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MONARCHS OF MERRIE ENGLAND VOL II (EDWARD I TO RICHARD III)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2125332
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Green cardwraps. 2 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. A few marks to covers. Creasing along edges and to corners. Scuff marks; mostly to rear cover. Light foxing.
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- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (EDWARD I TO RICHARD III)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2125304
1ST
1907.
Almost very good condition.
Humourous rhymes of historical times with colour pictures and b/w text illustrations throughout. Pictorial blue boards, with red cloth spine. Large format. Spine is bumped and faded. Wear and bumping to corners and cover edges. Score mark to onlay to front cover; coloured with ink. Uneven fading to some cover edges. Front joint is partially cracked. Some foxing and page browning.
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- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE MONARCHS OF MERRY ENGLAND (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Roland Carse.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2124402
Published by Alf Cooke Ltd..
1st
1907.
Almost very good condition.
Set of 4 books, each containing 10 colour plates. Books cover following periods: William I-Henry III; Edward I-Richard III; Henry VII-Elizabeth and James I-Edward VII. Red cloth spines. Pictorial onlays to front covers. SIGNED by author with dedication to previous owner to first volume of set. Bottom 1" of spine to first volume has splitting with some fraying of cloth. Some other nicks and chips to spine, with varying degrees of fading. Couple of covers are a bit bowed with some marks. Corners are worn, with some chipping. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Some margin marks to pages. Closed tear (repaired with magic tape) to one front endpaper.
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- POETRY
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
Written by Edward Gorey.
Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1407173
Published by Bloomsbury.
1st UK
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Small format. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 4.75 x 7". ISBN: 0747541655. Board edges slightly grubby. A lovely copy.
THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
Written by Edward Gorey.
Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1316829
Published by Bloomsbury.
1st UK
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Small format. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 4.75 x 7". ISBN: 0747541655. Minimal fading to spine. Contents fine.
CHARLEY'S WAR 1 AUGUST 1916 - 17 OCTOBER 1916
Written by Pat Mills.
Illustrated by Joe Colquhoun.
Stock no. 2123458
Published by Titan Books.
Circa
2005.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Volume 2 in the Series. B/w comic strips. Also includes a feature on the development of the first tanks and a commentary on the strips from creator Pat Mills, and an afterword by acclaimed comics creator Garth Ennis. ISBN: 9781840239294. 3rd printing.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HUMOUR
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- COMIC BOOK
I LEONARDO
Written by Ralph Steadman.
Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1506771
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Raucous, anarchic, exquisite and moving... Large oblong format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224019163. SIGNED by Steadman with dedication and date. He appears to have torn page with pen when signing so has written oops!! alongside. Contents clean. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge worn.
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- CHILDRENS
- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
THE BIG I AM
Written by Ralph Steadman.
Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1316253
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large square format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Lavish colour illustrations. A journey into uncharted territory... ISBN: 022402471X. Small indentation to lower edge of rear cover, corners ever so slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
TIDEWAY TACTICS
Written by L.M. Bates.
Illustrated by Norman Mansbridge.
Stock no. 2122189
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd..
1st
1947.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with yellow title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. The hero of this book is a London River tug-boat. Her adventures in peace and war form the stories, some tragic and some humorous, but always full of the spirit of that waterway which is half river and half sea. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge=creased and browned, with a few tiny nicks to corners.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- HUMOUR
ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine.
Circa
1895.
Good condition.
Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- TREES
- FORESTRY
- HUMOUR
- VICTORIAN
AND SO I FACE THE VINYL CURTAIN
Written by Simon Drew.
Illustrated by Simon Drew.
Stock no. 1505242
Published by Antique Collectors' Club.
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. ISBN: 1905377010. Ink inscription to publisher's page. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut.
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- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED
THE COMEDIES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Written by Oliver Goldsmith; Joseph Jacobs.
Illustrated by Chris Hammond.
Stock no. 1404546
Published by George Allen.
1st thus
1896.
Very good condition.
Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front. Dark green endpapers. B/w illustrations. 310 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Light marks to rear board. Erased writing to half title page. Some foxing to prelims and page edges otherwise contents are clean. A few scratches to gilt edges.
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- HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATED