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THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN.
London: Cassell, Petter And Galpin. Third edition, 4to.,pp. xv,216, brown cloth with pictorial gilt to front board and gilt lettering to spine, gilt to edges of text block, b/w full page illustrations and b/w illustrations within the text, b/w frontispiece; light toning to margins and occasional light foxing, rubbing to extremities of boards and spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF CAPTAIN CASTAGNETTE,
Nephew of the ‘Man With the Wooden Head’.
London: S.O. Beeton, 1866. First edition, 4to., pp.68, recased with new endpapers, spine professionally repaired, publisher’s brown leather, front board lettered in gilt, all edges red, 43 b/w illustrations, including full-page plates, by Gustave Dore, parchment tape repair (over text) to p.61 (text remains legible), light wear to corners of plate at p.33 (the image itself is not affected, but there is a small crease and light loss at the fore-corners), light surface soil, fingermarking and light creasing within, rubbing and light wear to extremities, a good(+) copy of this scarce title.
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THE BELLS AND OTHER POEMS.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. First edition with the Dulac illustrations, 4to.,pp. unpaginated, green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering to spine and front board, colour plates with individual tissue guards, some monochrome illustrations within text, colour frontispiece, decorative endpapers; very light toning to margins, light creasing to some of the tissue guards, light rubbing to extremities of boards, very light toning to spine making to gilt on the spine slightly dulled, otherwise a very good bright copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE BOOK OF PERFUMES.
London: Chapman And Hall, 1867. First edition, 4to.,pp. xx,266, cream pictorial cloth, gilt, gilt to edges of text block, b/w illustrations and b/w frontispiece; light toning to margins, foxing to half title and front and rear free endpaper verso, light surface water marking and foxing to boards, still a very good, attractive copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE BORROWERS.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. First edition, 8vo., pp.159, deluxe pictorial full blue morocco, gilt, 5 raised bands, gilt decorations to compartments, colour frontispiece plate, pictorial endpapers and numerous in-text illustrations (monochromatic; printed in brown); a fine copy.
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THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY.
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1929. First illustrated edition, 8vo., pp.ix,140, red cloth, gilt, coloured top edge, b/w frontispiece, 15 further b/w plates; small ownership plate to front free endpaper, light toning to endpapers and tissue guard, slightly foxed, edges lightly toned, light shelf-wear to boards, spine slightly rolled, overall a very good copy, in an unclipped dust-jacket which is lightly toned and foxed, very slightly soiled to the rear and lightly rubbed to extremities, otherwise very good, now in a protective cover.
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THE COWSLIP, OR, MORE CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE.
London: J. Harris/B. Crosby, 1811. 12mo., pp.68,(iv)adverts, decorative paper-covered card wrappers with printed paper label to front and pictorial vignette pasted down to rear, 29 engraved illustrations; some wear to paper covering of spine, light rubbing to extremities, otherwise very good indeed.
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THE DAYDREAMER.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1994. 8vo.,pp. 95, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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THE FARMER’S YEAR: A Calendar of English Husbandry.
Reissued by The Sumach Press, Oblong 4to.,pp.56, hardcover, black lettering, b/w plates, pictorial endpapers; light rubbing to foot of spine, o/w a near-fine copy, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has rubbing and soiling, with some light surface scratches to rear.
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THE GIRL AND THE FAUN.
London: Cecil Palmer & Hayward, 1916. First edition, 4to., pp.78, pictorial brown cloth stamped in black, small pictorial paper title label to spine, colour frontispiece and 3 further colour plates, all with tissue guards, pictorial title printed in orange, and decorative pictorial borders throughout; light toning to margins, light marking to front board, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, bearing the same design as the front board, which is a little chipped and worn to the extremities, with a few neat paper-reinforcements to reverse of closed tears, but overall very good.
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THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL.
London: J.M. Dent & Co. First edition, with translator’s ink presentation inscription to head of front free endpaper, tall 8vo., pp.xvii,379, uncut, pictorial pale blue cloth lettered in black, with gilt accents to front board, t.e.g., frontispiece and pictorial title, title in red and black, 22 further b/w plates with decorative borders in red, as well as numerous decorative head and tailpieces; foxing to endpapers and adjacent leaves, light toning to margins, clean within, rubbing to extremities, with some light general surface soil to the pale cloth, spine a little dulled, a near-very good copy of this scarce volume.
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THE HOBBIT, OR THERE AND BACK AGAIN.
London: Unwin Hyman, 1987. Fiftieth anniversary edition, first printing, 8vo.,pp. xvi,256, hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations, maps to endpapers; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light toning and foxing to edges of text block, small stain to margin of p.254, a very good copy, in a very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed to extremities, with light wear to rear corner of head of spine and to upper corners.
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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER.
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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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THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF PETER WILKINS.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1928. First edition thus, with Edward Bawden illustrations, 4to.,pp. xxvii,338, blue cloth with decorative gilt to front board and gilt lettering to spine, colour and b/w illustrations, colour frontispiece, pictorial front and rear paste down endpapers; toned to margins with light creasing to upper corners, light rubbing to extremities, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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THE LIFE OF ST. EDMUND, KING AND MARTYR. The Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund in MS Harley 2278. [Full colour deluxe facsimile edition plus Commentary volume]
London: The Folio Society, 2004. Limited edition, no. 431 of 1010 copies, two volumes, 8vo., Facsimile volume: pp.119r,119v, bound in publisher’s cream morocco binding with three raised bands and inlaid red morocco panel to front board, stamped in blue, black, and gilt, a.e.g., ribbon bookmark, gilt detailing within, accompanying Commentary volume: pp. xxii,119r,119v, green cloth, gilt. A fine set, in near-fine green cloth solander case, with inlaid red leather title panel to spine.
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF 'STUCK-UP' PEOPLE.
London: D. Bogue, 1847. 12mo., pp.112, pictorial paper wrappers, b/w frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w illustrations; partial loss to paper covering of spine (light loss at head of spine, and 3cms loss at tail), surface soil to wrappers, with light creasing/curling to lower corners, a good copy, which is internally very good.
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THE NYMPH AND THE NOBLEMAN.
London: Arthur Barker. 8vo.,pp. 77, purple cloth, white title label to front board and spine, purple lettering, b/w illustrations; foxing to margins throughout, ownership bookplate to front paste down endpaper, lightly rubbed to boards, otherwise very good, in a good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is rubbed and toned with slight loss to head and foot of spine and corners, with light chipping along edges.
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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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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.
More details Price: £185.00
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