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THE HONOURABLE MR TAWNISH
Written by Jeffery Farnol.
Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1405018
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd..
1913.
Almost very good condition.
A Romance. Beige cloth covers with gilt titles and border decorations, small circular onlay to centre of front cover. 8 colour plates. 118 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Couple of small marks to cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. A few hinges slightly cracked. One illustration is detached. Foxing throughout especially heavy to prelims and last few pages.
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- ILLUSTRATED
MR BIDDLE AND THE DRAGON
Written by Edith Farmiloe.
Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe.
Stock no. 1315550
Published by Skeffington & Son.
1st
1904.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth with white title and black illustration to front cover. 47 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Front cover has splash marks to it. Endpapers browned and some slight foxing otherwise contents clean.
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- LITERATURE
ON THE LINE
Written by Dell Leigh.
Illustrated by Frank H. Mason; Freda Lingstrom.
Stock no. 2119989
Published by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd..
Circa
1928.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Orange cloth with white title onlays to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss; foxed and grubby.
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THE BLINDED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS GIFT BOOK
Written by George Goodchild; et al.
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson; C.E. Brock; W. Heath Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1404945
Published by Jarrold & Sons.
Almost very good condition.
Compiled by G. Goodchild, stories by John Galsworthy, G.K. Chesterton, Mrs. E. Nesbit, H.G. Wells and many others. Beige decorated cloth, brown titles. Colour frontis by Hugh Thomson 'The Blinded Soldier' tipped in. B/w and colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some bumping to cover edges. Covers are grubby and marked. Both joints are slightly cracked. Foxing to page edges and margins and some fingering but many pages are clean.
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- LITERATURE
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE
Written by Charles Bullock.
Stock no. 1505210
Published by Home Words Publishing Office.
Very good condition.
Sidelights of Home Life. Tenth Thousand edition. Green cloth covers with red vignette and gilt titles. Bevelled edges. B/w illustrations. 74 pages plus publication list. Spine bumped and worn, slight wear to corners. Spine and covers alongside are very browned. Covers slightly grubby. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Contents clean but some light foxing.
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THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Written by William Shakespeare.
Illustrated by J. Finnemore; F.L. Emmanuel.
Stock no. 1404571
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons.
circa
1918.
Almost very good condition.
Brown boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Patterned endpapers. 110 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front board edge a little rubbed. Browning to endpapers and prelims. Name and date to flyleaf. Browning and some foxing to some pages else contents are generally clean.
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- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
- PLAYS
- SHAKESPEARE
THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE
Written by Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2118149
Published by William Heinemann.
1920.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Trade edition. Brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Cream and orange pictorial endpapers. Part of the trilogy of 'The Ring of the Niblung'. With a prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. 34 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, covered with captioned tissue-guards. Text in a play format. Some wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; a little foxing. Wrapper is worn and scuffed along edges; creased with some tears and chips; a little loss to top of spine. Some marks to wrapper.
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- PLAYS
- LITERATURE
THE TWO BOUQUETS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Illustrated by Reginald Woolley.
Stock no. 1504465
Published by Michael Joseph.
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A period novelette featuring the Gills of Twickenham and misunderstandings at a ball, based on the operetta by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon. Deep pink cloth covers with silver titles to spine and silver vignette. B/w chapter headers. 163 pages. SIGNED by author, with dedication and date, on front endpaper. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Pages are lightly browned but contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears and chips, tear across spine near top, slight loss from ends of spine. Bottom corner cut from front flap. Wrapper is a little grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- LITERATURE
THE NEW NUMBER ONE
Written by Geoffrey Lewis.
Stock no. 1810904
Published by Sgm Publishing.
1st
2009.
Fine condition.
1948: the reality of life on Britain's nationalised waterways is becoming apparent to the families who work the narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal. More change threatens as a post-war world raises new demands for faster, cheaper transport, and old ways become out-moded. The concluding tale of a popular trilogy. Cardwraps. ISBN: 9780954562489. SIGNED by the author with dedication to half-title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
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- TRANSPORT
- CANALS
- LITERATURE
SNORUM A CHORUS OF COUNTY TALES
Written by John Barrington Barrett.
Illustrated by Carol Walklin.
Stock no. 1713405
Published by Mullet Press.
1st
1994.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Limited to 150 copies. B/w illustrations. Dark cloth boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0951992155. Copy no. 141. Wrapper has a couple of marks.
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- LITERATURE
- COUNTRYSIDE
- LIMITED EDITION
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1314241
Published by J.M. Dent & Co..
1st thus
1907.
Very good condition.
Olive green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Large format. Dark green pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 24 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards, 12 full-page tinted illustrations plus numerous b/w drawings. Spine and corners slightly bumped with minimal rubbing. Small indentations to cover edges. All plates present, a couple have light corner creases all others are fine. Foxing to contents and some light fingering to page margins.
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- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS
Written by Beverley Nichols.
Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1314096
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
1st
1934.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 16 superb colour plates. Poems that are 'the very essence of the British spirit' selected and introduced by Nichols. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers very slightly browned. Some slight page edge browning and a few fingermarks to margins else contents clean. Very scarce original blue dustwrapper (with green titles) is a bit grubby and edge worn.
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- POETRY
- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED