SOMETHING IN THE CELLAR: RONALD SEARLE'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF WINE
Written by Ronald Searle. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1829624
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In this international bestseller Ronald Searle enables vintners and wine imbibers throughout the world to experience these mysteries of wine and its production. In his own inimitable style he unveils the secrets of the world's wine ceremonies. Large format. Black boards with silver title to spine, orange endpapers. Humorous full page b/w and colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0285627651. Light foxing to text block. Very pale browning to page edges else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly browned and a little grubby. Overall a nice copy.

JUST DOGS
Written by K.F. Barker. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1829506
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1947. Very good condition.

Popular edition. Beautiful, gently humourous sketches in pen and pencil of all kinds of our doggy friends. Large format. Brown cloth, white titles. B/w drawings. 151 pages. Corners bumped. Boards a little grubby, spine lightly faded. Some discolouration to lower edge of boards. A few small knocks to top edge of boards. Heavy bump to top corner means the top corner of contents is lightly creased. Some scattered foxing and a few marks to contents.

THE ILLUSTRATED POEMS OF JOHN BETJEMAN
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by David Gentleman.
Stock no. 1329225
Published by John Murray. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 143 numbered pages. Watercolours by Gentleman. ISBN: 0719552486. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty/foxed. Dustwrapper is price-cut and faded to spine.

NATURE ABOUNDING
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1329183
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

This is a book of Nature showing how living things on the earth and under the earth, in the air, and in the water, have been appreciated by naturalists, physicists, explorers, sportsmen, novelists, essayists, gardeners, and farmers, and also by mere ordinary men and women who stand and stare in wonder. New Edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 384 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is heavily foxed with slight edge chipping. Tiny hold to spine which is also browned.

VILLAGE PEOPLE
Written by Paula Yates. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1829382
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A typical year in the country, season by season - from rearing sheep to joining the Women's Institute, from entertaining house guests to a burgeoning relationship with the local vicar. A refreshingly witty view of the eccentrics and eccentricities of English country life. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations by Rex Whistler taken from Down the Garden Path and a Thatched Roof by Beverley Nichols. 230 pages. ISBN: 0316905895. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to front endpaper. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Couple of minor marks to front board. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown (hidden by front flap of dustwrapper). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and is creased.

"CARROTS:" JUST A LITTLE BOY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1829369
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with red titles and borders. 7 b/w illustrations including frontis. 241 pages. Reprint. Mark to top of spine (horizontally) and light fading to base of spine. Boards otherwise clean. Foxing mainly to text block, endpapers and some margins. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Top corner of page 195 and 197 is mis-cut as too large and therefore folded over (binding error). Pictorial dustwrapper has loss to base of spine (in line with the fading to spine), top of spine and corners lightly worn and chipped, overall is grubby with green marks to rear panel and foxing.

THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329038
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Minimal bumping to spine. Endpapers partly browned. Top edge of textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn, rear panel is grubby.

OUR NEIGHBORS
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson.
Stock no. 1829247
Published by James Henderson. 1st 1905. Poor condition.

The tenth book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson's published drawings. Mr. Gibson's best cartoons from Life Publishing Company 1904 & 1905, and Collier's Weekly 1904 & 1905. Very large oblong format. White cloth spine, white paper boards with illustration by the artist to front. Boards have bevelled edges. B/w cartoons throughout. Unpaginated. Boards marked and stained. Spine browned, cloth fraying to rear edge. Edges of boards worn with surface paper loss. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint pulled wide exposing webbing between front endpaper and half-title page, also rear hinge pulled with some surface paper damage to gutter. Binding is generally tight. Endpapers are grubby and marked. A few marks to contents. Some page edges worn.

ENGLAND
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1329017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224031619. Slight bumping to spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and spine edges and is slightly edge crease. Small stain to edge of front panel.

MORNING FLIGHT A BOOK OF WILDFOWL
Written by Peter Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329009
Published by Country Life Limited. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. 9 x 11.5". 138 pages. Written with charm and vigour. Exquisite colour plates. B/w illustrations. 11th impression. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Front endpapers have been professionally replaced. Foxing to textblock, rear endpapers and some page margins. Some pale page edge browning, generally contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, has large tear (repaired) and crease to rear panel and is a bit grubby.

CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328853
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is faded to spine.

'GOBLIN MARKET' AND SELECTED POEMS
Written by Christina Rossetti; Kathryn Hughes. Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki.
Stock no. 1829085
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Very good condition.

All poems in this edition follow the text of R.W. Crump's Complete Poemso f Christina Rossetti which was published by Louisiana State University Press 1979-90. Introduction by Hughes. Pictorial front board. Purple cloth to rear cover and spine, gilt title to spine. Full page colour illustrations. xix and 130 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is faded at edges and a little scuffed (VG).