181. Bunting, Basil.

Briggflatts.

Highgreen, Bloodaxe Books, 2009. 15,5 cm x 23,5 cm. 80 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Loosely inserted is a related newspaper – clipping.

182. Paterson, Evangeline.

Bringing the Water Hyacinth to Africa.

First Edition. Durham, TAXVS, 1983. Octavo. 61 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover with artwork by Deirdre Drucker. Small stain to the edge. Otherwise in very good condition.

183. [English History Collection] – Grigson, Geoffrey.

Britain Observed. The Landscape through Artists’ Eyes.

First Edition. London, Phaidon, 1975. 22cm x 25.5cm. 208 pages. With 149 Illustrations, 31 in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

184. Scott, William Henry.

British Field Sports ; Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting – Hunting – Coursing – Racing – Cocking – Fishing &c. With Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; also The Management of Fowling Pieces, and all other Sporting Implements.

Second Edition. London, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1820. 14 cm x 22 cm. XI, 615 pages with 34 original engravings by J. Scott after Berenger, with Vignettes by Bewick. Original Hardcover (full contemporary brown leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine). Good and firm condition with some external signs of wear. Upper hinge damaged with the spine starting to separate. But still in strong and firm shape. Bookblock in excellent condition with beautifully marbled edges. Occasional browning only.

185. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Houghton, Rev. W.

British Fresh Water Fishes. Illustrated with a coloured Figure of each Species drawn from Nature by A.F.Lydon and numerous Engravings.

London / Edinburgh and Dublin, William Mackenzie, (1879). Folio. XXVI, 204 pages with 41 stunning full-page lithographs in colour. Wonderful, recent half leather binding with new endpapers applied. Excellent condition. Extraordinarily beautiful publication with quite some romance applied to the pages juxtaposed to the colourful illustrations. Here we find the localities where one was able to catch the illustrated fish, beautifully depicted by skillful 19th century artists.

186. [English History Collection] – Grant, James.

British Heroes in Foreign Wars or The Cavaliers of Fortune.

Facsimile of 1858 edition. Uckfield / London, The Naval & Military Press / National Army Museum. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. VI, 404 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

187. Bicknell, Peter.

British Hills and Mountains. With 8 plates in colour and 23 illustration in black and white.

London, Collins, 1947. 8º. 47 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Britain in Pictures. The British People in Pictures.].

188. [English History Collection] – Cottrell, P.L.

British Overseas Investment in the Nineteenth Century.

London and Basingstoke, The Macmillan Press, 1975. 13 cm x 21 cm. 79 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Studies in Economic and Social History]

189. [English History Collection] – Willett, Wilfred / Webb, Amy D. (Illustrator).

British Wild Flowers and their Garden Varieties – Cornfield Flowers.

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., 12 cm x 18 cm. 48 pages. Six coloured, tipped-in-plates and several drawings throughout publication. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some spotting evident on edges and markedly so on first and last few pages. Internal pages almost entirely free of spotting. Colour plates in very good condition. Previous owner’s name and address in ink pen on inside of cover. [British Wild Flowers Series (No.4)].

190. Sail, Lawrence.

Building into Air.

First Edition. Newcastle upon Tyne, Bloodaxe, 1995. Octavo. 78 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.