GLADSTONE VOLUME ONE 1809-1865
Written by Richard Shannon.
Stock no. 1331405
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange/brown boards with gilt title to spine. 580 pages including index. Some b/w plates. ISBN: 0241107806. Spine slightly bumped. Small mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is a little grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly faded to spine.

T. S. ELIOT
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1331178
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed portrait of a very private man. Light grey boards, gilt title to spine. 400 pages (including index). B/w plates. ISBN: 0241113490. Reprint. Spine slightly bumped. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

THE FATAL IMPACT: AN ACCOUNT OF THE INVASION OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC 1767-1840
Written by Alan Moorehead.
Stock no. 1831257
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The late Alan Moorehead evocatively recounts the almost inevitable tragic consequences for the native people and cultures of the South Pacific when Western man "discovered" them, even when the discoverer, Cook, was no conquistador and had come with high hopes of peaceful and productive co-existence. Green cloth boards, gilt title on red title block to spine. B/w photos and illustratilons. xiv and 230 pages including index. Top edge green. Boards clean. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and browning to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly edge-rubbed.

THE LAUREL AND THE IVY
Written by Robert Kee.
Stock no. 1330836
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Charles Stewart Parnell and Irish Nationalism. Black boards, silver title to spine. Green endpapers. 659 pages (including index). A few b/w photos. ISBN: 0241128587. Slight bumping to spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing and fingermarks to textblock, top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

RABBIT AND PORK RHYMING TALK
Written by John Lawrence. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830969
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'Rabbit and Pork' stands for 'rhyming talk' or Cockney rhyming slang, the unique language with its famous phrases suchas 'plates of meat' (feet) and 'bees and honey' (money). A collection of fifty different phrases, all illustrated with a coloured wood engraving. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0241891302. Boards slightly grubby. Lower edge of boards lightly rubbed. Neat gift inscription in ink to top of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has remains of old price label to front flap and is lightly rubbed at corners.

MY NAME ESCAPES ME
Written by Alec Guinness.
Stock no. 1330750
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Diary of a retiring actor. Black boards, silver title to spine. 214 pages. Burgundy endpapers. ISBN: 0241136679. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut and just a little edge creased.

RADICAL JOE
Written by Denis Judd.
Stock no. 1330749
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of Joseph Chamberlain. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 310 pages (including index), top edges dyed pink. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 0241896312. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some very pale page browning to endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed and just a little browned to spine.

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1830897
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A graphic account of one ordinary couple's attempt to stand firm in the face of nuclear annihilation. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Story related in cartoon script. Not paginated. ISBN: 0241107210. Boards lightly scuffed. Small name & address label to front pastedown. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.

GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1330388
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.

WHILE THE BELLS RING
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Janet Rawlins.
Stock no. 1330233
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. A story about people and the Yorkshire Dales. 96 pages. ISBN: 024189932X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned (as is usual with this wrapper).

THE INCLINE
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1330232
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A powerfully direct statement about adolescent emotions and human relationships. 191 pages. ISBN: 0241021383. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at spine ends.

DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 1329885
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Creepy Concertina Pop-Up. Unfold this clever pop-up book into six hilarious scenes, all in full dimension and with moveable parts! Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0241107326. Slight wear to corner tips of covers and pages. Pop-ups in excellent working order.