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War Office: Army Sport Control Board. Very Good. 1934. Hardcover. Very good red cloth, no inscriptions or marks. Contempory advertisements to front and rear. Black & white frontis of HM King George V. ; Black & white photographs and diagrams; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 684 pages .

London: Virgin. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hard cover with dust jacket. Ilustrated with black & white photographs. This book is about lawyers good and bad, honest and dishonest, self-sacrificing and sometimes evil, who have consistently defended the men and sometimes women who could be described as organised crime figures or career criminals. Fine black cloth boards with fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket. No marks or inscriptions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0671225235 . Near fine hard cover no Inscriptions or marks with a near fine unclipped dust jacket. ; Black & white photographs; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 476 pages .

London: Bloomsbury, 2001. 0747510334 . Fine FIRST EDITION copy bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine; dust jacket is very good (slight creasing to edges, top of spine, and small 1mm nick to top of front of jacket) ; profusely illustrated; excellent description; 266 pages; 10" tall x 8" wide. .

London: Waverley Book Company, Not Dated. Four Volumes: Very good brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration to spines, rubbed to extremities, some mild scuffing to background in places, corners slightly bumped, frayed and chipped to tops and bottoms of spines, tan coloured endpapers, no dust jackets, no inscriptions, 4to. , well used but still a good clean tight set of books. "An illustrated cultural guide for professional and Amateur Gardeners, Illustrated by 24 coloured plates and many hundreds of photographs and sketches. " .

London: Percival Marshall & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Green cloth with armorial decoration, no inscriptions or marks. Unclipped dust jacket preserved in a removable clear plastic sleeve. ACn authoritative, comprehensive and very readable history of Richard Garrett & Sons Ltd of Leiston, Suffolk the well known builders of traction engines, portable engines, steam wagons and general engineers. ; Black & white plates and drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xi + 319 pages .

London, Terrra Nova Editons, 1979. Fine. Hardcover. 0906490049 . Fine Green Cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine, fine coloured illustrated dust jacket, not price clipped, previous owner Honor Stephenson's pleasant bookplate, pasted to front endpaper, not paginated, attractive illustrations by Norman Stevens, Size 8.00 x 5.25 inches approx. .

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. Good. 1935. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very early edition, Good and sound black cloth. Titles to spine very faded. Contempory inscription to front endpaper. The rear endpapers have some 1935 press reviews neatly pasted in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 483 pages .

London, Howard Baker, 1972. Omnibus: Comprising Gem issues 824-831 inclusive, Howard Baker, (Greyfriars Press) omnibus, hard cover edition, 1972. Very good dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine, a little scuffing to top of spine, dust jacket showing signs of use, internally repaired with cellotape at the top of the spine, tear at bottom of front cover, illustration in dual tones of red and black shows boys throwing snowballs at a school master, not price clipped, no inscriptions, each issue individually paginated, facsimile comics with contemporary advertisements. Front covers in dual tones of red and black other illustrations in black and white. Generally a very good copy.11.00 x 7.00 inches approx. Appealing school stories and humor that will bring back memories for many people. Nostalgic and fun. Martin Clifford is an alias used by the writer of the Billie Bunter stories, Frank Richards whose real name was Charles Hamilton. He also wrote under the name of Owen Conquest. .

London: Butterworths. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0408701277 . Very good hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Pages 134 and 135 have some highlighting. No other marks or inscriptions. ; Colour & black & white; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages .

Chiswick. : Whittingham, 1824. Small format, paper covered marble boards, 5.25 x 3.25 inches approx. , some background scuffing and wear, black leather spine and cornes, some rubbing to leather but generally very good, plain endpapers, page following front endpaper has the top half missing, preliminary title page is an engraving of a family, title given on this page is Gems of Lyric Poetry, previous owner's name written to top of main title page, neat dated 1842, 148 pages. .

London Pall Mall: G. Nicoll Bookseller To His Majesty and the Board of Agriculture. Very Good+. 1799. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover leather binding. First Edition 1799. Very good hardback bound in full brown leather; contains detailed text, numerous fold-out colour maps and many copper plate illustrations of agricultural objects; Edges of spine split but binding is tight; Corners slightly bumped; Some rubbing and scuffing to covers; All pages are very good. A handsome copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 455 pages .

London, The Library Press, Ltd. , Not Dated. Fine brown/tan mottled buckram boards, (circa 1920/30s) a beautifully bound small book from 'The Minerva Edition' series, 7.0 x 4.25 inches approx. , single gilt line edge detail to boards, blind stamped decorative edges, central gilt 'gothic' decoration to front board incorporating the author's initials, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, no inscriptions, illustrated title page in shadowy green tones, 426 pages, dark brown silk page marker faded to extreme edge. A delightful little book that has hardly been opened. .

London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. Very Good. 1850. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition published posthumously and edited by the British biologist and palaeontologist Richard Owen. Quarto. Very good and sound half leather paper covered boards with gilt titles. Top edge gilt. Coloured frontispiece of funereal vessels. 44 lithographic plates showing approximately 1,000 items. No inscriptions. A heavy volume. ; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xvi 422 pages .

David & Charles. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. 0715355163 . Illustrated with numerous black & white maps and diagrams by the author. Fine dark green cloth hardback with a fine dust jacket which has been price clipped. No inscriptions or marks. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages .

London: Hambledon and London. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1852854014 . Fine blue cloth no inscriptions or marks. Near fine unclipped dust jacket. Already a wealthy businessman and Lord Mayor of York before the advent of the railways, Hudson seized the opportunity they presented with both hands. He became an MP, lived in style and entertained lavishly. While his early lines were profitable, later ones were not. Ever more deeply committed, at a time when accounting standards were lax, he hid inconvenient figures until brought down by a question at a shareholders' meeting in 1849. Disgraced, he fled to the Continent, his name synonymous with fraudulent capitalism at its most brazen. ; Black & white illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii + 317 pages .

Atglen United States: Schiffer Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition; First Printing. 0764304704 . Profusely illustrated. Fine pictorial laminated boards with a fine matching pictorial dust jacket. "This book presents a thorough look at the multitude of fascinating and beautiful ceramic forms produced by the British potter George Jones and his firm, including majolica wares and "Abbey" blue and white transfer printed ceramics. Over 700 color photographs amply display the diverse table, tea, toilet, and ornamental ware types produced by George Jones and his manufactory from the mid-nineteenth century well into the twentieth. A detailed history recording George Jones's life as a potter, the contributions of his family members, and those of a number of artisans who designed and decorated the firm's distinctive wares provides hours of absorbing and enlightening reading as well. To help readers determine the age of their George Jones wares with… Leer más

London, Otto Limited, 1906. Connoisseur Extra Number, with a catalogue of engraved pictures, very good pink paper covers, decorated to the front with a vignette of a lady in a brimmed hat with ribbons around the portrait, spine scuffed and chipped in places, contemporary advertisements, no inscriptions, 139 numbered pages, illustrated in colour and black & white, .

Bedford: KSL Publications. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 0950854301 . Fine blue faux leather with silver titles. No inscriptions or marks. Coloured frontis and a further 90 black & white illustrations. Fine dust jacket. An excellent copy. Loosley laid in is a copy of a facsimile of text of the1850 edition of the account of "Difficult questions and his surprising rapid answers" Despite receiving little formal schooling it wasn't long before his family realised that George had a remarkable facility for memorising and manipulating large numbers in his head. His father William capitalised on his son's extraordinary gift by presenting George as the Calculating Prodigy in local fairs. He later became a respected railway and civil engineer being elected President of The Institute of Civil Engineers. ; Black & white photographs and maps.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xxii + 518 pages .

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975. Near fine grey boards with gold lettering to front and spine, silver publisher's logo to base of spine, small nick at top of spine, very good coloured pictorial dust jacket, mild edgewear, not price clipped, mustard coloured endpapers, 812 pages, black and white illustrations. .