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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1323422
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small, light mark to front cover and light scuffing to rear cover. Some light browning and a couple of foxspots to spine. Foxing throughout on text pages. Plates all present and in fine condition.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1323387
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 16 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny white mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and a little faded to spine.

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POEMS OF DEATH
Written by Phoebe Pool. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton.
Stock no. 1323378
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Excursions into English Poetry series. Pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, browned to spine and has a small patch of surface paper damage to lower corner of front panel.

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THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1323346
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press. 1st thus 1933. Very good condition.

Printed for members of The Limited Editions Club. Limited to 1500 copies, this is no. 1263. Large format. Yellow cloth, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Top edge is cut and dyed blue, other edges untrimmed. 7 beautiful colour plates. Covers are foxed, spine is slightly browned. Some light foxing and some browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Burgundy slipcase is edge worn, title on spine has faded

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HOW TO DRAW FARM ANIMALS
Written by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1323340
Published by The Studio Limited. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small fromat, 6.75 x 5.25". Green cloth. B/w drawings throughout. Advice on drawing the animals as well as factual notes on each breed. 64 pages. An uncommon little book. Spine very slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at spine with some foxspots to base of spine and also front panel of wrapper. Dustwrapper is browned on verso.

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IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140732
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. 3rd printing. Spotting and some damp marking to covers. Front cover also has a school library gilt stamp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks; nicks and chips at edges.

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THE DOVES WATER-BARROW
Written by Peg Smythies. Illustrated by Peg Smythies.
Stock no. 2140636
Published by Steve Ball. 1st 1998. Very good condition.

A true story about a little boy and his Burmese Cat. Text set against double page spread illustrations.

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BRITISH BIRDS OF THE WILD PLACES
Written by J. Wentworth Day. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 2140553
Published by Blandford Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, dark blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Illustrated with 49 colour illustrations and 18 b/w by Tunnicliffe. 88 pages. A few marks to cover edges. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and nicks; some grubby marks; a little fading.

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MANKA THE SKY GIPSY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140183
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

The Story of a Wild Goose. Cream cloth spine, with gilt title; blue cloth covers. B/w frontis and b/w text illustration. 258 pages. Staining to top of spine, which is also browned and bumped. Small nick to blue cloth where it attaches to cloth spine on front cover. Bumping to corners. Browning to cover edges and page edges.

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A SUMMER ON THE NENE
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2139837
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

BB forsakes his familiar caravan and Landrover and embarks on the motor cruiser Jolly Enterprise on the quiet byway of the River Nene in Northamptonshire. Green mottled boards, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Colour frontispiece. 158 pages. 10 x 6 inches. ISBN: 0718207513. Bumping to base of spine. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and prelim pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips.

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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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