Edward Stanley, edited by Jane H Adeane & Maud Grenfell:

Before and After Waterloo; letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802, 1814, 1816).

London: T Fisher Unwin, 1907. First edition (hardback). 8vo, 320pp. 35 plates (4 in colour) and one text illustration. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board, top edge gilt. Spine sunned and spotted, library labels to the pastedowns, browning and staining to the front and rear free endpapers. Only a fair copy overall, but the contents are generally very good, making this suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 27661

Catalogue: 4

John Edwards:

The Cheshire Coast; a summary and a conjecture.

Chester: John Edwards, 1891. First edition in book form (softcover). 16mo (17cm by 11cm), title, 32pp. Original printed card wrappers. The covers are worn and torn, and have been repaired by being covered in laminate. Overall, this copy is in fair condition.

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Book number: 25517

Catalogue: 4

Arthur E Edwards:

How to Take out Patents in England and Abroad.

London: Wyman & sons, no date [1912]. Second edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 110pp. Frontispiece illustration. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Biding rubbed and stained, dampstaining to the rear endpapers, endpapers foxed, contents VG. This copy is only in fair condition overall, but the contents are generally in very good condition, and this is suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 32288

Catalogue: 4

G Eland:

In Bucks; a second & enlarged edition of Old Works & Past Days in Buckinghamshire.

Aylesbury: G T de Fraine, 1923. Second edition (hardback). 8vo, x, 129pp, 4pp index. 12 plates, 3 maps & plans (of 4 - this copy lacks the frontispiece map). Original brown cloth spine, grey boards. Rubbing to the edges of the boards, endpapers browned, bookplate to the front pastedown, lacks the frontispiece map. Overall, this copy is in good condition.

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Book number: 26333

Catalogue: 4

Johan Koning & L J Eland:

Nederlandsch Oost-Indie, Land van Gewijde Rust de Gordel van Smaragd.

N V Mortelmans, 1938. No edition stated (hardback). Oblong folio (32cm x 50cm), 9 colour plates (of 10 - lacks the plate entitled "Boschmoeras Negara Ratoe"). Original illustrated green cloth. The binding is in scruffy condition (rather rubbed and scuffed), the endpapers are stained, and one of the plates is missing. Sold as a collection of nine colour plates.

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Book number: 68062

Catalogue: 4

Uncle Elgo:

Gnomeland : Teatime Tales for Tiny Tots.

London: P R Gawthorn, no date [c. 1944]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 17cm), 62pp. Illustrated throughout in two colours, plus a full-colour frontispiece. Original illustrated blue cloth. This book is only in fair condition; the binding is rubbed, marked and shaken, there is some foxing to the edges of the text block, and a gift inscription (dated 1944).

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Book number: 70728

Catalogue: 4

Elizabeth Keane, illustrated by Neville Main:

Much and More and four other stories.

Leicester: The Brockhampton Press, no date [1947]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 16mo (15cm by 11cm), 62pp. Colour frontispiece and text illustrations by Neville Main. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. The contents are thumbed, and there is an ownership inscription to the front free endpaper; overall, the book is just about in good condition. The dustwrapper is in fair condition only (rubbed and chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

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Book number: 61800

Catalogue: 4

Chris Ellis [editor]:

Smiths Industries at Cheltenham; the story of fifty years at Bishops Cleeve, 1940 - 1990.

Surbiton: Kristall Publications (for Smiths Industries), 1990. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 17cm), 128pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white, plus 8pp colour plates. Original laminated boards. Please note that the top edges of the boards are bumped; apart from this, the book is in sound condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy. ISBN 0904811182

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Book number: 71997

Catalogue: 4

Captain E Pennell-Elmhirst:

The Best Season on Record.

London: George Routledge and sons, 1885. Second edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), vii, 211pp. 4 colour plates, text illustrations. Rebound in half red morocco, red cloth boards, gilt titling to the spine. The spine is rubbed and scuffed, there is some wear to the upper joint, a bookplate to the front pastedown, and some foxing of the preliminary pages; overall, this book is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 70638

Catalogue: 4

Alfred Elwes:

Ocean and her Rulers : a narrative of the nations which have from the earliest ages held dominion over the sea.

London: Griffith and Farran, 1878. Revised edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xv, 444pp + adverts. 16 plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Binding rebacked preserving the original spine, foxing to the edges of the text block; overall, this book is just about in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 55981

Catalogue: 4

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

The Conduct of Life and Society and Solitude.

London: Macmillan and co, 1900. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (17cm by 12cm), vii, 520pp. Full green calf, all edges gilt. Binding somewhat rubbed and scuffed, preliminary pages foxed, bookplate and gift inscription to the front endpapers. Overall, this copy is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 48678

Catalogue: 4

Emile Vitta, illustrated by Willette and Boutet de Monvel:

A Travers un Vitrail.

Paris: Leon Vanier, 1892. First edition (hardback). 4to (31cm x 23cm), 54pp, [vi]. 7 black and white plates by Willette and Boutet de Monvel. Bound in full red calf, gilt titling to the front board, with the original card front cover bound in. The boards are warped, the binding is scuffed, and a couple of pages are lightly foxed. Overall, this copy is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 42095

Catalogue: 4

Edward English.:

Oxford Illustrated.

Bournemouth: W Mate & sons, 1901. First edition (softcover). Oblong 8vo (15cm by 22cm), c. 100pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original limp red cloth wrappers. The covers are dusty, and the corners of the first few pages are dog-eared. Overall, this copy is in fair to good condition.

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Book number: 44196

Catalogue: 4

Edyth Kaigh-Eustace:

Jungle Babies.

London: Cassell, 1932. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 18cm), 256pp. 4 colour plates by Paul Bransom, text illustrations by Don Nelson. Original blue cloth. This book is only in fair conditon overall; the binding is rubbed and bumped, and there is some thumbing and foxing of the contents. Suitable as a reading copy

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Book number: 63757

Catalogue: 4

Thomas Evans:

An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers.

Philadelphia: Society of Friends, 1848. Third edition (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 13cm), 44pp, 316pp. Contemporary binding of brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine. There is a fair amount of underlining in red ink to the first section of this book. Otherwise, this book is in good to very good condition (some foxing of the preliminary pages, ownership inscription). Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 63626

Catalogue: 4