Bird Talisman

Princeton: D. Van Nostrand,, 1965. Reprint Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gwen Raverat. Henry Allen Wedgwood. The Bird Talisman: An Eastern Tale. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, no date. Reprint edition. Originally published in 1939 by Faber and Faber, when Gwen Raverat, great grand-niece of the author, illustrated it with color and black and… Read more about this item

London: Faber. London, Faber, 1939. First Thus. Hardback. A near fine copy. A lovely edition, preceded by the 1852 and 1887 issues, both printed privately. Illustrated by Raverat. Jacket a little worn and marked, a couple of short tears. Illustrations by Gwen Raverat [9825, Hyraxia Books]. . Near Fine. Hardback. 1st Thus Edition. 1939.

London : Faber and Faber, 1965. Second Edition, Reprinted. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vii, [1], 69 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Plates are printed in black, red, blue and brown/yellow.… Read more about this item

First thus edition. Colour frontispiece and seven plates as called for and numerous b/w illustrations. Pink/black marbled boards with green blocked spine with gilt titles. Binding firm. Some small dints to boards, fading to edges, slight chipping to spine ends. Light foxing and marks throughout. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 70 pp. All books are individually described. All… Read more about this item

Faber, London, 1965. Fourth Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Size: Quarto. 70 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or… Read more about this item

D. Van Nostrand & Company. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gwen Raverat. This charming story was written over a hundred years ago for the Wedgewood and Darwin families, was and not intended for publication till 1939 in Britain.

. Hardcover. UsedGood. Dust Jacket: Good condition, small stain on front cover, mild shelfwear, bookvery good condition spine shows some wear from reading but is still tight

Faber, London, 1939. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 70 pp. Front hinge reinforced with tape. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges browned. Covers wrapped in protective paper, glued in place. Believed to be a proof copy, though not explicitly stated as such. Illustrator: Gwen… Read more about this item

Faber and Faber 2nd Edition. Small 4to, original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 70 pages, unclipped dust jacket.

London: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Gwen Raverat. Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

D. Van Nostrand Company. 1965. Hardcover. UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; illustrated by Gwen Raverat; light fading, light shelf wear to t he cover; otherwise in very good condition with clean text and tight bindin g. Dust jacket shows light fading and shelf wear, and inside front corner i s clipped. .

Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ, No date. 1st edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. c1965 First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Illustrator: Gwen Raverat. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Illustrated;… Read more about this item

(London: Faber and Faber: 1965) Reprint of the Second Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 70 (216 x 160 mm). Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. A near fine copy in like price-clipped dust-jacket.

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1964. Second edition. Very Good +/very good +. This charming story about a little princess and the magic ring which made her able to talk to birds was not intended for publication and remained for many years a private and treasured possession of the Wedgwood and Darwin families, loved by generation after generation… Read more about this item