THE MANDALA OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Written by Jamyang Norbu.
Stock no. 1829284
Published by Harpercollins Publishers India. 2000. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Adventures of the Great Detective in Tibet. Based on the reminiscences of Hurree Chunder Mookerjee. Brown cloth boards, light brown title to spine. xxv and 287 pages including glossary. ISBN: 8172233647. Fourth impression. Faint marks to boards (looks like fingermarks). Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lovely and clean.

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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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ANIMAL FARM: A FAIRY STORY
Written by George Orwell.
Stock no. 1829215
Published by Secker & Warburg. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A satire upon dictatorship. The history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for each perversion of the original doctrine. Small format. Dark green cloth. White title to spine. 91 pages. Spine is slightly cocked and lightly faded. Very top edge of boards is faded. Small foxspots to endpapers and text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper states second edition but this is a second printing (reprint) of the first edition (some might call it a second edition). Green & grey dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners, foxing to rear panel.

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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 OLD STAG AND OTHER HUNTING STORIES
Written by Henry Williamson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328954
Published by Putnam & Company. 1946. Very good condition.

Illustrated edition. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 286 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A couple of small, light marks to front cover. Page edge browning else contents clean.

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SEALSKIN TROUSERS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Eric Linklater. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1328953
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"Five stories written under a northern light that makes a little magic comfortably at home in a calm and lucid narration of uncommon events". Illustrated by wood-engravings delightfully in keeping with the temper of the stories. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 127 pages. 8 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Light damp staining to page edges causing paper wrinkling. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, slightly edge chipped adn browned to spine.

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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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THE SATURDAY BOOK 11TH YEAR
Written by Leonard Russell. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; et al..
Stock no. 1328845
Published by Hutchinson. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with gilt title to spine and decoration to front cover. Full of colour and b/w plates and illustrations. 279 pages. Includes "A Dairy of a Holiday Afloat" by Ardizzone. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper is slightly grubby and lightly foxed. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge rubbed, slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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