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A THACKERAY YEAR BOOK
Written by Helen Melville; Lewis Melville; William Makepeace Thackeray.
Stock no. 696419
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. Quotes from Thackeray for each day of the year. Contents in general very good but front endpaper missing, a few foxspots and name in ink to first page.

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THEY
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by F.H. Townsend.
Stock no. 326805
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

White covers with gilt vignette and titles. Colour plates with tissue guards to contents. 80 pages. Boards a bit grubby. Neat tape repair to half title page. Contents otherwise lightly foxed but generally clean.

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THE WALNUT DOOR
Written by John Hersey.
Stock no. 565865
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1977. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A taut dazzling novel of suspense and revelation. ISBN: 0394417429. Wrapper lightly edge-browned.

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TALES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 650153
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

The true spirit of the original Tales presented in an easy and attractive form. Red cloth, gilt titles. 12 colour plates. 245 pages All plates present. Spine worn at top and slightly faded. Corners bumped. Light foxing to contents.

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THE ETHICAL ENGINEER
Written by Harry Harrison.
Stock no. 675663
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1964. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Yellow wrapper has small nick to one corner and slight foxing internally on one fold. Very slight crack to front joint. Wrapper spine lightly darkened, also one edge of rear. Wrapper not price-clipped.

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TRISKEL ONE
Written by Sam Adams; Gwilym Rees Hughes.
Stock no. 662916
Published by Christopher Davies. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Slight foxing of endpapers. Wrapper a little grubby.

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LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA
Written by George Meredith.
Stock no. 983482
Published by Bernhard Tauchnitz. 1895. Very good condition.

2 Volumes in 1. Small format Pages: 278, 270. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Mark to rear cover.

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CERISE
Written by G.J. Whyte-Melville.
Stock no. 983487
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1866. Almost very good condition.

A novel. First edition. 3 Volumes. Three-quarter red calf binding, marbled boards, gilt lettering on spines. Corners worn. Tops of spines chipped with loss. Spine to Volume I has 2" split.

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THE NEWCOMES
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 984419
Published by Bradbury & Evans. 1st 1854. Slightly better than good condition.

First edition. 2 Volumes. Pages: viii, 380; viii, 375. Contemporary three-quarter brown leather binding, marbled boards and edges; raised bands, blind-tooling and gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spine. With Illustrations on steel and wood by Richard Doyle. Book: book plate to front endpaper. Corners worn. Some foxing throughout. Vol II has one 4-page gathering detached. Vol I has one page detached.

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THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM VOL I
Written by Tobias Smollett.
Stock no. 985840
Published by W. Johnston. 1771. Good condition.

Second edition. Vol. 1 of 2. Pages: viii, 262. Contemporary full leather binding. Contents very good but boards worn.

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CHAMBERS'S MISCELLANY OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING TRACTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 985816
Published by William and Robert Chambers. Very good condition.

7 Volumes. Contemporary half leather bindings, with marbled boards and edges, gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spines. Numerous steel engravings. Corners rubbed but in general a very nice set.

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CHAMBERS'S REPOSITORY OF INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING TRACTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 985817
Published by William and Robert Chambers. Circa 1852. Very good condition.

5 Volumes. Contemporary half leather bindings, with marbled boards and edges, gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spines. Numerous steel engravings. Undated but probably the edition issued 1852-54. Corners rubbed. Volume 1 front joint broken, rear joint starting to crack.

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