The Queen’s University of Belfast. Centenary Celebrations held 25th-30th September, 1949.

First Edition. Belfast, Printed by Marjory Boyd for the Queen’s University, 1951. 27 x 22 cm. 77 pages with Illustrations in B&W. Dark blue cloth hard cover with gilt title and decorations on front board. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Mild fading to boards. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally bright and clean.

Codrington, John (Introduction).

Country Life Picture Book of London.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1951. 28 x 22 cm. (4), 88 full page photographic plates, xvi pages of advertising. Original pale cloth with gilt title on front board. In original dust jacket. Good in fair dust jacket. Corners, boards and spine rubbed and bumped. Binding partially discoloured and faded. Edges and end papers age darkened. Long gift inscription by Benita Alanbrooke for her husband Field Marshal Alanbrooke on front free end paper. Dust jacket in poor condition with several cuts and paper losses. Internally clean, but age dulled.

La Fontaine, Jean de.

Fables Choisies De La Fontaine.

Paris, Martinet, Not dated, ca. 1900. 33 x 23 cm. 58 pages. With full page colour plates throughout. Original cloth spine over decorated boards. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spine faded/discoloured. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Cripps, Wilfred Joseph.

Old English Plate. Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks.

Ninth Edition. London, John Murray, 1906. 23 x 15 cm. xxiv, 524 pages. With 131 Illustrations and upwards of 2,600 Facsimiles of Plate Marks. Original green cloth with gilt decorations and title on spine. Dark end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed, bumped and damp stained. Edges and end papers age darkened. One corner cut of front free end paper. Gift inscription in ink: ‘T.K.E.Lees from M.W.M. & G.B. Portman With very best wishes April 11th 1907’. Some pages uncut. Occasional foxing throughout.

Scott, Peter.

Key to the Wildfowl of the World.

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, Severn Wildfowl Trust, [1951]. 24 x 15 cm. Booklet consists of 23 Plates and text explanations on the opposite side. Pamphlet with light grey paper covers. Very good condition. Dust dulled throughout. Mild water staining on covers and first two pages.

Maeterlinck, Maurice.

The Treasure of the Humble.

London, Arthur L. Humphreys, 1906. 16 x 12 cm. 218 pages. Paperback in glassine Wrapper. Printed on quality white paper. All edges deckle. Very good condition. Paperboards darkened and foxed. Glassine wrapper worn with a few tears. Edges dust dulled. Name of previous owner: ‘Thomas SK Lees’ on first blank page. Internally bright and clean.

Madame C—(Calderon) de la B—(Barca) – Frances Erskine / Prescott, W.H. (Foreword).

Life in Mexico. During a Residence of two Years in that Country.

First British Edition. London, Chapman and Hall, 1843. 22 x 14 cm. xii, 436 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Dark brown cloth. Hard cover with gilt title on spine. Elaborate blind decorations on boards and spine. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and foxed throughout. Some fraying to spine ends. Name of previous owner on title page. Internally clean.

Fox, Adam.

A Brief Description of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. Compiled by Adam Fox in 1947.

First Edition. [London], Privately Printed for the Company, 1947. 21 x 13 cm. 67 pages with a small map in text. Original cloth in original dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear only. Dust jacket age darkened with some edge wear; now in archival jacket.

Vansittart, Jane (Editor).

Katharine Fry’s Book.

First Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. 21 x 14 cm. 160 pages. With Illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Decorated end papers. In original dust jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Dust jacket age darkened and edge worn; now in archival jacket.

Various.

A Selection of Christmas Carols.

London, Novello, Ewer and Co., Not dated. Ca. 1930. 20 x 12 cm. 36 pages plus two losely inserted Carols (8). Hand made pamphlet with brown paper boards. Good condition. Pamphlet covers worn and frayed. Age darkened and dust dulled internally. With notes in text and some small notes attached with paper clips.