NELSON: A DREAM OF GLORY
Written by John Sugden.
Stock no. 1831625
Published by Jonathan Cape. Circa 2004. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive biography examining Horatio Nelson's early life and naval career through extensive research, revealing new insights about his relationships and path to becoming Britain's greatest naval hero. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xii plus maps and 943 pages including index. ISBN: 022406097X. Second printing. Lihgt wear to top and tail of spine else boards clean. Text block grubby. Vertical edge of contents has a minor wave most likely caused by damp (no damp staining). A few minor foxspots mainly to prelims. White pictorial dustwrapper is grubby.

FAITHFUL RUSLAN: THE STORY OF A GUARD DOG
Written by Georgi Vladimov; Michael Glenny.
Stock no. 1831594
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a guard dog from a Gulag labor camp, told from the point of view of the dog itself. According to the author, the purpose of the novel was "to see the hell through the eyes of a dog who assumes it is a paradise". Originally published in Russian under the title Ernyi Ruslan in 1975. This edition translated to English by Michael Glenny. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 220 pages. ISBN: 022401689X. Boards clean. Text block very slightly dusty, small foxspot to top of vertical edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher and has publisher's price sticker to front flap, is lightly edge creased across top edge of front panel with a small closed tear (no loss), scuffed to rear panel.

THE ADVANCE OF THE FUNGI
Written by E.C. Large.
Stock no. 1831570
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book reviews the successive epidemics of fungal and other plant disease which have swept the crops of the modern world, and traces the growth of the science of crop-defence, or plant-protection, from its beginnings in the eighteenth century until today (1940s). Includes the Potato Blight, from the famine in Ireland onwards, the Leaf-Disease in Ceylon, the Black Stem Rust in North America which so gravely reduced the suppies of grain available for the Allies in 1916. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 488 pages including index. Light rubbing to board edges. Text block browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is chipped to corners and top & tail of spine, browned with some staining to spine, a few small foxspots and general grubbiness.

SECRET WATER
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1831559
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Swallows are expecting to have a holiday with their parents on the islands in Hamford Water, mapping the multitude of tidal islands. The First Sea Lord has other ideas and summons Daddy to London. Daddy decides that the Swallows can go and secretly invites the Amazons too. Type reset. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Blind title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. 41 b/w illustrations. 380 pages. Reprint. Boards clean. Slight lean to spine. Text block lightly browned with some foxing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, browned to spine, worn at corners with a few tiny closed tears.

TALES OF THE WEIRRD
Written by Ralph Steadman; et al. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1831541
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

An exploration into the strange and the weird. Full of freaks and weirdos, this subject matter gives Ralph Steadman the ideal canvas for his particular brand of madness. Genuine weirdness is a rare quality. To be truly weird demands character and wanton disregard for the social mores of the day. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0224030299. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents have a wave probably created by the sheer size of the volume when attempting to read it. Contents are clean.

RATSMAGIC
Written by Christopher Logue. Illustrated by Wayne Anderson.
Stock no. 1831483
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Following the kidnapping of Bluebird by the evil witch for the contents of the egg she is about to lay. Rat and the animals of the Valley of Peace are ready to rescue her. Large square format. Superb full page colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0224012274. Boards lightly scuffed. A few light knocks to board edges. A few minor marks to contents else clean.

EDWARD HEATH: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1831457
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography. The son of a carpenter, Edward Heath broke the mould of upper-class Tory leaders and suffered years of snobbish mockery. With accomplishments outside politics, in music and international sailing, he is a veritable Renaissance Man. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xx and 876 pages including index. ISBN: 0224024825. Boards clean. Text block just a little grubby with a few foxspots. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly foxed at horizontal edges.

A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
Written by James Joyce. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1831227
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated Edition. The story of Stephen Dedalus, a boy growing up in Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century, as he gradually decides to cast off all his social, familial, and religious constraints to live a life devoted to the art of writing. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. 6 full-page b/w illustrations. 257 pages. Top edge green. Boards clean. Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers, else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn.

ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) THE FRISKY HOUSEWIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1831160
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition.

Orlando and his wife Grace, decide to establish a shop where customers can either exchange goods or pay for them with milk and fish so that the stray cats of the neighbourhood can be gainfully employed and fed. Originally published in 1956 by Country Life. Red pictorial glazed boards depict Orlando on a Magic Carpet. Colour illustrations throughout. 32 pages. 10.75 x 7.75". ISBN: 022400753X. Spine has a slight lean to the left. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents beautifully clean.

WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330904
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1933. Good condition.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing throughout. Some light corner tip creasing. Small brown mark to top margins of last few pages. A decent copy of a scarce first edition.

LINCOLN
Written by David Herbert Donald.
Stock no. 1330878
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This compelling biography presents a moving, original portrait of a man who did not seek fame, but who rose reluctantly and spectacularly to the occasion. Blue cloth spine with silver title, pink boards. B/w photos. 714 pages. ISBN: 022404222x. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Some foxing to contents. Top edge of textblock is a little grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

ETHEL & ERNEST
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1830918
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1999. Very good condition.

The story of Raymond Brigg's parents told in a deeply moving and very funny strip cartoon format. Glazed pictorial boards. 103 pages. ISBN: 0224060392. Light fading to top of boards, boards lightly scuffed. Foxing to top edge of text block and top edge of endpapers. Contents otherwise clean.