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PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1403761
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED with dedication to front endpaper. Light grubby mark to text block edge. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with light fading at folds.

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A GENIUS FOR FAILURE: THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON
Written by Paul O'Keeffe.
Stock no. 1713374
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA. Colour plates. 568 pages. ISBN: 9780224062473. SIGNED by author to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE FORGOTTEN FARM IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
Written by Caroline Downey. Illustrated by Caroline Downey.
Stock no. 2116302
Published by Caroline Downey. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Square format. Card wraps. Proper Dragon Tales Series No. 5. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955361852. SIGNED by author to title page.

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DISCOVERING LACOCK
Written by Graham Watling. Illustrated by Graham Watling.
Stock no. 2116300
Published by G. & J.M. Watling. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. An Illustrated Guide and Personal Tribute by the Silversmith of Lacock. SIGNED by author, with inscription to previous owner on the first day of publication. 2-3" to top of spine is damaged to one side - split, but appears to have been partially repaired. Some foxing.

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AT THE HEART OF THE WATERWAYS
Written by David Blagrove.
Stock no. 2116298
Published by Buchebroc Press. 3rd 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Third Edition, revised and updated. The story of the canals in the village of Braunston, Northamptonshire. Orange pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1871918057. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner. spine is faded. Some foxing to prelims.

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A HISTORY OF THE SHIP LETTERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Alan W. Robertson.
Stock no. 2115920
Published by Pardy & Son Ltd.. Circa 1955. Almost very good condition.

An edition on Art Paper Limited to 600 copies. Large format. Blue cloth 'folders'. One volume contains sections A-D, next volume contains Section E (the catalogue) and third volume contains Supplement No. 4 (Section E, Part 4). Many b/w photos. SIGNED by author to Volume containing sections A-D. This is copy no. 353. Ex-lib. with some old library stamp marks etc. Covers have some uneven fading and a few marks. Foxing to outer page edges; some page browning.

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THE THIEF LORD
Written by Cornelia Funke. Illustrated by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1503838
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A story about two brothers called Prosper and Bo who have run away from home. Their mum has died and they escape from their horrible aunt, ending up in Venice and being taken in by a gang of homeless children. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Blue paperwraps with black titles. B/w illustrations. 348 pages. ISBN: 1903434777. SIGNED by author to title page with doodle. Mark to rear cover from removal of label. Crease to tip of lower corner of front cover with small spot above. Red marks to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING-SEASON 1739
Written by Joseph Seccombe. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy.
Stock no. 1503753
Published by Barre Publishers. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

The annual fishing party at Amoskeag to which the gay and gorgeous aristocrats flocked was only, through geographical accident, the most famous of this type of gathering. And the man who reported it for us had the worst case of social inferiority in his generation, which gives this tract an odd slant. Brown leather spine, patterned boards. 43 numbered pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. Signed Limited Edition. ISBN: 0827171033. Wear to spine, most at base. An odd grubby mark to contents. Limited edition page has been signed by Illustrator but not numbered. Contained in original slipcase which is edge worn with a few marks. Surface paper damage to spine part of label.

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GONO IN 'DIVIDE ET IMPERA' LAND
Written by Bramamtyo Priyosusilo. Illustrated by Gono Sudargono.
Stock no. 1810333
Published by Gono Studio. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Biography and modern art of Gono. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. SIGNED by the author to title page (with dedication). Covers rubbed and creased. Contents clean.

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BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1314202
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of 380 numbered and signed copies. Gilt decorated vellum. 16 superb tissue-guarded mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations throughout. 254 pages. SIGNED by Robinson plus and inscription in ink "To Peter & Christopher Brinsmead, with best wishes for Xmas 1944 from Granny Heath Robinson". Copy no. 213. Very faint musty smell to contents. Covers are a little soiled. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Lacking silk ties. Joints are cracked but binding still tight. Endpapers browned. Foxspots to endpapers and some page margins. Pale page browning. A nice copy of this scarce item.

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SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF TWELFTH NIGHT OR WHAT YOU WILL
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1314200
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Signed limited edition of 350 copies. Printed on handmade paper and bound in white vellum, gilt. 40 superb tipped-in colour plates on dark green mounts with captioned tissue-guards. 143 pages. Large, heavy format. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 53. A few small, light marks to covers. Silk ties are missing. Foxing to textblock and to some page margins. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf.

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THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1314199
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1918. Almost very good condition.

Limited Deluxe edition of 765 numbered, signed copies. Vellum-style boards and vellum spine. Gilt titles and vignette. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 133 pages. 11.5 x 9.25". 9 tipped-in colour plates mounted on heavy brown paper with captioned tissue-guards. 52 drawings. Pictorial endpapers. Contains extra colour plate not in trade edition. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 76. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some foxing/browning/spotting to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents and a couple of light marks to page margins. Two of the plates have corner creases.

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