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History of the London County Council 1889-1939. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

GIBBON Sir Gwilym · 1939 · Island Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

Macmillan, 1939. 8vo., First Edition, with large folding frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates, illustrations in the text and large folding coloured map; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwr...

The Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain containing a Full and Accurate Description of whatever is remarkable and worthy of Notice in the Works of Nature and Art. No. XXVI. [DEVONSHIRE and CORNWALL. THIS PART ONLY]. CRISP COPY IN MODERN BOARDS

DEVONSHIRE AND CORNWALL · 0 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

R. Snagg, 29 Pater-Noster-Row, [1775]. 8vo., 42pp, on laid paper, with fine copper-engraved plate of Forde Abbey, Devon; newly bound in grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS PRESERVED, uncut, a crisp, clean copy. This early part-work was ...

Hawkshead Church, Chapelry and Parish [Fifth Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY

THOMPSON T. W · 1987 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

Hawkshead Parochial Church Council, Hawkshead, 1987. Sm. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with 9 full-page photographs in the text; original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. First published in 1956.

Yarmouth Parish Church, Isle of Wight. NEAR FINE COPY

YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT · 0 · Island Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,476)

[Graham Cumming, Ramsgate], [1983]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

Archaeological Notes. Reprinted from DAS Proceedings No. 48. FINE COPY

DEVONSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY · 1990 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Devon Archaeological Society, [Exeter], 1990. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a fine copy. Contains Robinson, Griffiths & Cosford: The Corringdon Multiple Stones Rows; ...

Devon Archaeology No. 3. Dartmoor Issue. NEAR FINE COPY

DEVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY · 1985 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Devon Archaeological Society, Exeter, 1985. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps in the text, a few leaves mildly age-soiled; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

The Society of Poole Men 1924-45. [Foreword by Alderman H. S. Carter]. NEAR FINE COPY

SMITH H. P. · 1945 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

[Privately Printed], Poole, 1945. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE.

Under Scott's Command. Lashly's Antarctic Diaries. With an Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. [First US Edition].

LASHLY William · 0 · Island Books

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

Taplinger, New York NY, [1969]. 8vo., First US Edition, with 9 plates on 8, and a full-page map and full-page plan in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities. Published simultaneously with ...

The Archaeology of Dartmoor. Perspectives from the 1990s. Papers presented to a Conference at Exeter University in September 1994 to celebrate the Centenary of the Foundation of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee.

GRIFFITHS (ed.)] [D.M. · 1996 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Devon Archaeological Society [Exeter, 1996]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, diagrams and maps in the text; original photographic wrappers, a fine copy. Published as DAS Proceedings No. 52 for 1994. Collects sixteen academic papers.

The Stone Rows of Dartmoor. Part I and Part II [THESE PARTS ONLY]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPIES

WORTH R. Hansford · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Plymouth, [1946-47]. 2 vols., 8vo., with 11 plates, a few leaves lightly age-soiled; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, both very good, bright copies. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association, vol. lxxviii (1946) and vol. lxxix (1947). EXTREMELY S...

The Stone Rows of Dartmoor. Part VI [THIS PART ONLY].. NEAR FINE COPY

WORTH R. Hansford · 0 · Island Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Plymouth, [1903]. 8vo., with 2 plans in the text; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association, 1903, vol. xxxv.

Devon's Past. An Aerial View.

GRIFFITH Frances · 1988 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Devon Books, [Exeter, 1988]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs, and a full-page map in the text; original photographic wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.

English Villages. Second Edition.

DITCHFIELD P.H. · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Methuen, [1906]. 8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece, 15 plates and numerous illustrations in the text; original blue cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 40pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Ditchfield's classic study was first publish...

The Dartmoor Reaves. Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions.

FLEMING Andrew · 0 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Batsford, [1988]. 8vo., First Paperback Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and diagrams in the text; original photographic wrappers, a very good, clean copy.

Among the Gods. Scenes of India. With Legends by the Way.

KLEIN A. · 1895 · Island Books

£62.00 (€74.32 | $81.91 | ¥13,076)

Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1895. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 21 plates, small neat period inscription on half-title, half-title and facing page lightly browned; original decorative blue cloth, upper board panelled and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt back, black en...

The Yeomen of the Guard. Five Hundred Years of Service 1485-1985.

PAGET Julian · 0 · Island Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Blandford Press, Poole, [1984]. 4to., First Edition, with pictorial title-spread, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and decorative endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

A Guide to St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent. NEAR FINE COPY

FOSTER] [Denis · 0 · Island Books

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[Privately Printed], [1970]. 8vo., with 2 full-page illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. First published in 1951, with a heavily revised and enlarged edition in 1959. Bennett, p.182 (recording the 1959 edition).

Looking Back at Sale [Cheshire]. BRIGHT, FIRM COPY

HAINSWORTH Vivien · 1983 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Willow Publishing, [Altrincham, 1983]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly age-soiled and frayed at backstrip else a good, clean copy. Very scarce.

City of Lincoln. [Souvenir Document]. The Tercentenary of the Grant of Charter of Charles I 18 December 1628 - 18 December 1928.

HILL] [J.W.F. · 1928 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

[City of Lincoln Corporation], Lincoln, 1928. 4to., First Edition, 4pp., on laid paper, with coloured illustration mounted on second leaf; covers lightly dust-soiled, a few short closed tears at edges, else a crisp copy. This 4pp pamphlet sets out the historical context of the...

History and Guide to Corfe Castle in the Island of Purbeck, Dorset. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

CORFE CASTLE · 1960 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,898)

[Privately Printed], n.d. [c.1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 5 full-page photographs and full-page facsimile in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.