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ENDLESS AMUSEMENT
No author listed.
Stock no. 811523
Published by Thomas Boys. Circa 1825. Good condition.

A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments in Various Branches of Science. All The Popular Tricks and Changes of the Cards. A Complete System of Pyrotechny. 4th edition. Small format. Brown boards. Frontis supplied as facsimile. Front joint weak. Contents very good. REDUCED FROM £300.

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JOHN HARE COMEDIAN 1865-1895
Written by T. Edgar Pemberton.
Stock no. 811531
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1895. Very good condition.

Biography of the Victorian actor and manager of the Garrick theatre in London. Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. 202 pages. Bookplate of author to front pastedown plus 2 page handwritten letter SIGNED by John Hare.

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GAMES OF SKILL AND CONJURING
No author listed.
Stock no. 811534
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1865. Very good condition.

Dark blue embossed cloth, gilt title to front cover. B/w illustrations. Small format. Including - Chess; Draughts; Dominoes; Tricks with Cards. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Rebacked in matching blue cloth.

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LANCASHIRE ILLUSTRATED
Written by William H. Pyne; D. Wylie. Illustrated by S. Austin; J. Harwood; G. Pyne; C. Pyne.
Stock no. 811417
Published by H. Fisher, Son And Jackson. 1831. Good condition.

Large format. 11.5 x 9". Three-quarter burgundy leather binding. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled endpapers. 52 plates, each with two b/w views plus engraved title page. Lancashire Illustrated in a Series of Views, showing Towns, Public Buildings, Streets, Docks, Churches, Antiquities, Abbeys, Castles, Seats of the Nobility Etc. Engraved on Steel by Robert Wallis. Book: all plates present. Front joint broken. Some foxing throughout. Spine edges rubbed. Corners worn.

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THE BOOK OF SOUTH WALES
Written by Charles Frederick Cliffe.
Stock no. 811174
Published by Hamilton, Adams, and Co.. 1848. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown embossed cloth, gilt titles. 30 b/w plates and text illustrations, two b/w maps. The Book of South Wales, The Bristol Channel, Monmouthshire and the Wye. 2nd edition, enlarged. 400 pages + 2 page booklist. Two small holes to top of front endpaper. Boards scuffed. All plates and maps present.

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WINCHESTER COMMONERS 1836-1890
Written by Clifford Wyndham Holgate.
Stock no. 811099
Published by Brown & Co.. 1891. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Prelims foxed. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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THE BASKET OF FLOWERS
Written by Christoph Von Schmid.
Stock no. 810469
Published by W. Nicholson & Sons. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Black decorative borders and bevelled edges. Also includes Jennie White, The Black Velvet Pelisse, Speak The Truth, Capital Fun. 255 pages plus 17 page booklist. Contents very good indeed. Spine browned, slightly chipped at top and tail. Cover edges marked.

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LIST OF CARTHUSIANS 1800 TO 1879
Written by W.D. Parish.
Stock no. 628541
Published by Farncombe & Co.. 1879. Very good condition.

List of those who attended Charterhouse School in Surrey. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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LE THEATRE DE MONSIEUR DE MARIVAUX
Written by Monsieur De Marivaux.
Stock no. 810343
Published by Arkstee & Merkus. 1754. Almost very good condition.

Four volumes. Small format. 5.5 x 3 inches. Full tree calf binding. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spines. B/w frontis to each volume. Title pages in red and black with b/w vignette. Title label missing from Volume 4. Spine edges slightly cracked. A nice set.

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LETTRES CHOISIES DE MADAME DE SEVIGNE
Written by Madame De Sevigne; M. Poujoulat. Illustrated by V. Foulquier.
Stock no. 810363
Published by Alfred Mame Et Fils. 1st thus 1871. Almost very good condition.

Large format. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Floral patterned endpapers. 18 b/w text illustrations. Text in French. Limited edition of 300 copies. Top edge gilt. Title on spine is Madame De Sevigne. Copy no. 124. Bookplate to front pastedown. Title page is very browned and has been reinserted. Last page also very browned and reinserted. Possibly not original binding but looks contemporary. Corners rubbed.

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THE ROSSALL REGISTER 1844-1889
Written by W. King.
Stock no. 628436
Published by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1889. Very good condition.

Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Folding b/w map as frontis. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed.

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FURNESS PAST AND PRESENT ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by George Markham Tweddell.
Stock no. 628348
Published by J. Richardson. 1st 1870. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Large format. 11 x 8.5 inches. Black leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles to spine. 16 b/w plates, 4 coloured title pages, 50 beautiful colour plates, 2 double-page colour plates, 1 colour map, 1 double-page colour map plus b/w text illustrations. Marbled endpapers and edges. Both volumes have been professionally rebacked with original spines laid down. Some light foxing to plate margins. Overall a very handsome set.

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