SHELL GUIDE John BetjemanBiblio.com
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1939GAM049Faber London 1939 1939. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. The Faber re-issue of this Shell Guide published three years after the original Architectural Press edition. A bookplate to the front pastedown states that this copy was bequeathed to the Library of the Royal Empire Society by Flying-Officer R.T.E.Latham August 1944 and two ink stamps confirm that it was subsequently withdrawn from stock. These two stamps plus two neatly inked sets of numerals one to the front pastedown and one to the index page are the only indications of former library ownership. Small 4to. 54pp. Original white publishers cloth with internal wire spiral binding blocked in blue at the spine. Illustrated with four colour maps and thirty-eight photographs. Some staining to the cloth at head of the upper and lower boards and half a dozen small spots of foxing to the backstrip spine. Internally a very crisp and bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper which is a little dust soiled and chafed with a little creased to the top edge and a single tiny area of loss. Faber, London [1939] Hardcover
1939ARC91295Faber London 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing of this most uncommon Shell Guide the first new title issued in the series following Faber's take-over. Small 4to. 61pp. Cloth boards with internal wire spiral binding. With two colour maps and over sixty photographs including five contributed by John Betjeman. A touch of spotting to cloth and top edge and a tiny scuff to the head of the half-title which serves as the free endpaper and also exhibits a little light spotting. A very good copy in the scare non-price-clipped dust wrapper featuring a Nineteenth century engraving of the interior of Gloucester Cathedral just a little tanned spotted and chafed with several tiny slivers of loss. A super copy of one of the scarcest titles in the series. Faber, London Hardcover
1939ARC90380Faber London 1939. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing of this most uncommon Shell Guide the first new title issued in the series following Faber's take-over. Small 4to. 61pp. White boards with internal wire spiral binding. With a colour map and over sixty photographs including five contributed by John Betjeman. Cloth a little discoloured from handling and with some unsightly water-staining to base of upper and lower boards also affecting the pastedowns endpapers and a tiny portion of the base of the title page although the remainder of the leaves are spared. Water-staining aside this is a nice bright copy of an uncommon Shell Guide complete with non-price-clipped dust wrapper depicting a 19th century engraving of the interior of Gloucester Cathedral dust marked chipped with some loss to head and base of spine panel and tips of several corners and with evidence of water-staining. This unfortunate staining aside this is quite a crisp copy of one of the scarcest titles in the series. Faber, London Hardcover
1939ARC93987Faber London 1939. 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. The second issue and first casebound edition published here by Faber from the sheets of the original 1935 Architectural Press edition which was only issued in wrappers with a wire spiral binding. Small 4to. 63pp. An internal spiral wire binding within white cloth boards blocked in orange at the spine. With photographic endpapers two colour maps and scores of photographs and reproductions many presented full-page or double-spread plus essays by Sheila Kaye-Smith Rev. Miles Sargent the Dean of Rochester and Arthur Waugh on Charles Dickens and Kent. Includes a full-page Edward Bawden Shell advertisement. Top edge lightly spotted and with a minor wave to the paperstock. A very good copy in slightly dust soiled price-clipped dust wrapper rubbed at the upper edge with a single tiny fraction of loss and some internal taped reinforcement. Faber, London [1939]. Hardcover
92852London B.T. Batsford ca1936 1st. Paperback Ringbound. 9 x 7 inches. B&W photo covers with red ring binder to spine lettered in silver. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges and corners of cover some rubbing to lettering on spine ring. 7 perforations torn at bottom end of spine on front cover. Errata slip at p.5 Intro. Some minor light foxing spots to edges of a few pages one or two minor handling marks pencil ticks next to towns in Gazetteer. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 55pp. 4 colour maps. London, B.T. Batsford, ca1936 1st paperback
1984ARC91158Faber London 1984. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing - the uncommon casebound issue. Small 4to. 192pp. Dark blue cloth with blue lettering to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Extensively illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs by John Piper Edward Piper Peter Burton et al. In fine state with non-price-clipped dust wrapper heavily sunned at spine panel as is so often the case with this production else very good. The last of the Shell Guides and particularly scarce in this casebound format although reputedly 2000 thus copies were produced. Faber, London Hardcover
1939ARC94352Faber London 1939. 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. The Faber reissue originally issued by Batsford a year earlier. Small 4to. 45pp i publisher's advertisement. White cloth with an internal wire spiral binding blocked in orange at the spine. Illustrated with two full-page colour maps and scores of photographs many full-page or double-spread predominantly taken by the author who also contributes a series of drawings of Minster Lovell. The boards lifting a fraction at the fore edge and with a trace of very light toning to the leaf margins. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper nicked at the upper edge with several tiny fractions of loss with two or three short edge-creases and a little toning to the spine panel. The Faber re-issue of the eleventh title in the series and the only one written by Piper alone Faber acquired series shortly before the publication of the thirteenth title and reissued the entire run up to that point between March and April 1939. Faber, London [1939]. Hardcover
1935ARC94350The Architectural Press London 1935. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. Small 4to. 63pp. Pictorial card wrappers with a wire spiral binding. With a double-spread colour map and black and white photographs throughout. A little light surface creasing to the wrappers and some spotting to one unprinted leaf. A very good copy. The original Matlock entry in the gazetteer has been pasted over with an alternate description as is invariably the case. The third volume in the Shell Guide series and one of the more uncommon. The Architectural Press, London Paperback
1935ARC91682The Architectural Press London 1935. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. Small 4to. 63pp. Pictorial card wrappers with a wire spiral binding. With a double-spread colour map and black and white photographs throughout. Wrappers creased and a little chafed a corner tips and with a short tear to the fore edge of the rear wrapper. A small area of surface abrasion to the base of two adjacent plate leaves. A somewhat worn copy but still quite crisp internally. The original Matlock entry in the gazetteer has been pasted over with an alternate description as is invariably the case. The third volume in the Shell Guide series and one of the more uncommon. The Architectural Press, London Paperback
1935ARC90992The Architectural Press London 1935. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. Small 4to. 62pp. Pictorial card wrappers featuring a photomontage designed by Lord Berners with a metal spiral-binding. With a double-spread colour map and scores of monochrome photographs several full-page or double-spread. A little minor creasing to the front wrapper else a very good copy of the second in the Shell Guide series one of the scarcer titles. The Architectural Press, London Paperback
1939ARC94353Faber London 1939. 1939. Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. The Faber reissue originally issued by The Architectural Press in 1936. Small 4to. 46pp i publisher's advertisement. Cream cloth with an internal wire spiral binding blocked in red at the spine. With two full-page colour maps and scores of black and white photographs. The cloth somewhat toned and discoloured with a tiny trace of wear to the head of the spine. A good bright copy very crisp internally and housed in a good example of the dust wrapper non-price-clipped but a little toned and dust soiled with a little edge-creasing and several tiny slivers of loss. The Faber re-issue of the seventh title in the series this one edited by the father-and-son duo Charles and Peter Quennell Faber acquired series shortly before the publication of the thirteenth title and reissued the entire run up to that point between March and April 1939. Faber, London [1939]. Hardcover
92775Faber & Faber 1952. In green cloth covers with blue lettering top the spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with a good dustwrapper dw: 1st state has some scruffs to the edges slight tear to the back and front Spine is rubbed with some tears. Not Price clipped in protective cover. shelf wear to the edges of the cloth inside very bright clean and tidy 64pp. Illustrated with 8 colour map plates and numerous B&W photographs. Faber & Faber 1952 hardcover
1939ARC91431Faber London 1939. 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. The uncommon Faber re-issue of this Shell Guide which was originally published by Batsford just a year earlier. Small 4to. 44pp iv colour maps. White cloth with an internal wire spiral binding. Photographic endpapers and with sixteen pink-tinted leaves of photographs and further monochrome photographs throughout including several by the author and one by his father Sir Muirhead Bone. Spine ends bumped and two small indentations to the upper board. A touch of rusting to the spiral binding resulting in just a trace of offsetting to the front endpapers. Neat former owner name inked to a blank preliminary leaf. A very crisp and pleasing copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper correspondingly bumped at spine ends resulting in several short but ragged tears and a little further chafing to corner tips. Faber, London [1939]. Hardcover
2010Q-1442409681Simon Spotlight 2010-08-31. Board book. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Simon Spotlight unknown
2010Q-1416991832Simon Spotlight 2010-06-22. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Simon Spotlight paperback
Q-1442498374Simon Spotlight 2014-01-07. Board book. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Simon Spotlight unknown
2005Q-0738600873Research & Education Association 2005-05-03. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Research & Education Association paperback
2006Q-1843532646Rough Guides 2006-09-17. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Rough Guides paperback
18640008949London: Chapman And Hall 1864. Revised edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vos 3/4 brown morocco extra-gilt spines marbled boards and edges. Ex libris Cyrus K. Hale. <br/><br/>The title-page states "In Eight Volumes". Some versions of this had nine. Dyce is considered to have been a scrupulous editor: "Its textual criticism is of the highest value and the brief annotations are always useful and to the point. The glossary is full and meets most of the difficulties. A vast number of.Shakespearean students regard it as the most readable and satisfactory of all the editions of the dramatist - DNB." Frontispiece portraits. Jaggard SHAKESPEARE BIBLIOGRAPHY p. 538 . Chapman And Hall hardcover
43096London: By and for John Limbird c. 1838. Fifth edition xii 288 24pp. engraved frontispiece original publishers brown cloth a little stained. Bitting p. 602; Attar p. 249 both citing the first edition of 1830. London: By and for John Limbird, [c. 1838] hardcover
nosku2684The hardcover stated Hastings Edition from 1959. Other than a clipped back cardholder flyleaf ex libris both the mylar-covered DJ and the book are in positively excellent condition. There are no rips tears etc. and the pages and binding are tight as a drum. If you wish to negotiate the already low price buyers are ALWAYS welcome to make me an offer I can't refuse.Very Good hardcover
1939mon0003942176Viking Press 1939T. hardcover. Good. . Viking Press hardcover
9788578274191WMF MARTINS FONTES LTDA. new. Um guia para evitar os erros mais frequentes em ingl�s com linguagem e estilo modernos mantendo a obedi�ncia ��s regras WMF MARTINS FONTES LTDA unknown
19912092902137303550Shinchosha 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shinchosha paperback
WS-9I2O-O23IPaperback. Good. Average wear yellowing to pages bookshop stamp to title page. paperback
