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RAGGED ROBIN BEGAN IT
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1326863
Published by Mabel Esther Allan. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

And other articles about Old Girls' Books. Light green cardwraps with black titles and illustration to front cover. B/w illustrations. 116 pages. SIGNED by the author to title-page. A few light marks to covers. Small, light stain affects top corner of textblock.

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BRITISH BOOKPLATES: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Written by Brian North Lee.
Stock no. 1326585
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Over 250 illustrations demonstrate the range of ex-libris design, from the earliest armorials to today’s wide variety of styles, and in themselves provide a comprehensive historical survey of bookplates and of book labels - their humbler but no less historically interesting counterparts." Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 071537785X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Wrapper is unevenly faded with edge-creasing; a few chips; some marks.

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PIPER IN PRINT: BOOKS, PERIODICALS & EPHEMERA
Written by Alan Powers; Hugh Fowler-Wright; et al. Illustrated by John Piper.
Stock no. 1827088
Published by Artists' Choice Editions. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

John Piper's work as a graphic artist. Introduction by Alan Powers, commentaries on book illustration, dustjackets, magazines, periodicals & ephemera by Hugh-Fowler Wright. Limited Edition of 384 standard copies, signed by Hugh Fowler-Wright on behalf of the various authors. Large format. Red cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial paper boards. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780955834325. SIGNED in pencil by Hugh Fowler-Wright to page 173 (details of limited edition), this is copy 69 of 384. A few minor blemishes to text block. Contents clean.

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THE GOLDEN AGE OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Written by Richard Dalby. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith; Kay Nielsen; Edmund Dulac; Millicent Sowerby; Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1826337
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Short biographies of more than 50 of the artists whose talents helped to create the Golden Age. Large format, green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1854790412. Top edge of text block lightly browned with minor foxing. Else a nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is also nice and clean.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF YESTERDAY
Written by Philip James; C. Geoffrey Holme.
Stock no. 1323931
Published by The Studio Ltd.. 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Studio Special Autumn Number. Large format. Green cloth, blue titles. 128 pages. Full of b/w photos and some colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby and chipped with some loss.

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PRINTING
Written by Harold Curwen. Illustrated by Jack Brough.
Stock no. 1323708
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

The history of printing. Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Puffin Picture Book no. 70. School ink stamp to front cover (faint) and to top margin of page 31. Contents clean.

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TREASURES OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY LIBRARY
Written by Bernadette Cunningham; Siobhan Fitzpatrick.
Stock no. 2140822
Published by Royal Irish Academy. 1st IRELAND 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with silver title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904890546. Some foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks; some browning and foxing.

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THE GREGYNOG PRESS
Written by Thomas Jones.
Stock no. 2139296
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with title label stuck to front cover. B/w illustrations. A paper read to the Double Crown Club on 7 April 1954. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby in places.

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THE ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOK 1880-1930
Written by Michael Felmingham.
Stock no. 2138629
Published by Wildwood House Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. The history of book illustration. ISBN: 0704506270. Some light page edge browning.

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THE ILLUSTRATED GIFT BOOK 1880-1930
Written by Michael Felmingham.
Stock no. 2138615
Published by Wildwood House Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. The history of book illustration. ISBN: 0704506270. Light page edge browning.

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COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT BOOKS
Written by Christopher H. Sterling.
Stock no. 2138571
Published by Paladwr Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

An Annotated Bibliography of Airlines, Airliners, and the Air Transport Industry. Green cloth with gilt titles. ISBN: 0962648396. Couple of corners are a bit bumped.

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