The Marches. The New Naturalist Library #118.
London: Collins, 2011. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Jacket design by Robert Gillmor. Mint in dust-wrapper.
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Landscape and Ideology. The English Rustic Tradition, 1740-1860.
Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 1986. 4to. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white with one section of colour plates. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Cornwall Illustrated. In a Series of Views, of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities, &c. [A Shell Guide].
London: The Architectural Press, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Four coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Ring binding twisted. Front cover partially detached, very worn and wrinkled. Back cover missing.....
English Inns.
London: Collins, 1944. 8vo. Third impression. Decorated paper boards in dust-wrapper. Illustrated with 8 plates in colour and 24 illustrations in black and white. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Britain in Pictures #67.
Shell Guide to Wiltshire. A Series of Views, of Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities, &c.
London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. 8vo. First edition thus. Originally issued in limp covers by The Architectural Press in 1935. Ring binding in cloth boards. Illustrated throughout in black and white and sepia tint with a double page colour map of the county. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at.....
Early English Furniture & Woodwork.
London: The Waverley Book Company Ltd, 1922. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original quarter tan buckram with tan cloth boards, gilt. Leather label to spine. Top edges gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Spine labels slightly rubbed. Slight foxing to fore edges. Bookplate on each front paste down.....
Shell Guide to Kent. Castles, Seats of the Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities, &c.
London: The Architectural Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding 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. Covers worn and creased. Ring binding a bit bent at the bottom. Very good.....
Waterlog. A swimmer's journey through Britain.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. With illustrations by David Holmes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Waterlog. A swimmer's journey through Britain.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon paper-covered boards. With illustrations by David Holmes. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. Loosely inserted is the publisher's description insisting that it is strictly embargoed until 24th May 1999 and ' a personal journey, a bold assertion of the native swimmer's right.....
Norfolk. A Shell Guide.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. 8vo. Fourth edition. Original ochre cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w faded on spine and along the spine edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Kent. A Shell Guide.
London: Faber and Faber, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
The Book of Garden Ornament.
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1974. 4to. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. D/w has one very short closed tear to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Covering the expected statues, urns, sundials and fountains but.....
British Soldiers.
London: Collins, 1944. First edition. Decorated paper boards in dust-wrapper. Illustrated with 8 plates in colour and 25 illustrations in black and white. Light dust-soiling to top half of back panel of d/w. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Britain in Pictures #50.
In English Homes. The Internal Character, Furniture & Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Houses of England, Historically Depicted from Photographs Specially Taken by Charles Latham. Introduction and text by H. Avray Tipping.
London: Country Life, 1904. Folio. First edition. Original navy birdseye cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. Black and white photographs on almost every page. Corner tips and spine ends worn. Neat ink ownership on fly. A page of the Introduction and a couple of pages of the text appear to have.....
English Country Houses: Baroque 1685-1715.
London: Country Life, 1970. 4to. First edition. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edge gilt. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Small ink stamp 'AB' to front endpaper and title page. Fine. Properties covered include Chatsworth, Burghley, Castle Howard, Blenheim Palace and Petworth. From the collection of Ashley Barker OBE.....
People and Places. Country House Donors and the National Trust.
London: John Murray, 1992. 8vo. First edition. Original green hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. The bottom edge of the text block and the d/w are stained as if having been splashed with tea. Bookplate of Lord Carrington (1919-2018) on fly. D/w slightly rubbed. Very good + in.....
A History of the English House. From Primitive Times to the Victorian Period.
London: The Architectural Press, 1951. 4to. Third impression. First published in 1931. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edge stained green. Illustrated throughout in black and white. A few light marks to the rear board. Spine very slightly faded. Initials 'AB' stamped to fly and title page. From the collection of.....
Thrice Welcome.
London: Southern Railway of England, 1935. 16mo. First edition. Original printed paper wraps. Stapled. Wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. A vignette at the start of each of the three sections and a small engraving on the title page of a beach with white cliffs and a lighthouse. Colour folding map.....
Shropshire. A Shell Guide.
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. 8vo. New edition. First edition published in 1951. Original brown cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w faded on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxon. A Shell Guide.
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.....
Somerset. A Shell Guide.
London: The Architectural Press, [1936]. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding 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. Light foxing to slightly rubbed edges and the verso of each map. Both covers.....
Guide des Objets Exposes dans le Pavillon du Royaume Uni. 1937 Exposition Internationale Paris AND Guide to the Exhibits in the Pavilion of the United Kingdom, International Exhibition, Paris 1937.
London: H.M.S.O., 1937. 8vo. First edition. Full brown morocco with blind-stamped rule around borders and gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Original printed wrappers with designs by Eric Ravilious on front and back bound in. Light shelf wear otherwise fine. Both the French and English texts of the catalogue.....
Hampshire. (Towards a Dictionary of the County of Southampton commonly Hampshire or Hants). A Shell Guide.
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. Near fine. 'Rayner's Hampshire is unique amongst.....
Hampshire. (Towards a Dictionary of the County of Southampton commonly Hampshire or Hants). A Shell Guide.
London: Faber and Faber, 1937. 8vo. First edition, second state. First issued by B. T. Batsford at 2/6d in 1937 in card covers. This is the same text apart from the title page, which shows the change of publisher, and the jacket gives the price as 3/6d and lists 15.....
For the King's Pleasure. The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle.
London: Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd, 2001. 4to. First edition. Original burgundy cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. D/w slightly faded along two edges of upper panel. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.