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THE SNAIL THAT CLIMBED THE EIFFEL TOWER And Other Stories.
London: John Lehmann, 1947. First edition in a second state binding, tall 8vo., pp.86, unlettered grey hardcover, colour plates and b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; light toning to half title, light toning at head and foot of spine, very slight bruising at extremities, a very good+ copy, in a price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has chipping to corners and loss at head and foot of spine, otherwise complete and very good.
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THE SNOWMAN.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First edition, 4to., pp.(32)unpaginated, colour-illustrated throughout, glazed pictorial boards; a near fine copy.
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THE SONGS OF THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.
London/Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1916. First edition, small 8vo., pp.(ii),152,(iv) adverts, bound in decoratively blindstamped reverse calf wrappers, gilt, t.e.g., untrimmed paper, 6 tipped-in colour illustrations by Jessie M. King (frontispiece, decorative title, one double-page plate and 3 single-page plates, all with tissue-guards); neat ink ownership gift inscription, dated 1916, to foot of front free endpaper, toning to half title and final page of adverts, toning at inner hinges, spine lightly sunned, a very good copy indeed.
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THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. First edition, 8vo., pp.62, uncut, pictorial green cloth stamped in navy, and lettered in navy to spine, both boards fully decorated, pictorial headpiece to half title, pictorial title lettered in red, full pictorial and decorative Arts and Crafts style borders to text throughout, as well as 8 black and white plates, pictorial vignette to p.62; toning to free endpapers, light rubbing to extremities, a fresh and bright copy of this scarce volume, a very good copy indeed.
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THE STORY OF DAVID.
Reprinted from the authorised version with 11 wood-engravings by John Farleigh.
London: A & C Black Ltd, 1934. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.140, yellow cloth, black lettering, eleven b/w wood engravings by John Farleigh; neat ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to top edges, some foxing within, largely to early leaves, slight toning to endpapers, a very good copy, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, rubbed with very slight chipping to extremities, and now in protective covering.
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THE SWINEHERD.
London: Duckworth & Co, 1924. First edition, 4to., pp.(21), pictorial paper-covered boards, 10 colour plates, pictorial endpapers; wear with light loss to headband, light wear to tailband, rubbing to extremities, with toning and surface soil to pale boards, clean within, a very good copy.
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THE TALE OF NAUGHTY KITTY CAT.
Dundee, Valentine & Sons, Ltd. 12mo., unpaginated, pale brown paper-covered boards with inlaid colour plate, colour frontispiece and 13 further colour plates, pictorial title and colophon, pictorial endpapers, monochromatic illustrations accompany the text throughout; very slight wear at head and tail of spine, light rubbing to extremities, slight toning to endpapers, occasional light thumb marks to margins, overall a very good copy indeed of this scarce and fragile volume.
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THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS, OR THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. First edition thus, first impression with the small advert to front free endpaper verso, 12mo., pp.76, red paper-covered boards with pictorial colour plate laid down, lettering in white, pictorial endpapers (in colour), colour frontispiece, 17 further colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations; sunning to spine and slightly to fore-margins and front upper margin, otherwise very good indeed/near-fine.
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THE TEMPEST.
Paris: Alcools. Limited edition of 145 copies, 4to.,pp. 153, leaves unbound and uncut, resting in green card boards with green cloth covered spine, in a plain green card slip-case, monochrome plates throughout and to frontispiece, pictorial half title page; very lightly toned and foxed to edges, extremities of boards lightly rubbed, otherwsie near-fine, in a very good rubbed slip-case.
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THE TEN LITTLE BABIES.
London: S.P.C.K, 1909. First edition, 8vo., unpaginated, glazed pictorial boards backed in red cloth, colour half title, duochrome illustrations throughout; neat repair to front inner hinge, ink ownership autograph, dated 1909, to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to endpapers, thumbing and fosing to fore-margins within, wear to edges of boards, a good+ copy of this scarce volume.
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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS.
London: Duckworth And Co, 1921. First edition thus, 8vo.,pp. 275, green cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial emblem to front board, b/w and colour illustrations, colour frontispiece, pictorial endpapers; light toning and foxing to edges of text block and occasionally to margins, webbing visible to inner hinge at rear, all contents firm, rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE VIGIL OF VENUS.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd. Signed, limited edition, no.39 of 250 copies signed by author and illustrator, small 4to., pp.50, quarter cream cloth, gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, wood-engraved plates and in-text illustrations; slight evidence of tape-marks to paste-down endpapers, light wear to paper at corners of boards, overall very good indeed.
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THE WATER BABIES: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby.
London: Constable & Company, 1915. First edition, with colour plates by W. Heath Robinson, Large 8vo.,pp. x,319, pictorial green cloth, with gilt lettering, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; webbing visible to inner hinge, all content firm, toning and foxing to edges of text block and to margins, rubbing to extremities, with very minor wear to head and foot of spine and corners, gilt to spine slightly dulled, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE WHITE CAT.
London: Faber and Faber, 1973. First edition thus, oblong 4to., pp.(32), glazed pictorial boards, b/w title with pictorial borders, colour plates throughout; very slight foxing to front endpapers, a very good, clean copy.
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THE WIND CALL.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1958. 8vo., pp.115, green hardcover, gilt, 6 colour plates; light evidence of removed bookplate to front free endpaper, handwritten number to upper margin and sellotape stain to lower margin of front paste-down endpaper, ‘2K’ written to upper margin of front free endpaper, foxing to prelims and edges, stitching visible between front free endpaper and half title, a little light marking to margins, else very good, in price-clipped dust-jacket, which has light surface soil, else very good.
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THYME AND BERGAMOT.
London: The Dropmore Press, 1947. Limited edition, no.390 of 550 copies, 4to., pp.59, blue cloth, lettered in gilt and with pictorial emblem in gilt to front board, decorative gilt inner dentelles, handmade paper, with wood engravings by John O’Connor, including dedication page, pictorial title, 6 full-page plates, plus illuminated letter and decorative tailpiece; foxing to edges, else very good indeed, in vg unclipped dust-jacket, which has foxing to pale paper.
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TOPSY-TURVY TALES.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. Square 8vo., pictorial blue cloth, 6 colour plates and 35 b/w illustrations; vertical crease to inner margin of colour plate opposite p.60, with repair to the margin, repaired closed tear to upper margin of b/w plate at p.112, two ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, foxing to prelims and fore-edges, rubbing to extremities, with slight wear to cloth along lower edges, a good+ copy of a scarce title.
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TOPSY-TURVY TALES.
London: John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1923. First edition, Scarce, re-cased, 8vo., pp. x,177, pictorial blue cloth, black lettering, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; ownership autograph and small inscription to front free endpaper, toning and foxing to title page, edges of text block, endpapers and occasionally quite significantly foxed to margins with occasional lighter foxing present throughout, plate to p.60 has a crease and neat repair to the margin, plate to p.112 with small marginal repair, very slight cracking to upper inner section of inner hinge, rubbing to extremities with light wear to corners and along lower edges of boards, light toning to spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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TREASURE ISLAND.
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First edition, 8vo., pp.xii,287, green cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, 11 further colour plates; cut edges, slight toning throughout, hinge very slightly visible, very slight roll to spine, light shelf-wear to extremities, a very good copy, now in a protective cover. No dust-jacket.
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TWO OLD LADIES, TWO FOOLISH FAIRIES AND A TOM CAT. The Surprising Adventures of Tuppy and Tue. With Coloured Plates and Other Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1897. First edition, 8vo., pp.190,(xviii)publisher’s adverts, pictorial blue cloth, gilt, with blindstamped decoration to rear board, t.e.g., colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 3 further colour plates and 19 b/w plates, decorative endpapers; light blindstamp to front free endpaper, finger mark to title verso, light foxing to fore-edges, slight rubbing to extremities, a near-fine copy. The first book to include colour plates by Rackham.
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