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THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET
Written by Helene Hanff.
Stock no. 1828375
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark orange cloth boards, blue title to spine. ISBN: 0233965092. Second impression. Light browning to text block. White pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little scuffed.

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MUSASHI
Written by Eiji Yoshikawa.
Stock no. 1828350
Published by Kodansha International Ltd.. 1990. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Burgundy cloth boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0870119664. Ninth printing. A nice clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE INHERITOR
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1328058
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A simple tale of village life concerning the various branches of the Radlett family. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 222 pages. Spine bumped. Very pale browning to rear free-endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a tear to lower front corner and to base of spine. Light mark (old tape?) to base of rear panel.

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TWO TALES OF THE CONGO
Written by Joseph Conrad. Illustrated by Dolf Rieser.
Stock no. 1828272
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes: An Outpost of Progress; and Heart of Darkness. Beige cloth boards, black title block to length of spine, black image to front. B/w Copper-engravings by Dolf Rieser. An early Folio Society publication - no slipcase, as issued. Text block & endpapers browned. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and is browned, particularly to rear panel.

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YOUNG RENNY
Written by Mazo De La Roche.
Stock no. 1828265
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1947. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Chronicles of the Whiteoak Family series. Adeline Whiteoak is at the height of her sway as a vigorous and domineering matriarch of eighty. Adeline's grandson, Renny, is in a feud between him and his grandmother and his Cousin from Ireland. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Boards mottled by damp (mainly rear board). Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and grubby.

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A GAME OF THRONES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 1
Written by George R.R. Martin; Daniel Abraham. Illustrated by Tommy Patterson; et al..
Stock no. 1327912
Published by Bantam Books. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

White boards, metallic red title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout, comic book style. ISBN: 9780440423218. 7th printing. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners of dustwrapper.

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THE WATSONS
Written by Jane Austen.
Stock no. 1828236
Published by Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Continued & completed by Edith (her great grand-niece) and Francis Brown, in accordance with her intentions. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Grey paper boards with blue title and design to front. Corners bumped and worn. Gilt to spine faded. Browning to endpapers and text block. Neat gift inscription (faint) to front pastedown, dated 1932. Contents otherwise clean.

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SHERLOCK HOLMES COMPLETE STORIES (9 VOLUMES)
Written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1828156
Published by Folio Society. 1994. Very good condition.

Nine volume set in two slip cases: The Case-book; His Last Bow; The Return; The Memoirs; The Adventures; A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of Four; The Hound of the Baskervilles; The Valley of Fear. Green cloth boards with black silhouette of holmes, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. One set of five and one set of four in slipcase. Second printing. Spines are lightly browned. Gilt titles lightly rubbed. A few minor marks to boards. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcases which are heavily shelf-scuffed to base, scuffed to sides, relatively minor splash marks to base of 5 volume slipcase (slipcases are generally VG).

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THE LAST MAN
Written by Mary Shelley; Sarah Hall. Illustrated by Caspar David Friedrich.
Stock no. 1828130
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Sarah Hall. Brown cloth spine with burgundy title label with gilt title. Pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and very lightly faded at edges (VG+).

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THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Giovanni Boccaccio; Richard Aldington. Illustrated by John Buckland-Wright.
Stock no. 1828129
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Translated by Richard Aldington. Green cloth with gilt and red titles/decorations. Reset edition, with new binding. B/w illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is heavily scuffed to base (shelf scuffing) and lightly scuffed elsewhere, small mark to one side (VG).

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REBECCA
Written by Daphne Du Maurier. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1828126
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reissued as a single volume. Blue printed cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Eleventh printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a small dint to middle of one side (VG+).

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AFRICAN ADVENTURES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated by David Eccles.
Stock no. 1828125
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

3 volume set. Stories are: She; Allan Quatermain; King Solomon's Mines. Pictorial cream cloth. B/w illustrations. A few minor marks to spines else a lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing and a small split at one end (VG).

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