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 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: The Architectural Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Two page colour map of the county and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Covers just a little rubbed at extremities and with a strip of abrasion to the lower edge of the front cover. Very.....
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, 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: Faber and Faber, 1975. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1971. Original terracotta cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on the spine. 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, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original orange cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Clipped d/w a little faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1977. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w a little rubbed along the top edge. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
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, 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.
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, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, lettered in red on the spine. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w is worn at the spine ends, with tiny loss, and rubbed along the top edge. Fine in very good + d/w. Uncommon.
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: The Alastair Press, 1988. 8vo. Fifth edition. First edition thus. First published in 1958. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w slightly rumpled along the top edge. Fine in near fine d/w. A Shell Guide in all but name. Uncommon.
London: Faber and Faber, 1965. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Ink presentation on front free endpaper. Price-clipped d/w is rubbed at extremities, a bit dust-marked, and slightly faded on the spine. Very good + in good + d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1970. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1969. 8vo. First edition thus. Original red cloth. Colour frontispiece. Black and white photographs throughout. D/w slightly faded and tanned. Near fine in very good + d/w. This bears no resemblance to Lord Clonmore's guide from 1935.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. 8vo. First edition. Original orange cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Cloth slightly faded towards the bottom of the spine. Clipped d/w is a bit rumpled at the spine ends. Near fine in very good + d/w.
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Unclipped d/w is worn at the spine ends and corner tips. The laminate is partially lifted on the back cover and a bit dust-marked. Near fine in very good d/w. In the second state.....
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, 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, 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: The Architectural Press, [1936]. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Two page colour map of the county and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Very slight creasing and rubbing to the extremities of the covers. Contents clean and fresh. Near fine. A lovely copy.
London: The Architectural Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original ring binding with card covers. Two page colour map of the county and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Covers a bit creased and rubbed. Map section slightly foxed. Contents clean. Very good. This volume uses the same endpapers as Robert.....