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TO HELL WITH DYING
Written by Alice Walker. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter.
Stock no. 2130708
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. Circa 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Dark pink cloth spine, with gilt title. Pink covers with gilt title to front. Colour illustrations. American edition. ISBN: 0152890750. 2nd printing (b). Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins internally. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2130476
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1919. Very good condition.

Large format, 9.75 x 7.5". Blue cloth, gilt titles and green decorations. 16 tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine is faded. Some spotting to covers. Bumping to some cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. All plates present.

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SUN BABIES
Written by Cornelia Sorabji.
Stock no. 2130304
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1929. Good condition.

Large format. Grey boards with pictorial onlay. 8 Studies in colour by G.H. Spine is very browned with splits and fraying to cloth. Browning and spotting to covers. Score mark to onlay to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing. Grubby marks to pages. A working copy!

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I LEONARDO
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 2130114
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Raucous, anarchic, exquisite and moving... Large oblong format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224019163. Some fading to spine and cover edges. Wrapper is creased with 1" tear to base of spine; couple of other small nicks to corners.

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JORROCKS ON 'UNTING
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2129968
Published by William Heinemann. 1st thus 1909. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards, with pictorial onlay to front cover. 6.75 x 5.25". B/w text illustrations and 3 tipped-in colour plates. 31 pages. Chipping to paper on spine, with loss. Corners are bumped. Some marks to covers. Small amount of ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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EDMUND DULAC
Written by Edmund Dulac; Colin White. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2129627
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1st USA 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Profusely illustrated with exquisite examples of Dulac's work. Large format. Light blue cloth boards, dark title to spine. 205 pages plus index. ISBN: 0684147912. SIGNED by author (White) to prelims. Bumping to cover edges and a couple of corners. Red pen mark and some foxing to outer page edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is unevenly browned, with a few marks.

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THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 2129423
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Lovely decorated lilac cloth covers, gilt titles. 25 exquisite tipped-in colour plates and other b/w text illustrations. 195 pages. 10.75 x 8 inches. Spine and rear cover have faded from lilac to grey. Red and black marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Odd margin mark. All plates present. Plates in fine condition!

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DOGS OF EVERY DAY
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2129089
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

"These verses specially written to accompany Mr. Aldin's drawings have appeared in the pages of "Punch" from time to time". Large format. Red cloth, dark titles. 12 monochrome plates plus some b/w text illustrations. Spine is browned. A few grubby and scuff marks to covers. A few pale foxspots. Illustrations are very good!

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FUN & FANTASY A BOOK OF DRAWINGS
Written by A.A. Milne; E.V. Knox. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 2128979
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Introduction by A.A. Milne. 7 colour plates, with verses by E.V. Knox. B/w illustrations. The artists illustrations from Punch Magazine. Heavy bumping and wear to covers; some splash/stains to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Some corner creasing. Contents are still very good. Wrapper is grubby, creased with tears and chips; a few pieces of loss; some tape repairs.

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THE PETER PAN CALENDAR 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2128891
1976. Almost very good condition.

Beautiful Rackham Illustration from 'Peter Pan' for each different month! Card wraps. Some chipping to top 'spine'; a little loss. Acetate cover has corner missing. Creasing to cover corners and some page corners. Rear cover is creased. Some browning. Some fading to front cover. Illustrations are still very good.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2128535
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. Contents are excellent. Light fading to spine.

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THE GREEN LACQUER PAVILION
Written by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2128247
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1926. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. Green title label to spine. Gilt titles, border and vignette. 9 b/w illustrations plus a portrait of the author. 319pp. 8 x 5.5". Spine is browned. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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