301. Huxley, Aldous / Foreman, Michael (illustrator).

After Many a Summer.

London, The Folio Society, 1980. 16 cm x 23 cm. 239 pages with many illustrations. Original hardcover with slipcase. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small mark on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

302. Holinshed, Raphael.

Chronicles. Selections from the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Introduction and Commentary by Michael Wood.

London, The Folio Society, 2012. 16 cm x 24.5 cm. XII, 435 pages. Including woodcut illustrations taken from the original two-volume edition published by Henry Bynneman in 1577. Original Hardcover. Cloth-bound volume with gilt decoration and slip case. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

303. Hardy, Thomas.

Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented. With an explanatory note and preface by Thomas Hardy. Introduction by Elspeth Sandys. Wood Engravings by Peter Reddick.

London, The Folio Society, 1990. 15 cm x 23 cm. XIX, 418 pages. Original, illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight spotting on page edges and spine. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

304. [Felix, Nicholas] Brodribb, Gerald.

Felix on the Bat. Being a Memoir of [cricketer] Nicholas Felix. Together with the full text of the second edition of Felix on the Bat: Being a Scientific Inquiry into the use of the Cricket Bat; together with the History and use of the Catapulta, containing also coloured drawings, woodcuts and vignettes, illustrative of the principles of Batting; new diagrams and theoretical demonstrations, illustrative of the great question of “Leg before Wicket”; – A Dissertation on the Different Styles of Bowling; much new and important matter relative to the disposition of Fieldsmen, more especially of the additional number when brought into action against the “Eleven of England”: Also The Laws of the Game as revised by the Marylebone Cricket Club.

The Text of Part two is a facsimile of the second edition of 1850. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. Octavo. XIV, 145, VIII, 58 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some staining to the binding and dustjacket ! Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear to the binding.

305. Edelman, Maurice.

Disraeli in Love.

London, Book Club Associates, 1973. Octavo. 318 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

306. Durrell, Gerald M.

The Overloaded Ark. With illustrations by Sabine Baur.

Fourth impression. London, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1959. 14.5 x 22cm. 238 pages, with maps and line-drawn illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition, other than minor signs of wear to dustjacket including small tear to spine, edges very slightly foxed. Previous owner’s name on front free endpaper.

307. Du Maurier, Daphne.

Gerald- A Portrait.

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1934. 14.1 cm x 22.2 cm. 317 pages. Black and white Frontispiece-Portrait. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and discoloration to spine. Moderate foxing to edges, half-title page and endpapers. Front endpaper missing. Pages lightly tanned.

308. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

309. Bangash, Salman.

The Frontier Tribal Belt. Genesis and Purpose Under the Raj.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016. 14 cm x 23 cm. XV, 365 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

310. Aristophanes.

The Birds and The Frogs. With an Introduction by Dudley Fitts.

One Volume. Connecticut, The Heritage Press, 1959. 20 cm x 28 cm. The Birds: XII, 52 pages / The Frogs: XVII, 62 pages. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover in illustrated slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.