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Clarkson & Griffiths, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 117 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Red cloth. Signed by the Author and dedicated to Mrs Warwick Brookes. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped and spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

The Gaskell Committee, 1960. 20pp, illustrated card covers. B + w photographs. A clean copy. Produced to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mrs Gaskell's birth, a guide to the buildings of Knutsford associated with her works, especially Cranford. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Paperback. New.

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. With illustrations. Firmly bound, red cloth boards with a little rubbing on the edges and corners, foxing mostly on the end papers.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1906. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 5" x 7.5. 557pp. Volume 3 only of an 8 volume set. In clean and sound condition with an ex-libris book plate inside the front board and a publishers warning label on the front free end paper. Please do not select the economy shipping option for destinations outside the UK. Please email with any queries.

Manchester & London: Clarkson & Griffiths, Ltd; Gay & Bird, 1900. Good. n.d. [1900, Preface and from Copac.] FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [xii], [118], [2] + b/w frontis and plates. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Brown endpapers. Lean to spine, boards grubby and rubbed. James Digby Firth's attractive ex libris (by Frederick G. Hall) to front pastedown. POI, and trace of an earlier dedication, to ffep. Occasional foxing, spine cracked in a number of places, with a couple of signatures loose, but holding. A good copy with an interesting association to Yorkshire and the University of Leeds. By profession James Digby Firth, F.S.A (1877-1968) was a teacher (retiring from Leeds Modern School in 1938); he pioneered nature study at secondary level, leading to the nickname 'Bug Willie'. Firth's wide range of interests and expertise, however, led to him be 'president, vice-president and fellow of more learned societies than I can conveniently name: numismatics, conchology, philately,… Read More

Sagwan Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Palala Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. Hardcover. Near Fine. In eight volumes. The Knutsford edition. Each book with bookplate and ink name to the front endpaper, otherwise clean throughout and unmarked, the bindings tight and square. Top edges gilt, in red cloth with titles in gilt to the front boards and gilt decorated spines with only light bumping to the corners. Overall a fresh and bright set.