ALDIN Cecil

Just among Friends. Pages from my Sketch Book.

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1934. Roy., 4to., First Edition, with 28 fine full-page tinted plates by the author, small neat inscription on lightly spotted front free endpaper; original dove-grey cloth, upper board lettered in black, upper board mildly age-marked else a remarkably, bright, fresh, crisp copy. Over eighty fine portraits of dogs. A favourite target of breakers, and subsequently scarce in any condition.

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Book number: 10852

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ALLEN James Lane

A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. [Third Impression thus]. NEAR FINE COPY WITH THOMSON ILLUSTRATIONS

Macmillan,, 1909. 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo., Third Impression thus, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, tiny signature on front free endpaper, endpapers very lightly spotted; elegantly bound in green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt edges, a near fine copy. The first Thomson edition was published in 1901. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spielmann & Jerrold, 21 (recording the first edition thus).

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Book number: 33319

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Keywords: illustrated books, james lane allen, hugh thomson

ANDERSEN Hans Christian

Danish Fairy Tales and Legends. With a Memoir of the Author and with Sixteen Illustrations by W. H. Robinson. HEATH ROBINSON IN FULL MOROCCO

Alexander Gardner, Paisley,, 1910. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 16 plates; handsomely bound in full burgundy morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, pictorial gilt from original upper board and backstrip preserved and mounted on new and separate leaves, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The first English edition of Andersen's 'Eventyr' was published by Pickering as 'Danish Fairy Tales and Legends' in 1846. The fourteen tales contained therein were translated by Mrs. Howitt. In 1852 the scarce second edition appeared, containing forty-five tales and at the time the sole complete collection in English. The translations were made from the original Danish and not from any of the later German versions. Enhanced by Heath Robinson's inimitable illustrations, this edition comprises a verbatim reprint of the fourteen tales of the 1846 edition and the remaining thirty-one tales of the second edition of 1852. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A VERY SCARCE EDITION.

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Book number: 20614

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ANDERSEN Hans Christian

Danish Fairy Tales and Legends. With a Memoir of the Author [by Caroline Peachey] and with Sixteen Illustrations by W. H. Robinson. ANDERSEN ILLUSTRATED BY HEATH ROBINSON

Sands & Co.,, 1905. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 15 plates, endpapers mildly spotted; original red cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip faintly chafed at head else a remarkably bright, crisp copy. With contemporary prize bookplate and trade ticket of Combridges of Hove on front paste-down. The first English edition of Andersen's 'Eventyr' was published by Pickering as 'Danish Fairy Tales and Legends' in 1846. The fourteen tales contained therein were translated by Mrs. Howitt. In 1852 the scarce second edition appeared, containing forty-five tales and at the time the sole complete collection in English. The translations were made from the original Danish and not from any of the later German versions. Enhanced by Heath Robinson's inimitable illustrations, this edition comprises a verbatim reprint of the fourteen tales of the 1846 edition and the remaining thirty-one tales of the second edition of 1852. AN ELEGANT COPY OF A VERY SCARCE EDITION.

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Book number: 44248

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Keywords: illustrated books, heath robinson, hans christian andersen, fairy tales, eventyr, hans christian andersen, illustrated books, danish, fairy, tales, legends

ANON.

Coridon's Song and other Verses. With Illustrations by Huigh Thomson and an Introduction by Austin Dobson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Macmillan,, 1894. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and very numerous full-page illustrations in the text; original dark green cloth, backstrip with printed paper label (mildly browned but entirely legible), uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Thomson's evocative illustrations to this work were first published in the English Illustrated Magazine. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Spielmann & Jerrold, 13.

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Book number: 29408

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AUSTEN Jane

Mansfield Park. With Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. WITH COLOURED BROCK ILLUSTRATIONS

Dent,, 1922. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece , title in red and blue, 15 fine coloured plates and pictorial paste-downs; original blue cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, blue top (faded as usual), backstrip dulled (but all lettering wholly legible), a very good, clean copy. With the armorial bookplate of John Francis Harwood Tregear on front free endpaper.

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Book number: 33532

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BARRIE J.M.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. With Twenty-Four Drawings by Arthur Rackham. [Trade Edition]. APPARENTLY UNRECORDED VARIANT

Hodder & Stoughton,, [?1910]. 8vo., Trade Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), title-vignette, 23 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present) and endpaper maps on green stock, fore-edge very lightly dust-soiled; original green buckram, upper board blocked in gilt and pink, gilt back, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down, a very good, bright, firm copy. This copy is something of a curiosity, for it seems to match no recorded edition. Following Riall as closely as possible It is clearly a variant of the second issue of the Trade Edition: (a) gilt backstrip; (b) 24 plates; (c) no gilt top. BUT (a) upper board blocked in gilt and pink; (b) front and rear endpaper maps; (c) list of contents; (d) list of illustrations; (e) 'Little White Bird' on title verso. A VERY SCARCE UNRECORDED VARIANT. Latimore & Haskell makes no mention of this all; see Riall, pp.105-6;

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Book number: 31839

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BATEMAN H. M.

Suburbia. Caricatured by H. M. Bateman. IN ORIGINAL BOARDS

Methuen,, [1922]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with full-age illustrations throughout, endpapers lightly browned; original pictorial boards, black cloth back, very neatly recased, covers mildly age-marked else an unusually well-preserved, bright, clean copy. The third of Bateman's cartoon collections, and the first to focus on a specific theme - one which Bateman was to make his own. He had just changed houses in Clapham, seen then (as perhaps now) as the very essence of his subject. 'It is fair and reasonable to call Clapham the capital of Suburbia' (TWH Crosland, 1905). SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Anderson pp. 51,215.

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Book number: 25092

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BAWDEN Edward

Hold Fast by your Teeth. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Routledge & Kegan Paul,, [1963]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread and numerous coloured illustrations (a number full-page) throughout; pictorial boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. COPIES INSCRIBED BY THIS AUTHOR ARE EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE.

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Book number: 36743

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Keywords: illustrated books, illustrated, bawden, edward bawden, children's, childrens

'BB', pseud.

Confessions of a Carp Fisher. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, [1950]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and illustrations and diagrams in the text; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper. A remarkably bright, crisp copy of one of BB's most sought-after titles. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 42096

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BB

Ramblings of a Sportsman-Naturalist. Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1979]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (12 full-page) in the text; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 4462

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BB

Tide's Ending. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hollis & Carter,, [1950]. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, title in blue and black, title-vignette in monochrome, 15 coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text, small 'dog-ear' (without loss) at lower corner of front free endpaper and half-title, some very mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original decorative buckram gilt, gilt back, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at tail of backstrip (not affecting lettering) and with some light soiling against the (predominantly white) lower panel. An unusually nice copy of BB's classic work, free from inscriptions and price-clipping. With a small early twentieth century trade ticket on front paste-down.

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Book number: 6854

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BB, pseud.

The White Road Westwards. 67 Engravings by Denys Watkins -Pitchford. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Nicholas Kaye,, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and numerous fine engravings in monochrome (a number full-page) in the text, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in price-0clipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 36035

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BELLOC, Hilaire

One Hundred and One Ballades. With Illustrations by John Nash.

Cobden-Sanderson,, [1931]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations in the text, endpapers moderately browned; original yellow cloth, gilt back, a good, clean copy. Contributors include Winifred Agar, Sidney Allnut, Maurice Baring, Hilaire Belloc, E.C. Bentley, Cecil Chesterton, G.K. Chesterton, Geoffrey Howard, Diggory King, H.S. Mackintosh, Theodore Maynard, J.B. Morton, J.S. Phillimore, T. Michael Pope, C.K. Scott-Moncrieff, J.C. Squire, R. Weatherhead, Louis Wharton

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Book number: 19143

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BENFIELD Eric

Southern English. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford.

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1942. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 11 full-page illustrations in the text; neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, backstrip sunned else a firm, clean copy.

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Book number: 4464

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