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THE BOOK.
The Story of Printing and Bookmaking.
London: Oxford University Press, 1948. Large 8vo., pp.xxiv,676, handsome designer binding by Dunn & Wilson, full dark green Nigerian goatskin, handworked headband, leather joints, hand stained end papers, tooling a combination of gilt and blind lines in a straight line design, gold edges, many b/w illustrations; very light toning/yellowing to margins, slight surface scratches to edges of text block, sunned to spine, very light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy indeed.
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THE ENCHANTED LAND
Tales Told Again by Louey Chisholm
London and Edinburgh: T.C.& E.C, Jack, 1906. Large 8vo., pp. xv,211, cream pictorial cloth, uncut, t.e.g., decorative gilt to spine and boards, gold endpapers, colour frontispiece, 29 colour plates not including frontispiece, occasional spots of foxing throughout, otherwise internally clean, small tear lower margin of frontispiece page, area of loss to lower margin of contents page and a smaller area of loss to page 1, light rubbing to boards, particularly affecting the corners, light surface soil, overall still a very good copy.
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OBOLI, BOBOLI AND LITTLE JOBOLI.
London: Country Life Limited, 1938. First edition, large 8vo., pp.79, grey cloth lettered in black, colour frontispiece, b/w pictorial title, colour plates and b/w illustrations; a very good copy, in a price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, with tears and areas of loss to edges, most notably at headband and at front lower corner.
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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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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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THE JUNIPER TREE AND OTHER TALES FROM GRIMM.
London: The Bodley Head, 1974. First edition, two volumes in slipcase, brown cloth, gilt, b/w frontispieces and plates; a fresh and near-fine set, in very good+ unclipped dust-jackets, fine but for slight scuffs and toning to spines, with a little creasing at headbands. Housed in pictorial orange card slipcase, superficially torn along two joints, else very good.
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THE ONE STRAND RIVER AND OTHER FAIRY STORIES.
London: David Nutt, at the sign of the Phoenix, 1903. First edition, 8vo., pp.216,12 (publisher’s illustrated advertisements), uncut, pictorial ochre cloth blocked in black and red, b/w frontispiece, b/w pictorial title, lettered in red, with tissue guard between, five further b/w plates; contemporary ink gift inscription to half title, light toning to endpapers, p.25 and adjacent plate slightly cropped at lower corner, stain to lower corner of p.3, foxing to fore-edges, foxing and soiling/light marking to cloth, with rubbing to extremities, light roll to spine, a good+ copy of a scarce title.
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THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT.
London: Cassell And Company, 1907. First Edition, 4to.,pp. 144, pictorial green cloth, gilt, monochrome illustrations and frontispiece; ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper partially removed leaving stain, toned and foxing to endpapers and toning to leaves, rubbing to extremities, with wear to head and foot of spine and corners of boards, light toning to spine, otherwise very good. No dust-jacket.
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UNDINE.
London: William Heinemann, 1909. First edition, 4to.,pp. 136, pictorial cloth, gilt, colour plates, colour frontispiece, pictorial endpapers; plates protective leaves occasionally creased, lightly toned and foxed to endpapers, light rubbing to extremities and toning to spine, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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ALI BABA AND ALADDIN.
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1918. First edition thus, 4to.,pp. 127, pictorial beige boards, black lettering, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to margins, lightly toned to margins and endpapers with some off setting to endpapers, light rubbing to extremities and light creasing to spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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AESOP’S FABLES.
London: William Heinemann, 1912. First edition, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 8vo.,pp. xxix,223, pictorial green cloth, gilt, colour plates, b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece, pictorial endpapers; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, webbing slightly visible to inner hinge, contents firm, off set to endpapers with light foxing to margins and to edges of text block, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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TALES OF PASSED TIMES.
London: Selwyn & Blount, 1922. 9781788167239 thus, large 8vo.,pp. 63, blue card board, pictorial paper title label, colour illustrations, colour frontispiece; webbing visible to inner hinge, contents firm, toning to margins and endpapers, light foxing to margins, rubbing and toning to spine and corners, small closed tear with some creasing to head of spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE PURPLE LAND.
London: Duckworth, 1929. First edition with the Keith Henderson illustrations, 8vo.,pp. 368, patterned paper covered boards, purple cloth spine, gilt lettering, b/w illustrations and frontispiece; lightly toned to margins, sunned to spine, lightly rubbing to extremities, otherwise very good, in a good+ unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities, sunned to spine with a small rectangular hole cut out of the just above the publishers emblem to the spine of the jacket.
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IN FAIRYLAND, TALES TOLD AGAIN.
London: T.C. & E.C, Jack, 1904. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xv,211, pictorial hardcover, gilt lettering and gilt to upper edge, colour plates and frontispiece, pictorial endpapers, toned and foxed to edges of text block and margins, with heavier foxing to half title page and endpapers, rubbed and lightly toned to extremities, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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A BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES.
London: Zodiac Books, 1949. First edition, pocket 8vo., pp.64, pictorial paper-covered boards, small b/w illustrations accompany the text throughout; light sunning to spine and margins, a very good copy indeed, in an unclipped dust-jacket, which has a 2cm closed tear to the rear upper margin, and light chipping to extremities, and some light spotting to the pale paper, overall very good.
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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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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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THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE.
London: Macmillan And Co, 1929. Limited edition of 1500 copies, signed by the artist, 8vo.,pp. x,484,patterned paper covered boards, cream vellum spine with gilt lettering, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece, from woodcuts by Claire Leighton; Claire Leighton’s signature to publication page, with two ownership autographs to front free endpaper, endpapers lightly toned and soiled, light toning to edges of text block, spine lightly discoloured and runckled, small chip to head of spine, light rubbing to extremities of boards and light wear to corners, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE GREAT KHAN'S TREASURE.
A Story of Adventure in Chinese Tartary.
London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1902. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, pictorial green cloth, lettering in gilt and black, b/w frontispiece, 5 further b/w illustrations, coloured endpapers; ownership plate to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, light toning throughout, light foxing to edges, light rubbing to extremities and spine slightly sunned, a very good copy.
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PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906. First edition, 4to.,pp. xii,125, 50 colour plates to rear, colour frontispiece, with protective tissue guards, pictorial endpapers; heavily foxed to half title, title and dedication pages, with light foxing to margins of text, toning to edges of text block, lightly rubbed to extremities, very lightly toned to spine with a small stain mark, otherwise a very good copy.
More details Price: £750.00