CALDECOTT Randolph

The Panjandrum Picture Book. Containing Come Lasses and Lads, Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, A Farmer went trotting upon his grey Mare, Mrs Mary Blaize and The Great Panjandrum himself. REMARKABLY BRIGHT COPY IN PICTORIAL CLOTH

Warne,, [c.1890]. Oblong 4to., with 24 fine coloured plates, and numerous illustrations in monochrome (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial olive cloth, upper board elaborately blocked in white and black, backstrip lettered in black, light marginal tide-mark on rear paste-down (only) else a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30892

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CHALMERS Patrick R.

A Fisherman's Angles. Illustrated from Drypoints by Norman Wilkinson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Country Life,, [1931]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 23 fine plates, half-title and title very lightly spotted; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Collects a series of delightful essays on angling greatly enhanced by superb plates. Hampton, p.65.

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Book number: 27051

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Keywords: illustrated, patrick chalmers, norman wilkinson, angling, fishing, fly-fishing, patrick r. chalmers, illustrated books, fisherman's, angles

Charles Lamb

The Essays of Elia [with] The Last Essays of Elia. With an Introduction by Augustine Birrell and Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. [Eighth and Seventh Editions respectively]. SPLENDID SET WITH BROCK ILLUSTRATIONS IN SIGNED MORRELL MOROCCO

Dent,, 1910-1911. 2 vols., 8vo., Eighth and Seventh Edition respectively, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in blue and black, and very numerous illustrations (16 and 14 full-page respectively) and head- and tail-pieces in the text; handsomely bound in navy half Chieftan morocco BY MORRELL, sides in blue cloth ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt tops, pale blue laid endpapers, navy silk markers, uncut, a most attractive set ideal as gift or for presentation. The bindings are signed on front free endpaper versos. Brock's inimitable and much-loved 'Elia' illustrations to both works were first published in 1899. A FRESH, ELEGANT SET WITH CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS IN A NOTABLE SIGNED BINDING. Skilton, p.160.

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Book number: 31800

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Keywords: illustrated books, lamb, charles lamb, elia, brock, ce brock, charles edmund brock, morrell, charles morrell, william morrell

COX (illus.) E.A.

Aucassin & Nicolette. [ An Old French Song-Tale]. EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES

F. Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea,, [1947]. 4to., First Edition, on hand-made paper, with illustrated title in orange and black, and several illustrations (8 full-page) in orange and black, neat inscription on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES

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Book number: 10995

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CRUIKSHANK, illus. George

The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. RARE AND CHARMING CRUIKSHANK

David Bogue,, 1851. 24mo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece, engraved musical score and 10 fine engraved plates in the text; original limp green cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, primrose endpapers, expertly recased with cloth backstrip to style, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy.

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Book number: 33564

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DARLING Frank Fraser

The Seasons and the Fisherman. A Book for Children. Illustrated with Drawings by C.F. Tunnicliffe.

University Press, Cambridge,, 1941. 4to., First Edition, with a title-vignette and very numerous illustrations in the text; pictorial boards, oatmeal cloth back, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, clean copy

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Book number: 4595

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Keywords: illustrated, countryside, fishing, childrens, frank darling, tunnicliffe, frank fraser darling, illustrated books, the, seasons, the, fisherman

DASENT G.W.

East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon. Illustrated by Edna Cooke. [Newbery Classics edition].

David McKay, Philadelphia PA,, [1921]. 8vo., with a coloured frontispiece and 3 coloured plates; red cloth, coloured illustration (repeated from text) mounted on upper board, backstrip lettered in black, green top, pictorial endpapers, a good, tight copy. The Newbery Classics edition, with fewer plates than the first edition.

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Book number: 23470

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Keywords: illustrated, edna cooke, childrens, dasent, g.w. dasent, illustrated books, east, o', the, sun, west, o', the, moon

DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE

Undine. Adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. [First US Trade Edition]. FIRM COPY WITH CLEAN PLATES

Heinemann,, 1909. 4to., First Edition thus, with fine mounted coloured frontispiece (captioned tissue guard present), decorative title in green and black, 14 fine mounted coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present), 30 monochrome illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers in green, some very light and occasional browning, tiny signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial green/brown boards blocked and lettered in green, brown buckram back lettered and blocked in gilt, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, boards moderately age-marked and faded, rubbed and frayed at corners and extremities else a very good, clean copy. Published simultaneously with the limited signed edition. The pictorial endpapers are not present in the limited edition. Latimore & Haskell, pp.34-5.

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Book number: 19922

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Keywords: illustrated, arthur rackham, de la motte fouque, undine

DOBSON Austin

The Ballad of Beau Brocade. and other Poems of the XVIIIth Century. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY WITH ART NOUVEAU BOOKPLATE

Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co.,, 1892. 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous full-page plates and several smaller illustrations in the text, free endpapers lightly browned, a few plates lightly spotted; original maroon cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, bevelled boards, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the fine art nouveau-style bookplate (designed by Ambrose Flower) of Evelyn May Brown on front paste-down. Spielmann & Jerrold 9.

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Book number: 38567

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DOSTOEVSKY Feodor

A Raw Youth. Translated by Constance Garnett with an Introduction by Konstantin Mochulsky and illustrated with Wood-Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR; 2000 COPIES WERE PRINTED

Printed for the Limited Editions Club at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona,, 1974. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 15 fine plates; green cloth, gilt backs, a fine copy in glassine dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's green board slip-case (one small scuff) with printed paper label.

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Book number: 23242

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Keywords: illustrated, dostoevsky, fritz eichenberg, limited editions club, feodor dostoevsky, illustrated books, raw, youth

EGAN Pierce

The Finish to the Adventures of Tom, Jerry and Logic in their Pursuit through Life In and Out of London. With numerous Illustrations by Robert Cruikshank. BRIGHT COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

Reeves & Turner,, 1889. Roy. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette and 35 fine coloured plates; original red cloth boards, green roan back lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, primrose endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue at end. A lovely copy of the reissue of the sequel to 'Life in London' (1821).

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Book number: 28780

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Keywords: illustrated, pierce egan, robert cruikshank, life in london, tom and jerry

Emmet of PUNCH

Saturday Slow. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous cartoons throughout; olive boards, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 28872

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Keywords: illustrated, cartoons, cartoonists, emmet, punch magazine

FORTESCUE Hon. J. W.

The Story of a Red-Deer. Illustrated by G.D. Armour. [First Illustrated Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION

Macmillan,, 1925. Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates and 12 plates in gravure; green buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, joints very slightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. First illustrated edition of a work first published in 1897.

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Book number: 33317

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Keywords: illustrated books, fortescue, gd armour, george denholm armour, deer

GALLICO Paul

The Snow Goose. Illustrations by Peter Scott. [First Illustrated Edition.] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title and text in blue and black, coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, numerous monochrome illustrations (3 full-page) in the text and illustrated endpapers, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; original pictorial blue buckram, snow goose motif blocked in white and black on upper board, backstrip lettered in white, boards faded beneath dustwrapper losses else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip and with small loss (affecting lettering) bottom corners of front panel. The first appearance of Scott's classic illustrated edition. The frontispiece portrait of Fritha is modelled on Scott's first wife, novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard: 'I stood for hours, holding a pillow, which he turned into the wounded snow goose' (Howard's memoirs). VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER

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Book number: 28919

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Keywords: illustrated, modern first editions, modern firsts, paul gallico, peter scott, snow goose, dunkirk, elizabeth jane howard

GALLICO Paul

The Snow Goose. Illustrations by Peter Scott. [First Illustrated Edition. Third Impression.] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1947]. 8vo., Third Impression thus, with title and text in blue and black, coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, numerous monochrome illustrations (3 full-page) in the text and illustrated endpapers; original navy buckram, snow goose motif blocked in white and black on upper board, backstrip lettered in white, blue top, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Third impression of Scott's classic illustrated edition, published a year after the first. The frontispiece portrait of Fritha is modelled on Scott's first wife, novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard: 'I stood for hours, holding a pillow, which he turned into the wounded snow goose' (Howard's memoirs). ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43527

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Keywords: illustrated, modern first editions, modern firsts, paul gallico, peter scott, snow goose, dunkirk, elizabeth jane howard