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1st Edition, Adlard Coles, London, 1957 132 illustrations; Hardback: blue cloth decorated in gilt, top edge blue; Quite a well-used copy, boards a little bowed, some signs of old damp, remains of a dustwrapper.

1st Edition, Brown Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1927 76 illustrations; Hardback: navy blue patterned cloth lettered in gilt, armorial bookplate (T.T. Macan) to front pastedown; Light wear to covers which are unevenly faded to brown, corners bumped, end-papers spotted, vg.

Galashiels: A Walker, 1908 4 plates; Second, revised, edition, with new introduction; Hardback: red cloth lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt; Previous owner's name to front free end-paper, slight signs of use, near fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Hillman Books, New York, 1961 Study of America during 1927; Paperback, all edges red; Wrappers creased, binding cracking, g only.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1990 298 colour and 179 black & white illustrations; 'Science Update', 'Science Year in Review' and 17 'Feature Articles'; Blue and black buckram decorated in gilt, top edge gilt; Fine.

London: Collins, 1942 Leather-Bound Hardback: half red polished calf decorated in gilt on red cloth, spine panelled with raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers; Cloth a little stained, head of spine just starting to fray, spine a touch faded,corners rubbed, bound without maps, vg. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Simon & Schuster, 2014 118 illustrations; First British Edition, translated from the Italian by Sylvia Adrian Notini; Hardback: scarlet cloth lettered in gilt on spine; 2 leaves very slightly torn at front edge (no loss), else near fine in lightly creased dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin, 1974 Double-page map; 135 illustrations; A volume in 'The Buildings of England' series; "With contributions from John Hutchinson"; Hardback: black rexine decorated in gilt on spine; Fine in slightly torn g dustwrapper.

Lavenham, Suffolk: Terence Dalton, 1972 78 illustrations; Coloured map end-papers and 5 maps in the text; Foreword by Peter Moth; Hardback: white cloth lettered in gilt on spine; 2 corners bumped, small piece cut from half-title (no loss), vg+ in vg dustwrapper illustrated by Leonard Kersley.

London: "Home Words" Printing & Publishing, 1938 Author's name not found; Book not dated, but published 1938; Hardback: brown patterned cloth elaborately decorated in black; Spine faded, corners creased, vg+ Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Collins, 1949 Hardback: yellow cloth lettered in green on spine; Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper, else near fine in defective dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

1st British Edition, Dent, London, 1957 54 illustrations by Maurice Sendak; Hardback: blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine; Light cover wear, binding slightly slanted, previous owner's inscription crossed out on front free end-paper, vg in defective Sendak dustwrapper.

National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket, no date: 1985 ? 3 plates; "Favourite recipes contributed by the Racing Fraternity in aid of The National Horseracing Museum"; Foreword by Lester Piggott; Paper wrappers, ring bound; Lower wrapper a trifle marked, near fine.

1st Edition, Robert Hale, 1954 Colour folding map and 3 other illustrations; Account of escape from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on Singapore; Black cloth lettered in gilt; Slight cover wear, top board bowed: very good.

London: Batchworth Press, 1949 23 illustrations; Map end-papers (front free end-paper torn out); Hardback: light blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, top edge orange; Lacking front free end-paper map, previous owner's name to half-title, else clean, g in the remains of a dustwrapper.

London: Faber, 1951 Hardback: brown cloth decorated in green on spine; Corners bumped, else near fine in tatty price-clipped dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Halifax: William Milner, 1845 3 folding maps; Extra engraved title-page and 1 plate; Text illustrations; "The Self Instructor; or, Young Man's Companion: being an Introduction to Various Branches of Useful Knowledge. Containing Grammar, Writing, Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra, Mensuration, Geography, Navigation, Maps, Astronomy, History, Drawing, Book-Keeping, Chronology, Observations on Gardening, and Miscellaneous Articles"; Hardback: original green ribbed cloth elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, yellow end-papers; Cover wear round spine, corners rubbed, binding cracking with a few gatherings starting to pull, engraved title-page foxed, contemporary owner's name to front free end-paper, g.

Hugh Evelyn, London, 1971 Frontispiece and 30 other illustrations; "Friendly adviser to educational knowledge, wordly (sic) counsel and gentlemanly deportment, based on works compiled in 1866"; Hardback: beige boards decorated in black, red and gilt, 12mo; Boards dirtied, previous owner's name stamped to top board and front pastedown, else near fine; This is a not a heavy book and postage charges can be reduced for orders from within the UK.

1st Edition, National Trust, 1970 "Award winning entries from the National Trust Enterprise Neptune Poetry Competition"; Introductions by John Betjeman and the Bishop of Carlisle; Paperback: 40 page pamphlet; Near fine.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1940 33 illustrations; A volume in "The Young Sportsman's Library"; Hardback: orange cloth decorated in black on spine; Crease to spine, slight signs of use and old damp, vg.