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HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN CAMBRIDGE AND ELY
Written by Edward Conybeare. Illustrated by Frederick L. Griggs.
Stock no. 576336
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brick-red cloth. Paper title label to spine. Large paper edition limited to 250 copies. B/w illustrations. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers foxed. Extensive inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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VISITATION OF ENGLAND AND WALES VOLUME 12
Written by Frederick Arthur Crisp.
Stock no. 575978
1st 1904. Very good condition.

Large format. Vellum spine with gilt title, green-blue cloth. 500 copies. Privately printed. 18 b/w armorial plates. Copy no. 104. Vellum spine discoloured. Free endpapers browned. Contents very good indeed.

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THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND
Written by Stewart Dick. Illustrated by Helen Allingham.
Stock no. 576017
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. White cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. Gilt-ruled decoration. Top edge gilt. 64 tissue-guarded colour plates. Limited edition of 500 copies. SIGNED by illustrator (Allingham). Copy no. 475. All plates present. Contents very good. Rear cover soiled, front cover and spine browned. REDUCED FROM £480.

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TANNHAUSER A DRAMATIC POEM
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 574492
Published by G.G. Harrap & Co.. 1st 1911. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited to 525 signed and numbered copies. Dark green calf binding with tooled design and title on front cover. Tooled title and decoration to spine. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Printed on thick grey paper, every page has lithographed orange or black illustrations. Endpapers and prelims are illustrated in multiple colours, predominantly blue. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 16 SIGNED by Pogany. Inscription on front endpaper. Covers edges slightly rubbed, rear cover very slightly scuffed. One corner bumped. Spine browned. Contents fine. An exquisite book.

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THE TABLE-TALK AND BON-MOTS OF SAMUEL FOOTE
Written by Samuel Foote; William Cooke.
Stock no. 508172
Published by Myers & Rogers. 1902. Very good condition.

Limited to 120 copies. Pale grey cloth spine with title label. Original pale blue boards. 14 b/w illustrations. Copy no. 90. New endpapers and spine. Boards foxed. Contents very good.

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FETES DE NOEL EN PROVENCE
Written by M.J. De Kersaint-Gilly.
Stock no. 989444
Published by Imprimerie De La Manufacture De La Charite. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Only 500 copies printed. Quater cloth binding with marble boards. 34 pages. Ex-Lib. Library binding.

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THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 561101
Published by Norman Wright. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A fast paced thriller originally published in 1940 by John Hamilton. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w frontis. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 260 SIGNED by Norman Wright.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 576259
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1929. Fine condition.

Deluxe edition limited to 775 copies (575 for England and 200 for the United States). Bound in vellum with gold lettering and border to front cover. Gold titles and vignette to spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 232 pages. 10.25 x 8". 12 coloured plates and 22 b/w drawings. Grey-green and white pictorial endpapers. SIGNED by Rackham. This is copy no. 133 of the American issue. This is a stunning copy with no marks on the vellum other than a tiny rub to the edge of the rear cover and a small crack (0.5") at top and tail of the spine. The front endpaper has a 0.5" closed margin tear, there is a tiny gold gallery label to the rear pastedown, otherwise the contents are fine with all plates present and no foxing. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MEMOIRS OF MONMOUTHSHIRE 1708
Written by Nathan Rogers. Illustrated by Linda Waters.
Stock no. 671938
Published by Moss Rose Press. 1st 1983. Fine condition.

Three-quarter green morocco binding. Marbled boards. Limited to 200 copies. Handsomely rebound.

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PROMENADE EN PAYS SARTHOIS
Written by Alain Gremillon. Illustrated by Alain Gremillon.
Stock no. 659807
1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Red leatherette. Pictorial onlay. Colour and b/w illustrations. Large format. Limited to 2200 copies. French text. Copy no. 1905. SIGNED by artist.

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CHRONICLES OF THE CUMMING CLUB
Written by Alexander Fergusson.
Stock no. 659969
1st 1887. Very good condition.

And Memories of Old Academy Days. Vellum spine. Blue boards. Limited to 250 copies. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 144. Spine rubbed and darkened.

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CATONINETALES A DOMESTIC EPIC
Written by Hattie Brown; W.J. Linton. Illustrated by Hattie Brown; W.J. Linton.
Stock no. 615425
Published by Lawrence and Bullen. 1st 1891. Very good condition.

A Domestic Epic. Natural hessian binding. W.J. Linton writing under the pseudonym of Hattie Brown. Edition limited to 330 copies. Poetry about cats. B/w end-of-chapter drawings. Copy no. 251. Slight browning of spine and covers. Offsetting to endpapers. An amusing little book.

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