ALL ROUND THE WORLD: AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF VOYAGES, TRAVELS, AND ADVENTURES IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by W.F. Ainsworth. Illustrated by Gustave Dore; et al..
Stock no. 1827689
Published by William Collins Sons & Company. 1st 1868. Almost very good condition.

Large and very heavy set of two volumes. Edited by Ainsworth. Leather spine & corners with 5 raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and title label. Brown cloth boards. Marbled endpapers and text block. Two hundred b/w illustrations. Six folding colour maps. Sereis I is 1st 1868, Series II is 1st 1870. Spine of Series I is split to top half of front joint. Both volumes are worn at board edges and scuffed. Title label of both volumes is heavily rubbed. Foxing throughout. Series I has a closed tear (no loss) mainly to margin of plate opposite page 592, also a small chip to vertical edge of illustration list. Biro mark to some maps. Else contents are very good.

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OLD SCOTTISH CLOCKMAKERS FROM 1453 TO 1850
Written by John Smith.
Stock no. 1827688
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 2nd 1921. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Compiled from original sources with notes. Pages untrimmed. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. xv and 433 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Light scuff marks to rear board. Endpapers and text block browned. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper. Some pages unopened due to being untrimmed and therefore unread. Dustwrapper is edge-worn with chips to corners, large closed tear to front panel, is browned with age and has a horizontal crease across the middle.

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HISTORY OF BRITISH AVIATION 1908-1914
Written by R. Dallas Brett.
Stock no. 1827687
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'Although there have been many publications dealing with various incidents of early aviation and individual experiences of early aviators, Mr Dallas Brett is the first author to review the whole tangled mass of data and to present a comprehensive picture of the whole exicitng early years of aviation. In this book is given a coherent story of Great Britain's part in the conquest of the air by the human race.' Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w photos. xxiv and 388 pages including index. Top corners of boards bumped. Lower corners lightly worn. Horizontal edges of boards lightly faded. Endpapers & text block browned. Contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is grubby and marked, Closed tear (no loss) to top front panel.

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THE SWISS RAILWAY SAGA: 150 YEARS OF SWISS TRAINS
Written by Hans Peter Treichler; et al.
Stock no. 1827686
Published by As Verlag & Buchkonzept Ag. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The official book for the 150 years jubilee of Swiss railways, a cultural history of rail traffic in Switzerland. Large format. Red cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 3905111160. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Basil Lubbock.
Stock no. 1827680
Published by Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd.. 1st thus 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reprint of the John Murray edition. A personal record of a journey around Cape Horn in 1899. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851745067. Light vertical creasing to spine (through reading use). Else contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge-creased, lightly browned to spine, small closed tears (no loss).

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SELEUCID AND PTOLEMAIC REFORMED ARMIES 168-145 BC VOLUME 1: THE SELEUCID ARMY
Written by Nick Sekunda. Illustrated by Angus McBride.
Stock no. 1327282
Published by Montvert Publications. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Under Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Cardwraps. Colour plates plus b/w photos. 80 pages. ISBN: 1874101027. Slight rubbing to corners. Pale browning to covers.

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THE BOOK OF THE JUBILEE 4-6-0S
Written by Chris Hawkins.
Stock no. 1327245
Published by Irwell Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed boards. A British Railways Illustrated Special. Edited by Hawkins. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903266270. Minimal rubbing to corners else a fine copy (pencil price/stock markings to first page).

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OPERATION NORFOLK: M&GN TRAIN SERVICES AND CARRIAGE WORKINGS: 1954
Written by G. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1327227
Published by Xpress Publising. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. Carriage Workings, Timetables, Train Formations, Marshalling Arrangements and Carriage Diagrams, etc. ISBN: 9781901056327. Minimal rubbing to corners else a fine copy (pencil price/stock markings to first page).

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THE DISTRICT CONTROLLER'S VIEW No.12 THE MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY
Written by W.S. Becket.
Stock no. 1327226
Published by Xpress Publising. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. B.R. 1950s Steam Operating. Train and Traffic Operations over the M&GN during the 1950s. Full Working Timetable (Passenger & Goods). Engine Diagrams, Carriage Workings and Locomotive Allocations 1950-60. ISBN: 9781901056372. Minimal rubbing to corners else a fine copy (pencil price/stock markings to first page).

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THE DISTRICT CONTROLLER'S VIEW No.7 YORK - NEWCASTLE
Written by Michael Millar.
Stock no. 1327224
Published by Xpress Publising. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. B.R. 1950s Steam Operating. Train and Traffic Operations over the North Eastern main line during the 1950s. Working Timetable (Passenger & Goods). Engine Workings - Engine Allocation and Movements 1950-60. ISBN: 1901056147. Slight rubbing to corners else a fine copy (pencil price and stock number to top margin of first page).

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THE GREAT WAR AND MODERN MEMORY
Written by Paul Fussell; Lyn MacDonald.
Stock no. 1327220
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2014. Fine condition.

Red decorated boards; yellow and grey titles and decorations. Introduction by MacDonald. Colour & b/w illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE HOUSES (3 VOLS)
Written by Cyril Fox; Lord Raglan.
Stock no. 1327183
Published by National Museum of Wales. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Part I: Medieval; Part II: Sub-Medieval; Part III: Renaissance. Red cloth. B/w photos and numerous line drawings. Spines and corners are bumped. Spines are sunned. Endpapers are lightly browned, there is some light foxing to each volume. Dustwrappers are slightly worn at spine and corners with minimal loss. A nice set.

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