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A WEST COUNTRY PILGRIMAGE
Written by Eden Phillpotts. Illustrated by A.T. Benthall.
Stock no. 1327770
Published by Leonard Parsons. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on blue paper. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Slight scuffing to covers. Endpapers browned. Some light foxing to contents which are generally clean.

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WALTER LANGLEY: PIONEER OF THE NEWLYN ART COLONY
Written by Roger Langley; Elizabeth Knowles. Illustrated by Walter Langley.
Stock no. 1327769
Published by Sansom & Company. 1st PB 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

A full chronology of Langley's life, a meticulously prepared catalogue raisonne and comprehensive details of the artist's exhibitions and sales. Cardwraps. 191 pages including index. 48 reproductions in colour plus b/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1900178451. Slight rubbing to cover edges.

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ENGLAND'S MEDIEVAL NAVY 1066-1509: SHIPS, MEN AND WARFARE
Written by Susan Rose.
Stock no. 1327768
Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How English kings after the Norman Conquest learnt to use the Navy of England. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781848321373. Evidence of some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1828064
Published by Folio Society. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings. Second printing. Spine lightly faded and lightly mottled else a lovely clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little marked (fairly m inor) (VG+).

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THE SILVER BRANCH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Julia Eccleshare. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1828061
Published by Folio Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Julia Eccleshare. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some light scuffing (VG+).

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THE NAME OF THE ROSE
Written by Umberto Eco; William Weaver. Illustrated by Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1828059
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Very good condition.

Translated from the Italian by Weaver. Red and gold decorated cloth with white title blocks to spine. Gold decorated endpapers. 7 colour plates. 499 pages. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is fairly heavily scuffed and is bumped to one corner (VG).

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BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
Written by Dee Brown; Hampton Sides.
Stock no. 1828058
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine with gilt title and decorations. Sepia photo onlay to front cover. Sepia photos to contents. An Indian History of the American West. Introduced by Hampton Sides. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs (VG).

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LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR (3 VOLUME SET)
Written by Richard Barber. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1828057
Published by Folio Society. 2003. Very good condition.

Edited and Introduced by Richard Barber. Three titles: Arthur, The Holy Grail, and Tristan. Green cloth spine, gilt titles. Green pictorial paper boards. Green endpapers. B/w illustrations. Fourth printing. Light mark (patch of fading?) to top of spine of Arthur and Tristan. Else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which scuffed and marked.

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GHOST STORIES OF M.R. JAMES
Written by M.R. James; Nigel Kneale. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1828056
Published by Folio Society. 1979. Very good condition.

Selected and with an Introduction by Nigel Kneale. Spooky pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. Lithographs by Keeping. 207 pages. Third impression. Spine is faded to green else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly browned at ends, rubbed at open corners and a little scuffed.

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THE GREEK MYTHS
Written by Robert Graves; Kenneth Mcleish. Illustrated by Grahame Baker.
Stock no. 1828054
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Very good condition.

Dark brown leather spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. Attractive two-tone colour illustrations. Originally published in two volumes, this is the combined edition. Introduced and edited by McLeish. Second printing. Minor mark to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which ia a little marked and scuffed.

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WATERSHIP DOWN
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1828052
Published by Penguin Books; Kestrel Books. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Illustrated Edition. One dim, moonlit night a small band of rabbits leave the comfort and safety of their warren, and set out on a long and dangerous journey... Brown cloth spine with black title and vignette and 4 gilt lines, cream paper boards. Full page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Fold-out map to rear. 550 pages. ISBN: 072265197X. Reprint. Brown cloth spine is lightly faded. Minor foxspots to text block. Some pale foxing internally mainly to verso of frontis and the title page. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine & worn at top & tail of spine. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly edge-rubbed and a little scuffed.

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NORTHERN ENGLAND AND SOUTHERN SCOTLAND IN THE CENTRAL MIDDLE AGES
Written by Keith J. Stringer; Angus J.L. Winchester.
Stock no. 1828051
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition.

A comprehensive analysis of the development of northern England and southern Scotland in the formative era of the twelfth and thireenth centuries. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781783272662. A lovely copy.

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