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LETTERS FROM ENGLAND
Written by Robert Southey.
Stock no. 2135020
Published by The Cresset Press. 1951. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. The Cresset Library Edition. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. A few foxspots.

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HEADS OF THE PEOPLE: PORTRAITS OF THE ENGLISH (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Douglas Jerrold; William Makepeace Thackeray; et al. Illustrated by Kenny Meadows.
Stock no. 2134923
Published by Robert Tyas. 1840. Good condition.

Second series in four volumes. Leather spines and corners, marbled boards. Drawn by Kenny Meadows, Engraved by Orrin Smith. Ex-library set with normal markings internally, bookplates and the like. Some repairs to joints. Volume 4 has front board LOOSE, but still present. Uneven fading and scuffing to covers - some chips. Volume 3 front board is nearly detached. Foxing and browning to pages throughout. A good reading set only.

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THE ORPHAN OF THE RHINE
Written by Eleanor Sleath.
Stock no. 1821634
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels. A Romance. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt border to boards. Top edge black. Spine slightly dulled, board corners lightly bumped. Text block slightly browned and slightly grubby. No slipcase as issued.

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RESTORATION COMEDY (FOUR VOLUMES)
Written by A. Norman Jeffares.
Stock no. 1320954
Published by Folio Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

24 humourous plays. Green cloth with gilt titles. Green endpapers. ISBN: 0850670306. Spines slightly faded. A couple of small spots to front cover. Some browning to endpapers from glue of binding process. Slipcase is slightly scuffed and edge worn.

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HORRID MYSTERIES
Written by Marquis Of Grosse; Peter Will.
Stock no. 1320940
Published by Folio Press. 1968. Very good condition.

The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels. A story translated from the German by Peter Will, four volumes in one. Black cloth, gilt title to spine. Top edge black. Spine slightly worn at base. Corners bumped.

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BLACK MISCHIEF
Written by Evelyn Waugh. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1821460
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2016. Fine condition.

Folio Collectables series issued without a slipcase. Blue cloth boards, yellow titles and black design to front and rear. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. Black ribbon page marker. A fine copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Written by Wilkie Collins. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Stock no. 1320585
Published by Folio Society. 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue textured cloth with gilt title-label to spine. 519 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning. A couple of hinges cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine, a tiny mark to front panel and browned to spine and rear panel. No slipcase, as issued.

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THE MIDNIGHT BELL
Written by Francis Lathom; Devendra P. Varma.
Stock no. 1821343
Published by Folio Press. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

A German Story Founded on Incidents in Real Life in three parts. The Northanger set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels series. Introduced by Devendra P. Varma. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Top edge black. Spine browned, small repair at lower corner of spine. Contents clean. No slipcase.

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CASTLE OF WOLFENBACH
Written by Eliza Parsons; Devendra P. Varma.
Stock no. 1821332
Published by Folio Press. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

In two parts. The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels series. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Top edge black. Spine browned. Faint scuff marks to boards. Front hinge pulled between front endpaper and half-title page causing some surface paper from the endpaper to be left on the Half-title. No slipcase.

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THE DAYS WE KNEW
Written by J.B. Booth.
Stock no. 2134332
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and black decoration to front cover. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting and fading to spine. Page edge browning; a little foxing.

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THE YOUNG VISITERS OR MR SALTEENAS PLAN
Written by Daisy Ashford. Illustrated by Diana Brough.
Stock no. 1821299
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1956. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow decorative paper boards. 8 hand-coloured plates. Spine lightly browned, corners of boards lightly bumped, slight mark to spine edge of front board. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Slight discolouration to spine edge of text block. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily worn with browning and splitting and slight loss of surface paper.

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THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE
Written by Joseph Conrad; Colin Ward. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1821288
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Colin Ward. Dark blue and silver pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuffs.

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