FORESTER C. S.

Mr Midshipman Hornblower. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin Books, [with] Michael Joseph,, [1956]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original orange wrappers, an unusually bright, clean copy. Penguin 1115. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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FORSTER E. M.

Collected Short Stories. FIRST EDITION IN PENGUIN

Penguin Books, [Harmondsworth,, 1954]. 8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges lightly browning; original orange printed wrappers, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright, firm copy. Penguin 1031. Collects twelve short stories. Kirkpatrick A26b.

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Book number: 23088

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FRANCE Anatole

Penguin Island. A Translation by E. W. Evans. [First Penguin Edition]. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin [Harmondsworth],, [1948]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original orange wrappers, an unusually bright, clean copy. Penguin 617. With Preface by the author.

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GOETHE.

Faust. Translated by Philip Wayne. [Complete set]. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1949-1962]. 2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, small label scars on cover of second volume; original printed wrappers, a bright, clean set. Penguin Classics, L12, L93 respectively. The set comprises Vol. I (first impression, 1949); Vol. II (second impression, 1962). The cover roundel of the first volume is by Dorrit C. Wayne, the translator's wife.; that of the second volume by Diana Bloomfield.

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GRAVES Robert

Antigua, Penny, Puce. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin Books, West Drayton,, 1947. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus [Second Edition overall]; original orange printed wrappers, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 6pp publisher's catalogue at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Penguin 605. Higginson A46c.

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GRAVES Robert

The Crowning Privilege. Collected Essays on Poetry FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin Books,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition thus; printed wrappers, backstrip very faintly tanned else a near fine copy. Pelican A451. First published in 1955, this is the work's first appeance in Penguin and second British edition overall. SCARCE THUS. Higginson A75c.

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GRAVES Robert

Poems selected by Himself. NEAR FINE COPY

Penguin Books, [Harmondsworth],, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, page-edges tanning lightly as usual; original series binding of printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Higginson A83.

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HILTON Walter

The Ladder of Perfection. A New Translation with an Introduction by Leo Sherley-Price. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, backstrip faintly browned else a near fine copy. Penguin Classics, L74. The cover roundel is based upon a medieval figure of Christ. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 43951

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HOOD Peter

About Maps. A Puffin Picture Book. [Revised Edition]. REVISED EDITION

Penguin,, [1955]. Oblong 4to., Revised Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Puffin Picture Book PP67.

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HUDSON W. H.

[King Penguin 66]. Birds of La Plata. With Notes by W.H. Hudson, and Introduction by Richard Curle and Colour Plates by S. Magno. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Penguin, [Harmondsworth],, [1952]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. King Penguin 66. One of the scarcer 'Kings', especially in this condition.

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IBSEN Henrik

Hedda Gabler and other Plays. The Pillars of the Community. The Wild Duck. Hedda Gabbler. Translated by Una Ellis-Fermor. [Penguin Classics]. NEAR FINE COPY

Penguin, Harmondsworth,, [1961]. Sm. 8vo., page-edges very lightly browning, small neat signature on inside front wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. First published in PC under the title 'Three Plays' in 1950; this is the first impresion thus. The cover roundel is based on a photograph of the author. Ellis-Fermor was not happy that the portrait used was the best: 'I think there are phases of Ibsen's expression which, shall we say, represent the nature of his mind better than this one'. Edwards Hare & Robinson, p.62; Penguin Classics, L16.

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IBSEN Henrik

The Master Builder and other Plays. Translated by Una Ellis-Fermor. [The Penguin Classics]. NEAR FINE COPY

Penguin, Harmondsworth,, 1958. 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 Ellis-Fermor's new translation. Contains Rosmersholm, The Master Builder, Little Eyolf and John Gabriel Borkman. The cover roundel is by Sem Hartz. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Penguin Classics, L53.

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IBSEN Henrik

Three Plays. The Pillars of the Community. The Wild Duck. Hedda Gabbler. Translated by Una Ellis-Fermor. [Penguin Classics]. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN CLASSICS

Penguin, Harmondsworth,, [1950]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges very lightly browning, small neat signature on inside front wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, backstrip very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, and first publication of Ellis-Fermor's new translation. The cover roundel is based on a photograph of the author. Ellis-Fermor was not happy that the portrait used was the best: 'I think there are phases of Ibsen's expression which, shall we say, represent the nature of his mind better than this one'. Edwards Hare & Robinson, p.62; Penguin Classics, L16.

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JAMES Richard

A Book of Insects. Pictures by James Holland. A Puffin Picture Book. [Third Edition]. THIRD EDITION

Penguin,, [c.1946]. Oblong 4to., Third Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, backstrip scuffed else a bright, clean copy. Puffin Picture Book PP5.

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JAMES Henry

The Spoils of Poynton. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PENGUIN

Penguin,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition thus; pictorial wrappers, covers lightly browned else a very good, firm, clean copy. Penguin 1922.

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