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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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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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PEGGY’S TRAVELS.
London, Blackie & Son Limited. 4to.,pp.98, pictorial paper covered boards, red cloth spine, illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers; rubbed to extremities, with some wear to spine and corners, paper covered boards lightly soiled, occasional light soiling to pages, neat ownership inscription to front-free endpaper, very 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.
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PUSHKIN’S FAIRY TALES.
London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1978. First edition thus, 4to., pp.94, black hardcover lettered in silver, b/w lithographic illustrations plates; slight perfumed odour, else very good indeed, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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QUENTIN BLAKE’S THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD THE SAILOR
London: Pavilion, 1996. 4to., pp. 117, pictorial hardcover, colour pictorial endpapers, b/w and colour illustrations; light rubbing to extremities, with slight bubbling to laminate coating at margins of boards, else very good indeed. No dust-jacket.
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RAINSFORD VILLA, OR JUVENILE INDEPENDENCE, A Tale.
London: J. Harris and Son, 1823. 12mo., pp.139, quarter leather, gilt, marbled boards; contemporary ink ownership autograph to front paste-down endpaper, pencilled notes to rear endpapers, toning and foxing to prelims, foxing to rear endpapers, boards rubbed, with wear to edges, and a few mms loss to headband, a good+ copy of this scarce title.
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RAVILIOUS ENGRAVINGS
Woodbridge: The Wood Lea Press, 2008. Limited edition, one of 800 copies, folio, pp.287, grey buckram lettered in silver, colour and b/w illustrations; a mint copy, in near-fine slipcase, which has just slight scuffs to lower section.
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RED FOX.
The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds and of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind.
London: Duckworth and Company, 1945. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.xv,340, uncut, pictorial green cloth, pictorial spine, gilt, t.e.g., colour frontispiece with caption-sheet, pictorial half title and title, 48 b/w plates, 11 further vignettes, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to reverse of frontispiece, light toning to free endpapers, rubbing to extremities, with slight wear at headband, a very good, fairly bright copy, which is internally clean.
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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
London: Constable and Company Limited, 1920. First edition thus, 4to., cream paper-covered boards, gilt, with inlaid circular colour plate to front board, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 5 further colour plates, 18 tipped-in b/w plates, 14 tipped-in b/w plates with colour accents, and 39 vignettes; small ink ownership inscription (dated 1920) to upper margin of front free endpaper, light toning/foxing to endpapers, otherwise internally fresh and very good indeed (plates are fine and without creasing), toning to spine and margins of boards, small closed tear to headband, light vertical crease to spine, light marking to boards (small water stain to front board, and extensive water-stain to rear board), rubbing and slight wear to extremities, overall a very good copy.
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SALAR THE SALMON.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1936. First edition, 8vo., pp.323, 16 colour plates, 15 b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers, moire cloth, silver lettering and pictorial title inlay, uncut, top-edge silver; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, sunned to spine, also affecting the upper margin of the front board, else a very good copy indeed.
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SAN SEBASTIAN 1934.
1934. 4to., pp.(x)adverts,unpaginated plates,(x)adverts, paperback (pictorial card wrappers), colour and b/w plates, many of which folding; wear to extremities of wrappers, with partial tear to spine, internally clean, a good+ copy.
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