A WONDER BOOK
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325862
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Attractive red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 24 full page illustrations in colour, 16 of which are tipped-in to cream paper and have captioned tissue guards. 20 b/w drawings.206 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Plates present and in fine condition.

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ROBIN HOOD
Written by J.C. Holt.
Stock no. 1826239
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

J.C. Holt's authoritative exploration of the myth and history of England's greatest folk hero. Green pictorial cloth. 265 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed and grubby.

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THE TRUE STORY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Lockhart Bogle; Lucien Davis; H.J. Ford; C. H. M. Kerr; Lancelot Speed.
Stock no. 1325634
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1893. Good condition.

Dark blue cloth, elaborate gilt decoration to front cover, vignette to spine. All edges gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine very slightly browned. Name in ink to half title-page, ink address stamp to verso of free-endpaper (neatly crossed out). Heavy foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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ROBIN HOOD: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH
Written by Graham Phillips; Martin Keatman.
Stock no. 1826024
Published by Michael O'Mara books Limited. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

For centuries, the tales of Robin Hood and his band of Sherwood outlaws have fired the popular imagination. Fabled archer, defender of the poor, man of the people opposing tyranny and injustice, the fame of Robin Hood is universal. But did he really exist? Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1854799967. Light browning to text block and page edges else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly edge-creased.

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VALENTINE AND ORSON THE TWIN KNIGHTS OF FRANCE
Written by S.R. Littlewood. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson.
Stock no. 1325408
Published by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Retold from the original. Green cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w endpapers. Colour plates and b/w chapter headers and tailpieces. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is lightly marked. Light page browning and fingering. A couple of pages are creased with small margin tears.

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THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Patten Wilson.
Stock no. 1325079
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Orange Tree series of children's books. The story is reprinted from Hawthorne's Wonder Book. Grey pictorial boards, small pictorial onlay to front cover. 27 pages. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers browned. Slight smell of tobacco to the contents.

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KING ARTHUR: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND
Written by Rodney Castleden.
Stock no. 1825033
Published by Routledge. 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Behind the glittering figure of medieval legend, who was the real King Arthur? Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w maps, illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9780415195751. Reprint. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed.

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THE TRUE STORY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Lockhart Bogle; Lucien Davis; H.J. Ford; C. H. M. Kerr; Lancelot Speed.
Stock no. 1824737
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1915. Good condition.

Edited by Andrew Lang. Dark blue cloth, blind decoration to front cover, gilt vignette & title to spine. Top edge gilt. B/w illustrations. Boards rubbed at edges and a little grubby, scuffed. Spine is browned and worn top & tail. Contemporary inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned. Hinges pulled but binding is tight. A few light margin marks.

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THE CHRONICLES OF ROBIN HOOD
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1324241
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 280 pages. Colour frontis and 7 other colour plates. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0192745026. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing else contents clean.

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ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRIE MEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323633
Very good condition.

York Series. Pictorial cardwraps. 16 pages. 2-tone illustrations. Rear cover advertises Amies Ltd. Staples are rusty. Pale page browning else clean.

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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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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Gladys Davidson. Illustrated by Rene Bull.
Stock no. 2140890
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1941. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. Blind title and vignette to front cover. 16 beautiful colour plates, many b/w illustrations. 352 pages, top edge red. 8.75 x 6.5". Bumping and wear to cover edges; some ring marks; Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to prelims and outer page edges; some to margins.

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