Shell Guide by John Piper, First Edition (29 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Very good in like jacket. Yellow cloth with illustrated endpapers. FFEP signed by previous owner, author John Metcalf. Small puncture to back upper board and pen-tip sized hole to back jacket in the same spot. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Laid in errata slip just in front of the full page map at the end. Smart, unclipped jacket. Minor sunning to spine. and small chip to upper spine jacket. A nice and tight copy. Brodart wrapped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Second editoin hardback. No dustjacket, white cloth covered boards with orange title to spine. Slightly darkened to spine. Metal spiral binding. Previous owners bookplate to endpapers otherwise internally clean. Very good - condition.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Shell guides. Physical description: 68 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 maps (colour) ; 24cm. Subjects: Shropshire -- Description and travel. Architecture -- Great Britain -- Shropshire. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Shell guides. Physical description: 68 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, 2 maps (colour) ; 24cm. Subjects: Shropshire -- Description and travel. Architecture -- Great Britain -- Shropshire. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No flaws.

Card Covers/Plastic Comb. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Shell Guide 11, first edition, [1938], 45pp, advert for Shell, illustrated with two colour maps and black & white photos, illustrated black endpapers, bound with a yellow plastic comb which has cracked in a couple of places, illustrated card covers, some creases and wear, chip to bottom edge of front cover and small tear to fore edge of rear cover. Originally published by Batsford in 1938 with card covers. Faber and Faber took over the series in 1938. They continued to publish all the Shell Guides until 1984, when the series was wound up, with thrity titles on individual counties, one on the Isle of Wight, four on areas of Wales and one on the West Coast of Scotland. Size: 8vo. Local History.

A sound tight copy of the first edition of this early Shell Guide to Oxfordshire, produced by John Piper under the series editorship of John Betjeman. Contents very good and clean, in good yellow boards with orange lettering. The boards show some moderate handling and slight bumping; the spine shows browning. Very slight foxing to title page. Attractive black and white endpapers showing a mix of miscellaneous printed items. Two coloured maps and 25 pages of the usual alphabetical place notes, with many evocative photographs by Maurice Beck. Also includes: an introductory essay on Oxfordshire; an essay on 'Deserted Places' by Myfanwy Evans; a four-page gazetteer of Monuments, by Katharine Esdaile; and a two-page listing of notable people connected with the county. Overall a nice copy of a historic publication.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 80 Pages. Copiously Illustrated. Original Two-Tone Cloth In Complete But Slightly Tanned Dust Wrapper Which Has A Tiny Knick Out Of The Lower Edge Of The Wrapper. A Contemporary Bookplate Has Been Stuck To The Front Printed Endpaper, A Shame As It Would Be A Fantastic Copy Otherwise.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Slightly Worn. First Edition. First edition. Well illustrated, large slim octavo, pp 68, very clean internally, mustard-coloured cloth with blue spine lettering in extremely clean condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and lacks a minute piece near the base of the spine, but otherwise is only slightly used and marked, and now protected in a removable clear cover. A very bright copy with a copy of the errata slip loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 45. Original publisher's illustrated black and white boards, metal ring-pull binding, lettered black on the front cover. Written and illustrated by John Piper. No date, [1939]. Oxfordshire. Slight rubbing and slight wear to covers otherwise close very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Assumed first edition but missing titlepage. Cream boards are grubby and darkened to spine. Metal spiral binding. Previous owners bookplate inside front board otherwise internally clean. Good - condition.

Yellow Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE FIRST AND RAREST SHELL GUIDES WITH A CLOTH COVER. Shell Guide 11, [1939], 45pp, advert for Shell, illustrated with two colour maps and black & white photos, some foxing to inner endpapers and occasionally to margins internally, illustrated black endpapers, yellow cloth with orange lettering to spine and upper board, dust jacket unclipped with original price of 3/6net, note the card edition was priced 2/6, some creases, tear to top of front joint and small loss to top of spine. Originally published by Batsford in 1938 with card covers. Faber and Faber took over the series in 1939, reissuing the earlier edition unaltered but under their imprint. They continued to publish all the Shell Guides until 1984, when the series was wound up, with thrity titles on individual counties, one on the Isle of Wight, four on areas of Wales and one on the West Coast of Scotland. Size: 8vo. Local History.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Card covers in tidy condition, slightly rubbed and creased at the edges, contents clean with slight spotting to the page edges, orange comb bound which is a little split in palces, first edition, uncommon Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First edition, first printing. Very good spiral bound paperback with metal spiral, lacking comb.

8vo. First edition, second issue. Original off white cloth, overprinted in orange on the spine, with ring binding inside. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Neat ink ownership on verso of front free endpaper. Unclipped d/w (3s 6d) is rubbed with small loss at the spine ends and corner tips and has a long chip from the top edge of the front panel. Near fine in good + dust-wrapper. One of the most celebrated of the pre-war Guides. The City of Oxford was not included because that had been covered by John Betjeman's An Oxford University Chest (1938). When Faber and Faber took over publication in 1939, they reissued existing titles with a new title page to indicate the change of publisher and put the original limp-covered ring binding in practical stiff cloth boards. The dust-wrapper reproduces the original paper cover illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 45. Original publisher's illustrated black and white boards, metal ring-pull binding, lettered black on the front cover. Written and illustrated by John Piper. No date, [1938]. Oxfordshire. Slight rubbing at top edge and spine, otherwise very good indeed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ~Date not printed. Bright yellow cloth stamped in orange. Pictorial dustwrapper slightly toned around spine but unclipped and protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edn. Hardcover. Size: 45pp. 23 x 18cm.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

8vo. First edition. Original yellow plastic comb binding, with 'Oxon' printed in red, with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. A little rubbed around the edges. Near fine. One of the most celebrated of the pre-war Guides. The City of Oxford was not included because that had been covered by John Betjeman's An Oxford University Chest (1938). A brochure for Blenheim Palace from 1964 is loosely inserted.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. [1938.] First edition. Cloth edition. Batsford. London. [1938.] First edition. Cloth edition. Hardback; yellow cloth-bound boards, titles in red, dust jacket. 47 pages. Illustrated endpapers, many b&w photos and sketches, colour map. English. 230x185mm. 0.4kg. Near fine, in very good dust jacket; slight shelf wear to forecorners and spine ends, neat small tape repair to verso of head of spine, light spotting to verso of jacket, slight marks to surface of white jacket; boards and pages clean and fresh. A very well-preserved first edition copy of Oxon, written and illustrated by John Piper. Oxon was the first of the Shell guides that John Piper worked on. He and his wife, Myfanwy Evans, had recently purchased a run-down farmhouse in Fawley Bottom, Oxfordshire. During 1937 and '38 the pair toured the Oxfordshire countryside collecting material for the guide. As well as providing the text, Piper took the majority of the photographs in the guide himself, with the remainder being mostly taken by Maurice Beck. The guide includes an essay on 'Deserted Places' by Evans, the gazetteer, an article on 'Monuments' by K. A. Esdaile, and a list of 29 notable Oxfordshire locals. Oxon does not include details of Oxford city as this was being covered by John Betjeman in An Oxford University Chest published in the same year. The Pipers focussed on the rural and the domestic, and the guide's aims and Cotswoldian interests remain relevant. [Heathcote, David. A Shell Eye on England. P.56-63] Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller.

First Edition. Very Good hardback (corners bumped, spine lightly sunned, pages gently age-toned, foxing to outer pages) in Good dustwrapper (a few short tears to top edge, small loss to spine and front wrapper, rubbed and edgeworn). 45 pp 4to original yellow cloth with red lettering in dustwrapper. Illustrated and with 2 pp coloured maps. Pictorial endpapers. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Spiral bound 1st Edition signed by John Piper on the title page. No date but the B.T Batsford Ltd edition with 'Two and Sixpence' in black of the 1938 edition. Oxford city not included as Shell Guide Editor John Betjeman had covered it in his earlier 'Oxford University Chest.' In his preface John Piper said he considered Betjeman's 'Devon Guide' the best but many consider it is this one. Slightly rubbed and creased at edges and couple of age spots around title page but generally very good condition with black and white photos and clear text. Signed by Author(s).

8vo. First edition. Alternative binding. Original yellow cloth overprinted in red. The jacket reproduces the original photographic covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Unclipped d/w has a closed tear to the top edge of the front panel and chips to the spine ends. A bit rubbed at the edges. One of the most celebrated of the pre-war Guides. The City of Oxford was not included because that had been covered by John Betjeman's An Oxford University Chest (1938). The bookplate belongs to Melville Russell Cooke who was married to Helen Smith, daughter of the captain of the Titanic. A loose printed note explains more about the family. Apparently issued simultaneously with the usual ring bound version, this durable binding anticipates what Faber and Faber would do the following year when they took over the series.

8vo. First edition. Alternative binding. Original yellow cloth overprinted in red. The jacket reproduces the original photographic covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. Unclipped jacket is a little dust-soiled, a bit rubbed at the spine ends and corner tips, and has a couple of short closed tears to the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. One of the most celebrated of the pre-war Guides. The City of Oxford was not included because that had been covered by John Betjeman's An Oxford University Chest (1938). Apparently issued simultaneously with the usual ring bound version, this durable binding anticipates what Faber and Faber would do the following year when they took over the series.

First edition. First issue. DW. Ring bound in white cloth boards. 2 coloured maps, advert with Edward Bawden illustration. Illustrated throughout. Boards browned along lower edge. engraved bookplate to inside of front free endpaper. VG+ in sl. dulled wrapper that is sl. worn to extremities, creased to head of spine and soiled along top edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 45pp. White cloth w mustard shadow lettering to spine. Internally spiral-bound w dust-jacket which is lightly bumped along to top edge. Now in protective cellophane wrapper. Pale stain to cloth top edge rear panel. Illustrated in black and white w colour maps and illustrated eps. A lovely bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Faber edition. Small 4to. 45 + (1)pp including colour map at front. Numerous bw photos. Publisher's white cloth covers, orange shadow lettering on spine. White dw, bw lettering, bw photo flint sidewall of house on front, not price clipped 3s 6d net. Internal metal spiral hinge. Original bw decorated eps. Covers : tiny slight spot mark front else bright. Dw : very slight rub top rear corner else very clean. Contents : faint foxing along leading outside edge of pages else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Bright attractive copy. F/F-.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Yellow comb binding with Oxon printed in red all but faded, ; Oxfordshire; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 45 pages.

8vo. First edition. Original yellow plastic comb binding, with 'Oxon' printed in red, with card covers. Two coloured maps and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Advertisement for Shell on the Road at the rear by Edward Bawden. A little rubbed around the edges. Near fine. One of the most celebrated of the pre-war Guides. The City of Oxford was not included because that had been covered by John Betjeman's An Oxford University Chest (1938).