CHEKHOV: A LIFE IN LETTERS
Written by Anton Chekhov; Gordon McVay.
Stock no. 1830658
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated and Edited by Gordon McVay. Black cloth, gilt title and decoration. B/w photos. xxii and 378 pages including index. Very slight grubbiness to text block else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien; Baillie Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Stock no. 1830572
Published by Ted Smart. 1st thus 1999. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Baillie Tolkien. Produced for The Book People Ltd. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0007663714. Pages 132-133 and 142-143 have some surface paper damage where glossy pages have stuck together and been prised apart (not affecting any text). Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien; Baillie Tolkien. Illustrated by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Stock no. 1330195
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 1999. Nearly fine condition in a good dustwrapper.

Edited by Baillie Tolkien. Produced for The Book People Ltd. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0007663714. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased. White mark to base of spine of wrapper.

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ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF THE MORRISES OF ANGLESEY (1735-1786) VOL. XLIX PART I & II
Written by Hugh Owen.
Stock no. 1830300
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Transcribed and edited by Hugh Owen. A collection of greatly valued letters in two volumes. Beige cloth covers. Boards of both volumes are a little grubby and marked, spines and endpapers are browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to text block.

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THE ANGLING LETTERS OF G.E.M. SKUES
Written by G.E.M. Skues; C.F. Walker.
Stock no. 1829717
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Walker. Dark brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xv and 153 pages including index. ISBN: 0713616210. Reprint. Top of spine and top front board corner bumped. Some foxing present, mainly to text block. Price-cut dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, faded to spine, mark left by old price label to rear panel, slightly grubby.

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SIGNALLING FROM MARS
Written by Arthur Ransome; Hugh Brogan.
Stock no. 1328934
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Letters of Arthur Ransome. Selected and introduced by Hugh Brogan. B/w illustrations. 377 pages. ISBN: 0224042610. Spine slightly bumped. Some foxspots to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is a little grubby and edge worn.

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CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.. 1st thus 1883. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.

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SELECTED LETTERS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Written by Charlotte Bronte; Margaret Smith.
Stock no. 1828384
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Margaret Smith. 169 letters from Charlotte Bronte. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780199205875. A lovely copy.

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ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF THE MORRISES OF ANGLESEY (1735-1786) Vol. XLIX Part II
Written by Hugh Owen.
Stock no. 1327814
Published by The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. 1949. Good condition.

Beige cloth covers. 6" x 9". 981pp. A collection of greatly valued letters. Spine bumped, heavy bump to corner of front cover (also affects the top corners of the pages). Ex-libris plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Slight foxing to textblock.

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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF ELIZABETH STUART, QUEEN OF BOHEMIA VOLUME II 1632-1642
Written by Elizabeth Stuart; Nadine Akkerman.
Stock no. 1828096
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Volume II only (of 3 volumes). This book covers Elizabeth's life as a widow controlling regency during her eldest son's minority and imprisonment. Edited by Nadine Akkerman. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780199551088. Shelf-wear to top of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Else a lovely copy. Cream dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to lower front edge.

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F.R. KENDALL: EXTRACT FROM LETTERS 1858-1865
Written by Franklin Richardson Kendall.
Stock no. 1826617
Published by P & O. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Franklin Richardson Kendall was born into a family with great naval traditions and joined the P & O Head Office in London. He remained with P & O for 50 years before retiring. This is a collection of selected extracts from letters written to his mother during the tumultous times of change between 1858 and 1866. Large format. Cloth spine, cream cardwraps with black title to front. Tipped in colour frontis of the Ripon leaving Southampton. B/w photos. 89 pages. A few light creases to covers. Covers are a little grubby from handling. Contents clean.

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MARY AND RICHARD: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE AND WAR
Written by Michael Burn.
Stock no. 1825876
Published by Arbor House; William Morrow. 1st USA 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Mary Booker and Richard Hillary. The story of one man's late wife's love for another man. Red cltoh spine with gilt title, grey paper boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 155710042X. Foxing to text block and minor foxing to prelims. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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