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London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1907 1st. Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and white lettering with paneled landscape design to front with blue sky detail. In very good condition. A couple of handling marks to cloth; a couple of small spots to cloth at top end of spine, some minor fading to spine, with some rubbing to bottom end, and a couple of small nicks to cloth on leading edge. Corners slightly bumped. Some darkening to endpapers, with small stain to bottom front corner, and inscription to front “E.H. Daniels, Xmas 1914, from Dad.” Some foxing spots to pages, mild foxing to half and main title pages. Bookseller label at rear, “W.H. Smith & Sons, Strand.” Else a clean and tight copy. 272pp + 8pp adverts.

J M Dent & Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1933. 230 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front.

New. .

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-04-27. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-04-27. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

DENT, 1912-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Herbert Cole. Dent, 1912. This is the "Fourth and illustrated edition". Ivory linen, decorated spine and boards. Color frontispiece, many black and white plates and page illustrations. Illustrated by Herbert Cole. A delightful collection of essays about the "simple" delights of country and village folk and life. It all begins with the "Taking of a Cottage", chapter 1; proceeds to "Picking Whortleberries on the Moor", chapter 8; of "going a-Musrooming" in chapter 13; and moving through fall with "Thanksgiving","Autumn in the Garden", and "The Acorn-Pickers". Some rippling to cloth on spine and bottom edge of front board. Discreet signature of former owner on fep.

Hardback. New.

New.

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark