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COUNTRY WALKS OF A NATURALIST WITH HIS CHILDREN
Written by Rev. W. Houghton.
Stock no. 576307
Published by Groombridge & Sons. 1870. Very good condition.

Full blue leather binding. Gilt titles, decorations and raised bands to spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. 8 colour plates and numerous b/w wood engravings. 2nd edition. Inscription in ink to half-title. Prelims and last few pages foxed. Corners worn.

A CLOUD OF WITNESSES
Written by J.H. Thompson.
Stock no. 671299
Published by J. Boyle. 1778. Poor condition.

Full brown leather binding. 381 pages plus index. Full title: A Cloud of Witnesses for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ or the Last Speeches and Testimonies of Those who have Suffered for the Truth in Scotland Since the Year 1680. Spine cracked. Boards worn. Stain to top edge of most pages. Front endpaper missing.

MEMOIRES D'UN CENTENAIRE DEDIES A SES ARRIERE-PETITS ENFANTS
Written by Alex De Saillet. Illustrated by J. Vogel.
Stock no. 200856
Published by A. Desesserts. Circa 1851. Very good condition.

The memoires of a centenarian French nobleman, born in 1741. 20 beautiful tissue-guarded coloured plates, most depicting costume, plus numerous b/w text illustrations. Dark blue leather binding with gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Gilt borders to covers. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Text in French. 9.25 x 5.75". 322 pages. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Edges rubbed and corners worn. Covers a little scuffed. Foxing to contents but colours still bright.

ANALYSIS OF ORNAMENT
Written by Ralph N. Wornum.
Stock no. 983489
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1877. Almost very good condition.

Fifth edition. Pages: vi, 190. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering on front board and spine. 27 full-page engravings, some folding, + text figures. Rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners worn. A few foxspots.

MEMOIRES DE LA DUCHESSE D'ABRANTES
Written by Madame La Duchesse D'Abrantes.
Stock no. 553065
Published by L. Mame. 1835. Fair condition.

Volume I only. Text in French. Brown leather spine with gilt title. Contents very good, a little browned in places. Covers dampstained with surface paper missing from rear board.

THE YOUNG MAN'S COMPANION OR BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Written by Thomas Bartlett.
Stock no. 686649
Published by Thomas Kelly. Circa 1858. Fair condition.

Containing English Grammar, Writing, Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Drawing and Perspective, Geography, Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, History, Natural History, Chronology etc. Full brown leather binding. B/w plates. 752 pages includes index. 9 plates (of 10) present. Joints split and repaired with cloth. Boards badly worn and chipped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Pages browned.

YR ANIANYDD CRISTIONOGOL
Written by Thomas Dick.
Stock no. 553857
Published by Robert Griffith. 1st 1842. Slightly better than very good condition.

Full brown leather binding with gilt decoration to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. The Christian Philosopher. Welsh text. 288 pages.

THE HISTORY OF DUMBARTONSHIRE
Written by Joseph Irving.
Stock no. 553879
Published by J. Irving. 1st 1857. Good condition.

Three-quarters brown calf binding, gilt title to spine, Purple boards, marbled edges. Folding map. Map torn with no loss else contents very good indeed. Corners worn.

SPECIMENS FROM THE NAPLES MUSEUM
Written by Domenico Monaco; E. Neville Rolfe.
Stock no. 567200
Published by William Clowes & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1884. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 160 b/w plates, including some fold-out plates, illustrating 404 objects from every branch of art and archaeology. Contents very good with just the occasional foxspot. Rear covers dampstained. REDUCED from £100.

AN INTRODUCTION TO HERALDRY
Written by Hugh Clark.
Stock no. 567212
Published by Henry Washbourn. 1st 1829. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Three-quarter green calf binding. Gilt title to spine. 324 pages. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front endpaper, corners worn.

QUARTERLY PAPERS ON ARCHITECTURE VOLUME III
Written by John Weale; Owen B. Carter; et al.
Stock no. 567216
Published by John Weale. 1st 1845. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Coloured lithographs plus b/w illustrations in the text. Subjects include - Headbourn Worthy Church, Hampshire; Stained or Painted Glass From Winchester Cathedral. Ancient English Gothic Aritecture. All plates present. In modern binding. REDUCED FROM £110.

THE HISTORIC PEERAGE OF ENGLAND
Written by Harris Nicolas; William Courthope.
Stock no. 567399
Published by John Murray. 1857. Almost very good condition.

Black leather spine. Burgundy boards. New edition. 610 pages. Contents very good. Spine split and torn at base. Corners worn. Joints cracked.