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A. Mawer and F.M. Stenton
£80.00

The Place-Names of Sussex (two volumes)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERCambridge at The University Press.
BINDINGFaded blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are in very faded condition, spine and edges completely sun bleached. Hinges a little weak but bindings feel secure. Browning and foxing affecting outer leaves, but printed pages are mostly clear and little marked....

J. Tom Burgess
£40.00

Historic Warwickshire

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERThe Midland Educational Company, Limited, and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, and Co. London.
BINDINGQuarter bound leather spine and burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Marbled endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONSome general shelf wear and scuffing to edges of boards. Corners bumped. Hinges a little weak but binding feels...

G.E. Jeans, Editor
£40.00

Memorials of Old Hampshire

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PUBLISHERBemrose and Sons Limited, London and Derby.
BINDINGCream cloth boards with gilt lettering and borders and red crest. Pale lilac marbled endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear and are discoloured, especially the spine. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Uneven opened page edges. Some...

W. Biscombe Gardner and A.R. Hope Moncrieff
£35.00

The Peak Country

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERAdam & Charles Black, London.
BINDINGBrown cloth boards with black and white lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, with scuffing and bumped corners. Some splitting and fraying along spine. Hinges a little weak but binding otherwise feels secure. Browning and foxing especially affecting outer leaves although...

John Hartley
£20.00

Yorksher Puddin': A Collection of Most Popular Dialect Stories

Fiction
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PUBLISHERW. Nicholson & Sons, Limited, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with gilt lettering and design and embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear, scuffing at edges and corners bumped. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Some browning and foxing mainly affecting outer leaves and edges of...

Audrey Withers, Editor
£40.00

Vogue January 1952 (British edition)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERConde Nast Publications Ltd.
BINDINGSoft cover magazine, staple bound.
BOOK CONDITIONIntact copy in fairly good condition for age. Wear along spine and edges with some general scuffing and discolouration. Staples are rusted but binding feels secure. Internal pages are well preserved.
DUST JACKETPreserved in a clear archival...

Audrey Withers, Editor
£40.00

Vogue August 1952 (British edition)

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PUBLISHERConde Nast Publications Ltd.
BINDINGSoft cover magazine, staple bound.
BOOK CONDITIONIntact copy in fairly good condition for age. Wear along spine and edges with some general scuffing and discolouration. Staples are rusted but binding feels secure. Internal pages are well preserved.
DUST JACKETPreserved in a clear archival...

Audrey Withers, Editor
£35.00

Vogue July 1954 (British edition)

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERConde Nast Publications Ltd.
BINDINGSoft cover magazine, staple bound.
BOOK CONDITIONIntact copy in fairly good condition for age. Wear and tearing along spine, with some general scuffing and discolouration. Staples are rusted but binding secure. Internal pages are well preserved.
DUST JACKETPreserved in a clear archival pocket.

W.G. Clarke, Editor
£60.00

Report on the Excavations at Grimes Graves, Weeting, Norfolk, March-May 1914

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHERH.K. Lewis, London.
BINDINGDull green cloth boards with navy blue title patch and gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edges, corners bumped and a few dents. A couple of small stains on back cover. Hinges a little weak but binding feels secure. Some browning and foxing to...

John B. Marsh
£40.00

Steephill Castle, Ventnor, Isle of Wight: A Handbook and a History

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PUBLISHERPrivately published by the Dangerfield Printing Company Limited, London.
BINDINGQuarter bound in contrasting green cloth boards. Gilt lettering and border.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn and stained. Scuffing and fraying, especially to edges and corners. Top of spine is torn away for about 1cm, and in poor condition.  There...

Robert Mudie
£300.00

Mudie's Hampshire: Its Past and Present Condition, and Future Prospects (three volumes)

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PUBLISHERPublished for the Proprietor by James Robbins and D.E. Gilmour, Winchester; and Orr & Co. London.
BINDINGHalf bound green leather and marbled boards. Gilt lettering and banding on spines, and gilt top block edge. Tooled borders. Marbled endpapers. 
BOOK CONDITIONAll three volumes are intact, but in worn condition...

Bill Shepherd
£15.00

Newport Isle of Wight Remembered (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERThe Isle of Wight Natural History and Archaeological Society, Newport
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Maps on endpapers. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little shelf wear to edges of Boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with few discernable marks. 
DUST JACKETWorn at edges with some...

Emma Davenport
£15.00

Fickle Flora and Her Seaside Friends

Children
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PUBLISHERGriffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, London.
BINDINGIllustrated red cloth boards with gilt lettering , black and white design.
BOOK CONDITIONGeneral wear to edges, especially ends of spine and bumped corners. Faded and discoloured. Split hinge, but binding feels reasonably secure. Browning to outer leaves, but printed pages and...

John B. Dyson
£18.00

Methodism in The Isle of Wight

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PUBLISHERGeorge M. Burt, Ventnor Isle of Wight.
BINDINGBurgundy / brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and embossed border. 
BOOK CONDITIONIn worn condition commensurate...

Isaac Taylor
£45.00

Scenes in England, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers

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PUBLISHERJ. Harris and Son. London.
BINDINGQuarter bound tan boards with red leather over spine. Gilt lettering, banding and decorative border to spine, black illustrations  on boards. 

Percy G. Stone
£60.00

Legends and Lays of The Isle of Wight

Poetry
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PUBLISHERConstable & Company Ltd. London.
BINDINGQuarter bound teal blue boards with brown cloth over spine. Gilt lettering to spine, and to top block edge. 
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Shane Leslie
£40.00

A Ghost in The Isle of Wight (signed copy)

Fiction
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PUBLISHERElkin, Matthews and Marrot. London.
BINDINGIllustrated boards. Green lettering and design, endpapers decorated with similar. 
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are in worn condition commensurate with age. Tearing...

Alec Watson
£25.00

Alec Watson: Doctor and Missionary in China

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PUBLISHERAngus Watson.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONJust a little shelf wear to very edges of boards. Some foxing to top...

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