KIPLING. RUDYARD.

REWARDS AND FAIRIES.

Macmillan and Co, Ltd. London. 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.(8.1 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated with four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Publishers original burgundy cloth boards. Gilt lettering to the spine. Front board with raised circular Ganesha device in gilt. Top edge gilt. In the rare original dustwrapper, with repeat pattern of Macmillan double M design over the whole surface and red lettering to the spine and both outer panels. Lower panel has correct publisher adverts, as listed in David Alan Richards' Bibliography of Kipling. Inner flaps with repeat Macmillan design but nothing else. ---- The cloth and gilt are bright and fresh. Some spotting to the fore edge of the pages and a few leaves affected with fairly mild foxing, mostly to the margins and away from the text. The inner hinges are cracked but holding firm and a slight lean to the spine, otherwise a very good copy of the book in a very good dustwrapper with some minor chipping to the extremities and the spine a bit darkened. The red lettering to the spine and panels of the wrapper is unfaded and bright. One small hole to the front panel. A previous owner has strengthened the reverse weak spots with archive paper, but this could be professionally removed if required. A decidedly uncommon survivor in any condition, to find the wrapper lettering unfaded is rarer still. ------ Contains the Poem "If". Kipling's most enduring work of verse. A poll taken by the BBC in the UK in 2005 voted it as Britain's favourite Poem, polling twice as many votes as the number 2 choice, Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot. Originally written in 1895, IF was inspired by the actions of Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, a British Officer whose forces were defeated by the Boers in 1895, but who was portrayed as a victorious hero by the British press, the poem is a powerful masterclass in maintaining the British stiff upper lip. -- Richards A242.

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Book number: 10531

KIPLING. RUDYARD.

THE TWO JUNGLE BOOKS. With illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E., and W. H. Drake.

Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. New York. No date. circa 1936. Reprint. Large 8vo (8 x 6.2 inches). Colour frontis and dozens of mono illustrations, some full page, throughout. A bright and clean copy in mid twentieth century fine leather binding of half dark blue morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with three gilt dots. Compartments ruled, lettered and decoration in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Some minor rubbing to the extremities but overall a near fine copy in an attractive leather binding. The binding is unsigned but it certainly the work of a master bookbinder.

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Book number: 9585

KIRKALDY. ANDRA.

FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF: MY MEMORIES. By Andra Kirkaldy of St. Andrews. Told to Clyde Foster.

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London. 1921. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 21 mono photos on 16 plates. Four pages of adverts at end of book. Neat ink stamp of Kent & Canterbury hospital on the front blank free endpaper but no other stamps or ownership marks. Some light foxing to a few pages but generally a very good, clean copy in the publishers original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Author's facsimile signature in gilt to the front board. Both boards with a blind stamped ruled border. Top edge trimmed, the others not and rough edged. Faint mark to the top of the fronmt board where a paper label has been carefully removed and little rubbing to the edges but overall a very good copy.

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Book number: 9046

LAMB. CHARLES.; DALZIEL BROTHERS. ILLUSTRATE.

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. Designed for the use of Young People.

George Routledge and Sons. Ltd. London. ND.,c.1883. 8vo. (7.3 x 5 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 8 full page colour printed plates engraved by Dalziel, each with a tissue guard. A very good copy in an attractive early binding of full burgundy calf. Spine with raised bands, each with gilt wavy line decoration. Compartments double ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Double ruled gilt borders to both boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. Gilt stamped school arms on the front board. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bindery. A lovely copy on a fine early leather binding. The book is not dated but a search of Copac shows a copy of this same edition in the Cambridge University Library where they have dated its publication to 1883.:

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Book number: 7928

LAMB. CHARLES.

THE WORKS. A New Edition.

Edward Moxon. London. 1848. NEW EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.5 x 6.4 inches). Text in double columns. Portrait frontis and extra title page with engraving of Christ's Hospital. A fine copy in an attractive early binding by W H Smith, of half brown morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments lettered, ruled and fully decorated in gilt. Green cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine a little darkened to edges but overall a lovely copy in a fine and very attractive early twentieth century leather binding. This volume contains the literary works, as well as the letters of Lamb.

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Book number: 8648

LANG. ANDREW.

BALLADS AND LYRICS OF OLD FRANCE. With Other Poems. - The Old World Series.

Thomas B Mosher. Portland, Maine. 1902. Third Mosher Edition. Limited to 925 copies on Van Gelder paper. Originally published in 1872. 8vo. (7.1 x 3.9 inches). Fine, clean copy in a fine leather binding for Hatchards of London. Contemporary full tan morocco. Spine with raised bands. Compartments double box ruled and pips in gilt. Blind ruling extending onto boards and ending with a floral device around each raised band. Gilt ruled borders, with floral corner pieces and dots on boards. Front board with title in gilt. Triple gilt ruled turn-ins. All edges gilt. Previous owners bookplate to the front paste down endpaper. Some offsetting to the blank endpapers from the leather turn-ins and the bottom corners a little bumped but overall a fine, bright copy in a highly attractive early binding.

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Book number: 9298

LANG. ANDREW. (Leonora Lang - uncredited), Edit. ; FORD. Henry. Justice. Illustrates.

THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK.

Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1889. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). viii, 390pp, 16pp publishers adverts at end dated August 1889. Illustrated with 8 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford, G. P. Jacomb-Hood and Lancelot Speed. Publishers decorated dark blue cloth binding with gilt illustration to the front board and spine, which is also lettered in gilt. The book has been professionally re-cased and has new plain white endpapers. All edges gilt. Some marks and spots to a few pages but overall this is a very good copy internally with the binding showing some wear and minor chipping to the extremities, particularly the top of the spine. Overall a near to very good copy of the first of Lang's colour Fairy books.

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Book number: 10731

LANG. ANDREW. (Leonora Lang - uncredited), Edit. ; FORD. Henry. Justice. Illustrates.

THE YELLOW FAIRY BOOK.

Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1894. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xvi, 321pp, 2pp publishers adverts at end. Illustrated with frontis and 22 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford. Publishers decorated yellow cloth binding with gilt illustration to the front board and spine, which is also lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Black coated endpapers. A bright, clean better than very good copy internally. A nice tight copy with a very good binding showing some stains to the cloth but the gilt still vibrant and sharp. A superior copy of the fourth of Lang's colour Fairy books.

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Book number: 10734

LAWRENCE. T. E.

SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A Triumph.

Jonathan Cape. London. 1935. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 4to. Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps, plans and line drawings. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt decorative roll border on boards. Top edge gilt. A few light finger marks but overall a very good, bright copy.

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Book number: 10137

GREENAWAY. KATE. ; SPIELMANN. M. H. & LAYARD. G. S.

KATE GREENAWAY.

Adam and Charles Black. London. 1905. NEW EDITION, reprinted with minor alterations in December 1905, shortly after the first printing of October the same year. 4to. (9 x 6.6 inches). Fully illustrated with fifty three colour plates. each with a printed tissue guard, and ninety mono illustrations. A fine and bright copy bound in attractive late twentieth century half dark green morocco. Spine with raised bands, each decorated with gilt piping. The compartments are ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Green cloth and ruled gilt borders on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A little light spoting to a few pages otherwise a near fine copy in a lovely leather binding. The binding is unsigned but is certainly the work of a master bookbinder.

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Book number: 10814

LE QUEUX. WILLIAM.

HER MAJESTY'S MINISTER

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1901. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.3 inches). viii,402pp, 6pp of publishers adverts. Illustrated with 12 full page mono illustrations by James Craig. Publishers 1st issue binding of grey cloth, with light green lettering and design of Marble arch, blocked in blue, green and mustard, to the front panel. The spine is lettered in gilt within a green ruled border. Top edge gilt. A little minor rubbing to the extremities and the front inner hinge is cracked but firm. Overall a better than very good copy of this uncommon novel. (Glover and Greene; Victorian Detective Fiction. No. 303). Not in Wolff.

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Book number: 4305

LE CARRE. JOHN.

A MOST WANTED MAN.

Hodder & Stoughton. London.,2008. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY Le Carre. Fine, unread copy in fine dustwrapper. Still with the removable bookshop "Signed First Edition" sticker on front panel.:

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Book number: 6141

LE GALLIENNE.RICHARD.

VOLUMES IN FOLIO.

C.Elkin Mathews at the Sign of the Bodley Head.,1889.. LIMITED EDITION,one of only 250 copies.First book to be published under the Bodley Head Imprint.The authors second book.Blue paper covered boards with cream paper spine.Degree of chipping on spine with uniform discolouration.Light foxing to some pages.Overall a very good copy.:

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Book number: 1547

LEAR. EDWARD.

VIEWS IN THE SEVEN IONIAN ISLANDS. Drawn from nature and on stone.

Hugh Broadbent. Oldham, U. K.,1979. FOLIO. (19.6.x 13.3 inches). LIMITED EDITION, one of only 1,000 hand numbered copies. Facsimile edition reproducing the text and plates from the scarce 1863 edition, published by Edward Lear himself, beautifully illustrated with 20 fine tinted lithographs plus illustrated title page with view from "One gun battery", Corfu. Of the full page plates, 8 are views of Corfu, 3 of Santa Maura, 3 of Cephalonia, 3 ofZante, 1 of Paxo, 1 of Ithaca and 1 of Cerigo. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and borders to front board. Spine lettered in gilt. A fine, bright copy of this beautiful book. Clear acetate wrapper with one small area missing from lower panel in the outer corner.:

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Book number: 7004

LEE. LAURIE. ; WARD. JOHN. ILLUSTRATES.

CIDER WITH ROSIE.

The Hogarth Press. London. 1959. FIRST EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo.(8 x 5.4 inches). Frontispiece and line drawings throughout by John Ward. A neat previous owner's inscription, dated 1959, on the front free endpaper, but the text pages clean and bright throughout, otherwise a very good copy with some mild bumping to the outer corners of the green cloth boards. In a very good dustwrapper with just a small, faint crease to the very top of spine which has been strengthened from the rear with clear archive top. With the scarce original publishers pink wrap around band. Overall a very nice copy of this classic work.

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Book number: 10263