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FAUNA AND FLORA OF HAILEYBURY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828237
Published by Haileybury Naural Science Society. 2nd 1902. Very good condition.

Second Issue. Stiff beige cardwraps. Black itle to front. No title to spine. Lists of Fauna and Flora found in Haileybury, Hertfordshire. 61 pages. Boards slightly marked, lightly rubbed at corners. Minor foxing mainly to prelims and last few pages. Front joint starting to crack and hinge to front starting to split from top. Binding is otherwise tight and contents clean.

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FAUNA AND FLORA OF HAILEYBURY PART I
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828133
Published by Haileybury Naural Science Society. 1st 1888. Very good condition.

Limp beige cardwraps. Title to front is H.N.S.S. 1888. No title to spine. Lists of Fauna and Flora found in Haileybury, Hertfordshire. 45 pages. Covers foxed, 'Lepidoptera' handwritten in ink to top of front cover. Lepidoptera are marked in pencil within the book. Else contents clean.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by J.W. Clark.
Stock no. 1828131
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1866. Very good condition.

Edited after the original editions by J.W. Clark. Edition used to print from was that of 1719, also collated with earlier editions. Title to spine is 'Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine & vignette to front. B/w engraving to title page. xii and 607 pages plus 4 page publisher adverts to rear. A few marks to boards. Cloth to inside front lower corner is starting to come unglued. Joints cracked. Tissue guard in front of title page is browned. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to prelims.

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FROM VICTORIAN TO EDWARDIAN
Written by Christopher Wright.
Stock no. 1828043
Published by Hull Museum. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Ferens Art Gallery Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Art. A catalogue dedicated to the permanent collection of the Ferens Art Gallery. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrationns throughout. ISBN: 0904490386. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine and has a couple of very minor scuff marks to rear panel.

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WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL
Written by Susan Coolidge.
Stock no. 1825995
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. Circa 1881. Almost very good condition.

The Lily Series. Small format. Red pictorial boards, gilt titles. Plain endpapers. Advert for Judson's Dyes sixpence per bottle facing title page. 236 numbered pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Slight loss of cloth to front edge of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Corners of boards worn. Joints pulled, front endpapers grubby and name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Text bkock browned. Grubby marks to contents. Overall, pretty good for a book of it's age and genre.

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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Written by John Bunyan; George Godwin; Lewis Pocock. Illustrated by Henry C. Selous.
Stock no. 2140757
Published by M.M. Holloway. 1844. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Black leather binding with gilt title to spine; borders and decorations. Blue decorated onlays to front and rear cover. Marbled endpapers. From this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream wherein are discovered Christian's manner of setting-out, his dangerous journey, and his safe arrival at the desired country. Edited by Godwin and Pocock. With a memoir of the author and a bibliographical notice. Illustrated by engravings in outline, and wood-cuts, from drawings by Selous. Some wear and scuffing to covers and edges. Spotting. Small splits to top of spine, with some chipping; a little loss. A few page margin creases. Foxing and browning with some margin marks to varying degrees throughout book. Triangle of surface paper damage to corner of rear pastedown.

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SUNNY HEARTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2138156
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Very good condition.

No. 10. An anthology of stories and rhymes. Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl with baskets of yellow flowers (boy is leading dog who is carrying basket!). Mounted colour frontis plate. B/w and two-tone illustrations throughout. First rhyme is "A Little Song". Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Page browning; a little foxing. Small tear to bottom edge of front endpaper.

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SONGS OF LOVE AND EMPIRE
Written by E. Nesbit.
Stock no. 2138005
Published by Archibald Constable And Co.. 1898. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Foxing to prelims, endpapers and outer page edges. Some page browning.

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PLACES OF PLEASURE: FROM MUSIC HALLS TO THE SEASIDE TO FOOTBALL, HOW THE VICTORIANS INVENTED MASS ENTERTAINMENT
Written by Lee Jackson.
Stock no. 2137777
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300224634. A couple of grubby marks to wrapper.

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PAINTINGS FROM THE REIGN OF VICTORIA
Written by Mary Cowling; Tim Barringer; et al.
Stock no. 2137707
Published by Art Services International. 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark blue cloth with silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. The Royal Holloway Collection, London. Published to accompany the exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services International. ISBN: 9780711229273.

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BESLEY'S VIEWS: DEVONSHIRE
No author listed. Illustrated by G. Townsend.
Stock no. 2137636
Published by H. Besley. Circa 1850. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Green covers with gilt title to front. B/w illustrations by Townsend throughout - no text, only captions of where drawing is depicting. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Nicks to top and tail of spine. Browning and foxing. Some page corners are creased.

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OUR FAVOURITE NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by A.W. Bayes; T. Dalziel; J.B. Zwecker.
Stock no. 2133898
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Fair condition.

Card wraps. With upwards of 100 illustrations. New (cloth) spine; original covers, which have browned; some tears and creasing; numbers in ink to bottom of front cover. Appears to be ex-lib., but with minimal markings. Foxing and marks.

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