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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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SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE.
London: Macmillan And Co, 1906. First edition thus, with Hugh Thomson illustrations, 8vo.,pp. viii,429, dark green cloth with pictorial gilt and lettering, gilt to edges of text block, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some cracking to inner hinge with webbing vissible at front and rear inner hinge, all contents firm, toning and light foxing to endpapers and margins, light rubbing to extremities and gilt to spine slightly faded, light circular stain to front board, otherwise a very good, attractive copy. No dust-jacket.
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SHAKESPEARE'S HEROINES.
London/New York: J.M. Dent/E.P. Dutton, 1901. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.xii,379, uncut, pictorial green cloth, gilt, pictorial spine in gilt, t.e.g., frontispiece with tissue guard, pictorial titles and decorative headpieces in red and black; school prize bookplate, dated 1907, to front paste-down endpaper, superficial paper-cracking to inner hinges (textblock sits slightly proud in its casing), toning to half title, foxing to prelims, light vertical crease to spine, a good, fairly bright copy of this scarce illustrated title.
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SILVER BUBBLES.
A New Book of Nursery Rhymes.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. 4to., pp.(20),(20), cloth-backed pictorial boards, 20 colour plates (rectos) with accompanying verse to versos, neat ink ownership gift inscription to front paste-down endpaper (dated ‘[19]04’), free endpapers toned, the ‘s’ of ‘Bubbles’ to front board has been coloured red, wear to corners, light wear to paper covering alone edges, light wear to head- and tailbands, surface soil to pale paper of rear board, a little light fingermarking to margins, overall a good+ copy.
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SIX FAIRY TALES. The Little Sea Hare - Fundevogel - Rapunzel - The Boy Who Left Home to Learn Fear - Old Rinkrank - Rumpelstilzchen.
London: Petersburg Press, in association with the Kasmin Gallery, 1970. First edition, 16mo., unpaginated, full navy blue leatherette binding, 39 illustrations after original copper-engraved etchings by David Hockney; slight tone to margins, a near-fine copy.
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SONGS OF INNOCENCE. Reproduced In Facsimile From An Original Copy Of The Work Printed In The British Museum.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926. First edition thus; 8vo., unpaginated colour facsimile, black cloth, gilt, with decorative borders in gilt, full colour facsimile plates throughout; light partial toning to endpapers, slight wear to cloth at head and foot of spine, a very good copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket, which is toned to spine, with some light foxing, toning and surface soil to the pale paper, light chipping to extremities, and small closed tear to front lower margin, else very good.
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SONGS & POEMS.
Twyford: The Golden Cockerill Press, 1924. Limited edition of 380 copies, of which this is number 176, with illustrations by Robert Gibbings, 4to.,pp. 64, blue paper covered boards with vellum spine and gilt lettering, b/w illustrations and musical score; light toning to margins, small annotation mark to upper corner of front paste down endpaper, light rubbing and toning to boards and spine, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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SPORT IN WAR.
London: Collins, 1936. Signed, limited edition, no. 32 of 75 copies signed by author and artist, folio, pp.98, quarter green leather, gilt, green cloth boards, t.e.g., colour frontispiece, colour and b/w plates, b/w illustrations; small ownership autograph to front free endpaper, foxing to fore-edges, rubbing to head and tailbands, with a few further small scuffs to leather, a very good copy. Housed in rather worn card slipcase, with remnants of removed label to side panel.
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STUDIO PLAYS Three Experiments in Dramatic Form.
London: Cecil Palmer. Deluxe edition, no. 75 of 250 copies, signed by author and artist, 4to., pp.46, pictorial hardcover, decorative gilt, uncut, 10 colour plates; toning to endpapers, occasional foxing throughout, more pronounced foxing to edges of text block, light rubbing and toning to extremities of paper covered boards, overall still a very good copy of this scarce volume, in a fair unclipped dust-jacket, lightly worm with creasing and closed tears to extremities, light toning and a few marks.
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TALES FROM DENMARK.
London: Joseph Cundall, 1847. First edition thus, small 8vo., pp.174, half dark brown morocco with 5 raised bands and gilt borders to compartments, lettering gilt, paper-covered boards with checked design, a.e.g., frontispiece and 7 further dichromatic plates, as well as numerous in-text illustrations and decorations; rubbing and light wear to extremities, professional repair to headband and upper joint (small area of gilt to upper compartment missing), with upper corner of rear board worn and re-touched, small closed tear to front free endpaper, foxing to frontispiece recto, otherwise internally fresh, and overall a very good copy of this scarce volume.
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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE.
London: Headley Bros, 1909. First edition thus, 8vo.,pp. 323, pictorial green cloth, with gilt lettering, colour plates with tissue guards, colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers, foxing to half title and edges of text block, with occasional light foxing to margins, lightly rubbed to extremities with a small scratch mark to rear, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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TALES OF PASSED TIMES WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN.
Adelphi: Selwyn and Blount Ltd. 8vo., pp.63, blue paper-covered boards with inlaid pictorial plate, colour frontispiece and pictorial title, colour and b/w illustrations, including double-page colour plate; light partial toning to endpapers, a very good copy, in a slightly chipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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TALES, POETRY, AND FAIRY TALES.
London: W. Brown. First edition, 8vo., pp.vi,181, quarter unlettered cloth, paper-covered boards, illustrated with 90 woodcut illustrations, including frontispiece and pictorial title; rubbing and wear to extremities, with some loss to paper covering of boards, water-staining to front board/front endpapers, internally clean and very good, a good copy overall.
More details Price: £85.00
