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DUMPTY DUMPTIES.
Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1915. 4to., unpaginated, rare double-sided concertina book, full colour plates mounted onto stiff boards, black cloth hinges; light toning to margins of boards, light rubbing mostly to extremities, but also affecting upper portions of the front and rear boards, overall a very good, bright copy of this scarce volume.
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THE SPANISH GOLD-FISH.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd, 1934. First edition, 8vo., pp. 93, backed in yellow cloth, boards bound in green paper, b/w pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations; light foxing to endpapers, prelims and edges, crossed out ownership autograph to front paste-down, with more recent ownership autograph below, bump to top right corner of front board, lightly rubbed, overall a very good copy in a vg dust-jacket with inlaid colour plate, with light loss from chipping to extremities, small closed tear to upper margin, and a few light marks to front and rear panels.
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A NAVAL ALPHABET. Being a Companion to An Active Army Alphabet.
London: Sands and Co, 1901. 4to., unpaginated, cloth-backed, pictorial boards, full-page colour plates to rectos throughout, with accompanying text and pictorial vignettes to versos, throughout; ownership autograph with biro erasure to upper margin of half title, partial split along front inner hinge, light wear to paper covering at edges of boards, wear to corners, a good copy.
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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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THE TWO FIDDLERS.
London: Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1974. First edition, 8vo., pp.,164, sage hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; very slight toning to endpapers, slight foxing and soiling to top and fore edges, slight shelf-wear and toning to extremities, a very good copy, in a price-clipped dust-jacket with a small price sticker to internal flap, slight toning and soiling to rear, and slight sunning to spine, else very good, now in a protective cover.
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FAIRIES I HAVE MET.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. 8vo., pp.117, blue cloth, gilt, colour frontispiece, 7 further colour plates, endpapers toned and lightly throughout, slightly foxed, edges very slightly soiled and toned, extremities slightly worn, spine lightly sunned, else very good. No dust-jacket, now in a protective cover.
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LOVE OF SEVEN DOLLS.
London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 102, pictorial hardcover, blue lettering, pictorial endpapers; ownership autograph to front free endpaper and to front free endpaper verso, scuffed along top edge of front board, otherwise very good, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine and lightly rubbed to corners.
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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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FLYING THE ATLANTIC.
London: Max Parrish, 1953. Square 8vo., pp.36, grey cloth lettered in black, colour illustrations throughout; partial sunning to spine, creasing and small chip to rear free endpaper, in worn unclipped dust-jacket, which has large area of loss to rear upper margin, loss also to front upper margin, with large tear, and creasing, rubbing and small closed tears to extremities.
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THE BLAMPIED EDITION OF PAN PETER: THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF PETER & WENDY BY J.M BARRIE,
Newly Illustrated.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. First edition, 4to., pp. cream cloth lettered in navy, tipped-in colour frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard, colour plates, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; a fresh and near-fine copy, in price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has closed tears, creasing and small areas of loss to extremities, as well as more extensive closed tear from front lower edge.
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HANS ANDERSEN'S STORIES.
London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ltd, 1920. Small 4to., pp.138,(vi) publisher’s pictorial adverts, glazed pictorial boards with blue cloth backstrip, lettering in black, illustrated with colour plates, b/w plates, and numerous in-text illustrations; foxing to fore-edges, a little paper-splitting along front inner hinge, light wear to extremities, including breaks to cloth at the head and the foot of the upper joint, with the joint itself remaining firm, superficial scratches and surface-soil to the boards, overall a very good copy of this scarce title. Jennie Harbour was employed by Raphael Tuck from 1919, producing the illustrations to My Favourite Book of Fairy Tales (1921), and went on to illustrate the Newbery Classics edition of The Yellow Fairy Book (1927), which also contained stories by Hans Andersen.
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THE THREE ASTRONAUTS.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. First edition, 4to., unpaginated, colour pictorial hardcover, colour illustrations throughout; very light toning to prelims, otherwise a near fine copy, in a near fine dust-jacket with some very light rubbing to extremities.
More details Price: £55.00