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THE CIVILISATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
Written by Jacob Burckhardt; Anthony Grafton.
Stock no. 1830963
Published by Folio Society. Nearly fine condition.

An Essay. Introduced by Anthony Grafton. Very attractive green and gold pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. xxviii + 451 pages. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split in various places. Book is unread and still sealed.

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THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY: TALES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830962
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nine tales from Chaucer retold by Serraillier in straightforward, modern language, omitting all the rhetoric digressions that a modern reader would find tedious. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Pink endpapers. B/w wood engravings. 144 pages. ISBN: 0722655312. Boards clean. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Small brown mark to half-title page and title page vertical edge. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, a little grubby/scuffed and has a few closed tears to top rear edge.

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LANTERNS ACROSS THE SNOW
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830961
Published by Long Barn Books. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

A beautifully descriptive recollection of a child's Christmas at a country rectory; her final Christmas before her life alters forever. The story begins with an old lady watching the snow start to fall on Christmas Eve, and she remembers. She's the only one left who remembers. Purple cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Purple and white decorated endpapers. B/w wood engraving illustrations. 70 pages. ISBN: 1902421019. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Boards clean and bright. Minor corner crease to a couple of pages else a lovely copy contained in publisher's red card slipcase with very light wear.

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THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING
Written by T.H. White; Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830960
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The most odd, innocent, entertaining and loved incarnation of King Arthur during the 20th century. Introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Attractive blue and silver pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. 616 pages. Boards clean, text block very slightly grubby/foxed. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, small split to one edge and has a few tiny marks to ends.

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WATERSHIP DOWN
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830959
Published by Penguin Books; Kestrel Books. 1976. Very good condition.

One dim, moonlit night a small band of rabbits leave the comfort and safety of their warren, and set out on a long and dangerous journey... The Illustrated Edition. Brown cloth spine with black title and vignette and 4 gilt lines, cream paper boards. Full page colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Fold-out map to rear. 550 pages. ISBN: 072265197X. Spine lightly faded, top of spine lightly creased. Light rubbing to board edges. A few minor corner creases else contents clean. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase which is sunned to spine and ends. Dustwrapper is MISSING.

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TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830958
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tales from Watership Down is in three parts: the first consists of five traditional tales of El-ahrairah and two more modern rabbit stories, the second contains four episodes recounting events that befell El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle on their return from visiting the Black Rabbit of Inlé, and the third contains eight chapters dealing with the Watership warren in the months following the events of the original book. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Green endpapers. 195 pages. ISBN: 0091801664. Hinge split between page 184 and 185 otherwise binding is tight and contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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OENONE IN JANUARY
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830957
Published by The Old Stile Press. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

There is a stanza for each day of the month of January which explores the world through the eyes of a three-year-old; people, relationships and the language they use. Small format. Peach paper boards, gilt to spine, black title and vignette to front board. B/w wood engravings. 21 pages. Limited edition of 350 signed by author and illustrator. ISBN: 0907664172. SIGNED by author and illustrator in pencil to verso rear endpaper. Very light, minor rubbing to corners of boards. Contents clean. This is copy 63. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed.

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SHERSTON'S PROGRESS
Written by Siegfried Sassoon. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830956
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition.

The final volume of Sassoon's trilogy finds Sherston, rather than being court-martialed, sent to a mental hospital where he finds a sympathizing ear in Dr. Rivers. Gradually he works his way through his anti-war feelings, though he does not abandon them, to the point that he requests a return to the front. Light tan pictorial cloth boards. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 171 pages. Title block to spine lightly rubbed else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase lightly worn at corners and a few minor marks.

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THE MAGIC APPLE TREE: A COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830955
Published by Long Barn Books. 1st thus 1997. Nearly fine condition.

The Magic Apple Tree is Susan Hill’s memoir of her life in the Fen country of England where she and her husband bought a cottage in the village of Barley. She tells of their life in an old cottage, of finding logs for the fire, fighting the clay soil and insects and weather in the garden, raising chickens, watching the birds and local wildlife, participating in the community life in the village, cooking in each season, going for walks with her dog through the local countryside, and of the magic apple tree, a tree growing in their back garden which gives them new views and comforts throughout each season. Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. B/w headers and footers and full page b/w chapter illustrations. 198 pages. ISBN: 0952828537. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. A lovely copy contained in publisher's card slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE BEST OF THE RACONTEURS
Written by Sheridan Morley; Tim Heald. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830954
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition.

Humourous stories selected by Sheridan Morley and Tim Heald. Brown pictorial cloth boards. B/w illustrations. 288 pages. Boards clean and bright. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean and feel unread. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is unevenly faded.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Daniel Defoe. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830953
Published by Folio Society. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an uninhabited island on the coast of America near the mouth of the great river of Oroonoque having been cast on shore by shipwreck wherein all the men perished but himself with an account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by pyrates. Beige and dark green illustrated cloth with gilt title on green title block to spine. B/w illustrations. 284 pages. Sixth printing. A lovely copy contained in green publisher's slipcase which has a small mark to one side.

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THE HISTORY AND REMARKABLE LIFE OF THE TRULY HONOURABLE COLONEL JACK
Written by Daniel Defoe. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830952
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1967. Almost very good condition.

The story of Colonel Jack, an illegitimate child who faces hardship from an early age. Originally published in 1722. Yellow pictorial cloth with black title block and gilt title to spine. Full page black and brown wood engravings. 318 pages. Spine is grubby and the title block is scuffed. Boards a little grubby. Spine very slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is worn and split at corners, scuffed on ends.

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