A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS
Written by Beverley Nichols. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1314096
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 16 superb colour plates. Poems that are 'the very essence of the British spirit' selected and introduced by Nichols. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers very slightly browned. Some slight page edge browning and a few fingermarks to margins else contents clean. Very scarce original blue dustwrapper (with green titles) is a bit grubby and edge worn.

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TEITHI MEDDWL ANN GRIFFITHS: FEL Y'U HADLEWYRCHIRE YN EI HEMYNAU
Written by Daniel Williams.
Stock no. 1712841
Published by Hugh Evans. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Small format. B/w frontis. Spine faded.

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VATHEK
Written by William Beckford.
Stock no. 1503226
Published by Philip Allan & Co.. circa 1923. Good condition.

Navy cloth covers with gilt titles and vignette of rose bush. 8 colour plates. 212 pages. Spine is split on both sides for almost full length and has split to centre at top, also faded. Corners bumped and worn. Residue from label on back cover plus a few other marks. Endpapers browned. Foxing throughout.

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SKYWRITING AN AVIATION ANTHOLOGY
Written by James Gilbert; et al.
Stock no. 1712096
Published by M. And J. Hobbs; Michael Joseph. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Collection of excerpts from the finest writers on aviation. ISBN: 071816232. Wrapper spine faded.

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ROGER PLOWMAN'S EXCURSION TO LONDON
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502971
Published by Kent & Co.. Almost very good condition.

With Adventures and Recollections in Gloucestershire. Also contains Roger Plowman's Second Excursion to London with his marriage to Sarah Jane. Marbled boards with red spine and corners, gilt title to spine. Marbled text block. B/w illustrations. 109 and 111 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges worn. Split at top of spine. Some scuffing and scratching to boards. Front joint cracked next to frontis. Endpapers browned. Pink mark to top corner of frontis. Rusty staple marks to edges of title page and frontis. Contents generally clean.

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JOHN HALIFAX GENTLEMAN
Written by Dinah Maria Murlock; Gordon Home. Illustrated by Oswald Moser; G.F. Nicholls.
Stock no. 2114825
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st thus 1912. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe, limited edition of 250 copies, SIGNED by publisher. Large format. Cream cloth with gilt titles and elaborate black/brown decorations. 20 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned page guards. This is copy 109. SIGNED by publisher. Damaged spine has been repaired - still some chipping. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Front endpaper has been repaired. Some foxing and grubby marks. All plates present. Damp marks to bottom of last pages.

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THE BEASTLY BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Nicolas Bentley. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1313082
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Quotations from works as diverse as those of Chaucer, Chesterton, Binstead and Byron. Grey cloth with red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 182 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and light foxing to edges of covers. Endpapers partially browned, some foxing. Contents unused. Heavy foxed dustwrapper is also very browned to spine and and rear panel edges, is edge worn with loss and section of loss to top of spine and front panel.

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TURNS & CHANCES
Written by Juliet E. McKenna; Chaz Brenchley.
Stock no. 2114530
Published by Ps Publishing. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The country of Lescar was carved out of the collapsing Tormalin Empire by ambitious men who felt entitled to seize power. SIGNED, Limited edition (to 300 copies). ISBN: 190461907X. SIGNED by authors to special page. This is copy no. 246.

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DAYBREAK
Written by Jean Ure.
Stock no. 1502580
Published by Ian Henry Publications. 1976. Very good condition.

It was a bad time of year for hitching, she had been travelling for nine hours and still had three hundred miles to go so when a sports cars stopped she threw away her suspicions and jumped into the passenger seat. Blue covers with gilt titles to spine. 174 pages. ISBN: 0860250571. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Contents very good.

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THE MAN WHO KNEW BETTER
Written by Tom Gallon. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1502579
Published by D. Appleton And Company. 1st 1901. Slightly better than good condition.

A Christmas Dream. A striking romance of hard-hearted worldliness redeemed by bitter experience, and the lessons of love and sympathy which it teaches will thrill and touch every reader. Brown cloth covers with dark green decoration and gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Wear to spine and corners with a little fraying at top of spine. A few marks to covers. Joints and a few hinges cracked. Front endpaper is possibly missing. Red mark to frontis. Some foxing and page edge browning but contents generally clean.

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CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE
Written by William Calder; Geoffrey Chaucer.
Stock no. 2114309
Published by William Blackwood and Sons. 1892. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Fold-out b/w illustration to front. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping and fraying of cloth to top and tail of spine. Marks to covers. Some foxing and page browning.

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THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 2114159
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1911. 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. Browning to spine. Some bumping. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. The odd margin mark. All plates present.

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