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OBSERVATIONS ON THE WESTERN PARTS OF ENGLAND
Written by William Gilpin.
Stock no. 823435
Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1798. Very good condition.

Modern red cloth binding, gilt title to spine. All edges gilt. xvi + 360 pages. 18 sepia aquatint plates. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty to Which are Added a Few Remarks on the Picturesque Beauties of the Isle of Wight. Light brown stain to lower corner of 200 pages, heavier to early pages though text perfectly legible.

Price: £190.00 £133.00.

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HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH
Written by R.N. Worth.
Stock no. 823438
Published by William Brendon And Son. 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

Burgundy leather spine with gilt title. Burgundy boards. Numerous b/w illustrations. viii + 500 pages including list of subscribers. Top edge gilt. 2nd edition. SIGNED by author. Contents very good but boards faded and stained.

Price: £178.00 £124.60.

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JOSEPH: A DANCING BEAR
Written by John Barnett. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 385549
Published by Eveleigh Nash. 1st 1908. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black title and brown vignette of bear to front, gilt title to spine. 274 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped with a few small splits to top and tail of spine. Spine browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Fingermarks to contents. Dusty page edges. A couple of plates are partly detached. A nice copy of a very scarce book.

Price: £180.00 £126.00.

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PIXIE PRANKS
Written by C.E.B. Bernard. Illustrated by C.E.B. Bernard.
Stock no. 385447
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A book of colour plates and full-page 2-tone illustrations, pixies getting up to all sorts of things! Large format (10.25 x 8"). Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Spine and cover edges lightly rubbed, corners worn. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Heavy foxing to contents, mainly at margins.

Price: £240.00 £168.00.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND DRAMATIC ROMANCES & LYRICS
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 385347
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1909. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 260 copies (of which 250 are for sale). White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignette. 246 pages. 10 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Minimal bumping to spine. A couple of marks to rear cover. Foxing and pale page browning to contents else clean.

Price: £150.00 £105.00.

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A COMPLETE AND UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY
Written by James Barclay.
Stock no. 822712
Published by J.F. & C. Rivington. 1792. Slightly better than good condition.

Including Not Only a Full Explanation of Difficult Words and Technical Terms in All Faculties and Professions But Also a Pronouncing Dictionary. Full brown leather binding. Gilt title to spine. Contents very good. Rebacked with original spine laid down.

Price: £195.00 £136.50.

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WANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS IN SOUTH WALES INCLUDING THE COURSE OF THE WYE
Written by Thomas Roscoe. Illustrated by D. Cox; et al..
Stock no. 822168
Published by C. Tilt and Simpkin and Co.. 1837. Very good condition.

Dark green leather spine and corners. Raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine. Marbled boards, edges and endpapers. 48 plates including frontis and title vignette. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Spine edges lightly rubbed. Corners bumped and rubbed. Frontis and title page heavily browned, a few scattered foxspots throughout but generally a bright clean copy.

Price: £110.00 £77.00.

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RUPERT AND THE MAGIC TOY MAN
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 631092
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

The first book of six in the Rupert Little Bear Series. Cream decorative boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Brown cloth spine with black title. Plain endpapers. Titles of the first three books in the series on rear cover. Pages printed in blue, red or brown with one illustration to each page. REDUCED PRICE. Boards a little grubby. Corners and edges slightly worn. Inscription in ink dated Xmas 1925 on front pastedown, so this is a reprint in first year of publication.. A few small closed margin tears. One page has a few margin marks otherwise contents bright and clean. A very nice copy of an exceptionally rare early edition in its original binding.

Price: £750.00 £525.00.

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THE STORY OF TABBYKIN TOWN IN SCHOOL AND AT PLAY
Written by Kittycat. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 821396
Published by C.W. Faulkner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

'Kittycat' is a Pseudonym for Louis Wain. Tall, slim format. Beige paper covers with colour pictorial onlay to front. 12 pages. Thirteen illustrations to the text including five colour. Staple binding as issued. Minor foxing to covers. Contents lightly marked by fingering. Closed tears at lower stapled edge of pages, expertly and invisibly repaired. A nice copy of a rare Louis Wain item.

Price: £600.00 £420.00.

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MUMMY'S BEDTIME STORY BOOK
Written by Marion. Illustrated by Jessie M. King.
Stock no. 821398
Published by Cecil Palmer. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial printed paper boards. Yellow, blue & white pictorial endpapers. Bright two tone and full colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. An excellent example of Jessie M. King's illustrative style. Edges rubbed, corners lightly worn. Backstrip has slight loss at top and tail of spine through general wear and tear. Else backstrip complete with scuffing at edges. Covers generally nice and bright with a few marks to rear cover. A few very pale foxspots to prelims and endpapers else a very nice, clean copy.

Price: £950.00 £665.00.

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RICKY THE RABBIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 384457
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An eight page story of Ricky the Rabbit with a stunning fold out pop-up scene to the rear of the book. No. 106 to bottom left corner of front cover. Cover edges slightly rubbed and spine a little worn. Some light page edge browning and fingering to text pages, corner tips lightly creased. Staples rusty. The ear of the goat is missing and there are a couple of minor creases otherwise the pop-up scene is in excellent condition.

Price: £120.00 £84.00.

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SALAR THE SALMON
Written by Henry Williamson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 820486
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1936. Almost very good condition.

Pale grey/blue silk moire covered boards. Silver title and vignette to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. First printing of the edition with 16 full page colour illustrations by country Artist CF Tunnicliffe plus b/w chapter headers and footers. Spine browned, covers unevenly browned. Name in ink to verso of half-title page. All plates present. Contents creased diagonally across top half of page. Still a reasonable copy.

Price: £240.00 £168.00.

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