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By: N/A
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Wells Gardner... 1906.:
Seller ID: 81186
4to. Bound in original bright rd cloth. Sm.remains of a label on fr.and back endpaper. Very good. Nice bright copy. 3 col. plates. Numerous b/w ills., many of which are full-page (incl. one of a diver: “It became necessary to descend the shaft”). 412 pp./ cat. 32 pp. A.e.g. Contains: Round the Camp-fire (Matable) / Stories from Africa / The Giant of the Treasure Caves / Marvels of Man’s Making (Victoria Falls, etc.) / etc; View more info
By: “JEHU JUNIOR”
Price: £300.00
Publisher: London, “Vanity Fair” Office, 1880:
Seller ID: 78374
Large hardback, folio size, approx 16 x 11 inches. Green bevelled cloth with gilt lettering and floral decoration to boards and spine,blind embossed on rear cover. All edges gilt. In very good condition. Lovely bright clean cloth. Some minor bumps and rubbing to corners and ends of spine, ends of spine slightly nicked. Some light rubbing to cloth, Two bumped holes in cloth on rear board. “David Bryce & Son, Glasgow” bookseller label to front endpaper. A couple of light spots to half title page else a very clean and tight copy. Plates are all in excellent condition, clean & ... View more info
By: (ALDIN, CECIL) / IRVING, WASHINGTON / STEELE, RICHARD:
Price: £75.00
Publisher: William Heinemann. 1909.:
Seller ID: 73129
Size 5.0 x 6.75 inches. In brown hard card covers with colour plate pasted to front. In very good condition. Spine slightly rubbed with small piece missing from bottom end. Slightly rubbed around edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1912. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 30pp. With 3 colour plates tipped in and b/w illustrations in text. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. Scarce. View more info
By: (BROCK, C.E.); ELIOT, George:
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London / New York J. M. Dent & Co. / E. P. Dutton & Co. 1905:
Seller ID: 80088
Hardback, approx 8 x 5 inches. In light green cloth with gilt lettering and extensive gilt decorations to spine and front. With decorative endpapers. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Small nicks to corners of spine. Endpapers slightly darkened. Side and bottom page edges rough cut. Inside pages very clean and tight throughout. A very nice copy. 262pp. 24 colour plates & decorative title page by C. M. Brock. View more info
By: (CRANE, WALTER) MARZIALS, T:
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons , 1883 (1st.):
Seller ID: 78636
Hardback, Oblong, 8vo. 12.5 x 9 inches. Maroon cloth binding to spine, bevel edge boards with decorative paper covers. In good condition. Cover is a little worn with rubbing to edges and chips/bumps to corners. Spine rubbed and nicked at ends with a couple of small splits to cloth. Some darkening to endpapers, neat inscription to top of half-title page “H.M.M. Oct 1882.” Some rubbing and a couple of small tears to edges of endpapers. Some minor darkening to edges and handling marks else pages clean and tight. 51 pages of coloured illustrations, with music & text inset. View more info
By: (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) LAMB, CHARLES & MARY:
Price: £140.00
Publisher: The Temple Press. 1909 1st edition.:
Seller ID: 81825
Hardback, Size approx 9 x 6.5 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt lettering and pictorial decorations to spine and front. Plain endpapers. In dustwrapper with colour plate to front. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some darkening to spine, a couple of handling marks, small chips to corners and ends of spine. Not price clipped, in protective sleeve.) Cloth clean and bright. Endpapers clean, some mild foxing to outer page edges, else inside pages very clean and tight. Colour plates clean and bright. Else a very clean and tight copy with scarce dustwrapper. 304pp. Illustrat... View more info
By: (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM:
Price: £300.00
Publisher: William Heinemann, London. 1908 1st edition:
Seller ID: 77156
Tall 8vo. (10 x 7.5 inches.) Beige pictorial cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. With gilt vignette to front. In very good condition. Spine darkened and bumped at ends, two small nicks to front edge. Small marks and darkening to edges of boards. Mild foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Colour plates all present and clean and bright. Occasional foxing spots. Else a very clean and tight copy. A beautifully illustrated edition of Shakespeare’s play. 134pp. With 40 mounted colour plates with titled tissue guards. Plus b&w head and tail pieces. View more info
By: (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) WALTON, IZAAK:
Price: £95.00
Publisher: London. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1931 1st thus edition:
Seller ID: 77354
Hardback. 4to; approx 10 x 7.5 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and gilt lettering and gilt fish design to front. Top edges gilt. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, slight rubbing to corners and front board. Spine faded, boards a little darkened. Endpapers and half-title page slightly darkened, else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. 224pp; Pictorial endpapers; 12 colour plates (with tissue guards) & many B&W illustrations. View more info
By: (SHEPARD, E. H.) MILNE, A. A.:
Price: £380.00
Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1927 4th; 1928 2nd; 1930 21st; & 1927 1st. (In Title order):
Seller ID: 82240
4 Volumes; hardbacks, green, red, pink and blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to spines, gilt pictorial vignette illustrations to front and rear boards. Gilt line edging to front boards. Top page edges all gilt. Illustrated endpapers. In very good near fine conditions. Cloths very clean and smart, some minor rubbing to edges and corners. tiny bump to front of ‘Now We Are Six.’ Penned inscriptions to endpapers of each volume. Some darkening to endpapers. A couple of minor handling marks to pages else all very clean and tight throughout. An excellent collection of Milne’s 4 Best... View more info
By: (SURTEES)
Price: £58.00
Publisher: London, John C. Nimmo, 1899:
Seller ID: 82820
Hardback, 9 x 6 inches approx. In red cloth covers with gilt lettering and pictorial decoration to spine, pictorial gilt vignette to front. Decorative blind paneled boards. In very good condition. Overall al very clean and bright copy. Spine faded and slight fading to edges of boards, corners slightly rubbed. Neat inscription to front endpaper “Christopher Heseltine 1898.” Small seller-stamp to verso “George’s, Bristol.” Some light foxing to prelims and half-title. Some slight darkening to outer edges of pages, inside pages all very clean and bright throughout, co... View more info
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, Michael Joseph, 1954 1st edition:
Seller ID: 77464
Hardback, 10 x 7.5 ins. Half bound in red and grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration to front corner. In original dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (DW some marks, corners torn, some minor tears to edges.) corners slightly bumped, edges of boards faded. Felt pen inscription to rear endpaper “H.E.S.” Some minor foxing along top edge of frontis and title page, small crease to bottom corner of frontis plate. A couple of minor spots else pages clean and tight. 38pp. 3 colour tipped in plates, and b&w illustrations by Rex Whistler. View more info
By: AIKEN, Joan;
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Jonathan Cape. 1968 1st:
Seller ID: 75670
10 x 7 ins. In blue cloth with black lettering and design to fornt and spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrap. (DW in plastic sleeve, edges/corners rubbed, spine a little faded, ink mark nr top of spine.) Inside pages clean and tight throughout with no marks or isncriptions. Cloth clean and unmarked. 107pp. B&W and full-page colour illustrations. View more info
By: ALDIN, CECIL / DICKENS, C.:
Price: £100.00
Publisher: Chapman & Hall 1910 (1st.ed., thus):
Seller ID: 82132
2 vols; Tall 8vo; Bound in original Cloth spines, gt; Lighter shade of cloth on covers. In good condition. Ends of spines slightly rubbed with a few small nicks. Corners slightly bruised. Volume I rear board a little marked. Inside mostly clean with usually just the top edge of pages a little bit browned, some slight foxing. A few pages outer margin a fraction trimmed. 24 lovely col. plts. by Aldin. Many b/w illustrations. 450pp; 457pp; uncut. View more info
By: ALDIN, CECIL:
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode Ltd. 1933 1st thus:
Seller ID: 74491
Large volume approx 13 x 10 inches. In blue cloth with yellow/cream lettering to front and spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges of cloth and minor bumps to corners. Inside some very minor foxing to endpapers else inside pages in fine condition. 17 colour plates & many b/w ills. 123 pp. Folding colour map at rear. View more info
By: ALDIN, CECIL: DICKENS, Charles:
Price: £895.00
Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall, Lawrence & Jellicoe, 1910 1st, Limited Numbered & Signed Edition, 177/250.:
Seller ID: 82885
2 vols; Hardback, Tall 8vo; in Limited Edition vellum bindings, gilt lettering and pictorial decorations to spines and fronts. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Some darkening to spines and covers, rubbing to rear of vol.1 and front of vol.2, some spotting to rear side of v.2. Endpaper heavily foxed, half-title page clean and bright, signed page ov opposite side with some minor spots from rear of frontis plate. Colour plates with some minor foxing to blank-back sides, else clean and bright. All plates guarded. Else very clean and tight copies of a scarce limited edition. 450 & 4... View more info
By: ALDIN, CECIL;
Price: £120.00
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1930 (2nd.impr.).:
Seller ID: 77926
Lg.4to; Hardback, 12 x 9 .5 ins. Blue cloth lettered in light blue. In very good condition. Some rubbing to corners and edges, corners a little bumped. Endpapers darkened. A couple of very minor marks to pages, mounted plates all clean and bright. ---- Devoted solely to Cracker (bull- terrier, and probably Aldin's favourite dog) and Micky (wolfhound - by the time of writing he was credited with being the third largest dog in the British Isles). 20 coloured plates, mounted on dark paper. The title-page is also dark. View more info
By: ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN: LEYSSAC, Paul:
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co., 1937 1st:
Seller ID: 80333
Hardback, 8.5 x 6 inches. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial vignette to front. top edges gilt. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Spine faded and darkened, ends of spine nicked, edges and corners rubbed. some marks to rear board, some fading to cloth. Inscribed and signed on front endpaper by Translator Paul Lessac “To Miss Phyllis Hartmall, with sincere good wishes, Paul Leyssac, 25 Nov 1937.” 338pp + 2pp cat. With Original B&W illustrations by Vilhelm Pedersen. View more info
By: ANDRE:
Price: £75.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston Searle & Rivington, ca1881:
Seller ID: 78635
Hardback, 10 x 7.5 inches. Brown cloth binding to spine, illustrated paper covered boards. Floral endpapers. In very good condition. Cover is a little worn with rubbing to edges and chips/bumps to corners. Spine rubbed and nicked at ends with a couple of small splits to cloth. Some darkening to endpapers, neat inscription to top of half-title page. A couple of old glue repairs to binding. A couple of minor handling marks else pages very clean and tight. 32pp. Each page is illustrated in colour. (Chromolitho by Emrik & Binger.) View more info
Price: £34.00
Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1905 reprint:
Seller ID: 77643
Hardback, approx 7 x 5 inches. In decorative full tree-calf leather “Prize Binding”; Morocco leather spine label lettered in gilt, raised banding and gilt decoration to spine, edging to boards and outer edges. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Gilt vignette to front “Aldeburch Lodge.” In very good condition. Spine and boards faded. Prize label to front “AWN Saunders 1912.” Some heavy foxing to plain sides of endpapers, a couple of spots to edge of title page. Tissue guard to front. Some small spots to page edges else inside pages all very clean and tight. 44... View more info
By: AUGER, L. S.;
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Ancienne Librairie Furne, Paris. n.d. ca1890:
Seller ID: 75003
Size approx 6 x 9 inches. Half bound in maroon leather to spine and maroon cloth boards. Spine with gilt decoration, lettering and raised banding. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Cover is a little faded. Corners slightly bumped. Mainly rubbing to spine, with top end nicked. Inside neat inscription to endpaper. Pages a little darkened with some minor foxing to plates else a very clean and tight copy. 720pp. 12 full page engravings + frontis. All with tissue guards. Contents at rear. View more info