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THE BEST OF BB AN ANTHOLOGY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1324178
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of extracts from all BB's adult books and a few extracts from his timeless children's books as well. Accompanied by the superb scraperboard illustrations of the author. Grey boards, black title to spine. 277 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0718125649. Spine and corners bumped, some bumping to cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Textblock is a little grubby and there are some marks to the page margins. Dustwrapper is edge creased and a little grubby, sunned to spine.

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LAURENCE HOUSMAN
Written by Rodney Engen. Illustrated by Laurence Housman.
Stock no. 1323936
Published by Catalpa Press Ltd. 1st 1983. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Artis and the Critic series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 157 pages plus index. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0904995046. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly creased at edges.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1323856
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Good condition.

Beige cloth. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. Wonderful! Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are a little grubby and spine is slightly faded and foxed. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked and some light foxing to contents.

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ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323825
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

No. 4 of The Ariel Poems. Pink cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustration. A very slim volume. Covers slightly grubby, mark to front cover. Contents clean.

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POEMS OF COLERIDGE
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Edward Dowden. Illustrated by Chas. Pears; et al..
Stock no. 1323816
Published by Caxton Publishing Co.. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The Golden Poets series. B/w frontis and illustration to title-page, 8 colour plates (some by Chas. Pears). Blue cloth, gilt titles and white border lines. 275 pages, top edge gilt. Bumping to spine. Some faint spotting to covers. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is browned and edge chipped, large tear to front edge of spine.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1323737
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Spine bumped. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Large foxspots to preliminary pages, some smaller foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, spine browned with slight loss at top and bottom and also a small hole to centre.

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A BOOK OF BIRDS
Written by Mary Priestley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1323728
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

82 wood-engravings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine 384 pages. A scarce Tunnicliffe item. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to cover edges. Endpapers foxed. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, grubby, foxed and browned to spine. Crease to front flap.

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TRAVELLERS' VERSE
Written by M.G. Lloyd Thomas. Illustrated by Edward Bawden.
Stock no. 1323727
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Excursions into English Poetry series. Verse by those who have travelled in fancy or fact or in both. Brown pictorial cloth. Full page colour illustrations from lithographs. 120 pages. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, edge rubbed and browned to spine.

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THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1323628
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green Boards with gilt title to spine. Full page b/w wood engraving illustrations plus chapter headers and footers. 149 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. A few foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and foxed, chipped to lower front corner with small tear to top front spine edge and name in ink to front panel.

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THE PEREGRINE SKETCHBOOK
Written by Robert Gillmor; Derek Ratcliffe. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1824209
Published by Excellent Press. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Introduction by Gillmor. Nesting peregrines in Anglesey. ISBN: 1900318024. Minor foxing to top edge of text block else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby.

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MERESIDE CHRONICLE: WITH A SHORT INTERLUDE OF LOCHS AND LOCHANS
Written by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1824196
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

In his search for and study of bireds, the meres, pools and reservoirs of east and mid-Cheshire have been favourite hunting grounds for Tunnicliffe. A year of making notes and sketches. Brick red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Some minor mottlng to boards, light browning to top of spine. Gilt titles bright. Browning to endpapers. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few chips and closed tears, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

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ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323472
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

No 4 of The Ariel Poems. White boards with black title and illustration to front. Colour frontis. Limited to 350 copies. This is copy no. 118. Covers and contents clean. Original tissue-paper dustwrapper is browned and edge chipped with quite a bit of loss.

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