THE COLOURED LANDS
Written by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrated by G.K. Chesterton.
Stock no. 1317820
Published by Sheed & Ward. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"This book is crammed with the things you would have got from Chesterton had you been his Weekend guest." Yellow cloth spine, vivid patterned boards. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Vertical crease to rear free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned/foxed. Some grubby fingermarks and finger creasing to page margins and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby with some loss to spine and corners.
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STUFF AND NONSENSE
Written by A.B. Frost. Illustrated by A.B. Frost.
Stock no. 1317818
Published by John C. Nimmo. Circa 1884. Very good condition.

Amusing b/w cartoons and limericks. Pictorial paper-covered boards, red cloth spine. Brown decorative endpapers. 10.5 x 8". 92 pages. Covers are edge worn and slightly grubby, spine is worn at top and tail and is slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout.
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WINE LIST DECORATIONS 1961-1963
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; David Gentleman; Asgeir Scott; Sheila Waters.
Stock no. 1817702
Published by John Harvey & Sons Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

From Wine Lists published by John Harvey and Sons Ltd. B/w illustrations by Ardizzone, Wood Engravings by Gentleman, Decorations by Scott and Maps by Waters. Black leather spine with gilt title. Red, orange, pink decorated cloth boards. Fuschia endpapers. B/w illustrations. 100 pages. Front board slightly bowed. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Minor foxing to text block.
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THE DOUBTFUL GUEST
Written by Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 2131130
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Being a tale - perhaps an allegory - of deceptive simplicity, with universal meaning for all civilized men and women. Oblong format. Yellow pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0396076289. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine and edges; some closed tears; repaired with tape to verso; foxed.
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MANKA THE SKY GIPSY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2131129
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

From the silent, mysterious Arctic, the wild geese come every winter to the Fenland farms and marshes which BB knows so intimately and describes so vividly, both in the text and in beautiful woodcuts. Blue cloth, gilt. 258pp. 8.75 x 5.5". A New Edition. ISBN: 0416145809. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.
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THE FISHERMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2131126
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. Illustrated througout with BB's Dramatic Woodcuts. Dark blue boards with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 575 pages. Tape marks to endpapers. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of chips to top of spine.
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EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2131066
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

Light grey cloth with blue decorations to front cover. 19 tipped-in colour plates plus b/w portrait of Dulac. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some spotting to covers. Partially erased inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout; also to plate mount pages, but plates are still fine!
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NEIGHBOURS
Written by Lucy Dawson. Illustrated by Lucy Dawson.
Stock no. 2131065
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

12 Beautiful colour plates plus 72 b/w drawings of dogs and cats. Yellow cloth, brown title to spine. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and unevenly faded; some foxing; nicks to corners.
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PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by J.H. Dowd.
Stock no. 2131043
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Popular Edition. A beautiful book with b/w sketches throughout. Grey cloth, blue titles and vignette. 69 pages. Large format (11 x 8.5"). Marks to rear cover, with what appears to be damp marking. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with some tears and chips; a little loss.
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IMPORTANT PEOPLE
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by J.H. Dowd.
Stock no. 2131042
Published by Country Life Limited. 1948. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Popular edition. Large format. Yellow cloth, blue titles and vignette to front cover. Pencil sketches showing "all the experiment and wonder of the child in growing". Covers are damp stained, with bumps and chips, especially to front edge of front cover. Page corner creases. Wrapper is unevenly browned, with edge-creasing and chips; damp stained. A reading copy.
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ONCE UPON A TIME THE FAIRY-TALE WORLD OF ARTHUR RACKHAM
Written by Margery Darrell. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2130988
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Fairy-Tale World of Arthur Rackham. Selections include Alice in Wonderland, Rip Van Winkle, Aesop's Fables etc. Absolutely packed with colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Cloth backed boards (gold boards, black cloth spine). Illustrated endpapers. 247 pages. ISBN: 0434174351. Small brown mark at top of front endpapers. A little light foxing to top of page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears. Spine is browned. Front panel is a marked and slightly browned.
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ONCE UPON A TIME THE FAIRY-TALE WORLD OF ARTHUR RACKHAM
Written by Margery Darrell. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2130988
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Fairy-Tale World of Arthur Rackham. Selections include Alice in Wonderland, Rip Van Winkle, Aesop's Fables etc. Absolutely packed with colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Cloth backed boards (gold boards, black cloth spine). Illustrated endpapers. 247 pages. ISBN: 0434174351. Small brown mark at top of front endpapers. A little light foxing to top of page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears. Spine is browned. Front panel is a marked and slightly browned.
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