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LE LA FONTAINE DES ENFANS, Ou Choix de Fables de La Fontaine, Les Plus Simples et les Plus Morales, Avec des Explications a la portee de l’Enfance, Orne de Six Gravures.
Paris: A la Librairie d’Education de Pierre Blanchard, 1820. 12mo., pp.180, full tree calf with black title label to spine, gilt, with gilt border to boards and gilt decorations to compartments, marbled endpapers and edges, engraved vignette to title, 4 engraved plates each with 2 illustrations; small ink ownership autograph to upper margin of front free endpaper verso, foxing to edges/very margins, spine is bright, a very good+ copy of this scarce title.
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LE ROMAN DE TRISTAN ET ISEUT.
Paris: L’Edition D’Art, H. Piazza. First, limited edition, no.20 of 525 copies on japon paper, one of only 25 illustrated copies, large 8vo., pp.197, uncut, paper wrappers, gilt, colour illustrations, b/w illustrations and decorations; internally fresh and fine, a very good copy indeed.
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB.
London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1895. First edition, 12mo., pp.57, pictorial cream cloth stamped in blue, b/w frontispiece, pictorial title, plates and in-text illustrations, pictorial endpapers in green; toning to endpapers, light surface soiling to pale cloth, slight crease to upper corner of front board, a very good copy.
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LUCIE ATWELL’S ANNUAL.
London: Dean and Son Ltd, 1952. Small 4to., pp.92, pictorial boards, colour-illustrated throughout; rear free endpaper price-clipped, light sellotape-marking to free endpapers, light wear to extremities, slight creasing to boards, otherwise a very good copy.
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MANDA.
London: John Murray, 1952. First edition, small 4to., pp.(ii),30, pictorial paper-covered boards, colour pictorial title, colour and b/w illustrations on alternate double-pages throughout; 1.5cm closed tear to upper LH corner of front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers, light surface soil to rear board, rubbing and light wear to extremities, with partial wear to paper covering of spine, and loss to paper (for 4cms) at upper section of upper joint, an attractive and good+ copy.
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MAY.
Prague: Artia Graphic Design, 1965. First edition thus, 4to., pp.82, decorative cream cloth blocked in black, ribbon bookmark, 6 b/w plates plus b/w vignettes; light spotting to top edges of cloth, else fine, in mylar wrapper, housed in very good decorative slipcase, which is rubbed to extremities.
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MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES.
Or, A Short History of Poetry in Britain: Variety Entertainment in Four Acts. With Harlequinade, Transformation Scene, Cinematograph Effects, and Many Other Novelties, as well as Old and Tried Favourites.
London: Duckworth & Co. First edition, 4to., pp.126, cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, 11 wood-engraved plates by Paul Nash, as well as front cover illustration; partial toning and foxing to endpapers and half title, lower corners of boards lightly bumped, with light toning to margins of boards, internally clean, a very good copy, in good(+) unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is toned, with light chipping to the extremities, slight loss at head and foot of spine, and with 4cm closed tear to front of jacket (not affecting the plate).
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MONA MINIM AND THE SMELL OF THE SUN.
New York: George Braziller, 1969. First edition, red cloth, gilt, top edges yellow, colour plates, b/w and dichromatic illustrations; light mustiness, else near-fine, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has 4cm closed tear to foot of front flap-fold, 2cm closed tear to foot of spine, a few further tiny closed nicks to edges, and light sunning to spine, else complete and very good indeed.
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MORE ALICE. After Lewis Carroll.
Capetown/Johannesburg: Purnell and Sons (S.A.) (Pty) Ltd./London & New York: T.V. Boardman & Company, 1959. 8vo., pp.125, printed card wrappers, b/w illustrations throughout; foxing to top edges, a very good, internally clean copy, in very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is just slightly chipped to extremities.
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MRS. FOX’S WEDDING.
London: Faber and Faber, 1980. First edition, oblong squat 4to., pp.(30), glazed pictorial boards, colour frontispiece, colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout; a very good, clean copy.
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MUMMY’S BEDTIME STORY BOOK.
London: Cecil Palmer. First edition, 4to., pp.56, pictorial paper-covered boards, lavishly illustrated, with pictorial title, colour frontispiece and 11 further colour plates, pictorial endpapers, and richly illustrated text; ink ownership gift inscription to reverse of frontispiece, occasional light fingermarking, foxing to fore-edges of text-block and boards, rubbing and light wear to extremities, internally fresh, a very good copy indeed.
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NARROW BOAT.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945. Second printing, 8vo., pp.212, green cloth lettered in white, b/w frontispiece and numerous illustrations within; light bruising to corners, a very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has loss to head/foot of spine and corners of front panel, as well as 5cm closed tear and crease from front lower margin.
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NELL AND THE CHINA TWINS.
The Dinky Tile Books: The Green Tile Book.
London, Glasgow & Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, 1933. 8vo., pp.(xix), cloth-backed glazed pictorial card boards, 9 colour plates, pictorial endpapers in black and white; light toning to title and rear free endpaper, small bookseller’s stamp to rear paste-down endpaper, lightly rubbed to extremities, with some discolouration to rear board, a slight crease a very good copy of this scarce title.
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NEW LION AND THE UNICORN FIGHTING FOR THE CROWN.
Dean and Co, 1845. Tall 8vo., pp.8, sewn pictorial wrappers, illustrated with one full-page and 7 half-page hand-coloured wood engravings; light partial water-staining from fore-margins, light surface soil to wrappers, with a little chipping along spine, illustrations bright, a good+ copy of this very scarce pamphlet.
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NONSENSE DROLLERIES: The Owl & The Pussy-Cat - The Duck & The Kangaroo.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1889. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.31,(i)advert, red cloth spine with pictorial boards, b/w illustrations; toning to endpapers, ink ownership autograph to upper margin of front free endpaper, fingermarking and light surface soiling throughout, wear to paper covering at extremities of boards, with professional repair to headband and head of rear joint, a good copy.
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Numero Special de ‘La Revue Musicale’: LES BALLETS RUSSES DE SERGE DE DIAGHILEW. No.110 - Décembre 1930.
Paris, 1930. Large 8vo., pp.112, printed paper wrappers, 4 colour plates, numerous b/w plates; light toning to page margins, foxing to wrappers, otherwise an unusually fine copy.
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OASIS.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. First edition, 8vo., pp.69, uncut, quarter green cloth with printed paper label to spine, cream paper-covered boards, woodcut illustrations; partial toning to free endpapers, foxing to edges, slight wrinkle to paper label, else very good indeed, in vg complete dust-jacket, which has two small closed tears to upper edge, and light surface soil to pale paper, with light stain to spine/rear inner margin (now in a protective cover).
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OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. In Four Books.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd, 1898. Limited edition of 660 copies, 8vo., pp.xii,324 in full vellum wrappers, gilt, b/w frontispiece, decorative title page, 3 further b/w plates with tissue-guards, illuminated letters and tailpieces, titles printed in red; foxing to plate at p.111, with toning to adjacent text, superficial split to vellum at foot of spine, a near-fine copy of this scarce volume.
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ONE LUMP OR TWO. Tea, Twinings and Edward Bawden.
Sparham, Norwich: The Mainstone Press, 2010. Tall 8vo., pp.47, paperback, b/w illustrations; a fresh and near-fine copy, in dust-jacket.
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ORLANDO AND THE THREE GRACES.
London: John Murray, 1965. First edition, oblong 8vo., pp.30, pictorial paper-covered boards, alternating colour and b/w illustrations throughout; light foxing to fore-edges, rubbing to extremities, very slight bowing to front board, overall a very good copy indeed.
More details Price: £68.00