ISAIAH BERLIN A LIFE
Written by Michael Ignatieff.
Stock no. 1331094
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Isaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. Black boards, silver title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 356 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0701163259. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

NINETEENTH CENTURY STUDIES
Written by Basil Willey.
Stock no. 1331082
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Coleridge to Matthew Arnold. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 287 pages, lower edges untrimmed, top edge red. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Covers lightly damp spotted. Name, address and date to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso and browned to spine. Wrapper is slightly grubby.

BERTIE - A LIFE OF EDWARD VII
Written by Jane Ridley.
Stock no. 1331081
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A magnificent and exhaustively researched book, drawing on numerous new discoveries and primary sources, which gives Bertie due credit while painting a vivid portrait of an age in all its excess and eccentricity. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. 608 pages (including index). B/w photos. ISBN: 9780701176143. Some foxing. Front joint cracked. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

THAMES: SACRED RIVER
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831268
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry the VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend upon the river for their livelihoods. Matt pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. xxi and 490 pages. ISBN: 9780701172848. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Else contents clean. Pictorial wrap-around has a 'signed copy' circular sticker to front panel.

142 STRAND: A RADICAL ADDRESS IN VICTORIAN LONDON
Written by Rosemary Ashton.
Stock no. 1831181
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An extraordinary circle gathered at 142 Strand - George Eliot, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, John Stuart Mill - the brightest lights of radical Britain, drawn by the charismatic John Chapman, a publisher like no other. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 386 pages including index. ISBN: 9780701173708. Front hinge pulled but binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, especially to rear panel.

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.

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.

THE KING'S GLASS: A STORY OF TUDOR POWER AND SECRET ART
Written by Carola Hicks.
Stock no. 1830942
Published by Chatto & Windus. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Each year more than 250,000 people visit the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, one of Europe's best known buildings. This book tells the untold story of the Chapel's crowning glory, its stained glass windows, and of the people who created them - the triumphant culmination of a project completed despite wars, the death of kings and violent religious conflict. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine.Colour & b/w plates. ix and 246 pages including index. ISBN: 9780701179922. Fifth impression. Boards clean. Small mark to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

THE FORBIDDEN FOREST
Written by William Pene Du Bois. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1330559
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Lovely colour pictorial covers. Full colour illustrations throughout, many double page spreads. 56 pages. Large format. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, small foxspot to front flap and tear to top edge of rear panel.

JALOPY THE TAXI-CAB CAT
Written by Louise Cochrane. Illustrated by Elizabeth Jackson.
Stock no. 1330492
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Jalopy is a rather scruffy cat who longs to see life. The discovery of an old, unwanted taxi gives him the chance of excitement. Pink pictorial boards, with flaps like a dustwrapper. Colour and b/w illustrations. 32 pages. Covers are edge rubbed, slightly marked and faded. Musty smell to contents and some light foxing, else clean.

PUSS IN BOOTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Karen Avery.
Stock no. 1330410
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 1975. Very good condition.

A Peepshow Book. 360 degree book, use the ties to display. Pink glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0701121426. Slight wear to spine and corners. Cotton ties and hanging knot a little grubby. Contents in good working order. Remains of a small sticky label to rear cover.

ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP
No author listed. Illustrated by Linda Griffith.
Stock no. 1330256
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 1979. Very good condition.

A Peepshow Book. Glazed pictorial boards. Book and pictures open out 360 degrees - to show the entire story. With ties and hanging string. ISBN: 0701124164. Spine and front cover edges faded. Tiny nick to laminate to front cover (by Aladdin of title). Contents clean and in working order.