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THE FAITHFUL BULL.
London: Hamish Hamilton Children’s Books, 1980. First edition thus, signed by the artist, 4to., pp.(30), glazed pictorial hardcover, colour-illustrated throughout, including pictorial endpapers and pictorial title; autographed and dated by Michael Foreman to front free endpaper verso, foxing to endpapers, occasional light foxing within, a very good copy.
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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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A GOLDEN CASKET OF STORIES.
London: John Long, Limited, 1911. First edition, 8vo., pp.320, pictorial purple cloth, lettered in gilt and stamped in green and beige, colour frontispiece and fifteen b/w plates by Amelia M. Bowerley; edges and prelims foxed, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, foxed, with tear and small area of loss to head of upper fold over spine, chipping to headband, and toning to spine.
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A L'EST DU SOLEIL ET L'OUEST DE LA LUNE.
Contes Anciens du Nord.
Paris: H. Piazza, 1919. First French edition, limited to 1,500 copies, of which this is no.181, 4to., pp.123, half dark green morocco, five raised bands, gilt, contrasting green cloth boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, original pictorial wrappers bound in, 24 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, pictorial title in black and white, with lettering in red, b/w illustrations and decorations within, with illuminated capitals in red and black; toning to margins, slight mustiness, some creasing to corners of tissue guards, light wear to leather along lower edges of boards and at corners (retouched), some light rubbing along joints, a very good copy indeed.
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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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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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THE SEASONS: A FOLIO ANTHOLOGY.
Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer.
London: The Folio Society, 2018. Four volumes, 8vo., pp.x,83;x,85;x,85;x,86, pictorial boards backed in quarter cloth, gilt, colour frontispieces and plates; a fine set. No slipcase.
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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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BYGONE KING'S,
Being A Collection of Historical Views of the Buildings at King’s College, Cambridge, With Descriptive Notes.
Eton College: Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd, 1907. Folio, unpaginated, grey-blue paper-covered boards backed in cream cloth, lettering stamped in black, 21 tipped-in plates with tissue guards; water-marking to lower margins of boards, with tear to lower margin of front board and area of loss to paper covering at front inner margin, scuffs and surface soil to boards, a good copy, with the plates themselves in very good condition.
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AN ALPHABET OF MAGIC.
London: The Medici Society Ltd, 1928. First edition, 8vo., pp.58, viii, pictorial green cloth, gilt lettering, frontispiece, further monochromatic plates and illustrations accompany the text throughout; lightly sunned to lower and upper margins, toning to free endpapers, otherwise a very good+ clean copy in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with minor area of loss to head of spine and small area of discolouration to tail, chipping with some loss to extremities, additionally some light marks and smudges to front and rear.
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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 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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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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THE SILVER FAIRY BOOK.
London: Hutchinson and Co, 1895. First edition, 8vo., pp.viii,312, pictorial navy cloth stamped in silver and brown, all edges silver, b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, b/w illustrations, decorative endpapers; 4cm closed tear to lower inner margin of title page, closed tear and crease to inner margin of tissue guard, light foxing throughout, occasional thumbing, rubbing to extremities, a good copy.
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ROUND THE WORLD TO WYMPLAND.
London/New York: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1901. First edition, 8vo., pp.235, pictorial green cloth stamped in yellow and white, pictorial title, 8 b/w plates, all edges green; pencilled ownership inscription to front paste-down endpaper, tiny tear and crease to foot of p.97, light foxing and fingermarking to prelims, light surface soil to cloth, light rubbing to extremities, a good copy of a scarce title.
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THORSTEIN OF THE MERE: A SAGA OF THE NORTHMEN IN LAKELAND.
London: Edward Arnold, Publisher to the India Office, 1895. First edition, 8vo., pp.(iv),328, uncut, pictorial brown cloth, gilt, frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w plates and illuminated letters; colour postcard tipped in the rear paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims, with ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, rubbing to extremities, gilt to spine a little dulled, a good++ copy.
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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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CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: The Magical Car.
London: Puffin Books, 2008. First Puffin Edition, Signed by the Illustrator, 4to.,pp. 113, red hardcover, silver lettering, b/w and colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, pictorial title page; illustrators signature to half title page, light foxing to upper edge of text block, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has a small creased closed tear to rear lower margin.
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THE FAIRIES UP-TO-DATE.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1925. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 189, grey paper covered boards, burgundy lettering, colour plates, decorative borders to text; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, toning to margins and endpapers, some water damage to rear endpapers, with some light rippling to margins of rear board, toned to edges of text block and to extremities of boards, otherwise very good, in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, piece missing to front upper margin with some title text missing, circular hole to lower section of spine, rubbed and creased to extremities, with chipping and wear to head and foot of spine and corners.
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EVENTYR ET HISTORIER. [Set of Five Volumes]
Med Illustrationer ester Originaltegninger af. B. Bedersen.
Kobenhavn: Gyldendalste Boghandel, 1897. Five volumes, square 8vo., pp.(iv),440, pictorial red cloth, gilt, pictorial spines, decorated endpapers, marbled edges, frontispieces and pictorial title pages, illustrated throughout; spines lightly and uniformly sunned, light rubbing to extremities, most noticeably at tailbands, a very good, bright set.
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