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BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM
Written by James M. McPherson.
Stock no. 1330825
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Civil War Era. The Oxford History of the United States Volume 6. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0195038630. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing and browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and lightly browned, foxed on verso.

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THE TALE OF TWO BAD MICE
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209019
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Grey boards with white titles and pictorial onlay of Hunca Munca to front cover. Pretty colour illustrations throughout. 85 pages. Gift inscription and small booksellers stamp in purple ink to front pastedown. Professionally rebacked preserving most of original spine (some light glue staining to spine edges). Joints have been neatly reinforced. Contents are bright and clean. A nice copy of the first edition.

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THE STORY OF A FIERCE BAD RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209018
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit was written specially for Louie, the daughter of Harold Warne, who succeeded his father Frederick as head of the Warne publishing company. Louie had told Aunt Beatrix that Peter was much too good a rabbit and that she wanted a story about a really naughty one! The first edition is printed in panoramic form, mounted on a strip of linen and folded concertina-style into a wallet with a tuck-in flap. Needless to say, these were very fragile and few survived. Later editions were printed in the usual small book format. The wallet is covered with green pictorial cloth with a colour onlay of the Bad Rabbit to the front. "New York & London" on rear cover denotes that this is the second printing, one month after the first. Folds slightly rubbed, first opening lightly foxed. Some very slight surface paper damage at margins of first few pages. Covers are slightly soiled. Tab closure and retaining flap intact. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209017
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1903. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Small format. Dark green boards, white lettering. 85 pages. Colour illustrations. A couple of pages have small marks at inner margins. Stitching showing in two openings but binding still firm. Minor fading to covers and spine, small pale mark to publisher imprint on front cover. Small repaired area to base of spine (professional). Later printed glassine wrapper (possibly 3rd printing as it states "New Books for 1904"), torn with small areas of loss (mainly to spine) and later paper restoration to spine and edges. A nice copy of the 2nd printing. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1209016
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated brown cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. All edges gilt. 84 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light stain to rear cover. Some light fingering to textblock and page margins A lovely copy of the deluxe edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL TALES 1-23
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330824
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 2015. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A beautiful boxset of the Peter Rabbit books. Each small volume has blue boards with colour illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. The text has been reset and the illustrations reproduced. ISBN: 9780723275923. Books are fine. A few of the wrappers are slightly creased to spines and a couple have creases to rear panels else bright. The paper covering of the box is lifting from one corner slightly. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY: TALES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830962
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nine tales from Chaucer retold by Serraillier in straightforward, modern language, omitting all the rhetoric digressions that a modern reader would find tedious. Pale green boards with gilt title to spine. Pink endpapers. B/w wood engravings. 144 pages. ISBN: 0722655312. Boards clean. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Small brown mark to half-title page and title page vertical edge. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, a little grubby/scuffed and has a few closed tears to top rear edge.

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LANTERNS ACROSS THE SNOW
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830961
Published by Long Barn Books. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

A beautifully descriptive recollection of a child's Christmas at a country rectory; her final Christmas before her life alters forever. The story begins with an old lady watching the snow start to fall on Christmas Eve, and she remembers. She's the only one left who remembers. Purple cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Purple and white decorated endpapers. B/w wood engraving illustrations. 70 pages. ISBN: 1902421019. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Boards clean and bright. Minor corner crease to a couple of pages else a lovely copy contained in publisher's red card slipcase with very light wear.

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THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING
Written by T.H. White; Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830960
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

The most odd, innocent, entertaining and loved incarnation of King Arthur during the 20th century. Introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Attractive blue and silver pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. 616 pages. Boards clean, text block very slightly grubby/foxed. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed, small split to one edge and has a few tiny marks to ends.

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TALES FROM WATERSHIP DOWN
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830958
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tales from Watership Down is in three parts: the first consists of five traditional tales of El-ahrairah and two more modern rabbit stories, the second contains four episodes recounting events that befell El-ahrairah and Rabscuttle on their return from visiting the Black Rabbit of Inlé, and the third contains eight chapters dealing with the Watership warren in the months following the events of the original book. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Green endpapers. 195 pages. ISBN: 0091801664. Hinge split between page 184 and 185 otherwise binding is tight and contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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OENONE IN JANUARY
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830957
Published by The Old Stile Press. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

There is a stanza for each day of the month of January which explores the world through the eyes of a three-year-old; people, relationships and the language they use. Small format. Peach paper boards, gilt to spine, black title and vignette to front board. B/w wood engravings. 21 pages. Limited edition of 350 signed by author and illustrator. ISBN: 0907664172. SIGNED by author and illustrator in pencil to verso rear endpaper. Very light, minor rubbing to corners of boards. Contents clean. This is copy 63. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed.

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SHERSTON'S PROGRESS
Written by Siegfried Sassoon. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830956
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition.

The final volume of Sassoon's trilogy finds Sherston, rather than being court-martialed, sent to a mental hospital where he finds a sympathizing ear in Dr. Rivers. Gradually he works his way through his anti-war feelings, though he does not abandon them, to the point that he requests a return to the front. Light tan pictorial cloth boards. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 171 pages. Title block to spine lightly rubbed else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase lightly worn at corners and a few minor marks.

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