Barker, Cicely Mary: FAIRIES OF THE TREES

London: Blackie & Son Limited. [1948]

Early edition. Original pictorial paper covered boards in dustwrapper. A lovely NEAR FINE copy with no inscriptions or stamps in VERY GOOD dustwrapper that has a couple of closed tears. Not price-clipped.

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Beeton, Mrs. Isabella: MRS. BEETON’S BOOK OF HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT

London: S. O. Beeton. 1861

First edition. Bound in the publisher’s original blue cloth with leather spine. 1112 pages. Gilt titles to the upper board and spine. There is some wear to the binding with tears to the spine. Bound without half title or frontispiece, both the engraved colour title page and regular typed title page are present as are all 12 full page colour plates. Illustrated throughout the text in black and white. The contents are in GOOD condition, the pages are clean and bright with several having corner cr...

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Betjeman, John (illustrated by John Piper): CHURCH POEMS

London: John Murray. 1981

First edition thus. One of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by author and artist. A FINE copy in the publisher’s original green quarter buckram, green silk boards, with the title to the spine and top edge gilt. With the original slightly nicked acetate.

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Blackmore, R. D.: LORNA DOONE, A ROMANCE OF EXMOOR

London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston. 1869

First edition, first printing. Three Volumes. Early 3/4 blue morocco bindings by Bayntun of Bath, in slipcase. Bound without half titles and without publisher’s catalogue to the rear. All edges gilt. A VERY GOOD set with minor rubbing to the extremities and some fading of the spines. The contents are clean and bright with an ink presentation inscription to the preliminary blank leaf in volume one.

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Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673): DUCATUS EBORACENSIS - ANGLICE YORKSHIRE

Amsterdam. 1648

Measuring 39.5 x 50.5cms. Hand coloured to outline and to cartouche and incidental illustrations. Vignette illustrations to the title cartouche and distance scale at the lower corners. Decorated with three coats of arms. VERY GOOD condition with no tears or repairs, just light darkening to the margins. Dutch text to verso. Mounted, framed and glazed.

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Bronte, Charlotte, Emily and Anne (edited by Temple Scott): THE NOVELS OF THE SISTERS BRONTE THE THORNTON EDITION.

Edinburgh: John Grant. 1924

Twelve Volumes. Original cloth in dustwrappers. A lovely NEAR FINE set, the cloth clean and gilt bright and unworn. Neat bookplate the pastedown of each volume and minor spotting to the text block edges. All illustrations are present as called for. Complete with the original printed dustwrappers which are entirely without loss but with uniform darkening to the spines. A lovely set.

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Du Maurier, Daphne illustrated by Michael Foreman: CLASSICS OF THE MACABRE INCLUDES THE APPLE TREE, THE BIRDS, THE BLUE LENSES, THE ALIBI, DON'T LOOK NOW AND NOT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

London: Victor Gollancz. 1987

First edition. Limited to 250 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST. A superb FINE copy in the publisher’s grey cloth slipcase. Very scarce.

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Durrell, Lawrence: THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET JUSTINE, BALTHAZAR, MOUNTOLIVE AND CLEA.

London: Faber and Faber. 1962

First single volume edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Limited to 500 copies. Bound in the publisher’s orange boards, with original acetate and black and gold slipcase. A FINE copy, with perhaps the slightest of fading to the spine. Housed in a purpose made folding box. The author had always intended the Alexandria Quartet to be read as one novel. This printing also allowed him to correct and amend the text of the first editions.

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Eliot, T. S.: OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS

London: Faber and Faber. 1939

First edition, first printing. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A FINE copy with bright and clean yellow cloth boards. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages and no inscriptions or stamps. Complete with NEAR FINE original pictorial dustwrapper which is entirely complete but with the lightest of fading to the spine and a few unobtrusive marks to the front and rear panel. Not price-clipped. A lovely copy without repair or restoration.

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Ginsberg, Allen [Paul McCartney]: T.V. BABY POEMS

London: Cape Goliard Press Ltd. 1967

First edition, first printing. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY. Original paper covered boards in dustwrapper. Issued in a limited edition of 100 hardback copies. (this being one of the author’s personal copies for private distribution and therefore hand numbered 102). Author’s inscription to half-title. A lovely NEAR FINE copy in the original worn tissue paper dustwrapper. A presentation copy to Beatle Paul McCartney, inscribed: “For Paul McCartney, That, all fantasies, harmonise sweetly & also Hari...

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Grahame, Kenneth: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1908

First edition, first printing. Black and white frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration and title to the front and spine. A stunning NEAR FINE copy with a small nick to the top edge of front board otherwise absolutely FINE. The contents clean and bright, small ink inscription to the half title.

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Hale, Kathleen: ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) HIS SILVER WEDDING

London: Country Life Limited. 1946

Third printing of the 1944 first edition. Original pictorial paper-covered boards in dustwrapper. A NEAR FINE copy with no inscriptions or stamps in VERY GOOD lightly rubbed, soiled and chipped dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Scarce in dustwrapper.

+ add to basket £95.00

Hale, Kathleen: ORLANDO THE MARMALADE CAT “WHEN THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT”

Original drawing. Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper. Signed. Inscribed by the artist underneath the mount. 7 x 11 inches. A lovely illustration showing Orlando and Grace pushing a pram containing three kittens: Tinkle, Blanche and Pansy.

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Heath Robinson, William illustrates William Shakespeare: SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDY OF TWELFTH NIGHT

London and New York: Hodder and Stoughton. [1908]

First edition. Original cloth in dustwrapper. A lovely NEAR FINE copy, the cloth clean and bright with only slight rubbing to the extremities. The spine lightly faded through the dustwrapper. The contents are entirely complete with no inscriptions or stamps. The forty tipped in colour plates are all present and in FINE condition. There is a small tear to one of the tissue guards, otherwise all pages are complete, clean and bright. Complete with the scarce original dustwrapper which is in VERY GO...

+ add to basket £550.00

Kipling, Rudyard: JUST SO STORIES

London: Macmillan and Co. 1902

First edition, first issue. Original decorated red cloth in dustwrapper. A superb NEAR FINE clean and bright copy. The red cloth boards bright and unfaded. The white pigment flaking to the spine, denoting first issue. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages and no inscriptions or stamps. There is a small ink spot to the text block edge, visible when closed. Complete with the rare original pictorial dustwrapper which is a little rubbed, nicked and torn to the extremities an...

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