George Essex Evans:

The Pocket Queensland.

London: The Agent-General for Queensland, no date [c. 1907]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (softcover). 16mo (16cm by 10cm), 144pp. Text illustrations. This booklet is in scruffy condition; the front cover is missing, the rear cover is detached, and tthere is some dog-earing of the corners. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 59985

Catalogue: 4

Edith Farmiloe:

Piccallili.

London: Grant Richards, 1900. First edition (hardback). Oblong 4to (23cm by 32cm), 127pp, printed one side of the page only. Illustrated throughout in colour by the author. Original brown cloth spine, printed boards, with colour illustration to the front board. This copy is in tatty condition, with the binding shaken and loose, the inner hinges repaired, scribbling to the front board and the endpapers, and wear to the edges of the binding. Still a serviceable or readable copy with the contents generally clean.

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Book number: 21401

Catalogue: 4

G E Farrow:

The Wallypug in London.

London: C Arthur Pearson, nd [c. 1900]. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo, xv, 174pp. Frontispiece and text illustrations by Alan Wright. Original decorated green cloth, rebacked with a new spine and new endpapers, all edges gilt. Boards rubbed, some spotting and thumbing of the contents, several of the text illustrations have been coloured in (neatly). Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 22693

Catalogue: 4

Byron Farwell:

Prisoners of the Mahdi.

London: Longmans, 1967. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), xxii, 356pp. 12pp plates, 3 maps. Original grey cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. This book was formerly in a reference library, with a bookplate to the front pastedown, the front inner hinge has been repaired, and the binding is a little dusty; overall this book is just about in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 66940

Catalogue: 4

Henry Fawcett:

Art in Everything.

London: Houlston and sons, 1882. First edition (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), xii, 115pp, 1pp advertisements. Half black morocco, marbled boards, gilt titling to the spine. Binding rather rubbed and scuffed, ownership inscription to the front pastedown, preliminary pages lightly foxed, contents VG. Overall, this copy is in fair to good condition.

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Book number: 31167

Catalogue: 4

W H Fear:

Fire on the Plains.

London: John Spencer & co, no date [c. 1960]. No edition stated (softcover). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), 158pp, 2pp adverts. Original printed card wrappers, with colour illustration to the front cover. This copy is only in fair condition - the rear cover is missing,the backstrip is chipped, there is a small piece missing from the upper corner of the front cover, and the contents are tanned.

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Book number: 35905

Catalogue: 4

Charles A Federer [editor]:

Yorkshire Chap-Books, First Series.

London: Elliot Stock, 1889. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), 280pp. Bound in quarter white parchment, marbled boards. This book was formerly in a reference library, with occasional stamps and labels, the spine is chipped, and there is some tanning of the contents. Only a fair copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 63251

Catalogue: 4

W D Fellowes:

Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second and the Principal Personages of that Period.

London: Juhn Murray, 1828. First edition (hardback). 4to (29cm by 22cm), ix, 432pp, lxxvi (appendix). 49 (of 50) lithographic plates - lacks the plate at page 156. Recent library rebind of blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine. There is considerable foxing of the contents (mainly affecting the text pages), and the half-title page is chipped. Only a fair copy overall, but all but one of the plates are present, the book is tighly bound, and the platesare less affected by the foxing than the text pages.

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Book number: 66346

Catalogue: 4

H Fielding:

The Hearts of Men.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1901. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), viii, 324pp, 4pp adverts. Original black cloth, gilt titling to the front board, gilt titling and design to the spine. Binding rubbed and scuffed, corners of boards bumped, front inner hinge cracked (and repaired), ownership inscriptions. Only a fair to good copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 51651

Catalogue: 4

J de la Fontaine, illustrated by Clara Tice:

Tales and Novels of J de la Fontaine.

New York: privately printed for William Godwin Inc, 1933. First edition thus (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), [iv], 270pp. 7 plates from etchings by Clara Tice. Original purple cloth. This book is marred by a substantial bump to the foot of the spine, which means that it is only in fair condition overall, but the pages are clean and the book is tightly bound.

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Book number: 58968

Catalogue: 4

J-L Forain:

Les Temps Difficiles (Panama).

Paris: G Charpentier et F Fasquelle, 1893. First edition (softcover). 8vo (23cm by 17cm), [32pp]. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original printed card wrappers. Covers foxed and dusty, dog-earing to the corners of the first few pages. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition. Text in French.

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Book number: 42304

Catalogue: 4

William J Forster:

The Man in the Moon and other stories.

London: Charles H Kelly, 1897. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 14cm), 64pp. Frontispiece, text illustrations. Original decorated brown cloth. Binding rather dusty, some foxing and light staining of the contents, gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 47128

Catalogue: 4

Fougasse:

E. and O.E. : a book of drawings.

London: Methuen & co, 1928. First edition (hardback). 4to (31cm by 25cm), vii, 79pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w, plus 8 colour plates. Original printed boards with a pink cloth backstrip. The boards are somewhat rubbed and dusty, and there is light foxing of the preliminary pages. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable as a reading or browsing copy.

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Book number: 69768

Catalogue: 4

J Kersley Fowler:

Records of old times; historical, social, political, sporting and agricultural.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1898. First edition (hardback). 9 plates. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Some dampstaining of the boards, scattered foxing of the contents. Only a fair copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 28587

Catalogue: 4

Frank Fox, illustrated by Percy F S Spence:

Australia (Peeps at Many Lands).

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1924. Second edition (hardback). 12mo (20cm by 13cm), viii, 88pp. 12 colour plates and a sketch map. Original patterned blue cloth. Please note that there is inkstaining to several of the text pages. The binding is a little rubbed and sunned; overall, this book is in fair condition only. Inman 703.

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Book number: 64916

Catalogue: 4