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THE SACRED BEETLE AND OTHERS
Written by J.H. Fabre.
Stock no. 1828839
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st 1918. Almost very good condition.

Terracotta cloth boards, gilt titles. xxiv and 425 pages including index. NOT illustrated. Boards edge-rubbed, browned, scuffed to rear board, gilt title to spine faded, small split in cloth to top of spine. Text block browned with small stain to vertical edge. Front joint cracked but binding is tight. Endpapers browned and foxed. Contents generally clean.

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FIFTY YEARS OF A LONDONER'S LIFE
Written by H.G. Hibbert.
Stock no. 1820981
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

Light blue/grey cloth boards, brown titles. 18 b/w plates. Spine browned and worn at top & tail with some fraying. Corners worn, small bump to lower front edge of board. Grubby marks to boards. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled and frontis almost detached. Scattered foxing throughout.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1309185
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Very good condition.

Modern three-quarter dark green leather binding with gilt lettering and decoration on spine; marbled boards. 12 colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith plus two-colour text illustrations. 362 pages Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Wear to edges of preliminary pages. Large crease to top corner of page 19/20. Page edges lightly browned and fingered. Some pale marks to the edges of some pages, including some plates.

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GYPSY'S COUSIN JOY
Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Illustrated by Mary Fairman Clark.
Stock no. 1106197
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Circa 1895. Almost very good condition.

Attractive pale green cloth with red wagon wheel and lasso vignette. B/w plates. 289 pages. Contents very good but joints cracked and corners bumped. Covers nice and bright.

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GYPSY'S SOWING AND REAPING
Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Illustrated by Mary Fairman Clark.
Stock no. 1106195
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Circa 1896. Very good condition.

Attractive pale green cloth with red wagon wheel and lasso vignette. B/w plates. 286 pages. Rear board slightly marked with small dent but overall a very bright copy.

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THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM
Written by David Belasco. Illustrated by John Rae.
Stock no. 383810
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A harrowing ghost story, novelised from the play. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine, large pictorial onlay to front cover. 344 pages. 3 colour plates (tissue-guard to frontis). Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges rubbed. A few small ink spots to rear cover and small dent to edge. Some scuffing to pictorial onlay. Grubby fingermark to margin of title-page and a few other margins. Ink stamp (Eastern Oregon State Hospital) to illustrations contents page. Contents generally clean.

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