SALAR THE SALMON
Written by Henry Williamson.
Stock no. 1329242
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a five-year-old salmon and his friends, beginning when they come into the estuary in early spring, a crescendo of adventures, excitements and endurances. Brown cloth with gilt title and small vignette to spine. Blue maps for endpapers. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Pale page browning to endpapers. Top edge of textblock (which is dyed pink) has partially faded. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips and a larger tear to lower edge of rear panel. Verso of wrapper is lightly browned/foxed.

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THE READING LIFE: THE JOY OF SEEING NEW WORLDS THROUGH OTHERS' EYES
Written by C.S. Lewis; David C. Downing; Michael G. Maudlin.
Stock no. 1829403
Published by William Collins. 1st 2019. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

C.S. Lewis's own writings on the transformative practice of reading. Cultivated from his many essays, articles and letters, as well as his classic works, The Reading Life includes his essays on the wisdom of 'reading two old books for every new one', why children's books aren't just for children, and why reading 'for fun' is the whole point of choosing what to read. Edited by Downing and Maudlin. Grey cloth boards, white title to spine. xvi and 171 pages. ISBN: 9780008307110. A lovely copy.

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SOUTHERN HARVEST
Written by Clare Leighton. Illustrated by Clare Leighton.
Stock no. 1329224
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Dramatic wood-engravings, some full-pgage. Spine faded at top and tail. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to endpapers and textblock. White dustwrapper is worn with loss (mainly to top and tail of spine.

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CAT'S COMPANY
Written by Michael Joseph. Illustrated by B.F. Dolbin.
Stock no. 1329219
Published by Geoffrey Bles. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

10 x 7.5". Blue cloth. Gilt titles. Delicate b/w sketches by celebrated continental artist, Dolbin. Pages untrimmed. A celebration of cat stories. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to page edges and to prelims. Some light fingermarks.

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THE BEST OF DOROTHY PARKER
Written by Dorothy Parker; Mervyn Horder. Illustrated by Helen Smithson.
Stock no. 1829350
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

Introduction by Mervyn Horder. Grey glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 233 pages. Publisher's laminate covering the boards is badly creased. Book itself is very nice, contained in publisher's slipcase with minor fading at edges.

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FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM
Written by Umberto Eco; William Weaver. Illustrated by Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1829216
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2016. Very good condition.

An enthralling mystery novel. Translated by William Weaver. Grey cloth boards with blocked design. White title block to spine with grey title. Blue pictorial endpapers. xii and 609 pages. 11 colour plates including frontispiece. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is stained on one side and is scuffed (VG). Book itself is in almost fine condition.

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PLUGGED
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 1328979
Published by Headline. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A brilliant crime debut. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 277 pages. ISBN: 9780755379989. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine slightly bumped.

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THE BIRDS/THE FROGS (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Aristophanes; Dudley Fitts; Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Marian Parry; John Austen.
Stock no. 1829200
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Two stories in one volume. Introduction by Dudley Fitts and Gilbert Seldes respectively. Wood engravings by John Austen in The Frogs. Collector's Edition. Bound in genuine leather. Dark green leather boards, four raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Peach colour moire cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.

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FAUST (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Alice Raphael. Illustrated by Eugene Delacroix.
Stock no. 1829199
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1980. Nearly fine condition.

A Tragedy: in a Modern Translation by Alice Raphael. The original Drame illustrated with lithographs by Delacroix. Collector's Edition. Bound in genuine leather. Burgundy leather boards, four raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Light brown moire cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Colour frontis (not Delacroix) & b/w lithographs. xxv and 183 pages. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.

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CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Voltaire; Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire; Paul Morand. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage.
Stock no. 1829197
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1977. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Bound in genuine leather. Grey leather boards with three raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Orange moire endpapers with matching page marker. xix and 131 pages. All edges gilt. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. A lovely copy. Ribbon page marker is creased.

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THE BLOODY CHAMBER AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Angela Carter; Marina Warner. Illustrated by Igor Karash.
Stock no. 1829163
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

A retelling of fairy tales Gothic with sexual inferences. Introduced by Marina Wanrer. Black cloth spine with silver title, white blocked design boards. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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IN PRAISE OF FOLLY AND LETTER TO MAARTEN VAN DORP, 1515
Written by Desiderius Erasmus; Eamon Duffy. Illustrated by Matthew Richardson.
Stock no. 1829154
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Nearly fine condition.

An essay written in Latin first published in 1511. The text of this edition follows that of the translation by Betty Radice first published in 1971 by Penguin books. Introduced by Eamon Duffy. Brown paper boards with black titles and blocked design. Colour plates. xxv and 168 pages sincluding index. A lovely copy, feels unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuffs.

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