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WEST OF OFFA'S DYKE SOUTH WALES
Written by Maxwell Fraser.
Stock no. 1826408
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Outstanding buildings and scenery of each county set against a background of folk lore and custom, religious changes and the development of education, agriculture and industry. B/w photos. Boards clean. Name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Foxing to text block and prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few small closed tears, tiny chip to top of spine, lightly edge-rubbed and creased.

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THE WYE VALLEY: FROM RIVER MOUTH TO HEREFORD
Written by Edmund J. Mason. Illustrated by John Wilford.
Stock no. 1826266
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful journey up the Wye. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w line-and-wash drawings. ISBN: 0709029640. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Pale foxspots to free front endpaper and a few minor spots to text block. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-worn, scuffed to rear panel, foxing to front flap.

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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE GRAYLING
Written by Ronald Broughton.
Stock no. 1825054
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour photos to front. Revised and expanded edition. Originally published in 1989 as Grayling: the Fourth Game Fish. ISBN: 0709064233. Board corners and spine lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, lightly faded to spine, rubbed at top of spine and scuffed to rear panel.

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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE GRAYLING
Written by Ronald Broughton.
Stock no. 2139667
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour photos to front. Revised and expanded edition. Originally published in 1989 as Grayling: the Fourth Game Fish. ISBN: 0709064233. Some light bumping/wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks; some fading to spine.

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BIRTHDAYS FOR ROBIN
Written by Helen Sewell. Illustrated by Helen Sewell.
Stock no. 1320438
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Robin wants a dog for his birthday.... Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations to every page. A picture book for small children. Covers are edge rubbed and a bit grubby. Light page browning and a very light musty smell to contents.

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ABC AND ALL THAT
Written by Gladys M. Rees. Illustrated by Gladys M. Rees.
Stock no. 1319692
Published by Robert Hale Limited. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In addition to a new rhyming alphabet, the nursery child's first introduction to numbers, coins, measure, time, the days, months and seasons and even some first prayers. Black pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. 86 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges slightly worn. Some light foxing. A light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, slight loss of surface paper to top corner of rear panel.

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THE INCREDIBLE KAISER: A PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM II
Written by Lawrence Wilson.
Stock no. 2134016
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w photos. Fading and bumping to top and tail of spine. Some corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and chipping; but minimal loss.

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THE GREAT GEPPY
Written by William Pene Du Bois. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1319052
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, red titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Large black ink 'File Copy' stamp to front free-endpaper., plus red ink GXXII. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper is slightly grubby and edge worn with minimal loss.

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COOPER'S CROSSING
Written by A.G. Street.
Stock no. 1817317
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story of country life in England and Western Canada from 1880 to 1960; turns a keen searchlight on the doings of farmers during two world wars: and pays just tribute to the generosity of the British climate. Faint stain to lower board edges. Foxing to text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine, worn at corners with slight loss, grubby to rear panel.

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KLONDY: A DAUGHTER OF THE GOLD RUSH
Written by Klondy Nelson; Corey Ford.
Stock no. 1814134
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Biography of a woman caught up in the Klondike Gold Rush 1897. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block.

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COCKLE BUTTON, COCKLE BEN
Written by Richard Phibbs. Illustrated by Gladys M. Rees.
Stock no. 1501772
Published by Robert Hale Limited. circa 1942. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth covers with small illustrations. Six coloured plates, five black and white plates and other text illustrations. 95 pages. 10 x 7.5". Blue pictorial endpapers. A little bumping to spine and corners. A couple of grubby fingermarks to covers. Ink inscription to half title page. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Pencil scribble to last colour illustration, mostly to silhouetted figures so not too noticeable. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss to top and bottom of spine and rear panel. Flaps are grubby. Tape repair on verso.

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WEST OF OFFA'S DYKE NORTH WALES
Written by Maxwell Fraser.
Stock no. 1708142
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper, Price-cut, torn with loss.

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