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LONDON: BERNARD QUARITCH Antiquarian BookS, 1895 Green Cloth Boards with gilt titles and decoration to spine and front board, 195 x 140 mm approx.Top edge gilt, fore edge uncut. viii + 350 pp + 2 of publisher's adverts. 29 line illustrations being reproductions from antiquarian books. First Edition 1895. A scarce book and with the added attribute of being a presentation copy to Fred W. Rowe (The prominent Canadian Politician?) and signed by Bernard Quaritch in ink to the free front end paper. VG (Book- mild general shelf wear to cloth- mainly colour rubbing and slight bumps to corners, Presentation insc. as above to f.f.e.p. with slight foxing/ tanning more so to rear end papers. Hint of foxing edges of book block, a couple of pencil marginal notes from a reading and very occasional light soiling. No other notable defects). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK & CO, 1920 Illustrated limp card covers, (Sewn Paperback) 180 x 125 mm approx. Yellow end papers with publisher's adverts, xiv + 200 pp. Frontis + 21 other b/w illustrations on 12 plates all as called for. 2nd Edition revised 1920. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG (Covers - moderate general shelf wear and soiling, book block -clean with no previous owner name, insc. nor annotations. Binding sound with no cracks to end papers,

CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1941 Illustrated paper covered boards with blue cloth quarter binding and dark blue titles. viii +70pp. Written for the older child with the intention of imparting knowledge rather than entertaining this first edition copy is one of a series of 4 books published by C.U.P. and illustrated with 50 b/w line drawings by Tunnicliffe. VG/G (Book- Light shelf wear to extremities of boards and a little light foxing to preliminary and end papers. Ink gift insc. to front free end paper. Dust Jacket- a little light shelf rubbing and foxing showing through rear panel.Non price clipped. Now in a proprietary protective wrapper). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1951 Illustrated Paper covered Boards, 190 x 125 mm approx. 128 pp. b/w photo illustrated title + many other unspecified b/w photos of Livestock Breeds and Farms/Yards. 2nd Edition 1951.Dust Jacket illustration by Lionel Edwards repeated to front board. Near Fine / VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Discreet bookseller label to rear paste down. No defects. Dust Jacket- a little rubbed with loss to head and tail of spine and to bottom of rear panel max 5 mm in depth. No notable soiling. Price clipped. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

LONDON: MARTIN SECKER AND WARBURG, 1980 Black boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 220 x 140 mm approx. viii + 278 pp. First published in 1979 the copy offered is the 1980 reprint. Fact based political thriller. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book- negligible shelf wear, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- price clipped else fine. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

LONDON: FUN OFFICE , 1880 Illustrated paper covered boards with bottle green cloth quarter binding, 280 x 215 mm approx. Commercial adverts to end papers and rear board, [viii] + 104 pp. First Edition thus 1880. Collection of pencil sketches by J F Sullivan culled from the pages of the weekly periodical "Fun" and engraved by Dalziel Bros at the Camden Press. Companion volume to The British Working Man. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- restoration work - the book block has been re- sewn by us on cords and re backed with plain cloth best match to original, retaining the original end papers without too significant evidence of disturbance. Paper covers rubbed with loss to board corners and soiled. Ink previous owner name to top margin of a preliminary page. Conservation tape repair to margins of one or two leaves. No other notable defects).

LONDON: A & C BLACK / Adam & Charles Black, 1906 Green Cloth Boards with Gilt titles and gilt and blind blocked decoration, 200 x 145 mm approx. viii + 186 pp + 6 page publisher's catalogue.Colour frontis + 25 further full page colour illustrations by Henry B.Wimbush (not credited) all as called for. First Printing 1906 in Black's Smaller Series of Beautiful Books (6s. Series) Print run 3,000 - per Inman. Near Fine/ VG (Book- Negligible shelf wear, mild foxing to end papers. No previous owner name or insc. No other defects. Dust Jacket 6/- minor shelf wear/ rubbing and a few small tears with mild associated line creasing max 1.5 at head /rear spine fold. No notable soiling. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). A prize for the bookshelf of a serious collector of A&C Black Colour books or books on Devon. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 1903 Green cloth limp boards with gilt and black blocked titles and decoration, 200 x 135 mm approx. xiv + 156 pp. Frontis with tissue guard + 65 b/w illustrations all as called for First Edition 1903. Victoria and Albert Museum Art Handbook. The copy offered has the bookplate with Pegasus / Crescent and Motto"Hos Gloria Reddit Honores" of the Drummond family to the front paste down. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book no notable shelf wear or soiling to cloth, book plate as above with discreet original bookseller label to bottom margin of front paste down "Wm Mullan & Son" Belfast. Tissue guard bowned. No other notable defects).

NEW YORK : ORANGE JUDD COMPANY , 1884 Publisher's Dark Bbrown cloth on bevel edged boards with bright gilt blocked titles to spine and gilt blocked image to front with blind blocked same image to rear board, 190 x 135 mm approx. Applied two colour head and tail bands. Original brown end papers, 528 pp, Steel engraved frontis with tissue guard + 31 other steel engravings in text + a few other unspecified line illustrations. 1884 printing of the Revised Edition of 1882. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- Moderate rubbing to cloth - mainly colour rubbing with 5 mm fraying and exposed board at bottom front corner tip, no cracks to end papers, previous owner name and address in ink to reverse of frontis. Occassional browning and dust ingression soiling to some leaves, no foxing, a couple of signatures slightly proud in binding indicating that glue to back strip is beginning to fail but mull and sewing holding and book block not… Read More

KEW : BIDDLES LTD Illustrated paper covered boards, 185 x 125 mm approx. xvi + 236 pp Frontis + 3 other steel engravings as called for. 22nd Edition - undated. Cover 4/- Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book - respectably clean with chip to head- 2 mm approx in depth, offset browning to free end papers. No previous owner name or insc. Mild dust spotting to top edge of book block. No other notable defects).

LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS Green cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and tank to spine, blind blocked publisher's device to front, top edge stained green. 205 x 145 mm approx. viii + 312 pp, Colour frontis + all other illustrations/ maps as called for. Undated no printing history stated. The book was first published in1933 and the copy offered is No15 in the publisher's Nelsonian Library series under the editorship of John Hampden.The copy offered which has seen much use has the attribute of being signed in black ink by the author to the title page. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Fair no d/j (Book- heavy shelf wear to cloth, mild occasional foxing and soiling to fore and bottom edges of book block with very occasional very light foxing to margins, author signature as above, no previous owner name or insc. Binding sound with no other notable defects). Sold and priced as a binding copy with premium as signature of a holder of… Read More

LONDON: MACMILLAN, 2011 Black Boards with Silver Titles to spine, 240 x 160 mm approx. [viii] + 260 pp. First Edition 1st impression 2011. Collection of short science fiction stories featuring the author's popular detective creation Paul Myo. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. As New As New (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket non price clipped- cover £17.99).Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. Book will be posted in a purpose made book box with additional internal protection.

LONDON: HAMMOND, HAMMOND AND COMPANY , 1946 Pale blue cloth quarter binding with illustrated paper covered boards, 225 x 170 mm approx. Illustrated end papers, 96 pp Colour and monotone illustrations by G W Goss. New Edition 1946 (First Published 1944). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good. No d/j Book - mild general shelf wear to boards, 8 mm conservation tape repair to tear foe edge of free front end paper. No previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects.

NEW YORK: PITMAN PUBLISHING Grey Buckram Cloth Boards with Green Titles to spine and front board.195 x 130 mm approx. xiv + 114 pp. 31 plates as called for in list numbered 2-32. Undated reprint of the American Edition. The First and early reprints had a coloured frontis plate. An excellent book for the student/ hobbyist in Pitman's " Caft For All" Series of practical handbooks. . Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.VG/Good (Book- no notable defects. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - rubbed to extremities with a little loss, a few small nicks with associated line creases , patch of scuffing to colour mid spine, 3.5 closed tear at head/front panel fold, no significant soiling.Non price clipped Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

LONDON: C ARTHUR PEARSON , 1958 Pale blue boards with black titles to spine and Riley to front board. 190 x 130 mm approx. 200 pp + 6 of commercial adverts. 82 b/w line figs in text. First Edition 1958. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book- a little fadig to boards, no notable soiling or shelf wear, no previous owner name or insc. No finger soiling. Dust Jacket- moderate rubbing and shelf soiling, a few small nicks and associated line creases, non price clipped - cover 12/6d. No other notable defects to book or jacket). Please state when placing order if you would wish that a removable proprietary protective sleeve be fitted.

LONDON: WILLIAM COLLINS, 1943 Sky Blue and White printed paper covered boards, 225 x 165 mm approx. 48 pp. 8 colour plates + 24 b/w illustrations. First Edition under the Bahamas imprint (undated - bookseller pencil note to rear paste down indicates 1/1943) VG/VG (Book- negligible shelf rubbing, no previous owner name or insc. a few dust spots to top edge of book block. Dust Jacket- White title to spine tanned, moderate shelf rubbing with small nick to head of spine. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS Brown Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine, 260 x 195 mm approx. xvi + 270 pp + press reviews of author's previous work With a Camera in Tiger-land. 94 b/w photos (of 95 listed). Undated [1934]. After war service with the British Indian Army in WWI he joined the Imperial Forestry Service in the United Provinces of India and became Deputy Conservator of Forests. he abhorred shooting and killing preferring shooting wildlife with a camera in the Sivalik Hills. He pioneered camera trapping and developed cameras triggered by tripwires obtaining remarkable night-time photographs, which were among the first of wild tigers, leopards, sloth bears, dholes and other wildlife. He was a founding member of India's first national park established in 1935.(wikipedia). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG no d/j (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling, no previous owner name or insc. light sporadic foxing to half title,… Read More

HERTFORD , Herst: GILBERTSON & PAGE LTD / Gamekeeper and Countryside , 1950 Small Slim P/b in D/j.80pp.185x130mm.A textbook treating of baits & groundbaits used in coarse fishing angling - to fill a gap - a surprising gap on the fisherman's bookshelf.VG-/VG-[ Book - clean throughout, no insscp, no annotation, glue residue from publisher's production to title-page & final page of one Publisher advert] Dust Jacket not price clipped 4/- minor spine fade, Shelf-wear, minor col/loss to corners, light handing, stain to front. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.

London: HEATH CRANTON Ltd, 1936 The humours of Village, Rural Life - shrewd & witty. The letters from a practical, well-heeled, Yorkshire Sporting Farmer to his son who has been called to the Bar and found himself drawn into the vortex of London. By the author of Sporting Stories,Country Life etc. First edition 1936 [ Book- Clean boards, No inscsp, tight binding, clean throughout, tan to uncut page edges & end papers from D/j inner flaps..] Dust Jacket not clipped, small dark spot to rear, some staining to tanned spine+ small loss top/base. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

GLASGOW: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL , 1999 Illustrated laminated card covers (Paperback) 230 x 250 mm approx, landscape format, 80 pp, 8 pp foreword followed by images from the collection from the Mitchell Library of the City and published in conjunction with the exhibition held in 1999. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine (Book- no notable shelf wear or soiling to covers, no previous owner name or insc. Binding sound with no notable defects).