THE GRASSHOPPERS COME
Written by David Garnett. Illustrated by R.A. Garnett.
Stock no. 1831124
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1931. Almost very good condition.

An aviation tale. The experiences of two men and a woman trying to complete a record-breaking air trip, and all the incident that follows. Purple/black mottled covers. 6 wood-engravings. Top edge gilt. 101 pages. Second impression in the same year as the first impression. Spine browned, rear board faded at edges. Front board browned and a small mark. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxing throughout.

BY ROARING LOOM
Written by J. Marshall Mather. Illustrated by Lancelot Speed.
Stock no. 1831121
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Very good condition.

A story of Lancashire life in the factories, told in Lancashire dialect. Brown cloth boards, black titles and circular vignette to front board. B/w plates. 311 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. Joints just starting to crack. Endpapers browned. Hinges slightly pulled but binding tight. A few foxspots present. Undated.

SAMUEL JOHNSON
Written by J.C.D. Clark.
Stock no. 1330914
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st PB 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Literature, religion and English cultural politics from the Restoration to Romanticism. Cardwraps (paperback edition). 270 pages including index. ISBN: 0521478855. Minimal rubbing to edges. Some light grubby marks to textblock (contents not affected).

KEPLER
Written by John Banville.
Stock no. 1330883
Published by Secker & Warburg. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book 2 of the Revolutions trilogy. Black boards, silver title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 0436032643. Minimal bumping to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is a tiny bit edge creased aqnd slightly sunned to spine.

THE BIOGRAPHER'S TALE
Written by A.S. Byatt.
Stock no. 1330833
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fed up with studying criticism, Phineas G. decides to study the messiness of 'real life'. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Dark blue endpapers. 265 pages. ISBN: 0701169451. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper spine sunned a little. Book leans to one side a little.

FOOD AND WINE ADVENTURES
Written by Jancis Robinson. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830971
Published by Headline Book Publishing PLC. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author is one of the world's best-loved authorities on wine. A Master of Wine, a respected wine judge and lecturer. A book to bring joie de vivre to gourmets and wine lovers, promoting the pure pleasure of honest experience and delightful experiment. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w wood engravings. 96 pages including index. ISBN: 0747200300. Boards clean. A few scattered foxspots, mainly to endpapers and text block. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lighltly sunned to spine, foxing to verso (not visible to front).

THE HAPPY CAPTIVE
Written by Francisco Bascunan; William C. Atkinson. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830964
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1977. Almost very good condition.

Written in the late 17th century by a former Spanish officer in colonial Chile, the book recounts the events encountered by the author as a young man of 20 years in 1629, mostly while captured by Mapuche soldiers during one of the wars for Spanish domination of southern Chile. Translated from the Spanish by William C. Atkinson. Burgundy morocco spine, gilt titles. Beige boards. B/w vinyl-cuts. 154 pages. Spine is scuffed. Boards clean. Text block lightly dusty. Personal bookplate to front endpaper else contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is worn at open corners, unevenly faded and has a darker circular patch to one side.

SHERSTON'S PROGRESS
Written by Siegfried Sassoon. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830956
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition.

The final volume of Sassoon's trilogy finds Sherston, rather than being court-martialed, sent to a mental hospital where he finds a sympathizing ear in Dr. Rivers. Gradually he works his way through his anti-war feelings, though he does not abandon them, to the point that he requests a return to the front. Light tan pictorial cloth boards. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 171 pages. Title block to spine lightly rubbed else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase lightly worn at corners and a few minor marks.

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
Written by Muriel Spark. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1208992
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

A novel. A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorities because of her unorthodox teaching methods. Bright blue cloth boards with repeating white pattern. 6 Colour plates. 152 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some shelf-scuffing.

TYPHOON, THE NIGGER OF THE 'NARCISSUS' AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joseph Conrad; Paul Theroux. Illustrated by Francis Mosely.
Stock no. 1208991
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

A novel. Blue cloth with silver title to spine and black and silver picture to front cover. Introduction by Paul Theroux. 353 pages. A few small, grubby marks to top edge of text block and top vertical edge else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

ALMAYER'S FOLLY AND TALES OF UNREST
Written by Joseph Conrad; Richard Woodman. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1208990
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

A novel. Introduction by Richard Woodman. Blue cloth, silver title to spine; black and silver decorations to front cover. B/w illustrations. 329 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little shelf-scuffed.

VICTORY: AN ISLAND TALE
Written by Joseph Conrad; Eleanor Bron. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1208989
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Nearly fine condition.

A novel. Introduction by Eleanor Bron. Blue pictorial cloth with silver title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. 352 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.