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W.B.Horner, London, 1875. Second Edition. [First edition was 1873]. iv, 215pp = (iv) adverts. '..intended as a Hand-book for the Governess.' Cogently written. Endpapers have some staining, and rear free endpaper edge is chipped from adhesion to pastedown. The title-page and last advert leaf are slightly browned. Contents otherwise clean. In original red-brown cloth stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Boards (particularly the lower) dampstained, extremities bumped, otherwise firm and in good order. G. Scarce.

Price: £35.00

Lowestoft, F.Robinson & Co, n.d. [1914]. Presumed first edition. viii, 147pp, plus a guarded portrait frontis. With a foreword by the Rector of Lowestoft. In original green cloth binding, upper board lettered in gilt. Boards heavily damp-stained and slightly bent. Endpapers also stained, and frontis and title page slightly cockled at the inner bottom corner. Contents otherwise clean, and binding firm and serviceable. G-. Very uncommon.

Price: £25.00

London, John Lehmann, 1951. Third impression. 191pp. Some browning to endpapers, and ffep bears a 1952 gift inscription. Contents otherwise exceptionally clean and fresh and unmarked, appears unused. In the original pale greeny-grey cloth (later editions were orange) with gilt lettering on the patterned brown and gilt spine, very bright and clean, corners sharp, faint blunting to base of spine and small indentation near head. The protected unclipped dustjacket with Minton's wraparound coloured Mediterranean scene is also in exceptional condition: front and back panels are brilliant; the spine is slightly darkened, with some faint spotting at the base, and minimal edge scuffing at the head with a 2mm nick. Near-Fine/ VG+.

Price: £240.00

London: Michael Joseph / Penguin Group, 2001. First edition. 317 + (3)pp. SIGNED by Jamie big in biro on the half title. Contents otherwise clean. In the original purple textured boards, spine titled in gilt: firm, bright and clean, with tiny knock to upper corners. In protected unclipped jacket: bright, with slight knock to top edge. VG+ in VG+ dust-jacket.

Price: £50.00

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957, First edition. xix, 220pp, plus 7 plates, with maps and sketches in the text. The frontis has at some time been detached, slightly trimmed at the edges, and replaced: affecting only the margins, which are slightly creased. Small stain to pp31-34, and perhaps 6 pages have some light pencil underlining or notes, which I have left. Contents otherwise clean. In the original green cloth-textured binding lettered in silver: firm, slightly dulled, extremities blunted, tiny splits to base of joints. In protected unclipped pictorial DUST JACKET: clean, with internal repairs and small chips at extremities. Laid in is a letter to Dr Maurice Burton of the Natural History Museum, the former owner of this copy, who is referred to on p121 as having interested himself in the subject for some twenty years. There is also a memo by Burton, apparently addressed to himself, concerning a second copy which he had lent out. Nice association copy. Very Good in VG- dust-jacket.

Price: £100.00