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NOTITIA PARLIAMENTARIA OR AN HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Browne Willis.
Stock no. 576351
Published by Robert Gosling. 1715. Very good condition.

Full brown leather binding, gilt titles and raised bands to spine. xl + 183 pages + extensive booklist. An History of the Counties, Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales. Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge and Cheshire. Rebacked with modern spine. Some light page browning. REDUCED FROM £200.

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WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by R.J. Lloyd.
Stock no. 426501
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Farmyard Fable for the Young. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571131557. SIGNED by author - "For Jenny, David's Wife. Greetings from Ted Hughes 15th November 84" on front endpaper. Very small amount of red marking to one corner of outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased to edges.

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NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ASSOCIATED WITH A FLY FROM GLOUCESTER TO ABERYSTWITH AND FROM ABERYSTWITH THROUGH NORTH WALES
Written by Thomas Turner. Illustrated by D. Cox.
Stock no. 575974
1st 1840. Fair condition.

Brown leather spine with gilt title and decorations. Green cloth covers. 11 b/w plates plus portrait frontis. The journey was undertaken July 31st to September 8th 1837. Privately printed. Author's bookplate to front pastedown. Front joint broken else contents are very good with all plates present. Top of spine repaired. Corners slightly bumped. REDUCED FROM £160.

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THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND
Written by Stewart Dick. Illustrated by Helen Allingham.
Stock no. 576017
Published by Edward Arnold. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. White cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. Gilt-ruled decoration. Top edge gilt. 64 tissue-guarded colour plates. Limited edition of 500 copies. SIGNED by illustrator (Allingham). Copy no. 475. All plates present. Contents very good. Rear cover soiled, front cover and spine browned. REDUCED FROM £480.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 576038
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1ST 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Hinge between frontis and half-title page cracked. Contents fine. A few tiny foxspots to edge of textblock. Pictorial wrapper is soiled and torn with loss at edges.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 575952
Published by William Heinemann. 1st UK 1925. Very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Bright blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly darkened with a few faint spots at base. Otherwise covers bright and clean. Endpapers browned. First hinge is cracked at the top. Contents and plates are fine.

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MONSTER RUPERT 1934
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 575808
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

Orange boards and spine. Front cover shows Rupert and his friend Peter in a room with two barrels and a trunk. Coloured picture of Rupert on spine. 6 stories, first one is 'Rupert at the Seaside'. Colour frontis as cover. 50mm thick. 9 x 6". Unpaginated. Cover edges and sides of spine worn. Slight surface paper loss at top and tail of spine. Rear cover a little scuffed. Covers unusually bright and clean with very little wear to spine. Foxing to endpapers. Some neat colouring to contents. Two closed tears, one approximately 4" and repaired, the other 1". Both have old tapemarks. A couple of pulled hinges, some small closed margin tears, one page has corner tip missing. Otherwise the contents are bright and clean with no foxing. A nice copy. REDUCED FROM £750!

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SILVER AND GOLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ethel F. Everett.
Stock no. 575203
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st USA 1927. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. 8 colour plates. Poetry for children. Spine very lightly faded. Contents really nice. A super copy of this early Blyton title.

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THE PEEK-A-BOO GIPSIES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 575151
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1922. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards showing little gipsy character with horse and wagon. 6 vividly coloured plates plus b/w text illustrations. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Endpapers browned. Plates superb. Matching pictorial stiff card wrapper is edge-chipped, has a scratch to front, a few grubby marks and is rubbed at folds. Exceptionally rare in original wrapper.

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TANNHAUSER A DRAMATIC POEM
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 574492
Published by G.G. Harrap & Co.. 1st 1911. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited to 525 signed and numbered copies. Dark green calf binding with tooled design and title on front cover. Tooled title and decoration to spine. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Printed on thick grey paper, every page has lithographed orange or black illustrations. Endpapers and prelims are illustrated in multiple colours, predominantly blue. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 16 SIGNED by Pogany. Inscription on front endpaper. Covers edges slightly rubbed, rear cover very slightly scuffed. One corner bumped. Spine browned. Contents fine. An exquisite book.

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MEMOIRES D'UN CENTENAIRE DEDIES A SES ARRIERE-PETITS ENFANTS
Written by Alex De Saillet. Illustrated by J. Vogel.
Stock no. 200856
Published by A. Desesserts. Circa 1851. Very good condition.

The memoires of a centenarian French nobleman, born in 1741. 20 beautiful tissue-guarded coloured plates, most depicting costume, plus numerous b/w text illustrations. Dark blue leather binding with gilt decoration and raised bands to spine. Gilt borders to covers. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Text in French. 9.25 x 5.75". 322 pages. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Edges rubbed and corners worn. Covers a little scuffed. Foxing to contents but colours still bright.

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AUNT LOUISA'S SUNDAY PICTURE BOOK
Written by Aunt Louisa.
Stock no. 302005
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1871. Good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Comprising of Joseph and his Brethren, The Story of King David, The Wonders of Providence and The Proverbs of Solomon. Large square format. Red cloth, gilt titles. 24 pages of illustrations (2 to a page). Spine and corners are worn and slightly damaged with some darkening to cover edges. Front and rear joints are cracked and have possibly been repaired. Foxing and finger throughout and a couple of small marginal closed tears.

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