London: Macmillan, 1984. First edition. Slightly faded on spine of original unclipped dust wrapper. In August 1939, five cousins gather at their aunt's house in Cornwall for their carefree annual summer holiday. Soon, war will change everything. Very minor bumping to top and bottom of spine. Dust jacket in very good state with no tears. Red cloth boards in very good condition. Half title page has offsetting but otherwise clean and unmarked. 297 pages. 225 x 145 mm (8¾ x 5¾ inches).

London: Folio Society, 2008. Folio. 768 pp. Numerous illustrations. Bound in full goatskin by G. Lachenmaier with Fabriano Tiziano endpapers, all edges gilt. Fine copy. Cloth clamshell box. Facsimile Edition printed by Memminger Medien Centrum on Corolla Classic watermark laid paper. Limited to 1980 numbered copies. This being # 691

Accompanying folio text in quarter cloth entitled: The Golden Cockerel Press, The Canterbury Tales & Eric Gill. An Essay by Peter Holliday. Folio. 48 pp. illustrations.
350 by 230mm (13¾ by 9 inches). Beautiful copy, without flaws.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1891. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Number 178 of 300 copies Edition De Luxe, on India paper, signed to colophon by publisher. In original brown cloth hardback, with gilt titles and border. Top edge gilt. Boards are a little bumped at corners, with some light soiling. Inside very clean with all tipped in illustrations. 260 pages plus adverts to rear. 250 x 200 mm (9¾ x 7¾ inches).

Ex libris to front is from library of Sir Alfred Edward Turner (1842 - 1918). Turner held administrative posts in Ireland, and was Inspector General Auxillary Forces. He was also appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).

London: Richard Bentley, 1840. Original dark green blind stamped buckram, with gilt design to the front board. Gilt is rather rubbed. Bumping and a touch of chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally clean, but slightly darkened with a few foxing spots. A nice, unrestored copy. 228 pages. 200 x 135 mm (7¾ x 5¼ inches).

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. Very nice copy of this first edition, signed and dated) by the author to the title page. Spotless cloth. Clean and tidy dust wrapper, now held in archival protection. 230 by 140mm (9 by 5½ inches). 309 pages.

Leicester: Edmund Ward, 1946. Undated, presume first thus. Colour illustrative printed paper boards, with green / blue cloth backing. With charming colour illustrations throughout. Minor rubbing to extremities, a little surface wear to boards. Contents clean and bright. Spine slightly bubbled. There is rubbing / damage to extremities, and surface wear / scratching to boards. pages age toned, but contents are clean and bright. Page 19 / 20 has small area of loss to edge. 48 pp.

London: Methuen, 1984. First edition in dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Clean dust wrapper. Slight creasing to the laminate. Book itself is in very good condition. 422 pages. 220 by 140mm (8¾ by 5½ inches).

London: Lockwood and Co., Stationers' Hall Court, 1860. First edition. Hardback binding is an embossed library one; a little bumped and nicked at spine, but still quite attractive. Internally, the book has some library stamps and tags to front, small stamp on bottom of title page, and security tag to rear. Overall in good shape. xxxii, 231 pp. 175 x 115 mm (7 x 4½ inches).

Babrius was the reputed author of a collection of more than 125 fables based on Aesop's Greek fables.

Smith, Elder & Co, 1855. First thus. Ex library book. Blue three quarter buckram. Hardback. Original soft covers bound in and reinforced. With humorous illustrations. Boards in good condition. Internally, clean but pages are age toned. A scarce item. COPAC suggests 1855. 48 pages. 315 x 220 mm (12½ x 8¾ inches).
The fatal boots was originally published under title: Stubbs's Calendar, or, The fatal boots. Cox's diary was originally published under title: Barber Cox and the cutting of his comb.

Kettering: Woodlines Publishing, 2000. First edition. Signed dedication by the author to the half-title. Soft covers. A collection of short stories and poems. In very good condition. 90 pages. 200 x 145 mm (7¾ x 5¾ inches).

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1965. First edition. Cream decorated cloth with gilt titles. Plastic protective covering. The plastic has a couple of closed tears to it. The book is in Fine condition inside and out. X. 108. pages. 225 by 145mm (8¾ by 5¾ inches).

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1906. First edition. Original red cloth with gilt titles and blind embossed Prussian eagle to the front boards. Bookplate for W.H. Smith Library to the front paste down. The boards have spotting / areas of paleness, and a touch of bumping, but still in good shape. Slight weakness / cracking to the front hinge. Owner's signature to the title page. Foxing / darkening to the initial pages. Overall in very nice condition. xiv. 550. pp. 200 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1923. First UK Edition. Clean yellow dust wrapper with image to the front and other titles by Vance to the rear panel. A little nicking to the top and bottom edge, and some rubbing to the front lower portion. An invisible repair to the inside top edge of the wrapper. Red cloth hardback with black titles. Fractional rubbing to the spine edge. Paper stock is very cheap and so significantly darkened throughout. Neat owner's name and date to front free end paper. Nevertheless a decent copy of this scarce UK First. "The most original cracksman since Raffles" says the dust jacket. The word cracksman was used to describe a burglar or thief. 313 pages. 180 x 115 mm (7 x 4½ inches).

London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1929. Cloth bound first edition. Binding is an Art Deco design by Dulac. Slightly darkened, but no significant marking. Fading to spine. Internally sound with foxing to end papers. 252 pages. 200 by 140mm (7¾ by 5½ inches).

London: Martin Secker, 1922. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. In original dust jacket, which has age toning, sections of spine missing, and some chips to top of front. Boards in good shape, and book is very clean inside. Overall a decent copy. 85 pages. 195 x 120 mm. (7¾ by 4¾ inches).

London: Martin Secker, 1931. First Edition, that was limited to only 2000 copies. Hardback in publisher's original green cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt and with the image of a phoenix in gilt to the front board. Top page edges gilt, other edges left untrimmed. Last page states that it was printed in Great Britain by the Botolph Printing Works. Minus the dust jacket. There is light sun fading to the both the front, the back and the spine. Darkening to front and back blank endpapers. Text is clean binding is tight. 97 pages. 260 x 170 mm (10¼ x 6¾ inches).

London: John Murray, 1903. Scarce. First edition. Third novel by George Oliver Onions, who later wrote supernatural fiction, and the novella The Beckoning Fair One. Publisher's original green hardback boards. Boards are rubbed and stained, but binding is tight. A little foxing and finger marking throughout, and neat previous owner's name to FFEP. Last page has been partially cut, but is complete. Overall good. viii, 367 pages. 200 x 135 mm (7¾ x 5¼ inches).