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VALENTINE AND ORSON THE TWIN KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
Written by S.R. Littlewood. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1331379
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Retold from the original. Green cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w endpapers. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers and tailpieces. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some slight marking to covers. Some light fingering to page margins. A couple of pages are creased with small tears. Light browning to endpapers.

THE ART AND PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING
Written by Henry Ernest Milner. Illustrated by Henry Ernest Milner.
Stock no. 1831096
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

In this 1890 book, a number of the exemplar gardens are taken from Milner's father's designs, with two studies of his own work (one in England and one in Hungary) at the end, and he surveys the whole 'art and practice', from aesthetic theory to building and planting, with plans and illustrations. Large format. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles. Top edge gilt else text block untrimmed. With plans and illustrations (22 plates). One or two pulled hinges but binding is tight. 116 pages. Boards are edge-rubbed, worn and bent at corners, scuffed and marked. Top & tail of spine have slight loss of cloth, small split to top rear edge cloth of spine. Endpapers heavily browned. Name in pencil to front endpaper. All plates present. Text block browned. A few scattered foxspots and grubby marks to margins. Binding tight.

THE FARM
Written by Martin Merrythought. Illustrated by F. Daws; Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1316430
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Young Briton Toy Books. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

JACK AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Noel Hope. Illustrated by Gertrude M. Bradley.
Stock no. 1208273
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Or, Cat And Dog Life. Dark blue embossed cloth, gilt title to front cover, gilt title block to spine. B/w illustrations. 189 pages plus Salvation Army booklist to rear. Spine bumped with small tears at top. Corners bumped. Rear cover slightly marked. Salvation Army prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to prelims and page margins.

HOPPUS'S PRACTICAL MEASURER
Written by E. Hoppus.
Stock no. 1805945
Published by Oliver and Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Or, Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, by a New Set of Tables. The contents given in Feet, Inches, Quarters, and Twelfth Parts of an Inch. Tall, narrow format. Full black leather binding with gilt title to front. Covers scuffed, ring mark from a mug to front board. Slight loss to top corner of free front endpaper. Folding diagram creased. Contents generally clean.