THE SPORTSMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB; G. Denholm Armour.
Stock no. 2126999
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The essence of the English countryside captured in text and superb wood-engravings and b/w plates. 7 etchings by BB, 5 drawings by G.D.Armour and chapter tail-pieces by BB. 237 pages. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with spotting; edge-creased with a few chips and nicks, but minimal loss.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1317445
Published by The Hopetoun Press. 1st thus 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wood engravings by Hassall. Cream buckram with gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn with a couple of neat magic tape repairs on verso. Rear panel is slightly grubby and spine is slightly faded.

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THE IDLE COUNTRYMAN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1317439
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1944. Good condition.

Cream cloth spine with burgundy title, burgundy cloth covers. Superb b/w illustrations. Spine and corners worn with wear to spine. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GARDENING
Written by J.C. Loudon.
Stock no. 2126318
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown And Green. 3rd 1825. Good condition.

Contemporary rebound brown leather covers. This is the third edition. Comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, aboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; A general history of gardening in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Many hundred engravings on wood by Branston. This has been rebound in leather, with darker original leather spine laid down. Wear and scuffing to covers, with some chipping. Some damp markings and foxing internally. Nicks to a few page margins; a little loss.

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CHARLOTTE, EMILY & ANNE BRONTE THE COMPLETE NOVELS (7 VOLUMES)
Written by Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte. Illustrated by Peter Forster; Harry Brockway; Ian Stephens; et al..
Stock no. 2126070
Published by Folio Society. 1991. Very good condition.

Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Jane Eyre; Shirley; Villette; and The Professor. Seven volumes bound in full moire silk. Gilt titles. B/w wood engravings. All spines have faded, with fading also to the gilt titles. A few marks to covers. Slip case is faded along some edges, with light fraying to cloth.

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A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS (2 VOLS)
Written by Thomas Bewick. Illustrated by Thomas Bewick.
Stock no. 2125941
1809. Very good condition.

Two volumes, green leather spine and corners, raised bands, gilt titles and decorations on spine. Newcastle, printed by Edward Walker for R.E. Bewick; sold by him and Longman and Co. London. Vol I Land Birds; Vol II Water Birds. Wood engravings by Bewick. Spines are very browned. Wear to corners. Foxing and page browning.

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A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN
Written by Christopher Whitfield. Illustrated by Geoffrey Miller.
Stock no. 2125503
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Twenty-Four Country Essays set in that undulating and tranquil part of Warwickshire which lies between Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick and, for the rest, in the North Cotswolds. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine and brown title to front. B/w wood engravings. Some fading to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with uneven browning to covers; some loss to top and tail of spine. Wrapper almost in two sections (split along front fold of spine).

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CHARLOTTE, EMILY & ANNE BRONTE THE COMPLETE NOVELS (7 VOLUMES)
Written by Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte. Illustrated by Peter Forster; Harry Brockway; Ian Stephens; et al..
Stock no. 2125461
Published by Folio Society. 4th 1993. Very good condition.

Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Jane Eyre; Shirley; Villette; and The Professor. Seven volumes bound in full moire silk. Gilt titles. B/w wood engravings. Spine have all faded to purple, as well as some sides of slip case. Marks to spines of two volumes: Villette and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

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BILL BADGER AND THE BIG STORE ROBBERY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2125357
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

It was a dark and fearsome night on the canal when disaster struck the Wandering Wind... A Hamish Hamilton "Reindeer" book. Pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 120 pages. ISBN: 0241913470. SIGNED by author/illustrator to title page. Ex-lib. with most usual markings, especially to prelims. Bookplate to front pastedown. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with tape marks to flaps; creased with some chips and tears; minimal loss.

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THE WIZARD OF BOLAND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2125346
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine is browned. Some uneven brown spotting and marks to covers. Couple of indentation marks to rear cover. Foxing/dark marks to a few pages.

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THE BOY'S BOOK OF BALLADS
No author listed. Illustrated by John Gilbert.
Stock no. 2125319
Published by Bell & Daldy. 1st 1861. Good condition.

Purple cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. Illustrated with 16 engravings on wood from drawings by John Gilbert. Includes Robin Hood. Spine is very darkened, with damage and a bit of loss to top; some other splits and fraying to edges. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some browning and grubby marks to endpapers and page margins.

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THE FOUR GOSPELS OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
Written by John Dreyfus; Robert Gibbings. Illustrated by Eric Gill.
Stock no. 2124513
Published by Folio Society; The Golden Cockerel Press. 1st thus 2007. As new condition.

Large format. According to the Authorized version of The King James I. This facsimile edition printed in 2007 (originally 1931), by Memminger MedienCentrum on Favini feltmarked laid paper and bound by G. Lachenmaier in full goatskin leather with Fabriano Tiziano endleaves. This edition is Limited to 2750 numbered copies. Contained in big black 'box'/slip case, with gilt title to spine. This edition also includes a thin volume of Essays by Dreyfus & Gibbings. In stunning condition. This is Copy No. 1463. Contained in original box that is in near fine condition - has a few small bump marks along edges.

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