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RUPERT ANNUAL 1949 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830091
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. A superb reproduction of the last soft-cover annual. Collectors' Limited Edition. ISBN: 1902836170. Teeny, tiny blue pen mark to vertical edge of text block. Else a lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 03370. Contained in a blue slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed along the bottom.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1959 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830089
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2007. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Reproduction. Front cover shows Rupert holding a beach ball. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405232654. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 09093 of 10000. Contained in blue slipcase with very slight scuffing to bottom.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830088
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 11,000 copies. Reproduction of the 1955 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 02575 of 11000. Contained in blue slipcase which is lightly scuffed along the bottom.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329664
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1994. Nearly fine condition.

A limited and numbered collectors edition of the 1942 Rupert book - the most scarce of all the Rupert annuals due to wartime paper shortages. Colour pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 1874507252. This is copy no. 5697. Spine ends very slightly rubbed, laminate at corners of covers just starting to lift. A few foxspots to textblock. Contained in a tight fitting publisher's slipcase.

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INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
Written by Charles Darwin.
Stock no. 1829900
Published by Culture Et Civilisation, Bruxelles. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

A facsimile of the first edition which was published in 1875. A few b/w drawings. Tan cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. x and 462 pages including index. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine and corners. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT: MAP VOLUME
Written by Brig. A.L. Pemberton.
Stock no. 1329435
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition (originally published in 1950 as a limited edition of 1000 copies). Pictorial boards. 22 maps with legends. ISBN: 9781474537162. some very slight scuffing to covers else a fine copy.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT: MAP VOLUME
Written by Brig. A.L. Pemberton.
Stock no. 1329434
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition (originally published in 1950 as a limited edition of 1000 copies). Pictorial boards. 22 maps with legends. ISBN: 9781474537162. Front joint pulled, binding still very tight (seems unread).

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329378
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Very good condition.

Reproduction of the third Rupert annual. Pictorial paper-covered boards showing Rupert waving from a tree. Red cloth spine. Red, black and white pictures throughout. 125 pages. ISBN: 0850791979. This is copy no. 11206. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Complete with wrap-around band.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1329362
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 32. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 729-751, 1922. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001949. This is copy no. 399. Very pale page edge browning else a fine copy. Contained in a brown slipcase which is lightly rubbed at edges.

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OUR HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1829650
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mons to the Somme August 1914 - July 1916. This book contains photographs with biographical notes of Officers of Irish Regiments and of Irish Officers of British Regiments who have fallen in action, or who have been mentioned for distinguished conduct from August 1914 to July 1916. Originally published in 1916. This is a facsimile, undated. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. 243 pages. ISBN: 0948130113. A few scuff marks to boards. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Previous owner's address label to fly leaf. Else contents clean.

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HISTORY OF THE WELSH GUARDS
Written by C.H. Dudley Ward.
Stock no. 1829619
Published by The London Stamp Exchange. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Welsh Guards in the first world war. Facsimile edition of the 1920 edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. B/w maps. 505 pages. ISBN: 0948130121. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is faded to spine and edge-creased across the top.

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FISHING FLIES AND FLY TYING: AMERICAN INSECTS, INCLUDING NYMPHS AND CRUSTACEANS
Written by William F. Blades. Illustrated by William F. Blades.
Stock no. 1329325
Published by Stackpole Books. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited Facsimile edition. Brown cloth with gilt titles and embossed vignette of fly to front cover. 319 pages. B/w photos and diagrams throughout, some colour plates. ISBN: 0811706133. Textblock is very slightly grubby.

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