DR BENTLEY: A STUDY IN ACADEMIC SCARLET
Written by R.J. White.
Stock no. 1831451
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Richard Bentley (1662-1742) was the turbulent, despotic, brilliant and almost legendary Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He was the greatest classical scholar, according to A.E. Housman, "that England or perhaps Europe ever bred". Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages including index. Some pale damp mottling to boards. Text block browned and lightly foxed. Personal inscription in ink to verso of free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners and has a small chip to top rear edge, is browned and a little grubby.

DISRAELI
Written by Robert Blake.
Stock no. 1331313
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A lively portrait of an extraordinary man and of the age he lived in. Green cloth. Black title label to spine with gilt title. 819 pages (including index). Some b/w photos. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small mark to front pastedown. Textblock is foxed and grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is well edge worn.

THE LITTLE GREY MEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330482
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story about the last gnomes in Britain, their exploration of the Folly Brook and their search for Cloudberry, their long-lost brother who went up the Folly and never returned... Grey cloth, red titles. Enchanting b/w wood-engravings. 200 pages. (The true first edition, as this book was later published with colour plates). Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover at top of spine and top front cover. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn with slight loss to top of spine, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330404
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

Limp burgundy calf binding, gilt titles and borders with vignette to front cover. 479 pages plus game record pages at rear. 6.5 x 4". B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges lightly rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. A couple of small stains to front endpapers. Fronty joint is starting to crack. A few page corner tips are lightly creased. Contents otherwise clean.

ROADS AND VAGABONDS
Written by Kenneth Hare. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1830159
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1930. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis and one other colour plate. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine is faded and split at edges, frayed to top & tail. Boards a little grubby, corners worn exposing board beneath cloth, tiny nibble to front and back board lower edge of cloth. A few scattered foxspots throughout.

IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330044
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. 3rd impression. Spotting and some damp marking to covers. Front cover also has a school library gilt stamp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-rubbed with some grubby marks; tiny nicks and chips at edges.

THE FISHERMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329866
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Something unique for all lovers of angling, a selection from some of the best descriptive writing in English, practical advice, unusual adventures, records, everything which can recall for fishermen the pleasures of their chosen sport. Illustrated thoughout with BB's dramatic woodcuts. 568 thin pages. Small format, 6.75" x 4.25" Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. Base of spine has slight shelf bumping/rubbing. Tiny mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper, which is also slightly browned. Dustwrapper is lightly browned (particularly to spine) and has some foxspots.

DOWN THE BRIGHT STREAM
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329376
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Continuing the the story of the Little Grey Men who find themselves as refugees when they receive the appalling news that their beloved Folly is drying up and they must move at once. Fully illustrated with exquisite water-colours and fascinating little b/w sketches. 16 colour plates. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 200 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A couple of tiny, light spots to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to endpapers. Top edge of textblock is dusty and foxed. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with 1" loss to top of spine (and spine edge of front panel), minimal loss to base of spine.

MAUD MULLER
Written by John Greenleaf Whittier. Illustrated by George F. Carline.
Stock no. 1828597
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Circa 1885. Fair condition.

A Ballad. Brown cloth boards with bevelled edges, no title to spine, gilt title to front with vignette. Floral endpapers. Colour plates. Corners of boards rubbed and worn, boards browned. Front joint has been amateurishly repaired with glue. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Joints pulled. Foxing and age related marks throughout. Binding is holding but feels fragile to touch.

IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826110
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. Boards a little grubby. Spine is a little cocked. Some minor foxing mainly to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners with slight loss, surface paper rubbing to spine.

LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED
Written by Marion Ashmore. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1323771
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1931. Good condition.

The adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette of Scottie dog to front. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 97 pages. Corners are bumped. Covers are grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

THE CHILDREN'S CARGO
Written by Cynthia Asquith; A.A. Milne; Walter De La Mare; Rose Fyleman; V. Sackville-West; et al. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Margaret Tempest; Daphne Jerrold; et al..
Stock no. 2140258
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1930. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth boards, with paper title to spine and front cover. 8 tipped in colour plates and b/w illustrations. Paper title labels are very browned, with some to spine missing. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present.