Adams, Frank (Illustrator).

THE STORY OF JACK AND JILL. Illustrated by ... (From an Old Chap Book).

Blackie & Son, N.d. c.[1930]. Thin 4to. [xxxii]pp. 12 colour plates, many ills. Colour ills. e.ps., some light browning, original cloth backed ills. boards, extremities rubbed, minor soiling.

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Book number: 269316

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Aldin, Cecil (Illustrator).

THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB. By Charles Dickens.

Chapman & Hall ... Lawrence & Jellicoe ..., 1910. 2 vols. Sm. 4to. x + 450pp. + x + 457pp. 24 colour plates, numerous b/w. ills. Sporadic foxing, inscription to front f.e.p. of vol. 1., original cloth backed boards with gilt ills. to upper board, bumped and sl. browned spines with sl. fraying to joints.

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Book number: 269208

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Aldridge, Alan.

THE BUTTERFLY BALL and the Grasshopper’s Feast. With Verses by William Plomer and Nature Notes by Richard Fitter.

Jonathan Cape and Times Newspapers Ltd./Aurelia Enterprises Ltd., 1973. Reprint. Sm. Slim 4to. [70]pp. Colour vignette title page, 28 colour plates, dec. border to edges of leaves, dec. initial letters. Good in original coloured pictorial laminated brown boards, lower leading corners sl. bumped, some minor rubbing, lamination sl. chipped to upper joint, spine sl. bumped and chipped at head and tail.
¶ Inscribed by the Illustrator - ‘Happy Days Alan Aldridge November 1973.’

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Book number: 288884

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Anelay, Henry. (Illustrator).

THE MOTHER’S PICTURE ALPHABET.

Office of the Children’s Friend, N.d. c.[1865]. 1st Ed. Tall Slim 4to. [58]pp. Frontis., illus. title page, 26 plates desihgned by ... and engraved by Ames Johnston, text enclosed in dec. border. Some light browning and thumbing throughout, hinges cracking, sl. shaken, gilt lettered dec. gilt blue cloth, some minor soiling, rubbed, edges darkened, corners sl. bumped, lower board dampstained, spine browned and chipped at head and tail with sl. loss, a.e.g.

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Book number: 288701

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Beardsley, Aubrey (Illustrator).

MORTE D’ARTHUR The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All. The Text as Written by Sir Thomas Malory and Imprinted by William Caxton the Year MCCCCLXXXV and Now Spelled in modern Style. With an Introduction by Professor Rhys and Embellished with Many Original Designs by ...

Dent, 1893-4. 1st Ed., Ordinary Issue. 2 vols. Large 8vo. lxiv + 455pp. + [viii] + (lxv-xc) + 990pp. + [i]. Photogravure frontiss., 18 plates including 5 double page, numerous text illustrations, 350 chapter headings borders and initials all after designs by Beardsley. Sporadic spotting, e.ps. browned, original gilt tooled fawn cloth, slight soiling and discolouring, t.e.g. with some soiling, spines fraying with loss to head of spine of vol. 2 and tail of spine of vol. 1, corners frayed.
¶ One of 1500 ordinary copies, of a Larger Limitation of 1800 copies in all. Beardsleys first important commission and arguably his greatest work.

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Book number: 287816

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Beardsley, Aubrey (Illustrator).

LE MORTE D’ARTHUR. By Sir Thomas Malory.

Omega Books, 1985. Facsimile of 1927. Ed. 4to. lv + 538pp. Numerous plates, decorations etc. throughout. Good in very sl. chipped d/w. faded to spine.

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Book number: 287989

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Bodmer, Karl (Illustrator).

NATURE AT HOME From the French of Théophile Gautier.

Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1883. 4to. xiii + 129pp. Frontis., 24 double page plates and numerous ills. Some light browning, original gilt lettered pictorial cloth, spine and leading corner sl. bumped, a.e.g.
¶ Johann Carl Bodmer (1809–1893) Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator and hunter.

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Book number: 250044

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Brangwyn, Frank.

RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.

T.N. Foulis, 1920. Reprint of Fitzgeralds 1859 Ed. Sm. 4to. Text enclosed in dec. pale grey borders, 15 colour tipped in plates. Some light browning, original brown ills. pale green cloth, some soiling, spine faded and bumped.

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Book number: 281737

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Brunton, Violet. (Illustrator).

GREEN MAGIC. A Collection of the World’s best Fairy Tales from all Countries. Edited and arranged by Romer Wilson.

Jonathan Cape, 1928. 1st Ed. 448pp. Colour frontis., vignette title page, 57 ills. including 7 colour plates, dec. initial letters and other decorations. F.e.ps. lightly browned, ownership inscription, edges sl. spotted and occasionally intruding onto inner margins, original gilt lettered green cloth, faded with some minor soiling, corner very sl. bumped, spine lightly browned and sl. bumped at head and tail with minor chipping, sl. wear to lower joint, very faded t.e.green.

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Book number: 288129

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Caldecott, R. (Illustrator).

BRACEBRIDGE HALL. By Washington Irving.

Macmillan & Co., 1877. 1st Ed., thus. 8vo. xiv + 284pp. + 4pp. publ. adverts. Profusely ills. Ex.-libris Paul Latcham, hinges tender, sporadic spotting, original gilt lettered gilt illus. dark green cloth, some very minor soiled, corners and head and tail of spine very sl. bumped, a.e.g.
¶ New Cranford Series.

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Book number: 283022

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Detmold, Edward J. (Illustrator).

THE FABLES OF ÆSOP.

Folio Society, 2002. 5th Folio Printing. Sm. 4to. xvi + 152pp. Colour frontis., dec. title page, 22 colour plates, numerous other ills. and decorations. Good in original gilt lettered dec. beige cloth very lightly faded to spine, t.e.green, in lightly rubbed green slipcase as issued.

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Book number: 288623

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Doré, Gustave. (Illustrator).

MILTON’S PARADISE LOST. Edited with Notes and a Life of Milton by Robert Vaughan.

Cassell and Company, Limited, 1905. Large 4to. [iv] + lxii + [ii] + 329pp. + [i]. Red & black lettered title page, 50 full page plates. Some sporadic light spotting, dec. e.ps., f.e.ps. browned, front f.e.p. creased and sl. chipped along lower edge, upper hinge sl. tender, sl. shaken, gilt lettered blue cloth, soiled and rubbed, some wear to corners (particularly leading corner of lower board) and lower edge of boards, light dampstaining to lower leading corners, spine rubbed sl. browned and bumped at head and tail.

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Book number: 287812

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Dudley, Ambrose. (Illustrator).

EVERYMAN. A Morality.

London: Arnold Fairbairns, 1906. 2nd Imp. Slim Sq. 8vo. 54pp. Dec. title page, 12 full page plates, 3 other designs. Marbled e.ps., f.e.ps. lightly browned, inner gilt ruling, bound by John Bumpus Oxford in full gilt rule edged red calf, some fading marking and discolouration of leather mainly to edges, gilt filleted edges sl. worn to corners, 2 gilt filleted raised bands gilt ruled compartments and gilt title to sl. rubbed and darkened spine, a.e.g.

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Book number: 287851

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Dulac, Edmond (Illustrator).

LA TOISON D’OR et Quelques autres Contes de la Grèce Ancienne. Illustrés par Edmond Dulac.

L’Édition d’Art H Piazza Paris, N.d. c.[1921]. 4to. 123pp. 14 colour mounted plates. French text. Some light browning, original wrapps. bound in, discreet ownership? ink stamp, marbled e.ps., French morocco backed marbled boards, gilt lettered spine, minor loss to boards.
¶ No. 685 of a Limited Edition of 1300 Copies.

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Book number: 256598

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Evans, Edmund.

THE ILLUMINATED SCRIPTURE TEXT BOOK. With Interleaved Diary for Memoranda and A Coloured Illustration for Every Day.

Frederick Warne & Co., N.d. c.[1875]. 4th Ed. 16mo. Colour printed frontis., 4 days to view with four colour printed images, interleaved throughout for notes (or in this case birthdays), lacking blank between end of January and beginning of February. Blanks with some annotations - mainly birthdays, lacking front f.e.p., dec. gilt roan spine rubbed with loss to head and tail, brass edged japon boards, intricate gilt detail framing an oval inlaid colour illustration and dec. gilt title to upper board, plain lower board, working brass clasp (sl. distorted), a.e.g.

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Book number: 252877

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