Rev Canon J E Jackson:

Edington Monastery.

Devizes: H F Bull, 1882. First edition (softcover). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), title, 66pp. 4 plates from photographs. Plese note that this book is disbound; it lacks the covers and the spine, and the stitching is a little loose. Light foxing of the exterior pages, else the contents are clean. Perhaps most suitable as a binding copy, but could also be used as a cheap reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 70464

Catalogue: 4

Florence E Jackson:

A Portrait of Prestbury.

Shipston-on-Stour: Peter I Drinkwater, 1987. First edition (softcover). 8vo (22cm by 21cm), x, 101pp. Frontispiece and 2 plates. Original printed brown card wrappers. This copy is generally in good condition, but there is a stain to the front cover. ISBN 0946643199

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Book number: 42718

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Margaret Lucy & William Jaggard:

Shakespeare and the Supernatural.

Liverpool: at the Shakespeare Press, 1906. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 14cm), 38pp, 1pp adverts. Original red cloth. The binding is worn (a significant piece of the spine is missing), there is some foxing of the preliminary pages. Suitable as a reading, working, reference or binding copy.

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Book number: 57255

Catalogue: 4

James Mollison & Marco Morosini, directed by Oliviero Toscani:

Kosovars: Camp Hope.

Milano: Leonardo Arte, 2000. First edition (hardback). 4to (34cm by 27cm), c. 150pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original laminated boards, no dustwrapper (as issued). This book is generally in sound condition, but is marred by damage to the lower corner of the rear board. ISBN 8883101561

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Book number: 53358

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Jane Carruth, illustrated by Cab Richardson:

Wizwam and I in Africa.

London: Personal Books, 1975. First edition (hardback). Oblong 4to (20cm by 30cm), [30pp]. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original illustrated white boards, no dustwrapper. Binding a little shaken and dusty, some light rippiling of the pages; overall, this book is just about in good condition. ISBN 0905112008

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Book number: 57797

Catalogue: 4

Edward Jeboult:

A general account of West Somerset, description of the valley of the Tone, and the history of the town of Taunton.

Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-Press, 1873. First edition (hardback). 4to, iv, 134pp; 121pp; 94pp. Frontispiece and plates, all from photographs, glued on to paper mounts. Bound in the original brown cloth, but the binding is tatty with both boards detached and the spine missing. There is staining to the lower corner of the first 20 pages, and the paper mounts have some creasing (cause by shrinkage of the glue used to attach the plates). The text block is tightly bound, however, and this is suitable as a reading, working or binding copy. The book is made up of three parts (West Somerset, Tone Valley, Taunton), all with separate pagination.

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Book number: 23293

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Mrs Harvey-Jellie:

In the Master's Service.

London: G Stoneman, no date [c. 1895]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 16mo (15cm by 11cm), 111pp, 1pp adverts. Frontispiece illustration. Original decorated light brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Binding dusty, staining to the first few pages, ownership inscription (dated 1897). Overall, this copy is in fair to good condition.

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Book number: 45238

Catalogue: 4

Rev R C Jenkins:

The Saxon Dynasty: Pedigree of the Kentish Kings.

Folkestone: J English, 1867. First edition (hardback). 8vo, [xiv], iv, 46pp. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board. Binding somewhat rubbed, fraying to the extremities of the binding, bookplate to the front pastedown, inner hinges cracked, contents VG. Overall, this copy is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 29352

Catalogue: 4

Augustus Jessopp:

One Generation of a Norfolk House : a contribution to Elizabethan History.

London: Burns and Oates, 1879. Second edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), xxvi, 325pp. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board. Binding rubbed and stained, lending library bookplate to the front pastedown, some foxing of the preliminary pages, light stain to the leading edge of the text block. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 53393

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Llewellynn Jewitt:

The Ceramic Art of Great Britain.

London: J S Virtue & co, no date [1883]. Second edition (hardback). 8vo (26cm by 18cm), xii, 642pp, 2pp adverts. Illustrated with nearly 2000 engravings. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt titling and design to the front board. Binding rubbed and shaken, rear inner hinge cracked (and repaired), preliminary pages foxed, contents VG. Only a fair copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 36964

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Johann D Wyss, adapted by Mary Godolphin [Lucy Aikin]:

The Swiss Family Robinson, in words of one syllable.

London: George Routledge and sons, 1884. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 17cm), 96pp. 4 colour plates, text engravings. Original decorated brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Rubbing to the extremities of the binding, binding rather shaken. Overall, this copy is in fair to good condition.

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Book number: 42361

Catalogue: 4

John Ruskin [editor], illustrated by Kate Greenaway:

Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her seven wonderful cats: a humorous tale written principally by a lady of Ninety.

Orpington: George Allen, 1897. Second edition thus (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 12cm), iv, 20pp. 22 text woodcuts (4 by Kate Greenaway). Original blue cloth, gilt titling and design to the front board. There is some staining of the front board, and light foxing of the endpapers; overall, this book is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 64298

Catalogue: 4

John Henderson, illustrated by A S Forrest:

Jamaica.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. First edition (hardback). 8vo, x, 179pp. 24 colour plates. Original decorated blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Please note that this book is only in fair condition - the binding is rubbed and sunned, the text pages are foxed and the contents are thumbed. Nonetheless, this is one of the hardest A&C Black colour books to find. Part of the 6 shilling series of A&C Black colour books. Inman 277.

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Book number: 70862

Catalogue: 4

John Bunyan, edited by George Godwin & Lewis Pocock, illustrated by Henry C Selous:

The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come.

London: M M Holloway, 1844. First edition thus (hardback). Oblong folio (28cm by 42cm), xxviii, 89pp. 22 b&w plates, text illustrations. Bound in full black morocco. The binding is in scruffy condition; the spine is torn with loss, and the boards are heavily rubbed. There are glue stains to the endpapers, and the contents are foxed. Only a fair copy overall.

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Book number: 63283

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John Masefield, illustrated by Cecil Aldin:

Right Royal.

London: William Heinemann, 1922. First (limited) illustrated edition (hardback). 4to (29cm by 23cm), [viii], 91pp. 4 colour plates by Cecil Aldin. Original white parchment spine, white boards, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. This is a scruffy copy; the boards are stained and bowed, and several of the text pages are badly torn. Limited to 375 copies (this is copy number 193) signed by both Masefield and Aldin.

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Book number: 61671

Catalogue: 4