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THE POETICAL WORKS OF LEWIS GLYN COTHI (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Lewis Glyn Cothi.
Stock no. 560003
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1837. Slightly better than good condition.

Two volumes. Dark green cloth. Text in Welsh. Rebacked in matching cloth with grey title labels to spine. Corners worn. Covers a little marked. Inscriptions in ink to endpapers. Reduced from £150.

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THE LAKES OF SCOTLAND A SERIES OF VIEWS
Written by John M. Leighton. Illustrated by John Fleming.
Stock no. 560420
Published by Joseph Swan. 1st 1834. Good condition.

Large format. Three-quarter burgundy morocco binding. Green embossed leaf patter to covers. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. 52 b/w engravings. All plates present. Corners worn. Top of spine slightly chipped. Small split to spine. Boards unevenly faded. Front joint broken, rear joint almost broken, backstrip almost detached. One page bound out of order (page 85 follows page 92).

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THE WORLD DISPLAYED OR A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS VOL VIII
No author listed.
Stock no. 560449
Published by T. Carnan. 1762. Fair condition.

Small format. Full brown calf binding. 9 b/w plates. This volume is concerned with India. 3rd edition. Contents browned but very good with all plates presemt. Spine badly worn with slight loss at top and tail. Corners rubbed.

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FLYING ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 561097
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 3 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. A lovely bright copy. Very pale foxing to verso of plates and very light browning to page margins.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 561098
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Rear cover a little grubby. A few pale foxspots and light browning to page pages. A lovely copy of this scarce title.

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THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 561101
Published by Norman Wright. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A fast paced thriller originally published in 1940 by John Hamilton. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w frontis. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 260 SIGNED by Norman Wright.

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COMPENDIUM OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY (2 VOLUMES)
Written by M. D'Anville.
Stock no. 570195
Published by J. Faulder. 1810. Almost very good condition.

Two volumes. Full brown calf binding, raised bands to spine. Gilt borders. Marbled endpapers and edges. xxxi + 446; 439 pages. 10 folding b/w maps including one of Roman Britain. Maps lightly browned. Contents very good. Front cover of Volume II is detached. Boards are a little scuffed. Titles labels are missing from spine. REDUCED FROM £400.

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A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION OF THE RIVER WYE FROM THE SOURCE TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE SEVERN
Written by T.H. Fielding.
Stock no. 570371
Published by Ackermann & Co.. 1841. Very good condition.

Full polished brown leather binding with gilt borders and embossed decoration at corners. Red title label to spine. 12 beautiful mounted hand-coloured aquatint plates with tissue guards. Endpapers browned. Light browning to contents. Professional paper repair to edge of one page, hardly visible. A truly handsome copy of this scarce book.

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SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE CLOUDS
Written by Edmund Hillary.
Stock no. 570381
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st USA 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Sir Edmund Hillary's return to the Himalayas to build a school for the Sherpas. Colour photos. SIGNED by author (Ed Hillary). Address label on front endpaper. Dustwrapper: price-cut, corners rubbed.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 571263
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Covers scuffed. All plates present. Light page browning else contents clean.

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THE NOVELS, TALES AND SKETCHES OF J.M. BARRIE
Written by J.M. Barrie.
Stock no. 573011
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

8 volumes. Green cloth, gilt titles. Gilt decoration to spines. B/w frontis to each volume. Spines browned. Boards slightly marked. Three spines have small patches of wear. Contents in general very good.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 576259
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1929. Fine condition.

Deluxe edition limited to 775 copies (575 for England and 200 for the United States). Bound in vellum with gold lettering and border to front cover. Gold titles and vignette to spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 232 pages. 10.25 x 8". 12 coloured plates and 22 b/w drawings. Grey-green and white pictorial endpapers. SIGNED by Rackham. This is copy no. 133 of the American issue. This is a stunning copy with no marks on the vellum other than a tiny rub to the edge of the rear cover and a small crack (0.5") at top and tail of the spine. The front endpaper has a 0.5" closed margin tear, there is a tiny gold gallery label to the rear pastedown, otherwise the contents are fine with all plates present and no foxing. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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