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THE LAND WE LIVE IN VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988196
Published by Charles Knight. Very good condition.

A Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. This volume covers Baronial Halls of Kent, Bath, Exeter, Leeds and the Clothing District, Newcastle, the Tyne and the Collieries, Ayrshire, North Derbyshire, Nottingham and the Hosiery District, Dublin, Lakes of Killarney, Connamara, North Wales. Illustrated throughout. Endpapers foxed. Corners rubbed.

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ENGLAND AND WALES DELINEATED
Written by Thomas Dugdale; William Burnett.
Stock no. 608180
Published by L. Tallis. Circa 1875. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt decorations and titles. Pages 1279 to 1582 plus 6 pages of advertisements. Engraved title and frontis. One engraved plate. Arranged alphabetically this volume deals with letters O to Z, starting with Ordsall. . All edges gilt. Covers scuffed and worn. One blank page detached. Inscription in ink to front endpaper dated 1875. Dampstaining to prelims.

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THE TRAVELLER VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988989
1901. Fair condition.

Large format. Three-quarter leather binding. Numerous b/w photos. 510 pages. "For Whom The World Is A Playground". A journal very much for the "upmarket" traveller in 1901. Including an ascent by an intrepid lady in her long dress! AS well as toboganning at St. Moritz and "Tours Through Toilet-Land"... Fascinating! Contents very good. Boards detached. Front endpaper creased.

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AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE
Written by William Coxe. Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 556822
Published by T. Cadell. 1st 1801. Slightly better than good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. Magnificently rebound. Foxing throughout. Contents page creased in one volume. Lacks East View of Llanthony Abbey and the Plan of Monmouth.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUPS OF EMMINENT PERSONAGES
No author listed.
Stock no. 988675
Circa 1890. Very good condition.

Large red cloth folder (32 x 28 cm), with gilt decoration and lettering. 6 pages of montage photographs, each with a key page. The montages are Kings and Queens of England, Eminent Women, Historical Celebrities (2 plates), Military and Naval Celebrities, and British Poets. Very light foxing to endpapers. Reduced from £150.

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A TREATISE ON PRACTICAL MENSURATION
Written by A. Nesbit.
Stock no. 556975
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. 1830. Good condition.

Full brown leather binding. 448 pages. B/w illustrations. 5th edition. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents very good but boards heavily worn.

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LA CHUTE D'UN ANGE
Written by Alphonse De Lamartine.
Stock no. 986796
Published by Librairie Universelle De Mary-Muller. 1838. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Pages: iv, 339. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Text in French.

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CAMBRIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by William Rowlands; D. Silvan Evans.
Stock no. 987049
Published by John Pryse. 1869. Very good condition.

An Account of the Books Printed in the Welsh Language, or Relating to Wales, From the Year 1546 to the end of the 18th century with Biographical Notices by Rowlands, edited and enlarged by Evans. Some text in Welsh. Pages: xxii, 762 + 18 (Announcements - Hysbysiadau). Original brown cloth binding. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. Rebacked with original spine laid down.

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THESAURUS ECCLESIASTICUS
Written by John Lloyd.
Stock no. 987191
Published by Lockyer Davis. 1788. Very good condition.

An improved edition of the Liber Valorum containing an account of the valuation of all the livings in England and Wales. Pages: xi, 504. Original marbled boards; modern leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration. A small amount of annotation and pale foxing to contents. In general a very clean copy. Boards rubbed.

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CAPTAIN CLUTTERBUCK'S CHAMPAGNE
Written by William G. Hanley.
Stock no. 987203
Published by William Blackwood and Sons. 1862. Almost very good condition.

Subtitled: A West Indian Reminiscence. No author stated but believed to be Colonel William G. Hanley Royal Engineers. First edition. Pages: 372. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and edges, gilt-lettered lable on spine. Foxing to prelims. Corners worn.

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ENGLISH BOTANY OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS VOLUME XVI
Written by James Edward Smith; et al. Illustrated by James Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 677822
1849. Fair condition.

Three-quarter black leather binding. 94 hand-coloured plates.The Descriptions, Synonyms and places of growth. Volume XVI. Front board detached. Two thrids of backstrip missing, corners worn. Pencil annotation througout. Rear board almost detached. Some damp cricking of pages and a couple of light damp marks to pages. All plates present. REDUCED FROM £420.

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NATURGESCHICHTE DER LEBENDEN UND UNTERGEGANGENEN THIERE
Written by Carl Vogt.
Stock no. 987624
Published by Literarische Unstalt. 1851. Slightly better than good condition.

2 volumes. Brown leather spines with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations. Marbled boards. Pages: 719; 640. Numerous b/w illustrations. Text in German. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Corners worn.

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