GENERA ORCHIDACEARUM VOLUME 1
Written by Alec M. Pridgeon; Phillip J. Cribb; Mark W. Chase; Finn N. Rasmussen.
Stock no. 1331194
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A robust and natural classification of the Orchids. This volume begins with a general introduction outlining the history of the classification of Orchids, followed by detailed chapters on Apostasioideae and Cypripedioideae. Black boards, silver title to spine. Large format. Colour photos. ISBN: 0198505132. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top of spine.

WILLIAM HAZLITT: THE FIRST MODERN MAN
Written by Duncan Wu.
Stock no. 1831321
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wu's sparkling biography recovers Hazlitt for our time - a restless, passionate idealist whose voice helps us to see his times and our own more clearly. Light tan cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 557 pages including notes and index. xxvi and 557 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199549580. Light rubbing to base of spine and a few minor knocks to lower edge of boards. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

OUR EXPLOITS AT WEST POLEY
Written by Thomas Hardy. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1331189
Published by Oxford University Press. 1979. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Hardy's only story seriously intended for a young audience. Exploring Nick's Pocket, a cave in the Mendips, Leonard and his cousin Steve find a mysterious subterranean stream... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w wood engraving illustrations. x and 77 pages. ISBN: 0192745271. Some light scuffing to spine edge of front cover. Name, town and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is bright.

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: A LIFE
Written by Stephen Gill.
Stock no. 1831310
Published by Oxford University Press. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author draws on knowledge of the poet's creative practices and his reputation and influence in his life-time and beyond. Refusing to treat the poet's later years as of little interest, this biography presents a narrative of the whole of Wordsworth's long life--1770 to 1850--tracing the development from the adventurous youth who alone of the great Romantic poets saw life in revolutionary France to the old man who became Queen Victoria's Poet Laureate. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. xix and 525 pages including index. ISBN: 0198128282. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Boards clean. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine.

THE DIVINE COMEDY
Written by Dante Alighieri; Henry Francis Cary. Illustrated by John Flaxman.
Stock no. 1831302
Published by Oxford University Press. 1950. Very good condition.

Being the Vision of Dante Alighieri. This edition translated by Henry Francis Cary. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. List of illustrations mentions a fronitispiece which this copy does not have. B/w illustrations to the text. xlv and 578 pages including index. Top edge blue. Reprint. Boards lightly rubbed at corners, a few light scuff marks. Name in ink to front endpaper. Text block lightly browned. Contents otherwise clean.

THE ECOLOGY, EXPLOITATION, AND CONSERVATION OF RIVER TURTLES
Written by Don Moll; Edward O. Moll.
Stock no. 1831274
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of river turtles, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. x and 393 pages including index. ISBN: 0195102290. Front spine edge lightly creased. Boards slightly grubby. Couple of light score marks to rear board. Contents clean.

SHELLEY POETICAL WORKS
Written by Percy Bysshe Shelley; Thomas Hutchinson; G.M. Matthews.
Stock no. 1831263
Published by Oxford University Press. 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This volume contains a complete collection of poetry written by the seminal Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelly. Shelley's poetry is infused with his belief in the power of human love and his faith in the perpetual improvement and ultimate progress of human kind. Edited by Thomas Hutchinson. This is the second edition, corrected by G.M. Matthews. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xxviii and 920 pages including index. ISBN: 0192541439. Reprint. Boards clean. Minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a few marks.

OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE RULE OF THE PURITANS IN ENGLAND (WORLD'S CLASSICS)
Written by Charles Firth.
Stock no. 1831220
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An in-depth analysis of the life and times of Oliver Cromwell, one of the most influential figures in English history. The book covers Cromwell's rise to power, his leadership during the English Civil War, and his role in establishing the Commonwealth of England. Firth explores Cromwell's political and religious beliefs, showing how they influenced his actions as a military commander and statesman. Small format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xviii and 488 pages including index. Narrow band of fading to top and tail of boards. Spine a little cock-eyed. Name in ink to front endpaper. One hinge pulled but binding is tight. Foxing throughout, mainly to margins. Dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine, and grubby.

ENGLISH POLITICS IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Written by Robert Walcott.
Stock no. 1831219
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

A meticulous examination of the intricate political landscape of England during a pivotal period. The book details the complex interplay of factions, personalities, and policies that shaped the nation's governance following the Glorious Revolution. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. viii and 291 pages including index. Boards a little scuffed. Light rubbing to corners. Spine lightly dulled. Text block browned and foxed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxing to contents.

TROLLOPE: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by N. John Hall.
Stock no. 1831210
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition.

This authoritative biography draws a picture of an engaging, contradictory, extraordinary man and writer, one who left behind a legacy of some 70 novels. Red pictorial cardwraps. A few b/w illustrations. xv and 581 pages plus publisher list to rear. ISBN: 0192830716. Spine is lightly sunned. Covers have light reading wear. Base of text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

JOHN MILTON: LIFE, WORK AND THOUGHT
Written by Gordon Campbell; Thomas N. Corns.
Stock no. 1831182
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A biography of the great seventeenth-century English poet. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiii and 488 pages including index. ISBN: 9780199289844. Slight lean to spine. Boards clean. Text block slighty grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded/sunned to spine.

THE LIFE OF HENRY BROUGHAM TO 1830
Written by Chester W. New.
Stock no. 1831171
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, PC, FRS was a British statesman who became Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and played a prominent role in passing the Reform Act 1832 and Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis portrait. xi and 458 pages including index. Minor foxing to text block. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Blue dustwrapper is foxed, lightly browned to spine with some heavier foxing.