A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO WOOD ENGRAVING (BOOKS FOR THE CRAFTSMAN)
Written by Wilfred Gregson.
Stock no. 1830773
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A practical introduction to the technique of the woodcut. The author is a wood engraver and is well qualified to eplain the technique of the craft and to illustrate the technique. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. xv and 79 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block foxed. Endpapers browned. Some foxing throughout. Green pictorial dustwrapper is browned, edge-rubbed with a few small closed tears and chips, small amount of loss to base of spine.

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ROBERT MYLNE: ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 1733 TO 1811
Written by A.E. Richardson.
Stock no. 1830728
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Robert Mylne was a famous eighteenth century architect. The diaries show by their day to day entries the way in which a busy eighteenth century architect worked, and, in the case of Mylne, the many long journeys he contstantly undertook and his meticulous care in carrying out his commissions, large or small. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 220 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed/worn. Foxing mainly to text block and prelims, some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge-rubbed, worn at corners with slight loss, browned to spine, some foxing.

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THE ALPS
Written by R.L.G. Irving.
Stock no. 1329703
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition, enlarged (Winter 1941-42). Green cloth. Colour frontis. B/w photos. The Alps from the point of view of the walker, the poet and the mountaineer. Spine and corners bumped. Pale fading to covers. Tiny indentations along bottom edges of covers. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. BRIAN COOK dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn.

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SWITZERLAND
Written by John Russell.
Stock no. 1329701
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis of a painting of Geneva. B/w photos throughout. 152 pages (including index). Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing throughout and to dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top of spine.

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THE MYTH OF THE MASTER RACE: ALFRED ROSENBERG AND NAZI IDEOLOGY
Written by Robert Cecil.
Stock no. 1829814
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A full-length study of the man appointed by Hitler to be the chief theoretical exponent of the ideology of the NSDAP. Alfred Rosenberg's role has been underestimated, as has that played by the ideology itself in contributing to the rapid rise of Hitler to power. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. x and 266 pages. Top edge red. ISBN: 071341121X. Small nick in the cloth on the vertical edge of rear board. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Text block browned. Minor foxing to endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel and lightly faded to spine.

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SIR HENRY SEGRAVE
Written by Cyril Posthumus.
Stock no. 1329368
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the British racing car driver. B/w photos. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 227 pages including index. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small tears.

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THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY
Written by Eversley Belfield; H. Essame.
Stock no. 1828476
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This account of the Battle for Normandy runs from 7 June, D+1, to 22 August, when the Falaise Gap was finally closed. B/w photos. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, edge-worn and creased, clear tape strengthening corners to verso.

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THOMAS TOMPION: HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by R.W. Symonds.
Stock no. 1825939
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Thomas Tompion has been called the 'Father of clockmakers': without a doubt he was one of the finest horologists in history. This book is a definitive record of Tompion's life and work. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and several colour. Top edge blue. Text block lightly browned. Foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and worn at corners. Includes contemporary press release of the book

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MEDIAEVAL GARDENS
Written by John Harvey.
Stock no. 1825130
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st thus 1990. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Illustrated history of gardening in mediaeval times. ISBN: 071342396X. Light creasing to corners of covers, spine lightly faded. Text block slightly grubby and browned. Contents clean.

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MOTORING MY WAY
Written by Stanley Sedgwick.
Stock no. 2139923
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's wide experience and objective approach to so many classic marques make this a must for enthusiasts. Mottled grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages plus index. ISBN: 0713432624. SIGNED by author and dated 'October 1976' to title page. Light browning to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MAMMALS OF THE SEAS
Written by Richard Mark Martin.
Stock no. 2139129
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0713408251. Page edges are browned. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; chips and nicks to edges; some browning.

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HISTORY OF SPANISH ARCHITECTURE
Written by Bernard Bevan.
Stock no. 1821797
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, plans and fold-out maps. A few minor marks to boards which are otherwise nice and bright. Small tear and crease to gutter edge of prelims at margins. Contents are clean.

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