAND
Written by Norman Newton.
Stock no. 1829285
Published by The Pevensey Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The essential guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee: everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 0907115950. Light rubbing to base of spine. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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FOULA: ISLAND WEST OF THE SUN
Written by Sheila Gear.
Stock no. 1829283
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Far out to the west of Shetland lies the island of Foula - a gigantic rock rising 1373 feet out of the Atlantic, supporting a population of about forty who make a precarious living by crofting and fishing. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 222 pages including index. ISBN: 0709196733. Reprint. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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COTSWOLD COUNTRY (THE FACE OF BRITAIN)
Written by H.J. Massingham.
Stock no. 1829271
Published by B.T. Batsford. 2nd 1942. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition, revised. A Survey of Limestone England from the Dorset Coast to Lincolnshire. Colour frontis. B/w photos. The Face of Britain Series. viii and 120 pages. Beige cloth boards lightly mottled. Foxing to text block, prelims and some pages. Price-cut Brian Cook dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, spine is browned with 1cm loss to top of spine and worn at base of spine, is lightly browned with minimal foxing.

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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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Y GEIRIADUR MAWR: THE COMPLETE WELSH-ENGLISH ENGLISH-WELSH DICTIONARY
Written by H. Meurig Evans; W.O. Thomas.
Stock no. 1829263
Published by Gomer Press. 27th 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Twenty-Seventh Edition. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 367 pages. ISBN: 9780850884623. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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TOURIST'S GUIDE TO GLOUCESTERSHIRE: HILL, VALE, AND FOREST
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 1829260
Published by Edward Stanford. 1896. Very good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Fold-out map to front. 127 pages including index plus local advertisements to rear. 1888 to title page but adverts to rear are dated 1896-97. Boards lightly rubbed at edges. Text block browned. Light browning to contents and a few minor foxspots present.

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BATTLE OVER PORTSMOUTH: A CITY AT WAR IN 1940
Written by P.E. Jenkins.
Stock no. 1829250
Published by Middleton Press. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

During the tumultuous months of 1940, Portsmouth was mutilated by some of the fiercest air raids outside London and was subjected to the threat of invasion and the uncertainties of the Battle of Britain. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 117 pages including index and publisher advert to rear. ISBN: 0906520290. Second reprint. Mark where price label existed to rear board. A few light scuff marks. Contents clean.

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THE BUMPER BOOK OF WEYMOUTH
Written by Maureen Attwooll.
Stock no. 1829226
Published by Halsgrove. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An encyclopaedic treasury providing a fascinating glimpse into Weymouth's history. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 9781871164527. Boards clean and bright. A few minor marks to prelims. Else a lovely copy. Blue pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks and is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ENGLAND
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1329017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224031619. Slight bumping to spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and spine edges and is slightly edge crease. Small stain to edge of front panel.

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THE BOOK OF ALMONDSBURY
Written by Roy S. Walker.
Stock no. 1829210
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Almondsbury and its people to 1920. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Limited edition with list of subscribers to rear. ISBN: 0860232816. This is copy number 76. A nice copy. Brown pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and very lightly scuffed.

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THE MABINOGION
Written by Gwyn Jones; Thomas Jones. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1829171
Published by Dragon's Dream. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Eleven stories vividly translated from medieval Welsh, replete with magicians, hags, dragons, ogres and magical animals. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Superb illustrations in colour. ISBN: 9063329113. Light fading to top of spine. A few grubby marks to covers. Text block browned. Contents clean. Cigarette odour present.

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MERMAID TO MERRYMAID: JOURNEY TO THE STONES
Written by Ian Cooke.
Stock no. 1829159
Published by Men-An-Tol. 2nd 1996. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Mermaid To Merrymaid. Nine walks to ancient sites in the Land's End peninsula, Cornwall. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos and a few colour. B/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0951237179. Covers a little scuffed. Text block and page edges browned. Else contents clean.

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