BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: ORDER PASSERES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Arthur G. Butler. Illustrated by Henrik Gronvold; F.W. Frohawk.
Stock no. 1828250
Published by Brumby & Clarke, Limited. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Large format. Blue/grey cloth spine with gilt title, blue cloth boards. Volume I: 4 color plates of eggs, 56 color plates of birds. Vol II: 4 color plates of eggs, 51 color plates of birds, appendix and index. Colour plates have tissue-guards. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Ex-Lib with bookplate to front pastedown of both volumes and card pocket to rear pastedown. Not dated. A few marks and scuffs to boards, crinkling to cloth on rear board of volume II. Edges are lightly rubbed, corners are bumped. Endpapers & text block browned. Volume I: Egg plates are MISSING, plate 11 is detached but present. All plates otherwise present.

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COLORED PLATES OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST
Written by W.G. Wright.
Stock no. 1828249
Published by W.G. Wright. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

Being Actual Photographs, Life-size, and in all Their Natural Colors. The colored plates herein are Sample Copies of the plates which form the illustrations of "The Butterflies of the West Coast," by the same author, and these plates in sets are now offered as an abridgement of that book. Burgundy cloth boards, black title to front board, spine is untitled. 32 colour plates. Spine lightly faded and shelf-worn to top & tail. Boards have some marks, giving a grubby appearance. Endpapers & text block browned. Front joint just starting to crack. Contemporary gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some browning to contents. All plates present.

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FAUNA AND FLORA OF HAILEYBURY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828157
Published by Haileybury Naural Science Society. 3rd 1926. Very good condition.

Third Issue. Grey cloth boards, black title to front. No title to spine. Lists of Fauna and Flora found in Haileybury, Hertfordshire. 62 pages. A little fraying of cloth to board edges. Contents clean.

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AN HISTORICAL TOUR IN MONMOUTHSHIRE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William Coxe. Illustrated by R.C. Hoare.
Stock no. 1327737
Published by T. Cadell. 1801. Good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, red title labels to spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations and maps, some fold-out. Spines rebacked retaining original title-strips. Covers are very edge-worn and scuffed. New endpapers. Two names in ink to top margins of title-pages of both volumes (one name crossed out in each volume). Heavy foxing to contents and a musty (antiquarian) smell to contents. All plates are present. Fold-out map of Monmouthshire to volume 1 has been neatly repaired on verso with clear tape. Plan of Monmouth in volume 2 (pg292) has been neatly/professionally repaired and plan of Chepstow in volume 2 (pg357) has a small hole to it (not affecting any text or the illustration).

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ALL ROUND THE WREKIN
Written by Walter White.
Stock no. 1326578
Published by Chapman & Hall. 2nd 1860. Almost very good condition.

A walk around the Wrekin in Shropshire, taking in Leominster, Shrewsbury, Birmingham etc. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in heavy pencil to front free-endpaper. Black biro doodles (blotting out previous writing) to top margin of title-page. Pencil erasure mark to top margin of page 1. Lower corner tip of page 23/4 removed (no loss of text). Some light foxing and some hinges pulled but generally contents clean and tight.

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GUIDE TO THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AND MISSAL PAINTING
Written by W. Audsley; G. Audsley.
Stock no. 1827144
Published by George Rowney And Co.. 12th 1868. Good condition.

Blue textured cloth boards with embossed pattern and gilt title to front. 8 lithographic plates. All edges gilt. 72 pages plus 40 page publisher adverts to rear. Boards browned and marked, rubbed at edges, corners lightly worn. Front joint starting to crack. Front hinge pulled but binding is tight. Prelims and endpapers are grubby. Damp stain to verso of frontis, small damp stain to top margin of plates. Contents are a little grubby. If frontis is plate 4, all plates are present else plate 4 is missing.

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A JOURNAL OF A THREE MONTHS' TOUR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AFRICA
Written by The Marchioness Of Londonderry.
Stock no. 1827124
1st 1843. Almost very good condition.

'The object in publishing this Volume is to contribute the Profits towards the projected erection of an Infirmary, on a small scale, at Seaham Harbour, in the County of Durham.' Pink cloth boards with gilt title to front and embossed decoration to front and rear. Plain yellow endpapers. A few b/w plates. Lengthy subscribers list (31 pages). Spine browned, boards very grubby, corners bent. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints just starting to split. Page browning, some foxing, one page has vertical edge crease. Small damp stain to prelims at lower gutter edges. A scarce item.

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF ALSTON MOOR, WEARDALE AND TEESDALE, IN CUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
Written by Thomas Sopwith.
Stock no. 1826860
Published by W. Davison. 1st 1833. Good condition.

Comprising descriptive sketches of the scenery, antiquities, geology, and mining operations, in the upper dales of the rivers Tyne, Wear and Tees. Lead mining. Cloth boards with title label to spine. Colour map of the area to frontis. Boards unevenly faded, browned, and grubby, bumped at corners, spine edges fraying, title block obliterated. Front joint split, rear joint just starting to split. Front hinge between title page and frontis is split at top & tail. Pencil writing and erasure to front pastgedown, inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Endpapers are browned and grubby. Text block browned. Initials to title page. Foxing and some grubby marks throughout. Rear hinge split.

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FLOUR MANUFACTURE: A TREATISE ON MILLING SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Written by Friedrich Kick; H.H.P. Powles.
Stock no. 1826854
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1888. Almost very good condition.

Translated from the Second Enlarged and Revised Edition with Supplement by H.H.P. Powles also bound in. Illustrated with 24 fold-out plates plus another 4 fold-out plates to supplement. 113 woodcuts plus 54 woodcuts to supplement. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block untrimmed. Spine & board corners rubbed & worn. Cloth joints starting to split from the outside. Inner joints still firm. Text block and page edges a little browned. All plates present. A few finger marks to margins. Some dampstaining to some plates.

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THE REPORTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR BETTERING THE CONDITION AND INCREASING THE COMFORTS OF THE POOR (2 VOLS)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826851
Published by Printed For The Society By W. Bulmer And Co.. 1805. Very good condition.

Four volumes in two i.e. Vol I & II and Vol III & V. Cloth spine with white title, leather boards. List of Subscribers and Lady Subscribers to rear of volume IV. Volume I Third Edition 1802; Volume II 1799; Volume III 1801 and Volume IV 1804 and also 1805. Rebacked with blue cloth spine. Original leather boards are scuffed and worn at corners. New marbled endpapers. Some foxing present. Contained in expertly made matching slipcases.

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PRACTICAL PAPER-MAKING
Written by George Clapperton.
Stock no. 1826831
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

A Manual for Paper-Makers and Owners and Managers of Paper Mills to which are appended useful tables, calculations, data, etc. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations reproduced from micro-photographs. Top & tail of spine lightly worn. Page browning. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

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A GLOSSARY OF DIALECT & ARCHAIC WORDS USED IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER
Written by J. Drummond Robertson.
Stock no. 1826400
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1890. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. SIGNED by author on half-title page. A few grubby marks to boards. Some pencil annotations and scattered foxspots to contents. Spine & corners lightly rubbed.

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