GEIRLYFR SAESONEG A CHYMRAEG. AN ENGLISH AND WELSH DICTIONARY; ALSO AN ANALYSIS OF THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE
Written by Thomas Edwards.
Stock no. 1831583
Published by P.M. Evans. 1st 1850. Almost very good condition.

Three-quarters burgundy leather (spine & corners), boards are dark burgundy cloth. All edges mottled red. xlv and 542 pages. Leather spine is rubbed and faded. Boards scuffed. Leather corners worn at edges. Rear board has fading to lower third. Bookplate for 'Jas Jones H.M. Customs, London' and dated 1873 in ink has been unsuccessfully removed from front pastedown. Relevant newspaper cuttings glued to front endpapers and prelims as well as some annotation. Name in ink to title page. Title page has surface paper damage to top margin with small closed tear. Some foxing throughout and a few grubby marks. Binding is tight.

A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS 1600-1840
Written by Howard Colvin.
Stock no. 1831582
Published by Yale University Press. 3rd 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third edition with 150 new entries and fully revised. This authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practiced from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1650) to that of William Burn (1789-1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 1264 pages including index. ISBN: 0300060912. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Presented to Dr Ronald Brunskill (an architect and historian) September 1995 and signed by members of English Heritage. Text block a little grubby else contents clean. Front joint between front endpaper and half-title page is pulled but binding is tight. Grey dustwrapper is a little marked.

THE POTTERTON PICTORIAL TREASURY OF CURTAINS & DRAPERY DESIGN 1750-1950
Written by Clare Jameson.
Stock no. 1831538
Published by Potterton Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book provides an illustrated historical survey of designs taken from eontemporary source books durin ghte period 1780 - 1930 in England, France and North America. An essential work of reference for Interior Decorators and Designers. Compiled by Clare Jameson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Green andf white decorative endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. xvi and 293 plates. ISBN: 1870599004. Light browning to text block. Boards and contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Tobacco odour present.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF OBSERVER'S BOOKS
Written by Peter Marren; John Carter.
Stock no. 1831379
Published by Peregrine Books. 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Observers Series No. 99. Revised edition. Glazed pictorial boards. 9 colour plates nad 80 half-tones. 202 pages. ISBN: 0952026856. Boards bright and clean, red title to spine is faded to pink. Contents clean.

HISTORY AS THE STORY OF LIBERTY
Written by Benedetto Croce.
Stock no. 1831327
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A brilliant and penetrating discussion of history and the writing of history it is Croce's contention that history must be considered first as the history of liberty, one of the greatest possessions of the human race.Beige cloth boards, red titles. 324 pages including index, plus publisher adverts to rear. Top edge red. Third impression. Some mottling/browning to board edges. Text block grubby and foxed. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Burgundy dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, rear panel is browned and grubby.

THE ATLAS OF LITERATURE
Written by Malcolm Bradbury.
Stock no. 1831224
Published by De Agostini Editions. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book explores the fascinating connection between writers and place. This ambitious and exciting book focuses on writers and works that are intimately bound up with a place and a time, capturing a town, a city, a region, in its literary heyday. More than 80 essays edited by Malcolm Bradbury. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 352 pages including index. ISBN: 1899883673. Lower edge of boards lightly knocked and rubbed. Verso of endpapers and prelims lightly browned. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks and a small closed tear to top rear edge of spine. Musty odour present.

THE CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO ENGLISH LITERATURE
Written by Michael Stapleton.
Stock no. 1831185
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A guide to the literature of the English-speaking world from earliest times to 1970 in a single volume. The lives of many writers are described at some length, as well as major characters, subjects, and works of poetry, fiction, history, and philosophy. Blue cloth boards, gitl title to spine and crest to front board. B/w illustrations. xi and 992 pages. ISBN: 052125647X. Top & tail of spine and corners bumped. Base of spine ligthly discoloured. Text block grubby. contents clean.

COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS
Written by Blair Whitton; Margaret Whitton.
Stock no. 1331001
Published by Hobby House Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Paper Dolls, Paper Toys, & Children's Books. Fascinating facts about the rise, fall and triumphant return of the world's most beloved paper toy company! Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 173 pages plus index. ISBN: 0875883702. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with evidence of removal of a label to front panel.

COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO RAPHAEL TUCK & SONS
Written by Blair Whitton; Margaret Whitton.
Stock no. 1330990
Published by Hobby House Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Paper Dolls, Paper Toys, & Children's Books. Fascinating facts about the rise, fall and triumphant return of the world's most beloved paper toy company! Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 173 pages plus index. ISBN: 0875883702. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears.

THE WILLIAM COMPANION
Written by Mary Cadogan; David Schutte; Kenneth C. Waller. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330941
Published by Papermac. 1st PB 1991. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 033356524X. Minimal rubbing to corners and slight fading to spine. Browning to first and last pages and foxing to textblock.

FRANK RICHARDS - THE CHAP BEHIND THE CHUMS
Written by Frank Richards; Mary Cadogan.
Stock no. 1330940
Published by Viking. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A book about the life and works of Frank Richards. Full of photgraphs and pictures. 258 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0670819468. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and just a tiny bit rubbed at corners.

ECOCRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN'S TEXTS AND CULTURES
Written by Nina Goga; Lykke Guanio-Uluru; Bjorg Oddrun Hallas; Aslaug Nyrnes.
Stock no. 1330674
Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 1st 2018. Very good condition.

Critical Approaches to Children's Literature series. This volume presents key contributions to the study of ecocriticism in Nordic children’s and YA literary and cultural texts, in dialogue with international classics. Pictorial boards. 209 pages. ISBN: 9783319904962. Joint between colophon and contents is cracked else contents fine. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.