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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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

GALLICO Paul

The Snow Goose. Illustrations by Peter Scott. [First Illustrated Edition.] THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO

Michael Joseph,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title and text in blue and black, coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates and numerous monochrome illustrations (3 full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, upper board inlaid with snow goose motif, gilt edges, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. 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).

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Book number: 47126

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GALLICO Paul

The Snow Goose. Illustrations by Peter Scott. [First Illustrated Edition.] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN UNCLIPPED 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; original pictorial blue buckram, snow goose motif blocked in white and black on upper board, backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with loss at edges and several small closed tears. 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: 48342

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GIBBINGS Robert

Coming down the Seine. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Dent,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with decorative title in red and black, and very numerous wood-engravings by the author in the text; red cloth gilt. gilt back. red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Kirkus 11.

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Book number: 28379

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GIBBINGS Robert

Sweet Cork of Thee. With Engravings by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Dent,, [1951]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, and numerous wood-engravings in the text; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at edges and chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. ELUSIVE IN THIS CONDITION. Kirkus, 14.

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Book number: 44200

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GIBBINGS Robert

Till I End My Song. With Wood Engravings by the Author. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Dent,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title llustration in blue and black, and numerous wood-engravings in the text; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, a bright, clean, near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter just a little browned and sunned at backstrip. ELUSICE IN THIS CONDITION. Kirkus, 14.

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Book number: 6311

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GILLMOR Robert

Sketches of Bird Life. Introduction and Commentary by Robert Gillmor. [Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Nationwide Book Service,, [1981]. Oblong 4to., First Edition thus, with numerous fine coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. This edition published simultaneously with the Gollancz first edition

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Book number: 4590

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GOULD John

John Gould's Birds of Great Britain. Introduction by Maureen Lambourne. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Bloomsbury Books,, [1988]. Folio, with coloured and numerous fine coloured plates (many full-page) throughout; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Fine copy of this modern reissue.

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Book number: 30460

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GREENAWAY Kate

Kate Greenaway. Sixteen Examples in Colour of the Artist's Work. With an Introduction by M.H. Spilemann. [British Artists series]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

A&C Black,, 1910. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with mounted coloured frontispiece and 15 mounted coloured plates, free endpapers mildly browned; green cloth upper board lettered in gilt with mounted coloured illustration, a very good, bright copy. Inman 412.

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Book number: 26165

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GREY Viscount

The Charm of Birds. Woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1927]. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text, endpapers lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on half-title verso; green cloth gilt, gilt back, backstrip a trifle sunned, two corners very lightly bruised else a very good, clean copy. Kirkus 31a.

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Book number: 17975

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HAGGARD, ed. Lilias Rider

I Walked by Night. Being the Life and History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers. Edited by Lilias Rider Haggard. Illustrated by Edward Seago. [Third Impression]. POACHING CLASSIC ILLUSTRATED BY SEAGO

Nicholson & Watson,, [1935]. 8vo., Third Impression, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, plates in monochrome and numerous illustrations in the text;, tiny contemporary inscription on half-title; oatmeal holland, upper board blocked in brown, backstrip lettered in brown, beige endpapers, covers mildly age-soiled, backstrip a little browned else a very good, clean copy. Published three months after the first edition.

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Book number: 36227

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HARDY Thomas

The Darkling Thrush and other Poems. Pictures by Gordon Beningfield. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Viking,, [1985]. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous coloured illustrations throughout (the great majority full-page) and pictorial endpapers; boards, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.

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Book number: 41366

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HARM Ray

Ray Harm's African Sketchbook. Edited by Robert Emmett McDowell. [Foreword by Adrian Luckhurst]. SIGNED COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

Frame House Gallery, Louisville KY,, [1973]. 4to., First Edition, with coloured title-illustration, 80 pages of plates (a number in colour) and full-page map; beige broad-weave cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON HALF-TITLE.

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Book number: 26608

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HENEAGE Simon

Heath Robinson's Helpful Solutions. With a Foreword by Graeme Garden. NEAR FINE COPY

[Cartoon Museum],, [2007]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured and monochrome reproductions (many full-page) throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 35552

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