RATCATCHER TO SCARLET
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1505961
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 2nd 1927. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Black cloth with red titles and fox head vignettes. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 123 pages. Spine bumped and worn with tiny splits to cloth at ends. A little wear to corners. Faint marks and scratches to covers. Red colour on spine faded to white, slight wear to title on front cover. Endpapers browned. One hinge cracked. Some light foxing and an odd mark to contents.
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THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF W. HEATH ROBINSON
Written by Geoffrey Beare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2121398
Published by Werner Shaw Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With an introduction by Oliver Robinson. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0907961029. Bumping and fading to spine and corners. Wrapper is a little edge-creased and faded to spine.
Located at: Stella Books, Tintern

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FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND A CALENDAR FOR 1912
No author listed. Illustrated by Fred Hines; Eddie J. Andrews; et al..
Stock no. 1505944
Published by Ernest Nister. 1912. Very good condition.

A calendar for the year 1912. Beautiful chromolithographs. 6 x 4.5". White cloth spine. Cream covers with blue titles and decoration. Colour chromolithographs. Green illustrations on pages with verses and months. Covers slightly grubby with a little bubbling to front cover and faint stains, looks like been splashed with water. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Staples strating to rust. Contents clean and colours bright.
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FORWARD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505942
Published by James E. Hawkins. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Small format 6 x 5", blue cloth spine, pale green glazed boards with countryside scene. Colour and b/w chromolithographs with religious verses and sentiments for each day of the month by various authors. Tiny light brown mark near top of spine. Contents clean but lightly browned with a few fox spots. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears. Numerous tape repairs to verso. Also slightly grubby and lightly browned and foxed.
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THE OPEN WINDOW
Written by E. Temple Thurston. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1505922
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine and blue title/border to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 4 Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 286 pages plus book list. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Lower corner on rear cover bumped. A little wear to corners. Joints and quite a few hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. Contents very good.
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SONGS FOR LIFE'S JOURNEY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505916
Published by H.J. Drane & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Blue cloth covers with flowers to top and sunrise to bottom, red and gilt titles in middle, black titles to spine. 9.75 x 8.25". Colour illustration to every page with religious song or verse. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened. Covers grubby with marks and lots of light scratches to rear cover. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Top and bottom of front joint starting to crack. Some light foxing and just a few marks to contents. Illustrations are beautifully bright but sadly a few have small spots of surface paper damage where they have been stuck together.
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THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE AND SIEGFRIED & THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2121192
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloths, gilt titles and decorations. Trade editions. Both titles include beautiful tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards; Siegfried: 30 plates and Rhinegold: 34 plates. Both texts are in play format. First published in 1910 and 1911. This set makes a complete version of 'The Ring of the Niblung'. Bumping and wear to corners and spines of both volumes. Very uneven fading to The Rhinegold volume; spine looks almost cream. Some spotting to covers. All plates in both volumes are present. Some foxing and page browning. Contained in a custom-made slip case that is brown and in very good condition; just a few light marks.
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HEAVENLY PATHS
Written by Charlotte Murray.
Stock no. 1505897
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P.Dutton & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine, oblong format 5 x 6.5". Pictorial front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. A religious verse, pray or saying for every day of the month. Minimal wear to corners and cover edges. Covers and spine slightly grubby and foxed. One hinge cracked. Staples rusty. First couple of text pages detached from top staple. A couple of marks to endpapers including small patch of surface paper damage to rear endpapers. Name to front endpaper and inscription to verso. A few tiny marks and a little foxing to contents.
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THE FOUR GARDENS
Written by Handasyde. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1505895
Published by William Heinemann. 2nd 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

Contains The Haunted Garden, The Old-Fashioned Garden, The Poor Man's Garden and The Rich Man's Garden. Light purple cloth. Gilt titles, vignette to front cover and decorations to spine. 8 colour plates with captioned guards, b/w text illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Damp (?) marks to cover edges. Spine browned, uneven fading to covers. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked but binding is firm. Pencil inscription to half-title page. Contents clean but with some foxing. All plates present.
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QUALITY STREET
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1505881
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Comedy in Four Avts. Elaborately decorated purple cloth covers, large gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 22 beautiful tissue-guarded colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 197pp. Demy 4to. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Faint stain, only visible at certain angles, to spine edges of rear and front cover. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and light browning to endpapers. Contents very good just an odd margin tear and fox spot. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with tears to ends of spine. Creasing to folds and sides of spine. Browning to spine and unevenly to rear panel. Browning and pink stains to verso corresponding with faint stains on covers.
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PARSIFAL
Written by Richard Wagner; T.W. Rolleston. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1505814
Published by Harrap & Co. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Or the Legend of the Holy Grail retold from Ancient Sources. Grey pictorial cloth. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. Gilt and black motif to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. 16 tipped-in colour plates. Other full-page colour and b/w ilustrations. Decorations to every page. A beautifully illustrated book. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Nick to cloth on rear edge of spine. A few marks to covers. A few hinges cracked but binding still firm. A few corner tips creased. Contents lightly browned and generally clean. All plates present but 2 have text from page opposite visible on them.
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FULNESS OF JOY
Written by Frances Ridley Havergal; et al.
Stock no. 1405338
Published by James E. Hawkins. circa 1889. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth covers with pictorial front cover, gilt title block, dark green titles and decoration to rear cover. 10 x 8". Floral endpapers. Colour illustration (mostly floral) and verse to each page. Printed on thick card. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a little grubby. Some hinges cracked. Browning to contents. Slight bookworm damage to rear endpapers and last few pages.
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