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THE RHINEGOLD & THE VALKYRIE
Written by Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2118149
Published by William Heinemann. 1920. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Trade edition. Brown cloth. Gilt titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Cream and orange pictorial endpapers. Part of the trilogy of 'The Ring of the Niblung'. With a prelude by Richard Wagner. Translated into English by Margaret Armour. 34 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, covered with captioned tissue-guards. Text in a play format. Some wear to spine and corners. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges; a little foxing. Wrapper is worn and scuffed along edges; creased with some tears and chips; a little loss to top of spine. Some marks to wrapper.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2118108
Published by William Heinemann. 1919. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Frontis and 50 superb colour plates, tissue-guarded and mounted on green card at rear of book, one pair of plates are on facing pages. 62 text pages. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Damp marking to top of spine and along edges of front and rear covers out from that. Browning to endpapers, pastedowns and page edges/margins of green pages. Light foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; a little loss; some grubby marks and foxspots.

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THE BIG BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
Written by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1404468
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with beautiful gilt illustration to front cover and highly decorated spine. 12 superb colour plates plus 16 black-and-red plates and numerous b/w text illustrations. Large format. All edges gilt. Spine bumped and cloth faded but gilt remains fairly bright. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Couple of little bumps to board edges. Some marks to covers. Both joints are cracked showing webbing beneath but binding remains firm. Dated inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and some pages otherwise contents are clean. Plates are all present and in very good condition.

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THE HEAD OF KAY'S
Written by P.G. Wodehouse. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1504928
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with white titles to front cover, gilt to spine. 8 b/w plates. 280 pages plus 8 page publication list. Spine bumped and worn with a couple of tiny splits to cloth, also faded. A little bumping and wear to corners and tiny bump to bottom edge of front cover. Both covers are marked, light stain to front cover below title. Small neat ink name and address to top corner of front endpaper. Repaired tear to inside margin of contents page. A couple of hinges cracked. All plates present but two partially detached and crease to corner of plate opposite page 210. Some browning, mainly to half-title page and last page in publication list. Some foxing throughout.

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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.
Stock no. 2118013
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Green/grey pictorial cloth with red/brown titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading and some scuffing to covers. Front endpaper and prelim text page are detached, with chipping and creasing, but loosely inserted. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. A few grubby margin marks. All plates are present - some tissue-guards are creased/detached. A reading copy.

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REMINISCENCES
Written by A. Holden Illingworth.
Stock no. 2118007
Published by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles. Privately printed. 5 b/w plates, including frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Gilt titles are starting to fade. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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MICKEY MOUSE: 3 WEE LITTLE BOOKS
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 2117990
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

A set of three small format (3.5 x 3") books: Mickey Mouse at the Carnival; Mickey Mouse's Uphill Fight; Mickey Mouse's Misfortune. Each book has pictorial cardwraps, 32 pages, b/w text illustrations. Cover of 'At the Carnival' has now become detached. Other covers are starting to come loose (glue has aged). A little foxing. Some erased pencil writing to inside covers.

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STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by John Bruce.
Stock no. 1504694
Published by C. & J. Temple Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

A "Wynyards" book. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w chapter headers. 238 pages. SIGNED by author, with dedication, to prelims. Book has been rebound and has new endpapers. Small stain near bottom corner of text block also slightly affects page edges. Light stain to person's name in dedication. Contents lightly browned with some foxing but generally clean. Contained in photocopy dustwrapper.

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HEATH ROBINSON'S BOOK OF GOBLINS
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1504631
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

A Collection of Folklore and Fairy Tales. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles and blind vignettes. Top edge blue. Seven colour plates including frontis plus numerous b/w illustrations. 239 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine darkened with a couple of nicks to cloth on top edge. Bump to lower edge of front cover. Covers have some scuffing causing light patches, darkening to some edges. Completed bookplate to front endpaper. A few hinges cracked, some showing webbing beneath. Light browing to endpapers. Contents very good, just an odd mark. All colour plates present, two are partially detached.

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THE ANGLER IN WALES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Medwin.
Stock no. 2117186
Published by Richard Bentley. 1834. Very good condition.

Professionally recased with green cloth; green leather spines with raised bands and corners. New endpapers. B/w illustrations. Some browning to spines and outer page edges. A few margin marks; some foxing. A lovely rebound set!

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ELIZABETH THE GALLANT
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1404171
Published by Thornton Butterworth. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Elizabeth Felthwaite longs to take part in the struggle against the Roundheads. She is sent to take despatches to the King at Oxford and then onto London where she is caught and imprisoned. Pale green boards with black titles to spine. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Uneven fading to covers. Couple of small marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Small erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Pages browned. Foxing mostly to endpapers and page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean. Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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GYPSY AND GINGER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1504460
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with dark titles and decoration in box to front cover and spine. 7.5 x 4.5". B/w frontis and chapter headers. 151 pages plus publication list. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on half-title page. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp stains to edges of covers. Residue from label to top corner of front cover. A couple of tiny nicks to front edge of spine. A little browning to endpapers. Foxing to page edges. Just a very odd mark to contents.

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