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The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Delourous Death and Departing Out of This World of Them All
by Malory, Thomas; Rhys, John (Introduction); Simmons, F.J. (Ed)
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- Used - Good+
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- First Thus
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- 1893
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€14,928.75
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London: J.M. Dent, 1893. Two volumes complete, 1893-4 - Volume One - [9], x-xc, [1], 2-455pp, [1]; Volume Two - [9], 458-990pp, [2]. Contemporary full vellucent vellum bindings by Cedric Chivers of Bath, with their pallet to lower turn-in of the second volume. Smooth backs, spines with hand painted title and floriated devices, upper covers with designs after Beardsley's originals… Read more about this item Item Price
€14,928.75
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Swallows and Amazons - Complete Series
by Ransome, Arthur
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1930
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€14,331.60
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Twelve volumes, the complete Swallows and Amazons series, 1930-1947, comprising: 'Swallows and Amazons', 1930, [6], 7-349pp, [1]; 'Swallowdale', 1931, [6], 7-453pp, [3]; 'Peter Duck', 1932, [6], 9-431pp, [1]; 'Winter Holiday', 1933, [6], 9-359pp, [1]; 'Coot Club', 1934, [6], 7-351pp, [1]; 'Pigeon Post', 1936, [6], 7-383pp, [1]; 'We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea', 1937, [6], 9-351pp,… Read more about this item Item Price
€14,331.60
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When We Were Very Young; Winnie-The-Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner
by Milne, A.A.
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1924
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€7,762.95
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London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1924. Four volumes - 'When We Were Very Young', published 1924, [6], vii-x, [2], 100pp; 'Winnie-The-Pooh', published 1926, [8], ix- xi, [4], 2-158pp, [2]; 'Now We Are Six', published 1927, [6], vii-x, [2], 103pp, [1]; and 'The House At Pooh Corner', published 1928, [6], vii-xi, [1], 178pp, [2]. Original cloth, title in gilt to spines,… Read more about this item Item Price
€7,762.95
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Salome - A Tragedy in One Act
by Wilde, Oscar
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
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- 1907
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€955.44
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London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. [12], xiii-xviii, [8], 65pp, [5]. Original gilt decorated cloth, title and author in gilt to spine, t.e.g. Slightly rubbed to extremities, lower cover very slightly soiled. Some browning to endpapers, occasional light marking to margins, but generally fairly bright and clean. Bookplate of previous owner (M. A. Gouldsmith) to front pastedown. With sixteen… Read more about this item Item Price
€955.44
Fairy Tales
by Andersen, Hans
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€2,687.17
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London: Hodder and Stoughton [10], 11-197pp, [1], n.d. but 1924. Publishers gilt decorated full vellum, t.e.g. Vellum slightly discoloured to spine, top corner of upper cover bumped, boards very slightly splayed. Edges of text block browned, occasional patches of light foxing, small booksellers label to foot of front pastedown, but otherwise generally fairly clean. With twelve colour tissue guarded plates… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,687.17
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Fitzgerald, Edward (Trans.)
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1909
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€806.15
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. [124]p, original white gilt decorated buckram, decorative endpapers. Externally very good indeed, internally an occasional hint of foxing, a neat gift inscription to front endpaper, but generally bright and clean. Housed in the original cream box, in Fair condition only, heavily rubbed and darkened, with worming to lower panel and repairs to inner corners. With… Read more about this item Item Price
€806.15
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The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie
by Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret (Trans.)
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket (as Issued?)
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- First Thus
- Published
- 1910
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€1,492.88
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London: Heinemann, 1910. [6], vii-ix, [3], 3-159pp, [1], thirty-four plates. Publishers original vellum, with gilt design to spine and upper cover. Slightly rubbed, lacking ties. Internally the text leaves opposite to the brown paper upon which the plates are tipped in has browned, otherwise quite bright and clean. With thirty-four tissue guarded colour plates by Rackham as called for. Signed… Read more about this item Item Price
€1,492.88
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English Fairy Tales
by Steel, F.A. (Retold by)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
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- 1918
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- Hardcover
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€2,388.60
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London: MacMillan, 1918. ix, [1], 341pp, [1], sixteen colour illustrations. Original full vellum, gilt to spine and upper cover, t.e.g., with illustrated endpapers. Spine rubbed with slight loss to gilt affecting a few letters, lower cover discoloured and with a large scratch running from head to foot. Previous owners book plate to reverse of front endpaper, occasional hint of foxing,… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,388.60
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
by Fitzgerald, Edward (Trans.)
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- Used - Good+
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- First Thus
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€2,567.74
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London: Hodder & Stoughton [124]p, with twenty colour illustrations. Original full vellum, decorated in gilt to spine and upper cover, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, decorative endpapers. Lacks tie, spine lightly rubbed and slightly faded, internally quite bright and clean. With twenty tissue guarded full page illustrations by Dulac as called for. Limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies signed… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,567.74
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Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
by Rackham, Arthur; Quiller-Couch, Arthur (Introduction)
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1913
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- Hardcover
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€2,328.88
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London: William Heinemann, 1913. 43pp, [1], forty-four illustrations. Original gilt decorated cloth, t.e.g. Gilt to spine faded, very light soiling to covers. Internally hints of foxing to text leaves, illustrations all with titled tissue guards and no creasing. Frontispiece and forty-three other tipped in illustrations. Signed by Rackham to limitation leaf, this is number one hundred and fifty-five of one… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,328.88
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A Wonder Book
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1922
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- Hardcover
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€2,090.02
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. [2], viii, 206pp, [2], original gilt decorated cloth, t.e.g., illustrated endpapers. Slightly rubbed, previous owners gift inscription to ffep, but generally bright and clean. With twenty-four illustrations including sixteen tipped in full colour illustrations with titled tissue guards. Signed by Rackham to limitation leaf, this being number three hundred and ninety-two of six hundred copies.… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,090.02
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Stories from Hans Andersen
by Andersen, Hans
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1911
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- Hardcover
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€2,328.88
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911. viii, 250pp, [2], original full vellum blocked in gilt, top edge gilt. Lacks ties, gilt to spine slightly dulled, internally quite bright and clean. With twenty-eight colour illustrations by Dulac, the limited de luxe edition, one of seven hundred and fifty copies, this being number six hundred and fifty, signed by Dulac to limitation leaf.… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,328.88
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Some British Ballads
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
- Published
- 1919
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- Hardcover
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€2,388.60
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London: Constable, 1919. 8, [2], 170pp, [2], original quarter vellum and boards, gilt to spine and covers, t.e.g. Slightly rubbed, corners bumped, light foxing to edges of text block, occasional hint of foxing, especially to foot of last couple of text leaves, but internally generally quite bright and clean. With sixteen tissue guarded colour plates by Rackham. Number five… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,388.60
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The Nursery Alice
by Carroll, Lewis; [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge]
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- Used - Good
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- Second (First Published) Edition
- Published
- 1890
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- Hardcover
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€10,151.55
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London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. [12], 56pp, [8], original quarter cloth and decorated boards, the upper cover with a pictorial design in colour of Alice asleep and dreaming beneath a tree, signed 'E.G. Thomson', the lower cover with a picture of the March Hare in the centre, and the initials 'E.G.T.'. Cloth to spine repaired, with small splits to head… Read more about this item Item Price
€10,151.55
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The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie WITH Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods
by Wagner, Richard; Armour, Margaret (Trans.)
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1910
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€5,374.35
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London: Heinemann, 1910. Two volumes complete - Volume I - Rhinegold, ix, [1], 159pp, [1], thirty-four colour illustrations tipped on to brown paper and Volume II - Siegfried, (published in 1911), ix, [1], 181pp, [3], thirty colour illustrations tipped on to brown paper. Original full vellum, gilt to spines and upper covers, t.e.g. Spine of Rhinegold slightly rubbed and faded,… Read more about this item Item Price
€5,374.35
The Vicar of Wakefield
by Goldsmith, Oliver
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket
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- First Thus
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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€95.54
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London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1929. 232pp, original cloth, no DJ. Title, illustrator and publisher to spine, title and illustrator to upper cover, separated by a rose device all in gilt, t.e.g. illustrated endpapers. Spine slightly faded, rubbed to extremities, internally fairly bright and clean. With twelve full page colour illustrations by Rackham. Riall, page 170. First Thus. Hardback.… Read more about this item Item Price
€95.54
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Lettres Ecrites Au Comte De Chamilly
by Alcaforado, Marianna
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1943
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- Hardcover
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€89.57
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Paris: La Bonne Compagnie, 1943. [2], 66pp, [6], full morocco, two raised bands, spine in three unequal panels, title in gilt to second panel, gilt rolls to inner edges, Cockerell peacock pattern marbled endpapers. Spine and edges darkened, slightly rubbed, small amount of loss of leather to inner edges. Occasional spot of foxing to text, but generally clean, previous owner's… Read more about this item Item Price
€89.57
![Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, and His Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton [Etc.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/308/175/681175308.0.m.jpg)
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Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity, and His Bang-up Companions, Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton [Etc.]
by Carey, David
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- Used - Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1822
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- Hardcover
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€2,090.02
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London: John Fairburn, 1822. xxiv, 489pp, [3], plates. Original boards, original paper label to spine, untrimmed. Rebacked (almost invisibly), with old label laid down. Label slightly chipped, boards rubbed, corners and edges bumped, front inner joint with paper repair, internally quite bright and clean, complete with the half-title and the 'To the Binders' leaf at the rear. With a hand-coloured… Read more about this item Item Price
€2,090.02
Shadows in Arcady - The Angelus, The Brass Plate, An Alley in Languedoc, The Devil at La Charite
by Russell Flint, William
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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€59.71
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London: Charles Skilton, 1965. 59pp, [3]. Original cloth in glassine DJ housed in the publishers slipcase. Very minor rubbing to extremities, otherwise bright and clean. Slipcase slightly rubbed. Limited edition of five hundred copies, this being number four hundred and forty-one, signed by Russell Flint on last page. Signed by Illustrator. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Russell… Read more about this item Item Price
€59.71
James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket (as Issued)
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
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- Hardcover
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€597.15
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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967. 110pp, [2], original laminated boards. Laminate very slightly lifting to spine / upper cover, but no other cracking or lifting, very minor rubbing to extremities. A few light spots of foxing internally, but generally bright and clean and nicer than is usually found.. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). Illus. by Simeon, Michel.… Read more about this item Item Price
€597.15
