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THE QUIET FIELDS
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2139696
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book tells of a year spent deep in the countryside, beginning when the year is young, when trees and hedges are bare to the winters winds, and on through the spring, summer and autumn, to winter once again. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Super b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718120396. Small damp mark to base of spine (corresponding mark to wrapper). Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has some edge-creasing and browning; small tear to top of spine (repaired to verso).

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THE GRAPES OF RALPH
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 2138631
Published by Ebury Press. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards, silver title to spine. Burgundy endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Wine according to Ralph Steadman. ISBN: 0091752027. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and grubby marks.

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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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BRIEF LIVES
Written by John Aubrey; Richard Barber.
Stock no. 2138424
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Autobiography and biographies of others. Green cloth spine, beige cloth covers. Black title blocks, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 10th printing. Slip case is very good - some white marks and scuffs.

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TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2138414
Published by Folio Society. 1993. Nearly fine condition.

Green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 11th printing. Slip case is very good - some white marks and fading to edges.

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PETER QUIP IN SEARCH OF A FRIEND
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2137923
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Red covers with large picture to front cover. Full page colour illustrations and other small b/w illustrations throughout. Easy-to-read text. Chipping and splitting to top 1" of spine; wear to rest of spine. Wear also to cover edges and corners. A few scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint is a little cracked. Some foxing and grubby marks to pages. Small b/w illustration to title page has been coloured in. Hinge between pages 24/25 is pulled, with stitching being seen at top. Colour illustrations are still nice and bright! Other light foxing and margin marks.

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KATE GREENAWAY PICTURES
Written by H.M. Cundall. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1322845
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

From Originals Presented By Her to John Ruskin and Other Personal Friends (Hitherto Unpublished) With an Appreciation by Cundall. Large format. Cream cloth spine with green title, green cloth covers with gilt title to front. Mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Contents are clean. Very grubby dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss but also spine of wrapper is MISSING.

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ART DECO THE GOLDEN AGE OF GRAPHIC ART & ILLUSTRATION
Written by Michael Robinson; Rosalind Ormiston.
Stock no. 2137712
Published by Flame Tree Publishing. Circa 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781847862792. Corners and spine are bumped. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Stock no. 2137501
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Sumptuous light blue moire silk binding, gilt decorated front cover and spine. 12 superb colour plates plus 17 full-page line drawings and numerous other decorations. Cream pictorial endpapers. 197 pages. 11.25 x 8.75". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Darkening and marks to spine; some other dark marks to covers; scuffs to rear. Some writing in ink to front pastedown/endpaper. Foxing and some marks to outer page edges. Some margin marks. All plates present. Contents are generally very good.

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WILDINGS THE SECRET GARDEN OF EILEEN SOPER
Written by Duff Hart-Davis. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2137117
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Eileen Soper died in 1990, executors found an astonishing treasure-trove of paintings, drawings, sketches and letters at her home, Wildings. Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0854932097. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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THE OTTERBURY INCIDENT
Written by Cecil Day Lewis. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2136921
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A tale of detection and high adventure for boys and girls. Small knocks to top and tail of spine. Couple of corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few tears and chips; small chips of loss; some marks and foxing.

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