NESBIT Edith

New Treasure Seekers. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer. IN FULL MOROCCO

T. Fisher Unwin,, 1904. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 32 full-page illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back gilt with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, gilt from original upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Bright copy of the original edition of this children's classic.

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Book number: 15319

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NICHOLSON William

The Wind Singer [with] Slaves of the Mastery [with] Firesong. 'THE WIND ON FIRE' TRILOGY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Egmont,, 2000[-2002]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper charts; blue cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises The Wind Singer (2000), Slaves of the Mastery (2001), Firesong (2002).

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Book number: 26424

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OPIE Iona

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Edited by Iona and Peter Opie.

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, [1958]. 8vo., with a frontispiece, 23 plates and 13 illustrations in the text, endpapers lightly spotted; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Nice copy of the reissue of the corrected impression of 1952.

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Book number: 19526

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PARRY Edward Abbott

Katawampus. Its Treatment and Cure. Illustrated by Archie Macgregor. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Sherratt & Hughes,, 1915. 8vo., with illustrations (a number full-page) and decorations throughout, free endpapers lightly browned; pale green cloth blocked and lettered in darker green, lower board a little faded, lower hinge reinforced else a bright, clean copy. Bright copy of a delightful goblinesque fantasy first published in 1895.

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Book number: 49120

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POTTER Beatrix

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes.

Warne,, n.d.. Sm. 4to., with a coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, numerous full-page coloured illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers; boards, coloured illustration mounted on upper cover, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear.

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Book number: 7428

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POTTER Beatrix

The Art of Beatrix Potter. With an Appreciation by Anne Carroll Moore. [Fourth Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY WITH EPHEMERA

Warne,, [1966]. 4to., Fourth Edition, with coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, and very numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions and facsimiles throughout; green buckram, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This important work of reference covers the artwork and MSS, together with extensive illustrated appendices on Hilltop and Sawrey, and checklists of the canon. A review by J.H.B. Peel of 'The World of Benjamin Bunny', and a copy of the publisher's prospectus for Linder's 'The Writings of Beatrix Potter' are loosely inserted. This is a revised version, following discoveries of extra artwork by Leslie Linder, of the original edition of 1955. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30405

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POTTER Beatrix

The Art of Beatrix Potter. With an Appreciation by Anne Carroll Moore and Notes to each Section by Enid and Leslie Linder. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S MAILING CASE

Warne,, [1978]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, and very numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions and facsimiles throughout; grey faux-morocco cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's mailing case. This important work of reference covers the artwork and MSS, together with extensive illustrated appendices on Hilltop and Sawrey, and checklists of the canon. A review by J.H.B. Peel of 'The World of Benjamin Bunny', and a copy of the publisher's prospectus for Linder's 'The Writings of Beatrix Potter' are loosely inserted. This is a revised version, following discoveries of extra artwork by Leslie Linder, of the original edition of 1955. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 35361

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POTTER Beatrix

Beatrix Potter's Journal. Abridged with an Introduction by Glen Cavaliero. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Warne,, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 31096

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PRESSENSE E. de

Pauvre Petit. Troisieme Edition.

Librairie Fischbacher, Paris,, 1886. 8vo., Third Edition, some scattered foxing; neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; vividly bound in publisher's decorative red cloth elaborately blocked in gilt and black, back gilt extra, bevelled boards, all edges gilt, binding a little shaken else a good, bright copy in well-preserved period binding.

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Book number: 7652

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RANSOME Arthur

The Big Six. [With Illustrations by the Author].

Jonathan Cape,, [1940]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 22 full-page illustrations (including a map) and numerous smaller illustrations (all by the author) in the text, and endpaper maps in blue and black; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at joints and fold-ins, and with a short area worn to small holes at top of backstrip (not affecting lettering) and lower joint. Ninth novel in the Swallows & Amazons series. Hammond A33.

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Book number: 11565

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RANSOME Arthur

The Big Six. [With Illustrations by the Author.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Jonathan Cape,, [1940]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps in blue and black; green cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of the ninth Swallows and Amazons novel. Hammond A33.

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Book number: 46179

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RANSOME Arthur

Missee Lee. (Based on Information supplied by the Swallows and Amazons). [With Illustrations by the Author] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Jonathan Cape,, [1941]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and coloured endpaper maps, tiny signature on blank preliminary; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of the tenth Swallows and Amazons novel. Hammond A34.

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Book number: 46178

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RANSOME Arthur

Missee Lee. (Based on Information supplied by the Swallows and Amazons). [With Illustrations by the Author. Tenth Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [1955]. 8vo., Tenth Impression, with frontispiece, numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and coloured endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of the tenth Swallows and Amazons novel. Hammond A34 (recording the first edition of 1941).

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Book number: 47229

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RANSOME Arthur

The Picts and the Martyrs or, not Welcome at all. [Ninth Impression. Swallows and Amazons 11]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Jonathan Cape,, [1951]. 8vo., Ninth Impression, with illustrations in the text and endpaper map; green cloth, gilt back, top lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Eleventh novel in the Swallows and Amazons series.

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Book number: 29993

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RANSOME Arthur

The Picts and the Martyrs or, not Welcome at all. [Sixth Impression. Swallows and Amazons 11]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [1948]. 8vo., Sixth Impression, with illustrations in the text and endpaper map; green cloth, upper board lettered in blind, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, faintly browned dustwrapper. Eleventh novel in the Swallows and Amazons series. Hammond A35 (recording the first edition of 1943).

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Book number: 43882

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