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Osaka. Hoikusha Publishing C. Ltd. 1978 Enlarged and revised edition.. 7.5 x 10 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With illustrated hard card slipcase. Decorated endpapers. In very good condition with very good slipcase. Mild foxing to edges. neat inscription to front endpaper. Mild foxing to slip case. Colours clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy. 207 pp. With colour and b/w plates and line drawings in text. Japanese text throughout. Lavishly illustrated book on the spiders of Japan. Apart from main title page and index the text is Japanese.

Dorset, Blackmore Press, 1979 1st. Tall hardback, 12 x 8.5 inches. DArk green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated green dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some minor handing marks to rear side else clean and smart. Not clipped. In protective sleeve.) Pages all clean and tight, no penned inscriptions or marks. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 125pp. Illustrated with many B&W sketch drawings by Charles Mozley.

London, John Van Voorst, 1843 1st. 3 volumes; Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Bound in original Original grey / green cloth lettered in gold on spines. Yellow endpapers. In very good conditions. Some minor rubbing on edges, a few faint minor marks, corners lightly bumped. Inside each volume on front endpapers have Private bookplate & owners small stamp (Innes Watson), volume has inscription on front endpaper. Each volume has small half removed name inscription head of each title page. Else pages all clean, crisp and tight throughout. 587, 655 & 651pp. Illustrated by 535 B&W Wood-Engravings. This "History" was an immediate success, and is illustrated with many fine engravings by various artists. Yarrell was a conscientious compiler and editor, and this work belongs in every serious collection of bird books.

Ward, Lock & Co. 1958 1st.. 8.0 x 5.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With decorated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly rubbed at ends.price clipped with protective plastic wrap). White marks to front board. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 285 pp. The last published work by Dornford Yates. The 'Berry' books are comic novels and short stories narrated in the first person by Boy Pleydell. They feature the family group of Berry Pleydell (Boy's cousin), Daphne Pleydell (Boy's sister and Berry's wife), Jonathan 'Jonah' Mansel (Boy's cousin) and Jill Mansel (Boy's cousin and Jonah's sister).

Faber and Faber. London. 1975 Reprint. Hardback. Size approx 9.5 x 7 inches. In maroon cloth covers with white lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In good condition with good dustwrapper (d/w; Spine very slightly faded, Price clipped in a protective sleeve). Inside pages clean and tight. A very clean and tight copy. 160pp. With colour frontis, b/w photographs and two colour maps.

Faber and Faber. London. 1965 2nd imp. Hardback. Size approx 9.5 x 7 inches. In maroon cloth covers with white lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In good condition with good dustwrapper (d/w; Scruffs to the edges, Marks to the rear, Not Price clipped in a protective sleeve). Inside pages clean and tight. A very clean and tight copy. 160pp. With colour frontis, b/w photographs and two colour maps.

1751. Unmounted. Total Size 21.5 x 25 inches. 2 Maps on 1 Sheet with centre fold In very good condition. A few small faint marks to margins. Outline hand coloured,

Methuen. 1981 1st UK.. 8.25 x 6.75 inches. In blue cloth covers with silver gilt to spine and blind embossed title to front. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly darkened. Small tear to back top edge. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. Unpaginated. Text on alternate pages with illustration opposite. A collection of verses with accompanying illustrations.

Collins. London. 1949 1st edition. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition in fine dustwrapper (dw; Official Collins later reproduction jacket. In protective sleeve.) Blind embossed stamp to corner of half title page “Library of Anthony Day.” Some minor tanning to inside pages. Else a very clean and tight copy. 311pp. 61 colour & 62 b&w photo plates; 88 text figures. This beautifully illustrated book explores the rich animal and plant communities of the sea shore, a narrow strip, stretching for thousands of miles, which is occupied by an astounding variety of life.

Collins. London. 1949 1st edition. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition in very good dustwrapper (dw; Neat old tape repair on verso lower spine, and small old tape offset on rear coverPrice clipped. In protective sleeve.) Endpapers have small old tape mark on edges, & small name inscription on front endpaper. Else a very clean and tight copy. 311pp. 61 colour & 62 b&w photo plates; 88 text figures. This beautifully illustrated book explores the rich animal and plant communities of the sea shore, a narrow strip, stretching for thousands of miles, which is occupied by an astounding variety of life.

Hodder and Stoughton. 1973 (1st.).. 12.0 x 8.5 inches. In dark maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. Illustrated endpapers. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Spine slightly faded. Slightly creased along top edge. Not price clipped). Author’s personal message opposite main title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. Unpaginated with b/w and colour illustrations. Illustrated fantasy story of two children in search of Unicorns by the actress Susannah York.

Wreham John Painter, 1799. Large hardback, approx 11 x 9 inches. In full calf leather binding, diced patterend boards, blind embossed decorative edges. Gilt inner dentelles. Dark grey endpapers. In very good condition. Original leather boards with later repair to spine. Corners and edges bumped and rubbed, rubbing and marks to boards. Bookplates to front endpapers “William Henry Parry” & “Samuel Dyers Gough.” Some darkening and small marks to edges of endpapers. Some mild foxing/darkening to plates and some darkening to opposite pages. Else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 192pp. Illustrated with 12 engraved portraits.

Poole Historical Trust. 1980 1st edition... Size 6.0 x 8.5 inches. In illustrated limp card covers. In very good condition. Slight handling marks. Small marks to fore edge. Old address label inside front cover. Author's signature to main title page. Else a clean and tight copy. 158pp. With b/w photographs and map. The history of education in Poole, school by school from the foundation of the Free School in 1628.

London. Cassell. 1966 1st edition.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spineslightly faded. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Very slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 280 pp. With b/w photographs, diagrams and maps. Weetman Pearson built up his grandfather’s engineering firm in Bradford to be one of the world’s leading contractors. He was responsible for draining Mexico City, establishing a Mexican oilfield, building the Blackwall Tunnel and the East River Tunnel in New York, and building Veracruz harbour. His work was found from Chile to China. Later he became Liberal MP for Colchester and in 1917, President of the Air Board and one of the creators of the Royal Air Force.

William Hodge & Co. 1923 1st ed. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed monogram to front. In very good condition. Extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped. Nice bright copy. A couple of minor handling marks to pagers. Else a tight copy. 9 b/w plts; 261pp.

London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1937 1st edition.. Hardback, 9 x 6.5 inches. Bound in black cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and gilt design to front. Publishers embossed logo to rear corner. Pictorial endpapers “Cuckoo’s-Eye View of Monk’s Norton.” In very good condition. In clear protective jacket. Some minor handling marks else cover clean and smart. Some mild foxing to endpapers, blank prelims and outer edge of page block. Neat inscription to half-title page “Nick, with love and best wishes, Xmas 1937, Mol.” Else a very good clean and tight copy. 180pp. With 30 B&W illustrations, including full-page and smaller vignette wood-engravings by Joan Hassall. A simple look at the makeup of village life told through one man’s view of an imaginary village.

Dorchester 1910 (1st.). Hardback. Size 7.5 x 5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and front and blue decorative illustration and lettering to front. In very good condition. Very bright copy. Very slightly rubbed head of spine. Slight tanned to endpapers. Inside a clean and tight copy. - Dorset dialect poetry. 110pp. With 2 b&w photo plates (including a portrait of the author).