LETTERS FROM A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD TO HIS FRIENDS IN THE EAST
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Richard Garnett. Illustrated by Edmund J. Sullivan.
Stock no. 1829428
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1904. Very good condition.

A series of letters from Lien Chi Altangi, a Chinese philosopher in London. Introduction by Richard Garnett. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations. xxiv and 308 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly faded, gilt titles still bright. Corners lightly rubbed. Prelims browned. Half-title page has a diagonal crease. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight. Page 105 has large grubby mark to lower half (not affecting text). Some pages remain uncut. A few marks to contents but generally a nice copy.

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CAT'S COMPANY
Written by Michael Joseph. Illustrated by B.F. Dolbin.
Stock no. 1329219
Published by Geoffrey Bles. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

10 x 7.5". Blue cloth. Gilt titles. Delicate b/w sketches by celebrated continental artist, Dolbin. Pages untrimmed. A celebration of cat stories. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to page edges and to prelims. Some light fingermarks.

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FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM
Written by Umberto Eco; William Weaver. Illustrated by Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1829216
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2016. Very good condition.

An enthralling mystery novel. Translated by William Weaver. Grey cloth boards with blocked design. White title block to spine with grey title. Blue pictorial endpapers. xii and 609 pages. 11 colour plates including frontispiece. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is stained on one side and is scuffed (VG). Book itself is in almost fine condition.

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PLUGGED
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 1328979
Published by Headline. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A brilliant crime debut. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 277 pages. ISBN: 9780755379989. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine slightly bumped.

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THE BIRDS/THE FROGS (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Aristophanes; Dudley Fitts; Gilbert Seldes. Illustrated by Marian Parry; John Austen.
Stock no. 1829200
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Two stories in one volume. Introduction by Dudley Fitts and Gilbert Seldes respectively. Wood engravings by John Austen in The Frogs. Collector's Edition. Bound in genuine leather. Dark green leather boards, four raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Peach colour moire cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.

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FAUST (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Alice Raphael. Illustrated by Eugene Delacroix.
Stock no. 1829199
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1980. Nearly fine condition.

A Tragedy: in a Modern Translation by Alice Raphael. The original Drame illustrated with lithographs by Delacroix. Collector's Edition. Bound in genuine leather. Burgundy leather boards, four raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Light brown moire cloth endpapers with matching ribbon page marker. Colour frontis (not Delacroix) & b/w lithographs. xxv and 183 pages. All edges gilt. A lovely copy.

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CANDIDE OR OPTIMISM (THE 100 GREATEST BOOKS EVER WRITTEN)
Written by Voltaire; Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire; Paul Morand. Illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage.
Stock no. 1829197
Published by Easton Press. 1st thus 1977. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Paul Morand. Collector's edition. Bound in genuine leather. Grey leather boards with three raised bands to spine, gilt title to spine, gilt tooling to boards. Orange moire endpapers with matching page marker. xix and 131 pages. All edges gilt. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. A lovely copy. Ribbon page marker is creased.

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IN PRAISE OF FOLLY AND LETTER TO MAARTEN VAN DORP, 1515
Written by Desiderius Erasmus; Eamon Duffy. Illustrated by Matthew Richardson.
Stock no. 1829154
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2014. Nearly fine condition.

An essay written in Latin first published in 1511. The text of this edition follows that of the translation by Betty Radice first published in 1971 by Penguin books. Introduced by Eamon Duffy. Brown paper boards with black titles and blocked design. Colour plates. xxv and 168 pages sincluding index. A lovely copy, feels unread, contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor scuffs.

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THE HONEY SIEGE
Written by Gil Buhet; Geoffrey Sainsbury.
Stock no. 1328718
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The book society's fiction choice. Blue boards, red title to spine. 253 pages. Translated from the French by Sainsbury. Spine very slightly bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine, grubby to rear panel and foxed on verso.

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SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIRDS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328687
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wonderful b/w illustrations accompany quotations from Shakespeare. Red cloth, black titles. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn, grubby and browned to spine with inscription in ink to front panel.

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SHAKESPEARE WITH THE PETS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328686
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Wonderful b/w illustrations of cats and dogs with quotations from Shakespeare. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and browned (particularly to spine) and worn at top and tail of spine.

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MORE MR. CAT AND A BIT OF AMBER TOO
Written by George Freedley; Carl Van Vechten. Illustrated by Victor J. Dowling.
Stock no. 1328616
Published by Howard Frisch. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

When Mr. Cat departed this earth in the fullness of his years, no one thought another cat could take his place but along came Amber, who promptly made the place all her own... Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss to top of spine and is foxed and slightly grubby.

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