The Isle of Wight. A Shell Guide.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1967. Original blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1967. Original blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1967. Original blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Back panel of d/w just a bit dust-marked. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1969. 8vo. First edition thus. Original red cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Stamped 'Faber and Faber Office Copy - Not to be taken away' on the front free endpaper. D/w faded on the spine with light rubbing and a few marks. Near fine.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010. 8vo. First edition thus. New, revised edition. First published by Penguin Books in 1967. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010. 8vo. First edition thus. New, revised edition. First published by Penguin Books in 1967. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. 8vo. Reprint of 1975 edition. Original printed paper covers. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Just a little rubbed along the spine and the edges. Near fine. First Faber paperback edition.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 8vo. First edition thus. First edition by John Betjeman in 1935. Original burgundy cloth. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Small patch of Tippex to the top corner of the half-title. D/w a bit rubbed and dust-marked with slight fading to the spine. Very good.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 8vo. First edition thus. First edition by John Betjeman in 1935. Original burgundy cloth. Illustrated throughout in black and white. D/w a bit tanned and marked with the laminate lifting at the foot of the spine and a pen price written over the publisher's on.....
London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1981. 4to. First edition. Original red hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Bottom of d/w spine slightly faded. Fine in near fine d/w. About 1000 houses and over 900 illustrations.
London: John Murray, 1947. 4to. First trade edition. Original yellow cloth. Illustrated by the author. Spine ends darkened where the d/w is chipped. Title page browned probably by some, now absent, newspaper clipping. D/w also rubbed, dust-soiled and with several short splits. Very good + in good d/w. There was.....
London: John Murray, 1939. Small 4to. First edition. Original yellow cloth printed in red. Illustrated by the author. Cloth a little discoloured where the jacket is chipped. Ink inscription on the half title. Unclipped d/w has several large chips. Contents clean. Very good in poor d/w. The companion volume to.....
London: John Murray, 1938. Small 4to. Second impression (December 1938). First impression in October 1938. Original yellow cloth printed in pink. Illustrated by the author. Something small has gnawed through the jacket and cloth at the foot of the spine. Author's ink presentation on the flyleaf. Unclipped d/w is faded.....
London: B.T. Batsford, 1959. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Unclipped d/w slightly rubbed at extremities. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1964. Original tawny cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Clipped d/w, with publisher's decimal sticker, is a little dust-marked. Fine in near fine d/w. The title page is the same as the first edition and gives the.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. A little old damp-staining to the bottom edge which also affects the boards and d/w. Unclipped d/w a little rubbed at the corner tips and spine ends. Very good + in very.....
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2006. 8vo. First edition thus. New, revised edition. Original black rexine, gilt Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in colour. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in colour. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in colour and black and white. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. 8vo. New edition. First edition published in 1951. Original brown cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w a bit rumpled and dust-marked. Near fine in very good d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1965. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1962. Second edition 1971. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1936. 8vo. First edition. Original black plastic comb binding with 'Buckinghamshire' silver gilt. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Just a little rubbing to the cover edges. Contents clean.....
London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. 8vo. First edition, second issue. Original off white cloth, overprinted in black on the spine, with ring binding inside. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Unclipped d/w is a......
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2013. 8vo. First edition thus. Original black rexine, gilt Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2012. 8vo. First edition thus. Original black rexine, gilt Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Penguin Books, 1995. 8vo. First impression. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in black and white. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
London: Penguin Books, 1995. 8vo. First impression. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in black and white. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
London: Penguin Books, 1995. 8vo. First impression. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in black and white. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
London: Penguin Books, 2000. 8vo. First impression. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in black and white. Fine in fine d/w. Out of print.
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2014. 8vo. First edition thus. Original black rexine, gilt Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2018. 8vo. First edition thus. Original black rexine, gilt Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2022. 8vo. First edition thus. Original black rexine, gilt Colour photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Penguin Books, 1994. 8vo. Second edition. Original black rexine, gilt Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Penguin Books, 1994. 8vo. Second edition. Original black rexine, gilt Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Penguin Books, 1994. 8vo. Second edition. Original black rexine, gilt Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1954. Second edition 1970. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1958. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1969. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
London: Penguin Books, 1975. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1974. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. D/w slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1963. Second edition 1975. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1953. Second edition 1978. Reprinted with corrections and addenda in 1986. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1951. Second edition 1970. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
London: Penguin Books, 1989. 8vo. Second, revised edition. Reprint. First published in 1960. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1966. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
London: Penguin Books, 1999. 8vo. Second edition. Original black rexine, gilt Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1967. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
London: Penguin Books, 1995. 8vo. Second edition. First published in 1972. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Laminate over the jacket is a little wrinkled (publishing fault). Fine in near fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1971. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Yale University Press re-issue in the original small format.
London: Penguin Books, 1990. 8vo. Second, revised edition. Reprint. First published in 1964. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: The Architectural Press Ltd, 1948. 4to. First edition. Original textured buff cloth, lettered in red. Double page colour frontispiece and title page by John Piper. Black and white plates and photographs throughout. Contents clean and fresh. There is a nick at the foot of the spine of the unclipped.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. 8vo. Second edition. Originally published in 1938. Original brown cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Front turn-in of d/w is creased. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Revised and rewritten, this is not the same as the 1938 edition. The City of Oxford is excluded because.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. 8vo. Second edition. Originally published in 1938. Original brown cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w worn with small loss to spine ends and corner tips. Revised and rewritten, this is not the same as the 1938 edition. The City of Oxford is excluded.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. 8vo. Second edition. Originally published in 1938. Original brown cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Small mark to the bottom corner of the front cover. Unclipped d/w a little worn at the spine ends. Near fine in very good + d/w. Revised and rewritten, this.....
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow plastic comb binding, with 'Oxon' printed in red, with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. A little rubbed around the edges. Near fine.....
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Alternative binding. Original yellow cloth overprinted in red. The jacket reproduces the original photographic covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Unclipped.....
London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. 8vo. First edition, second issue. Original off white cloth, overprinted in orange on the spine, with ring binding inside. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Neat ink ownership on.....
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Alternative binding. Original yellow cloth overprinted in red. The jacket reproduces the original photographic covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Unclipped jacket is a little dust-soiled.....
London: B.T. Batsford, [1938]. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow plastic comb binding, with 'Oxon' printed in red, with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. A little rubbed around the edges. Near fine.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Covers a little marked and slightly rubbed at the spine ends. Bookplate of Neil Piercy on the front pastedown. Contents clean. Near fine. The first post-war Shell Guide and a high point of.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. Third impression of the 1966 edition. Original red cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. The frontispiece and the title page were stuck together near the leading edge at some point and the separation has left a mark about 2 inches long on both pages.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1966. 8vo. Second impression (with corrections) of this revised edition. First published in 1935 with Paul Nash as author. Original red cloth. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Unclipped d/w rather tanned. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. Third impression of the 1966 edition. Original red cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w just a little rubbed and marked. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1937. 8vo. First edition. Ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Covers a little dust-soiled with a small patch of abrasion on the front. Slight foxing to edges of text block. Bookplate on verso of front free endpaper.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1937. 8vo. First edition, second issue. Original ring binding in cloth boards. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Light foxing to leading and top edges, affecting the margins but not the text or illustrations, throughout. D/w has some dust-soiling, light foxing, wear.....
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1937. 8vo. First edition. Ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Fine. 'Rayner's Hampshire is unique amongst the early guides being better written and more modern than any of the others'. (David Heathcote, A Shell Eye on England.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. A little rubbing to bottom edges of the boards. D/w a bit rubbed with small loss to spine ends and corner tips. Very good + in very good + dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. First edition. Original bright green cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w has a hint of rubbing to the spine ends and a very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original bright green cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Bottom edge marked by old damp-staining throughout and to the front and back of the d/w. Very good in very good d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original bright green cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Neat ink presentation on verso of front free endpaper. Price-clipped d/w is rubbed at the corner tips and spine ends, with small loss to the foot of the spine. Near fine.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. 8vo. New edition. First published in 1963. Original paperback covers. Black and white photographs throughout. Cover photograph of 'St. Davids Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace ruins' by Edward Piper. Spine faded, a little edge rubbing and a bit of creasing to the bottom corner of.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 8vo. New edition. First published in 1963. Original green cloth, gilt. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w price-clipped with Faber price-sticker. Contents clean. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 8vo. New edition. First published in 1963. Original green cloth, gilt. Black and white photographs throughout. Contents slightly foxed. Clipped d/w is a bit tanned and marked with a short creased tear to the top edge of the back panel. Very good + in good.....
London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1980. 4to. First edition. Original red hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Fine in fine d/w. About 600 houses and over 700 illustrations.
London: The Basilisk Press, 1976. Folio & 4to. 4 volumes, set. (3 quarto volumes and 1 folio). Limited edition facsimiles. #254 of 515 sets (of which 500 were for sale). Quarter red morocco with marbled boards, gilt, housed in individual slipcases within a brown box. The paper has been specially.....
London: Constable, 1991. 4to. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, silvergilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. The top corner of the front panel of the d/w is slightly creased. Fine in near fine d/w. Commissioned in 1972 as part of the Burke's & Savill's Guides to Country Houses but.....
Shaftesbury and London: The Author and Charles Knight and Co., e.t.c., 1823. Large 4to. First and only edition. Large-paper copy. Handsome contemporary olive green straight-grain morocco cathedral binding with elaborate borders tooled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, pale pink moiré silk endpapers with gilt-tolled border and.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original printed paper covers. Black and white photographs throughout. Covers a bit rubbed. Very good. Issued simultaneously in hardback and paperback.
London: Faber and Faber, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original printed paper covers. Black and white photographs throughout. Just a hint of rubbing to the extremities. Fine. Issued simultaneously in hardback and paperback.
London: Faber and Faber, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine in fine d/w. Issued simultaneously in hardback and paperback but uncommon in hardback.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Spine ends and corner tips pushed. D/w faded on the spine. Very good + in very good + dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. 8vo. Second impression with corrections. First published in 1968. Original brown cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w just a little rubbed and marked. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1960. Original blue cloth. Colour frontispiece. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Near fine.
London: Faber and Faber, 1976. 8vo. Third edition. First published in 1960. Original yellow cloth. Illustrated throughout in black and white. D/w slightly faded on the spine, with a nick to the head and small patches where the laminate is lifting from the front panel. Near fine in very good.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1954. 8vo. Second edition. First published in 1937. Original blue cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w has short closed tears and small loss at the spine ends and the corner tips some of which have been repaired with tape, and a little foxing. Near.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1969. 8vo. Third edition. First published in 1937. Original blue cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w a little rubbed and tanned. Near fine in near fine d/w.
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1974. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1972. 8vo. Second impression (with corrections). First published in 1968. Original buff cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. First edition. Original buff cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1980. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Tiny scuff to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1980. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1972. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w very slightly faded on the spine. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1972. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w a bit rubbed and marked with a nick to the head of the spine. Near fine in very good + d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original teal cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. The last of the Shell Guides to be issued and very uncommon in hardback.
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original teal cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. The last of the Shell Guides to be issued and very uncommon in hardback.
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original terracotta cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Some foxing to the fore edge. Clipped d/w a bit foxed. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original terracotta cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 8vo. Third impression. First published in 1965. Original maroon cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Ink presentation inscription across the front endpapers. D/w price-clipped. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.