Northampton. London. Manchester.Bassett-Lowke Ltd. 1936. [4], 5-95pp + [21]pp illustrated adverts at rear. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Original pictorial wrappers. Octavo. First edition. Extremities a touch rubbed; spine a little chipped and worn with one small tear each to head and heel; else a good plus clean copy.

London: R. Cocks and Co, No Date. [i-v], vi, [1], 2-87pp, [1] advert, plus 16pp musical examples, plus adverts to rear. Blue cloth with paper label to front board. 12mo. Tenth edition. Ownership inscription to paper label. Boards a little rubbed with some edge wear to front fore-edges. Water stain to paper label. Else, a very good copy.

London.Duckworth & Co. 1907. [vi], xxviii, 1-115pp. Original cloth. Octavo. First edition. Spine and board edges sunned; boards a little grubby; endpapers browned; occasional foxing throughout; title page unopened; fore-edges uncut as issued and a little browned. A good plus copy.

Tunbridge Wells: Brackett & Sons, No date. (1928.). viii, [1], 2-63pp. Folding colour frontispiece, 4 black & white plates and numerous black & white illustrations throughout the text. Original boards. Octavo. Compliment slip of Brackett & Sons mounted on front fixed endpaper. Spine sunned; some spotting to fore-edges and here and there throughout else; a very good copy with John N. Brackett's ownership inscription on front endpaper.

Ashord.The kentish Express (Igglesden and Co.) Limited. 1899. vii, [1 blank], 61, [11]pp. Illustrated with seven coloured plates. Original blue cloth decorated in silver and lettered in red. Octavo. Some slight browning to the tissue-guards; later (1942) presentation inscription on half-title; else an excellent fresh copy.

London.MacMillan and Co., Limited. 1913. [iv], vii, [viii], 1-413pp + 2pp catalogue at rear. Photographic frontispiece and map of Wessex. Orginal cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. Octavo. First edition in book form; Vol 18 of 'Wessex' novels'. A near fine copy.

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by John White and Company; for W. Charnley, Newcastle; and sold by J. Richardson, 1761. 25, [1 ad's] pages. 4to. Disbound from a collection. First edition. A very good, clean copy.

[Reprinted from Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. XX1. No. 6, November-December, 1947.]. Printed blue wrappers. Loosely laid in Addendum. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on from cover: 'With kindest regards. Hope you like this! K.R.'

London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1912. 56, [3] pages. Illustrated with 24 mounted black & white reproductions of photographs. Original cloth-backed decorative boards with a mounted pastedown. 250 x 195 mm. First edition. Old corner crease-mark to one plate; covers a little soiled; else a very good copy of a scarce book. See White, Mundane to the Magical, 366.

Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1922. Alternate English and Latin text, the Latin translations by T. R. Glover. Xxi, [4], 83, 83 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition thus. Some light spotting, little stronger on endpapers; spine mellowed; else very good.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896. xiv, 136[140], [1 ad’] pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original red cloth with printed label to spine, and the pictorial gilt covers of the trade edition bound in at front and rear. Top edge gilt. Octavo. First edition. One of a limited edition of 150 copies on hand-made paper. Paper label on spine a little rubbed and worn [there is a spare copy tipped in at the rear]; slight rubbing to edges and spine ends; late ownership inscription on first free endpaper; else an excellent copy of the first illustrated edition of this classic.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. 128 pages. Illustrated with a pictorial title-page, twelve full-page coloured plates, and numerous line drawings. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. Quarto: 225 x 168 mm. First Sowerby Edition. Spine slightly faded, else an excellent copy.

London.Sands & Co. 1900. 64pp. illustrated in monochrome throughout. Original pictorial cloth. 4to. First edition. Two illustrations have some pencil lines drawn across them which are not particularly offensive; extremities a little bumped; endpapers spotted; some finger-marking; little shaken; else a very good copy of a particularly scare Moore-Park title.

Portsea: Printed and Sold by J,. Horsey. Sold also by Booksellers in Portsea and Portsmouth; and by T. Williams, Stationer's-Court. London, 1805. 58 pages. Original printed buff wrappers. 13.7 x 8.7 cm. Some corners turned; spine expertly repaired; occasional minor staining; else a good copy. The British Library hold copies of the fourth and seventh edition.

London: John Lane, 1900. [6], 95 pages. Original pictorial cloth. 217 x 217 mm. First edition. Some spotting on front endpapers; else A very good copy.

London: Addey and Co, 1853. [31] pages. 9 full-page etchings and two smaller illustrations within pages of text, all finely hand-coloured by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Original leather-backed brown cloth gilt. All edges gilt. Oblong folio. First edition. Slight rubbing to spine; some spotting throughout as is usual with this book; short marginal tear to one leaf of text; lower corners bumped; else a very good copy of one of the finest children’s books of the nineteenth century. Hand-coloured copies are rare. The prose contribution is by the illustrator's cousin, Mary Boyle, and the verse by W. M. Call. A Children's Summer was much praised by John Ruskin, Thomas Landseer, Tom Taylor, and Francis Turner Palgrave.

London: Addey and Co, 1853. [. 15] leaves of text. Illustrated with 8 full-page etchings and two vignettes. Original half calf over blue ribbed cloth gilt. Oblong: 285 x 371 mm. First edition. Presentation copy from E.V.B. to Wathen Mark Wilks Call, inscribed on title-page: ‘W. M. W. Call from EVB with her best Christmas good wishes! Dec 23nd 1852.’ There are some pencil annotations in pencil in Call’s hand, mostly the addition of his initials to verses he has authored. Some foxing, as is common with this title; front endpaper worn and with some loss; front board rubbed and slightly damped; else a very good copy of an important presentation copy. A Children’s Summer was E.V.B.’s second book.

Oldham: Incline Press, No date [2005]. 53, [1 colophon], pages. Illustrated with mounted plates in colour and monochrome, with an original pencil sketch mounted at the close. This is copy number 39 from an edition of two hundred. Original cloth-backed paper-covered boards; slipcase. A fine – as new – copy.

London.Macmillan and Co. 1888. viii, 215, [1 blank], 32pp ad's. Vignette on title, and eight full-page black & white plates. Original pictorial cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Binding very slightly cocked; one corner a little bumped; some very light flecking on upper panel; small bookplate; else a very good copy indeed.

London: John Hearne, 1829. viii, [4], 140, iv pages. Illustrated with three had-coloured plans, 2 of which are folding. Original paper-covered boards, sometime re-backed in plain cloth. Original printed title-label to upper board. 225 x 148 mm. The two large folding plans both have short tears near the margin; boards a little rubbed and knocked; armorial bookplate of George H. Whitehead, and blind-stamped address to title; else a very good copy.