Category: Topography

Bacon's Route Guide to Kent, Surrey & Sussex for Cyclists and Motorists

Price: £8.50

Publisher: London, G.W. Bacon & Co Ltd

Seller ID: 007932

Condition: Fair

(1912). Small 12mo, (measures 97mm x 158mm), pp 30, rather worn and stained internally, with folded corners, paperback covers a little worn. The booklet has been folded in half (in the pocket, no doubt), so is creased vertically throughout. [Very scarce - a listing of mileage distances between most towns and villages of the area.]. Postage will be much reduced.
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Coronation Guide to London for Visitors

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Kaye & Ward Ltd : 1971

Seller ID: 009616

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Limited edition of 650 copies. Small illustrations within the text + period advertisements, 16mo, (measures 138mm x 108mm), pp (4), 63 (+ 17), paperback with cloth spine, slightly worn. {Originally published in 1901 for visitors to London for the Coronation of King Edward VII, and extremely scarce. This reprint is scarcely any commoner. With presentation slip loosely inserted, signed by directors of the company. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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Grieben Reisefuhrer Band 68. Wien Und Umgebung. Kleine Ausgabe Mit Angaben Fur Automobilisten

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Berlin, Grieben Verlag & "Geographia" Ltd : 1929

Seller ID: 004119

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

30th edition. 12mo. with 3 maps within text (one of which is folding), large folding map at rear (a bit worn at the folds), pp 96 + 14 pages of advertisements, paperback, neat ownership initials on upper cover, very slightly worn.
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Norfolk, Virginia - "The Sunrise City by the Sea"

Price: £12.50

Publisher: The Industrial Commission : 1914

Seller ID: 007502

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Well illustrated with photographs throughout, two folding plans, pp 84, staples rusty, paperback, covers rather worn and frayed, contents a little age-toned but reasonably clean and tight.
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Shell Street Guide and Metropolitan Map of San Francisco and Bay Cities

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Shell : 1936

Seller ID: 016475

Binding: Unbound

Condition: Very Good

A large colour folding map, double-sided, with detailed street index; oute covers slightly age-toned and slightly used, but overall the map is in very good condition. SCARCE.
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Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape

By: Aalen, F.H.A. & Kevin Whelan & Matthew Stout (editors

Price: £18.50

Publisher: Toronto, University of Toronto Press : 1997

Seller ID: 019655

ISBN-13: 9780802042941

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (12), 352, very clean internally, blue cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and slightly wrinkled round the edges. [A heavy book - extra postage may be needed]
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To Introduce the Hebrides

By: Anderson, Iain F.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: London, Herbert Jenkins Limited : 1933

Seller ID: 018029

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Second printing, 1933. Illustrated, small thick octavo, pp 306, slightly age-toned, fore-edge a little foxed, very occasiobal foxing internally, blue cloth faded and slightly worn.
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Peak District

By: Anderson, Penny

Price: £41.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 2021

Seller ID: 018326

ISBN-13: 9780008257378

Binding: Cloth

Condition: New

Illustrated, octavo, pp 496, green cloth, a very good NEW copy, still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. [The Peak District, Britain's first national park, is a land of great natural beauty, visited by millions of people every year. This New Naturalist volume on the region highlights the wonder and magic of its windswept vistas, rock formations, storied history and fantastic wildlife, revealing its ecological foundations, showing how it has fared over the centuries and projecting what the future might hold. As a botanist and ecologist who has spent her working life in the Peak District, P...
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The Hundred of Hoo [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Arnold, Ralph

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Constable : 1947

Seller ID: 019567

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp x,164, very clean internally, blue cloth veru slightly faded at margins, a blotch on the spine, in a slightly worn and browned dustwrapper, lacking pieces of the spine, but now preserved in a removable clear film. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his signature on the front endpaper.]
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Mendip : It's Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters

By: Balch, H.E.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Wells, Clare, Son & Co. : 1937

Seller ID: 018032

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with photographs, one folding chart, small octavo, pp 211, clean internally, front and rear hinges very lightly repaired, green cloth rubbed and slightly worn. the spine dull. Still a good sound copy.
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The Land of Lochiel and the Magic West

By: Barnett, T. Ratcliffe

Price: £6.50

Publisher: Edinburgh, Grant & Murray : 1927

Seller ID: 017789

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

First reprint, same year as first edition. Small octavo, pp 193, (iii), illustrated with 20 photographic plates, slightly used internally, the hinge before the frontispiece cracking, fore-edge a bit foxed and marked, blue cloth slightly worn, corners bruised, lower cover slightly creased, the spine a little faded. {With inscription to Miss Drusilla Hunter, from the Scottish scholar James Hutchison Coburn.}
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The Geology of the Isles of Scilly. [Explanation of sheets 357 and 360)

By: Barrow, George

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, His Majesty's Stationery Office : 1906

Seller ID: 015765

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Illustrated, slim octavo, pp 37, a little dog-eared at the corners but other-wise clean internally, paperback, spine worn. VERY SCARCE
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Orkney Nature

By: Berry, R.J.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, T & D Poyser : 2000

Seller ID: 018284

ISBN-13: 9780856611049

Binding: Cloth

Condition: As New

Illustrated, large octavo, pp x, 308, very clean internally, green cloth in excellent condition, in a very nright unclipped dustwrapper. [The Orkneys have been strangely neglected by naturalists when compared to Shetland or Western Scotland, although they have long been a place of pilgrimage for archaeologists and historians. This work seeks to make available the islands' animals, plants and scenic history to casual readers as well as specialists. The Orkney Islands are a special place, both in terms of their natural history and human inhabitants. Their rich coastal habitats lost significant s...
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London. {with a leather bookplate} [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Besant, Walter

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus : 1894

Seller ID: 015029

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

New edition. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp xvi, 343 +32 page publisher's catalogue dated September 1894, uncut, the index pages unopened, a little foxing, heavier on the index, signature of Louisa Bassett on the half-title, and her red leather book label [Miss L. Bassett, The Heath] on the front endpaper, the glue from the label has torn the endpapers, blue cloth leaning slightly, a little worn and marked. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the half-title.]
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Image for Cornwall Illustrated in a series of Views of Castles, Seats of Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities etc

Cornwall Illustrated in a series of Views of Castles, Seats of Nobility, Mines, Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Public Buildings, Churches, Antiquities etc

By: Betjeman, John

Price: £60.00

Publisher: London, Faber & Faber Limited

Seller ID: 018224

Binding: Ringbound cloth

Condition: Fair

Second edition revised [not dated - 1939 ?]. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 63, ringbound, a light stain to the bottom inner gutter corner margins of the pages, becoming slightly detached at the top of the ring binding (see illustration) but still sound, the metal ring rusty, slightly used internally, cloth a bit worn, stained along the lower edge, rather warped, the dustwrapper not price-clipped but very worn frayed and stretched. Signature of M.C. Gillett on the first blank. [ The second edition of the first ever Shell Guide.]
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Image for Paradise Row: or, A broken piece of old Chelsea, being the curious and diverting annals of a famous village street newly destroyed, together with particulars of sundry noble and notable persons who in former times dwelt there

Paradise Row: or, A broken piece of old Chelsea, being the curious and diverting annals of a famous village street newly destroyed, together with particulars of sundry noble and notable persons who in former times dwelt there

By: Blunt, Reginald

Price: £32.50

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Company Ltd : 1906

Seller ID: 009622

Binding: Half vellum

Condition: Good

Number 93 of a Special Limited Edition of 110 copies. Well illustrated, large 8vo, pp xvi, 200, top edge gilt, fore-edge foxed, half-vellum and marbled boards, slightly worn. a bit marked, and with larger stain on rear cover and side of spine.
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The Hebrides - a natural history

By: Boyd, J.Morton & Boyd, Ian L.

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 1990

Seller ID: 009453

ISBN-13: 9780002198851

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, thick 8vo, pp 416, paperback, the slightest signs of wear, but really a very good copy. SCARCE. [The Hebrides is an area of great natural beauty, which draws back thousands of visitors year after year to its wonderful scenery and abundant wildlife. Yet, until now, there has been no up-to-date, complete natural history for its many followers to refer to. This new title fills the gap. In a style at once both readable and informative the Drs. J. M. and I. L. Boyd cover every aspect of the islands. Starting with a clear explanation of the geology, climate and hydrography, they move on...
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Image for A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Hereford; Containing an Account of Its Towns, Cathedrals, Castles, Antiquities, Churches. Monuments, Public Edifices, Picturesque Scenery, Residences of the Nobility, Gentry etc

A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Hereford; Containing an Account of Its Towns, Cathedrals, Castles, Antiquities, Churches. Monuments, Public Edifices, Picturesque Scenery, Residences of the Nobility, Gentry etc

By: Brayley, E.W. & Britton, John

Price: £95.00

Publisher: London, Sherwood, Neely & Jones; George Cowie & Co

Seller ID: 015723

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

1803 ? Illustrated with ten engraved plates and a folding map, octavo, pp (198), some age-toning and blemishes throughout, a worm-hole (?) affecting slightly the outer margin of a few pages, one badly cracked hinge internally, brown cloth slightly worn, bumped at the corners, paper label on the spine rather age-toned. With the book-stamp of T.W.Pickard, who for many years was agent for the Glynde Estate. [A rare chance to find a copy in its original state, as published - original cloth, with advertisement leaf following the title page, and the plates all grouped together before the text.]
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Middlesex (The County Books series)

By: Brett-James

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, Robert Hale Ltd : 1951

Seller ID: 016677

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Well illustrated, octavo, pp 432, a folding map at the rear, exceptionally clean internally, green cloth. the upper corners slightly bruised otherwise very good, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and is only slightly worn, with a little soiling on the lower cover. Overall a very pleasing copy.
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Image for Epping Forest. With chapters on forest management, geology of the district, prehistoric man and the ancient fauna, entomology, pond life and fungi of the forest.

Epping Forest. With chapters on forest management, geology of the district, prehistoric man and the ancient fauna, entomology, pond life and fungi of the forest.

By: Buxton, Edward North

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Edward Stanford : 1911

Seller ID: 019537

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Eighth edition. Tall small octavo, illustrated with small engravings in the text, 6 maps (of which four are folding and coloured), pp xvi,179, light foxing and marking, slightly weak internally, green cloth slightly worn. SCARCE.
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