Enid Blyton:

Five Run away Together : the Third Story of the Adventures of the Four Children and their Dog.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1944. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 192pp. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Original blue cloth. This copy is in fair condition only - the binding is rubbed and cocked, the edges of the text block are foxed, and all pages prior to the title page (ie the front free endpaper and the frontispiece) are missing. On the plus side, this is one of the rarest of the Famous Five first editions - some people rate it as rarer than Five on a Treasure Island.

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Book number: 42105

Catalogue: 4

Enid Blyton:

Naughty Amelia Jane !

London: George Newnes, 1939. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 8vo (21cm by 15cm), 160pp. Colour frontispiece and text illustrations by Sylvia I Venus. Original green cloth. Please note that this book is in fair to good condition only - several of the illustrations have been coloured in, there is juvenile scribbling to the rear endpapers, the words "naughty jane!" have been written on the front board, there is an inscription to the front free endpaper, and there is some foxing to the preliminary pages. Author's presentation copy, signed by her on the front free endpaper: "Joy, love from Enid Blyton". This is the first of the Amelia Jane books, and is hard to find as a first edition.

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Book number: 58551

Catalogue: 4

Lt-Col C E Bowden:

Diesel Model Engines.

London: Percival Marshall, 1949. Second edition, revised (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), v, 185pp. Text illustrations. Bound in stiff red cloth-covers boards, titling printed in black on the spine. There is some rubbing and scuffing of the binding, and the endpapers are foxed; overall, this book is just about in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 71423

Catalogue: 4

H J M Bowen:

The Flora of Berkshire.

Privately published, 1968. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 389pp. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Light staining of the boards, light stain to the leading edge of the text block, gift inscription; overall, the book is in good condition. The dustwrapper is in good minus condition (rather rubbed). Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 51797

Catalogue: 4

Our own Board School Boy:

Prize essay on the history and antiquities of Exeter.

[Exeter: printed by William Pollard, c. 1895]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (softcover). 8vo, 23pp. 17 plates. Original printed paper wrappers. This copy is only in fair to good condition; the covers are rubbed and chipped, and the contents are thumbed.

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Book number: 23459

Catalogue: 4

Ben Brierley:

Ab-o'th'-Yate in Yankeeland; the results of two trips to America.

Manchester: Abel Heywood & son, 1885. First edition (hardback). 8vo, viii, 324pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original decorated red cloth, gilt titling to the spine. This copy is only in fair condition - the binding is rubbed, the endpapers are stained, there is a bookplate to the front pastedown, and the contents are lightly spotted and thumbed.

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Book number: 22254

Catalogue: 4

William Brigg:

The Herts (Hertfordshire) Genealogist and Antiquary, volume II.

Harpenden: William Brigg, 1897. First edition (hardback), volume 2. 8vo, [iv], 383pp, lvii. Original burgundy cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Staining to the spine and the rear board, contents VG. Only a fair copy overall (owing to the staining of the binding), but much better inside than out, and therefore suitable as a working or reference copy.

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Book number: 30074

Catalogue: 4

J Britton [etc]:

Restoration of the Church of Saint Mary, Redcliffe, Bristol : an appeal by the Vicar, Churchwardens and Vestry.

Bristol: printed for the Vestry, 1842. First edition (softcover). 4to (27cm by 22cm), 32pp. Frontispiece and 2 plates. Original printed turquoise card wrappers with a brown cloth backstrip. The covers are rubbed and spotted, and the contents are thumbed and spotted; overall, this book is in good minus condition. A serviceable copy of a rare item.

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Book number: 68513

Catalogue: 4

Dora Broome:

Matilda the Radio Mouse.

Leicester: The Brockhampton, 1951. First edition (hardback). 8vo (19cm by 13cm), 127pp. Frontispiece and text illustrations by Neville Main. Original yellow cloth, dustwrapper. Several of the illustrations have been heavily coloured in, and there is an ownership inscription to the front endpapers; overall, the book is in good condition. The dustwrapper is in fair condition only (rubbed, edges chipped, some marking). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

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Book number: 53221

Catalogue: 4

James M Brophy:

Popular Culture and the Public Sphere in the Rhineland 1800 - 1850.

Cambridge University Press, 2009. Reprint (softcover). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), xvi, 365pp. Text illustrations. Original laminated card wrappers. Please note that a small number of phrases have been highlighted in blue highlighter - there is no highlighting after page 23. Otherwis, this book is in sound condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy. ISBN 9780521123921

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Book number: 70563

Catalogue: 4

Oscar Browning:

Wars of the Century and the Development of Military Science.

London & Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1903. First edition (hardback). 8vo (20cm by 14cm), xxxviii, 538pp. Original brown cloth. Please note that the rear board is damaged (a piece is missing from the top edge). Only a fair copy overall, but the contents are tightly bound and generally clean, and this is suitable as a reading, working or referenc copy.

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Book number: 61173

Catalogue: 4

William Moir Bryce:

Holyrood: its palace and its Abbey, an historical appreciation.

Edinburgh: Sands & co, no date [c. 1920]. No edition stated (softcover). 4to (28cm by 22cm), xliv, 32pp plates, 12pp adverts. Original printed card wrappers. This copy is only in fair condition - the covers are rubbed and chipped with some loss to the backstrip, and the text pages are foxed.

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Book number: 33559

Catalogue: 4

John Buchan:

Oliver Cromwell.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. Fourth impression (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), 554pp. Portrait frontispiece and 10 maps. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt motif to the front board. The boards are heavily rubbed, there is foxing to the edges of the text block, and a short ownership inscription; overall, this book is just about in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 71055

Catalogue: 4

Meriel Buchanan:

The Great Mademoiselle.

London: Hutchinson & co, 1938. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 15cm), 287pp. 16 plates. Original pink cloth. This is an ex-Boots lending library, with occasional labels, and the binding is a little rubbed and stained; overall, this book is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 67899

Catalogue: 4

George Buchanan:

Rose Forbes; a novel.

London: Faber, 1950. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 246pp. Original orange cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. This copy was formerly in the library of the Athenaeum Club, with occasional stamps and labels, and the spine is a little frayed and dulled. Overall, the book is just about in good condition. This copy was presented to the Athenaeum Club by the author; this fact is noted on a bookplate to the front pastedown.

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Book number: 34642

Catalogue: 4