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THE ESSAYS OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL OF FRANCIS BACON (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Francis Bacon; Christopher Morley.
Stock no. 1829196
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1980. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Christopher Morley. Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather. Brown leather boards, four raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Red moire endpapers. Colour frontis. Ribbon page marker. ix and 190 pages. All edges gilt. Some very light rubbing to rear board else a lovely copy.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1709035
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Bright blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Top and tail of spine slightly worn with a couple of small nicks. Corners rubbed. Faint damp marks to corners of some pages. Otherwise covers and contents beautifully bright and clean.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 738540
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped with a little wear. Covers slightly grubby and spotted. Name plate to front pastedown. Front joint cracked at top (between pastedown and endpaper) and at base (between free-endpaper and half-title page). Foxing to prelims. Some light fingering to page margins. Contents generally clean.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 575952
Published by William Heinemann. 1st UK 1925. Very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Bright blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly darkened with a few faint spots at base. Otherwise covers bright and clean. Endpapers browned. First hinge is cracked at the top. Contents and plates are fine.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 652881
Published by Doubleday, Page & Company. 1st USA 1922. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

4 colour plates and 9 b/w line drawings. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227pp. Cr 4to. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed to head and tail. A couple of finger-marks to page margins otherwise contents bright. Original pictorial dustwrapper is slightly edge-chipped with a little loss to spine, 2" closed tear to top of front. A super first edition.

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