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London, Constable & Co. Ltd. 1934 1st edition. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Blue cloth with white lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Some rubbing and handling marks to cover; small dark mark to front, a couple of dents/scratches to rear board. A couple of rubbed patches to cloth on rear spine edge. Corners slightly bumped. Signed on main title page by one of the authors, Mildred Cable (below printed names). Front endpaper inscribed “To Mr & Mrs Neve, in memory of a very happy visit. Jan. 1935.” With additional signature pasted below “Mildred Cable, 4.12.48.” Some mild foxing to title page, and some light foxing to a few inside pages. Plates clean and bright. Map at rear has some mild foxing to edges, and tear to corner. Else a very good signed copy. 261pp. Illustrated with 16 B&W photo plates and a large folding map at rear.

Hodder and Stoughton. 1913 1st.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In illustrated hard card covers. Illustrated endpapers. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Handling marks to covers. Edges very slightly rubbed. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 63 pp. A publication hastily produced within a month of the news of Scott's tragic death arriving in the UK. The juvenile tale within sees Kathleen Scott explaining the death of Sir Robert Falcon Scott to their infant son through comparison with the story of Peter Pan. This is an interesting point of reference, as Kathleen would later go on to become close friends with the J. M. Barrie and his wife, eventually purchasing their Bayswater home. A highly sentimental work, it gives a sense of the depth of feeling expressed by the British public when faced with this national loss. The dedication: "To Peter's Mother This little wreath for the snow grave of Her Hero." The final page solicits donations to the Daily Chronicle… Read More

delaware, USA. Oak Knoll Press. 1999 (2nd). 9.75 x 7.0 inches. In blue/grey cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper.Marbled endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). A very clean and tight copy. 991 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, illustrations and facsimile pages. Contents listed by country.

New York, A. S. Barnes & Co., 1905 1st. Hardback approx 7.5 x 5 inches. Dark green cloth with white and red lettering and design to front and spine. In very good condition. Corners bumped and edges rubbed, some minor handling marks/light rubbing to boards. Glue repair between front endpaper. Neat inscription to front “Mr F. Ramsay Jr. Saint Louis,” and again in pencil to first page. A couple of tiny spots to pages and some curling to pages near rear else a clean and tight copy. 430pp.

London, The Ariel Press, 1963 1st limited edition 43/500.. Large Hardback, 16 x 12 inches. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. and front. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW edges rubbed, small tears to corners and ends of spine with tape repairs. Not price clipped.) Cloth clean and smart. Some minor light foxing to endpapers. Else inside pages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. 41pp + 36 fill-page colour plates. B&W illustrations in text.

London, Seeley Service & Co., 1976 1st Ltd Ed. 154/250.. Tall hardback, 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Halfbound with leather to spine and brown cloth to boards, with gilt vignette to front. In brown cloth slipcase. In very good condition. slight rubbing mark to bottom end of spine. Slipcase clean and smart. Small rubbing mark to corner of endpaper. Numbered on rear of title page. Not signed. Pages clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 170pp. Illustrated endpapers. 21 B&W Illustrations, many double page.

London, The Arcadia Press, 1971 1st. Ltd Ed. 192/265.. Hardback, 10 x 7.5 inches. Bound in brown polished morocco leather fine binding by Zaehnsdorf. With gilt lettering to green leather spine label. Green, black and gilt design to front. Full gilt page edging with decorative marbled endpapers. In grey cloth box-case with fine soft felt lining, black leather spine labels lettered in gilt. In very good near fine condition with very good box-case (Case has some slight rubbing to corners and edges. A couple of minor spots to felt lining.) The book itself is very clean and bright, no marks to endpapers or pages. Title page is numbered and signed by the author. A very nice copy. 288pp. With B&W and full-page colour photo illustrations.

Longman, Green & Co. 1907 1st edition 1st issue. Size 6.0 x 8.5 inches. In dark green pictorial cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With gilt vignette to front. In fair condition. Rubbed on edges, corners a little bumped. Split to lower back edge of spine. Corners slightly bumped. Mild foxing to edges. New front endpaper. Frontis a little rubbed on edges, faint mark & light corner crease, tissue guard has had Jock neatly traced by pencil. A few other light handling marks. Last text page between 474-475 has had old crude glue repair on inner hinge. Else a clean and tight copy. 475pp Colour frontis of "Jock", & many b/w plates by E.Caldwell. Each page has several small b/w line drawings. 1st issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65. 337, & 457. First edition of a legendary book. A true story, the book tells of Fitzpatrick's travels with his dog, Jock, during the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman,… Read More

London, Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd., ca1885 1st. Small paperback, 6.5 x 5.5 inches. Olive grey card covers illustrated on front and rear. Sewn binding. In good condition. Edges and corners rubbed, some handling marks to cover. Partial crack to bottom end of spine. Neat pencil inscription inside front cover “Cholmondeley.” A few handling marks to pages, a couple of small stains to p2-3, minor soiling to corner of p7. Some minor offsetting opposite plates. Else a tight copy. 16pp including title page. Illustrated with seven full-page plates and accompanying text/verse page. B&W vignette at rear.

London, Alston Rivers, Ltd. 1906 1st.. Tall hardback, 10 x 7.5 inches. Red cloth with colour printed pictorial design to front & gilt lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Some minor fading to spine and some rubbing to ends. Minor bumps to bottom corners and top end of spine. Some minor tanning to free sides of endpapers. No penned inscriptions. A couple of minor handling marks to pages, one minor soiled mark to edge of illustrations list. Else pages clean and tight. Plates all clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 210pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page colour plates and many other B&W illustrations throughout.

G.P. Putnams. 1927 1st.. 5.0 x 7.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Slight browning to endpapers. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 204 pp. With tables. The author presents the case against Capital Punishment.

Hutchinson. London. 1971 1st edition.. Tall 8vo. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine slightly faded with small chips at top. Creases to fly leaves. Top edge slightly creased. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Owner's neat inscription on front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 223pp. Modern first edition. There's this pollution research centre in remotest Scotland. John Carlyle is in charge of a straightforward, routine construction job. Routine? The corpses in the loch are a little out of the ordinary. Straighforward? Sheep dropping dead, gassed apparently. An entertaining, mystifying and fast-moving suspense story.

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., Van Leer & Co., 1944 1st. Tall hardback, approx 10 x 7.5 inches. Colour illustrated cover win matching illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with partial dustwrapper. (DW loss to front and spine. In protective sleeve.) Some minor rubbing to edges and small chips to corners and ends of spine else cover clean and smart. Endpapers clean and bright, neat inscription to front corner “To Belinda, from The Greys, Xmas 1944.” Pages all very clean, crisp and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 32pp. Pages fully illustrated in colour throughout. (Printed in Great Britain by Van Leer & Co. Ltd.)

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., Van Leer & Co., 1946 1st. Tall hardback, approx 10 x 7.5 inches. Colour illustrated cover win matching illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with partial dustwrapper. (DW loss to corners/edges and spine. In protective sleeve.) Some rubbing to edges and corners, chips to ends of spine else cover clean and smart. Endpapers clean and bright, neat inscription to front corner “To Belinda, from Auntie Norah and Auntie Reynolds, Xmas 1946.” Pages all very clean, crisp and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 32pp. Pages fully illustrated in colour throughout. (Printed in Great Britain by Van Leer & Co. Ltd.)

John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1947 1st. Tall hardback, approx 10 x 7.5 inches. Colour illustrated cover win matching illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW small chips to ends of spine, small tears and creases along top edges. NOT price clipped. In protective sleeve.) Some minor rubbing to corners and ends of spine else cover clean and smart. Endpapers tanned. Pages all very clean, crisp and tight throughout. No marks or inscriptions. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 32pp. Pages fully illustrated in colour throughout. (Printed in Holland by Van Leer & Co. Ltd.)

London, Guilielmi Stansbij, Simonis Watersoni, 1615 1st. Hardback, 11.5 x 7 inches. Bound in full polished calf leather binding with raised banding to spine, gilt decoration to outer edges, red speckled page edges. In very good condition. Some surface rubbing and handling marks to cover, corners bumped, bottom corners chipped, large rubbed patch to front. Endpapers lifted from insides of boards and creased. Inside pages all exceptionally bright and clean. Pages 1-2 of ‘Apparatus’ appears to have been double inserted, with extra page half torn out. Handwritten lettering to outer top corner of page block “Camden, Annals.” Else a very good clean and tight copy. 499pp + index. With decorative letter, head and tail-pieces.

Chapman & Hall. 1947 1st.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Top corners slightly bumped. Else a clean and tight copy. 210 pp. The author relates here his life & experience in the wine trade.

Chapman & Hall. 1950.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In purple cloth covers with gilt to spine. With decorated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine darkened and slightly rubbed at ends. Slightly rubbed around edges. Red staing to front. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Else a clean and tight copy. 276 pp. With portrait frontis and b/w plates. The author previously wrote of his career in the wine trade, Here he completes the story of his life and experiences in free time and in the military.

London, John Murray, 1845. Eight volumes. Hardbacks, approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Halfbound calf leather and marbled paper to boards. Full gilt decorations to spines, with red and brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Marbled page edges and light brown endpapers. In good conditions. Some shelfwear and handling to covers, corners slightly bumped and nicked, boards rubbed. Crack/chip to spine label on vol.VI. Bookplate to endpapers “Alfred Kildesley.” Some dark foxing to prelims and title pages . Some occasional light foxing to inside pages. Else overall a clean and tight set. 8 volumes complete. Considered the best library edition of this work.

Poole, Dorset, J. Looker Ltd., n.d. ca1920, Ltd. Ed.. Large hardback, approx 13 x 10 inches. White cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Some darkening and rubbing to cloth. Some soiling and dark spots to rear. Numbered and signed 124/500. Page edges rough cut. The odd minor spot to inside pages else pages very clean and tight. Unpaginated. Illustrated with B&W plates.