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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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SHAKESPEARE'S HEROINES.
London/New York: J.M. Dent/E.P. Dutton, 1901. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.xii,379, uncut, pictorial green cloth, gilt, pictorial spine in gilt, t.e.g., frontispiece with tissue guard, pictorial titles and decorative headpieces in red and black; school prize bookplate, dated 1907, to front paste-down endpaper, superficial paper-cracking to inner hinges (textblock sits slightly proud in its casing), toning to half title, foxing to prelims, light vertical crease to spine, a good, fairly bright copy of this scarce illustrated title.
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SONGS OF INNOCENCE.
Reproduced In Facsimile From An Original Copy Of The Work Printed In The British Museum.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926. First edition thus; 8vo., unpaginated colour facsimile, black cloth, gilt, with decorative borders in gilt, full colour facsimile plates throughout; light partial toning to endpapers, slight wear to cloth at head and foot of spine, a very good copy, in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket, which is toned to spine, with some light foxing, toning and surface soil to the pale paper, light chipping to extremities, and small closed tear to front lower margin, else very good.
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THE SEASONS: A FOLIO ANTHOLOGY.
Autumn; Winter; Spring; Summer.
London: The Folio Society, 2018. Four volumes, 8vo., pp.x,83;x,85;x,85;x,86, pictorial boards backed in quarter cloth, gilt, colour frontispieces and plates; a fine set. No slipcase.
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THE STORY OF DAVID.
Reprinted from the authorised version with 11 wood-engravings by John Farleigh.
London: A & C Black Ltd, 1934. First edition thus, 8vo., pp.140, yellow cloth, black lettering, eleven b/w wood engravings by John Farleigh; neat ownership nameplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to top edges, some foxing within, largely to early leaves, slight toning to endpapers, a very good copy, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, rubbed with very slight chipping to extremities, and now in protective covering.
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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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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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CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATORS.
USA: Ohio State University Press:Columbus, 1980. First edition, 4to., pp.xvii, 295, dark green cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations throughout, very small ownership label to front free endpaper, a very good, clean copy in a very good unclipped dust-jacket with a tiny closed tear at head of spine.
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THORSTEIN OF THE MERE: A SAGA OF THE NORTHMEN IN LAKELAND.
London: Edward Arnold, Publisher to the India Office, 1895. First edition, 8vo., pp.(iv),328, uncut, pictorial brown cloth, gilt, frontispiece and pictorial title, b/w plates and illuminated letters; colour postcard tipped in the rear paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims, with ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, rubbing to extremities, gilt to spine a little dulled, a good++ copy.
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AMERICA, A PROPHECY.
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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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PETER PAN, OR THE BOY WHO WOULD NOT GROW UP.
London: The Folio Society, 1992. Demy 8vo., pp.xxx,106, pictorial blue cloth stamped in silver, 15 colour plates; a fine copy, in very good slipcase.
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FORTY-FOUR TURKISH FAIRYTALES.
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1913. First edition, 4to., pp.xi,363, pictorial beige cloth lettered in black and stamped in turquoise and ochre yellow, 16 tipped-in colour plates, b/w plates, dichromatic illustrations and decorations accompany the text throughout, pictorial endpapers, t.e.g.; ink ownership inscription to frontispiece recto, foxing to fore-edges and prelims, light creasing and drying to cloth at headband, a very good copy indeed.
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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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THE TWELVE MONETHS, OR, A PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE DISCOURSE OF EVERY ACTION, WHETHER OF LABOUR OR RECREATION,
Proper to Each Particular Moneth, by Matthew Stevenson 1661, Together with a Diary for 1929.
London: The Cresset Press Ltd., printed at The Alcuin Press, 1929. 8vo., unpaginated, patterned cloth, with stamped title-label to front board, and cream leather label to spine, gilt, t.e.g., 12 b/w wood-engraved plates; owner’s name gilt-lettered to lower corner of front board, slight tone to edges, slight sunning to spine, a very good, clean copy, in worn glassine wrapper.
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GOBLIN MARKET.
London: T.C & E.C Jack, 1906. 12mo.,pp. 31, pictorial purple cloth, gilt lettering to spine and boards, with gilt decoration and pictorial inlay to front board, colour plates and frontispiece; lightly toned and foxed to margins, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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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 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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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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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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