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Hampshire. (Towards a Dictionary of the County of Southampton commonly Hampshire or Hants). A Shell Guide.


Book Description
8vo. First edition. Ring binding with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Covers a little dust-soiled with a small patch of abrasion on the front. Slight foxing to edges of text block. Bookplate on verso of front free endpaper. Near fine.
Dealer Notes
‘Rayner’s Hampshire is unique amongst the early guides being better written and more modern than any of the others’. (David Heathcote, A Shell Eye on England (2011)).
Author
Rayner, John
Date
1937
Publisher
London, B.T. Batsford Ltd
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