FIFTY YEARS OF BROOKLANDS
Written by Charles Gardner.
Stock no. 1824583
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. History of the Brooklands motor racing circuit and its use as an aerodrome. Edited by Charles Gardner. Boards clean. Endpapers and text block browned. Some foxing present. One plate and facing plate has surface paper damage/loss due to being stuck together (damp) and prised apart. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened at top & tail of spine, corners and lower front edge with clear tape, top of spine has a tear across horizontally, there is what what appears to be snail damage to spine of dustwrapper with loss of surface paper and some loss of paper. Musty odour present.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1323387
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny white mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and a little faded to spine.

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SPOT GOES ON HOLIDAY
Written by Eric Hill. Illustrated by Eric Hill.
Stock no. 2140565
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1ST 1985. Very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Lift-the-Flap to find the answer! ISBN: 043494260X. Browning to edge of front cover. All lift-the-flaps in very good working order.

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TURNER'S HUMAN LANDSCAPE
Written by Eric Shanes. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner; Joseph Mallord William Turner.
Stock no. 1322120
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 382 pages. A mass of information on the historical and artistic influences on Turner. ISBN: 0434695025. Spine slightly bumped. Price-cut wrapper is just a little creased at top edges.

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OLD MANOR HOUSES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1319359
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

12 tissue-guarded colour plates plus tinted illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Grey cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby with a few light marks. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Some light foxing and fingering but contents generally clean.

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ARTHUR RACKHAM HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Derek Hudson. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1318099
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An introduction to the man behind the work with comments on his technique and achievements. Bibliography at rear. Re-issued with a revised checklist of Rackham's work. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour tipped-in plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0434353507. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Old price written in biro to top corner of front free-endpaper (crossed out with pencil). Damp stains to lower corners of first 12 pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs and some fading to spine and edges.

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THE VILLAGE POLICEMAN
Written by Ian Niall.
Stock no. 1317919
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Basing his story on police records and the private papers of a real-life policeman, the author reconstructs the life of any village policeman in the first four decades of the 20th century. Lilac boards, gilt title to spine. 181 pages. ISBN: 0434510173. Spine bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and foxed, wrapper spine is slightly darkened.

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HOW LITTLE GREY RABBIT GOT BACK HER TAIL
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2126417
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition.

New Edition. Cream pictorial paperboards. Green titles. Red and white pictorial endpapers. 108 pages. Delightful colour illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and light foxing.

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HOW LITTLE GREY RABBIT GOT BACK HER TAIL
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2126414
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1945. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. Green titles, maroon picture. Red/white endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine is a bit browned. Couple of ink numbers to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has been torn in two pieces to spine and taped back together again; loss at tip, tail and small piece to middle of spine. Rest of wrapper is creased with some grubby marks.

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THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES - SIMPLE SIMON
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Gustav Hjortlund.
Stock no. 2125845
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 7.5". Boards are a little bowed. chipping along edges and to base of spine. Splash marks to front cover. Browning to rear cover. Ink marks to title page. Contents are generally very good.

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THE COUNTRY OF THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND WISHES
Written by Andre Maurois. Illustrated by Adrienne Segur.
Stock no. 1506937
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Translated by Katharine I. Monro. Large format. Brown cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. 11 delightful colour plates plus b/w text illustrations featuring fairies. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Nick to cloth on front edge of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Small name to top edge of front endpaper. A couple of marks to front endpapers. Light browning to endpapers. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block.

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MORE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Edward Marsh.
Stock no. 1506863
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Edition Limited to 165 copies, of which 150 are for sale. White spine with gilt title, pale blue paper boards. 48 fables. 88 pages. Edges uncut. Light bump to top of spine. Foxing and a few tiny marks to covers. Foxing, mainly to endpapers. Browning to half-title page and last text page. Contents otherwise clean. Copy no. 97 SIGNED by Marsh. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with a little loss. Panels grubby, spine browned.

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