HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA
Written by William Napier; Brian Connell.
Stock no. 2128732
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1973. Nearly fine condition.

Blue cloth with beautiful gilt decoration. A few tiny marks to covers. Slip case is very good - some bumping, browning and a few marks.

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 2128704
Published by Zodiac Books. 1949. Very good condition.

A Zodiac Book. Blue pictorial paper boards. Small format. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning. Foxing to outer page edges.

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INDIAN SUMMER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2128636
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

BB, in his personal Indian Summer, records his own vivid impressions of summer's end. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Exquisite scraperboard illustrations. 183 pages. ISBN: 0718123670. A bit of fading to spine. Contents are excellent.

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RED VAGABOND
Written by G.D. Adams. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2128634
Published by The Batchworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A vividly told tale of a fox set against the background of wild life on the Welsh border. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Superb b/w wood engravings. 189 pages. Slight fades to top and tail of spine. Pale foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some chips and tears; a bit of loss; foxing to rear panel.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2128588
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1919. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Russet cloth with gilt title to spine and elaborate peacock and elephant design to front cover. 20 superb colour plates, tipped onto cream card with decorative border and each with a tissue-guard. Cloth and gilt are beautifully bright (where they've been protected by wrapper). Some foxing and light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates are present and in super condition! Scarce wrapper has darkened to spine; a little edge-creasing; a few small tears and chips to corners and top and tail of spine. A few grubby marks to rear of wrapper. Onlay to front of wrapper is still bright.

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THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Frank Reynolds.
Stock no. 2128587
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1913. Very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. Gilt/black silhouette in oval to front cover. Colour frontis + 20 other tipped-in colour plates. Spine is browned. A few small chips to cloth along one edge of front cover; round brown mark to edge of front cover. Foxing to outer page edges. Contents are still very good indeed! Illustrations are lovely and bright!

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ARTHUR RACKHAM'S BOOK OF PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2128582
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

A personalised collection of 44 colour plates of Rackham's past work brought together in one sumptuous volume with introduction by Arthur Quiller-Couch. This is the Deluxe Limited edition of 1030 copies. Gold pictorial white cloth with gold lettering to cover and spine. Top edge gilt. All others untrimmed. Plates mounted on stiff brown paper. 10 b/w drawings plus a sketch of a bookplate on front paste-down. SIGNED by Illustrator. This is Copy No. 622. Spine is browned with some grubby marks; gilt to spine has faded. A few other grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some tissue-guards. A few margin marks. Wrinkling to page edges of some pages. Plates are still excellent!

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ARTHUR RACKHAM
Written by David Larkin. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2128539
Published by Pan Books. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition.

A collection of 39 colour plates edited by David Larkin with an introduction by Leo John De Freitas. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0330246828. Some creasing to edges and corners. Foxing to outer page edges.

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A HISTORY OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Written by Christopher De Hamel.
Stock no. 2128538
Published by Guild Publishing; Book Club Associates. 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine faded. Wrapper spine is faded.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2128535
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. Contents are excellent. Light fading to spine.

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MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by John Leech.
Stock no. 2128531
Published by The R.S. Surtees Society. 1st thus 1981. Slightly better than very good condition.

Magnificent crimson and gilt binding. Facsimile prepared by the Surtees Society for the Folio Society. Colour plates. ISBN: 0950769703. Light rubbing to spine. Contents are fine. Slip case is almost very good - some scuffing and wear, with bumps.

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THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB; Duff Hart-Davis. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2128527
Published by White Lion Books. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A companion volume to BB's "Fisherman's Bedside Book", illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. A handsome new edition with an introduction by Duff Hart-Davis. ISBN: 1874762112. A few light marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with uneven fading to spine and edges.

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