TALES OF SUSPENSE AND TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Wilkie Collins; Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Anne Scott; Michael Ayrton.
Stock no. 1325361
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal. Black cloth with red decoration and silver title to spine. Top edges dyed red. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly scuffed with small dent at spine edge.

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CONFERENCE AT COLD COMFORT FARM
Written by Stella Gibbons.
Stock no. 1824557
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to Cold Comfort Farm where Flora Poste, now Mrs Charles Fairford, once again represents the forces of sanity and order in a new battle. A classic satire. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Boards a little browned and scuffed. Text block browned. Contents clean. Price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper is browned and has a closed tear across top of spine (no loss), minor chipping to base of spine.

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LIVING WITH MINKA AND CURDY
Written by Antonia White.
Stock no. 1324076
Published by The Harvill Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Marmalade cat and his Siamese wife. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 000271454X. Spine slightly bumped, some wear (damp?) to spine. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and spotted with slight loss to base of spine.

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THE LIFE & OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN
Written by Laurence Sterne. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 1824308
Published by Franklin Library. 1st thus 1981. Nearly fine condition.

A work of fictional autobiography originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767. Red leather spine with two raised bands, gilt title and tooling. Red cloth baords with gilt tooling. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations after Harry Furniss. All edges gilt. Appears to be unread.

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DINARBAS; A TALE: BEING A CONTINUATION OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA
Written by Ellis Cornelia Knight.
Stock no. 1824154
Published by C. Dilly, In The Poultry. 1st 1790. Very good condition.

The anonymous coninuation by Ellis Cornelia Knight of Samuel Johnson's Rasselas (1759). Re-bound in three quarter tan calf leather, raised bands to spine, red title label with gilt title to spine. Marbled paper boards. Vertical and lower edge of text block untrimmed. xii and 356 pages. Modern binding is beautifully clean, bright and tight. New endpapers. Some minor foxing to the contents. Browning to text block and page edges. Overall a decent copy for a text of 240+ years old.

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DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1323483
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1930. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w title-page illustration plus 4 other text illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Some fading to top edge of front cover. Vertical mark to centre of rear cover. Tissue-guards are browned. Some slight foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped and torn with loss at edges and to spine/rear panel. Light foxing to verso of wrapper.

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DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1323476
Published by Faber & Rinehart, Inc.. 1st USA 1930. Very good condition.

Blue cloth,, gilt title to spine. B/w title-page illustration plus 1 other text illustration. 299 pages, fore-edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light scuff marks to covers. A few light pencil annotation marks to text but generally contents clean.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1323422
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small, light mark to front cover and light scuffing to rear cover. Some light browning and a couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing throughout on text pages. Plates all present and in fine condition.

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THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1323346
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press. 1st thus 1933. Very good condition.

Printed for members of The Limited Editions Club. Limited to 1500 copies, this is no. 1263. Large format. Yellow cloth, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Top edge is cut and dyed blue, other edges untrimmed. 7 beautiful colour plates. Covers are foxed, spine is slightly browned. Some light foxing and some browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Burgundy slipcase is edge worn, title on spine has faded

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HERZOG
Written by Saul Bellow; Malcolm Bradbury.
Stock no. 1323263
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2012. Fine condition.

Introduction by Malcolm Bradbury. Illustrated boards with teal coloured cloth spine and silver title. B/w photographs throughout. Still in original shrinkwrap!

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THE WORKS OF DANIEL DEFOE
Written by Daniel Defoe; John S. Keltie.
Stock no. 2140827
Published by William P. Nimmo. 1872. Almost very good condition.

Brown leather spine and corners; raised bands to spin; gilt titles and decorations. Marbled boards, endpapers and outer page edges. Carefully selected from the most authentic sources, with a life on the author. Wear and chipping to leather corners and spine; some loss of top surface. Scuffing to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Joints are a bit cracked. Some foxing and browning.

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THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Written by John Bunyan; George Godwin; Lewis Pocock. Illustrated by Henry C. Selous.
Stock no. 2140757
Published by M.M. Holloway. 1844. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Black leather binding with gilt title to spine; borders and decorations. Blue decorated onlays to front and rear cover. Marbled endpapers. From this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream wherein are discovered Christian's manner of setting-out, his dangerous journey, and his safe arrival at the desired country. Edited by Godwin and Pocock. With a memoir of the author and a bibliographical notice. Illustrated by engravings in outline, and wood-cuts, from drawings by Selous. Some wear and scuffing to covers and edges. Spotting. Small splits to top of spine, with some chipping; a little loss. A few page margin creases. Foxing and browning with some margin marks to varying degrees throughout book. Triangle of surface paper damage to corner of rear pastedown.

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