THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1326509
Published by Folio Society. 2000. Very good condition.

Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. White cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Colour plates. Third printing. Some very light marking to cover edges. Contained in a gold slipcase which is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE DALE READERS - SECOND PRIMER
Written by Nellie Dale. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1326492
Published by George Philip & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

New Edition, entirely reset in large type. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Easy to read text. Unpaginated. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners a little rubbed. Covers grubby. Contents generally clean.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Herbert Cole.
Stock no. 1326439
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1909. Very good condition.

Flowers of Parnassus series (famous poems illustrated). Small format (5.75 x 4.5"). Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 75 numbered pages. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some grubby fingermarks to contents and endpapers lightly browned.

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THE FAIRY WORLD OF IDA RENTOUL OUTHWAITE
Written by Marcie Muir; Robert Holden.
Stock no. 1827079
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st UK 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book tells of Outhwaite's Melbourne background and childhood, of her successful career in Australia and overseas. It also considers her place in the 'Golden Age' of English book illustration. Large format. Green boards with silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713628340. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a small slit at front spine edge (0.5", no loss).

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POEMS BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
Written by Christina Rossetti. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 1326350
Published by The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd.. Circa 1910. Very good condition.

Olive green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 36 tipped-in colour plates mounted on grey card with captioned tissue guards plus 36 b/w illustrations. 369 pages. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 2" thick. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is just starting to crack. A nice copy of this beautiful book.

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THE FISHERMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1326254
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Something unique for all lovers of angling, a selection from some of the best descriptive writing in English, practical advice, unusual adventures, records, everything which can recall for fishermen the pleasures of their chosen sport. Illustrated thoughout with BB's dramatic woodcuts. 568 thin pages. Small format, 6.75" x 4.25" Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges slightly rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and slightly grubby/browned, small stain to base of spine.

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FORTY-NINE POEMS BY W.H. DAVIES
Written by W.H. Davies. Illustrated by Jacynth Parsons.
Stock no. 1326252
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Selected and illustrated by Parsons, preface by Davies. Light brown cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with slight wear to base of spine. Lower edge of rear cover is lightly damp stained. Endpapers partly browned.

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THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB; Duff Hart-Davis. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826890
Published by White Lion Books. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A companion volume to BB's "Fisherman's Bedside Book", illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. A handsome new edition with an introduction by Duff Hart-Davis. ISBN: 1874762112. Reprint.Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and spine edges of panels, tiny nick to front vertical edge.

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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1326009
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

With a Proem by Austin Dobson. Limited edition of eleven hundred and thirty copies, of which 1100 were for sale and the remaining 30 copies were reserved for presentation. Large format. White cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 13 tipped in colour plates plus b/w illustrations. xi and 161 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, fraying to cloth at top and tail of spine and a small section of the front edge starting to split (but hasn't yet). Spine is grubby/sunned with grubby marks to covers are well (see photos). Endpapers are browned. Rear joint is cracked (possibly very neatly repaired). There is a light crease to one of the plates, all others are present and in fine condition. Light page browning and fingering to contents and some light foxing. A small brown spot affects the margins of pages 105 to 113. Overall this is still a very decent copy of the scarce limited edition Rackham Alice.

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PEG WOFFINGTON
Written by Charles Reade. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1325899
Published by George Allen. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Large Paper Copy (one of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper). Red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and front cover. 297 numbered pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to covers. Neat writing in ink to endpapers, pictures and small paper clippings stuck to endpapers, prelims and to rear fly-leaf. Browning to endpapersl. Light foxing to page margins.

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BRITSCHE BALLADEN
Written by Albert Verwey. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325879
Published by Van Holkema & Warendorf. 1st thus 1920. Very good condition.

Dutch edition of British Ballads, translated by Verwey. Limited edition of 550 copies. Large format. Pale grey buckram with green titles and colour onlay to front. 15 tipped-in colour plates to the contents mounted on grey card with tissue-guards (16 plates listed but May Colven is the plate featured on the front cover). 198 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Some pale page browning and some light foxing.

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THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325864
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1918. Very good condition.

Limited Deluxe edition of 765 numbered, signed copies. Vellum-style boards and vellum spine. Gilt titles and vignette. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 133 pages. 11.5 x 9.25". 9 tipped-in colour plates mounted on heavy brown paper with captioned tissue-guards. 52 drawings. Pictorial endpapers. Contains extra colour plate not in trade edition. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 573. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby and marked. Endpapers lightly browned. Plates all present. Tiny corner crease to one plate else otherwise fine.

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