Fiction

Gertrude Bone, Illustrated by Stephen Bone
£35.00

Mr. Paul (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERJonathan Cape, London.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards with paper title patch on spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Corners bumped. Title patch very faded and discoloured. Opened page edges are uneven and browned. Foxing and browning mostly affecting endpapers, outer leaves and very edges....

Jane Austen
£60.00

Sense and Sensibility

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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. London.
BINDINGNavy blue leather boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, and embossed borders. Mauve ribbon marker. With a cloth covered card slipcase. 
BOOK CONDITIONCovers are fairly well preserved, with some mostly faint scratches and dents. Some browning and a couple of small stains...

Bettina Ehrlich
£70.00

Cocolo

Children
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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards with red lettering and donkey design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edged and generally faded and discoloured. Foxing marks, as well as some in pencil and paint. Binding feels secure. Front endpapers have further marks in what looks like brown paint...

Phil Strong, Kurt Weise
£18.00

Honk the Moose

Children
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PUBLISHERGeorge G. Harrap & Co.
BINDINGIllustrated boards with cloth tape over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, commensurate with age. Some scratches and marks, ends of spine a little frayed. Colours remain bright. Slight browning, but printed pages and images are largely clear with few noticeable...

Anne Michaels, John Berger
£15.00

Railtracks

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PUBLISHERGo Together Press
BINDINGSoft covers.
BOOK CONDITIONVery good, just slight wear to very edges of covers, a couple of small marks on back. Printed pages and images are clear and unmarked. Little handled. 
DUST JACKETPreserved in clear archival pouch.
EDITION2011.
DESCRIPTIONTakes the form of a...

Francis Bacon and Samuel Johnson
£30.00

Essays, and The History of Rasselas (two volumes)

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PUBLISHERJohn Sharpe, London.
BINDINGGreen leather boards with gilt decoration and littering, banded spines. Gilt block edges.
BOOK CONDITIONWell preserved for age, with some general shelf wear and scuffing. Bindings feel quite tight and secure, although the title page of vol. I is loose. Slight browning, but printed pages...

Walter Pater
£35.00

Imaginary Portraits and Gaston de Latour

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PUBLISHERMacmillan and Co. Limited.
BINDINGHalf bound "Morrell" binding. Green cloth boards with green leather corners and spine. Banded spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Gilt top edge. Lovely marbled endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general shelf wear and scuffing at edges. Small tear at top of spine, which...

Thomas de Quincy, David Masson (Editor)
£30.00

Select Essays of Thomas de Quincy (two volumes)

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PUBLISHERAdam & Charles Black, Edinburgh.
BINDINGBurgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering and embossed border.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. Boards have some general shelf wear especially around spines, which are quite faded. Some browning and foxing is mainly confined to outer leaves. Printed pages remain largely clear...

Brian Froud and Alan Lee
£40.00

Faeries

Children
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PUBLISHERHarry N. Abrams, Peacock Press, Pan Books.
BINDINGTextured cream cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, a little wear and discolouration to edges of boards. Printed pages and images remain clear with few noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETThere is a 3cm tear on front...

Graham Greene, Dorothy Craigie
£100.00

The Little Train

Children
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PUBLISHEREyre and Spottiswoode, London.
BINDINGIllustrated cloth boards.
BOOK CONDION
In good condition for age. Some general wear and discolouration to boards. There are some rust stains from staples, but binding otherwise feels secure. Light foxing mainly affecting endpapers and outer leaves, text and images remain mostly clear. 

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
£35.00

Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales

Children
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PUBLISHERHodder & Stoughton, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn, with scuffing and some fraying at edges. Corners bumped, spine a little faded. Binding is weak, with split hinges. The Paper guard to the frontispiece is loose, although present. Some browning throughout,...

Conor O'Brien
£80.00

Two Boys go Sailing

Children
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 PUBLISHERJ.M Dent & Sons Ltd, London.
BINDINGTan cloth boards with brown lettering, blue and green illustration.
BOOK CONDITIONIn good condition for age. A little general shelf wear, slight discolouration. Hinges a little weakened but binding secure. Printed pages and images remain clear and little marked.
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E.F. Benson
£75.00

Spook Stories

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PUBLISHERHutchinson & Co. Ltd. London.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with black lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear around edges, corners bumped. Fraying and weakening at ends of spine, which is faded. Browning and some foxing mainly affecting block edges and outer leaves, text remains largely clear...

Anthony Berkley
£150.00

The Poisoned Chocolates Case

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PUBLISHERW. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with red lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have general shelf wear to edges, corners bumped, spine a little faded and weakened. Binding feels secure. Some browning and foxing throughout, although mainly affecting outer leaves, a few other stains. 
DUST JACKETNo.

Edward Malins
£20.00

English Landscaping and Literature 1660-1840

Non-Fiction
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PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGGreen cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little wear to edges of boards, corners bumped. Slight foxing to block edges, but printed pages and images are clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETIn worn condition, with creasing, scuffing and some tearing at edges. Preserved in removable book...

S. Ish-Kishor
£12.00

A Boy of Old Prague

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PUBLISHERChatto and Windus, London.
BINDINGOrange cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some wear and fading at edges. A few foxing spots to block edges. Printed pages and images remain clear and largely unmarked.
DUST JACKETSome wear and creasing at edges. Slight discolouration. Preserved in removable book wrap.
...

Robin McInnes
£55.00

Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of The Isle of Wight: The Journal of a Gentleman (signed copy)

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PUBLISHERCross Publishing, Chale, Isle of Wight.
BINDINGHalf bound with red leather over marbled boards. Gilt lettering on title patch and gilt block edges. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just some slight wear to corners. Printed pages and images have no discernable marks.
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION2008. This is number 582...

Iona and Peter Opie
£15.00

The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren

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PUBLISHEROxford University Press.
BINDINGNavy blue cloth boards. 
BOOK CONDITIONBumping to spine edges with some marks and light scratches to surfaces of boards. Few marks and discolouration to block edges. Foxing to edges of title page and end papers. 
DUST JACKETNo.
EDITION1959, first edition. 
DESCRIPTIONA study...

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