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Little, Brown. 2005 1st edition.. 6.0 x 9.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper(dw; NOT price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Author’s neat inscription “Ruth Padel. Pre-Publication on 2nd June ‘05 in Hay, in sunlight.” Else a very clean and tight copy. 429pp. With maps and b/w illustrations. After a terrible year, the end of a five-year affair and the death of her father, Ruth Padel wants out from normal life and happens across an advert for a trip to India. She visits a tiger reserve - and so begins a remarkable journey and an obsession. Both a captivating piece of natural history and a beautiful piece of travel literature, Tigers in Red Weather is also an absorbing exploration of obsession, and of the human heart.

The Kingswood Press. 1991 1st.. 10.0 x 7.5 inches. In gren cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Green endpapers with black border. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Price clipped). Neat inscription to half title page, dated 1991. Author’s signature to main title page. 240 pp. With b/w and colour photographs and illustrations. History of rowing on the Thames from 1860. Includes lists of officers, crews, medal winners.

Bell and Hyman. 1980 (1st.).. 5.5 x 9.0 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. some fading. Price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Slight browning to edges. Relevant newspaper clipping loose in front. Else a clean and tight copy. 275pp. A number of major scholars take a fresh look at many interesting and significant aspects of Thomas Hardy’s background.

Leicester, Edgar Backus, (Simpkin Marshall, London) 1934 1st Ltd “Collectors Edition” 96/100.. Tall hardback, approx 10 x 7.5 inches. Halfbound fie binding with brown morocco leather to spine and olive grey cloth to boards. Gilt fox vignette to front, with gilt lettering and designs to spine. Top page edges gilt. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing to leather on ends of spine else cover clean and smart. Some light foxing to endpapers and prelims, else pages clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 292pp. Map on rear endpaper. Illustrated with 40 full-page plates by Charles Simpson, including 25 in colour (grey paper plates) and many smaller illustrations within text.

Longmans, Green and Co. 1915. London, 2nd imp, 157 pages, Bound in original bright red cloth with scarce dustwrapper. In very good condition. Cloth nice & bright. (Dw has a few faint marks, small nick rear top edge.) Inside some foxing, else generally clean & tight. This book was written in light of the First World War. The author examines the Lord's Prayer and makes application of the truths to those who have to endure the horrors and hardships of the war. "An attempt to seek the guidance of the Lord's prayer with regard to the present war." -- Author's preface.

Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 1979 1st edition.. 10.0 x 7.0 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine slightly faded and bumped at top end. With protective plastic wrap. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 659 pp. With b/w photographs. Comprehensive history of the Boer War. Includes information from letters and diaries and personal reminiscences recorded from survivors.

A.& C. BLACK. 1920 1st.. 9.0 x 6.5 inches. Attractive green decorative cloth with gilt lettering and printed designs to front and spine. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Mild foxing to edges. Occasional foxing spots throughout. Colours clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. 232 pp. With 60 colour plates and a Map. Plates have titled tissue guards. One of the titles of the renowned 20 shilling series of colour books published by Adam and Charles Black in the early years of the 20th century.

London, A. & C. BLACK, 1922 2nd edition revised. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Blue cloth with blind embossed decoration to spine and boards. gilt lettering to spine, and black lettering to front. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW darkened, spine faded, edges rubbed, nicks to ends of spine. In protective sleeve.) Minor rubbing to corners of cloth. Slight darkening to endpapers and outer page edges. “Roffey and Clark Ltd. Croydon” bookseller label to rear endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. 255pp.; 32 colour plates by S. Palmer. Map.

Skeffington and Son Ltd. London. 1914 1st.. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With original dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; Spine darkened and lettering faded out. Slightly rubbed around edges with chips and tears. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 160 pp. With b/w photo frontis with tissue guard. A collection of folk tales and anecdotes.

London, The Arcadia Press, 1971 1st. Ltd Ed. 91/265.. Hardback, approx 13 x 9.5 inches. Bound in dark pink polished morocco leather fine binding by Zaehnsdorf. With leather title label to spine. Black and gilt Angel design to front. Full gilt page edging with decorative marbled endpapers. In grey cloth box-case, with soft felt inner lining. In very good near fine condition with very good box-case (Case is lacking title label front spine, some minor rubbing to corners and minor bumps to bottom edge.) The book itself is very clean and bright, no marks to endpapers or pages. Title page is numbered and signed by the author. Else a very nice copy. 336pp. With many full-page b&w and colour illustrations and photos.

(PEG) Publishers Enterprises Group Ltd. Malta. 1994 1st edition. 10 x 7 ins. In blue cloth with gilt to spine, in original pictoral glossy dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (DW lamination slightly creased, original Hatchards barcode to rear.) 509pp. Many b&w photo illustrations.

EP Sport. 1981 1st.. 8.0 x 8.0 inches. In illustrated cloth covers. In near fine condition. A very clean and tight copy. 120 pp. With b/w photographs and illustrations. The authors give guidance on stationary and moving target shooting.

The Field Press Ltd. London. 1924 1st edition.. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In dark green cloth covers with gilt to spine. In very good condition. Small marks. Corners slightly bumped. Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Occasional small marks. Else a clean and tight copy. 308 pp. With colour plates and diagrams. Frontis has tissue guard. Guidance on shooting various types of game. Chapters on Partridges, pheasants, grouse, snipe, woodcock, pigeon, duck, hares, rabbits, vermin.

Robert Hale. London. 1947 2nd. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. Some tears to top edge, and corners. Tear to rear bottom edge.) Some light foxing to endpapers else inside pages clean and tight. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out map at back. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. Surrey-out-of-doors: the natural history, chalk, soil, sand, clay; products and industries; woodland, commons, plants and animals; deer, birds, etc. Archaeology and folk-lore.

Macmillan & Co.. 1909 reprint.. 5.0 x 8.0 inches. In dark blue cloth cloth covers with gilt to spine. Gilt top edge. In very good condition. Spine slightly bumped at end. Bookplate and inscription dated 1916 to front endpapers. Slight browning to endpapers and foxing to map. Else a clean and tight copy. 452pp. With b/w line drawings in text. Fold out map at back. Originally published in 1908 with descriptions of the towns and villages of Surrey.

Macmillan & Co.. 1909 Reprint.. 8.0 x 5.0 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Gilt top edge. In very good condition. Slight browning to endpapers. Bookplate to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 452pp. With b/w line drawings in text. Fold out map at back. One of the highways and byways series, detailed descriptions of the landscape, towns and villages in Surrey.

R. Hale 1947 (2nd.impr.).. Green cloth gt. Very good in very good dustwrapper (dw: 2 small closed tears in fr. cover). Many photo.plates. Map. 256 pp. The County Books

London, Published for The Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1868 1st. Large Hardback, approx 14 x 11 inches. Quarter bound fine binding with polished calf leather to spine and corners, with marbled paper to boards, and decorative embossed edging. Gilt lettering to spine. Red speckled page edges. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some rubbing and minor surface chips to leather on corners. Some darkening and rubbing to spine and ends. Front hinge has a minor partial crack at the bottom, else firm and sound. ‘Society Library Laws’ label pasted to front endpaper. Some minor light foxing spots to prelims and title pages, inside pages have some mild and minor foxing spots and handling marks. Else plates clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. xi + 237pp. Illustrated with 30 coloured plates, all with many separate figures, and each with a page of descriptive text. Plus 21 B&W woodcut figures within text.

London, W. & R. Chambers Limited, n.d. ca1907 1st edition. Oblong hardback, approx 12.5 x 9 inches. Illustrated paper covered boards. Dark grey endpapers. In very good condition. Edges of boards rubbed, chips to corners and ends of spine. Small chip/bump to top front edge. Cover illustrations clean and smart. Pencil inscription to front endpaper “John Soames Gardner.” Small partial split between endpaper at fold. Penned isncription to verso of endpaper “To John, with love and good wishes Xmas 1914.” Some light foxing spots to main title page. With some handling marks to inside pages, a couple of pages torn at edges (At School, Belle Well, Prickle Pie). Else pages and plates clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. Approx 54pp. (Pages not numbered.) Illustrated with 12 full-page colour plates and smaller B&W drawings within text.

Cape, South Africa, Emu Publishers / Knysna Trust, 1999 1st. Paperback, approx 8 x 6 inches. White card cover with black lettering and illustration to front. In very good condition. A couple of minor light handling marks to cover. Signed on title page by both Authors With signed and inscribed Author’s card loose in front (Vicky Williams). Else a very good clean and tight copy. 91pp. Illustrated with B&W photographs, figures, maps and plans.