John Coleridge:

The Grand Fleet : a war-time sketch book.

London: Philip Lee Warner, publisher to the Medici Society, no date [1920]. First edition (hardback). Oblong 8vo (19cm by 26cm), title, 46 illustrations. Rebound in blue cloth, with the original front cover pasted to the front board. This is a fair copy only of a rare item; there is some thumbing and browning of the contents, the title page is dusty, and the final leaf is torn with some loss to the margins (not affecting the illustrations).

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Book number: 56003

Catalogue: 4

An Old Colleger (Arthur Duke Coleridge):

Eton in the Forties.

London: Richard Bentley and son, 1896. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xi, 395pp. 15 plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt motif to the front board. Binding rather rubbed, endpapers browned, some staining of the title page. This is only a fair to good copy overall, but the contents are generally clean and tightly bound, and this is suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 33846

Catalogue: 4

An Old Colleger (Arthur Duke Coleridge):

Eton in the Forties.

London: Richard Bentley and son, 1896. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xi, 395pp. 15 plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt motif to the front board. Binding a litlte rubbed and stained, some foxing of the preliminary pages, ownership inscription; overall, this book is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 65634

Catalogue: 4

Monty Collier:

Dog Training for Home and Stage; a complete textbook for the Dog Trainer, including 80 interesting tricks.

Hollywood [CA]: Scovell Publishing Company, 1934. First edition (hardback). 8vo (20cm by 14cm), [v], iv, viii, 201pp. Text illustrations by Thelma Easley. Original decorated brown cloth. The spine is somewhat rubbed and dusty, the front inner hinge is cracked (and repaired), and there is a short ownership inscription. Overall, this copy is just about in good condition.

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Book number: 38378

Catalogue: 4

Toot and Comin:

Nonsense on the Nile.

Privately printed, no date [c. 1945]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (softcover). 8vo (23cm by 16cm), 31pp. Text illustrations throughout. Original printed card wrappers. An exceptionally rare item, but in fair condition only; the covers are rubbed and chafed, the contents are thumbed, and there is a short ownership inscription.

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Book number: 61739

Catalogue: 4

La Comtesse de Segur, illustrations de Simone d'Avene:

Les Malheurs de Sophie.

Belgique: Gordinne a Liege, 1937 - 1938. No edition stated (hardback). 4to (30cm x 24cm), 82pp; 50pp; 15pp. Text illustrations in black and white (plus a few in colour). Original yellow cloth spine, colour plate to the front board. The plate on the front board is chipped, the binding is rubbed, and the contents are tanned; overall, this book is n good minus condition. Text in French. Includes three stories, with separate pagination.

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Book number: 69104

Catalogue: 4

Edward T Cook:

A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery.

London: Macmillan and co, 1890. Third edition, revised and enlarged (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xix, 744pp. Original brown morocco spine, brown cloth boards, gilt titling to the spine, top edge gilt. The spine is heavily rubbed, there is some bumping tot he corners of the boards, and the endpapers are foxed. Only a good minus copy overall, but suitable as a reading, working or reference copy.

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Book number: 71943

Catalogue: 4

William Fothergill Cooke:

The Electric Telegraph : was it invented by Professor Wheatstone? part II, containing arbitration papers and drawings.

London: W H Smith and son, 1856. First edition (hardback), part 2 only. 8vo (26cm by 16cm), iv. 268pp. 10 folding plates (of 11 - lacks plate number 5). Original purple cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Please note that there are several issues with the plates in this book; plate number 5 is lacking, and several other plates are creased and torn. Otherwise, the book is in good condition (a few pages have been opened clumsily).

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Book number: 61426

Catalogue: 4

J Fenimore Cooper:

The History of the Navy of the United States of America.

Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & co for James A Bill, 1847. Abridged in one volume (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 15cm), 447pp. Frontispiece, plates. Publisher's binding of brown cloth. Spine dulled and chipped, scattered foxing of the contents, contempary 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: 55909

Catalogue: 4

J F Cooper:

The Spy : a tale of the neutral ground.

Leipzig: Bernh Tauchnitz Jun, 1842. Tauchnitz edition (hardback). 16mo (16cm by 11cm), x, 400pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the author. Bound in brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Binding rubbed, contents somewhat foxed. Overall, this copy is in fair condition.

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Book number: 49574

Catalogue: 4

Henrico Cope:

Demonstratio Medico-Practica Prognosticorum Hippocratis.

Dublin: Typis Academiae Dubliniensis, Suptibus J Smith & G Bruce, 1736. First edition (hardback). Small 8vo (20cm by 12cm), xvi, 320pp, 1pp errata. Lacks the frontispiece portrait. Contrmporary full brown calf with the spine unlettered. Formerly in an academic library, with occasional stamps. The text is clean and tightly bound, but there is some warping and staining of the boards; overall, this book is just about in good condition. An uncommon commentary of Hippocrates on Epidemics. Text in Greek and Latin.

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Book number: 71865

Catalogue: 4

W Cosmo Monkhouse, illustrated by Sir Edwin Landseer:

The Studies of Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.

London: Virtue and Company, no date [1877]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 4to (34cm by 26cm), xii, 128pp. 40 plates, 116 text figures. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board, all edges gilt. Please note that the gutta percha in this copy has perished, and the contents are loose in the binding. There are tears to the half-title and title pages, but the contents are clean and complete. Suitable as a working, reference or binding copy.

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Book number: 46662

Catalogue: 4

A T Quiller-Couch [Q]:

Two Sides of the Face; Midwinter Tales.

Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, 1903. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 359pp. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, The spine is somewhat sunned and stained, and the endpapers are foxed. Nonetheless, the contents are clean and tightly bound, and this is suitable as a resading copy. Overall a fair copy that is better insids than out.

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Book number: 39564

Catalogue: 4

C Cronau:

Die Huhnervogel von C Cronau, I. Band, erste Abtheilung, Atlas Band.

Berlin: Louis Gerschel, no date [1880]. First edition, atlas volume only. Oblong folio (38cm x 52cm), 25 lithographic plates. Original binding of quarter green cloth, printed grey boards. The edges of the boards are scuffed and chipped (with some loss to the leading edge of the rear board); the endpapers are foxed, the contents are in very good condition. There is no title page in this volume. This is the atlas volume only; a text volume was also published.

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Book number: 31991

Catalogue: 4

Lucy Crump:

Three Little Cooks.

London: Edward Arnold, 1906. Second impression (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 13cm), vii, 176pp. 5 plates (of 8) by Gertrude M Bradley. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine. The binding has been covered in adhesive clear laminate to protect it, there is scattered foxing of the contents, there is a gift inscription, three of the plates are missing, and the remaining plates have been coloured in. Only a fair copy overall, but suitable as a reading copy.

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Book number: 49647

Catalogue: 4