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THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
Written by Patrick O'Brian.
Stock no. 1827196
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a few minor marks to one end and spine.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
FEE FI FO FUM
Written by Osbert Sitwell.
Stock no. 1326295
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A collection of fairy stories retold from a somewhat different angle, not so much for children as for their mothers and fathers... Red cloth. 230 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and rubbed at edges. Tiny hole to centre of spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- LITERATURE
THE SIEGE OF KRISHNAPUR
Written by J.G. Farrell.
Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1826963
Published by Folio Society.
Circa
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
Yellow pictorial boards, red title to spine. 9 full page colour illustrations. Still in original shrinkwrap! This copy would make a wonderful gift.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THE OLD MAN'S BIRTHDAY
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326267
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1934.
Good condition.
Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. 332 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded and a little spotted. Endpapers browned. Erased pen marks to front endpapers. Some light foxing/browning to textblock else contents clean.
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- LITERATURE
MATTY AND THE DEARINGROYDES
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326265
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
1st
1956.
Very good condition.
Black boards, gilt title to spine. 255 numbered pages. Slight bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxspots to textblock.
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- LITERATURE
THERE ARE FOUR SEASONS
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1326120
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1937.
Very good condition.
Burnt orange cloth with black title to spine. 317 pages. Reprint of October 1937. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine and cover edges faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.
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- LITERATURE
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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- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Marilynne Robinson.
Illustrated by David Lupton.
Stock no. 1825970
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2015.
Very good condition.
Introduced by Marilynne Robinson. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Small format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine, with blocked design to front. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- MARITIME
TALES OF SUSPENSE AND TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Wilkie Collins; Edgar Allan Poe.
Illustrated by Anne Scott; Michael Ayrton.
Stock no. 1325361
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1990.
Nearly fine condition.
Edited by Robert Ashley and Herbert van Thal. Black cloth with red decoration and silver title to spine. Top edges dyed red. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly scuffed with small dent at spine edge.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- LITHOGRAPHS
THE LIFE & OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY GENTLEMAN
Written by Laurence Sterne.
Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 1824308
Published by Franklin Library.
1st thus
1981.
Nearly fine condition.
A work of fictional autobiography originally published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767. Red leather spine with two raised bands, gilt title and tooling. Red cloth baords with gilt tooling. Marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations after Harry Furniss. All edges gilt. Appears to be unread.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- HUMOUR
- LEATHER BINDING
DINARBAS; A TALE: BEING A CONTINUATION OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABISSINIA
Written by Ellis Cornelia Knight.
Stock no. 1824154
Published by C. Dilly, In The Poultry.
1st
1790.
Very good condition.
The anonymous coninuation by Ellis Cornelia Knight of Samuel Johnson's Rasselas (1759). Re-bound in three quarter tan calf leather, raised bands to spine, red title label with gilt title to spine. Marbled paper boards. Vertical and lower edge of text block untrimmed. xii and 356 pages. Modern binding is beautifully clean, bright and tight. New endpapers. Some minor foxing to the contents. Browning to text block and page edges. Overall a decent copy for a text of 240+ years old.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1323483
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1930.
Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w title-page illustration plus 4 other text illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Some fading to top edge of front cover. Vertical mark to centre of rear cover. Tissue-guards are browned. Some slight foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped and torn with loss at edges and to spine/rear panel. Light foxing to verso of wrapper.
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- LITERATURE