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London: Century, 1984. With an Appendix by Lady Constance Lytton. Introduction by Susan Campbell. Mrs C. M. Earle was born Maria Theresa Villiers in 1836. She was considered to have swayed a wide public towards naturalism through her widely acclaimed and widely read books Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden and More Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden. She died in 1925. This book is written in a form of a diary with useful advice, memories, a few recipes together with observations on nature but mainly it is about her preferences, thoughts and records regarding her garden and how it serves her. 381pp. with Index. Spine sunned and lightly creased. P/o details on Ffep. A clean, tightly bound copy.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Western Book Club, 1969. Red cloth, black text on spine. 158pp. Spine slightly faded. Moderate edgewear. Light foxing to text block edges. Signature on Ffep. Interior clean and binding firm. Western adventure. . First Published. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hermes House, 2000. Pictorial Card Covers. pp.128. Light wear. A tight, clean copy. Legendary train routes across the continents of Europe and the Americas. Evocative visual accounts of the locomotives and the scenery they travel through. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Author Published , 1983. Illustrated Card Wraps. pp.106. B/w historical photographs. Small label scar to top corner of front cover, contents pristine. Local history of the Wagener family and the Kauri gum industry.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self-Published.

London: Collins, 1963. Red cloth titled in silver on spine. 381pp. Small signature on top corner of Ffep o/w clean and firmly bound. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Champion Sports Books series. Black covers titled in white on the spine. Black & White Frontispiece and photographs. Gift inscription to Ffep. Two pages of photographs are loose.

London: Collins, 1963. Second Impression. Light blue textured cloth with gilt on spine. Ffep has small bookstore stamp and p/o details. Light foxing (eps & text block edges). Pages clean, binding firm. DJ is priceclipped with moderate edgewear. A collection of short stories set in Canada, in the Indian Jungle, and in the highlands of Scotland. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Magenta Press, 1990. Laminated pictorial boards. Illustrated with humorous b/w cartoons 144pp. Crisp and clean internally with firm binding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd, 1964. Blue cloth, gilt text and decoration to spine. 150 pp. Spine tips lightly rubbed. Small felt pen mark to lower text block edge. Internally clean with tight binding. DJ has price intact, moderate edgewear with one tear. Professor Wall has divided his book into five sections: Adventures of Words, which deals with changes in pronunciation, idioms, peculiar spellings and other oddities of the language; Rescued Days, is autobiographical; Section three: Stories Old and New; Fourth Section: Unclassified Gems; and Section Five: Poems selected from the author's scrapbook. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Blue cloth, black text on spine and front. 315pp. plus publisher's selection. Half-title verso lists 34 novels by the same author. Cloth has moderate edgewear. Lacks Ffep. Light foxing to endpaper and text block edge. P/o stamp on rear fep and on one page.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Times Books, 1976. Black boards, gilt text to spine. 168 pp. Top front corner bruised. Wite-out marks to front and rear feps. Clean with firm binding. DJ has very light rubbing to edges. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Guild Publishing , 1986. Brown covers, gilt lettering to spine. 309pp. Clean and firmly bound. DJ has several small spots to the front flap. Thriller.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Heinemann, 1996. From the author of Madison County. Now in a Ford Bronco named Vito, two men and one woman begin a hair-raising run for the border....... Red cloth, gilt text on spine. 243pp. Unclipped DJ has minor shelfwear with thumbnail dye bleed on the reverse lower spine edge.. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Stated First Edition. First Printing. 158 pages. Ex-library copy stamped "withdrawn" on rear fep. Appears unread. Apart from small stamp to top and bottom edge of text block the book remains unmarked. Dust Jacket protected in archival cover.

London: William Heinemann, 1994. Black covers lettered in white on spine. 197pp. Exterior of pages slightly darkened otherwise a tight, clean copy. DJ has light surface rubbing.. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Dunedin, New Zealand: John McIndoe Ltd for the Otago High Schools Board of Governors , 1972. Olive green boards, gilt text on spine. 191pp. includes Appendices, Notes, Bibliography & Index. B/w photos. Light spotting to top edge of text block. DJ unclipped with light shelfwear, sunned spine and small sticker scar to top front corner. Established in 1871, the first public girls' high school in New Zealand, and among the first in the Commonwealth, the Otago Girls' High School has an enviable record on which to reflect. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

England: Marshalls & STL Books, 1983. 160pp. Light wear, clean and tight. Contributors include: Chua Wee Hian, Mary Wang, Jim Graham, Harry Sutton. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Kingfisher, 1996. First Printing. Laminated Illustrated Boards repeated on DJ. Landscape format. 61pp. includes Index of Authors and First Lines. Colour illus. An immaculate copy in DJ which has light shelfwear to lower edge. A wonderful selection of beautifully illustrated poems about cats. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Lorna Hussey. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: SCM Press Ltd, 1947. Blue decorated cloth. 124pp. includes Index. Sunned spine.and upper tips of boards. Contents clean, binding tight. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Great Britain: W. & R. Chambers Ltd, 1955. Red boards lettered in black on spine. 223pp. Light trace of foxing. Priceclipped DJ.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.