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1. Stowe : a description of the magnificent house and gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple : Viscount and Baron Cobham : one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and knight of the most noble order of the garter : embellished with a general plan of the gardens, and also a separate plan of each building with perspective views of the same.

Stowe : a description of the magnificent house and gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple : Viscount and Baron Cobham : one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and knight of the most noble order of the garter : embellished with a general plan of the gardens, and also a separate plan of each building with perspective views of the same.

Date:: 1766
Physical Description:: 44 pages, [20] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

2. Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.

Date:: 1788
Physical Description:: 54, [2] pages, [21] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

3. London : a brief account of its many beautiful and interesting sights.

Date:: [approximately 1951]
Physical Description:: 74, [6] pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The tourist's companion, or, The history and antiquities of Harewood in Yorkshire : giving a particular description of Harewood House, church, and castle : with some account of its environs / by John Jewell.

Creator:: Jewell, John, of Harewood, Yorkshire
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: 103, [1] pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

5. This is England / by S.P.B. Mais.

Creator:: Mais, S. P. B. (Stuart Petre Brodie), 1885–1975
Date:: 1935
Physical Description:: 30 unnumbered pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

6. The Daily Mail exhibition guide : making the best of a day at Wembley.

Creator:: Daily Mail (London, England)
Date:: [approximately 1924]
Physical Description:: [4] pages : maps ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The visitors' guide to Ripon : Studley Royal, Fountains Abbey, Brimham Rocks, Hackfall etc. with plates.

Date:: [1866]
Physical Description:: 34 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The Eaton tourists, or, A "colloquial description" of the hall, grounds, gardens, &c. at Eaton : the seat of the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor.

Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [4], 103, [1] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

9. A guide to Woburn Abbey / by J.D. Parry, M.A.

Creator:: Parry, J. D. (John Docwra), -1833?
Date:: 1831
Physical Description:: 137, [1] pages ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

10. Orient Line guide, chapters for travellers by sea and land illustrated.

Creator:: Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839–1911
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: vii, [4], [x]-xxxvii, [2]-439 p. illustrations ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Haddon Hall / by Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. etc. etc. ; illustrated by upwards of fifty engravings.

Creator:: Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816–1886
Date:: [approximately 1880?]
Physical Description:: [4], 67, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

12. A guide to Alnwick Castle / by the late Rev. C.H. Hartshorne, M.A., Rector of Holdenby ; with illustrations by Philip H. Delamotte, F.S.A.

Creator:: Hartshorne, Charles Henry, 1802–1865
Date:: 1865
Physical Description:: [6], 114 pages, [6] leaves of plates, [1] folded : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

13. New description of Blenheim, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough : containing a full and accurate account of the paintings, tapestry, and furniture; a picturesque tour of the gardens & park : and a general description of the china gallery, &c. : with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening.

Creator:: Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: vi, [2], 152 pages, [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

14. A summer's day at Hampton Court : being a guide to the palace and gardens : with an illustrative catalogue of the pictures according to the new arrangement, including those in the apartments recently opened to the public / by Edward Jesse, Esq., surveyor of Her Majesty's park and palaces, author of 'Gleaning in natural history.'.

Creator:: Jesse, Edward, 1780–1868
Date:: 1840
Physical Description:: viii, 142, [1] pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

15. Chisholm's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec / by Wm. S. Hunter, Jr.

Creator:: Hunter, William S., 1823–1894
Date:: 1868
Physical Description:: [5] pages, page viii, [1], 10-66 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The wayside book / written and illustrated by Gilbert Rumbold.

Creator:: Rumbold, Gilbert
Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: [12], 175, [5] pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961.

17. Steephill Castle, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the residence of John Morgan Richards, Esq. : a handbook and a history / by John B. Marsh ; with original photographs.

Creator:: Marsh, John B., 1835–
Date:: [1907]
Physical Description:: [6], 64 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

18. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient & present state of that place : with a particular description of all the towns, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies, &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles, with accurate views of the principal objects.

Date:: 1828
Physical Description:: viii, 188 p., [14] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. You'll enjoy England / by B.L. Warde, an American in London.

Creator:: Warde, Beatrice, 1900–1969
Date:: 1934
Physical Description:: 28 unnumbered pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

20. A descriptive guide of Tunbridge Wells and its environs : in which is delineated every particular interesting to the visitor and resident : embellished with a map of the roads round the place ...

Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: x ,124 p., ([1] folded leaf of plates) : col. map ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Excursion to Stratford upon Avon : with historical and descriptive notices of the town, church, Shakspeare's house, and other remarkable buildings : together with a compendious life of Shakspeare, being by far more complete than any other hitherto published : copious extracts from the Shakspearian album : account of the far-famed jubilee : catalogue of the Shakspeare relics : with the controversy on their authenticity : and an analysis of the proceedings on the proposed national monument to the memory of the immmortal bard : embellished with an elegant engraving of the interior of the church, &c. / by W.T. Moncrieff ; author of the Visitors' new guide to Leamington Spa, Excursions to Warwick, Kenilworth, &c. &c.

Creator:: Moncrieff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1794–1857
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [4], 60 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

22. A descriptive and historical account of Dudley Castle : and its surrounding scenery : with graphic illustrations / by the Rev. Luke Booker.

Creator:: Booker, Luke, 1762–1835
Date:: 1825
Physical Description:: x, 144, [2] pages, [12] leaves of plates, ([2]) folded : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

23. A Guide to Schönbrunn.

Creator:: Glaser, Josef
Date:: [1958?]
Physical Description:: 33, [1] pages : illustrations, map ; 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

24. History and description of Woburn and its abbey.

Creator:: Martin, John, 1791–1855
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: [8], 192 pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

25. A new description of Blenheim, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough : containing a full and accurate account of the paintings, tapestry, and furniture : a picturesque tour of the gardens and park : and a general description of the china gallery, &c. : with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening.

Creator:: Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:: MDCCCXIV [1814]
Physical Description:: iv, [2], 150 pages, [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

26. Oxley's guide book : Windsor Castle and the town and neighborhood : eight pages of illustrations.

Date:: [1922]
Physical Description:: [8], 52 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George Gregory Smart, Yale BA 1977

27. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient and present state of that place : with a particular description of all the town, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies &c. : within the circumference of sixteen miles with accurate views of the principal objects.

Creator:: Sprange, J. (Jasper), 1746–1823
Date:: 1817
Physical Description:: xx, 332 p., [14] leaves of plates ([9] folded) : ill., chart ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. Stowe : a description of the house and gardens of the most noble & puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckinghamshire.

Date:: 1797
Physical Description:: [3], vi-[viii], [9]-63, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

29. Excursion to Kenilworth : with modern and ancient history of the town : historical account of the castle, full particulars of the gorgeous fête given there by the Earl of Leicester to Queen Elizabeth in the year 1575 : description of the ruins in romance of Kenilworth : and calculated to form a clear guide to the curious visitor : embellished with an elegant engraving of the castle, as it now stands / by W.T. Moncrieff ; author of the Visitors new guide to Leamington Spa, Excursions to Warwick, Stratford, &c. &c.

Creator:: Moncrieff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1794–1857
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [6], 36 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

30. Six views of Blenheim, Oxfordshire : the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough / by J.P. Neale ; with an historical description of that magnificent edifice ; a complete list of pictures according to the present arrangement, including those lately removed from Marlborough House, London, &c.

Creator:: Neale, John Preston, 1780–1847
Date:: 1823
Physical Description:: 24 pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

31. An historical account of Corsham House, in Wiltshire, the seat of Paul Cobb Methuen, Esq. : with a catalogue of his celebrated collection of pictures dedicated to the patrons of the British Institution, and embracing a concise historical essay on the fine arts : with a brief account of the different schools, and a review of the progressive state of the arts in England : also biographical sketches of the artists, whose works constitute this collection / by John Britton ; embellished with a view and plan of the house.

Creator:: Britton, John, 1771–1857
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: [4], 108 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

32. The visitor's guide to Knole, in the county of Kent : with catalogues of the pictures contained in the mansion, and biographical notices of the principal persons whose portraits form part of the collection / by John H. Brady, F.R.A.S.

Creator:: Brady, John Henry
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: xx, 258, [2] pages, [5] leaves of plates, ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

33. Stowe : a description of the magnificent house and gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple : Viscount and Baron Cobham : one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and knight of the most noble order of the garter : embellished with a general plan of the gardens, and also a separate plan of each building with perspective views of the same.

Creator:: Seeley, B. (Benton)
Date:: 1769
Physical Description:: 44 pages, [20] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

34. New description of Blenheim, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough : to which is prefixed, Blenheim, a poem.

Creator:: Mavor, William Fordyce, 1758–1837
Date:: MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:: ix, [3], 172 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

35. Chatsworth / by Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. etc. etc. ; illustrated by upwards of fifty engravings.

Creator:: Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816–1886
Date:: 1872
Physical Description:: 87, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

36. The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century : accompanied by a description of the present castle, and critical notices of the paintings, tapestry, statuary, &c. : with which it is enriched / by the Rev. Irvin Eller, of Queen's College Cambridge.

Creator:: Eller, Irvin
Date:: MDCCCXLI [1841]
Physical Description:: viii, 410 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

37. The A B C guide to London : Chas. Baker & Co.'s large pocket map of London, in 15 sections : with alphabetical list of places of interest in and near London &c.

Date:: [1887?]
Physical Description:: 58 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 16 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Dicken's dictionary of London, 1879 : an unconventional handbook.

Creator:: Dickens, Charles, 1837–1896
Physical Description:: 352 p. : maps, plans ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. A visit to Goodwood, near Chichester, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Richmond : with an appendix, descriptive of an ancient painting / by D. Jacques, librarian of Goodwood.

Creator:: Jaques, Dennett
Date:: 1822
Physical Description:: [9], 18-127, [1] pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

40. Burghley, the life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasuer of England, etc. : biographical notices of his successors the Earls and Marquises of Exeter : a description of Burghley House, with a complete and accurate guide to the several paintings, tapestries, antiquities, and other articles of interest and vertu with which it is enriched : and a brief notice of the family monuments, &c., in St. Martin's Church, Stamford Baron : to which is appended a list of the artists by whom the collection of picures in the above residence was painted, with the places where they were born, and the dates of their births and deaths / by the Rev. W.H. Charlton, M.A., rector of St. George's, Stamford, and domestic chaplain to the Marquis of Exeter.

Creator:: Charlton, William Henry, 1814–
Date:: 1847
Physical Description:: xxi, [1], 319, [1] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. An historical and topographical account of the town of Woburn, its abbey, and vicinity : containing also a concise genealogy of the house of Russell, and memoirs of the late Francis Duke of Bedford.

Creator:: Dodd, Stephen, active 1818
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: 140 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

42. Burke's descriptive guide, or, The visitors' companion to Niagara Falls : its strange and wonderful localities / by an old resident.

Creator:: Burke, Andrew, active 19th century
Date:: [1850]
Physical Description:: [4], 106 pages, [5] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Travelling game of India [game] : amusing & instructive.

Creator:: Barry, D. T. (David Thomas)
Date:: 1858
Physical Description:: 1 game : ill., map ; 17 x 25 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. An historical and topographical sketch of Knole, in Kent : with a brief genealogy of the Sackville family : embellished with engravings / by John Bridgman.

Creator:: Bridgman, John
Date:: 1821
Physical Description:: [5], p. viii, 164 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

45. Goodwood : its house park and grounds, with a catalogue raisonné of the pictures in the gallery of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. : to which are added an account of the antient encampment, tumuli, and British village of the adjacent downs : and a deailed record of Goodwood races from their first establishment : with six illustrations / by William Hayley Mason, librarian of Goodwood.

Creator:: Mason, William Hayley, -1864
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: 215, [1] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

46. The falls of Niagara, or, Tourist's guide to this wonder of nature : including notices of the whirlpool, islands, &c., and a complete guide thro' the Canadas : embellished with engravings / by S. De Veaux.

Creator:: De Veaux, Samuel, 1789–1852
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 18-168, [2] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 16 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A description of the antiquities and curiosities in Wilton-House : illustrated with twenty-five engravings of some of the capital statues, bustos and relievos : in this work are introduced the anecdotes and remarks of Thomas, Earl of Pembroke, who collected these antiques, now first published from His Lordship's mss. / by James Kennedy.

Creator:: Kennedy, James, active 1759
Date:: MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:: [10], xxxviii, 116, [2] pages, 25 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

48. Hunter & Pickup's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec / by Wm. S Hunter, Jr.

Creator:: Hunter, William S., 1823–1894
Date:: 1866
Physical Description:: [5] pages, page viii, [1], 10-66 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A summer's day at Hampton Court : being a guide to the palace and gardens : with an illustrative catalogue of the pictures according to the new arrangement, including those in the apartments recently opened to the public / by Edward Jesse.

Creator:: Jesse, Edward, 1780–1868
Date:: 1839
Physical Description:: viii, 135, 8, 4, 7 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient and present state of that place : to which is added a particular description of towns and villages, remains of antiquity, gentlemens seats, founderies, &c. &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles.

Creator:: Sprange, J. (Jasper), 1746–1823
Date:: 1780
Physical Description:: [4], viii, 68, 54, vi, 53-98, xii, 99-106, vi,1 07-178,14,16, [2] p., [4] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Hunter's Panoramic guide from Niagara to Quebec / by Wm. S. Hunter, Jr.

Creator:: Hunter, William S., 1823–1894
Date:: 1860
Physical Description:: [5] pages, page viii, [1], 10-66 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. The history and description of Arundel Castle, Sussex : the seat of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, with an abstract of the lives of the earls of Arundel, from the conquest to the present time : to which is annexed, topographical delineations of the Roman pavement at Bignor, Little Hampton and Bognor Rocks / by C. Wright ; author of Brighton Ambulator, &c.

Creator:: Wright, C. (Charles), active 1817–1820
Date:: 1818
Physical Description:: xi, [1], 168 pages, [2] leaves of folded plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

53. Hand-book of London : past and present / by Peter Cunningham.

Creator:: Cunningham, Peter, 1816–1869
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: liv, 602 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. An historical and descriptive account of Cumnor Place, Berks : with biographical notices of the Lady Amy Dudley and of Anthony Forster, esq. sometime M.P. for Abingdon : followed by some remarks on the statements in Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth; and a brief history of the parish of Cumnor and its antiquities / by Alfred Durling Bartlett, of Abingdon.

Creator:: Bartlett, Alfred Durling, 1817–1887
Date:: 1850
Physical Description:: vii, [1], 147 pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

55. Hunter's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec / by Wm. S. Hunter, Jr.

Creator:: Hunter, William S., 1823–1894
Date:: 1857
Physical Description:: [5] pages, page viii, [1], 10-66 pages, 4 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. A guide to Burghley House, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter : containing a catalogue of all the paintings, antiquities, &c. : with biographical notices of the artists.

Creator:: Blore, Thomas, 1764–1818
Date:: 1815
Physical Description:: x, 292, [4] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

57. A history of the Vyne in Hampshire : being a short account of the building & antiquities of that house, situate in the parish of Sherborne St. John, co. Hants, & of persons who have at some time lived there / by Chaloner W. Chute, of the Vyne.

Creator:: Chute, Chaloner William, 1838–1890
Date:: 1888
Physical Description:: [3], vi-x, 173 pages, xiii leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

58. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient & present state of that place : with a particular description of all the towns, villages, antiquities, natural curiosities, ancient & modern seats, founderies, &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles, with accurate views of the principal objects.

Date:: [1831?]
Physical Description:: viii, 188 p., [6] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., col. map ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Excursion to Warwick : with an historical account of the town from the earliest periods, the great fire in 1694, modern improvements, description and history of Saint Mary's Church, Beauchamp Chapel, Saint Nicholas Church, Leicester Hospital, the priory, history : and description of Warwick Castle, and the various objects of curiosity and interest in its interior, gardens, &c. &c. : with a descriptive account of the adjoining seats of Guy's Cliff, and Stoneleigh Abbey : embellished with three elegant engravings / by W.T. Moncrieff ; author of the Visitors' new guide to Leamington Spa, Excursions to Kenilworth, Stratford &c. &c.

Creator:: Moncrieff, W. T. (William Thomas), 1794–1857
Date:: 1824
Physical Description:: [6], 72 pages, [3] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.

60. The Yosemite Valley, and the mammoth trees and geysers of California.

Date:: [1870?]
Physical Description:: 40 pages, [12] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 11 x 17 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Yorkshire / the National Trust, Parks and Gardens.

Creator:: National Trust (Great Britain). Parks and Gardens
Date:: [2000]
Physical Description:: 7 pages (folded) : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Collection:: Reference Library
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lisa Ford.

62. Kensington Palace : the official guidebook / [based on an original text by John Haynes ; revised and edited by Clare Murphy ; Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection text by Joanna Marschner ; additional material supplied by the Curatorial Deparment, Historic Royal Palaces.].

Date:: 2001
Physical Description:: 55 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

63. Surrey / by Charles O'Brien, Ian Nairn, and Bridget Cherry.

Creator:: O'Brien, Charles
Date:: 2022
Physical Description:: xxii, 854 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

64. English cottages / Tony Evans and Candida Lycett Green ; introduction by John Betjeman.

Creator:: Evans, Tony, 1939–1992
Date:: 1984
Physical Description:: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 25 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

65. South Ulster : the counties of Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan / by Kevin V. Mulligan.

Creator:: Mulligan, Kevin V.
Date:: [2013]
Physical Description:: xix, 633 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

66. Somerset : South and West / by Julian Orbach and Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Orbach, Julian
Date:: 2014
Physical Description:: xix, 789 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) , maps, plans ; 25 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

67. Wiltshire / Julian Orbach, Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry ; with contributions from Joshua Pollard and Isobel Geddes.

Creator:: Orbach, Julian
Date:: 2021
Physical Description:: xx, 902 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (color and black and white), maps ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

68. Dorset / by Michael Hill, John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Hill, Michael, 1957–
Date:: 2018
Physical Description:: xviii, 780 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

69. Heritage trail. Art deco : Wellington's 1930s buildings / [author, Michael Kelly].

Creator:: Kelly, Michael, 1961–
Date:: 2004
Physical Description:: 28 pages : illustrations, color map ; 21 x 10 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

70. Hampton Court Palace : the official guidebook.

Creator:: Hampton Court Palace
Date:: 2004
Physical Description:: 70 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 30 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

71. Lake District sketchbook : a pictorial celebration / Jim Watson.

Creator:: Watson, Jim, 1942–
Date:: 2015
Physical Description:: 95 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 16 x 22 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

72. Guide to Filey, Flamborough, Bridlington, Scarborough and the Yorkshire coast from Hornsea to Redcar.

Creator:: Ward, Lock & Co
Date:: [1949?]
Physical Description:: 208 pages : plates, color maps (some folded) ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

73. Sussex, West / by Elizabeth Williamson, Tim Hudson, Jeremy Musson and Ian Nairn; with contributions from John Crook, David Rudling and Bernard Worssam.

Sussex, West / by Elizabeth Williamson, Tim Hudson, Jeremy Musson and Ian Nairn; with contributions from John Crook, David Rudling and Bernard Worssam.

Creator:: Williamson, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann)
Date:: 2019
Physical Description:: xxi, 819 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

74. Oxfordshire : Oxford and the South-East / Simon Bradley, Nikolaus Pevsner and Jennifer Sherwood.

Creator:: Bradley, Simon (Architectural historian)
Date:: [2023]
Physical Description:: xxviii, 844 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color, maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

75. Nottinghamshire / by Clare Hartwell, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson ; with contributions from Elain Harwood.

Creator:: Hartwell, Clare
Date:: 2020
Physical Description:: xix, 812 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

76. Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, York, Harrogate, Bolton Abbey, the Dales.

Creator:: Ward, Lock & Co
Date:: [1949?]
Physical Description:: 168 pages, [12] leaves of plates (4 folded) : illustrations, color maps ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

77. The Bowes Museum : Barnard Castle, County Durham / John Guy.

Creator:: Bowes Museum
Date:: [2000]
Physical Description:: 31 pages : color illustrations, plans, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

78. County Durham / by Martin Roberts, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson.

Creator:: Roberts, Martin, 1950–
Date:: 2021
Physical Description:: xx, 880 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

79. A new description of Sir John Soane's Museum.

Creator:: Sir John Soane's Museum
Date:: 1991
Physical Description:: 109 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

80. London churches step by step / Christopher Turner.

Creator:: Turner, Christopher, 1934–
Date:: 1987
Physical Description:: xiii, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

81. Birmingham and the Black Country / by Andy Foster, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood.

Creator:: Foster, Andy
Date:: 2022
Physical Description:: xix, 884 pages, 64 pages of unnumbered colour plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

82. Hardwick Hall / Mark Girouard.

Creator:: Girouard, Mark, 1931–2022
Date:: 1989
Physical Description:: 96 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

83. Middleton Place / with photography by N. Jane Iseley.

Date:: [199?]
Physical Description:: 48 pages : color illustrations, plans, portraits ; 24 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

84. "The Inspection of the Curious" : the country-house guidebook c. 1750-1990.

Date:: [2016]
Physical Description:: 20 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 15 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

85. Hampshire : south / by Charles O'Brien, Bruce Bailey, David W. Lloyd and Nikolaus Pevsner ; with contributions from Simon Bradley and Barry Cunliffe.

Creator:: O'Brien, Charles
Date:: 2018
Physical Description:: xix, 825 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

86. 100 portraits / National Portrait Gallery.

Creator:: National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)
Date:: [2016]
Physical Description:: 176 pages : illustrations (mostly color), portraits (mostly color) ; 15 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

87. Red House : Bexleyheath.

Date:: [2003]
Physical Description:: 23 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

88. Yorkshire : the North Riding / by Jane Grenville and Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Grenville, Jane
Date:: 2023
Physical Description:: xxii, 815 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

89. Frogmore House and the Royal Mausoleum.

Date:: [2005]
Physical Description:: 48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 21 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

90. Brighton & Hove museums / Hedley Swain.

Creator:: Swain, Hedley, 1961–
Date:: 2022
Physical Description:: 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

91. Derbyshire / by Clare Hartwell, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson.

Creator:: Hartwell, Clare
Date:: 2016
Physical Description:: xvii, 733 pages, 62 pages of unnumbered of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

92. Torosay Castle and gardens : Craignure, Isle of Mull / by David Guthrie James.

Creator:: James, David, 1919–
Physical Description:: 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

93. Hertfordshire / by James Bettley, Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry ; with contributions from Stewart Bryant, Lee Prosser and Alec Clifton-Taylor.

Hertfordshire / by James Bettley, Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry ; with contributions from Stewart Bryant, Lee Prosser and Alec Clifton-Taylor.

Creator:: Bettley, James
Date:: 2019
Physical Description:: xx, 727 pages, [64] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

94. Raby Castle : home of Harry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard / [original text by Robert Innes-Smith] ; designed, edited & photographed by Nick McCann.

Raby Castle : home of Harry John Neville Vane, 11th Baron Barnard / [original text by Robert Innes-Smith] ; designed, edited & photographed by Nick McCann.

Date:: [2010]
Physical Description:: 72 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

95. Cambridgeshire / by Simon Bradley and Nikolaus Pevsner.

Creator:: Bradley, Simon (Architectural historian)
Date:: 2014
Physical Description:: xxvi, 790 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

96. A guide to postmodern architecture in London / Pablo Bronstein.

Creator:: Bronstein, Pablo, 1977–
Date:: 2008
Physical Description:: 87 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

97. Sculpture parks & trails of Britain & Ireland / Alison Stace.

Creator:: Stace, Alison
Date:: 2017
Physical Description:: 224 pages : illustrations (color), maps (color) ; 21 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

98. Yorkshire West Riding : Sheffield and the south / by Ruth Harman and Nikolaus Pevsner ; with contributions from Roger Harper ... [and five others].

Creator:: Harman, Ruth
Date:: [2017]
Physical Description:: xviii, 841 pages, 62 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library

99. A pictorial and descriptive guide to Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Bolton Abbey, Fountains Abbey, Pateley Bridge, Wharfedale, York, etc.

Creator:: Ward, Lock & Co
Date:: [1906?]
Physical Description:: xvi, 144 pages, xvi, 48 pages, [18] leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 18 cm
Collection:: Reference Library

100. Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk : a souvenir guide / text by Anna Forrest ; edited by Oliver Garnett.

Creator:: Forrest, Anna (Museum curator)
Date:: 2017
Physical Description:: 56 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), 1 map (colour) ; 21 cm + Includes a pamphlet guidebook of the Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Oxborough.
Collection:: Reference Library

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2. Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple : Marquis of Buckingham, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham.

3. London : a brief account of its many beautiful and interesting sights.

4. The tourist's companion, or, The history and antiquities of Harewood in Yorkshire : giving a particular description of Harewood House, church, and castle : with some account of its environs / by John Jewell.

5. This is England / by S.P.B. Mais.

6. The Daily Mail exhibition guide : making the best of a day at Wembley.

7. The visitors' guide to Ripon : Studley Royal, Fountains Abbey, Brimham Rocks, Hackfall etc. with plates.

8. The Eaton tourists, or, A "colloquial description" of the hall, grounds, gardens, &c. at Eaton : the seat of the Right Hon. Earl Grosvenor.

9. A guide to Woburn Abbey / by J.D. Parry, M.A.

10. Orient Line guide, chapters for travellers by sea and land illustrated.

11. Haddon Hall / by Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. etc. etc. ; illustrated by upwards of fifty engravings.

12. A guide to Alnwick Castle / by the late Rev. C.H. Hartshorne, M.A., Rector of Holdenby ; with illustrations by Philip H. Delamotte, F.S.A.

15. Chisholm's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec / by Wm. S. Hunter, Jr.

16. The wayside book / written and illustrated by Gilbert Rumbold.

17. Steephill Castle, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the residence of John Morgan Richards, Esq. : a handbook and a history / by John B. Marsh ; with original photographs.

19. You'll enjoy England / by B.L. Warde, an American in London.

20. A descriptive guide of Tunbridge Wells and its environs : in which is delineated every particular interesting to the visitor and resident : embellished with a map of the roads round the place ...

22. A descriptive and historical account of Dudley Castle : and its surrounding scenery : with graphic illustrations / by the Rev. Luke Booker.

23. A Guide to Schönbrunn.

24. History and description of Woburn and its abbey.

26. Oxley's guide book : Windsor Castle and the town and neighborhood : eight pages of illustrations.

28. Stowe : a description of the house and gardens of the most noble & puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckinghamshire.

30. Six views of Blenheim, Oxfordshire : the seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough / by J.P. Neale ; with an historical description of that magnificent edifice ; a complete list of pictures according to the present arrangement, including those lately removed from Marlborough House, London, &c.

32. The visitor's guide to Knole, in the county of Kent : with catalogues of the pictures contained in the mansion, and biographical notices of the principal persons whose portraits form part of the collection / by John H. Brady, F.R.A.S.

34. New description of Blenheim, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough : to which is prefixed, Blenheim, a poem.

35. Chatsworth / by Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. etc. etc. ; illustrated by upwards of fifty engravings.

36. The history of Belvoir castle, from the Norman conquest to the nineteenth century : accompanied by a description of the present castle, and critical notices of the paintings, tapestry, statuary, &c. : with which it is enriched / by the Rev. Irvin Eller, of Queen's College Cambridge.

37. The A B C guide to London : Chas. Baker & Co.'s large pocket map of London, in 15 sections : with alphabetical list of places of interest in and near London &c.

38. Dicken's dictionary of London, 1879 : an unconventional handbook.

39. A visit to Goodwood, near Chichester, the seat of His Grace the Duke of Richmond : with an appendix, descriptive of an ancient painting / by D. Jacques, librarian of Goodwood.

41. An historical and topographical account of the town of Woburn, its abbey, and vicinity : containing also a concise genealogy of the house of Russell, and memoirs of the late Francis Duke of Bedford.

42. Burke's descriptive guide, or, The visitors' companion to Niagara Falls : its strange and wonderful localities / by an old resident.

43. Travelling game of India [game] : amusing & instructive.

44. An historical and topographical sketch of Knole, in Kent : with a brief genealogy of the Sackville family : embellished with engravings / by John Bridgman.

46. The falls of Niagara, or, Tourist's guide to this wonder of nature : including notices of the whirlpool, islands, &c., and a complete guide thro' the Canadas : embellished with engravings / by S. De Veaux.

48. Hunter & Pickup's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec / by Wm. S Hunter, Jr.

49. A summer's day at Hampton Court : being a guide to the palace and gardens : with an illustrative catalogue of the pictures according to the new arrangement, including those in the apartments recently opened to the public / by Edward Jesse.

50. The Tunbridge Wells guide, or, An account of the ancient and present state of that place : to which is added a particular description of towns and villages, remains of antiquity, gentlemens seats, founderies, &c. &c. within the circumference of sixteen miles.

51. Hunter's Panoramic guide from Niagara to Quebec / by Wm. S. Hunter, Jr.

53. Hand-book of London : past and present / by Peter Cunningham.

55. Hunter's panoramic guide from Niagara Falls to Quebec / by Wm. S. Hunter, Jr.

56. A guide to Burghley House, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter : containing a catalogue of all the paintings, antiquities, &c. : with biographical notices of the artists.

57. A history of the Vyne in Hampshire : being a short account of the building & antiquities of that house, situate in the parish of Sherborne St. John, co. Hants, & of persons who have at some time lived there / by Chaloner W. Chute, of the Vyne.

60. The Yosemite Valley, and the mammoth trees and geysers of California.

61. Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, Yorkshire / the National Trust, Parks and Gardens.

62. Kensington Palace : the official guidebook / [based on an original text by John Haynes ; revised and edited by Clare Murphy ; Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection text by Joanna Marschner ; additional material supplied by the Curatorial Deparment, Historic Royal Palaces.].

63. Surrey / by Charles O'Brien, Ian Nairn, and Bridget Cherry.

64. English cottages / Tony Evans and Candida Lycett Green ; introduction by John Betjeman.

65. South Ulster : the counties of Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan / by Kevin V. Mulligan.

66. Somerset : South and West / by Julian Orbach and Nikolaus Pevsner.

67. Wiltshire / Julian Orbach, Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry ; with contributions from Joshua Pollard and Isobel Geddes.

68. Dorset / by Michael Hill, John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner.

69. Heritage trail. Art deco : Wellington's 1930s buildings / [author, Michael Kelly].

70. Hampton Court Palace : the official guidebook.

71. Lake District sketchbook : a pictorial celebration / Jim Watson.

72. Guide to Filey, Flamborough, Bridlington, Scarborough and the Yorkshire coast from Hornsea to Redcar.

73. Sussex, West / by Elizabeth Williamson, Tim Hudson, Jeremy Musson and Ian Nairn; with contributions from John Crook, David Rudling and Bernard Worssam.

74. Oxfordshire : Oxford and the South-East / Simon Bradley, Nikolaus Pevsner and Jennifer Sherwood.

75. Nottinghamshire / by Clare Hartwell, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson ; with contributions from Elain Harwood.

76. Guide to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, York, Harrogate, Bolton Abbey, the Dales.

77. The Bowes Museum : Barnard Castle, County Durham / John Guy.

78. County Durham / by Martin Roberts, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson.

79. A new description of Sir John Soane's Museum.

80. London churches step by step / Christopher Turner.

81. Birmingham and the Black Country / by Andy Foster, Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood.

82. Hardwick Hall / Mark Girouard.

83. Middleton Place / with photography by N. Jane Iseley.

84. "The Inspection of the Curious" : the country-house guidebook c. 1750-1990.

85. Hampshire : south / by Charles O'Brien, Bruce Bailey, David W. Lloyd and Nikolaus Pevsner ; with contributions from Simon Bradley and Barry Cunliffe.

86. 100 portraits / National Portrait Gallery.

87. Red House : Bexleyheath.

88. Yorkshire : the North Riding / by Jane Grenville and Nikolaus Pevsner.

89. Frogmore House and the Royal Mausoleum.

90. Brighton & Hove museums / Hedley Swain.

91. Derbyshire / by Clare Hartwell, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson.

92. Torosay Castle and gardens : Craignure, Isle of Mull / by David Guthrie James.