This is my first major catalogue for several months, due not – as some might believe – to indolence, but my father’s recent illness which has resulted in frequent trips to Somerset over the course of the last few months. If I have been even more than usually tardy in responding to enquiries or despatching parcels I apologise. However, I have still been out and about buying books and the result is an excellent catalogue with much interesting new stock in all the usual subject areas.