Walter C Metcalfe:

A book of Knights Banneret, Knights of the Bath and Knights Bachelor made between the 4th year of King Henry VI and the Restoration of King Charles II, and Knights made in Ireland between the years 1566 and 1698, together with an index of names.

London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1885. First edition (hardback). 8vo (27cm by 19cm), [vii], 240pp. Colour frontispiece. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. Binding rubbed, scuffed and stained, contents a little foxed and browned. Overall, this copy is in fair condition only, but it is suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 26529

Catalogue: 4

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, ilustraciones de Ricardo Balaca y Jose Luis Pellicer:

El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, tomo primero.

Barcelona: Montaner Y Simon, 1930. First edition thus, volume 1 (of 2) only. Folio (37cm by 28cm), [viii], lxxxi, 569pp. 24 colour plates (laminas), correct as per list. Original full brown calf, gilt design to the boards and the spine, all edges gilt. This copy is marred by scuffing and staining to the rear board, and severe waterstaining to the blank pages at the back of the book. There is also some scuffing to the binding, some wear to the upper joint, and foxing to the edges of the text pages. On the plus side, this copy retains the 24 colour plates (one of which has some light chafing to one corner). A rare and elaborate production.

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Book number: 38376

Catalogue: 4

W B J Osbaldeston Mitford:

Dawn breaks in Mexico.

London: Cassell, 1945. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 228pp. 13 plates. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. Foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block, and several phrases have been underlined in ink; overall, the book is just about in good condition. The dustwrapper is in scruffy condition (chipped and torn with loss, creased and foxed). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 66689

Catalogue: 4

Rev E Monro:

Edwin's Fairing.

London: Alexander Strahan, 1867. First edition (hardback). 16mo, [iv], 223pp. Frontispiece and 5 plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. This copy is only in fair condition - the binding is rubbed, scuffed, shaken and loose, the contents are foxed and thumbed, and the front free endpaper is missing.

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Book number: 24036

Catalogue: 4

L Dussieux & A de Montaiglon [Eustache le Sueur]:

Nouvelles recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages d'Eustache le Sueur.

Paris: J B Dumoulin Libraire-editeur, 1852. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm x 14cm), 124pp. Black cloth spine, marbled paper-covered boards, red morocco title label to the spine. There is some chipping of the binding, and some scattered foxing of the contents; overall, this book is just about in good condition. Text in French.

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Book number: 58617

Catalogue: 4

John Moore:

Fishing : a Reader's Guide.

London: published for the National Book League by Cambridge University Press, 1948. First edition (softcover). 8vo (21cm by 14cm), 20pp. Original printed green paper wrappers. This copy is only in fair condition, as the pages and the covers are wrinkled. An extremely uncommon John Moore item.

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Book number: 48916

Catalogue: 4

Kathleen E Morgan:

Evergreen Tales of Wilsher Volk.

Marlborough: County Paper Offices, 1938. First edition (hardback). Small 8vo, 106pp. Original printed green card wrappers. Covers a little rubbed, scuffed and sunned, faint staining to the inner margin of most of the text pages. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 25348

Catalogue: 4

D Francis Morgan:

Standing Camps : a manual of camping for scout troops.

London: C Arthur Pearson, 1930. Second edition (softcover). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), 187pp. Text illustrations. Original printed grey card wrappers. The covers are rubbed, and there is foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, this book is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 63704

Catalogue: 4

Rupert H Morris:

Chester in the Plantagenet and Tudor reigns.

Printed for the Author, nd [c. 1894]. First edition (hardback). 8vo (27cm by 19cm), x, 583pp, 25pp indexes. Frontispiece, plates, text illustrations. Original burgundy cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Binding rubbed and dusty, titling dull on the spine, head of spine lightly frayed, contents very good. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 25525

Catalogue: 4

Lieut-General Mundy:

The Life of Rodney.

London: printed for James Carpenter and son, 1836. Early reprint (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 11cm), xvi, 283pp. Frontispiece and one plate. Bound in blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine. The top of the spine is torn with loss, there is some foxing of the preliminary pages, and occasional neat pencil notes in the text. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working, reference or binding copy.

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Book number: 55916

Catalogue: 4

Muriel Levy [Auntie Muriel], illustrated by Evelyn Bowmar.:

The story of Dick Whittington.

Loughborough: Wills and Hepworth, 1949. Second edition (hardback). 12mo (17cm by 12cm), [48pp]. Illustrated throughout in colour by Evelyn Bowmar. Original printed boards, with a colour illustration to the front board. This copy is in disappointing condition overall, as the backstrip is missing. Hovever, it could be repaired with care, and the text pages are generally clean. A rare early Ladybird book.

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Book number: 38471

Catalogue: 4

Robert Anderton Naylor:

Across the Atlantic.

London: The Roxburghe Press, no date [1893]. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), xii, 305pp. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. This is an ex-library copy, with labels to the endpapers and several stamps, and the spine is rather rubbed. Overall, this copy is in fair to good condition.

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Book number: 37992

Catalogue: 4

Henry Stanley Newman:

What I Saw in India.

London: S W Partridge & co, no date [1885]. First edition (hardback). 8vo (21cm by 17cm), [vi], 170pp, 2pp adverts. Numerous engraved text illustrations, plus a coloured map as frontispiece. Original decorated blue cloth, gilt titling and design to the front board and the spine, all edges gilt. Binding rubbed and shaken, some staining of the rear board, light staining of the preliminary pages. Overall, this copy is in fair condition.

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Book number: 38930

Catalogue: 4

R T Nicholson:

The Book of the Ford Electrical Equipment.

London: Temple Press, no date [c. 1920]. No edition stated (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 152pp. Text illustrations. Original grey cloth. The contents are tanned, there is a short ownership inscription, and a couple of pages has been taped back into the book; overall, this book is in good minus condition.

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Book number: 69462

Catalogue: 4

Giorgio Nicodemi:

La Vergine dalla origini al Rinascimento.

Roma: Societa Editrice d'Arte Illustrata, 1923. First edition (softcover). 8vo (22cm by 16cm), 16pp, 30 plates. Original printed green card wrappers with black & white plate inlaid on the front cover. There is some spotting and thumbing of the contents, and the binding is a little shaken; overall, this book is just about in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy. text in Italian.

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Book number: 65120

Catalogue: 4