SIXPENNY WONDERFULS 6D GEMS FROM THE PAST
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320956
Published by Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations of the front covers of books first published between 1880 and 1914. ISBN: 0701139366. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny indentation to top edge of front cover. Erased pencil markings to endpapers.

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THE MABINOGION
Written by Charlotte Guest. Illustrated by Joan Freeman.
Stock no. 1320901
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green decorative cloth, red titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Spine of book is very slightly browned. Original slipcase is slightly grubby and worn with some small splits at edges.

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A WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS & BOYS
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1821589
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green, burgundy and white decorative boards, white title. Colour illustrations. Small grease spot to gutter edge of prelims (minor). Otherwise a fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some faint scuffing.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1320890
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1938. Almost very good condition.

Hodder & Stoughton's Colour Books. Contents are four stories: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; The Story of the Magic Horse; Sinbad the Sailor; and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Grey cloth with red titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Grey endpapers. 12 colour plates. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine foxed. Covers slightly grubby with a couple of small dents to edge of rear cover and a small rubbed patch to top of front cover. Damp staining to lower edges, also affectings some page and plate margins. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents. Faint musty smell to contents.

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THE TWELVE CAESARS
Written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus; Robert Graves. Illustrated by Raymond Hawthorn.
Stock no. 1821560
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Re-Issue. Brick-red cloth with blue and gold decoration. Gilt title to spine. B/w wood engravings. Sixth printing. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE DECAMERON OF GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Giovanni Boccaccio; Richard Aldington. Illustrated by John Buckland-Wright.
Stock no. 1821558
Published by Folio Society. 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Green cloth with gilt and red titles/decorations. Reset edition, with new binding. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly marked (minor).

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SEVEN HAPPY DAYS
Written by John Davidson. Illustrated by Jessie M. King.
Stock no. 2134589
Published by The Fraser Press. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile of the Christmas Supplement to the Studio MCMXIII. A series of drawings (in colour & b/w) by Jessie M. King with quotations from John Davidson and others. Large slim format. Cream pictorial boards. ISBN: 1873805012. Reprint. A few small marks to covers. Contents are still excellent!

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HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN NORTHUMBRIA
Written by P. Anderson Graham. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 2134583
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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BRIEF LIVES
Written by John Aubrey; Oliver Lawson Dick; Peter Conrad. Illustrated by Joseph Ciardiello.
Stock no. 1320862
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Black cloth spine with gilt title, cream pictorial boards. This edition is based on that of the revised 1958 edition, with minor emendations. Edited from the original manuscripts by Dick and introduced by Conrad. B/w illustrations. 433 pages. Slipcase is a tiny bit faded at edges.

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THE AGE OF ILLUMINATION (3 VOLUMES)
Written by George Henderson; Steven Runciman.
Stock no. 1821515
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

Three volumes: Gothic Art And Civilisation; Byzantine Art And Civilisation; Early Medieval Art And Civilisation. Gold cloth, black title to spines, black illustration to front covers. Colour photos. Top edge gilt. A fine set contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed, worn at one open end and bent at top and tail of pictorial side.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1320796
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd 1981. Very good condition.

This is a facsimile of the 1923 edition published by Hodder & Stoughton. Brown boards covers, gilt decoration. 16 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations, many full-page. Pictorial title-page. A very handsome book, faithfully reproduced. ISBN: 0340258071. Spine bumped.

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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1821407
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. White cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Colour plates. A fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has light rubbing to edges and a few light scuffs.

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