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A DOG OF WAR.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927. Limited edition, no. 28 of 375 copies, tall 8vo., pp.32, quarter orange buckram, gilt, orange paper-covered boards, coloured frontispiece and 4 further hand-coloured plates; toning and some foxing to endpapers, light foxing within, spine just lightly sunned, with light surface soil to boards and wear to paper covering at lower corners of boards, overall a very good copy, in good(+) unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, partially toned, with closed tears and light loss to upper margin.
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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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A NATURE DIARY.
New York: Viking, 1985. First edition,signed by author and illustrator,8vo.,pp.160,hardback,gilt,colour illustration to title page,black and white illustrations throughout; slight soiling to top-edge, neat dedication to previous owner and very light soiling to extremities on front free endpaper, otherwise very good in very good, clipped dust jacket.
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A SLENDER REPUTATION.
An Autobiography.
London: Frederick Warne, 1994. First edition, 8vo., pp.288, black hardcover, gilt, 16pp. colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations; a very good copy indeed, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.
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A THING OF NOUGHT.
London: Lovat Dickson and Thompson Limited, 1934. First edition, 8vo., pp.51, pictorial white paper-covered boards illustrated and lettered in black, b/w in-text illustrations; light wear and discolouration to edges of boards, light foxing to endpapers, a very good copy, with remant of original glassine dust-jacket (the front of jacket intact, the rear of jacket missing, and all now covered with a plastic wrapper).
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ADOLF IN BLUNDERLAND.
A Political Parody of Lewis Carroll’s Famous Story.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1939. First edition, small 4to., pp.60, pictorial paper-covered boards, b/w frontispiece, plates and in-text illustrations; ink ownership inscription (dated 1940) to front free endpaper, foxing to prelims, torn flap to spine (apx. 1.5 x 1.5cms, and without loss), wear to headband (chipping and rubbing, again without loss) and rubbing to other extremities, water-marking to lower margins of boards, as well as general light surface soil to boards, internally clean, a good+ copy.
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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME.
London: Nisbet & Co, 1919. First edition, pictorial dun green cloth blocked in red and blue, tipped-in colour frontispiece with caption sheet, tipped-in colour plates with caption sheets, pictorial endpapers in black and white, black and white illustrations and devices throughout; light toning to endpapers, slight rubbing to cloth, a very good copy indeed.
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AMERICA, A PROPHECY.
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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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ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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ARCTIC ORPHANS.
London: W. & R. Chambers, Ltd. Oblong 4to., pp.unpaginated, pictorial paper-covered boards, 13 full-page colour plates, further b/w illustrations; owner’s inscription and ink-sketch to front paste-down endpaper, light wear to edges, 3cm surface loss to paper-covering at tailband, exposing card beneath, contents bright and clean, a very good copy.
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ATTA TROLL.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1913. 12mo., pp.v,185, vellum-backed with paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt, with pictorial insignia to spine in red, untrimmed edges, top edges red, ribbon bookmark, 5 b/w illustrations to beginning of volume, headpieces and vignettes to text, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to margins, light toning to spine, a very good+ copy.
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BLIGHTY PIN-UP AND CARTOON ANNUAL.
London: Blighty, City Magazines Ltd. Small 4to., pp.98, paperback with pictorial colour wrappers, b/w illustrations throughout as well as folding colour plate; light surface soiling to wrappers, internally clean and overall a very good copy.
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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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CAROLS.
London: Alexander Moring Limited, The De La More Press. First edition, small 4to., pp.43, cloth, gilt, a.e.g., 6 double-page colour plates and 6 further colour illlustrations, as well as inlaid colour plate to front board; toning to free endpapers, occasional thumb-marking, only very slight wear to extremities, a very good copy.
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CHIN-PAO AND THE GIANT PANDAS.
London: Country Life, 1939. First edition, 8vo., pp.83, blue-grey cloth lettered in black, colour frontispiece, 3 further colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations; ink ownership autograph to front paste-down endpaper (covered by flap of dust-jacket), spine lightly rolled, with sunning/toning to spine, a slight surface soil to boards, overall a very good copy, in pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket, which has creasing and tears to edges, with some loss, and apx. 4mms loss to head of spine.
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COMPOSITIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S TEMPEST.
Fifteen Engravings in Outline. With: COMPOSITIONS FROM SHELLEY’S PROMETHEUS UNBOUND. Twelve Engravings in Outline.
Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo & Co, 1845. Oblong 8vo., unpaginated, pictorial bevelled ochre cloth, gilt, with design in blind to rear board, b/w frontispieces, 27 engraved plates, patterned endpapers; paper-cracking between front endpapers at innder hinge (joint remains firm), light wear to cloth at headband, wear to cloth at corners, surface soil to cloth, else very good.
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COUNTRY MATTERS.
New York: Macmillan, 1937. First edition, ex libris Edward Hodnett, author’s presentation inscription to Edward Hodnett, author of books on the history of woodcuts, 4to., pp.xv,160, cloth, gilt, illustrated title page, a further 72 b/w illustrations and plates; toning to endpapers, darker at the gutter, a few light spots of foxing to prelims, rest of text unaffected, internally clean, rubbing to boards and a few small marks and light surface scratches, else a very good copy indeed in a vg+ dust jacket with a few spots foxing to reverse and light toning to front and rear.
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CURIOSITIES FOR THE INGENIOUS:
Selected from the Most Authentic Treasures of Nature, Science and Art, Biography, History, and General Literature.
London: Thomas Boys, 1821. 12mo., pp.192,(iv)adverts, uncut, leather-backed marbled boards, unlettered spine, complete with 13 engraved illustrations in 12 plates; worn to extremities, boards rubbed, with loss to paper covering at lower margin, a little scruffy within, with some foxing and light surface soil, a good copy.
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DEFENCE OF WOMEN.
London: Fanfrolico Press. Limited edition, no. 43 of 370 copies, small 8vo., unpaginated (pp.12), brown cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations by Norman Lindsay; very slightly toned throughout, very slight foxing to front endpapers, very light soiling to endpapers, rubbing to extremities, a very good copy.
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