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A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
Written by James Joyce. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1831227
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated Edition. The story of Stephen Dedalus, a boy growing up in Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century, as he gradually decides to cast off all his social, familial, and religious constraints to live a life devoted to the art of writing. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front board. 6 full-page b/w illustrations. 257 pages. Top edge green. Boards clean. Text block browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers, else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn.

COLLECTED STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1829491
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Edition. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, in green title block. 400 pages, top edge green. B/w illustrations. Small mark to spine. Text block lightly browned. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. A few minor foxspots to endpapers else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, browned to rear panel, small tear to front edge of spine, repaired to verso with tape which is now lost leaving tape marks.

THE WINNOWING DREAM
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 1323827
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ariel Poems (new series). Blue cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustrations plus a couple of small b/w text illustrations. A very slim volume. Booklet is fine. Contained in original posting envelope which is foxed and has been opened at the top edge.

MAURA'S ANGEL
Written by Lynne Reid Banks. Illustrated by Robin Jacques.
Stock no. 732200
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1984. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of contemporary Belfast - with a difference. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460061526. SIGNED by the author on title-page. White pictorial wrapper is slightly browned to spine with a faint damp stain at base.