GRIMM, THE BROTHERS; NIELSEN, KAY [ILLUS.]

Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories. Signed Limited Edition

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925. Limited Edition [84/600]. Cream hardback decorative gilt cloth cover. 310mm x 250mm (12" x 10"). 276pp. 12 mounted coloured plates by Kay Nielsen with captioned tissue guards. Additional b/w plates. Signed on the Limitation page by the illustrator Kay Nielsen. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. In clear protective wraps. Some darkening to backstrip and minor marking to cream boards. Lower front corner bumped. Decorative endpapers. Teg .

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Book number: grm25

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POE, EDGAR ALLAN

Tales of Mystery, Imagination & Humour; and Poems / Tales of Mystery, Imagination, & Humour. First and Second Series. Two Volumes Bound in One. 1852

London: Henry Vizeltelly / Clarke, Beeton & Co, 1852. First Illustrated Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover on green cloth boards. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). viii, 256pp; 252pp. First series comprises twenty six engravings on wood; second series illustrated with sixteen wood-engravings. Wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette title-page to each volume. The first illustrated edition of Poe's 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' bound together with the scarce 'Tales of Humour'. Published under the auspices Vizetelly as part of the short-lived Readable Books series. The first series was published in 1652, second series undated but presumed to be 1653. Volume 2 is bound without advertisement leaf at rear of volume 2.. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Some scuffing to leather along spine and corners. Spine faded. Scattered light foxing and off-setting. Marbled edges .

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Book number: poe48

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SPARROW, WALTER SHAW [ED.] FOSTER, BIRKETT [ILLUS.]

In Rustic England

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1906. First Edition. Red/gilt hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 128pp. 25 tissue guarded mounted plates.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. Browning to pages. Hinge cracking. Edge wear .

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Book number: wss25

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SPARROW, JOHN [COMPILER]

Line Upon Line: An Epigraphical Anthology. Limited Edition

Cambridge: John Sparrow, 1967. Limited to 500 copies. Grey/gilt hardback board cover. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 24pp of paginated text and 94pp of unpaginated samples of epigraphs. Printed by Brooke Crutchley at the University Printing Press, Cambridge. Book of Inscriptions with a small pamphlet of translations of the Latin, Italian and French inscriptions in a back pocket.. VG : in very good condition with faded slipcase. Label of previous owner on paste-down. Pencilled inscription to fep .

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Book number: r5140

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THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE

Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. The Works of William Makepeace. 2 Volume Set. Smith Elder Edition. 1878

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1878. Reprint. Green/gilt decorative hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xiv, 393pp; viii, 373pp + ads.. G : in good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed with edge-wear. Inner hinge cravking .

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