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Eleventh Edition - Re-written. Undated but c1942 as wartime publication. Small format 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Publishers note states "The Publishers regret that, owing to Wartime difficulties, it is not at present possible to include the customary complete set of maps and plans in this Guide". One fold-out map of The Peak District, 3.5 cm closed tear to edge. Red cloth boards with black titles to front, gilt titles to spine. Top of spine sunned where jacket missing. Binding tight. Outer corners rounded (as published). Content clean and bright.' Notes' pages at rear not filled in. Jacket unclipped 3/6 net, piece missing to head of spine, small tears and light creasing to edges, spine sunned. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 160 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. Little, Brown & Company, London. 1999. Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good +. Slight bumping to corners. A nice clean copy. 310 pages.

Seventh edition. Red cloth with bright gilt title to front, dulled gilt titles to spine. Marbled edges. Small blue ink tick to after Austria on front cover. Light surface marking and bumps to covers. Spine faded. Binding tight. All maps and plans collated and all complete in good clean condition which includes 10 fold-out maps all neatly and correctly folded (the one before the title page has 2 cm closed tear to fold edge). Note: the map of Cracow (Krakau) which is listed as before page 396 is actually before page 389. Front pastedown has list of Baedeker's Guide Books. Previous owner 'E.E. Harcourt Vernon' ink signature and date 1892 to front free endpaper. Map to back endpapers. Includes 4 page supplement of List of Maps by Edward Stanford, London between title page and preface and dated 1892. Content generally clean with occasional marks. Original red ribbon marker. Not ex-library. 495 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1040. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, London. 1940. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front and gilt lettering to spine. Binding tight with minor bumping to corners. Light bumping and rubbing to spine ends. Small mark to front below decoration. Content very clean and bright. School prize plate to front free endpaper. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 512 pages. Overall, a very nice copy. All books are individually described.

First edition. Translated from the French by Barbara Bray. Jacket design by Andrew Vargo. B/w frontispiece and photographs. Publishers red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Photograph endpapers. Binding tight and boards clean. Small bump to leading edge of front board. Content clean and bright. Jacket not clipped £2.50 net with 2 x 4 cm tears to bottom edge of back panel, tape repairs internally, chipping with small loss to top edge. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 192 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: The Right Book Club, 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Thus. Red cloth boards with black titles to spine. Binding tight with light bumping to corners. Boards clean. Slight forward lean. Content clean with no markings. Pages age toned. Jacket not clipped with light edge wear and chipping to spine ends and corners. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 187 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Jacket illustration by Gordon Crabb. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight. Pages age toned. Black ink letter P to top corner of front free endpaper and top of first page of chapter one. Jacket not clipped with light edge creasing and small splits to flap fold ends. Not ex-library. 313 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First edition. Jacket design by Donald S. Swan. Ex-library copy with usual label and barcode to front endpaper, stamps to half title and barcode to copyright page and stamp to bottom of last page of text - no other stamps in text. Red cloth boards. Binding tight. Slight forward lean. Occasional marks in text. One section of text slightly browned presumably due to different stock. Jacket not clipped with just very light edgewear and light creasing. 192pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First edition, first printing September 1933. B/w illustrations. 18 stories for younger children including 'The Guinea-Pig's Tale', 'Irish Stew', 'The Little Gold Penny', 'Ginger and Sandy', 'Cinderella's Sisters', 'Timothy and Tabitha' etc. Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Binding firm and boards clean. Front free endpaper removed. Browning to half-title. Pages age-toned. Jacket unclipped (priced on front), a little green ink shading to front illustration and ink marks, edge-worn with small tears and creasing, spine sunned with traces of a written number towards bottom. No names, notes or inscriptions. 144 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Undated but c1984. Pictorial card covers. Tight binding. Light rubbing to surfaces and corners. Content clean and bright with no markings. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 101 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Dean & Son Ltd. Hardcover. Fair. Abridged Edition. No date. Pictorial boards (picture of boats coming ashore). Binding tight. Light bumping to corners and spine ends. Pages very browned. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 248 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Trowbridge, Wiltshire: Baros Books, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. First Edition. Numerous b/w photographs. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight. Boards clean and corners square. Light line mark to front board. Content clean and bright with no markings. Very slight tonal line mark to half title page. Jacket not clipped £7 net with minor edgewear and small circular indents to back panel. Slight fading to spine. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 150 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Illustrated card covers. Corners creased and edges rubbed. Tight binding. Pages age toned but clean. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 287pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First edition. The story of a trip across Siberia and Russia just before war broke out. Map of the route endpapers. B/w frontispiece of author and 10 b/w plates. Black cloth with red titles to spine. Back inner hinge cracked but holding firm. Boards marked and edges rubbed and worn. Content generally clean with occasional marks and spots. Previous owner ink name to verso of frontispiece. Pencil notes to back endpaper relating to places in text. Fox spotting to fore-edge. Not ex-library. 180 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Second printing. Lovely colour illustrations to nearly very page. Pale yellow cloth boards with silver titles on front and spine. Binding tight, boards clean and corners square. Two very small indents to spine and leading edges. Content very clean and bright. Very small rub to front endpaper where previous price written. Jacket not clipped £19.99 with light creasing to edges, small light pen marks to front. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 189pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Lincoln: The Royal Society for Nature Conservation, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The Royal Society for Nature Conservation, Lincoln. 1982. Hardcover. First Edition presentation copy signed by author - June 1982. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good . Book content clean and bright. Minor spotting to text block edge. Jacket has minor creasing to top of front. Book appears to be unread. 193 pages.

London: Merehurst Press, 1989. Soft cover. Near Fine. Barlow, Naomi. Merehurst Press, London. 1989. Softcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Naomi Barlow (Illustrator). A very clean copy with only very minor rubbing to cover edges. Looks unread. No inscriptions. 160 pages.

HMP Maistone: Insider Magazine, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. The result of a National Prison Poets Competition staged by The Insider - Maidstone Prison's inmate magazine and James Barr, a Kent poet. Brown pictorial card covers with cream titles to front. Binding tight. Covers clean with just light corner creasing. Content clean and bright. Poem on white paper stuck to inside front cover and neat inscription to title page. Not ex-library. No notes or underlining. 109 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hodder and Stoughton, 1936 Reprint. Hardcover. Book condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Printed on India paper. Royal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine. Binding tight with very minor bumping to corners and spine ends. Minor chip to top edge of front cover. Gilt top edge. Content clean and bright. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown "Lawrence Scholar M. L. Duncan 1938". Very minor foxing to edges of prelims and last few pages. Jacket has light wear to edges, 1.5 cm tear and chipping to head of spine and 1 cm tear to bottom edge of back panel. Some light blue marks probably ink to front panel and light marks to back panel. Not price clipped 21/- net. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 844 pages. Overall a very nice copy indeed. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This edition retains the content, spelling and grammar of the original 1911 edition. Book design by Kristen M. Nobles. A fine, tight, clean book with a fine, clean, unclipped jacket which has just a hint of shelf rubbing to edges. A lovely copy of a beautifully illustrated book. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 173 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked. NOTE: This is a large heavy book (approx 1.1 kg) so postage outside the UK may be higher than the default price - please enquire BEFORE ordering.