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THE RED BOOK OF HEROES
Written by Mrs. Lang; Andrew Lang. Illustrated by A. Wallis Mills.
Stock no. 2139770
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Edited by Andrew Lang. Red covers with extensive gilt decorations. Containing 8 colour plates and numerous illustrations. 368 pages. All edges gilt. Bumping and wear to cover edges/corners. Some fading and what appears to be damp marking to covers. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown. Joints are a bit cracked. Some browning. Pencil underling in places. Margin marks. Page corner creasing; a few small margin tears.

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THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 2139762
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 390 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. Catalogue to rear of book is dated August 1889. Spine is bumped with wear and faded. Corners are bumped. Front hinge next to frontis page is cracked, with browning glue marks showing. Frontis is edge-creased with a few nicks and some foxing. Tissue guard to frontis is heavily foxed. A couple of hinges are pulled. Foxing to varying degrees to pages throughout book.

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MEMOIRS OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, K.C.B.
Written by John Clark Marshman.
Stock no. 2138555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1890. Good condition.

New edition. Red cloth with silver titles and decorations. Splits to sides of spine with fraying to cloth and wear; a little loss. Foxing and browning throughout. A reading copy.

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THE HARE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; Gerald Lascelles; Charles Richardson; J.S. Gibbons; G.H. Longman; Kenney Herbert. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper; et al..
Stock no. 2136038
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1896. Very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Beige pictorial cloth with red titles. B/w plates. Natural History, Shooting, Coursing, and Cookery. Foxing throughout. Some page edges are not fully opened.

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SNIPE AND WOODCOCK
Written by L.H. De Visme Shaw; Richard J. Ussher; Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper.
Stock no. 2136036
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1903. Almost very good condition.

Fur, Feather & Fin series. Beige pictorial boards, red and gilt titles. B/w plates. With chapters on Snipe and Woodcock in Ireland by Ussher; Cookery by Shand. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp staining to prelims and top of page edges.

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THE PHEASANT
Written by Alfred E.T. Watson; H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; Alexander Innes Shand. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 2136035
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1895. Very good condition.

Fur and Feather Series edited by Alfred E.T. Watson. Includes Natural History of the Pheasant by Rev. H.A. MacPherson; Shooting the Pheasant by A.J. Stuart-Wortey; Cookery of the Pheasant by Alexander Innes Shand. 265 pages, plus 24 page booklist to rear. B/w illustrations. Browning to spine; some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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THE GROUSE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury. Illustrated by A.J. Stuart-Wortley; Archibald Thorburn.
Stock no. 2136034
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather Series. Beige pictorial cloth, red and gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small damp stain to bottom corner of rear cover. Foxing and browning throughout. A couple of page edges are uncut.

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THE FOX
Written by Thomas F. Dale; Alfred E.T. Watson. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; G.D. Giles.
Stock no. 2136032
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1906. Very good condition.

Fur, Feather and Fin Series. Pictorial cloth with red titles. 8 b/w plates. A few marks to covers; some bumping to spine. Some foxing and browning.

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THE PARTRIDGE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; A.J. Stuart-Wortley; George Saintsbury.
Stock no. 2136031
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 2nd 1894. Almost very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Second edition. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corner. Browning to spine. Some pages/edges are unopened. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing throughout book and to outer page edges.

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AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE OLD STONE CROSSES OF SOMERSET
Written by Charles Pooley.
Stock no. 2135764
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1877. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations and lithographic plates. Bumping to spine and corners. 1" split to top of spine, with small piece of cloth missing. Some foxing throughout.

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THE TALE OF BABI MONKEY
Written by Valerie Magill. Illustrated by C.H.G. Moorhouse.
Stock no. 1321782
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

White boards with picture to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers slightly browned and foxed, some wear and slight loss of backing paper to spine. Musty smell to contents. Finger creases to contents. Crease to top corner of last couple of pages. Where the edge of the title-page is bound at the back of the book there is a small piece missing to the bottom.

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THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR!
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1320555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper at corners. Covers grubby with a pink mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Joints cracked. Small margin tears to some pages. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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