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NORFOLK & SUFFOLK
Written by W.G. Clarke. Illustrated by A. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 2137334
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Embossed border to front cover. 40 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; grubby marks and spotting to covers. Foxing throughout - some heavy (e.g. page 89).

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HANDO'S GWENT VOLUME II
Written by Chris Barber. Illustrated by Fred J. Hando.
Stock no. 2137311
Published by Blorenge Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Front cover depicting The Monnow Bridge at Monmouth: back cover depicting Llanfoist Church. Superb b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0951044494. SIGNED by author to title page. A few light marks to outer page edges.

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ABOUT CHEPSTOW
Written by Ivor Waters; C. Gordon Jolliffe. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 2137310
Published by Newport & Monmouthshire Historical Association; The Chepstow Society. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An interesting account of Chepstow with 9 black and white illustrations and pictorial map. Preface by Jolliffe. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks; faded to spine and edges.

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CHILDREN AT THE CHANTRY
Written by Eleanor J. Owen. Illustrated by Hester Martin-Harvey.
Stock no. 1823551
Published by The Mendip Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

White card wraps. B/w plates. A childhood at the Chantry in Somerset. A few light foxspots to cover. Original glassine wrapper present but torn with a large amount of loss to rear. Slight mustiness present.

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WORCESTERSHIRE
Written by A.G. Bradley. Illustrated by Thomas Tyndale.
Stock no. 1823538
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Original pale blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 24 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding map to rear. Top edge gilt. A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. viii and 181 pages including index, 2 page publisher adverts for books in same series to rear. Spine browned, red marks to rear cover lower edge and rear edge of spine. Endpapers and prelims browned and fragile. All plates present and lightly browned. Rear joint cracking. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.

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LONDON VANISHED & VANISHING
Written by Philip Norman. Illustrated by Philip Norman.
Stock no. 2137238
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

A. & C. Black Colour Book. Dark green/blue cloth, gilt. 75 tissue-guarded and captioned colour plates. A & C Black 20/- Shillings Series. 2 page original booklist, plus 4 page newer booklist to rear. Circa date from dates of books first published to booklist in rear. Spine is bumped and browned. Bumping to corners. Some marks to covers. Joints are a bit cracked. Front endpaper has small tear holes/slats, where someone has had a name plate or something similar in book previously. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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FAMILIAR LONDON
Written by Rose Barton. Illustrated by Rose Barton.
Stock no. 2137236
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1904. Fair condition.

Dark red cloth with rose design printed in red, green and yellow on front cover and spine. Gilt titles to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 61 tissue-guarded colour plates. 3000 copies printed. A & C Black Colour Book 20 Shilling series. 4 page booklist to rear. Circa date from books listed in booklist to rear. Possibly published in same year as first, but first impression didn't contain the 4 page booklist. Spine is browned, with a little fraying to cloth at top and tail. Front joint is BROKEN! Only partially held on by a little stitching at top; this means the binding is weak/fragile. Page edge browning, with a few grubby marks.

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LONDON
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff; G.E. Mitton. Illustrated by Gordon Home; John Fulleylove; J.H. Hartley; et al..
Stock no. 2137235
Published by A. & C. Black. 1929. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. 32 colour plates. A & C Black Colour Book Popular series. Revised by Mitton. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE TOWER OF LONDON
Written by Arthur Poyser. Illustrated by John Fulleylove.
Stock no. 2137123
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black Colour Book 7s 6d Series. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. Folding plan of the Tower. Booklist to rear (shiny). Possible variant first/early edition, as booklist to rear lists books published 1908. Spine is browned with couple of splits to top. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. A few grubby margin marks. All plates present.

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MIDDLESEX
Written by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. Illustrated by John Fulleylove.
Stock no. 2137118
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and sabre vignette to front cover and spine. 20 tissue-guarded colour plates. Top edge gilt. Folding map to rear. A & C Black Colour 7s 6d Series. Black's Beautiful Books Booklist to rear (4 sides). Possible first variant or early reprint, but has booklist to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Browning to spine. Some foxing and browning. Plate opposite page 28 is slightly ragged. Grubby margin marks. Margin marks plate opposite page 94. Some hinges are cracked.

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THE DROVERS' ROADS OF WALES II PEMBROKESHIRE AND THE SOUTH
Written by Shirley Toulson.
Stock no. 2137101
Published by Whittet Books. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos by Caroline Forbes. ISBN: 0905483987. Some light cover corner creasing.

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