BLACKMORE. R. D.; BROCK. CHARLES E. & BRITTAIN. CHARLES E. ILLUSTRATE

LORNA DOONE. A Romance of Exmoor. The Dulverton Edition.

Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. London.,1920. Fourth edition of this, the Illustrated Dulverton Edition, the 29th edition overall. Large 8vo. (9 x 6.7 inches).16 colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard, by Charles Brock (4 scenes from the story), and Charles Brittain (12 views of Exmoor and environs). A Fine copy in a fine leather binding by Bain of London. Half dark blue morocco, spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. Compartments tooled and lettered in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Loosely inserted is a hand written letter from J. G. Bain, on company headed notepaper dated Christmas 1925, presenting this book to a customer. An interesting and beautiful edition with the plates showing not just characters from the tale but also views of the towns, villages and views around Exmoor that act as a backdrop for the novel.:

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Book number: 7509

BLACKMORE. R. D. ; BROCK. CHARLES E. & BRITTAIN. CHARLES E. ILLUSTRATE

LORNA DOONE. A Romance of Exmoor. The Dulverton Edition.

Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd. London. Circa 1920. New printing of this, the Illustrated Dulverton Edition, the 21st edition overall. Large 8vo. (9.4 x 7.2 inches).16 colour plates, each with a printed tissue paper guard, by Charles Brock (4 scenes from the story), and Charles Brittain (12 views of Exmoor and environs). A little foxing, mostly to the page margins, on the first and last few pages otherwise a fine copy in a fine leather binding by W. H. Smith of London. Half dark brown morocco, spine with raised bands, ruled in gilt. Compartments double ruled and lettered in gilt. Brown cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Previous owners neat 3 line inscription, dated 1944, on front blank free endpaper. An interesting and beautiful edition with the plates showing not just characters from the tale but also views of the towns, villages and views around Exmoor that act as a backdrop for the novel.

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Book number: 8992

BLATCHFORD. MARY EDGCUMBE.

THE STORY OF LITTLE JANE AND ME. By M. E. --- & --- POLLY AND THE AUNT. By The Aunt. The Dedication copy.

Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press. Boston. U. S. A. 1898 + 1906. FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.8 inches). The second work is the dedication copy. The printed dedication leaf reads: " To C. N. R. Thy acceptance Maketh blest". Both volumes are inscribed by the Author to Caroline Nelson Russell and Polly and the Aunt contains the author's manuscript addition of the real names of characters where they have been changed for publication, as well as some notes. Illustrated with mono portrait plates, each with the subjects names and birth (& some death) dates written by the Author on the reverse. Fine copies in fine contemporary presentation leather bindings by the Riverside Bindery. Both bound in full red morocco. Spines with raised bands. Compartments decorated and lettered in gilt. Double gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. Board edges with decorative gilt roll. Inner boards with decorative gilt borders to the leather turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. The author's bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper of Little Jane. The Author's inscriptions written on the front blank endpapers. Fine copies of these scarce titles with the bonus of not only being family copies, but one of them the dedication copy. The Osborne Collection of Children's books has a 1926 reprint of Little Jane and no copy of Polly and the Aunt.

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Book number: 8499

BOLAN. MARC.

THE WARLOCK OF LOVE.

Lupus Music. 1969.. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.6 inches). A very good, bright copy in the pictorial boards which show a black and white photo portrait of Bolan. Front board and spine lettered in white. In the original dustwrapper which reproduces the boards. Just a hint of rubbing to the extremities of the boards and some creases to the edges of the wrapper but overall a very good copy throughout.

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Book number: 10116

BRES. M. (JEAN PIERRE). - Movable book.

LE LIVRE JOUJOU. Par M. Bres.

Louis Janet. Paris. ND. circa 1875. Third edition. Small 8vo. (5.9 x 4.4 inches). xvi, 157pp. Thirteen hand coloured illustrated plates (including extra title page) with movable pull tabs to change the image. An asterisk next to the text tells when the movable should be used to animate the scene. A crease to the top of the half title page and a few minor thumb marks to a handful of leaves, otherwise a very good, fresh and clean copy in the publishers red morocco-grained cloth with blind stamped decorative border to both boards. Gilt lettering to the front board. Coated mid brown endpapers. All edges gilt. A superior copy of this rare movable. --- First issued in 1831, there was a second issue in 1837 and then this third, circa 1875, with the text printed by Ducessios of Paris. All three printings are rare, and copies in such good condition and with all tabs present and easily workable, as this one even more so. Sometimes described as the first interactive book published, this is certainly the first to use movable tabs to this effect. -- Photos available on request.

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Book number: 10441

Keywords: Movable, Juvenile, interactive

BOWLES. PAUL.

THE SHELTERING SKY.

John Lehmann. London. 1950. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.3 inches). A fine copy finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands, compartments lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A Fine copy of Bowles' influential first novel. Famously rejected by his American publishers, the London edition of The Sheltering Sky is the true first edition.

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Book number: 8800

BOWLEY. ARTHUR. L.; PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

ELEMENTS OF STATISTICS.

P. S. King & Staples. Ltd. London. ND.,1937. Sixth (Fourth) Edition. 8vo. (8.7 x 5.9 inches). Definitive edition. The original edition was first published in 1901, and is based on lectures delivered at the London School of Economics in the five years after it was founded in 1895. This edition uses the revised text of the fourth edition, published in 1920, but with supplements explaining the Authors, and others, work in the interim years. Illustrated throughout with many diagrams, some on fold out pages. A fine copy in a fine early binding of full blue calf by Morrell of London. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Double ruled gilt borders to both boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Gilt stamped arms of Queen Mary College, University of London, on the front board. Neat prize labels, dated 1944, to the front blank endpaper. A fine copy in a lovely, highly decorative, leather binding. :

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Book number: 7929

BRAGG. MELVYN.

FOR WANT OF A NAIL.

Secker & Warburg. London. 1965. FIRST EDITION. The author's 1st book. A near fine copy in very good dustwrapper which shows some minor darkening to the spine but is still crisp and bright. Publishers file copy with their label on front paste down, giving the publication date as June 3 1965.

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Book number: 5319

BRANGWYN. FRANK. ILLUSTRATES.

THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Illustrated and decorated by Frank Brangwyn, R.A.

T. N. Foulis. London & Edinburgh.,1919. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. (10.2 x 7.6 inches). Delux edition, printed on hand made paper, limited to only 350 copies. Illustrated with decorative title page, text borders and and 15 fine full colour tipped-in plates by Brangwyn, each with a printed title page and a tissue guard. A clean and tight copy in original publishers delux full tan vellum binding with gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A lovely copy of this beautiful book showing the softer, fantasy side of Brangwyn's work.:

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Book number: 7962

BRANGWYN. FRANK. ILLUSTRATES.

THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Introduction by Joseph Jacobs. Designs by Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A.

Gibbings and Company. London. 1906. Large 8vo. (10.3 x 6.8 inches). Illustrated with decorative title page, full colour frontis, each page of the verse text within decorative borders printed in green and and 4 fine full colour plates by Brangwyn. A clean and tight copy with lovely wide margins, in a fine early half white vellum binding by Bayntun of Bath. Spine with gilt floral decoration running lengthways and brown morocco label, lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A lovely copy of this beautiful book showing the softer, fantasy side of Brangwyn's work, in a fine Arts and Crafts style binding.

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Book number: 9781

BRES. M. (JEAN PIERRE).

VOYAGE PITTORESQUE ET ROMANTIQUE SUR LA CHEMINEE.

Louis Janet. Paris. ND. 1828. FIRST EDITION. 6mo. (5.1 x 3.2 inches). 166pp. 8 finely hand coloured plates, each with tissue guard. Two previous owner bookplates on front blank endpapers. Fine early binding of full tan calf. Both boards with blind stamped decorative design within a gilt ruled line border. Spine with decorative gilt bands, the compartments blind decorated and lettered in gilt. Board edges with gilt decorative rill design. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Some rubbing and minor bumping to the corners but overall a very good and attractive copy of this charming and unusual little book, a fantasy voyage through the perspective of household objects. ---- The book is undated, but the Bibliotheque Nationale de France catalogue gives the publication date as 1828.

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Book number: 10532

BREWER. E. COBHAM. REV.

DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE. Giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell. --- To which is added, A Concise Bibliography of English Literature.

Cassell and Company, Limited. London.,1907. TWO VOLUMES. Reprint. 113th Thousand. Originally published in 1870 and revised by Brewer in 1896. A bright and clean set in fine early leather bindings by Bickers and Son of London. Half brown calf. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Tan cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Minor rubbing to the extremities but overall a near fine, attractively bound, set of this wonderful work.:

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Book number: 7806

BROOKE. RUPERT.

THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE.

Philip Lee Warner, Publishers to the Medici Society, Ltd.London. 1919. LIMITED EDITION. 4to. One of 1000 copies printed in the Riccardi fount on handmade Riccardi paper. This copy 767. Frontis portrait and engraved title page cut on wood by Gwen Raverat. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Fine leather binding of recent full blue morocco, raised bands, gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. A lovely copy of this beautifully produced volume.

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Book number: 4154

BROOKE. RUPERT.

POEMS.

Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd. London. 1911. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). A clean and bright copy in a fine leather binding of recent full black morocco. Spine with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt. A lovely copy of this important volume. One of 500 copies printed. Keynes No. 5.

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Book number: 8675

BROOKE. RUPERT.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF RUPERT BROOKE. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes.

Faber and Faber Limited.London. 1955. REPRINT OF 1946 EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.3 inches). Illustrated with two portraits of Brooke by Jacques and Gwen Raverat. A lovely bright and clean copy, finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London, in half red morocco. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Red cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A pleasing copy.

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Book number: 10113