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A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Bolton Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Pateley Bridge, Wharfedale, York, Etc. With an appendix for cyclists and motorists. ['Red guides']

London: Ward Lock, 1902-3 Series. Seventh Edition - re-written. 192pp, with photographs, plans and maps in the text, and two fold-out maps. Preceded, interspersed and followed by many pages of advertisements, some being on tinted paper. Contents unmarked and in very good order, with some toning to edges of maps. Octavo, with rounded corners, in the original red cloth over thin boards, with patterned borders and with 'Harrogate' given as the title. Firm, slightly darkened and rubbed. Very good copy. VG.

Price: £40.00


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Charles G. Harper (ridden, written and illustrated by):
Cycle Rides Round London.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1902. First edition. xii, 288pp. Ex-library copy, so the copyright page is stamped and the front free endpaper is prettily bedecked with labels and stamps, covering an early ownership name. Contents unmarked and very clean. Light surface damage to rear pastedown. Uncut. In the original binding of dark green cloth illustrated and titled in light green: extremities bumped and slight tape residue near base of spine. Good firm copy. Very Good.

Price: £56.00


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Gillett, H.M.:
Shrines of Our Lady in England and Wales.

London: Samuel Walker, 1957. First edition. 415pp, illustrated with photographs. Front free endpaper bears church ownership stamp (deleted with a simple X) and a neat personal note in ink. Contents otherwise very clean and unmarked. In the original binding of blue cloth, spine titled in black. Clean and firm: spine has pale patches, boards are bright. In protected price-clipped blue pictorial dust jacket: clean, with scuffs to edges, small internal repairs, and some creasing at top of front panel. Very nice copy. VG+ in VG dust-jacket.

Price: £35.00


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Fred Dibnah and David Hall:
Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age. A Guide to Britain's Industrial Heritage - where to go, what to see. [Signed copy]

London: BBC Books, 1999. First edition. 208pp. Including eight maps, many black and white photographs and 60pp gazetteer. Ornately signed by the Author on front endpaper, 'Best Wishes from Fred Dibnah 1999'. Contents clean and fresh. In the original green cloth-textured binding, spine titled in silver, clean, bright and firm: corners sharp, spine ends blunted. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, with slight puckering to spine ends and a small scuff at one corner. A very nice copy. VG+ in VG+ dust-jacket.

Price: £35.00


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Roger Deakin: illustrated by David Holmes:
Waterlog. A swimmer's journey through Britain. [Signed Copy.]

London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First edition. [x], 358pp. Title page signed by both Deakin and Holmes. On the half title is a 1999 gift inscription in another hand. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. In the original red cloth-textured binding titled in silver, clean, bright and firm, extremities slightly blunted. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket. This is clean and bright, with small bumps to the extremities, small nicks to the bottom corners, and very light knocks to top and bottom edges. Very nice copy. Very Good in very good dust-jacket.

Price: £220.00


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