21. Godfrey, Walter H.

The English Almshouse – with some account of its predecessor, the Medieval Hospital.

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1955. 8°. 95 pages plus an appendix with 48 illustrations (photographs) and 60 beautiful text-illustrations in addition to the photographs. Original cloth. Very good condition of this wonderful publication.

22. Hill, M.F.

The Dual Policy in Kenya. Being a collection of articles, published in the Kenya Weekly News, between July, 1943, and March, 1944, on the past, the present, and the future of Kenya Colony.

Nakuru, The Kenya Weekly News, no year (c.1944). 14.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 276 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original blue cloth]. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Boards are faded. Corners bumped. Boards show smudges and fading. Tears to gutter between pastedowns and endpapers. Binding somewhat shaky but book block intact. Internally clean and bright with sharp corners.

23. Hillaby, John.

Journey Through Britain.

London, Paladin, 1971. 11 cm x 19.5 cm. 238 pages. Several black and white photographs in centre of book and maps throughout. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing and discolouration to the edges and endpapers only.

24. Howarth, Patrick.

The Year is 1851.

London, Collins, 1951. 17 cm x 22.5 cm. 256 pages. Several black and white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Ex-library copy with stamp (The Times Library, London) plus some related numbering in pencil all to rear pastedown. Pages clean.

25. Jardine, Lisa.

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measued London.

London, Harper Collins, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 422 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s – Mylar. Excellent condition.

26. Johnson, Steven.

The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World.

New York, Riverhead Books, 2006. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 299 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar covering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

27. [Johnston, Harry Hamilton ] Casada, James A.

Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston. A Bio-Bibliographical Study.

Basel, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 1977. 14.5 cm x 21 cm. 120 pages. Softcover / publisher’s original wrappers. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean. [Mitteilungen Der Basler Afrika Bibliographien – Communications From the Basel Africa Bibliography – Volume 18].

28. Jones, H. Kay.

Butterworths: History of a Publishing House.

First edition. London, Butterworths, 1980. 17 x 25.5cm. (10), 285 pages, with black and white photographs throughout. Original embossed hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Illustrated endpapers and indigo stained top edges. Excellent condition, as new. Dedication handwritten by author on half-title page. Includes invitation card to book launch and a clipping of newspaper publicity.

29. Jones, Stephen.

A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a brief account of the lives and writings of the most eminent persons and remarkable characters in every age and nation.

Fourth edition (corrected). London, Robinson / Longman and Rees / Wallis, 1802. 8.5 x 13.5cm. Unpaginated. Hardcover / Contemporary, full morocco with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling on board edges. Marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. Very minor signs of wear to spine and corners, otherwise excellent condition. Binding solid and text clear and bright. Previous owner’s name on title page: “Susan Courteney, died 10 June 1808”.

30. MacDonald, J.R.L. / [Provenance: Edmund Heathcote Thruston].

Soldiering and Surveying in British East Africa, 1891-1894. With Maps and Illustrations.

First Edition. London and New York, Edward Arnold, 1897. 15 cm x 23 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 333 pages. 12 illustrations, including frontispiece. 8 maps, including fold-out colour map at rear showing “Major MacDonald’s work in British East Africa.” Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Deckled edges. Good- condition. Large yellow ’‘Mudie Select Library”– label on front board. Rear board bears remnant of removed label. Minor staining and rubbing to boards. Tears at gutters between pastedowns and endpapers with exposed cloth front and rear. Binding is shaky but bookblock still solid. Front endpaper partially loose. Armorial bookplate of Edmund Heathcote Thruston with latin inscription (Esse Quam Videri) on front pastedown. Names of two previous owners on half-title page. Occassional annotations throughout the book. Occasional foxing throughout. Rare !