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F.R. KENDALL: EXTRACT FROM LETTERS 1858-1865
Written by Franklin Richardson Kendall.
Stock no. 1826617
Published by P & O. 1st 1968. Very good condition.

Franklin Richardson Kendall was born into a family with great naval traditions and joined the P & O Head Office in London. He remained with P & O for 50 years before retiring. This is a collection of selected extracts from letters written to his mother during the tumultous times of change between 1858 and 1866. Large format. Cloth spine, cream cardwraps with black title to front. Tipped in colour frontis of the Ripon leaving Southampton. B/w photos. 89 pages. A few light creases to covers. Covers are a little grubby from handling. Contents clean.

MARY AND RICHARD: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE AND WAR
Written by Michael Burn.
Stock no. 1825876
Published by Arbor House; William Morrow. 1st USA 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Mary Booker and Richard Hillary. The story of one man's late wife's love for another man. Red cltoh spine with gilt title, grey paper boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 155710042X. Foxing to text block and minor foxing to prelims. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

WHEN YOU LOOK BACK
Written by Eve Knight.
Stock no. 1325023
Published by Cobden-Sanderson Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An anthology of letters to children from illustrious persons (including Joseph Conrad, Alexandre Dumas, Hans Andersen, Catherine of Aragon, etc). Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 178 pages, top edge green, others untrimmed. Spine slightly bumped with some fading. Some slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped, browned to spine with small stain to centre.

ORDNANCE SURVEY LETTERS MEATH
Written by Michael Herity; et al.
Stock no. 2140540
Published by Four Masters Press. 1st IRELAND 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Meath collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1836. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1903538033. Some spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

ADVICE TO JULIA: A LETTER IN RHYME
Written by Henry Luttrell.
Stock no. 2135289
Published by John Murray. 1820. Good condition.

Brown boards; paper title to spine. New edition. Scuffing and marks to covers; uneven fading. Chipping to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Some page edge creasing. A reading copy.

ENGLAND'S CONSTABLE
Written by Joseph Darracott; John Constable. Illustrated by John Constable.
Stock no. 2129376
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Life and Letters of John Constable. Grey cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Onlay to front cover showing signs of wrinkling. Pictorial slip case is very good, with some light wear.

YOURS PICTORIALLY
Written by Randolph Caldecott; Michael Hutchins. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1811201
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated letters of Randolph Caldecott, edited by Hutchins. Blue cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723219818. Spine and corners lightly rubbed.

A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT
Written by Thomas Johnes; Richard J. Moore-Colyer.
Stock no. 1711308
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Selections from the letters of Thomas Johnes of Hafod Cardiganshire 1748-1816 ISBN: 0863837514.

THE SPIRIT OF THE LETTER IN PAINTING
Written by Jean Leymarie.
Stock no. 2111950
Published by Hallmark. 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Yellow mottled boards. Colour plates. Wrapper is grubby and foxed with closed tears and chips; a little loss.

SHARPSHOOTER IN THE CRIMEA
Written by Michael Springman.
Stock no. 2111501
Published by Pen & Sword Military. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Letters of Captain Gerald Goodlake V.C. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1844152375. Bumping to a couple of corners. Wrapper is edge-creased.

THE PRIME MINSTERS' PAPERS: WELLINGTON POLITICAL CORRESPONDENCE 1: 1833 - NOVEMBER 1834
Written by John Brooke; Julia Gandy.
Stock no. 1707474
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w frontis. 776 pages. ISBN: 0114400512. Wrapper edge-worn and spine faded.

FOR KING AND COUNTRY THE LETTERS AND DIARIES OF JOHN MILLS, COLDSTREAM GUARDS, 1811-14
Written by John Mills; Ian Fletcher.
Stock no. 1806993
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Letters and Diaries of John Mills, Coldstream Guards, 1811-14. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1873376227. Top edge of text block lightly foxed.