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Map of LEICESTERSHIRE & RUTLANDSHIRE.

Pigot & Co., London & Manchester, 1841, printed area 13.75 inches (34.5 cm) wide by 8.75 inches (22.5 cm) with reasonable margins, steel engraved hand coloured map on a single sheet extracted from Pigot's National and Commercial Directory covering the County with a vignette of St. Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray, indicating the Hundreds of both Counties and showing the Mail Roads, Turnpikes, Railroads, Rivers, Canals, Towns and Villages, rubbed at extrems., with several edge nicks repaired to reverse, creases where previously folded, a little dusty, some offsetting,

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Book number: 37986

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: pigot map leicestershire rutland melton mowbray uppingham oakham loughborough charnwood leicester market harborough bosworth lutterworth hinckley ashby mount sorrel ashby de la zouch woulds belvoir cabinet

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Map of LINCOLNSHIRE.

Pigot & Co., London & Manchester, 1841, printed area 8.75 inches (22.5 cm) wide by 13.75 inches (34.5 cm) with reasonable margins, steel engraved hand coloured map on a single sheet extracted from Pigot's National and Commercial Directory covering the County with a vignette of Lincoln Cathedral, indicating the and showing the Mail Roads, Turnpikes, Railroads, Rivers, Canals, Towns and Villages, rubbed at extrems., with several edge nicks repaired to reverse, creases where previously folded, a little dusty, slight offsetting,

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Book number: 37987

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: pigot map lincolnshire barton brigg glanford bridge kirton saltfleet market raisin wragby lincoln louth alford horncastle wainfleet tattershall grantham sleaford boston bourn stamford market deeping falkingham donington holbeach holland kesteven lindsey

Alden, Henry J. C. (ed),

ALDEN'S OXFORD GUIDE.

Alden and Co., Oxford, ND (c1928), (xxx ads) 186pp (viii ads), frontis and numerous half tone ills in text, 4 mounted coloured plates, plan and index, coloured folding city plan tipped to final pastedown, pocket size about 6 x 5 inches, dark blue cloth gilt at spine and upper bd., upper board decorated in blind, a guide to Oxford with many contemporary advertisements, sl. shaken, lightly rubbed at extrems., gilding at spine a little dull, edges tanned and a little foxed, first advertisement page rather browned, short tear along fold of city plan, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 32645

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: handbook guide town oxford oxfordshire

Anon.,

BLACK'S GUIDE TO THE SOUTH-EASTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND - HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1862, 1st edn., [xii], p.637 to p.819 routes 12 to 17, x, p.1 - p.82 - Isle of Wight, pictorial frontis and 3 other engraved plates, lii ads., map at front endpapers, ads. at rear endpapers, 2 folding plans, small format (6.5 x 4.5 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, lettered and decorated in gilt upper board, border in blind upper and lower boards., a pocket guide to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, folding plan of Southampton and another of the South-Western Railway London to Southampton each about 9.5 x 6.5 inches, rubbed and bumped at extrems., edges tanned, front free endpaper to page x of prelims. loose and detached, several nicks to edges, two folding plans present but detached (both slightly creased but no tears), lacks top half final free endpaper, no dustwrapper, reading copy,

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Book number: 40607

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topographybritain england hampshire isle of wight

Anon.,

GUIDE TO LONDON.

Ward, Lock & Co., London, 1950, 57th edn., 1-8 ads., 1-16 text, 1-4 ads., 17-288 text, i-viii ads, tinted printed endpapers, four large folding two colour (black & blue) maps/plans (London and Twelve Miles Round, Central London 1 & 2, Main Thoroughfares and Railways) and two double page plans in line (London at a Glance, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens), 32pp half tone photo ills, several line drawings in text, Ward Lock's Red Guide series, pocket format about 7 x 4 inches, red cloth covered boards lettered in black at spine, lettered with map decoration in black upper board, ad. lower bd., lightly rubbed at tips, boards inclined to bow, edges tanned and foxed, light foxing mainly to leaves adjacent to folding plans and maps, very good,

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Book number: 39755

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography london ward lock red guide

Anon.,

MINEHEAD, Exmoor, The Doone Country, Lynton and Lynmouth, etc..

Ward Lock, London, ND (circa 1946), 14th edn., xvi ads., xxxii, 60pp, 48pp, [iv] index, xvi ads., 5 folding maps, 16pp half tone photo ills., Ward Lock's Red Guide series, pocket format about 7 x 4 inches, red cloth covered boards lettered in black at spine, lettered with map decoration in black upper board, ad. lower bd., sl. spine slant, rubbed with some colour loss at upper board, bump to head of upper joint, edges tanned, maps clean and in original folds, no dustwrapper, good,

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Book number: 32700

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography exmoor devon

Anon.,

A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to BUDE AND NORTH CORNWALL.

Ward Lock, London, ND, 10th edn. revised, 256pp in separately paginated sections (16pp ads., 8pp, 32pp (incl. 8pp ads., ), 32pp, 96pp, 20pp, [4pp], 48pp ads.), 48pp half tone photo plates (16pp and 32pp), seven two colour folding maps (as called for) of Devon and Cornwall; Bude and District; Bude; Newquay; Newquay and District; Tintagel; Tintagel and Boscastle, with line sketches and plans in text, ads. at endpapers, Ward Lock's Red Guide series, pocket size about 7 x 4.5 inches, red cloth lettered in black at spine, lettered and decorated in black at upper and lower boards, the 1933-34 series, an introduction to North Cornwall followed by separate sections for Bude and Newquay with a further section on motoring, usual numerous advertisements, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, light partial crease upper board, a little soiled, no dustwrapper, very good,

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Book number: 40608

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography britain england north cornwall bude morwenstow hartland boscastle tintagel newquay

Automobile Association,

AA BED & BREAKFAST 1997.

Automobile Association, Basingstoke - Hampshire, 1996, trade paperback, 656pp incl 16pp roadmaps, numerous in text col'd photo ills., col'd photo pictorial wrappers, a directory of farm house, inn and guest house bed and breakfast accommodation in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, light diag. crease top cnr. lower wrapper, very good plus,

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Book number: 32089

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography england scotland wales ireland bed breakfast

Baker, Richard,

RICHARD BAKER'S LONDON - A Theme with Variations.

Jarrold, Norwich, 1989, 1st edn., 256pp, illustrated throughout, mainly in colour with some half tone and line, grey cloth lettered in metallic blue at spine and upper board, decorative head and tail bands, maps at endpapers, coloured photo pictorial dustwrapper, '...a fascinating mixture of streets and shops, waterways and parks, theatres and concert halls...beautifiully illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and unique archive material...highly unusual and entertaining celebration of the city...', lightly rubbed at tips, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 35188

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: london topography concert halls illustrated catacombs

Barry, Lady Margaret and Smiith, Mrs. Gertrude,

BYGONES - LADY MARGARET BARRY AND MRS. GERTRUDE SMITH.

Boydell Press, Ipswich, ND (copyright 1976), 1st. edn., paperback original, 31pp, half tone photo ills. in text, stapled coloured pictorial wrappers, tie-in with the Anglia TV 'Bygones' series presented and produced by Dick Joice, the Edwardian childhood reminiscences of two ladies from very different backgrounds, one the duaghter of an Earl and the other the daughter of a Norwich brewery worker, a little rubbed at extrems., very good,

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Book number: 39430

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography britain england social history norwich great witchingham norfolk above below salt stairs

Bell, Adrian,

THE OPEN AIR - An Anthology of English Country Life.

Faber and Faber, London, 1944, reprint, 368pp, light green cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine, pictorial panel dustwrapper, lightly bumped at tips, upper edge sl. dusty and foxed, other edges tanned, lacks front free endpaper, dustwrapper: a little rubbed with sl. loss at extrems., repaired to reverse, good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 36579

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: countryside rural britain england topography sport

Bethell, David,

PORTRAIT OF CHESTER.

Robert Hale, London, 1980, 1st edn., 192pp, 24pp half tone photo ills., town plan in text, dark blue cloth with light blue title panel at spine lettered in silver, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, edges tanned, ink name front free endpaper, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32647

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: town chester cheshire handbook guide

Blair, John,

DEVON AND CORNWALL.

W. and R. Chambers, Edinburgh and London, ND (copyright 1963), revised edn., 122pp, half tone photo pictorial double title, half tone photo ills., line drawings and maps in text, small format (7 x 4.5 inches approx.), dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper, a village by village gazetteer to Devon and Cornwall with maps and numerous photo illustrations, slightly cocked, ink anmes front free endpapers, dustwrapper: rubbed with slight loss at spine ends, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 40613

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography britain england devon cornwall

Bouquet, Michael,

SOUTH EASTERN SAIL - From the Medway to the Solent 1840 -1940.

David and Charles, Newton Abbot, ND (copyright 1972), 112pp, half tone photo ills. and line drawings in text, large format (9.5 x 7.5 inches approx.), green cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a collection of images of ships and harbours of Kent, Sussex and Hampshire during the golden age of sail, tanning to edges, scattered fox marks to prelims., dustwrapper: price clipped, light stain upper panel, very good plus in a good plus dustwrapper,

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Book number: 39433

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography britain south eastern britain sail medway solent kent sussex hampshire

Bowle, John,

ENGLAND - A Portrait.

Readers Union, London, 1968, club edn., x, 262pp, dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a portrait of what makes England 'English', using illustrations from mediaeval times to WW2, sl. cocked, lightly bumped lower tip upper board, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at tips, light foxing to flaps, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 32093

Catalogue: Topography and Local History - Britain

Keywords: topography england britain