THE BIRDS OF ESSEX: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
Written by Miller Christy.
Stock no. 1828260
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Essex Field Club Special Memoirs Vol II. Red cloth boards, black titles and owl vignette to front. 162 woodcut illustrations, two plans and a frontispiece. Chapters include Hawks & Hawking; Wild Fowl Decoys and Wild-Fowling. SIGNED by author to verso of front endpaper ('with the author's kind regards'). Boards marked, spine faded and frayed at top. Corners a little worn. Joints starting to crack. Text block browned. Foxing to prelims. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few marks to ontents mainly to margins. Contents are lightly browned.

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FLOUR MANUFACTURE: A TREATISE ON MILLING SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Written by Friedrich Kick; H.H.P. Powles.
Stock no. 1826854
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1888. Almost very good condition.

Translated from the Second Enlarged and Revised Edition with Supplement by H.H.P. Powles also bound in. Illustrated with 24 fold-out plates plus another 4 fold-out plates to supplement. 113 woodcuts plus 54 woodcuts to supplement. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block untrimmed. Spine & board corners rubbed & worn. Cloth joints starting to split from the outside. Inner joints still firm. Text block and page edges a little browned. All plates present. A few finger marks to margins. Some dampstaining to some plates.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325425
Published by George Allen. 1st 1885. Good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. 3rd issue of first edition. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and marked. Front joint is cracked, hinges pulled showing stitching beneath but binding still tight. This is a well loved edition and the pages are quite grubby in places.

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THE STORY OF HERBERT ARCHER AND OTHER TALES
Written by Lady Charles Thynne; Amy Key; Mrs. Russell Gray. Illustrated by A.F. Lydon.
Stock no. 1324684
Published by John Hogg. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Green floral decorated endpapers. 3 coloured plates, 6 full-page woodcuts and 20 b/w text illustrations. 286 pages plus catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine slightly browned. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Tear to tissue-guard of frontis.

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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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MANKA THE SKY GIPSY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140183
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Wild Goose. Cream cloth spine, with gilt title; blue cloth covers. B/w frontis and b/w text illustration. 258 pages. Staining to top of spine, which is also browned and bumped. Small nick to blue cloth where it attaches to cloth spine on front cover. Bumping to corners. Browning to cover edges and page edges.

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BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER TALES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Bold.
Stock no. 2140154
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Cream/beige cloth spine with title label and gilt titles. Grey boards. Limited edition to 278 Numbered and Signed copies. B/w woodcuts. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 51.Spine is browned and worn. Title block is a bit faded and worn. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER TALES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Bold.
Stock no. 1322976
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1925. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and orange decoration. B/w woodcut illustrations. 334 pages. Covers a little grubby and spine darkened. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink and small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Page browning to endpapers. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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ORIGINS OF EUROPEAN PRINTMAKING: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY WOODCUTS AND THEIR PUBLIC
Written by Peter Parshall; Rainer Schoch; David S. Areford; Richard S. Field; Peter Schmidt.
Stock no. 2139072
Published by The National Gallery Of Art, Washington; Yale University Press. 1st USA 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark orange cloth with black title to spine. For the exhibition held in Washington September 4th - November 27th 2005 and in Nuremberg December 14th 2005 - March 19th 2006. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300113390. Some light browning to outer page edges.

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THE DREAM OF POLIPHILUS: FAC-SIMILES OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT WOODCUTS
Written by J.W. Appell.
Stock no. 1822080
Published by Department Of Science And Art In Photo-Lithography. 1st thus 1888. Almost very good condition.

Woodcuts in "Poliphili Hypernatomcachia," Venice, 1499. With an introductory notice and descriptions by Appell. Originally published by Aldus in 1499. Large format. White cloth boards, title to front, no title to spine. Boards very grubby and browned. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Rear hinge split from staple binding. Foxing to text pages and some minor pencil annotations, woodcut pages generally clean if slightly browned.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 2133897
Published by George Allen. 1st 1885. Almost very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Brown cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts. With new illustrations by Greenaway. Nearly 2" split to cloth at base of spine. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. A few margin marks.

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THE BABE'S BOOK OF VERSE
Written by Madeleine Nightingale. Illustrated by C.T. Nightingale.
Stock no. 1816752
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1924. Very good condition.

Slim format. Grey paper boards with onlay to front board. 44 pages. B/w woodcuts. Reprint. Boards browned. Fading inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few grubby fingermarks to contents.

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