Viaggi e geografia

Bygone Godstone.

JAQUES Juliette · 1992 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

Phillimore, [Chichester, 1992]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout and period advertisements endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The History of Merchant Taylors' Hall.

HOPKINSON H.L. · 1931 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Cambridge, 1931. Roy. 8vo., on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 19 plates; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a fine copy. This privately printed work remains the definitive history

Sussex County Cricket Club, Hove 1872-1972. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

SUSSEX COUNTY CRICKET CLUB · 1972 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Sussex County Cricket Club, Hove, 1972. 8vo., First Edition, with 31 plates on 12; original pictorial wrappers, wrapper lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.

Sidmouth By-Paths. Eighth Edition 1934. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

SIDMOUTH · 1934 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

Sid Vale Association, 1934. 8vo., Eighth Edition, with 2 large folding maps coloured in outline; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Early editions are scarce, especially in this conditio...

Coventry.A Guide and Memento. A SCARCE SURVIVAL

SMITH A. M. · 0 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

J.W. Ruddock, Lincoln, [1906]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 charming full-page coloured illustrations in the text and coloured map on rear inside wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, printed in gilt and colours, sewed as issued, wrappers very lightly age...

The Butchers of London. A History of the Worshipful Company of Butchers of the City of London.

JONES Philip E. · 1976 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

1976]. 8vo., First Edition, with 18 plates on 12; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.

Footpath Guides No. 59. Forest of Dean. NEAR FINE COPY

HARBER Clara V. · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

St. Catherine Press, [1948]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates; original illustrated wrappers with fold-ins intact, sewed as issued, a near fine copy. Remarkably well preserved example of a notoriously fragile series.

Welsh Folk Customs [Second Edition]. elsh Folk Customs [Second Edition].

OWEN T.M. · 1968 · Island Books

£21.00 (€25.17 | $27.74 | ¥4,429)

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, 1968. 8vo., Second Edition, with 16 plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A detailed study and standard reference, first published in 1959.

Harrow through the Ages. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

DRUETT W.W. · 1935 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.16 | $34.35 | ¥5,483)

King & Hutchings, Uxbridge, 1935. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, and numerous plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. A Prinknash Abbey copy with its bookplate on front paste-down.

Northamptonshire. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

IRESON Tony · 0 · Island Books

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Hale, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in...

Mounds at Clapham and Balham. NEAR FINE COPY

BONNER Arthur · 1930 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

1930. 8vo., original wrappers, a very good copy. Reprinted from the 'Collections' of the Surrey Archaelogical Society, vol. 38. SCARCE.

Tooting Corner.

BLIGH Eric · 1946 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

1946. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy.

A Descriptive History of the Town of Evesham, from the Foundation of its Saxon Monastery; with Notices respecting the ancient Deanery of its Vale [Second and Best Edition]. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY?

MAY G. · 1845 · Island Books

£84.00 (€100.69 | $110.98 | ¥17,716)

George May, Evesham, 1845. 8vo., Second and Best Edition, with an engraved frontispiece (mildly spotted and stained in blank margins; original tissue guard present), 5 engraved plates and an engraved plan (all original tissue guards present) and 35 illustrations in the text; s...

County Churches. Cumberland and Westmorland.

COX J. Charles · 1913 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

George Allen, 1913. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 13 plates, 14 illustrations in the text and endpaper maps, some light offsetting to free endpapers; decorative cloth blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Arguably t...

The Buildings of England. North Devon. [First Cloth Edition]. FIRST CLOTH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

PEVSNER Nikolaus · 0 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Penguin, [1952]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 64 plates on 48, several illustrations in the text and folding map; tan cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. The cloth edition began to appear in 1954, some volumes cased from ...

London Calling. The Middle Classes and the Re-Making of Inner London.

BUTLER T. · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,640)

Berg, [2003]. 8vo., First Edition, with maps and diagrams in the text; pictorial boards, a fine copy.

Whitbread's Brewery incorporating the Brewer's Art.

WHITBREAD & CO. LTD · 1951 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,953)

1951]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text (8 in colour); boards, as issued, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter frayed at two points along upper margin.

A Pattern of Islands [with] Return to the Islands. THE 'ISLANDS' IN FULL MOROCCO

GRIMBLE Arthur · 0 · Island Books

£780.00 (€934.94 | $1,030.49 | ¥164,504)

John Murray, [1952-57]. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignettes, several illustrations in the text and 2 maps (one double-page) on green stock; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fo...

The Red Barrel. A History of Watney Mann.

JANES Hurford · 1963 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

1963]. 8vo., with a coloured frontispiece and 102 monochrome plates on 64; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.

An Address presented to Professor Emeritus William Rees by the Brecknock Society, 12 October 1968. n Address presented to Professor Emeritus William Rees by the Brecknock Society, 12 October 1968.

BRECKNOCK SOCIETY · 1968 · Island Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,265)

Brecknock Museum, 1968. 8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 4 plates, several illustrations and maps (a number full-page) in the text and a folding map; cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. Includes a bibliography of Rees' works and list of subscribers.