RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2134321
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

The perfect showcase for Dulac's genius in depicting eastern fantasy with 20 magnificent tipped-in colour plates. Cream buckram stamped in rich gilt. Front cover has peacock design above and elephants below a central wreath. Spine has gilt titles and vignette of a flower urn. Peacock feather design on endpapers. Brown decorative border to each page. 11.25 x 8.75". Unpaginated. Spine is very browned, with a couple of chips/nicks to top and tail. Bumping to corners. A few knocks to cover edges. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to various degrees throughout the book. Plates are still very good!

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MISTER BANNOCK
Written by Edgar Primrose Dickie. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1320447
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A nonsense story. Red cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 91 pages. Covers are mottled, fading to top front edge. Spine bumped. Tiny dents to lower edges of covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel, foxed on verso.

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THE PEEK-A-BOOS' HOLIDAY
Written by Tom Preston. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1320360
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Red cloth spine with gilt title. Delightful 'chubby' children illustrations! Edges are worn. Spine faded. Some damp marks and general grubbiness to covers. New endpapers. Pages are lightly browned but illustrations are bright. A little damp staining to some page edges.

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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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A STORY TELLER FORTY YEARS IN LONDON
Written by W. Pett Ridge.
Stock no. 2134222
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1923. Fair condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 1880-1920. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading/browning to covers; some marks. Frontis is detached, but still present. Foxing to outer page edges. A reading copy only!

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SIR RICHARD BURTON: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Michael Hastings.
Stock no. 2133996
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0340218525. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine; edge-creased with large tear to top of front panel.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1319525
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1919. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine and elaborate peacock and elephant design to front cover. 20 superb colour plates, tipped onto cream card with decorative border and each with a tissue-guard. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to contents. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. The covers of this copy are beautifully bright and clean as the book has been protected by the scarce original dustwrapper. The dustwrapper is slightly foxed and browned to spine with slight wear.

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MOTHER GOOSE AND HER FRIENDS TOMMY TUCKER'S STORIES
Written by Maude Radford Warren; Eve Davenport. Illustrated by Charles A. Federer.
Stock no. 1319204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1925. Very good condition.

Stories based on mother goose nursery rhymes. Green cloth with black titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped-in colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 361 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear cover is just a little grubby from fingermarks. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Page browning to half title-page and to rear fly-leaf. Some fingermarks to page margins.

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INSURRECTION
Written by Robyn Young.
Stock no. 2133340
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blood, Battle Betrayal - the first book in the epic trilogy telling the story of Robert The Bruce. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. 488 pages plus character list, glossary and bibliography. ISBN: 9780340963647. SIGNED by author. Small bump at base of spine. Pages lightly browned. Wrapper has very light rubbing at edges and is complete with red wraparound band.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133295
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spotting to covers. Bumping to covers. Some hinges are pulled; a few gatherings are detached/stitching is broken. Chipping to page edges; a little loss; foxing. Wrapper is badly creased and torn with some loss; most of picture to front is complete.

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MERRY AND BRIGHT
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133294
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful full-page colour illustrations of doggies. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks/browning to covers. Foxing throughout.

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MY PETS AND THEIR WAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin; J.H. Hartley; G.F. Christie; Hubert Whatley; et al..
Stock no. 2133290
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl, two dogs, cat and duck, red titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. Short stories and verses. First story is Mischief. 1" tear hole to top of spine; a little fraying to cloth. Chipping and bumping along cover edges and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Name in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and margin marks throughout. Front joint is partially cracked.

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