Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

LEIGHTON, Clare. Woodcuts… with an introduction by Hilaire Belloc. London, New York, etc.: 1930. Limited edition of 450 copies, this number 425 signed by Leighton, 4to (315 x 250mm.) 38 mounted wood-engraved illustrations on 37 leaves, occasional decorations. (Light soiling and browning.) Original cloth (somewhat bumped, chipped at head of spine). Provenance: Worthing Public Library (ink stamp to recto and verso of title-page, bookplate and label to spine).

CARY, John. Cary's New and Correct English Atlas. London: 1787. 4to (317 x 234mm.) 46 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline. (1 text leaf torn without loss, some spotting and browning, minor damp-staining to last few leaves.) Modern morocco-backed cloth (endpapers replaced). Provenance: Worthing Public Library (inkstamps to preliminary leaves, recto and verso of title-page, dedication and one map, bookplates, stickers and label to spine).

SHACKLETON, Ernest H. South, the Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917. London: William Heinemann, 1920. 8vo (250 x 150mm.) Coloured frontispiece, uncoloured illustrations, folding map. (Small repaired tear to map, light browning and spotting.) Original dark blue cloth blocked in silver (extremities bumped, scuffed and rubbed). Provenance: Workington County Technical & Secondary School (gilt stamp to lower cover and bookplate to front-free endpaper). - And twenty other volumes of travel and topographical interest (21).

MILITARY HISTORY. Tales of a Field Ambulance 1914-1918 told by the Personnel. Southend-on-Sea: 1935. Printed for private circulation, 8vo (210 x 135mm.) Illustrations. (Some spotting.) Original cloth, glassine dust-jacket. - And a collection of printing blocks and ephemera relating to the production of the book and several duplicate copies of the work (a lot).

BELLOC, Hilaire. The Pyrenees… second edition. London: 1910. 8vo (217 x 135mm.) Illustrations. (Some browning and spotting.) Original cloth (lightly bumped). - And a quantity of others, including a number by Belloc (a quantity).

SUSSEX. - THE SUSSEX ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (publishers). Sussex Archaeological Collections. London or Lewes: 1854-1973. Vols. VII-CXI only, 8vo (220 x 141mm.) Plates, plans and illustrations. (Some spotting and browning.) Various original non uniform cloth (some fading and chipping to spines). - And a number of duplicate volumes and index volumes (a quantity).

ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. A quantity of volumes relating to the Surrey and Kent Archaeological Societies. - And a collection of 'Brittannia' journals (a quantity).

GILBERT, W.S. Songs of a Savoyard. London, Manchester, etc.: 1894. 8vo (263 x 185mm.) Musical scores and illustrations throughout. (Minor spotting, browning or soiling.) Original decorated cloth, t.e.g. (extremities soiled and bumped). - And a quantity of others, various, works and part-works (a quantity).

CHESTERTON, G.K. The Paradoxes of Mr Pond. London, Toronto, etc.: Cassell and Company Ltd., [n.d.] 8vo (187 x 120mm.) (Some spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and chipped). - And a quantity of others by Chesterton (a quantity).

BELLOC, Hilaire. The Hedge and the Horse. London, Toronto, etc.: 1936. Second edition, 8vo (184 x 118mm.) Illustrations. Original cloth (lightly bumped), dust-jacket (slightly soiled and with minor tears). - And a quantity of others by Belloc (a quantity).

BALCHIN, Nigel. The Small Back Room. London: Collins, 1943. 8vo (193 x 124mm.) Original cloth (bumped), dust-jacket (torn, one tear repaired with adhesive tape). - And a quantity of others, including a number by A.G. Street (a quantity).

RAILWAYS. - John Howard TURNER. The London Brighton and South Coast Railway. London: B.T. Batsford, 1977-1979. 3 vols., 8vo (216 x 132mm.) Illustrations. Original cloth, dust-jackets (slightly discoloured). - And a quantity of others of railway interest (a quantity).

HAMILTON, Patrick. The Midnight Bell, a Love Story. London: Constable & Co Ltd., 1936. Reprint, 8vo (184 x 118mm.) (Occasional spotting.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped). - And a quantity of others (a quantity).

TOPOGRAPHY. - Robert K. DENT. The Making of Birmingham. Birmingham: 1894. 4to (277 x 210mm.) Illustrations. Original cloth (somewhat bumped, slightly soiled, hinges split). - And a quantity of others of topographical interest, most relating to Birmingham and the Midlands (a quantity).

JORDAN, Gerald. Naval Warfare in the Twentieth Century 1900-1945. London & New York: 1977. 8vo (216 x 130mm.) Original cloth, dust-jacket. - And a quantity of others, including some of similar interest (a quantity).

READ, Charles R. Squash Rackets. London: 1929. 8vo (216 x 133mm.) Plates. (Minor browning.) Original cloth (lightly bumped), dust-jacket (torn with slight loss). - And a quantity of others, various, including a few others of sport interest (a quantity).

TARRANT, Margaret (illustrator). - 'Lewis CARROLL'. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London & Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1922. 4to (205 x 151mm.) 44 coloured plates after Tarrant. (Some browning.) Original cloth, the upper cover with onlaid paper panel (extremities bumped). - And a quantity of others, all fiction or poetry (a quantity).

SHARP, Margery. Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines. London: Heineman, 1966. First edition, 8vo (197 x 126mm.) Illustrations by Garth Williams. Original cloth, dust-jacket. - And a quantity of others, all literature (a quantity).

LEAR, Edward. In Southern Italy… introduction by Peter Quennell. London: William Kimber, 1964. 8vo (235 x 154mm.) Illustrations. Original cloth (lightly bumped), dust-jacket. - And a quantity of others, the majority relating to Italy and Spain (a quantity).