251. Elfick, Hilary.

The Third Mile.

First Edition. Guildford, Guildford Poets Press, 2009. Octavo. 109 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

252. Elfick, Hilary / Head, David.

On the Edge. With illustrations by Jeanette McCulloch.

Cambridge, Pennings Partnership Press, 2013. 15 cm x 21 cm. 162 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Dedicated and signed by the illustrator on separate card. Loosely inserted is a related newspaper – clipping.

253. Elliott, Brent.

The Country House Garden. From the Archives of Country Life 1897-1939.

First Edition. London, Mitchell Beazley, 1995. 27cm x 33cm. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. No markings or entries of any kind.

254. Ellison, Ralph / Shapiro, Karl.

The Writer’s Experience – Ralph Ellison: “Hidden Name and Complex Fate: A Writer’s Experience in the US” / Karl Shapiro – “American Poet ?”.

First Edition. Washington, Library of Congress, 1964. 8°. 32 Pages. Stapled brown and cream wrappers. Fair condition. Typical stains around staples where rusted. Pages clean internally. No text markings. Some signs of external wear on covers. [Lectures Presented under the Auspices of the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.]

255. Emery, Jack.

The Putney Debates.

Cambridge, The Rampant Lions Press, 1983. 18.8cm x 27.8 cm. Colour Lino Frontispiece. 94 pages. With 6 colour lino-print illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with plain card slipcase. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate foxing and discolouration to slip case. Book in as new condition. Front pastedown contains ‘Erik Haugaard’ Exlibris dated 1974. With navy colour decorated top edges. ‘This book was designed and five hundred copies were printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. This type is 12 point Times New Roman set by the Stellar Press, with displayed matter in Hunt Roman; the paper is Zerkall Silurian; the lino-cuts were printed from the original blocks. The binding, in specially designed patterned paper boards, was by Woolnough of Wellingborough. This is number 174.’

256. Engels, Pieter.

Engels – The Selfportrait of this Century.

Amsterdam, Galerie 20, 1968. 34 cm x 24 cm. 8 pages. With black-and-white illustrations throughout book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

257. [English History Collection] – Aaronovitch, Ben.

Whispers Under Ground.

London, Gollancz, 2012. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 418 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition, like new. Fine out of print book.

258. [English History Collection] – Anonymous [Frederick Corbin Lukis] [Naturalist / Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge].

Rambles among the Channel Islands. By a Naturalist.

[First Edition]. London, Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, no year [c. 1855]. 18 cm. Frontispiece – engraving of the Rocks at Moulin Huet (Guernsey), VIII, 386 pages with many illustrations (wood engravings) of Harbour at St.Peter Port, Guernsey / St.Sampson’s Harbour / St.Helier Harbour, Jersey / Rocks at Greve de Lecq, Jersey, St.Brelade’s Bay etc. etc. Hardcover / Original decorative cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed wiith a private giftinscription on endpaper: “To my Darling Agnes on her Birthday from her loving Father [?], 5th August 1869”.

259. [English History Collection] – Aspinall, A. [Ed].

Mrs. Jordan and her Family: Being the Unpublished Letters of Mrs. Jordan and the Duke of Clarence, later William IV.

First edition. London, Arthur Barker Ltd., 1951. 16 x 25cm. (27), 295 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to dustjacket and mild foxing to edges. Pre-owner’s name inscribed on front endpaper.

260. [English History Collection] – Barclays Bank Ltd.

The Story of a Site.

England, Charles Barker and Sons Limited, 1959. 20.5 cm x 26 cm. 24 pages. Several black and white photographs throughout publication. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and discolouration on endpapers only. Original calling card of bank manager inside cover.