THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1317258
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1979. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A re-issue of the 1931 edition. Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front and spine. Green pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245528687. Minimal bumping to spine. A couple of very small, light spots to front cover. A few light foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly creased at edges and a little faded to spine.

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ENGLISH WOOD-ENGRAVING 1900-1950
Written by Thomas Balston.
Stock no. 2124595
Published by Art & Technics. 1st 1951. Good condition.

Blue cloth boards with gilt title, brown patterned paper boards. B/w and colour wood engravings. 84 pages. Ex-library with usual stamps and labels. Spine grubby and marked. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few marks to contents.

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THE LAKES
Written by W. Heaton Cooper. Illustrated by W. Heaton Cooper.
Stock no. 1815683
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Attractive colour pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Companion volume to The Hills of Lakeland. ISBN: 0723213038. Text block browned. Personal bookplate to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and edge-worn.

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ADVENTURING WITH NOMAD
Written by Norman Ellison. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 2124493
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Nomad the Naturalist, of the B.B.C. Children's Hour. Peach cloth, red title to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-chipped and torn, with a little loss; damp mark to rear panel; some foxing.

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WANDERING WITH NOMAD
Written by Norman Ellison. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 2124492
Published by University of London Press. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front. Photo frontis. B/w illustrations. Thrilling adventures among the wild life of the countryside. Spine and over edges are browned. Some bumping to corners. Lengthy inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Top corners of pages have a bit of creasing. Wrapper is foxed with edge-tears and chips; some loss.

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TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION
Written by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.
Stock no. 2124420
Published by Arcturus Publishing Ltd.. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very large, heavy format. With an introduction by Dr Brook Haley. Black, red and white illustrated boards with white titles. 383 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 978184939469. Light wear to cover edges. Contents are fine. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" closed tear to bottom edge of front panel.

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SIDNEY SIME MASTER OF THE MYSTERIOUS
Written by Simon Heneage; Henry Ford. Illustrated by Sidney Sime.
Stock no. 2124404
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tracing the life and works of an artist whose originality and variety can be compared to that of Beardsley, Rackham and Nielsen. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. 84 b/w illustrations. 96 pages includes index. ISBN: 0500271542. Light corner creasing. A few foxspots to outer page edges.

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THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Roland Carse. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2124402
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd.. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Set of 4 books, each containing 10 colour plates. Books cover following periods: William I-Henry III; Edward I-Richard III; Henry VII-Elizabeth and James I-Edward VII. Red cloth spines. Pictorial onlays to front covers. SIGNED by author with dedication to previous owner to first volume of set. Bottom 1" of spine to first volume has splitting with some fraying of cloth. Some other nicks and chips to spine, with varying degrees of fading. Couple of covers are a bit bowed with some marks. Corners are worn, with some chipping. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some margin marks to pages. Closed tear (repaired with magic tape) to one front endpaper.

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PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by J.H. Dowd.
Stock no. 1815632
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Popular Edition. A beautiful book with b/w sketches throughout. Grey cloth, turquoise titles and vignette. x and 72 text pages, 83 sketch pages. Large format. Boards nice and clean. Browning to endpapers, foxing to text block, occasional foxing to contents. Pencil doodles to page 83 and rear free endpaper. Buff pictorial dustwrapper is split to front edge, worn with slight loss at corners and top & tail of spine, light scratching to rear panel.

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KAY NIELSEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Stock no. 1815631
Published by Coronet Books. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Illustrated cardwraps. Introduction by Keith Nicholson. A tribute to the illustrator Kay Nielsen with examples of her work in wonderful full page colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340189835. Slight fading to spine.

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ARTHUR RACKHAM
Written by Fred Gettings. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1815628
Published by Studio Vista. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Light green/cream boards with gilt title to spine. A look at Rackham's life and influences on his work, with many of his illustrations reproduced. ISBN: 0289706696. Light browning to board edges and text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly edge-creased, covered with sticky back plastic.

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TELEGRAM GPO
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2124297
1972. Very good condition.

Four page cardwrap telegram beautifully illustrated by Ardizzone. Telegram message to previous owner has been pasted onto 3rd 'page' of booklet.

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