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SARAH STONE: NATURAL CURIOSITIES FROM THE NEW WORLDS (ART OF NATURE)
Written by Christine E. Jackson. Illustrated by Sarah Stone.
Stock no. 1825865
Published by Merrell Holberton Publishers; Natural History Museum. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From about 1777 the talented watercolourist Sarah Stone was employed by the entrepreneur Sir Ashton Lever to record the contents of his extraordinary private museum. This consisted of specimens and ethnographic material being brought back by British expeditions to Australia, the Americas, Africa and the Far East. The Lever Museum was tragically dispersed in 1806, and most of its zoological specimens have been lost. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185894063X. A lovely copy.

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RICHARD I
Written by John Gillingham.
Stock no. 1825689
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Yale English Monarchs series. A new assessment, looking afresh at the achievements and failings of the king and at the verdict of history: a restless, fearless individual with a love of war and a genius for it, or a monarch who neglected his kingdom, his citizens and his succession. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. ISBN: 0300079125. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A nice copy.

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KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann; G.S. Layard. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1825653
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe limited edition of 500 copies, SIGNED by Kate Greenaway's brother, John Greenaway. Cream cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. With an original sketch by Kate Greenaway. Beautiful plates that have captioned page guards. Spine browned and worn with fraying to top & tail. Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Joints cracked but binding tight. SIGNED by John Greenaway and number 275 (?) of 500. Some minor foxing and age related marks presnt. All plates present. Plate on page 88 has a repaired closed tear which does not affect the actual illustration. Plate and tissue guard facing page 166 is creased at edges with a few tiny closed tears.

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THE LIFE OF A SCOTCH NATURALIST: THOMAS EDWARD ASSOCIATE OF THE LINEAN SOCIETY
Written by Samuel Smiles. Illustrated by George Reid.
Stock no. 1825647
Published by John Murray. 1905. Almost very good condition.

Popular Edition. Blue calf leather boards, 5 raised bands to spine, red title label and gilt title to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w plates and illustrations to text pages. Top of spine rubbed & worn. A few marks to rear board. Rugby School crest in gilt to front board. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing throughout. Binding is tight.

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KILVERT'S DIARY 1870-1879
Written by Francis Kilvert; William Plomer.
Stock no. 1325314
Published by Century Hutchinson Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Very good condition.

Life in the English Countryside in Mid-Victorian Times. An Illustrated Selection Edited and Introduced by William Plomer. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and elaborate onlay to front. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0712693978. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean.

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MASTER OF GLASS
Written by Margaret Stavridi.
Stock no. 1825596
Published by John Taylor Book Ventures. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charles Eamer Kempe 1837-1907 and the work of his firm in stained glass and church decoration. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871224004. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Pencil erasure of old price to top corner of free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased, rubbed to top of spine with small nick, scuffed to rear panel.

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ON LAUGHTER-SILVERED WINGS
Written by Gail Strever-Morkel.
Stock no. 1825581
Published by Pen & Sword Aviation. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Story of Lt. Col. E.T. (Ted) Strever DFC (who, in 1942, with his air crew carried out the first mid-air skyjack in history). Thoroughly researched account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot, the author's father. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781781591048. Bump to base of spine and corresponding area of dustwrapper. Else fine.

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MERLIN'S MAN
Written by Lansdale Humphreys.
Stock no. 1825559
Published by P.M. Heaton Publishing. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Love, War and Adventure in the Life of a Welsh Seafarer (Richard Humphreys). Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 187200606X. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn else a lovely copy.

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WALT DISNEY'S RAILROAD STORY
Written by Michael Broggie.
Stock no. 1825476
Published by Pentrex. Circa 1997. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Small-Scale Fascination That Led to a Full-Scale Kingdom. The enormous part Walt Disney's love of railroading played in the development of the Disney empire. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1563420066. 2nd printing. Dustwrapper is unevenly faded to spine and lightly edge-creased.

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DORNIER POST SPECIAL EDITION 1984
Written by Rolf F. Christ.
Stock no. 1825474
Published by Dornier Gmbh. 1984. Very good condition.

A periodical journal for the friends of the Dornier Group. Edited by Rolf F. Christ. Claude Dornier - an aviation pioneer. Large format. White pictorial paperwraps. B/w photos. Staple binding. 114 numbered pages. Spine a little worn and split from base upwards. Covers lightly yellowed. Light crease to top corners of contents. Folded poster is MISSING.

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WINSTON CHURCHILL: A LIFE IN THE NEWS
Written by Richard Toye.
Stock no. 1825309
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of Churchill and the news, from swashbuckling young war reporter to his 'finest hour' as Prime Minister during the Second World War and beyond. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 9780198803980. Light rubbing to edges of dustwrapper.

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THOMAS MAWSON: LIFE, GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES
Written by Janet Waymark.
Stock no. 1825229
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In the early twentieth century Thomas Hayton Mawson (1861-1933) was the most sought-after garden and landscape designer of the day and could name crowned heads of Europe among his clients. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780711225954. Board edges rubbed. Prelims have a couple of minor marks else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-cresed and lightly rubbed at corners.

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