TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; William Shakespeare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2129855
Published by Sands & Co.. 1st 1902. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. This book has 'Orkney House Easter 1902' in gilt to front cover. 16 b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Small chips/splits to top and tail of spine. Bookplate (Orkney House) to front pastedown. Browning and foxing to some pages. Pages 137-156 are wrinkled/creased with some edge-tears. Page wrinkling also to pages further on in book; margin marks and browning.

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THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 2129423
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Lovely decorated lilac cloth covers, gilt titles. 25 exquisite tipped-in colour plates and other b/w text illustrations. 195 pages. 10.75 x 8 inches. Spine and rear cover have faded from lilac to grey. Red and black marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Odd margin mark. All plates present. Plates in fine condition!

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COOPER'S CROSSING
Written by A.G. Street.
Stock no. 1817317
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story of country life in England and Western Canada from 1880 to 1960; turns a keen searchlight on the doings of farmers during two world wars: and pays just tribute to the generosity of the British climate. Faint stain to lower board edges. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine, worn at corners with slight loss, grubby to rear panel.

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THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH
Written by Charles Reade. Illustrated by Richard B. Ogle.
Stock no. 2128343
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. 8 colour plates. 504 pages. Larger format. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Some red pencil crayon scribble to endpapers and pastedowns - also to flaps of wrappers and a couple of other pages to rear. All plates present. Foxing to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is grubby, creased and torn with some loss.

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THE GREEN LACQUER PAVILION
Written by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2128247
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. Green title label to spine. Gilt titles, border and vignette. 9 b/w illustrations plus a portrait of the author. 319pp. 8 x 5.5". Spine is browned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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THE BEST AFTER-DINNER STORIES
Written by Tim Heald. Illustrated by Paul Cox.
Stock no. 2128187
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Fine condition.

White pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Selected and Introduced by Tim Heald. Contained in a nearly fine slip-case, just some light wear.

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THE ARTS IN BRITAIN IN WORLD WAR I
Written by John Ferguson.
Stock no. 1317547
Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd.. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Includes art, poetry, literature and more. ISBN: 085249548X. Light foxing to endpapers else a fine copy in dustwrapper which has light scuff marks and small nick at lower edge of front panel.

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THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE
Written by Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2127691
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Trade edition. Brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Cream and orange pictorial endpapers. Part of the trilogy of 'The Ring of the Niblung'. With a prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. 34 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, covered with captioned tissue-guards. Text in a play format. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven fading/marks to covers, with scuffing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper, which also has some corner creasing. Light corner crease to frontis, other plates are fine! Some foxing and browning.

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THE WAY OF AN EAGLE
Written by Ethel M. Dell. Illustrated by Edmund Blampied.
Stock no. 2127413
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1916. Very good condition.

White cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Tissue guarded colour plates. 369 pages. Some grubby marks and a bit of browning to covers. Names in ink to verso of front endpaper and to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to outer page edges. All plates present.

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QUALITY STREET
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 2127180
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Embossed border. 18 pretty tipped-in colour plates with captioned paper guards. 8.25 x 6.25 inches. 198 pages. Couple of corners are lightly bumped. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. A few light margin marks. All plates present. Wrapper is very browned to spine, with creasing and wear; a few chips and tears; only small amounts of loss.

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THE OPEN WINDOW
Written by E. Temple Thurston. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1317444
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1915. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine and blue title/border to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 4 Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 286 pages plus book list. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine faded (gilt dulled). A few light marks to covers. Browning to endpapers and page edges and some foxing to first few pages.

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THE LIFE & DEATH OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
Written by William Shakespeare; George Radford. Illustrated by G.B. Galizzi.
Stock no. 1816228
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Grey cloth. 14 colour plates. Introduction by George Radford. Boards a little grubby and edge-rubbed. All plates present.

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