A GAMBLING MAN: CHARLES II AND THE RESTORATION 1660-1670
Written by Jenny Uglow.
Stock no. 1331240
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A portrait of Charles II and the first decade of the restoration: a time of glamour and gossip, drama and risk, faction and crisis. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 9780571217335. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Textblock is slightly grubby. Small mark to edge of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

JOWETT: A PORTRAIT WITH BACKGROUND
Written by Geoffrey Faber.
Stock no. 1831338
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Benjamin Jowett, although never debunked as such by Lytton Strachey, was nothing if not an Eminent Victorian: English scholar, classicist and theologian, and Master of Balliol College. First published in 1957, Geoffrey Faber's biography still holds its own. This is the second and revised edition. Dark red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 456 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Boards clean. Light browning to text block. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper is lightly worn at top & tail of spine, browned with some foxing, small closed tear to top rear corner.

HANDBOOK FOR TELESCOPE MAKING
Written by N.E. Howard.
Stock no. 1831103
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book is primarily concerned with the construction, mounting, testing and use of an 8 inch reflecting telescope. New, revised edition. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. x and 322 pages including index. ISBN: 0571046800. Reprinted with corrections. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine and lower edge of boards. Slight lean to spine. Text block slightly grubby/browned. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown, mostly covered over by the front flap of the dustwrapper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is light browned and scuffed to rear panel, spine is sunned and worn at top & tail.

LETTERS FROM A LIFE: SELECTED LETTERS AND DIARIES OF BENJAMIN BRITTEN (TWO VOLS)
Written by Donald Mitchell; Philip Reed.
Stock no. 1330898
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Boxed set of two volumes. Grey cloth covers with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 619 + 1403 pages. ISBN: 0571164056. Minimal rubbing to spines and corners. Dustwrappers are edge rubbed and wrapper spines are very sunned. Grey cloth covered slipcase is slightly scuffed and dusty.

FOUR QUARTETS
Written by T.S. Eliot.
Stock no. 1330811
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1952. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, gilt title to spine. 44 pages 9th impression. Spine slightly darkened and gilt title rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper.

THE ATTIC TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 1330701
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A "Marlow Family" book. Pretty, clever and popular, Ginty has every desirable quality except the power to stand on her own feet... ISBN: 0571109705. Spine bumped. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge browned and lightly creased at edges.

THE FABER BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Stephen Corrin; Sara Corrin. Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard.
Stock no. 1330401
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

26 of the best-loved fairy tales. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Decorations to chapter headings. 15 full-page colour illustrations. 243 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0571148549. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut. There is a label to the front flap which has caused a light brown patch to facing endpaper.

THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE
Written by Eric Allen. Illustrated by David Knight.
Stock no. 1329935
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A new version of the adventures of Don Quixote of La Mancha. Cream cloth, brown title label to spine with gilt title. 168 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Wrapper is edge rubbed, slightly foxed and slightly browned.

A HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH LETTER FOUNDRIES
Written by Talbot Baines Reed; A.F. Johnson.
Stock no. 1830032
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1952. Very good condition.

With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography. New Edition revised and enlarged by A.F. Johnson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Folding pictorial b/w frontis showing a 'true and exact representation of the Art of Crafting and Preparing Letters for Printing'. B/w illustrations. xiv and 400 pages including index. Small stain to lower edge of rear board and splash mark to lower edge of text block. A few minor scuff marks to boards. Endpapers browned. A few minor margin marks to contents but generally a nice, clean copy.

PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Louise Brierley.
Stock no. 1329238
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

75th anniversary edition. Blue boards with white title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. 111 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0571139892. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is lightly foxed on verso and slightly faded to spine.

NATURE ABOUNDING
Written by E.L. Grant Watson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1329183
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

This is a book of Nature showing how living things on the earth and under the earth, in the air, and in the water, have been appreciated by naturalists, physicists, explorers, sportsmen, novelists, essayists, gardeners, and farmers, and also by mere ordinary men and women who stand and stare in wonder. New Edition. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 384 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is heavily foxed with slight edge chipping. Tiny hold to spine which is also browned.

CAT'S TALES
Written by Lynton Lamb. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Stock no. 1329061
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

He was called Cat quite simply because there had been so many cats before him where Andrew lived that the family had run out of names... Lovingly illustrated in b/w drawings. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, black vignette to front cover. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and tape repaired tear to base of spine.