Lot 1409 , British Sports & Sportsmen (Thruston, Edmund Heathcote) - British Sports and Sportsmen, Commerce & Industry. 1st and limited edition, No.713 of 1000. Title page vignette, 11 photogravures (with guards) and numerous text

° British Sports & Sportsmen (Thruston, Edmund Heathcote) - British Sports and Sportsmen, Commerce & Industry. 1st and limited edition, No.713 of 1000. Title page vignette, 11 photogravures (with guards) and numerous text illustrations. Gilt ruled levant with letters direct to upper and spine. Half title and edition pages. Sports & Sportsmen Ltd, London, [c.1930], joints starting, rubbing to spine and corners;
Godwin, William - History of the Commonwealth of England... vols 1+2 (of 4). Tanned calf, gilt ruled and decorated spines with 2 Morocco labels to each. 8vo. Henry Colburn, London, 1824. Incomplete set. Rubbing to covers with tear to head of vol 2 spine. joints starting. With errata page. Spotting, mainly to ends; Whiten, Wilfred [editor] - The World’s Library of Best Books. 5 vols. Coloured pictorial title page and 12 coloured plates to each, plus numerous text illus. half morocco and cloth with gilt ruled spine and letters direct. George Newnes, London, nd. Fair rubbing (heavier to spines). Joints starting and minor foxing inside; Knight, Charles. [Editor] - The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere (sic). 4 Vols (of 8). Illustrated title page to each plus numerous plates and text illustrations. Distressed, calf, gilt decorated and panelled spine with morocco labels. Marbled edges and end papers. Charles Knight & Co., London, (c.1839), a distressed set heavily rubbed and worn. Cracking to the joints, one board present but detached. Inside are better with minor foxing, hinges cracked. Could be of 8 or 7; Nations - The Nations Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public galleries of Great Britain reproduced in colour. Consisting of 96 plates of photographs, each with a descriptive guard. Gilt panelled morocco with letters direct to upper, decoratively gilt, panelled, spine with letters direct. Folio, gilt edge papers. Cassell and company, London, 1901, Rubbed edges and spines. Some minor ownership marks and foxing, many loose photographs.

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