THE SURINAM ALBUM
Written by Julie Harvey. Illustrated by Maria Sybylla Merian.
Stock no. 1812675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition with introductory booklet in custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries' great painters of plants and animals. Limited edition of 1000. A sturdy inner panel holds the commentary volume underneath. This is bound in green cloth and printed on high-quality white laid paper. Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum has written a fascinating introduction to Merian's work, setting it in context and providing an overview of her life and times. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. Small scuff mark to top of rear board (minor). Else a beautiful copy. Copy No. 16 of 1000. Clam shell case is in fine condition. Contained in original packaging from the Folio Society - polystyrene (reinforced and repaired with brown tape) and cardboard box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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NORTHOWRAM ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
Written by Mark Pearson.
Stock no. 2121945
Published by F. King & Sons. 1898. Almost very good condition.

With a Life of Oliver Heywood and Histories of Heywood Chapel, Coley Church, Bell School, Old Halls, Residences and Families of Northowram and Shibden Dale. Large format. Dark green leather covers, gilt titles. Folding map. Scuffing and wear, with chipping to leather covers. Some foxing. Black in splash marks to outer page edges, which also bleed through to some page margins. Small edge-tear to fold-out map.

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YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Baines; Edward Baines.
Stock no. 2121939
Published by William Mackenzie. Very good condition.

A History and Description of the Three Ridings of the Great County of York, From the Earliest Ages to the Year 1870; With an Account of its Manufactures, Commerce and Civil and Mechanical Engineering by Thomas Baines, Including an Account of the Woollen Trade of Yorkshire by Edward Baines. 2 volumes complete. Large format. Leather spine and corners. Some fading and wear to leather on spine and corners. Wear and a little chipping also along edges, with fading. Some foxing and margin marks.

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SKELTON'S ETCHINGS OF THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL
Written by J. Skelton. Illustrated by Hugh O'Neill.
Stock no. 2121875
Published by J. Skelton. Circa 1825. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Contemporary binding; Leather spine has raised bands and gilt title. Green covers. 56 b/w plates. Book has been rebound with leather spine, which has some fading and scuffing; wear to top and tail. Green covers, which have a few marks; top corner of front cover is bumped. New endpapers, which now have some browning/foxing. Original pages internally have foxing and some damp marking; chipping to edges of some pages.

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ABRISS EINER THEORIE DER FUNCTIONEN EINER COMPLEXEN VERANDERLICHEN UND DER THETAFUNCTIONEN
Written by Johannes Thomae.
Stock no. 2120899
Published by Verlag Von Louis Nebert. 3rd 1890. Good condition.

Large format. Leather spine and corners. Marbled boards. Text in German. Title: Sketch of a theory of the functions of a complex variable and theta functions. 3rd enlarged edition. Backstrip has completely come away from spine; is now in two pieces inside book. Joints split. Uneven fading and wear to corners as well. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks. Contents are generally still very good.

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THEORIE ALGEBRAISCHEN FUNKIONEN UND IHRER INTEGRALE
Written by E. Landfriedt.
Stock no. 2120875
Published by G.J. Goschensche Verlagshandlung. 1902. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners. Brown cloth covers. Text in German. Title: Theory algebraic functions and their integral. The Schubert Collection Volume XXXI. Spine is very faded and worn; some scuffing along edges. Corners are also worn, with some chipping to leather. Appears that this book has possibly been restitched, with new strengthening tape to joints. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE
Written by Geo. C. Bainbridge. Illustrated by Geo. C. Bainbridge.
Stock no. 2119859
Published by The Fly Fisher's Classic Library. 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Bonded leather spine, with blue boards. Illustrated with colour plates representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies accurately copied from nature. An introduction by Tony Deacon. Small bump to base of spine. Contained in very good slip case that has some fading to a few edges.

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THE ERNE, ITS LEGENDS AND ITS FLY-FISHING
Written by Henry Newland.
Stock no. 2119785
Published by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. 1999. Fine condition.

Green full bonded leather covers, gilt titles. Colour frontis and title page. Limited edition of 450 copies. Contained in a fine slip-case. This is copy Number 117. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RICHMOND AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM THE OLDEN TIME
Written by Richard Crisp.
Stock no. 2118593
Published by Sampson Low, Son & Marston. 1866. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine; gilt title. With Memoirs and Notes. 7 b/w plates, including frontis. Scuffing and wear to leather on spine and corner edges. A few marks to covers. Grubby marks to a few pages; mostly to prelims. Some pencil annotation to a few pages.

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THE AFFECTIONATE PARENT'S GIFT
Written by Henry Sharpe Horsley.
Stock no. 1315143
Published by Thomas Kelly. 1st 1827. Good condition.

Small format. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and vignettes to spine, marble-effect boards. Containing a Series of Poems and Essays on Natural, Moral and Religious Subjects... To Which is Prefixed and Affectionate Address on the Duties and Obligations They Owe to God and Their Parents. Illustrated with upwards of 150 b/w engravings. xxxviii + 224 pages; 192 pages + 3 page plate list plus 1 page booklist. This is volume 1 only, volume 2 is "The Good Child's Reward". Spine and corners worn. Covers are very scuffed. Joints are cracked but binding is firm. Some page browning, grubby fingermarks and light foxing.

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THE COMPLEATEST ANGLING BOOKE THAT EUER WAS WRIT
Written by Joseph Crawhall.
Stock no. 2118325
2nd 1881. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Black leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, with gilt title and fish decorations. This is the Second Edition, Limited to 100 copies! (First edition has only 40 copies printed in 1859). B/w illustrations. Being done oute of ye hebrewe and other tongves by a Person of Honor. Adorn'd with scriptures. Some light wear along cover edges. A few marks to covers. Marks to endpapers. Front endpaper has a few edge-tears. Some foxing. Still in very good condition, considering its age!

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THE ANGLER IN WALES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Medwin.
Stock no. 2117186
Published by Richard Bentley. 1834. Very good condition.

Professionally recased with green cloth; green leather spines with raised bands and corners. New endpapers. B/w illustrations. Some browning to spines and outer page edges. A few margin marks; some foxing. A lovely rebound set!

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