SHAKESPEARE: A REVIEW AND A PREVIEW
Written by J.W. MacKail; John Milton; et al. Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker; Demtrios Galanis; Gordon Ross; Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1814821
Published by The Limited Editions Club. 1939. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tall, slim format. Beige cloth boards, red titles and crest to front board. Essays concerning Shakespeare. 4 illustrations to rear by different artists. A few minor marks to boards. Light page edge browning.

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A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS
Written by Beverley Nichols. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1208889
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown suede covers with gilt titles and vignettes. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 16 superb colour plates. Poems that are "the very essence of the British spirit" selected and introduced by Nichols. All plates present. Spine slightly bumped. Rear cover a little scuffed. 4 x 4 inch piece cut from top corner of front endpaper. Contents near fine.

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DOCTOR VANE ANSWERS THE CALL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1814721
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brilliant criminologist, Dr. Vane was not averse to using criminal methods to foil the enemies of his country... Blue cloth, black title to spine. 205 pages. Fading to top and tail of spine. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown (hidden by the front flap of dustwrapper). Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss.

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THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1407026
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1914. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of 500 SIGNED by Hugh Thomson. White vellum, heavily decorated with gilt. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Top edges gilt. 235pp. 12.5 x 10". A very handsome book. SIGNED by Thomson. This is copy no. 148. Bumping to spine and corners. Covers are grubby and rear cover has a couple of marks. Creasing to front endpaper and prelims including mount and tissue guard for frontis but plate itself is not affected. Browning to endpapers. Some light page browning. Light foxing mostly to prelims and page edges and some fingering. One page and last tissue guard creased. Plates all present and in very good condition.

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JIM BRENT
Written by Sapper.
Stock no. 2123226
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1939. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red Cloth with black title to spine. Wrapper is badly torn and chipped, with pieces of loss.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1316416
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1919. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles with gilt vignette. 40 tissue-guarded tipped in colour plates. xxiv and 143 pages. Spine bumped at top and tail with very slight wear, corners very slightly rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Name plate to front pastedown. All plates present and in fine condition. Foxing otherwise contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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CAT O' NINE TALES
Written by Jeffrey Archer. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1506689
Published by MacMillan. 1st 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The fifth collection of short stories from the master storyteller. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 254 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781405032575. A nice copy.

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THE GREEN LACQUER PAVILION
Written by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1506638
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. Green title label to spine. Gilt titles, border and vignette. 9 b/w illustrations plus a portrait of the author. 319pp. 8 x 5.5". A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Slight surface paper damage to title block on spine. Some uneven darkening to covers. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Foxing to contents but otherwise very good.

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MANY INVENTIONS
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 2122455
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1893. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt border to top of front cover and top of spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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TIDEWAY TACTICS
Written by L.M. Bates. Illustrated by Norman Mansbridge.
Stock no. 2122189
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with yellow title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. The hero of this book is a London River tug-boat. Her adventures in peace and war form the stories, some tragic and some humorous, but always full of the spirit of that waterway which is half river and half sea. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge=creased and browned, with a few tiny nicks to corners.

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WHITE EAGLES OVER SERBIA
Written by Lawrence Durrell.
Stock no. 1608631
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tan cloth boards, white title to spine. An espionage novel. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little grubby and edge creased and chipped with a little loss.

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn.
Stock no. 1506170
Published by T. N. Foulis. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth covers with gilt illustration to front cover, gilt titles to spine. 7 x 5.5". 8 Colour plates. Repetitive background illustrations to text pages. 123 pages plus book list. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A couple of bumps to cover edges. Browning to spine and cover edges. Some of gilt on front cover is rubbed. Two names in pen to front endpaper, one crossed out. Front joint starting to crack by frontis. Browning to endpapers and some page edges. Contents generally clean. All plates present.

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