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THE MOTORING ENCYCLOPEDIA & TOURING GAZETTEER OF THE BRITISH ISLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824851
Published by The Amalgamated Press. Circa 1933. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 3,000 b/w photos & working diagrams. Complete in one volume. 820 pages. Splash marks & scuffing to front board, rear boards mottled and scuffed. Foxing to endpapers. Contents clean and binding tight.

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MATE'S ILLUSTRATED DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324519
Published by W. Mate & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

A descriptive and historical guide. Large format. Green boards, white titles. B/w photos. Covers scuffed and marked. Corners are bumped. Slight damage to front pastedown at inner margins (looks like the joint may have been glue repaired?). Red ink spots to textblock/page margins.

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF DEATH: THE NEOLITHIC CHAMBERED TOMBS IN WALES
Written by George Nash.
Stock no. 1824744
Published by Logaston Press. 1st 2006. Very good condition.

Describing the 100 chambered tombs wihtin Wales that have significant remains. Oblond format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 190439633X. Cover edges lightly rubbed, rear cover has previous seller's label. Gift inscription in ink to title page else contents clean.

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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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A HISTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE: HUNDRED OF CALDICOT (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Joseph Bradney.
Stock no. 1824724
Published by Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition.

Three volumes. Very large format. Beige cloth spine. Light grey boards. Parts I, II and III of volume IV. B/w illustrations. Boards lightly browned, cloth spines very slightly grubby. Foxing to text blocks. Tape marks at gutter edge of title page and first page of volume I. A few foxspots present. Volume I is first edition 1929, volume II is first edition 1932, volume III is first edition 1933. A very handsome set.

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CHEPSTOW ROAD BRIDGES
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1824701
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Limited to 180 copies. Slim card wrap booklet. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906134005. Fading to spine edges. Covers slightly grubby. Contents clean. This is number 28 of 180 numbered copies.

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INVERARAY AND THE DUKES OF ARGYLL
Written by Ian G. Lindsay; Mary Cosh.
Stock no. 1824682
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the building of Inveraray, a West Highland capital, by the 3rd and 5th Dukes of Argyll. Large format. Grey mottled boards, Blue title label with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0852241879. Spine faded, uneven fading to boards and a few marks. Text block browned and has some foxing. Bookplate to front endpaper and inscription partially crossed out in ink. Contents clean. Pale blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.

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OUR OWN COUNTRY. DESCRIPTIVE, HISTORICAL, PICTORIAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824681
Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Special Edition. Red cloth boards, decorative front board and spine. Gilt titles. Bevelled edges. Embossed pattern to rear board. Four tissue-guarded steel engraved plates to front. Many b/w illustrations throughout. viii and 320 pages. Spine faded and worn at top & tail. Rear board a little marked. Text block browned & foxed. Bookplate to front endpaper. Joints starting to crack but binding is tight. Foxing present, mainly to tissue guards, a few spots to contents. Hinge between page 152 and 153 pulled wide to lower half but tight.

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A GRASS ROPE TO CATCH A UNICORN: WENSLEYDALE WILD FLOWERS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS
Written by Janet Rawlins. Illustrated by Janet Rawlins.
Stock no. 1824666
Published by Bain Falls Publishing. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Janet Rawlins painted this collection of wild flowers as relaxation, whilst carryng out commissions for large scale machine-embroidered fabric collages. Janet Rawlins has observed and loved Wensleydale, with illustrations, landscape paintings and tose famous collages, all in her own inimitable style. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout, many watercolour. ISBN: 9780992866006. Signed by the artist 'for (the previous owner)'. Top & tail of spine slightly bumped, small knock to top edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-creased, tiny tear (no loss to top edge of rear panel, previous bookseller's label to rear panel.

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WELSH STICK CHAIRS
Written by John Brown.
Stock no. 1824654
Published by Stobart Davies. 1st thus 2009. Almost very good condition.

Revised edition with a new introduction by Nick Gibbs. Green card wraps, black titles. 94 pages including index. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780854420834. A few grubby marks to covers. Previous bookseller's label to rear cover. Damp stain (coffee?) to top margins of pages 87 - rear cover (does not affect text). A few pages are lightly crinkled from damp.

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THE STORY OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE BOTANY
Written by Graeme L.D. Coles.
Stock no. 1324184
Published by Yorkshire Naturalists' union. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. The flora Sheffieldiensis of Jonathan Salt ISBN: 9780956537812. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

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THE MAPPING OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by D.P.M. Michael.
Stock no. 1324177
Published by Regional Publications. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

A descriptive catalogue of pre-Victorian Maps of the County From Saxton in 1577 with details of British Atlases published during that period. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. A valuable reference work. ISBN: 0906570182. Slight browning to spine and cover edges. Contents clean.

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