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THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE PART I
Written by Gordon Home. Illustrated by Gordon Home.
Stock no. 2137412
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Pink/black decoration to front cover. To the Chateaux of Touraine, Biarritz, The Pyrenees, The Riviera, & The Rhone Valley. 16 full page illustrations in colour, 16 in b/w and 60 maps and plans. A & C Colour Book - Motor Routes Series. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine and cover edges. Some cracking to joints. Fold-out map to rear very good indeed! Page edge browning.

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YORKSHIRE DALES AND FELLS
Written by Gordon Home. Illustrated by Gordon Home.
Stock no. 2137120
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1906. Good condition.

9 x 6.5 ins. Red cloth with gilt decoration on front board. Top edge gilt. 20 beautiful colour plates of the author's paintings. A & C Black 7/6 series. Booklist to rear (4 sides). Possible first variant (with booklist) or very early reprint. Covers are unevenly browned and marked (damp staining?). Front joint is a bit cracked. Inscription in ink dated 1906 to front endpaper. Foxing. 4 plates have ragged/margin torn edges - to opposite pages 78, 104, 144 + 168.

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YORKSHIRE VALES AND WOLDS
Written by Gordon Home.
Stock no. 2137072
Published by A. & C. Black. Circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

A. & C. Black Colour Book from the 7/6 series. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 20 colour plates plus folding sketch map. Top edge gilt. Booklist to rear. Assumed early reprint, due to booklist to rear. Spine is a bit browned. Some marks and wear to covers. 1 plate is MISSING (opposite page 48). Some heavy foxing (e.g. pages 74/75). Map is a bit edge-creased with foxing.

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FRANCE
Written by Gordon Home. Illustrated by Gordon Home; et al..
Stock no. 2137053
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1914. Fair condition.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Fascination of Europe Series. 32 colour plates + a sketch map. Spine is bumped and browned. Scuffing and wear to covers. Front endpaper may be missing; front joint cracked. Heavy foxing to free front endpaper. Rear joint cracked. Plates opposite pages 187 + 192 are MISSING! Pencil to plates by pages 171 + 161 + Frontis. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. A working copy ONLY!

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YORKSHIRE
Written by Gordon Home. Illustrated by Gordon Home.
Stock no. 2137009
Published by Adam & Charles Black. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and small motifs. 32 tissue-guarded colour plates plus map. Top edge gilt. A & C Colour Book 7/6 series. Booklist to rear. Spine is bumped and worn with browning. Some fraying/chipping to cloth at top and tail. Marks to covers. Browning and foxing, especially to outer page edges. Plates to pages 50 + 142 are inserted elsewhere. Looks like one page to prelims has been reinserted. Joint broken to page 137. Tissue guard to page 134 is torn. Tissue guards and plates are worn. This is a working copy ONLY! All plates present. Booklist to rear is dated 1905.

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JOHN HALIFAX GENTLEMAN
Written by Dinah Maria Murlock; Gordon Home. Illustrated by Oswald Moser; G.F. Nicholls.
Stock no. 2136946
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st thus 1912. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles, black and cream decorations. 20 Colour plates. Introduction by Home. A and C Black 7/6 Series. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front cover is a little bowed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Damp staining to top margin of front pastedown and front endpaper. Creasing to tissue guard of frontis. Plate opposite page 161 has slightly grubby margin. Page edge browning and some foxing.

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JOHN HALIFAX GENTLEMAN
Written by Dinah Maria Murlock; Gordon Home. Illustrated by Oswald Moser; G.F. Nicholls.
Stock no. 2114825
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st thus 1912. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe, limited edition of 250 copies, SIGNED by publisher. Large format. Cream cloth with gilt titles and elaborate black/brown decorations. 20 tipped-in colour plates, with captioned page guards. This is copy 109. SIGNED by publisher. Damaged spine has been repaired - still some chipping. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Front endpaper has been repaired. Some foxing and grubby marks. All plates present. Damp marks to bottom of last pages.

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