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THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB
Written by Charles Dickens.
Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1320145
Published by Folio Society.
1981.
Very good condition.
Green cloth spine with gilt title and decorations. Orange patterned boards. B/w illustrations. Top edge yellow. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. Spine is lightly browned. Textblock is just a little grubby. Publisher's green slipcase is a little browned at edges and top with minimal wear to opening corners.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
BARNABY RUDGE A TALE OF THE RIOTS OF 'EIGHTY
Written by Charles Dickens.
Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1320026
Published by Folio Society.
1987.
Fine condition.
Dark green cloth spine, with black title box and gilt title. Decorated orange boards. Top edge orange. B/w illustrations. Contained in a green slipcase which is slightly grubby at edges and tiny bumps at top corners of opening.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
COUSIN PONS
Written by Honore De Balzac; Herbert J. Hunt.
Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1319877
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1984.
Very good condition.
Translated and with an introduction by Hunt. Grey pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. Two-tone full page illustrations. 320 pages. Spine is lightly browned. Top edge of slipcase is faded and there is very slight wear to opening corners.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
LONDON IDYLLS
Written by W.J. Dawson.
Stock no. 1820950
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1895.
Very good condition.
Burgundy cloth boards iwth gilt titles and vignettes to front. Floral endpapers. A few marks to boards, edges lightly rubbed. Joints starting to crack. Grubby pencil erasure to first blank page which is uncut from half-title page. One or two random foxspots.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- LITERATURE
SKETCHES AND TRAVELS IN LONDON; THE FATAL BOOTS; LITTLE TRAVELS AND ROADSIDE SKETCHES
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Stock no. 2134218
Published by The Caxton Publishing Company.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth with gilt title to spine; white decorations to front cover. Spine and edge of rear cover is faded. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Some foxing. Hinge next to frontis/title page is cracked.
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- LITERATURE
- LONDON
ARTEMUS WARD IN LONDON, AND OTHER PAPERS
Written by Artemus Ward; Charles Farrar Browne.
Illustrated by J.H. Howard.
Stock no. 1820755
Published by G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers.
1st
1867.
Very good condition.
With comic illustrations by J.H. Howard. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine, embossed decoration to boards. 6 b/w plates. Spine browned & worn at top & tail. Corners lightly worn. Front joint just starting to crack. Some light browning.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- LITERATURE
- HUMOUR
- ANTIQUARIAN
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TO LOVE AND TO CHERISH
Written by Barbara Goolden.
Stock no. 2134079
Published by Heinemann.
1st
1961.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Maroon cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine. Bumping and wear to spine. Marks and spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks; grubby marks to rear panel.
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- LITERATURE
THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Austin Dobson.
Illustrated by Mrs. Herbert Railton.
Stock no. 1820468
Published by J.M. Dent & Co..
1st thus
1891.
Almost very good condition.
Limited Edition of 150. The Temple Library series. Vellum(?) spines, orange/brown title to spine, green cloth boards. Deckle-edged. Numbered copy 139. Both spines grubby, volume II spine is also worn with chips of missing vellum and title is faded. Endpapers and text block browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight.
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- LITERATURE
- PHILOSOPHY
- LIMITED EDITION
ELEPHANT AND CASTLE: A RECONSTRUCTION
Written by R.C. Hutchinson.
Stock no. 2134029
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1949.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Black cloth with gilt title to spine. Some page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of small closed tears and chips; browned to a few edges.
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- LITERATURE
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ADVENTURES OF A YORKSHIRE FARMER AND HIS SCAPEGRACE NEVVY
Written by Timothy Goorkrodger.
Stock no. 2133863
Published by F.M. Fetherston.
Circa
1885.
Good condition.
The adventures of a Yorkshire farmer in London. Brown cloth spine, green boards. Text in dialect. 144 pages. Boards worn at edges with loss of paper covering at corners. Lower corner tip lost from rear cover. Tear to gutter between index and first page. Spine has a couple of black marks. Pages browned.
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- LITERATURE
- LONDON
- YORKSHIRE
- DIALECTS
- ANTIQUARIAN
THE LONDON VENTURE
Written by Michael Arlen.
Stock no. 2133858
Published by William Heinemann.
1924.
Almost very good condition.
A novel. The author's first published book. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Rough cut edges to text-block. 141 pages. Spine slightly sunned and worn at top and tail. Corners bumped, lower front corner worn. Small bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. 4 marks on front endpaper where label has been removed. Some tiny spots to prelims and last few pages. Contents lightly browned.
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- LITERATURE
- LONDON
LODGERS IN LONDON
Written by Adelaide Eden Phillpotts.
Stock no. 2133856
Published by Little, Brown and Company.
1926.
Very good condition.
A novel. Black cloth, printed title label to spine. Top edge green. 321 pages. Spine bumped and a little worn at base. Name in pencil to front pastedown. Pages lightly browned else clean.
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- LITERATURE
- LONDON