Claude Messent (42 results)
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, UK, 1949
- Softcover
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Covers coming loose from the pages, attached along the rear spine edge only. Page edges are slightly browned. ; Penguin Guides; 160 pages.

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Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 155 p., 8 p. of maps : ill., maps ; 18 cm. Series: The Penguin guides ; G7. Subjects: Suffolk (England) ; Guidebooks; Cambridgeshire (England) ; Guidebooks; Suffolk (England) Description and… travel; Cambridgeshire (England) Description and travel. 3 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London, UK
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Tatty. 96 pages (thickish paper used for pages so book is about 1 inch thick. No obvious date but looks first half of 20th century Tatty yellow background dustjacket which is colour faded to spine which is now white. Chipped and worn to edges of dustjacket. Clean bl…ue hardback binding with light wear to boards' corners and edges. Clean and tidy pages.
Published by Fletcher & Son,, Norwich:, 1937
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. With 112 illustrations by the author. First edition. Moderate shelf wear and aging, else very good in red cloth with black lettering. No dust jacket. ; 127 pages.

Published by Penguin, London, 1949
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- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. first thus, paperback, 155 pages, pages browned, inner hinge a little weak otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real boos situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf N4.

Published by Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1949
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 155 p., 8 p. of maps : ill., maps ; 18 cm. Series: The Penguin guides ; G7. Subjects: Suffolk (England) ; Guidebooks; Cambridgeshire (England) ; Guidebooks; Suffolk (England) Description and… travel; Cambridgeshire (England) Description and travel. 1 Kg.

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Condition: New. In.

Published by Published by the Author, The Gable, 1974
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1974. No Edition Stated. 93 pages. White dust jacket with black lettering over red cloth. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild wear an…d tear to edges and corners, with larger tear to front. Moderate tanning to spin, with staining and soiling to DJ. Sticker remnants to front.

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Published by C.J.W. Messent, The Gable, Brundall Road, Blofield, 1970
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Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 238 pages illustrations 23 cm. Subjects; Lich-gates England. Church buildings England. Sepulchral monuments England. Architecture England. 3 Kg.

Published by Penguin Books, 1949
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. No jacket. Penguin Books, 1949. Paperback, sm8vo, 155pp, maps. Slightly spotted. A good copy. /0.2uk.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Penguin Books, London, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketPaperback. Printed pages: 155. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight wear to spine. Light browning to page edges. Very clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm).

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More imagesPublished by Penguin, 1949
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Seller: Country House Library, Gloucester, United KingdomCountry House Library
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Used; Good. This lovely edition Penguin Guides: Suffolk and Cambridgeshire is a useful guide to the most outstanding points of the district describes, and with its companion volume on Norfolk and the Isle of Ely, covers the major part of East Anglia and the Fens to the North Sea. Norfolk and Suffolk are ess…entially agricultural, and can claim in many ways to be the most English part of England. Their towns and villages, large and small, abound in interests of every kind, and their countryside is much more varied and picturesque than the stranger is apt to imagine. Title: Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Author: Claude J W Messent Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 1949 Format: Paperback Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear.

Published by C.J.W. Messent, The Gable, Brundall Road, Blofield, 1970
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 238 pages illustrations 23 cm. Subjects; Lich-gates England. Church buildings England. Sepulchral monuments England. Architecture England. 1 Kg.

Published by Norwich: H W Hunt. 1934, 1934
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- First Edition
Seller: Gage Postal Books, Westcliff-on-Sea, United KingdomGage Postal Books
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Add to basketFirst edition hardback, no dustjacket. The binding has faded, it remains sound. The endpapers are browning and have some ink marks and inscriptions. The frontispiece has some slight creasing, everything else is clean and crisp. Illustrated, 151.
Published by Blofield: The author, 1974, 1974
- Hardcover
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Add to basket93pp, 21 neat sketches, hardback in dust jacket.

Published by Norwich. Fletcher and Son. 1937 1st., 1937
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Add to basket7.25 x 5.0 inches. In red cloth covers with black lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Corners slightly bumped. Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1938. Else a clean and tight copy. 127 pp. With b/w illustrations by the author.
Published by Published by the Author, Norwich, 1970,, 1970
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Add to basket1st edition.Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under light blue dustwrapper illustrated with line drawing. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, 238pp. Contains numerous line drawings of examples to be found in the counties of south Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, North Essex and East Cambridgeshire. Book F, Dw VG (slight crease to top of…front cover).
More imagesPublished by Published by the Author, 1967
- Hardcover
Seller: The Rutland Bookshop, Uppingham, RUT, United KingdomThe Rutland Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 96 pages, most bright and clean. H.20cm W.13cm D.1.5cm. Some tearing to jacket.
Published by the Author, Norwich, 1970, 1970
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- First Edition
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Add to basket1st edition. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under light blue dustwrapper illustrated with line drawing. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, 238pp. Contains numerous line drawings of examples to be found in the counties of south Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, North Essex and East Cambridgeshire. VG / VG.
Published by Norwich: published by the author, 1974., 1974
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United KingdomCornell Books Limited
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. First edition (hardback). 8vo ( 22cm by 14cm), 93pp. 21 illustrations from sketches by the author. Original brick-red cloth, dustwrapper. Ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition.
Published by Norwich: H W Hunt, 1934
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First edition. Hardcover book . Red cloth lettered in black, no dustjacket. 151 pages . With Pen and Ink drawings by the author (in plates). A brief text on all Monastic in Norfolk and suffolk, with details of architectural style and dates, notable features, and in some cases plans of layout. Very Good Love…ly copy, Previous owners name to front end-paper Pictures available.
More imagesPublished by Fakenham: published by the author, 1967
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Messent, Claude J. W. A thousand years of Norfolk carstone, 967 - 1967 : an architectural and geological survey of a building stone quarried in Norfolk / with a foreword by The Right Reverend William Somers Llewellyn, Bishop of Lynn. Fakenham: published b…y the author, 1967. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket a little tanned to spine with a couple of small nicks and a closed tear to top front repaired from the inside with clear tape. Tan cloth with black lettering to spine. Binding strong. 96pp., colour and b/w illustrations. Contents clean and bright. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Published by Published by the author, Fakenham, 1967. First edition., 1967
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Colour & Black and White illustrations. Very Good in Very Good (â") Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover. Bookplate to inside front cover.

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Language: English
Published by H. W. Hunt
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Messent takes us on a journey through all the churches of Norfolk and Norwich with informative information about each church. Accompanied by 12 Illustrations.Essential for a trip around Norfolk. The book is in good condition. There is a label with a Lincolnshire address on the facing page but the page…s are clean and very readable.
Published by Norwich: H W Hunt, 1932
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketFine. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Soft cover book Red limp covers lettered in black, with dustjacket lettered and illustrated in black on buff paper. 83pp. With 18 full page pen and ink drawings by the author (in plates). A brief text on all 38 old parish churches situated within the city walls of Norwich, with details…of architectural style and dates, notable features, memorials, and date of registers. Fine in Very Good jacket, now in clear sleeve. Pictures available.
More imagesThe Penguin County Guides Series and Penguin Guides New Series: Complete run of all 18 volumes: G1 Kent, Sussex & Surrey; G2 Somerset; G3 Cornwall; G4 Devon; G5 Derbyshire; G6 The Lake District; G7 Suffolk & Cambridgeshire; G8 Norfolk & the Isle of Ely; G9 Wiltshire & Dorset; G10 Hampshire & the Isle of Wight; G11 Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire; G12 North Wales; G13 Berkshire & Oxfordshire; G14 Kent; G15 Surrey; G16 Sussex; G17 London; G18 Warwickshire
S. E. Winbolt / J. W. Lambert / F. L. and E. A. Loveridge / F. C. Mutton / W. T. Palmer / Claude J. W. Messent / Elizabeth M. Harland / Nesta Howard and Spencer Underwood / R. L. P. Jowitt / F. R. Banks
Language: English
Published by Penguin Books 1939-1960, London, 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Overall jacket condition is Good Plus. Book: A complete set of all 18 volumes in the Penguin County Guides series. Comprising volumes G1 to G6, issued in 1935; volumes G7-G13, issued 1949-1950; and the New Series, volumes G14-G18, issued 1955-1960. Volume… G1-G6 and G11 include the original dustjacket. All volumes in G+ to VG+ condition with some foxing and browning. G14 has an owner's name to front cover. A scarce complete set. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 4.25 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18 cm).