THE WATERING PLACES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FASHIONABLE DIRECTORY ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS
No author listed. Illustrated by W.H. Bartlett.
Stock no. 1806586
Published by I.T. Hinton. 1831. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Three-quarters leather binding with gilt title to spine and marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title page plus 30 engraved plates. Engraving by J.C. Allen. Edges rubbed, corners worn with some loss to leather at sides. Boards rubbed/scuffed. Front joint cracked, broken at bottom edge where leather has worn away from spine. Rear joint is sound. Some foxing present. Plate opposite page 149 is torn almost right across at the lower margin of the plate not affecting the plate itself. A few other plates may have small closed margin tears. Most plates have browning to margins of page. It is possible that there is a page or more missing at the end although the book appears to be complete in itself - the last printed page number is 216 and this ends partway through a sentence. Overall, a good working copy.

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HAPPY ENGLAND
Written by Marcus B. Huish. Illustrated by Helen Allingham.
Stock no. 2107921
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1909. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 80 colour plates and 1 black and white portrait of author. A. & C. Black Colour Book series. Reissue in large size. Bumping to corners. Spine is faded/browned, with small split to top. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint is a bit cracked. Foxing to outer page edges. Some page browning.

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GREAT BRITISH RAILWAY JOURNEYS
Written by Charlie Bunce.
Stock no. 1805338
Published by Collins. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

'A glorious insight into the history, landscape and people of Britain from the window of Britain's many and magnificent railway journeys.' Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9780007901845. Top corners bumped. Wrapper is slightly scuffed.

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AFRICAN RAINBOW
Written by H.K. Binks.
Stock no. 1206071
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The author's adventures in Kenya illustrated by his own b/w photographs. From farming to nature photography and ivory hunting. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 264 pages. SIGNED by author with dedication and date. Top of spine lightly shelf-worn, lower edge of boards knocked. Spine slightly cocked. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to prelims and endpapers. Wrapper price-cut, somewhat browned and a little edge-chipped.

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RED DATA BIRDS IN BRITAIN
Written by Leo Batten; C.J. Bibby; et al. Illustrated by Ian Willis.
Stock no. 1803461
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Action for Rare, Threatened and Important Species. Published for The Nature Conservancy Council and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Red cloth boards, gilt title & vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610569.

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RED DATA BIRDS IN BRITAIN
Written by Leo Batten; C.J. Bibby; et al. Illustrated by Ian Willis.
Stock no. 820191
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Action for Rare, Threatened and Important Species. Published for The Nature Conservancy Council and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Red cloth boards, gilt title & vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610569. Book and contents fine. White pictorial wrapper is creased at edges and marked to front panel with tiny amount of loss to vertical edge.

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COACHING DAYS AND COACHING WAYS
Written by W. Outram Tristram. Illustrated by Herbert Railton; Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 630817
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1888. Good condition.

Library binding. Green leather spine with gilt title, black cloth boards. B/w plates and illustrations. Ex-library with usual stamps and labels. Spine worn, edges rubbed. Text block a little grubby. Library stamps to verso of plates and margins of some pages. Finger marks and margin marks to contents. A good working copy.

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INDEX TO THE CHARTERS AND ROLLS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS BRITISH MUSEUM (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Henry J. Ellis; Francis B. Bickley.
Stock no. 811793
Published by British Museum. 1900. Slightly better than good condition.

Two volumes. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Book covered in self-adesive clear film. Library labels to spines.

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CATHEDRALS ABBEYS AND SHRINES OF HISTORY AND ROMANCE IN THE BRITISH ISLES
No author listed.
Stock no. 628570
Published by London Midland and Scottish Railway Company. Very good condition.

White pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Corners bumped, spine lightly browned.

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ENGLISH SPAS
Written by William Addison.
Stock no. 810293
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Dustwrapper: corners rubbed.

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A FORTNIGHT IN IRELAND
Written by Francis B. Head.
Stock no. 597777
Published by John Murray. 1st 1852. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt heart and shamrock decoration to front cover. Gilt title to spine. B/w map frontis. 400 pages + 16 page booklist. Rebacked with original browned spine laid down. Bookplate to front pastedown.

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NARRATIVES OF TWO EXCURSIONS TO THE PORTS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
Written by Charles Dupin.
Stock no. 597613
Published by Richard Phillips. Very good condition.

In 1816, 1817 and 1818; Together With a Description of the Breakwater at Plymouth and Also of the Caledonian Canal. Translated from the French of Charles Dupin, Captain in the Corps of Naval Engineers and Member of the Institute of France. And Illustrated by Notes, Critical and Explanatory by the Translator. Two colour illustrations. Folding b/w plan. In modern light grey paperboards with gilt title to spine "Dupin Narratives". Undated but presumably c1818.

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