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NOVITIAE FLORAE SUECICAE
Written by Eliae Fries.
Stock no. 988001
Published by Londini Gothorum. 1828. Good condition.

Pages: xii, 306. Text in Latin. Three-quarter dark blue leather binding. Some foxing throughout. Front board almost detached. Corners worn. Bookplates to front endpapers.

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THE GOVERNMENTS OF ENGLAND
Written by John Fortescue; Charles Plummer.
Stock no. 988038
Published by Oxford University Press. 1926. Very good condition.

Pages: xxii, 387. Black cloth, gilt lettering. The difference between an absolute and a limited monarchy, with further notes by Plummer. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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THE ANIMAL WHY BOOK
Written by W.P. Pycraft. Illustrated by Edwin Noble.
Stock no. 988076
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Original pictorial paper boards with brown cloth spine. 15 tipped-in vivid colour plates (2 panels on each page), plus b/w vignettes. Contents in general very good but one page has a closed tear and there are biro tick marks to contents page. Corners worn.

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THE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN VOLUME VI
Written by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 988152
Published by George Allen. 1888. Good condition.

Grey boards. 210 pages. The Crown of Wild Olive-title on spine. Four lectures on industry and war. Book: Ex-lib, stamps to prelims, else contents very good. Endpapers foxed. Covers grubby.

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THE LAND WE LIVE IN VOL III
No author listed.
Stock no. 988196
Published by Charles Knight. Very good condition.

A Pictorial and Literary Sketch-Book. Contemporary three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. This volume covers Baronial Halls of Kent, Bath, Exeter, Leeds and the Clothing District, Newcastle, the Tyne and the Collieries, Ayrshire, North Derbyshire, Nottingham and the Hosiery District, Dublin, Lakes of Killarney, Connamara, North Wales. Illustrated throughout. Endpapers foxed. Corners rubbed.

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THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF MINISTL. INFLUENCE
Written by James Erskine.
Stock no. 988250
Published by A. Dodd. 1836. Very good condition.

Black leather spine, gilt titles. Marbled boards. Pages: iv, 48, 13. The Difference Between Royal Power and Ministerial Power Truly Stated. A Political Essay. No author named but believed to be James Erskine. Ink stains to title page else contents very good. Covers fine.

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LES SOIREES D'HIVER
No author listed.
Stock no. 988289
Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Pages:235. Original red elaborately decorated and embossed cloth, all edges gilt. 12 lithograph plates. A few foxspots to contents. Title page missing else contents very good. Undated but possibly 1850s.

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LETTRE D'UN ITALIEN A UN FRANCAIS SUR LES DOCTRINES DE M. DE LAMENNAIS
Written by M. De Lamennais; Vincent Gioberti; D. Antonio Riccardi.
Stock no. 988294
Published by J.B. Ansiau; Meline, Cans Et Compagine; Debecourt; Mazzoleni. 1841. Very good condition.

Pages: 86, 42, 87, 105. Contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards with gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spine. Includes: Lettre d'un Italien a un Francais Sur les Doctrines de M. De Lamennais; Reponse A Un Article de la revue des deux Mondes, by Vincent Gioberti; Refute Par Lui-meme by Lamennais; Alla Gioventu Sullo Studio Della Filosofia by D. Antonio Riccardi. Text in French and Italian. Contents dated 1841, 1844, 1839. REDUCED from £195.

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A HISTORY OF TAPESTRY
Written by W.G. Thomson.
Stock no. 988308
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1930. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown decorative cloth. Pages: xviii, 550 + 132 colour and b/w plates. Entirely revised edition. Endpapers foxed. Rear joint slightly cracked. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Edges rubbed.

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JAHRBUCH DER DEUTSCHEN SHAKESPEARE-GESELLSCHAFT
Written by F.A. Leo.
Stock no. 988314
Published by A. Huschke. 1st 1883. Slightly better than good condition.

Achtzehnter Jahrgang. Pages: iv, 340. Original brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. The Shakespeare Society of Germany. Text in German. Contents very good, spine browned and covers unevenly faded.

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LA MANIERE DE BIEN PENSER DANS LES OUVRAGES D'ESPRIT
Written by Dominique Bouhours.
Stock no. 988368
Published by Abraham Wolfgang. 1688. Good condition.

Small format. Pages: 6, 398, 24 Table Des Matieres. Contemporary full leather binding. Text in French Free endpapers missing. Endpapers and prelims browned. Some page edge browning throughout. Top and bottom of spine chipped with loss.

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UNITE AND LIVE A RECORD OF ENTERTAINMENTS FOR PROMOTING THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING RACES
Written by James White; et al.
Stock no. 988391
1st 1919. Very good condition.

Record Of The Work of the British Committee for Entertaining America Forces. Printed for private circulation. A record of entertainments for promoting the better understanding of the English-speaking races. These were entertainments provided for American troups stationed in Great Britain during World War I and covered everything from boxing, theatre, through other sports and river trips. B/w photos. Large format. Printed on mould-made paper, deckle edges. Original black leather binding with gilt lettering. Contents near fine. Corners rubbed. The personal salutation box is completed to Arthur Cunningham. REDUCED FROM £120.

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