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1637. Size of engraved surface: ca.32 cm x 26 cm. In plain ivory mount ca.7 cm wide, and black Hogarth frame. Very good condition. The county title is in Latin, contained within an elaborate cartouche. Place names are in English, but the names of the surrounding counties are in Latin. There are "credits" to SAXTON, hence the term SAXTON-HOLE or SAXTON-KIP, often used to describe maps from this work. The first work to contain a set of County Maps of England and Wales with each county engraved on a separate sheet, was the 1607 edition of W.CAMDEN'S BRITANNIA. The map here is from the 2nd. edition printed in 1610 with plain back. The later edition of 1637 has a plate number added to the lower corner which makes it easy to identify.

B.T.Batsford. ltd. 1955. 1st.. 6.0 x 9.0 inches. In blue cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Not price clipped. Spine slightly darkened. With protective plastic wrap). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 280 pp. With b/w photographs, line drawings and illustrations. History of the sport of Yachting from the Restoration to the mid 20th century.

Norwich. Canterbury Press. 2006 (1st.).. 8.0 x 5.0 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly creased at top edge. Not price clipped). Ex Libris bookplate to front endpaper. Else a very clean and tight copy. 149 pp. The author of Akenfield describes the changing seasons and the passing people from his home in Bottengoms Farm. Originally published in Church Times.

London Granta Books. 2006 1st.. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. In black covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper. (D/W Not price clipped. In protective plastic wrap). A very clean and tight copy. 282pp. The author gives an amusing account of a year in his life.

L.& V.Woolf at The Hogarth Press 1937 (1st.).. Sm.8vo. Green cloth gt. In fair condition. Rubbed and a little darkened on edges. A few scuffs on spine, very slight fray on rear hinge. Endpapers foxed, with pencil name inscription at front, some light tanning throughout. Slight lean to binding. Size 7.25 x 5 inches 469pp.

HarperCollins. 1997 1st.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly bumped and rubbed along edges. Not price clipped). Else a very clean and tight copy. 262 pp. Jack Aubrey fears for his future in the Navy as he opposes Government policy and the plans of his rich and powerful neighbour. Will he be promoted, or find himself with a useless and inactive rank?

London. Folio Society. 2008. Size 7.25 x 10.0 inches. In pictorial coloured cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With coloured pictorial endpapers. Hard card slipcase. In fine condition. Mint/ Factory sealed in shrinkwrap. xxii, 358 pages. With 12 full page illustrations, and further line decorations, and decorated endpapers all by Danuta Mayer. Introduction by Maria Tata. Folio Society editions of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books with introductions and illustrations by modern authors and artists.

London, Cassell & Company Ltd., No date circa 1915. Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. Light brown cloth with dark green lettering and paneled decoration to front and spine. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Cover quite heavily rubbed, spine darkened, corners rubbed and nicked, small spits to cloth at ends of spine. Glue repairs to inner hinges. Some darkening to free endpapers, some light foxing spots to inside pages throughout. Author’s Inscription and signature to half title page “To Mr. Rudd, from H. Rider Haggard, 15, July 1915.” A couple of minor glue repairs to gatherings, else a clean and tight copy. 352pp.

London, Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co., 1901 1st. Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Cream cloth with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering and colour letter designs to front. In very good condition. Some handling marks to cloth, spine slightly tanned, corners bumped, small nicks to cloth at spine ends. Some minor darkening to endpapers. Older glue repair to frontis. Some minor darkening to bottom edge of title page. One or two minor handling marks and minor foxing spots to pages, else overall a very good clean and tight copy. xii + 186pp. Illustrated with a B&W photo frontis portrait and many B&W sketch illustrations in text.

Phillimore. 1994 1st edition.. Size 7.5 x 10.0 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; NOT price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 178 b/w photographs, illustrations, maps and plans.

The author at Flowerdale Tasmania. 1934 1st.. 7.5 x 5.0 inches. In cream cloth covers with gilt to spine. With original dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened. Handling marks. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Small mark to pp 78/79. Else a clean and tight copy. 218 pp. An allegorical novel inspired by the author’s visit to China in the early 1920s telling the adventures of the Court Official Chih-hu in the years following the establishment of the Republic. This is one of only 20 copies of this Limited Edition. Later limited edition runs were in the hundreds.

Virtue & Co. n.d. circa 1843. Size 10.5 x 8 inches. In ivory mount (14 x 12 ins). With later hand colouring. In portrait. In very good condition. A clean and bright map. Map of Yorkshire with view of York Minster Cathedral. Also shows Reference to Hundreds.

Ward Lock. 1988 repr.. Size 8.0 x 10.25 inches. In green cloth covers with silver to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 192pp. With colour photographs and sketch maps. Beautifully illustrated book of three grades of walks in the Yorkshire Dales. Includes sketch maps. Malham, Ingleborough, Three Peaks.

Duckworth. 1978 1st edition.. Size 5.5 x 8.0 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 174 pp. Fictionalised account of the five months that Adolf Hitler spent in Liverpool in 1912.

London, J. Cheek, 1839 4th. Hardback, approx 8.5 x 5 inches. Decorative dark green blind-embossed patterned cloth cover with gilt lettering to front. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Cover a little worn; edges and corners rubbed, some slight fading, partial split to edge of spine. Glue repair between front endpapers. Some slight tanning to pages, a couple of tiny negligable handling marks, some minor offsetting from the two copper-plates, else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 77pp. +26pp catalogue. Illustrated with two B&W full-page copper-plate engravings and 24 B&W Wood-Cuts within text.

London, Blackie & Son, Limited, n.d. ca1902. Hardback, approx 7.5 x 5 inches. In maroon full calf leather fine binding by “Ramage.” With gilt panelled boards, raised banding to spine with gilt decorations, and gilt lettering to dark green leather spine label. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened with some minor rubbing to ends. A couple of minor bumps and handling marks to boards. Else cover clean and smart. Prize bookplate to front endpaper “Aske’s Hatcham Schools, London, K da Cruz, 1902.” Binders stamp to edge of front endpaper. Some mild light foxing to prelims and a few inside pages. Else pages overall very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 384pp. Illustrated with twelve full-page B&W plates by C.J. Staniland.

Griffith Farran & Co. ; New edition (1892). 1892. Size 5.0 x 7.5 inches. In blue pictorial cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Picture of rifles, and an anchor on front cover. Black endpapers. All edges gilt. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at ends. Corners slightly bumped. Neat inscription to first blank page. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 376pp. With b/w illustrations. Preface begins 'My Dear Lads'.

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. ca 1920. Hardback, 8vo. 7.5 x 5 ins. In green cloth with black lettering and pictorial vignettes to spine and front. Brown endpapers. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW rubbing to edges, small tears to edges and corners, in plastic sleeve.) Some minor rubbing to corners. Darkened patch and neat inscription to front endpaper “To John, from Nettie, 1925.” A couple of marks to pages, p25, 43, 45. p30-31 partially stuck together. Else a clean and tight copy. --- The life and adventures of fur traders in the the wilderness of North America. 402 +4pp cat. With 8 colour plates including frontis.

T.Nelson & Sons 1897 New edition. Nice brown pictorial cloth gt; Size 7.5 x 5.5 inches In very good condition. Some minor rubbing on edges, corners a little bumped. Inscription on front endpaper. A few small marks on endpaper edges. Some light foxing, mainly on fore edge. Else clean & tight. Coloured Pict.title page & title page 402pp.

Lawrence and Bullen, London. 1900 (1st.ed.). Tall 8vo. approx 7 x 10 inches. In red cloth with gilt lettering to fornt and spine and gilt design to front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Corners bumped/rubbed, rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Cloth a little faded with some marks to spine and rear board. Notation to front endpapers, front hinge cracked. The odd minor handling marks else pages clean and tight. 663pp. With many b&w illustrations. Angling, Archery, Athletics, Bowls, Boxing, Canoeing, Cricket, Curling, Cycling, Dogs, Driving, Fencing, Fives, Football, Golf, Hockey, Hunting, Lacrosse, Lawn Tennis, Public School Sports, Punting, Rackets, Riding, Rowing, Sea-fishing, Shooting, Skating, Swimming, Tennis, Wrestling, etc.;