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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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- LITERATURE
- BEE KEEPING
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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- LITERATURE
- SHAKESPEARE
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ART
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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- LITERATURE
- SHAKESPEARE
- ILLUSTRATED
- DOGS
- CATS
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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- LITERATURE
- CATS
- CATS (FACTUAL)
- PETS
SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1328405
Published by Latimer House Limited.
1st
1950.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories for the older reader by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges slightly faded. Light scratch marks to the cloth on the front cover. Foxing to contents. Tiny piece torn from top corner of foreword page (no loss of text). Some page corner creases and some light marks to page margins. Lacking rear free-endpaper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LITERATURE
- ADVENTURE
CHARLES KINGSLEY: HIS LETTERS AND MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE
Written by F.E. Kingsley; Charles Kingsley.
Stock no. 1828489
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench & Co..
1st thus
1883.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Cheaper Edition. Edited by his wife. Full leather binding, 5 raised bands to spine, gilt title and vignettes to spine. Marbled endpapers and text block. B/w portrait as frontis. 364 pages including index. Minor rubbing to lower edge of rear board. Contemporary gift inscription dated December 20 1883 to fly leaf. Very few age related marks. Overall a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- BIOGRAPHY
- LITERATURE
- CHILDRENS
- LETTERS
- LEATHER BINDING
YOUNG RENNY
Written by Mazo De La Roche.
Stock no. 1828265
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1947.
Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Chronicles of the Whiteoak Family series. Adeline Whiteoak is at the height of her sway as a vigorous and domineering matriarch of eighty. Adeline's grandson, Renny, is in a feud between him and his grandmother and his Cousin from Ireland. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Boards mottled by damp (mainly rear board). Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and grubby.
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- LITERATURE
A GAME OF THRONES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 1
Written by George R.R. Martin; Daniel Abraham.
Illustrated by Tommy Patterson; et al..
Stock no. 1327912
Published by Bantam Books.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
White boards, metallic red title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout, comic book style. ISBN: 9780440423218. 7th printing. Spine slightly bumped. Slight rubbing to spine and corners of dustwrapper.
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- LITERATURE
- GRAPHIC NOVEL
A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME: SPRING
Written by Anthony Powell; William Trevor.
Stock no. 1827959
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2006.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Spring: A Question of Upbringing; A Buyer's Market; The Acceptance World. Three novels in one volume. Introduction by William Trevor. Burgundy cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title to spine, pictorial paper front board. Blue endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly shelf-scuffed and has some very faint marks (VG+).
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
Written by James M. Cain; Steve Erickson.
Illustrated by Patrick Leger.
Stock no. 1827890
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Introduced by Steve Erickson. Grey pictorial cloth boards. 7 full page colour illustrations including frontis. Front joint pulled between front endpaper and half-title page (relatively minor) else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed (VG).
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THEY
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Illustrated by F.H. Townsend.
Stock no. 1326840
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1905.
Very good condition.
White covers with gilt vignette and titles. Colour plates with tissue guards to contents. 80 pages. Corners bumped. Spine browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers and tissue guards browned else contents clean.
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- LITERATURE
THE WARDEN
Written by Anthony Trollope; Julian Symons.
Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1827293
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1976.
Almost very good condition.
Introduced by Julian Symons. Brown cloth spine, gilt titles, brown patterned boards. B/w illustrations. Light damp stain to cloth spine. Tiny scuff to rear board. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is in Good condition only, damp staining to open edges, browned and worn at top and bottom with slight loss of surface paper.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE