ALADDIN

Aladdin and other Tales. from The Thousand and One Nights. A New Translation with an Introduction by N.J. Dawood. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS

Penguin Books, [Harmondsworth],, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, tiny scuff-mark on upper cover else a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Dawood's translation. Penguin Classics, L71.

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Book number: 38649

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ANDERSON Mary D.

[King Penguin 72]. Misericords. Medieval Life Woodcarving. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Penguin Books, [Harmondsworth,, 1954]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 49 plates on 48 and an illustration in the text; paper boards, as issued, a very good, bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin, 72

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Book number: 25165

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ANDERSON Sherwood

Winesburg, Ohio. A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life. [First UK Penguin Edition.] FIRST UK APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin, West Drayton,, [1947]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original orange wrappers printed in black, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 609. First published as a Penguin in the US in 1946, and in the UK a year later. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 15899

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ARISTOTLE

The Politics. Translated with an Introduction by J. Sinclair. NEAR FINE COPY

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, ]1962]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Sinclair's new translation. The wood-engraving on the front wrapper is by George Buday. Penguin Classics, L125.

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Book number: 45864

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ARLOTT John

[King Penguin 73.] The Picture of Cricket. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Penguin,, [1955]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 pages of coloured plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 73.

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Book number: 48114

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BALZAC Honore de

Domestic Peace and other Stories. Translated by Marion Ayrton Crawford. [Penguin Classics].

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1958]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, lengthy inscription on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. PC L80. The cover roundel is by Diana Bloomfield.

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Book number: 29115

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BALZAC Honore de

Eugenie Grandet. Translated by Marion Ayrton Crawford. [Penguin Classics].

Penguin, Harmondsworth,, [1955]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, small personal book-label on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 11390

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BALZAC Honore de

Old Goriot. Translated by Marion Ayrton Crawford. [Penguin Classics].

Penguin, Harmondsworth,, [1951]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 11391

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BANKS F. R.

The Penguin Guides. Sussex. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Penguin, [Harmondsworth, 1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece and plans in the text, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G16.

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Book number: 28024

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BANKS F. R.

The Penguin Guides. Warwickshire and the Shakespeare Country.

Penguin, [Harmondsworth,, 1960]. 8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece and plans in the text, page-edges tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin G18.

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Book number: 28025

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BARNE Kitty

Elizabeth Fry. A Story Biography. [Puffin Story Books]. FIRST EDITION IN PUFFIN

Puffin, [Harmondsworth,, 1950]. 8vo. First Edition thus; pictorial wrappers a very good clean copy. PS 65.

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Book number: 27852

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BASSETT-LOWKE W.J.

Waterways of the World. A Puffin Picture Book. [Second Edition]. NEAR FINE COPY

Penguin Books, West Drayton,, [1944]. Oblong 8vo., Second Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Puffin Picture Book PP32. The series listings on inside front cover include PP39 and BP5. Published in the same year as the first edition. See PCS p.17.

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Book number: 29344

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BEERBOHM Max

Seven Men and Two Others. [First Penguin edition.] FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin Books [with] Heinemann,, [1954]. 8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges faintly browning; original orange printed wrappers, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1010.

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Book number: 46582

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BELLOC Hilaire

Selected Cautionary Verses. Illustrated Edition with the original Pictures by B.T.B. and Nicolas Bentley. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST PENGUIN EDITION.

Penguin Books, [Harmondsworth],, [1958]. 8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges lightly browned as usual, small neat contemporary signature on half-title; original printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1349.The Illustrated Album Edition was first published in 1940, as a Puffin Story Book in 1950, and here as a Penguin.

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Book number: 37833

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BRIDGE, pseud. Ann

The Ginger Griffin. A Novel. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin in association with Chatto & Windus, [Harmondsworth],, [1951]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, page edges tanning slightly; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 782.

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Book number: 37501

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