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Van Moé, Emile A. [Translated By Joan Evans] Preface By Francis Wormald

(Book #ID 93731)

Published by Thames and Hudson, 30 Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition 1950. 1950.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original sea green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt motif to the front cover. 4to 12½'' x 9½''. Contains 120 pages comprising 15 pages of text, 56 monochrome and 25 tipped-in and mounted colour plates. Fox spotting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with repaired tears to the top of the spine and top corners, not price clipped, 42s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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With an Introduction and Notes by Eric G. Millar [Edited by Walter Oakeshott, Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford]

(Book #ID 93735)

Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 24 Russell Square, London First Edition 1959. 1959.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original lemon cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 4to 11'' x 9''. Contains 32 pages with mounted colour plates and descriptive text. Fine condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with a couple of small repaired tears to the front cover, not price clipped, 32s. 6d. From the private library of Antony Beck, Assistant librarian at the Norwich Cathedral Library and SIGNED by him to the front free end paper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Philip, Neil [Edited by] Thomas Hardy

(Book #ID 95070)

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., 2 Soho Square, London First Thus Edition 1988. 1988.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, colour onlay to the front cover. 4to 10½'' x 7½''. Contains 192 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 074750217X

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Meadows, Lindon (pseudonym Charles Butler Greatrex) Hand-coloured Lithographed Illustrations by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne 1815-1882).

(Book #ID 95180)

Published by Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill, London First Edition 1866. 1866.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original slate blue cloth covers, gilt title lettering and vignette to the front cover, all page edges gilt, lemon end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 7¼''. Contains 48 printed pages of text with 8 full-page hand-coloured plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece. Rubbing to the corners, neatly repaired fraying of the cloth to the top of the spine, smudge marks to the text block, ink message to the second front free end paper 'F. J. Berry, from W. Gilneau?' Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Browning, Robert [Robert Browning (7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets] Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [1867-1939].

(Book #ID 108040)

Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 182 High Holborn, London First Edition Thus 1939. 1939.

First edition thus in publisher's original side stitched plain cream paper covers, cream and olive brown silhouette illustrated end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains colour frontispiece, vignette to title page, 37 pp with 14 monochrome illustrations in text, of which 4 are full-page, all by Arthur Rackham. Very small spots to the fore edge of the first six leaves. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition over-lapping dust wrapper without any faults. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Goodall, John Strickland [1908-1996]

(Book #ID 99614)

Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 4 Little Essex Street, London First Edition 1981. 1981.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original donkey brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt rope design to the upper panel. Landscape 5½'' x 7¼''. Contains full-page colour illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0333306740

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Goodall, John S. [1908-1996]

(Book #ID 99615)

Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 4 Little Essex Street, London First Edition 1980. 1980.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pink and white wall-paper style patterned boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Landscape 5½'' x 7¼''. Contains 12 double page silhouette illustrations, black on white, some with half pages interleaved. Wordless humorous story in 18th century costume about a lost canary. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition with small nicks to the two edges of the front cover, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0333285426

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Ingoldsby, Thomas [1788-1845 pen-name of an English Clergyman named Richard Harris Barham] Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [1867-1939]

(Book #ID 106010)

Published by J. M. Dent & Co., Aldine House, Bedford Street, London First Rackham Edition 1898. 1898.

First Rackham illustrated edition hard back binding in half cherry red leather, the spine divided into six panels, lettered in the second, tooling to the others, strawberry cloth sides, top edge gilt, pale blue and rose marble paper end sheets. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains (xxiii), 638 pp with 12 tissue guarded colour plates, 90 monochrome text figures throughout. Front board detached. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Waller, John Francis (Editor) Illustrations by J. C. Horsley, W. F. Yeames, Fred Barnard, Robert Barnes, Hablot K. Browne, George du Maurier, John Faed, S. L Fildes, Sir John Gilbert, R A., Charles Green, Edward Hughes, F. Wilfrid Lawson, R. Macbeth, William Small, Marcus Stone, W. Cave Thomas, Edward Wagner, and James D. Watson [Ornamental Title and Headings Designed by Thomas Sulman].

(Book #ID 109684)

Published by Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London not before 1870, not after 1876.

Hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, all page edges gilt. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains (viii), 163 pp + catalogue dated March 1875. Front end papers missing, having 19 (of 20 - with frontispiece missing) full-page single-sided plates on thick card stock, three of these are loose, old dripping wax candle marks to the front and rear boards. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Hamilton, James [Arthur Rackham 1867-1939]

(Book #ID 103322)

Published by Arcade Publishing | Little Brown, New York First Edition 1990. 1990.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine. 4to. 12½'' x 9¼''. Full printer's code 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Contains 199 pp with full-page colour plates and monochrome illustrations and some archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, $40.00. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1559700963

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Lucas, Edward Verrall (Verses) Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford

(Book #ID 102150)

Published by Grant Richards, 9 Henrietta Street, Strand, London First Edition 1899. 1899.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards, gilt title lettering to nutmeg cloth spine. Landscape. 9¼'' x 12½''. Contains colour title and colour contents pages followed by 24 full-page colour illustrations of shops each with a verse on the opposite page. Professional internal repair to the front and rear hinges, creases to the end papers and page 1, light rubbing to the corners and in Very Good clean and sound condition. Lovely copy. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Riall, Richard [Arthur Rackham (1867-1939)]

(Book #ID 102154)

Published by Ross Press, Mulberry House, Bath First Edition 1994. 1994.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original teal blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt vignette to the front cover. Tall 8vo. 11½'' x 7½''. The books are listed chronologically with a separate list of annuals and magazine work. Several items listed were not noted by Latimore and Haskell. Contains xx, 245, [8] pages + 12 colour illustrations on 6 plate leaves, with monochrome illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition undamaged clear polyester dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0952335301

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Ward, George [Illustrated by John Ward 1917-2007]

(Book #ID 102156)

Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 42 William IV Street, London First Edition 1972. 1972.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards. Landscape. 8'' x 10¼''. Contains story surrounded by delightful sepia and colour illustrations throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with light rubbing to the corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0701104791

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Aesop [Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold]

(Book #ID 102198)

Published by Gramercy Publishing, 40 Engelhard Avenue, New York First Edition Thus 1994. 1994.

First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original cream paper covered boards, gilt title lettering to the brown cloth spine. Quarto. 10'' x 8¼''. Aesop is said to have been a Phrygian slave who lived around 570 B.C. Some of his tales are believed to have been turned into verse by Socrates during his imprisonment and, later, in the second century A.D. by the Greek poet Babrius. In this form the fables were all well known in the Middle Ages. This edition was first published in 1909, and includes 23 of Edward Detmold's beautiful animal paintings as well as many of his black-and-white drawings and more than 300 of Aesop's very wise tales. Edward J. Detmold, who was born in 1883, was one of England's greatest book illustrators and with his twin brother Charles Maurice were drawing the animals in Regents Park Zoo and the Natural History Museum and at the age of 13 were the youngest artists ever to exhibit their work at the Royal Academy Contains 174 printed pages. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0517100835

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Larkin, David [Biographical Notes by Margaret Maloney]

(Book #ID 109560)

Published by Pan Books Ltd., 18-21 Cavaye Place, London 1974. 1974.

Publisher's original colour illustrated laminated card covers [soft back]. Folio 12'' x 9'' ISBN 0330242210. Full-page colour illustrations throughout with text opposite. Ink message inside, else in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Vavra, Robert [Preface by Yehudi Menuhin] Illustrated by Fleur Cowles

(Book #ID 110254)

Published by Collins 14 St. James's Place, London Reprinted Edition 1978. 1978.

Hard back binding in publisher's original tawny brown cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. With wonderful colour illustrations throughout by Fleur Cowles. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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