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EROTIC FAIRY TALES.
Englished from the French of Abbe de Voisenon. For Private Collectors of Erotica.
New York: The Panurge Press, 1932. Limited edition, no.252 of 1000 copies, 8vo., pp.246, uncut, quarter black cloth, gilt, decorative yellow cloth boards, text printed in blue; toning to fore-edges, very slight roll to spine, rubbing to lower corner of front board, a bright and very good+ copy.
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EUPHORMIO'S SATYRICON (Euphormionis Satyricon).
London: Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, 1954. Limited edition, no.227 of 260 copies, 4to., pp.(ii),158, full pictorial vellum, gilt, mould-made paper, pictorial frontispiece and title, b/w wood-engraved plates with borders in red, pictorial headpieces to prelims; just slight bruising to upper corners of boards, very slight surface soil to boards, overall a fine, fresh copy. Designed and produced by Christopher Sandford; composition and presswork under the supervision of K.S. Tollit at The Chiswick Press.
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EVENTYR ET HISTORIER. [Set of Five Volumes]
Med Illustrationer ester Originaltegninger af. B. Bedersen.
Kobenhavn: Gyldendalste Boghandel, 1897. Five volumes, square 8vo., pp.(iv),440, pictorial red cloth, gilt, pictorial spines, decorated endpapers, marbled edges, frontispieces and pictorial title pages, illustrated throughout; spines lightly and uniformly sunned, light rubbing to extremities, most noticeably at tailbands, a very good, bright set.
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FAIRIES OF THE TREES.
London, Blackie and Son. First edition, with author’s presentation inscription, 12mo.,pp. unpaginated, decorative paper-covered boards (with cross-hatched design in pale grey), with inlaid colour plate to front board, pictorial endpapers, b/w pictorial title page and b/w vignette, complete with 24 colour plates; autor’s presentation inscription to front free endpaper, slight foxing to edges and light wear to lower corner of front board, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket which has some surface soiling to pale paper and slight loss from chipping to extremities, now in a protective cover.
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FAIRY TALES.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. First edition, 4to.,pp. 197, pictorial green cloth, gilt, colour plates, colour frontispiece, with tissue protective guards, b/w illustrations, decorative endpapers; ownership ink stamp to front free endpaper, webbing occasionally slightly visible to inner hinge, lightly toned to edges of text block, lightly rubbed to extremities and lightly sunned to spine, light wear to head and foot of spine and corners, a very good copy.
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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SUMMER.
London, Blackie and Son. First edition, with ‘Tiny Tots Series’ on the front cover in red and on the back cover in blue, & without jacket price, 12mo.,pp. unpaginated, decorative paper-covered boards (with cross-hatched design in dark grey), with inlaid colour plate to front board (‘Tiny Tots Series’ printed to front board), pictorial endpapers, b/w pictorial half title and frontispiece (frontispiece is half title verso), complete with 24 colour plates; slight foxing to edges and occasioanlly to margins, overall a near-fine copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket which has some surface soiling to pale paper and slight loss from chipping to extremities, now in a protective cover.
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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SUMMER.
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FLYING THE ATLANTIC.
London: Max Parrish, 1953. Square 8vo., pp.36, grey cloth lettered in black, colour illustrations throughout; partial sunning to spine, creasing and small chip to rear free endpaper, in worn unclipped dust-jacket, which has large area of loss to rear upper margin, loss also to front upper margin, with large tear, and creasing, rubbing and small closed tears to extremities.
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FOUR QUARTETS.
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, in association with Faber and Faber Limited, 1996. Limited edition, no. 100 of 200 copies produced for sale, folio, pp.47, bound by The Fine Bindery, Wellingborough, quarter brown buckram with gilt-lettered leather label, decorative paper-covered boards designed and produced by Victoria Hall, Norwich, deckle-edges paper; a fine copy, in near-fine slipcase.
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FOUR TALES FROM HANS ANDERSEN: A New Version of the First Four.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1935. First edition thus, 8vo.,pp. xi,76, blue cloth, with dark blue lettering to spine, b/w woodcuts, colour woodcut to frontispiece; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, foxing and toning to endpapers and to edges, webbing visible occasionally to inner hinge, a very good copy, in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is foxed and rubbed with creasing to spine, wear to corners and to head of spine, with creased tears to rear upper margin.
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GLADYS PETO’S HOLIDAY STORIES.
London: John F. Shaw (1928) and Co. Ltd. 4to., pp.unpaginated, quarter brown cloth, lettered in black, with pictorial paper-covered front board, colour frontispiece, colour plates, b/w illustrations accompany text throughout; prize bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to early and closing leaves, light wear to paper covering of boards at extremities, a good++ copy.
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GLITTERLAND: Dress-Up Book.
Entirely New 2 Dressing Dolls with Lots of Exciting, Dazzling, Costumes. A Tower Press Glitter Book, No.1093.
Tower Press. Oblong 8vo., pictorial covers, staples to rear cover, b/w illustrations, 2 colour plates with glitter decoration; toning to margins, crease to rear cover, rusting to staples (slightly staining rear wrapper), otherwise very good.
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GOBLIN MARKET.
London: T.C & E.C Jack, 1906. 12mo.,pp. 31, pictorial purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine and boards, with gilt decoration and pictorial inlay to front board, colour plates and frontispiece; lightly toned and foxed to margins, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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GORDON THE GOAT.
London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1946. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.48, pictorial paper-covered boards, colour illustrations; light foxing to edges, slight undulation to contents at inner margin, overall a very good copy indeed, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket, which has small closed tear to rear upper edge, small closed tear to front lower edge, and is now in protective cover.
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GOUPIL.
Paris: Delagrave, 1936. First edition, folio., pp.vi,40, pictorial paper-covered boards, colour plates throughout, pictorial title; foxing to endpapers, toning to edges, toning to margins of boards, light wear to edges, a little light marking to boards, a very good copy.
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GREEN MAGIC.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.448, green cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece and a further 7 colour plates, numerous b&w illustrations and ornaments; light toning to endpapers, spine a little darkened, light mottling to boards, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, without dust-jacket.
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HANS ANDERSEN'S STORIES.
London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd, 1920. Small 4to., pp.138,(vi) publisher’s pictorial adverts, glazed pictorial boards with blue cloth backstrip, lettering in black, illustrated with colour plates, b/w plates, and numerous in-text illustrations; foxing to fore-edges, a little paper-splitting along front inner hinge, light wear to extremities, including breaks to cloth at the head and the foot of the upper joint, with the joint itself remaining firm, superficial scratches and surface-soil to the boards, overall a very good copy of this scarce title. Jennie Harbour was employed by Raphael Tuck from 1919, producing the illustrations to My Favourite Book of Fairy Tales (1921), and went on to illustrate the Newbery Classics edition of The Yellow Fairy Book (1927), which also contained stories by Hans Andersen.
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HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD.
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. First edition, small 4to., pp.(xxx), glazed pictorial boards, colour frontispiece and pictorial title, full colour illustrations throughout; a near-fine copy.
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HOME LIFE WITH CATS.
London: Grafton, imprint of HarperCollins, 1992. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 64, pictorial hardcover, colour illustrations; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a few small indentations along margins of boards, very slight tobacco odour, a good copy. No dust-jacket.
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HORTON HATCHES THE EGG.
London: Collins, 1962. First edition,4to.,red cloth,black lettering,colour illustrations; a very good copy in a clipped dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities, otherwise very good.
More details Price: £68.00