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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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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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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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FLAP YOUR WINGS
Written by P.D. Eastman. Illustrated by P.D. Eastman.
Stock no. 1826362
Published by Collins. 1972. Very good condition.

A Collins Early Bird Book. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001381571. Rear board lightly faded. Green pen mark to last printed page else contents clean.

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BUNTER THE BAD LAD
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1826360
Published by Cassell. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, yellow titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Boards clean and bright. Top edge of text block a little dusty with pale foxing. Front joint is split but binding still tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and grubby.

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MATISSE THE MASTER: A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE VOLUME TWO, 1909-1954
Written by Hilary Spurling.
Stock no. 1826356
Published by The Penguin Group. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Whitbread Book of the Year 2005. Red cloth spine with gilt title, beige paper boards. B/w photos & illustrations, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780241133392. Fourth printing.

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FERRIES OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by Joan Tucker.
Stock no. 1826355
Published by Tempus Publishing Ltd. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

A fascinating exploration of the history of the county's ferries, identifying isolated backwaters and popular tourist spots that once provided an esseeential link. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780752442389. A nice, clean copy.

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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE COURT OF SEWERS, 1583-1642
Written by Rose Hewlett.
Stock no. 1826354
Published by Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. 1st 2020. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Gloucestershire Reocrd Series Volume 35. These remarkable Court of Sewers records open a window on communities of the Gloucestershire Levels between 1583 and 1642 and their struggles against encroachments from the sea in a changing political climate. 'Sewers' here are watercourses, natural or manmade. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9781913735005. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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