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THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1829631
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This history of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers covers the period between the wars, in outline, when for most of the time it was a normal infantry regiment, and in greater detail the war years from 1939 to 1945, when it was a machine-gun regiment. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w photos. Many fold-out b/w maps. xxii and 241 pages including index. Light rubbing to base of spine and lower corners. Else boards clean and bright. Text block browned. Pink scuff marks to front endpaper. Contents generally clean, perhaps one or two minor marks. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and worn at corners with some slight loss.

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THE HISTORY OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT 1919-1952
Written by C.N. Barclay.
Stock no. 1829578
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Battalions of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment have taken part in war and battle in many lands; but never with greater distinction than in the campaigns of the Second World War. This book is the story of Regular and Territorial Battalions in the years between the wars (1919-1939), and of all active Battalions of the Regiment during the Second World War. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. Colour frontis and folding maps. xxi and 398 pages including index. Small marks to rear board. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is edge-worn, faded to spine and scuffed to rear panel.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stock no. 1324601
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles, vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, 8 b/w illustrations and a chart of Treasure Island. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Written by Johann Wyss.
Stock no. 1324600
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations. 383 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE PAINTING BOOK AND STORY OF CARROTS AND CURLY
No author listed.
Stock no. 594977
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong cardwraps. The Waterloo Series of Painting Books. Pictures to colour. Covers detached from contents - staples rusty. Page browning else contents clean.

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SPECIMENS FROM THE NAPLES MUSEUM
Written by Domenico Monaco; E. Neville Rolfe.
Stock no. 567200
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1884. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 160 b/w plates, including some fold-out plates, illustrating 404 objects from every branch of art and archaeology. Contents very good with just the occasional foxspot. Rear covers dampstained. REDUCED from £100.

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