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London: Duckworth & Co, 1920. Second edition. Small octavo, pp viii, 309, age-toned and slightly used internally, two inscriptions on the front endpaper, cloth dull and rubbed, the lower joint wearing, the spine dull and with a splut at the head. . Cloth. Fair.

Cambridge University Press, 1992. A few illustrations, large thick octavo, pp xxiv, 404, top edge slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, brown cloth very good, in a very slightly scuffed dustwrapper. ["This book investigates maps and their reflection of and influence on the contemporary society of early modern Britain. It is concerned with rural estate maps, which were primarily drawn… Read more about this item

London: Spring Books Not dated - c. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 163, very clean internally, bound in anattractive decorated cloth, very slightly faded and marked. [ Originally written in Czech, so a very good source for Central European costumes.]. First British edition. Cloth. Good.

London: Faber & Faber, 1954. Illustrated, octavo, pp 224,very slight age-toning and a neat signature on the front endpaper, but otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly rubbed. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

London: Frances Lincoln, 2005. Well illustrated, horizontal octavo, pp [c.150], very clkean internally, green cloth in excellent condition, in a very goo dustwrapper. ["This charming flower calendar is a facsimile edition of a hand-illustrated manuscript created in 1913 by A K Landale. Agnes Katherine Landale, or Aggie as she was known to her family and friends, was married to an… Read more about this item

Thrupp, Stroud.: Sutton Publishing, 2006. Illustrated, octavo, pp x, 278, very clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, an excellent copy in dustwrapper. ["From the early misfortunes of Eve, condemning her descendants to a dubious reputation for fruit management, to the acclaimed successes of plant breeders such as the eccentric Ellen Willmott who combined bankruptcy with iris breeding, the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1959. Illustrated with 12 plates and a few line drawings, thick octavo, pp x, 475, the top edge slightly foxed, the fore-edge faintly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly worn, the spine slightly faded and marked. [With the signature of Alan Roger, of Dundonnell House, Garden and Estate.]. First Edition. Cloth.… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1904. New and Revised edition. Small octavo, pp xii, 390, a marginal manuscript X on one page, otherwise internally clean but a bit weak, the front hinge cracked and weak, the pages from the front endpaper through to page xii are in danger of becoming detached, green cloth a bit worn and marked. The rear blank has… Read more about this item

London: S. Birt, C. Hitch, E. Wicksteed, J. Hodges, and E. Comyns., 1752. Ninth Edition. Octavo, pp (2), 480, (8), a little marked and age-toned throughout, some lower marginal staining but otherwise in quite good condition, lacking the frontispiece (and half-title if called-for?), a small worm-hole to the top inner corner of the title page which is also lacking… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1948. Illustrated, octavo, pp 410, very clean internally, lacking the front endpaper, the front hinge cracking a little but not at all weak, blue cloth slightly worn, the spine a little creased and age-toned. . First Edition. Cloth. Good.

New York: Arno Press, 1979. Originally published 1897. Facsimile reprint, thick octavo, pp xviii, 486, traces of a price label on the front endpaper otherwise very clean internally, red cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is faded, age-toned and slightly worn.. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and faded.

London: William Kimber, 1972. Illustrated, octavo, pp 175, the fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise clean internally, brown cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is slightly worn and creased. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and creased.

New York, St Louis, San Francisco: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. Well illustrated, large octavo, pp 192, the top edge foxed, the fore-edge slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, green cloth in good condition, the dustwrapper is badly stretched and slightly worn and age-toned.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Rather worn and stretched.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. Originally published 1862. Facsimile reprint, illustratewd, thick octavo, pp xviii, 484, the fore-edhe with a very slight mark, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped and sliightly worn and browned dustwrapper. [Vermuyden, embanking, draining, Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River, early roads, bridges, harbours, ferries, James… Read more about this item

1925. Illustrated with black and white plates and with three fine colour plates from watercolours by Norman Howard, [all the illustrations are high quality and tipped-in], large horizontal octavo, pp 30 + plates, the edges a little foxed, and large but faint foxing on several pages [not unsightly], paperback, yapp edges, in very good condition. In its original plain… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Ilustrated with eight colour plates from oils by Ruth Wright Paulsen, octavo, pp xvi, 120, grey cloth in dustwrapper, the spine slightly faded, a small geen plain label on the rear cover, otherwise as new. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly faded. Illus. by Ruth Wright Paulsen.

Walton and Weybridge Local History Society, 1970. Four illustrations, pp 63, large slim octavo, paperback, stapled, the covers slightly worn and marked but a good copy. VERY SCARCE. First Edition. Paperback. Good.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1977. [1997 - 1998]. Volumes 1 & 2. Illustrated, octavo, pp xvi, 287; xvi, 320, the fore-edge very slightly foxed, otherwise extremely clean internally, yellow cloth in very good condition, in very slightly worn dustwrappers. [Origins and Formation. Establishment and Growth.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

61/4, Holborn Viaduct, London: Henry S. Fitter & Sons, Ltd, 1931. Illustrated, slender small octavo, pp 24, the pages are loose as the staples have rusted, paperback covers with "porthole", faded and very slightly worn. With the stamp pf the conservationist Richard Fitter. [A promotional booklet for the firm and for Smithfield Market. The company had been trading at… Read more about this item

Various publishers A GOOD COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON SURBITON, THAMES DITTON, MOLESEY AND SURROUNDING AREA, INCLUDING SEVERAL SCARCE ITEMS: A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Borough of Elmbridge. 1989, by Rowland G.M. Baker. 44 pages, paperback, a very good copy. [Includes Walton-on-Thames, Claygate, Esher, Hersham, Oxshott, Cobham, Weybridge and Brooklands.]… Read more about this item