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  ANDERSON, Wayne First edition. 4to. Laminated pictorial boards. A near fine copy. Full page illustrations in a very bold style, plus some black and white drawings in the text. Rats, witches, dragons and magical beasts.
  BAYLEY, Nicola First edition. Glazed pictorial boards. A fine copy. Colour illustrations and 4 magnificent pop-up scenes.
  SHAKESPEARE, William The Oxford Shakespeare in quarter vellum biding, with gilt embossed Art Nouveau design to the spine. Leather title label with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. A very good copy. Previous owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of the artist. Plays and sonnets.
  KAY NIELSEN Introduction by Keith Nicholson.
  NIELSEN, Kay First edition. Stiff pictorial card covers, with Nielsen illustration to both covers. A very good copy, previous owners name to front endpaper. Forty colour plates reproduced from Nielsen's works. This book contains a few pages of information about the life and work of Nielsen.
  THE REIGN OF WILLIAM AND MARY A short and merry one
  MORRIS, M. First edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth spine and paper covered boards, pictorial onlay of William (a puppy) and Mary (a Persian kitten). A fine copy. Eight colour plates and many line drawings, depicting the antics of the animal pair. A kitten and puppy and their escapades, including Mary demanding votes for women.
  ANNALS OF ETON COLLEGE Kings College of Our Lady of Eton Beside Windsor
  STERRY, Wasey First edition. 8vo. Presentation binding of full white vellum, leather spine label, gilt embossed decoration and vignettes. All edges gilt. In very good condition. Black and white plates.
  RICHARDS, Frank First edit A very good copy in very good dustwrapper., previous owner's name to front endpaper and front flap.
  LEE, Alan; PALIN, Michael; SEYMOUR, Richard First edition. 4to. Glazed pictorial boards. A near fine copy, previous owner's name to title page. Illustrated in colour throughout by Alan Lee, with seven holographic images.
  THE BUTTERFLY BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST Verses by William Plomer and nature notes by Richard Fitter.
  ALDRIDGE, Alan Fist edition. Pictorial glazed boards. Contains the original invitation to The Butterfly Ball. A near fine copy, tiny graze to spine top. Twenty eight colour illustrations by Alan Aldridge.
  MARLOW REGATTA OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Saturday 24th June
  ROWING] Original printed wrappers with black and white image of Marlow to the upper cover. Timetables, regulations and entrants. A very good copy with signature of H.M. Stewart, cox of Lady Margaret Boat Club, to the upper cover.
  ENID BLYTON PRESENTS MARY MOUSE, A Werner Laurie Show Book no. 2
  BLYTON, Enid First edition in original hard paper pictorial boards with theatre set design. A fine, bright example of this novelty item. Drawn by Olive Openshaw. There are five coloured press out scenes and bellows all of which are totally intact. Four pages of text telling the story of Mary Mouse. "This brilliantly coloured showbook - offspring of the old Victorian peepshow - instructs while it enchants and amuses." (blurb)
  LANG, Andrew First edition. 8vo. Original olive green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. A fine copy. Bright and crisp. Pictorial endpapers. Eight colour plates and many line drawings by H.J. Ford.
  NORTHWARD OVER THE GREAT ICE A Narrative Of Life And Work Along The Shores And Upon The Interior Ice-Cap Of Northern Greenland In The Years 1886 and 1891-1897
  PEARY, Robert E. First English edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt to spine. Upper cover lettered gilt, with silver vignette. Top edge gilt, other uncut. A bright set in near fine condition. Early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper of each volume. In all, over eight hundred illustrations across the two volumes. Including portrait frontispieces to each volume, numerous charts, maps, and photographic reproductions, one folding panorama, and one folding map. "These volumes cover the first three of Peary's eight expeditions to Greenland and towards the North Pole. each expedition and each of Peary's books represented unique contributions to Arctic exploration, while bringing Peary closer to his goal of glory for the United States and fame for himself. The proof of the insularity of Greenland, the geographical frontiers covered, the successive records of Northern latitude. were estimable feats" (Books On Ice). Books On Ice 5.7.
  LANG, Andrew First edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to cover and spine . All edges gilt. Original printed dustwrapper, with illustrations printed in brown. A fine copy, with sparkling gilt in a good dustwrapper, which has a tall, narrow vertical chip, some 2x8 cm, to the base of the spine. Otherwise, a nice copy with a little light wear to the edges a short closed tear to the rear panel and some toning to the printing on the spine. Eight colour plates and numerous black and white drawings by H. J. Ford. A charming collection of fairy tales gathered from around the world, including German, Scandinavian and African folk tales. Scarce in any sort of dustwrapper.
  BB - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys First edition. 12mo. Green cloth with gilt lettering in a pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, slight rubbing to the top of the spine. Book plate on front free endpaper of a Bewick woodcut depicting a fisherman. A most attractive copy. Full page black and white frontis and headpieces for each chapter by BB.
  CHRISTMAS CAROLS Old English Carols for Christmas and other Festivals, Harmonised by Lucy Broadwood and illustrated by J.H. Hartley
  WALTER, L. Edna (editor) First edition. 4to. Blue cloth with lettering in yellow and pictorial onlay to the upper cover. In the original pictorial dustwrapper. A fine book in a rather worn, but attractive dustwrapper. 13 colour plates, plus numerous line drawings in the text accompany a host of traditional carols.
  GOBLE, Warwick; KINGSLEY; Charles First edition illustrated by Warwick Goble. 4to. Green cloth with lettering in gilt and vignette on upper cover. All edges gilt. A very good copy indeed - spine and top edge of the upper cover with some fading, but otherwise unusually clean and bright. Gift inscription to the half title. Thirty two magnificent mounted colour plates all under captioned tissue guards. One of Goble's most sought after works.
  RAMBLES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF WALLINGFORD Also Some Account Relative to its Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern Conditions
  ALLNATT, William First edition. Small 8vo. Original purple cloth, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt on the upper cover. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown "Mr Greene Esq., From the Author November 1873." A very good copy of an uncommon item, pinprick to the spine and edges sunned. Short tear to the top joint. A charmingly discursive account of Wallingford and the villages around it, including Ewelme, Benson, Mongewell and Aldworth.
  THE HISTORY OF SHIPLAKE, OXON With Allusions to Contemporary Events in the Neighbourhood.
  CLIMENSON, Emily J. First edition. 4to. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt decoration to upper cover based on a design by the author. A very good copy, hinges starting and with some rubbing to the edges. Name inked in on the front free endpaper. Twenty two black and white illustrations from photographs of the village, its surroundings and some of the more noteworthy houses, protected by tissues guards (one of which is missing). In a pocket to the rear is a table of the Manorial Lords of Shiplake. A very interesting local history item written in gossipy style intended originally as a small leaflet, which gradually developed into the very large tome which was eventually published.
  HARRISON, Florence First edition. Oblong 4to. Green pictorial cloth, with lettering in gilt. A fine, bright copy. Patterned endpapers, decorative title page, line drawings, 21 tipped in colour plates and verses by Harrison. The plates in this book are stunning, large and bold. Harrison's second book, written and illustrated by her. Almost as new, rare thus.
  THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK From: When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.
  MILNE, A.A. First combined edition of Milne's children's books in the rare publisher's leather binding. 8vo. Crushed green morocco decorated with gilt vignettes. Top edge gilt and silk page marker. A very good copy indeed, bright and attractive, spine a little faded and slightly tender rear hinge. Pictorial endpapers printed in blue and line drawings throughout by E.H. Shepard. Most uncommon in this deluxe edition. Poems and stories from Milne's books about Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin. In the preface the author addresses his readers, "You will find here a collection of verses and stories, mostly about a little boy called Christopher Robin."Every piece of poetry has a music of its own . If you can find words which keep time to the music, and which are just the words for what you want to say, then the verses you write are verses which sing themselves into people's heads and stay there forever."
  PARIS Painted by Mortimer Menpes, Text by Dorothy Menpes
  MENPES, Mortimer; MENPES, Dorothy First edition. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. A very good copy, spine faded and some foxing to extremities, but nice bright upper cover. School prize winner's label to front pastedown. Seventy five colour plates under captioned tissue guards. One of 3000 copies, originally published at 20/-. Inman 64
  McANDREW, John First edition. Original publisher's forest green padded morocco decorated in gilt to the upper cover. All edges gilt. A very good copy, the spine toned with a little abrasion at its base. Twenty-six black and white photographic plates. An instructional book on all aspects of the game, written by the professional at Cruden Bay, as "the result of numerous suggestions made to me by ladies and gentlemen who have profited by my teaching during the past decade" (Preface).
  BELGIUM Painted by A. Forestier , Text by G.W.T. Omond.
  OMOND, G.W.T. First edition, first state binding with gilt on upper cover and spine, second state title page, with red shield. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering and heraldic device, decorated in orange and yellow. Top edge gilt A very good copy, some foxing to the page edges. 77 colour plates, under captioned tissue guard, and a fold out map to the rear. One of 3000 copies, originally published at 20/-.
  ESSEX Painted by L. Burleigh Bruhl, Described by A.R. Hope Moncrieff
  MONCRIEFF, A.R. Hope First edition. 8vo. Brown pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, with a design printed in red, yellow and white. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Seventy five colour illustrations, under captioned tissue guards, by L. Burleigh Bruhl. Folding sketch map to the rear. One of 3000 copies, originally published at a price of 20/-. Inman 26.