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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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FLORIAN'S FARMYARD
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 1328971
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Florian is one of the smallest Shetland ponies ever bred (only 30" high). This book is about all the interesting characters that the author met among Florian's companions. B/w photos throughout by Money. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper has small tears at corners and the printed price to front flap has been crossed out with pencil.

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THE LEAVES RETURN
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328886
Published by Country Life. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A taste of the Devonshire countryside, beautifully illustrated by Tunnicliffe's wood engravings. Green cloth, white titles. 110 pages. 9.75 x 7.25". Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Endpapers are foxed and partially browned. Heavy foxing to top edge of textblock, affecting the margins ever so slightly. Dustwrapper is browned and foxed on verso, is slightly grubby and has a small chip at top of spine.

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ATLAS OF THE DEVON FLORA
Written by R.B. Ivimey-Cook.
Stock no. 1828971
Published by The Devonshire Association. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Flowering plants and ferns. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. xviii and 258 pages including index. Distribution maps. ISBN: 0852140479. Spine faded from green to almost white - title to spine is obscurred. Light rubbing to board edges. Rear board lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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WEST COUNTRY FARMS: HOUSE-AND-ESTATE SURVEYS, 1598-1764
Written by Nat Alcock; Cary Carson.
Stock no. 1828362
Published by Oxbow Books. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This major innovative study explores the significance of a unique type of document that has hitherto been almost unknown to scholars. House-and-estate surveys - which add details of the village's houses, outhouses, and farm buildings to the standard evidence of an estate survey - survive for South-West England for the period from the end of the 16th to the mid-18th century. Large format. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and colour photos. ISBN: 9781842172995. Previous owner's initials and date in ink to top corner of front endpaper. Else a lovely copy.

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THE DARTMOOR REAVES: INVESTIGATING PREHISTORIC LAND DIVISIONS
Written by Andrew Fleming.
Stock no. 1828215
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.; Oxbow Books. 2nd 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition, extended with colour illustrations and two new chapters. A classic of archaeological fieldwork and discovery. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w maps, colour photos. xvi and 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781905119158. Initials & date in ink to half-title page else a lovely copy.

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A WEST COUNTRY PILGRIMAGE
Written by Eden Phillpotts. Illustrated by A.T. Benthall.
Stock no. 1327770
Published by Leonard Parsons. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on blue paper. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers browned. Some light foxing to contents which are generally clean.

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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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CRUCHLEY'S RAILWAY AND STATION MAP OF THE COUNTY OF DEVONSHIRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137680
Published by Gall & Inglis. Fair condition.

Card wraps. Priced Sixpence. Map is creased, chipped, taped back together in places, damp marked. Foxed and fragile, with musty smell.

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SOUTH DEVON
Written by Chas R. Rowe. Illustrated by C.E. Hannaford.
Stock no. 2136979
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 24 colour plates. A & C Blacks 6 shilling series. Spine is faded. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some throughout. Plate pages 72, 104 and 120 have been reattached.

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DEVON: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Ann Jellicoe; Roger Mayne.
Stock no. 1822363
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The authors have made an intensive exploration of the county for their re-writing of the Shell Guide to Devon. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571048366. Light mottling & scuffing to boards. Text block browned. A few foxspots present. Dustwrapper is browned and edge-rubbed with slight loss of surface paper to corners, small pen mark (writing) to top of front flap.

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ASPECTS OF EXETER
Written by Peter Thomas; Jacqueline Warren.
Stock no. 2134883
Published by Baron Jay Ltd.. 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Black boards, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 090459307X.

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