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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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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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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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ONCE AND FUTURE MYTHS.
The Power of Ancient Stories in Modern Times.
London: The Bodley Head, 1986. First UK edition, 8vo.,pp. 185, green cloth, gilt, colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers and title page; a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed to extremities with light wear to upper corner of front hinge and to front lower edge.
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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.
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OTTO IN AFRICA.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1962. First UK edition, tall 8vo., pp.(xxxvii), textured yellow pictorial paper-covered boards, lettered and stamped in red, pictorial endpapers, double-page title in colour, double-page colour plates with accompanying text throughout; a couple of tiny nicks to top edges of boards, a very good copy indeed, in very good(+) pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket, which has 1cm closed tear to foot of spine, slight rubbing to extremities, and slight surface soil, as well as a little partial darkening - now in a protective cover.
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PEACOCK PIE. A BOOK OF RHYMES.
London: Constable & Company Ltd. First edition thus, tall 8vo., pp.ix,128, pictorial blue cloth, gilt; colour frontispiece, 15 coloured plates; toning and foxing to endpapers, rubbing to edges, tiny neat black mark to front board, o/w a good copy.
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PETER MAX SUPERPOSTER BOOK.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1971. Folio, pictorial wrappers, full-colour plates; some marking to fore-margins throughout, most notably to folding plate at rear of volume, small creases have developed in the laminate coating of the wrappers, otherwise a very good copy.
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POEMS FOR CHILDREN.
London: Constable & Co, 1930. Signed limited edition of 125 copies, of which this copy is numbered 65 and signed by the author, 8vo.,pp. xxxiii,264, plain boards with beige cloth spine and title label to spine with gilt lettering; toning and light foxing to endpaper and to edges of text block, with occasional light foxing to margins, rubbing to title label and light wear to corners of boards, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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PRINTING TYPES: Borders; Initials; Electros; Brass Rules; Spacing; Material Ornaments.
Sheffield: Stephenson, Blake & Co, The Letter Foundry, 1924. 4to.,pp. xiv,702, green cloth, gilt, b/w and colour figures, b/w lettertype, b/w frontispiece, decorative endpapers; light toning to margins and edges of text block, rubbed to extremities, light wear to corners, small area of ink marking to spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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PROCREANT HYMN.
The Golden Cockerel Press. Limited edition, no. 197 of 200 copies, 8vo., pp.20,(i)colophon, cream cloth, gilt, t.e.g., deckle-edged paper, engraved frontispiece by Eric Gill, 4 further engravings by Gill; slight toning to spine and margins of the cloth boards, a very good copy indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to spine and margins, with partial loss to spine (12mms loss at tailband, and apx. 20mms loss at headband), with light loss and small closed tears to other extremities, good+ and now in protective cover.
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PUCK AND PEASEBLOSSOM IN LONDON.
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1858. Tall 8vo., pp.(viii), pictorial paper wrappers, 8 hand-coloured wood-engravings by Edmund Evans; edgeworn, (occasionally extensive) horizontal closed tears from fore-edges, with archival tape repairs, a good+ copy of this extremely scarce illustrated chapbook.
More details Price: £225.00
