THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by John Massey Wright.
Stock no. 1329693
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Good condition.

De Luxe Limited edition of 250 copies. White cloth with gilt titles and green clover leaf decoration. 13 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Includes John Forster's Essay on The Vicar of Wakefield. xli + 260 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. This is copy no. 205. Spine and corners are bumped. Spine is frayed at top and bottom. Cloth is grubby and spine is browned. Foxing throughout. Front joint between endpaper and fly-leaf is cracked.

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STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1329650
Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd.. 1st 1963. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 189 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Light damp staining to covers and small mark to rear cover. Damp stains and some faint foxing to endpapers. Tiny nick to top edge of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is damp stained (showing on verso and on rear panel). Rear panel is grubby. The wrapper edges are slightly rubbed.

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A FEW QUICK ONES
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1329649
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 207 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Some foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed with a small tear to top corner of front panel and light damp stains to lower edges (not very visible).

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PEARLS, GIRLS AND MONTY BODKIN
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1329643
Published by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 191 numbered pages. ISBN: 0214668142. Spine and corners bumped. Textblock is very slightly grubby else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with large section missing to lower edge of rear panel (3x11cm).

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THE GIRL IN BLUE
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1329642
Published by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 191 numbered pages. ISBN: 0214652769. Spine and corners bumped, some slight fading to cover edges. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is browned and creased to spine and front panel, tear to lower corner of front panel.

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SERVICE WITH A SMILE
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1329641
Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel, tiny nick to lower edge of same.

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ANIMAL FARM A FAIRY STORY
Written by George Orwell.
Stock no. 1329622
Published by Secker & Warburg. 1945. Good condition.

Green cloth, white title to spine. 91 pages. REPRINT in same month/year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers marked, faded to spine and edges. Annotations in red and blue biro to several pages. Pale page browning throughout and some margin marks. Rear joint cracked.

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GREAT STORIES OF CRIME AND DETECTION (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Tim Heald. Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle.
Stock no. 1829663
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected by Tim Heald. Blue cloth spines with gilt titles. Pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations. A lovely set - no blemishes worthy of note, contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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A DOUBLE LIFE: NEWLY DISCOVERED THRILLERS OF LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Written by Louisa M. Alcott; Madeleine B. Stern; Fay Weldon.
Stock no. 1829527
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st UK 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As the creator of the March family in Little Women, Louisa May Alcott has touched the lives of millions of readers. Yet before that success, Alcott rebelled against the literary conventions of her day. In tales published anonymously in the 'tabloids' of the mid-nineteenth century, she confronted subjects considered too shocking for the book-reading public. Five of those thrillers, recently discovered to be her work, are collected for the first time in this volume. Preface by Fay Weldon, Introduction by Madeleine B. Sterne. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages. ISBN: 0333490339. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Browning to pastedowns underneath the dustwrapper flaps. Page browning throughout. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little grubby and scuffed.

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DRACULA
Written by Bram Stoker; John Banville. Illustrated by Abigail Rover.
Stock no. 1829431
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by John Banville. Colour frontis, 8 b/w plates. Black cloth with blocked design to sides and silver title to spine. xv and 355 pages. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed and marked (VG).

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LETTERS FROM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE EAST
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Richard Garnett. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan.
Stock no. 1829428
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

A series of letters from Lien Chi Altangi, a Chinese philosopher in London. Introduction by Richard Garnett. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations. xxiv and 308 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly faded, gilt titles still bright. Corners lightly rubbed. Prelims browned. Half-title page has a diagonal crease. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. Page 105 has large grubby mark to lower half (not affecting text). Some pages remain uncut. A few marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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SALAR THE SALMON
Written by Henry Williamson.
Stock no. 1329242
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a five-year-old salmon and his friends, beginning when they come into the estuary in early spring, a crescendo of adventures, excitements and endurances. Brown cloth with gilt title and small vignette to spine. Blue maps for endpapers. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Pale page browning to endpapers. Top edge of textblock (which is dyed pink) has partially faded. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips and a larger tear to lower edge of rear panel. Verso of wrapper is lightly browned/foxed.

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