ST HELENA BRITANNICA: STUDIES IN SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLAND HISTORY
Written by Trevor W. Hearl; Alexander Hugo Schulenburg.
Stock no. 1830817
Published by Society Of Friends Of St Helena. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

These papers had previously been published only as typescript leaflets and in small specialist journals. The chapters cover aspects of St Helena's history from its discovery in the 1950s, including sixteenth and seventeenth century visitors and surgeons, East Indis shipping, the island's Huguenots and Baptists, telegraphs, and the Napoleonic period, island merchants, horse racing, Darwin and other natural historians, church memorials, photography and publishing, as well as St Helena's role as a whaling port and coaling station. Edited by Alexander Hugo Schulenburg. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. xxxiv and 341 pages including index. ISBN: 9780957491809. Couple of tiny foxspots to top edge of text block. Inscription in ink to dedication page. Else a clean copy. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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PORTRAITS OF ISLANDS
Written by Eileen Molony; John Betjeman; Clough Williams-Ellis.
Stock no. 1830815
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Islands around the British coast. Edited by Eileen Molony. Including items by John Betjeman, Clough Williams-Ellis and others. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 147 pages. Spine lightly faded, boards lightly marked/stained. Minor foxing to text block. Name in ink stamped and written in biro to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is browned, foxerd, and edge-worn/rubbed, small closed tear to top front edge with tiny amount of loss.

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CATHEDRAL CATS
Written by Richard Surman.
Stock no. 1830808
Published by Harper Collins Religious. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book to enchant cat lovers everywhere, and perhaps the most unusual guide to British cathedrals ever produced! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Striking colour photographs by the author. 87 pages. ISBN: 000627658X. Clear laminate covering dustwrapper has been stuck to the boards with tape at top and tail of flaps. Text block has tiny foxspots. 'Christmas 1994' written in ink to top of verso of front endpaper. Else contents clean. A few marks to clear laminate and light scuffing.

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THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE
Written by W.G. Hoskins; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 1830735
Published by Folio Society. 2006. Very good condition.

Introduction by Keith Thomas. Yellow and brown pictorial cloth. B/w photos. xxix and 280 pages including index. Second printing. Spine faded. Minor mark to rear board. Contents are fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed.

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THE ANATOMY OF THE VILLAGE
Written by Thomas Sharp.
Stock no. 1830725
Published by Penguin. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

An essay which attempts to set out in a brief and direct form some of the main principles of village planning. Oblong format, card wraps. B/w photos. 72 pages. Corners of covers & top and tail of spine lightly worn. Foxing to spine. Covers are lightly browned. Contents clean.

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RIDES ROUND BRITAIN
Written by John Byng; Donald Adamson. Illustrated by Anne Hayward.
Stock no. 1830693
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Donald Adamson. Brown cloth spine with dark brown title blocks and gilt titles, marbled paper boards. B/w engravings. Top edge dark brown. xix and 505 pages including index. Spine faded from brown to orange else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly scuffed.

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THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE 1920-1950
Written by Ian Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1830648
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A visual tour of Britain. A dazzling series of delightful and warmly evocative colour and b/w plates. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher's vignette to front. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 0500233985. Minor browning/foxing to top edge of text block. Browning to gutter edge of prelims else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.

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A TOUR THROUGH THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN
Written by Daniel Defoe; P.N. Furbank; W.R. Owens; A.J. Coulson.
Stock no. 1830557
Published by Folio Society. 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by P.N. Furbank, W.R. Owens and A.J. Coulson. Originally published in three volumes between 1724 and 1726. This edition follows the text of the illustrated, abridged edition first published by Yale University Press in 1991, with minor emendations. Large format. Dark green cloth spine with gilt title. Green and gilt map of part of the UK on front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. 524 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at the edges of the pictorial onlay.

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FELLING THE ANCIENT OAKS: HOW ENGLAND LOST ITS GREAT COUNTRY ESTATES
Written by John Martin Robinson.
Stock no. 1830441
Published by Aurum Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The author chronicles twenty of England's most sadly lost estates, telling the history of the aristocratic dynasty that founded them, explaining the nexus of mercantile and economic circumstances that led to their often fabulously prosperous peak, and then tracing the various and occasionally outlandish reasons for their decline and eventual dissolution. Large format. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w photos. 207 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845136703. Light rubbing to base of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE CASTLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES: AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY
Written by D.J. Cathcart King.
Stock no. 1830423
Published by Croom Helm Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive treatment of the archaeology of the castles of England and Wales including a section on the castles of the Welsh. Light blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 210 pages including index. ISBN: 0709948298. Light foxing to top edge of text block else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly creased across top edge and has minor foxing to top edge of rear flap.

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MORE ADVENTURES AMONG CHURCHES
Written by Donald Maxwell. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell.
Stock no. 1329817
Published by The Faith Press Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. 136 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and faded. Light mark to front cover. Foxing else contents clean.

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WOODS & PEOPLE: PUTTING FORESTS ON THE MAP
Written by David Foot.
Stock no. 1329706
Published by The History Press. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the twentieth-century forest creation, and the Eureka moment in the 1980s that challenged foresters and conservationists to work together on new ideas. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780752452784. Some very minor spotting to endpapers else contents fine. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and foxed on verso.

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