RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330568
Published by William Heinemann. 1919. Slightly better than good condition.

Frontis and 50 superb colour plates, tissue-guarded and mounted on green card at rear of book. 62 text pages. Green cloth, green titles and vignette to front cover. Spine bumped, worn and browned with small splits to the cloth. Top corners badly bumped with top rear corner almost split. Bumping to bottom corners. Bottom board edges bumped and rubbed. Covers a little grubby. Book plate to front pastedown. Browning to front endpapers and some of the mounts for the plates. Inscription in ink to half title page. Some hinges are cracked. Some fingering. Creasing to a couple of plates. Top of book is bowed.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330556
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Subtitled: The Contemplative Man's Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. The spirit of the book is admirably captured by Rackham's pastoral scenes. 12 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Green pictorial endpapers. 224 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn with slight loss, tiny hole to centre of rear panel.

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BEASTS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330553
Published by Galley Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From Whales to Shrews. Dealing with warm-blooded land and sea animals found in, and off the coast of, Durham and Northumberland. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine on black surround. Six pages of b/w plates, 26 drawings by D. Watkins-Pitchford (also known as BB) and one engraving by Bewick. 144 pages. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1830739
Published by Folio Society. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 135 pages. Fourteenth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded to edges and very lightly scuffed.

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ZULEIKA DOBSON OR AN OXFORD LOVE STORY
Written by Max Beerbohm. Illustrated by Michael Kirkham.
Stock no. 1208925
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

A novel. Light grey, illustrated boards. Cream endpapers. Colour plates. v and 208 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little grubby.

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DULAC
Written by David Larkin; Brian Sanders. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1830676
Published by Coronet Books. 1st thus 1975. Very good condition.

A selection of 40 colour pictures. Dulac's images are set in a world of beauty. The contents of his illustrations is never ugly. This book contains only a selection of his prolific output, but gives a clear picture of his genius. Edited by David Larkin with an introduction by Brian Saunders. Large format, pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 034018986X. Spine faded, front corners of covers creased. Text block browned. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contents otherwise clean.

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
Written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Richard Holmes. Illustrated by Garrick Palmer.
Stock no. 1830617
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Richard Holmes. Burgundy silk moire boards, gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front. Pale blue endpapers. Printed on pale blue paper. B/w wood engravings. 50 pages. Spine very lightly faded else a lovely copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE LITTLE GREY MEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330482
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story about the last gnomes in Britain, their exploration of the Folly Brook and their search for Cloudberry, their long-lost brother who went up the Folly and never returned... Grey cloth, red titles. Enchanting b/w wood-engravings. 200 pages. (The true first edition, as this book was later published with colour plates). Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover at top of spine and top front cover. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn with slight loss to top of spine, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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DICKENS' LONDON
Written by Charles Dickens; Rosalind Vallance. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1830590
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Essays selected and Introduced by Rosalind Vallance. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. Light brown pictorial paper boards. B/w illustrations. 239 pages. Eighth impression. Minor browning to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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OUR BIRD BOOK
Written by Sidney Rogerson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330450
Published by Collins. 3rd 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. 8 x 11". 128 pages. Superb colour plates plus many fine black and white illustrations. A particularly beautiful book. Large format. Spine and corners bumped. Some light spotting to covers and light scratch marks to front. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is foxed and a bit grubby, browned to spine and edge worn with minimal loss.

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BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD
Written by Sidney Rogerson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1330449
Published by The Country Book Club. 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beautiful colour plates. B/w illustrations. A book about farming. Spine and corners bumped. A few small dents to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed, browned to spine and is slightly edge worn with a couple of small tears.

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QUIET AS MOSS
Written by Andrew Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1330433
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Thirty-six poems chosen by Leonard Clark. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 39 numbered pages. Small mark to front edge of spine. Spine very slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Pale blue pictorial wrapper is edge worn, foed and faded to spine and folds. Small damp stains to front fold.

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