4 343 résultats
8vo., First Edition, with 6 plates and a map; cloth, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with 566 photographs in the text; strongly bound in early twentieth century half calf, cloth boards, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, clean copy. Barker's massive photographic compendium is arranged as a gazetteer 'giving an account of every town and village in the Western Division of the county, a description of every church (whether now used or in ruins), and a short account of the old castles, monasteries, halls and other buildings. Also containing allusions to all the chief historical events with which this very interesting part of East Anglia is associated, and notes on the family history, and archaeological discoveries in the district'. 'Many of the [very numerous] views have been specially produced, at great expense, to render the work more attractive, complete, and up-to-date.' Extremely scarce, especially in this condition. Steward, 548.
8vo., Third Edition, with plates and maps; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.
8vo., with photographs and maps (one double-page and one full-page) in the text; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright clean copy.
8vo., Second Edition, with 16 plates, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A detailed study and standard reference, first published in 1959.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb.
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome and endpaper maps, neat contemporary inscription on frontispiece verso; orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. Published in Batsford's much sought-after 'Face of Britain' series with wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook.
8vo., text and illustrations in red and green, with numerous photographs, illustrations, maps and plans in the text, and a large folding map; original pictorial wrappers in red and green, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With numerous trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., with a plate; original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, a fine copy. Reprinted from the Annual Reports and Transactions of the Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society, vol. xvii.
8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with a folding plate as frontispiece, endpapers mildly spotted, a few leaves browned at fore-edges; original pictorial cloth, uncut, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, clean copy. Scarce, especially in this condition
8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1931.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs, facsimiles and maps (a number full-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece; red cloth, ivory vellum back lettered in gilt, gilt edges, a near fine copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and numerous maps (2 folding on japon), neat contemporary inscription on half-title; green cloth, upper board framed and lettered in blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, numerous photographs (many full-page) throughout, double-page coloured map and photographic endpapers; orange cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., with plates and maps (one double-page), and very large folding map in pocket at end; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, yapped edges, a near fine copy.
First edition, small 8vo, [6], 103, [1]pp., with half-title and terminal errata slip, frontis., folding diagram, inscription erased, orig. green decorated cloth. A rare parish history, no copy in the British Library.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text, WANTING TITLE; pictorial wrappers, covers lightly age-marked else a bright, clean copy. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON FRONT INSIDE WRAPPER. Sold from an institution with its stamps on endpapers and press mark at backstrip. SCARCE.
4to., Second Edition, with a coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 20 coloured plates (all with original captioned tissue guards), 6 plates on monochrome and a folding map; armorial cloth gilt, gilt back, upper board lightly creased, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible) else a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. First published by Guardian Press in a limited edition in 1946. This edition adds the monochrome plates by Barns and a detailed Appendix. Green, Howson & O'Leary, 2081; not recorded by Powell or Woods.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 38 plates on 30 and front and rear endpaper maps; red cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed and frayed at edges, and with minor loss at tail of backstrip. The first of the well-known 'Wanderings' series south of the Thames, and the precursor of the author's extraordinarily successful 'Odd Corners in Surrey' published two years later. Scarce in the dustwrapper, especially in this condition.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispieces (original blank guards present), engraved and printed titles, engraved vignettes on Contents and Lists of Plates, and 93 fine engraved plates (all original blank guards present), some light and inoffensive spotting, a little heavier on preliminaries otherwise mainly marginal); elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco BY HAYDAY, sides with multiple frame borders stopped at inner corners by stylised hibuscus, backs with raised bands, second compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt dentelles, gilt doublures, primrose endpapers, a splendid set in signed Hayday binding. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. A SPLENDID SET IN NEAR FINE STATE FROM A MASTER BINDER.
Fifth edition, small 8vo (183 x 123 mm), 84pp., orig. printed wrappers, chipped, upper wrapper detached.
Vg (no dj, green paper covers, front cover with black lettering and black illustration of car, cyclist and walkers, light crease bottom corner of front cover and few light spots back cover, a very tight copy with no marks or inscriptions, appears unread) 12mo 130pp. Revised and enlarged edition. Undamaged fold-out map and b/w illustrations in the text.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 222pp. Specially designed for fellwalkers, this guide to the walks in Cumbria's Lake District provides seven walks to tackle, ranging from 15 miles to a seven-day walk of 88 miles around the Lakeland Horseshoe.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps, half-title and title lightly spotted, neat contemporary inscription on half-title verso; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
