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First Edition, Michael Joseph, London, 1982 108 colour plates and 1 black & white plate by Redoute; Includes essays: "Redoute - Artist and Technician" by William Patrick Watson and "Redoute's Les Liliacees" by William T. Stearn; Hardback: green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, marbled end-papers, large quarto; Top board slightly bowed, bottom inch of covers faded, previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper, else near fine in slightly torn dustwrapper.

1st Edition, Volume II only, Methuen, London, 1906 23 colour plates by John Fulleylove; This volume covers the period 1500 to 1900; 658 pages; Blue cloth decorated in gilt; Covers marked, front hinge tender, vg.

1st Edition, Time, New York, 1963 83 colour and 30 black & white illustrations; Volume 2 of "The Life Book of Christmas"; Hardback: green cloth decorated in gilt, printed in red and black, 4to; Covers a little stained and slightly worn, especially round spine, vg.

1st British Edition, Constable, London, 1962 59 illustrations from line drawings by the author; Hardback: grey cloth decorated in red, illustration of a printer and press to top board, decorated title-page; Near fine in slightly chipped dustwrapper.

1st British Edition, Century, 2001 Title-page illustration by Louis Jones; Black cloth lettered in gilt; Fine in dustwrapper with two small spots to top wrapper; ISBN 0-7126-7039-4.

London: The Folio Society, 1971 21 colour illustrations; 50 black & white illustrations; Selected and introduced by Philip Troutman; Nash 303; Hardback: quarter brown buckram on dark grey-green embossed paper boards; A little dusty and browned, still near fine in slightly torn 'spider's web' glasseine dustwrapper.

1st Edition, Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1960 329 illustrations; A volume in "The Pelican History of Art" edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, with a loosely tipped-in "Editor's Note"; Hardback: series brick-red cloth decorated in gilt, black leather lettering-piece, 4to; Top board slightly bowed, edges spotted, previous owner's crossed-out inscription in 5 places; This is a heavy book and may require extra postage if ordered from outside the UK.

1st Edition, Ernest Benn, London, 1924 62 illustrations by the author; Hardback: grey-green cloth lettered in gilt on spine, map end-papers; Covers very marked, especially spine, slight foxing otherwise internally near fine.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937 Portrait frontispiece; Hardback: beige cloth decorated in green and lettered in black; Some spotting to covers and foxing, previous owner's inscription, g+ in defective dustjacket.

First Edition, Swan Sonnenschein, London, 1894 Described as written by "Eremus and another, with an index": actually probably by Robert James Muir; Hardback: quarter brown cloth decorated in gilt on elaborately decorated boards, yellow laid end-papers; Binding slightly slanted, small split to head of spine, pencil markings to end-papers, still a near fine copy of an unusual and scarce item.

Oxford: Magdalen College, 1993 Colour frontispiece; Introduction by the President of Magdalen College; 'Magdalen College Occasional Papers 1'; Paperback: 28 page stapled pamphlet; Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

1st Edition, Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1924 Folding map; Tissue-guarded plate; 16 page introduction by the editor; "Publications of the Scottish History Society, Third Series, Volume VI"; Hardback: series dark green ribbed cloth decorated in gilt; Boards bowed, previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper, else near fine.

1st Edition, Oxford University Press, 1929 "St. Andrews University Publications No. 29 : Hume Brown Prize Essay 1926"; Hardback: grey boards decorated in black; Previous owner's (neat) inscription to front free end-paper, near fine.

Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1992 Set of 2 Volumes; Volume 2 published in 1993; Frontispiece to volume 2, double-page illustration and 6 diagrams; 890 pages in total; Foreword by David Hope; Hardbacks: navy blue cloth decorated in gilt, thistle device to top boards, illustrated end-papers; Slight signs of use, front edges of text wavey, else a near fine set, glasseine dustwrapper to volume 2. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Thames and Hudson, 1975 79 illustrations; A volume in the 'Library of European Civilization' edited by Geoffrey Barraclough; Paperback; Fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

First Edition, Royal Historical Society, London, 1990 Camden Fourth Series volume 40; 22 pages of introductions by the editor; Hardback: series beige cloth, black lettering-pieces decorated in gilt; Small bruise to head of spine, near fine.

London: The Times, 1891 Compiled "from The Times with an introduction"; Armorial bookplate of A.H. Smith Barry to front pastedown: Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, 1st Baron Barrymore (1843-1925). first class cricketer and Irish Unionist MP; Hardback: dark red ribbed cloth decorated in gilt, black and blind, black laid end-papers; Light cover wear, head of spine snagged, spine faded, 1 corner bumped, vg+ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1903 First Edition thus, "Revised and In Parts Recast or Rewritten by Christopher N. Johnston K.C.", with a new Preface by Johnston; 776 pages; Hardback: navy blue ribbed cloth decorated in gilt and blind; Corners rubbed, otherwise a near fine copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

1st Edition, Moray Press, Edinburgh, 1935 "A second selection of little articles which have appeared in The Daily Record, Glasgow, under the heading "Something I Want To Say"; Hardback: black cloth decorated in Art Deco style in green, small 8vo; Lower board spotted, spine a touch faded, previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper, vg+

Gollancz, London, 1981 11 illustrations; Hardback: red cloth lettered in gilt on spine; Bruise to front edge of top board, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, near fine in plastic-protected dustwrapper.