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THE WILD CHERRY
Written by Diana Ross. Illustrated by Gri.
Stock no. 1325819
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories. Orange cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight darkening to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly marked, faded to spine and front edges.

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NORTH WALES: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Elisabeth Beazley; Lionel Brett.
Stock no. 1826375
Published by Faber & Faber. 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Caernarvonshire, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571097561. Reprint. A lovely copy in price-cut pictorial dustwrapper which has a date written in ink to top of front flap.

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LINCOLNSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Jack Yates; Henry Thorold.
Stock no. 1826374
Published by Faber & Faber. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571062970. Third impression. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Text block lightly browned and lightly foxed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has small inscription ink to top of front flap, and is ligthly browned.

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WARWICKSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Douglas Hickman.
Stock no. 1826373
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571108318. Boards clean and bright, as are the contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has initials and a date in ink to top of front flap, light creasing to lower edge of rear panel, light rubbing to lower corners.

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HEREFORDSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by David Verey.
Stock no. 1826372
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w photos. Boards clean and bright. Small name in ink to top of half-title page. Small closed tears (no loss) to top edge of pages 57/59 and 59/60. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, a little scuffed/grubby to rear panel.

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NORTHAMPTONSHIRE & THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Juliet Smith.
Stock no. 1826371
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth boards, red title block to spine. Colour frontis plus b/w photos. Text block browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby, creased at top of spine.

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RUTLAND: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by W.G. Hoskins.
Stock no. 1826370
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. Spine a little creased and shelf worn at top & tail. Corners slightly rubbed. A few light marks to cloth boards. Contents are clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, browned to verso. Overall a very nice copy.

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SURREY: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Bruce Watkin.
Stock no. 1826369
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571096093. Light mottling to edges of boards, more so to rear board, else boards clean and bright. Contents clean. Price-cut green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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DORSET A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Michael Pitt-Rivers.
Stock no. 1826368
Published by Faber & Faber. 1968. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. B/w photos. New edition. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly browned.

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NORTHUMBERLAND: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Thomas Sharp.
Stock no. 1826367
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1954. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based on the Northumberland section of the 1937 'Shell Guide to Northumberland & Durham'. B/w photos. Ex-lib with library stamps to front endpaper. Horizontal board edges lightly rubbed. Remains of library label to front pastedown. Tape mark to vertical edge of pastedowns hidden by flaps of dustwrapper. Rear joint is cracked and last section in book loose but still bound in. 1" closed tear (no loss) to vertical margin of free rear endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and edge-rubbed.

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THE SECRET WORLD OF POLLY FLINT
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1826323
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Polly was a girl who saw things other people couldn't see and who saw immediately that there was something magic about the Wellow maypole... Orange boards, gilt titles. B/w drawings, some double-page spreads. 176pp. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571119395. Boards nice and bright. Top edge of text block lightly browned with pale foxing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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SHROPSHIRE: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by John Piper; John Betjeman.
Stock no. 1826298
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Pale yellow cloth, light blue title to spine. Light browning to top and tail of spine. A few minor marks to boards, light bumping to corners. Surface paper of facing verso of frontis stuck to title page (not bad). Light foxing to top edge of text block and browning to page edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, especially front and rear of spine, spine is browned with a few small chips and closed tears, repaired to verso with clear tape. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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