JULIANA HORATIA EWING AND HER BOOKS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing; Horatia K.F. Gatty.
Stock no. 1329158
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1887. Good condition.

Grey pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. Covers are edge worn, foxed and grubby. Spine is browned and slightly chipped. Contents are browned. Hinges cracked.

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WILLIAM RUSSELL SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIMES
Written by Roger Hudson; Max Hastings.
Stock no. 1829352
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Roger Hudson. Introduced by Max Hastings. Brown elaborately decorated pictorial cloth. B/w photos. Top edge brown. xxvii and 426 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed.

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I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
Written by Maya Angelou.
Stock no. 1829345
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

A great American classic, Maya Angelou's powerful and perceptive memoir forged a path for Black American women's writing and made her an international icon. Written in 1969, it recounts Angelou's early experiences as a woman of colour in the segregated Deep South where, surrounded by bigotry and poverty, daily life was lived on a knife-edge. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 254 pages. Light crease to cloth of spine at top & tail (shelf wear) else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing and white scuff marks to spine (VG+).

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PEPYS'S DIARY (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Samuel Pepys; Robert Latham.
Stock no. 1829342
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Very good condition.

From The Diary of Samuel Pepys, a new and complete transcriptions edited by Robert Latham and William Matthews. Three volumes. Blue cloth with gilt decorations and titles. Colour and b/w plates. Selected and edited by Latham. Tiny bump to top corner or boards, mild musty odour present. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split along top edges approx 1.5" and 3.5" but is still tight (VG).

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THE UNFORTUNATE VALENTINE MORRIS
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1329116
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. Limited to 1000 copies. B/w illustrations. Valentine Morris was born in the island of Antigua in 1727 but lived for 30 years at the Piercefield, part of which is now Chepstow racecourse. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. Pale foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is a little grubby and has a couple of small tears at edges.

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THE BERLIN DIARIES 1940-1945 OF MARIE 'MISSIE' VASSILTCHIKOV
Written by Marie Vassiltchikov; George Vassiltchikov; Christabel Bielenberg.
Stock no. 1829336
Published by Folio Society. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and with a foreword by George Vassiltchikov and with an introduction by Christabel Bielenberg. Vivid red and black abstract patterned cloth. B/w photos. xix and 296 pages including index. Third printing. Light pencil erasure mark to half-title page. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE DIARY OF A VILLAGE SHOPKEEPER 1754-1765
Written by Thomas Turner; David Vaisey. Illustrated by Miriam Macgregor.
Stock no. 1829335
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by David Vaisey. Blue cloth spine, marbled boards. B/w engravings. Top edge red. xxxix and 443 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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DIARY OF A PROVINCIAL LADY
Written by E.M. Delafield; Jilly Cooper. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1829322
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1979. Very good condition.

Autobiography of E.M. Delafield. Introduction by Jilly Cooper. Grey and brown pictorial cloth with blue foil title to spine. B/w illustrations. 170 pages. Top edge green. Spine lightly browned. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is worn at corners and is unevenly faded (VG).

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EMINENT VICTORIANS
Written by Lytton Strachey; Michael Holroyd.
Stock no. 1829321
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Arnold, General Gordon. Introduced by Michael Holroyd. Green and gold pictorial cloth, white title block to spine. Colour illustrations. 272 pages. Small foxspot to top edge of text block else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked (VG).

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SAGITTARIUS RISING
Written by Cecil Lewis; Max Arthur. Illustrated by C.R.W. Nevinson.
Stock no. 1829304
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

The author's experiences in aircraft battles of the first world war. Introduction by Max Arthur. Olive green spine, pictorial front board. xiv and 230 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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IF THIS IS A MAN
Written by Primo Levi; Frederic Raphael; Stuart Woolf. Illustrated by Jane Joseph.
Stock no. 1829302
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated by Stuart Woolf. Introduction by Frederic Raphael. The author's time in the death camp at Auschwitz. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine & blocked design in silver to front and rear. B/w illustrations. 234 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a few minor tiny white marks to one end.

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SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS
Written by Mike Tice.
Stock no. 1829279
Published by Square One Publications. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Autobiography of Major Mike Tice who was instrumental in the first shot being fired against the Japanese... typical of the man to be in the forefront of the action - both in war and in peace. He went on to form a cricket team christened The Mercenaries in the early 70s, playing the game for the love of it. An autobiography of a character whose life has never been boring. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 213 pages. ISBN: 1872017479. SIGNED by the author with a personal gift dedication to previous owner to the title page. Base of spine on front edge is bumped. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed and very lightly faded to spine.

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