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Ermyntrude and Esmeralda: An entertainment. Introduction by Michael Holroyd
by STRACHEY, Lytton; ERT� (illustrator)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1969
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- Cloth
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€205.87
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London: Anthony Blond, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine. FIRST UK TRADE EDITION, INSCRIBED BY ILLUSTRATOR. 4to. Original pink cloth, spine and upper board stamped in gilt. Pushing to spine ends, top edge spotted. Inscribed in black pen on title page: "To Lawrence Erté". Else, clean, bright and tight. In the original Erte-designed dust jacket: gentle soiling and wear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elinor Barley. With illustrations in dry point by I. R. Hodgkins
by TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; HODGKINS, I. R. (illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1930
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- Hardback
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€99.99
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[London]: The Cresset Press Limited, 1930. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no. 44/ 350 on mould-made paper (of 380). Royal 8vo, pp. vii, [i], 107, [1] + four dry point illustrations and title page vignette by Hodgkins. Quarter vellum, spine lettered in gilt, monochrome marbled paper boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Board… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gentle Mountain
by [IRISH REVIVAL]; LETTS, Winifred M.; VERSCHOYLE, Kathleen (illustrator)
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- Used - Good+
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- 1934
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- Cloth
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€47.06
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Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1934. Cloth. Good+. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, incl. silhouette frontis and tail-pieces, plus full-page illustrations, by Kathleen Verschoyle, two coloured by an amateur hand. Original publisher's blue cloth, spine and upper board lettered and ruled in navy. Extremities bruised. Edges foxed. POIs to ffep, some fox spots and marks to margins, two illustrations coloured by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The World is Round
by STEIN, Gertrude; HURD, Clement (Pictures)
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- Used - Fair
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- 1939
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- Hardback
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€58.82
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New York: William R. Scott Inc., 1939. Hardback. Fair. FIRST US EDITION. Small 4to, pp. [iv], 67, [1], incl. Hurd's charming illustrations in white and navy. Cream buckram spine, lettered in blue, navy paper boards, upper board lettered in white. Endpapers plus first and final pages white, text block pink, lettered in navy (at Stein's insistence). Externally shabby:… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Picture Geography for Little Children Part One: Asia. With illustrations by M. D. Cole
by 'BRYHER'; COLE, M. D.
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- 1925
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€264.69
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London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1925. FIRST EDITION. Oblong 4to (20 x 26 cm), pp. 47, [1], incl. map of the world and nineteen striking line drawings by M. D. Cole, coloured in yellow and red. Quarter blue cloth, grey paper boards, lettered in black. Dappled fading to cloth, scuffed, edgewear, corners bumped and worn. Later gift inscription in blue… Read more about this item Item Price
€264.69
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The Little Man & the Nude [title to front wrapper]
by BLAKESTON, Oswell; CHAPMAN, Max; CUNDALL, Peter; KAZANTZIS, Judith et al (contributors); YATES, Jack (graphics)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1977
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- Stiff card wrappers
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€52.94
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London: Privately Printed, 1977. Stiff card wrappers. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY ARTIST. Side-stapled pamphlet (20.7 x 14.8cm), pp. [20], incl. b/w papercuts. Pink and black illustrated card wrappers. Edgewear, splodges to wrappers, inscribed by Yates in black ink to top of rear wrapper: "For Edna,/ with love,/ Jack". Occasional offsetting from images, else, clean, bright and… Read more about this item Item Price
€52.94
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The Books of Psalms and the First Psalm of David; The Book of Proverbs; The Book of Ecclesiastes. King James Version with Engravings by Clare Leighton
by [Bible]; LEIGHTON, Clare (illustrator); CARDI, Alma Reese (book design)
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- Used - Good+
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- 1952
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- Cloth
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€135.29
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Cloth. Good+. FIRST US EDITION, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR. 8vo, incl. engraved frontispieces to each book and numerous in-text engravings in blue by Leighton, many of rural scenes, as might be expected. Original beige cloth spine and rear board, blue cloth front board, lettered in blue and gilt. Extremities bruised… Read more about this item Item Price
€135.29
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Ecclesiastes, Or the Preacher
by GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS; HUGHES-STANTON, Blair
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- Used - Good+
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- 1934
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€676.43
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Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1934. Good+. FIRST, LIMITED EDITION, no. 66 of 247 (250 in total). Folio, pp. 21, [3], incl. 13 wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton; printed in orange and black. Original quarter vellum, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, orange cloth boards. Gilt top edge, others untrimmed. Some soiling and scuffing, joint- and edgewear, corners… Read more about this item Item Price
€676.43
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Eleanor Farjeon's Book: Stories � Verses � Plays. Chosen by Eleanor Graham and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
by FARJEON, Eleanor; ARDIZZONE, Edward (illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1960
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- Paperback
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€35.29
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Harmondsworth: Puffin Books/ Penguin Books, 1960. Paperback. Very Good. FIRST PENGUIN EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. MMP, incl. b/w illustrations by Ardizzone. Edgewear and a little creasing, wrappers spotted and gently rubbed. Browned, some creasing. Inscribed by Farjeon in blue biro to verso of biog. page: "To Bertha and Charles/ with love from/ Eleanor/ Christmas 1960". Else, pleasingly clean… Read more about this item Item Price
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Adventure in Glide's Garden
by LEGERE, Terri; MACKIE, Sheila (illustrations); ALLSOP, Bruce (book design & head & tail-pieces)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1978
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- Cloth
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€17.65
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Stocksfield and London: Oriel Press, 1978. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, amply and gloriously illustrated in colour and halftone. Original green and red mottled cloth, spine lettered in silver. Bruising to extremities, dint to upper board. In the original illustrated dust jacket: toned, light edgeware. Very good/ very good. Item Price
€17.65
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Women and Men's Daughters
by ROBOZ, Zsuzsi; WORDSWORTH, William (compiled and edited)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1970
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€47.06
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London: Roger Schlesinger, 1970. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ARTIST. 4to, with numerous crayon portraits by Roboz. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black, facsimile signatures of the women represented to upper board. Patterned red endpapers. Bruising to extremities, dints to edges. Inscribed by Roboz in black pen to title page: "Best wishes, Zsuzsu Roboz". Else, clean… Read more about this item Item Price
€47.06
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
by PLATH, Sylvia; ADELSON, Gloria (design); WEISBORD, Mimi (drawings); HUGHES, Ted (introduction)
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- Used - Good+
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- 1979
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- Quarter cloth, paper boards
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€41.17
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New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Quarter cloth, paper boards. Good+. FIRST US EDITION. 8vo, with illustrated title page and headpieces. Quarter brown cloth, spine lettered in bronze, russet paper boards. Pushing to spine ends. Internally clean. In the original illustrated dust jacket: darkened, spine sunned, nicks, a few short closed tears, shadow of sticker to front panel.… Read more about this item Item Price
€41.17
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Sir John Tenniel's Alice: 16 Prints In Colour
by [LEWIS, Carroll]; TENNIEL, Sir John
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- Used - Fine
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- 1985
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€17.65
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London: Macmillan Children's Books, 1985. Fine. 16 colour prints housed in the original illustrated cardboard folder (22.6 x 15.8cm), blue ribbon-ties to leading edges. Prints in excellent condition. Folder heavily rubbed, edgewear, extremities bruised. Fine/ good- Originally published in 1911 for a volume featuring both Alice' s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, "in 1979… Read more about this item Item Price
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Coiffures de Paris (Supplement au numero 464 - Janvier 1950)
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- Used - Good
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- 1950
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€52.94
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Paris: Société D'Éditons Modernes Parisienne, 1950. Good. Folio (31.7 x 24cm), pp. [2], 48, [2], amply illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and adverts. In French. Textured and illustrated card boards, blocked in green, lettered in red. Illustrated endpapers with b/w adverts. Grubby and rubbed, spine fragile and chipped, extremities bruised and worn. Title and final page grubby,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Helen Comes of Age: Three plays by Jack Lindsay
by LINDSAY, Jack; LINDSAY, Norman (DJ illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1927
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€117.64
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5 Bloomsbury Square, London: The Fanfrolico Press, 1927. Cloth. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 386 of 500. 4to in 8s, pp. [viii], 221, [1]. Red buckram, gilt stamped lettering to spine. Edges deckled. Spine slightly cocked, pushing to spine ends. Signed and numbered by Jack Lindsay in sepia pen on limitation page. Edges, front and rear… Read more about this item Item Price
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Three Plays
by WILLIAMS, Charles; LAMB, [Lynton] (cover illustrator)
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- Used
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- 1931
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€52.94
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London: Oxford University Press/ Humphrey Milford, 1931. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. vi, [2], 200. Quarter black cloth, printed paper title label to spine, monochrome paper boards, illustrated by Lynton Lamb. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Spare title label tipped in to final page. Slight bend to boards, spine and edges darkened, wear to head of spine, rubbed at extremities,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fabulous New Orleans
by [BRITTAIN, Vera]; SAXON, Lyle; SUYDAM, E. H. (illustrator)
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- 1937
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€352.92
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New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1937. Reprint, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VERA BRITTAIN. Large 8vo, pp. xii, 334 + colour frontis, b/w plates and headpieces by Suydam. Quarter black buckram, lettered in lilac, rust boards, upper board lettered in black, with illustrated label in black and yellow. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, one pair of uncut leaves. Illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Kissing Bough: A Christmas custom
by WHISTLER, Laurence; HASSALL, Joan (illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1953
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- Paperback
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€17.65
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1953. Paperback. Very Good. Side-stapled pamphlet (20 x 13cm), pp. [iv], 11, [1], incl. two b/w wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Festive green and red illustrated wrappers. Wrappers a little grubby, some foxing, a little creasing, else, clean and tight. A pleasing copy of Whistler's short essay celebrating the English tradition of the kissing… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peg Woffington
by READE, Charles; THOMSON, Hugh (illustrator); DOBSON, Austin (introduction)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1899
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€52.94
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London: George Allen, 1899. Very Good. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. 8vo, pp. [lii], [298] + numerous b/w vignettes and full-page illustrations by Thomson (title without tissue guard). Green cloth lettered and ornately (and theatrically) decorated in gilt to spine and upper board. All edges gilt. Dark green endpapers. Slight lean and sunning to spine, bruising and gentle wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Young Visitors: Or, Mr Salteena's Plan. With a preface by J. M. Barrie
by ASHFORD, Daisy; SIMMONDS, Posy (illustrator)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1984
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- Hardback
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, GBR
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€17.65
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London: Chatto & Windus/ The Hogarth Press, 1984. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST THUS. Slim 8vo, with b/w illustrations by Simmonds. Pink marbled paper boards, spine lettered in black in white panel. Lean to spine, heel of spine and top corners bumped. Else, clean and bright. In the original dust jacket: edgewear, gentle creasing to top edges. A pleasing… Read more about this item Item Price
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