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THE DRUMMER BOY
Written by Louis Rousselet; W.J. Gordon. Illustrated by V.A. Poirson.
Stock no. 2120770
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1st 1883. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt/black titles. A Story of The Days of Washington. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear, with a little chipping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Bookplate to front pastedown. Joints are cracked. Foxing.

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NORTH-COUNTRY FLIES
Written by T.E. Pritt.
Stock no. 2120449
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 2nd 1886. Almost very good condition.

12 plates, 11 of which are hand-painted illustrations from the author's own drawings, with particulars of the dressings and season of each fly. Book also contains chapters on fishing the Minnow, The Creeper, The Stonefly, and The Worn in clear water, with an extra plate showing the hooks necessary therefore. Second edition. This book has been expertly rebacked with original spine laid down. Plates are all present - but plate 4 is missing its tissue-guard. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a few scuff marks. Bookplate to front pastedown. Ink stamp to half-title page. A few light margin marks and browning; a little foxing.

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HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE 1890
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505383
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1890. Good condition.

An Illustrated Weekly. Vol VI - No. 261 Nov 16, 1889 to Vol VI - No. 312 Nov 8, 1890. Large volume. Red covers with gilt and black title and decorations. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 832 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, small split to top of darkened spine. Covers grubby and marked. Both joints cracked, showing webbing beneath, and some hinges cracked. Prize plate and small bookseller's label to front endpaper. Some foxing, worst on verso of plates. Contents mostly clean.

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THE RUDDER GRANGERS ABROAD
Written by Frank R. Stockton.
Stock no. 2112877
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1891. Almost very good condition.

And Other Stories. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Binding is a little weak - stitching pulled. Some foxing.

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MONT BLANC A TREATISE
Written by E. Viollet-Le-Duc; B. Bucknall.
Stock no. 1204139
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1st 1877. Good condition.

A Treatise on its Geodesical and Geological Constitution; its Transformations; and The Ancient and Recent State of its Glaciers. Blue cloth with gilt & black title and decoration. 112 woodcut illustrations. xvi plus 378 pages and 2 page book list to rear. Edges worn, corners bumped. 1" split to side of spine which is browned. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. One section detached but present pages 65 to 80.

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ALPINE ASCENTS AND ADVENTURES
Written by H. Schultz Wilson. Illustrated by Marcus Stone; Edward Whymper.
Stock no. 1204125
Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 2nd 1878. Very good condition.

Or Rock and Snow Sketches. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Spine is browned with chipping to top and tail. Corners are bumped. Some foxing. Inscription in ink to front pastedown.

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