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EROTIC FAIRY TALES.
Englished from the French of Abbe de Voisenon. For Private Collectors of Erotica.
New York: The Panurge Press, 1932. Limited edition, no.252 of 1000 copies, 8vo., pp.246, uncut, quarter black cloth, gilt, decorative yellow cloth boards, text printed in blue; toning to fore-edges, very slight roll to spine, rubbing to lower corner of front board, a bright and very good+ copy.
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FAIRY TALES.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. First edition, 4to.,pp. 197, pictorial green cloth, gilt, colour plates, colour frontispiece, with tissue protective guards, b/w illustrations, decorative endpapers; ownership ink stamp to front free endpaper, webbing occasionally slightly visible to inner hinge, lightly toned to edges of text block, lightly rubbed to extremities and lightly sunned to spine, light wear to head and foot of spine and corners, a very good copy.
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HOME LIFE WITH CATS.
London: Grafton, imprint of HarperCollins, 1992. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 64, pictorial hardcover, colour illustrations; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a few small indentations along margins of boards, very slight tobacco odour, a good copy. No dust-jacket.
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IN PURSUIT.
London: The Medici Society Ltd, 1970. Signed, limited edition, no.508 of 1050 copies, numbered and signed by Francis Russell Flint to colophon, folio, pp.264, quarter red morocco with 5 raised bands, gilt, pictorial grey cloth boards, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, colour and b/w plates, pictorial title and vignettes; rubbing to corners of boards, a few small, mostly slight scuffs to spine, a fresh and overall near-fine copy.
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ISABELLA, OR THE POT OF BASIL.
Edinburgh/London: T.N. Foulis, 1908. Slim 8vo., pp.39, grey cloth, gilt, with inlaid colour plate to front board, tipped-in colour plates by Jessie M. King, mounted on grey paper - frontispiece, pictorial title, Contents page, and three further colour plates, small b/w headpiece; neat ink ownership gift inscription, dated 1908, to front free endpaper, small (later) ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, toning to free endpapers and prelim blank, rubbing to extremities, slight marking to rear board, a very good, internally fresh copy.
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LE ROMAN DE TRISTAN ET ISEUT.
Paris: L’Edition D’Art, H. Piazza. First, limited edition, no.20 of 525 copies on japon paper, one of only 25 illustrated copies, large 8vo., pp.197, uncut, paper wrappers, gilt, colour illustrations, b/w illustrations and decorations; internally fresh and fine, a very good copy indeed.
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MAY.
Prague: Artia Graphic Design, 1965. First edition thus, 4to., pp.82, decorative cream cloth blocked in black, ribbon bookmark, 6 b/w plates plus b/w vignettes; light spotting to top edges of cloth, else fine, in mylar wrapper, housed in very good decorative slipcase, which is rubbed to extremities.
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MISTER BOSPHORUS AND THE MUSES.
Or, A Short History of Poetry in Britain: Variety Entertainment in Four Acts. With Harlequinade, Transformation Scene, Cinematograph Effects, and Many Other Novelties, as well as Old and Tried Favourites.
London: Duckworth & Co. First edition, 4to., pp.126, cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards, 11 wood-engraved plates by Paul Nash, as well as front cover illustration; partial toning and foxing to endpapers and half title, lower corners of boards lightly bumped, with light toning to margins of boards, internally clean, a very good copy, in good(+) unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is toned, with light chipping to the extremities, slight loss at head and foot of spine, and with 4cm closed tear to front of jacket (not affecting the plate).
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MUMMY’S BEDTIME STORY BOOK.
London: Cecil Palmer. First edition, 4to., pp.56, pictorial paper-covered boards, lavishly illustrated, with pictorial title, colour frontispiece and 11 further colour plates, pictorial endpapers, and richly illustrated text; ink ownership gift inscription to reverse of frontispiece, occasional light fingermarking, foxing to fore-edges of text-block and boards, rubbing and light wear to extremities, internally fresh, a very good copy indeed.
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NARROW BOAT.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945. Second printing, 8vo., pp.212, green cloth lettered in white, b/w frontispiece and numerous illustrations within; light bruising to corners, a very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has loss to head/foot of spine and corners of front panel, as well as 5cm closed tear and crease from front lower margin.
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NEW LION AND THE UNICORN FIGHTING FOR THE CROWN.
Dean and Co, 1845. Tall 8vo., pp.8, sewn pictorial wrappers, illustrated with one full-page and 7 half-page hand-coloured wood engravings; light partial water-staining from fore-margins, light surface soil to wrappers, with a little chipping along spine, illustrations bright, a good+ copy of this very scarce pamphlet.
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Numero Special de ‘La Revue Musicale’: LES BALLETS RUSSES DE SERGE DE DIAGHILEW. No.110 - Décembre 1930.
Paris, 1930. Large 8vo., pp.112, printed paper wrappers, 4 colour plates, numerous b/w plates; light toning to page margins, foxing to wrappers, otherwise an unusually fine copy.
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OASIS.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. First edition, 8vo., pp.69, uncut, quarter green cloth with printed paper label to spine, cream paper-covered boards, woodcut illustrations; partial toning to free endpapers, foxing to edges, slight wrinkle to paper label, else very good indeed, in vg complete dust-jacket, which has two small closed tears to upper edge, and light surface soil to pale paper, with light stain to spine/rear inner margin (now in a protective cover).
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OF THE IMITATION OF CHRIST. In Four Books.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Ltd, 1898. Limited edition of 660 copies, 8vo., pp.xii,324 in full vellum wrappers, gilt, b/w frontispiece, decorative title page, 3 further b/w plates with tissue-guards, illuminated letters and tailpieces, titles printed in red; foxing to plate at p.111, with toning to adjacent text, superficial split to vellum at foot of spine, a near-fine copy of this scarce volume.
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ONE LUMP OR TWO. Tea, Twinings and Edward Bawden.
Sparham, Norwich: The Mainstone Press, 2010. Tall 8vo., pp.47, paperback, b/w illustrations; a fresh and near-fine copy, in dust-jacket.
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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.
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PROCREANT HYMN.
The Golden Cockerel Press. Limited edition, no. 197 of 200 copies, 8vo., pp.20,(i)colophon, cream cloth, gilt, t.e.g., deckle-edged paper, engraved frontispiece by Eric Gill, 4 further engravings by Gill; slight toning to spine and margins of the cloth boards, a very good copy indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is toned to spine and margins, with partial loss to spine (12mms loss at tailband, and apx. 20mms loss at headband), with light loss and small closed tears to other extremities, good+ and now in protective cover.
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PUCK AND PEASEBLOSSOM IN LONDON.
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1858. Tall 8vo., pp.(viii), pictorial paper wrappers, 8 hand-coloured wood-engravings by Edmund Evans; edgeworn, (occasionally extensive) horizontal closed tears from fore-edges, with archival tape repairs, a good+ copy of this extremely scarce illustrated chapbook.
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PUSHKIN’S FAIRY TALES.
London: Barrie and Jenkins, 1978. First edition thus, 4to., pp.94, black hardcover lettered in silver, b/w lithographic illustrations plates; slight perfumed odour, else very good indeed, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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RED FOX.
The Story of His Adventurous Career in the Ringwaak Wilds and of His Final Triumph over the Enemies of His Kind.
London: Duckworth and Company, 1945. First UK edition, 8vo., pp.xv,340, uncut, pictorial green cloth, pictorial spine, gilt, t.e.g., colour frontispiece with caption-sheet, pictorial half title and title, 48 b/w plates, 11 further vignettes, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to reverse of frontispiece, light toning to free endpapers, rubbing to extremities, with slight wear at headband, a very good, fairly bright copy, which is internally clean.
More details Price: £50.00