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.
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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. Back panel of d/w just a bit dust-marked. Fine in near fine d/w.
Kent. A Shell Guide.
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.
Kent. A Shell Guide.
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.....
Garden Ornament.
London: Country Life, 1918. Folio. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled paper endpapers. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs and with a tipped-in, water-colour frontispiece by George S. Elgood. Covers a little rubbed. Frontispiece mount is rather foxed. Near fine. Sundials, pergolas, bridges, loggias, treillage.....
Devon. A Shell Guide.
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.
Devon. A Shell Guide.
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.....
Devon. A Shell Guide.
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.....
Classical Landscape with Figures.
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.....
Worcestershire. A Shell Guide.
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.....
Worcestershire. A Shell Guide.
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.....
The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. (Pevsner Architectural Guides).
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.
The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. (Pevsner Architectural Guides).
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.
A History of Ely Cathedral.
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2003. Small 4to. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. One section each of colour and black and white plates. Fine in fine d/w.
East Sussex. A Shell Guide.
London: Faber and Faber, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine in fine d/w.
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. Price-clipped d/w a bit rumpled and dust-marked. Near fine in very good d/w.
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. Unclipped d/w a bit rubbed and dust-marked. Near fine in very good d/w.
The Buildings of England: Sussex. (Pevsner Architectural Guides).
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.
The Buildings of England: Surrey. (Pevsner Architectural Guides).
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.
Bucks. A Shell Guide. With notes on monuments by Katherine A. Esdaile.
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.....
Bucks. A Shell Guide. With notes on monuments by Katherine A. Esdaile.
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......
The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. (Pevsner Architectural Guides).
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 2000. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in black and white. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
Pevsner Architectural Guides: The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan. (Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan).
London: Penguin Books, 2001. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1995. Original maroon rexine hardcovers, gilt. Photographic plate section in black and white. Fine in fine d/w. In print at £60.
The Buildings of England: Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough. (Pevsner Architectural Guides).
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Small 8vo. Reprint. First published by Penguin Books in 1968. 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.
The Buildings of England: Berkshire. (Pevsner Architectural Guides).
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. 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.