ADVENTURE STORIES FROM THE STRAND
Written by Geraldine Beare; Tim Heald. Illustrated by David Eccles.
Stock no. 1826912
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stories selected by Geraldine Beare. Introduction by Tim Heale. Green and gilt pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine with black title. B/w illustrations. Top edge green. Very slight/minor fading/browning to spine else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is rubbed along one horizontal edge and slightly scuffed.

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STEFFAN GREEN
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326121
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1940. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. A novel from the creator of "Just William". Reprint of July 1940 (same month as first edition). Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded. Name in ink and initials in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is very slightly grubby but generally contents clean.

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THERE ARE FOUR SEASONS
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326120
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1937. Very good condition.

Burnt orange cloth with black title to spine. 317 pages. Reprint of October 1937. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine and cover edges faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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PEG WOFFINGTON
Written by Charles Reade. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1325899
Published by George Allen. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Large Paper Copy (one of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper). Red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and front cover. 297 numbered pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to covers. Neat writing in ink to endpapers, pictures and small paper clippings stuck to endpapers, prelims and to rear fly-leaf. Browning to endpapersl. Light foxing to page margins.

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THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR
Written by Josephine Tey; Antonia Fraser. Illustrated by Paul Hogarth.
Stock no. 1826532
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Antonia Fraser. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy, appears unread. Contained in publisher's slipcase with some minor scuffing.

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NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
Written by John Donne; Rivers Scott.
Stock no. 1826516
Published by Folio Society. 1998. Nearly fine condition.

A selection from the prose of John Donne, selected, edited and introduced by Rivers Scott. White paper boards with black text. Lilac endpapers with repeating pattern. B/w illustrations. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with no visible faults.

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THE DUEL AND OTHER TALES
Written by Joseph Conrad; Giles Foden. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1826502
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Giles Foden. Pictorial blue boards, silver title to spine. Dramatic, stylised black & white illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some very minor scuffing.

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THE RESCUE: A ROMANCE OF THE SHALLOWS
Written by Joseph Conrad; Richard Woodman. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1826498
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Richard Woodman. Blue pictorial cloth. 351 pages. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some very minor shelf-scuffing.

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COUNTRY NOTES
Written by V. Sackville-West.
Stock no. 1826314
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Most of these notes have appeared at fortnightly intervals during 1938 and 1939 in the New Statesman and Nation. The author's ramblings of country life. Beige cloth boards, brown titles. B/w photos throughout. Boards browned and some foxing mainly to spine and top edges. Text block browned. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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THREE CLASSIC NOVELS
Written by Jane Austen. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1325651
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Three volumes. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma. Red cloth. Wood engravings. Eighteenth printing, reset. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly dusty and rubbed at corners.

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THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Marilynne Robinson. Illustrated by David Lupton.
Stock no. 1825970
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2015. Very good condition.

Introduced by Marilynne Robinson. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Small format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine, with blocked design to front. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed.

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THE RACE AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1825777
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Being the Account of the Contest for the £100,000 Prize offered by the Combined Newspaper League, of the Invention of Methylite, and certain passages in the life of Mr. Wang. Blue pictorial binding, gilt titles. 1 folding map and 6 colour plates. Boards rubbed and scuffed. Some foxing present. Hinges pulled but binding is tight. All plates present.

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