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Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'). Alice's Adventures Under Ground, being a Facsimile of the Original MS. Book Afterwards Developed into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", 1st ed., Macmillan and Co., 1886, b & w illusts. throughout, a.e.g., orig. red cloth gilt, slightly frayed at head & foot of spine, 8vo, together with The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch, 1st ed., 1932, b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth in slightly darkened and frayed d.j., 4to (2)
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Greenaway (Kate). Almanack for 1883, pub. Routledge, [1882], col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth?backed pict. boards, rubbed and sl. marked, 24mo, together with Language of Flowers, pub. Routledge, [c.1884], col. illusts., sl. spotting, orig. pict. boards, rubbed and sl. marked, some edge?wear, 12mo, plus Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children, Warne, [c.1920], plts. and illusts., a.e.g., orig. padded straight?grained morocco gilt, 16mo, and 2 other Warne Birthday Books, both with inscriptions and juvenile colouring etc. (5)
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Lang (Andrew). The Red Fairy Book, 1890; The Green Fairy Book, 1892; The Yellow Fairy Book, 1894; The Violet Fairy Book, 1901; The Crimson Fairy Book, 1903; The Brown Fairy Book, 1904; The Olive Fairy Book, 1907; The Lilac Fairy Book, 1910; The Blue Poetry Book, 1891; The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898; The Book of Romance, 1902; The Red Romance Book, 1905, plts. and illusts. to each, upper hinge of 'Olive Fairy Book' partially split, a.e.g., all orig gilt dec. cloth, generally in bright condition, 'Lilac Fairy Book' a little faded on spine, 8vo, together with 9 others by Lang (21)
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Weatherly (F.E.). Out of Town, n.d., pub. Hildesheimer & Faulkner, c. 1890, num. chromos. by Linnie Watt and monochrome illusts. to text by Ernest Wilson, orig. linen?backed glazed pict. boards, a little soiled and scratched, small 4to, together with Caldwell (E.), Piggy Wiggy's Picture Book, n.d., pub. Marcus Ward & Co., c. 1890, num. col. illusts., some marginal finger soiling and a few marginal paper repairs, orig. glazed pict. boards with recent linen?backstrip, small square 4to, plus The Little One's Delight, Stanley series, pub. Brooke House Publishing Co., c. 1903, num. col. illusts. by E.A. Bradshaw, May Dixon, L.H. White, and others, commercial ads. both front and rear, orig. linen?backed pict. boards, slim 8vo, and others similar (19)
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Rossetti (Dante Gabriel, 1828?82). The Blessed Damozel, illust. Percy Bulcock, pub. John Lane, n.d., c. 1900, eight eng. illusts., ownership signature of W.M. Rossetti, 1902, t.e.g., orig. limp morocco gilt, spine deficient and some pages loose, sm. 4to, together with Rossetti (William Michael, ed.), American Poems, 1st ed., [1872?], editor's ownership singature, a.e.g., orig. dec. cloth gilt, spine sl. frayed, plus Shelley Adonais, new ed., 1903, inscribed 'To my daughter Mary, W.M. Rossetti, Novr. 1903', orig. cloth, rubbed, plus Gilbert (Humphrey), Queene Elizabethes Achademy: A Book of Precedence..., edited by F.J.Furnivall, with Essays on Early Italian and German Books of Courtesy, by W.M.Rossetti and E. Oswald, 1869, prelims. browned, inscribed 'Received by my mother's bequest & given to my daughter Helen, W.M. Rossetti, 1886', contemp. half morocco, rubbed, spine deficient, all 8vo (4)
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Tacitus (Gaius Cornelius). Opere, con la Traduzione in Volgar Fiorentino del Signor Bernardo Davanzati...., Venice, 1677, additional eng. title (partly coloured with later brown pencil), brown pencil underscoring and marginalia throughout in an unidentified hand, occ. spotting or soiling, endpaper inscribed by Frances Rossetti, 'W.M. Rossetti from his mother, 1876', old vellum, sl. soiled and a little wear, 4to, together with Leopardi (Giacomo), Pensieri di varia Filosofia e di Bella Litteratura, vol. 1 only, Florence, 1898, port. frontis., browned throughout, inscribed 'To my dear Helen [his daughter] when circumstances kept us both in a Leopardic mood, W.M. Rossetti, Florence ? Oct. '98', contemp. half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, plus Reybaud (Louis), Jerome Paturot,a la Recherche d'une Position Sociale, illust. J.?J. Grandville, Paris, 1846, wood?eng. illusts. throughout, unidentified presentation inscription in German dated 1846, and facing ownership signature of W.M. Rossetti, 1871, his presentation inscription to his daughter Helen, 1903, and beneath this William notes, 'This book was a great favourite with Gabriel & me towards 1847', contemp. gilt?dec. qtr. morocco, some wear, lge, 8vo, plus other misc. books incl. odd vols., the majority with ownership/presentation inscriptions of W.M. Rossetti and other family members A full list of books and inscriptions is available on request. (23)
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Austin (Sarah). The Story Without an End. From the German of Carove. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B., 1868, presentation inscription on title 'Will the poet accept a most delapidated copy?? and the most grateful thanks of EVB', sepia frontis. and fifteen chromos. printed by the Leighton Brothers, b & w illusts. to text, first few pages loose and very slightly frayed at edges, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, slight wear to extrems., 4to With an enthusiastic Als to an unknown recipient, 'My dear Sir, I cannot describe to you half the great pleasure that you have given me ? but I must tell you, and explain the reason of this long delay in acknowledging the gift. It may be partly understood by the address (which is enclosed) my letters etc. continually go to those much?hated golf links and nettlebed and something must be done about it! ... I have only this deplorable copy of that story without end to send you but may I offer it with a mark at the drawing to which I fancy you alewd?? I wonder! I am glad I did open the parcel before May 1. I enjoyed the book and your most interesting words, far more alone, than on the table of birthday gifts which is no doubt to be spread for me ? your poems I have loved for years ...' Osborne Collection p.329?30. (1)
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[Boyle, Eleanor Vere]. A Dream Book by E.V.B., 1870, presentation copy, inscribed on half title 'from E.V.B. to Mr Bridges, May 1913', twelve mounted autotype plts. printed by Messrs. Cundall & Fleming, a.e.g., contents slightly loose in orig. dec. green cloth, minor wear to extrems., slim 4to Two of the printed poems have been initialled in pencil by Eleanor Vere Boyle. This copy without the frontispiece(?). (1)
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Andersen (Hans Christian). Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Twelve Large Designs in Colour after Original Drawings by E.V.B. Newly translated by H.L.D. Ward and Augusta Plesner, 1872, twelve fine chromos. printed by Leighton Brothers (fore?margin of frontis. slightly trimmed), a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to A good copy. Osborne Collection p.579?80 refers to two letters written by Andersen, September 11, 1871 'A lavishly produced edition ... will soon be published in London; they have sent me an interesting proof?sheet. I wish they would send me a royalty, that would be even more interesting', and on December 10, 1871 'No book of mine has ever been as beautifully got up as this. The pictures are printed in colour that they may the better impress themselves upon the childish vision ...' (1)
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[Boyle, Eleanor Vere]. Days and Hours in a Garden, 8th ed., 1892, b & w illusts. and decs., a.e.g., near?contemp. Arts & Crafts style green morocco by Hatchards, 8vo, together with A Book of the Heavenly Birthdays, by E.V.B., 2nd ed., 1894, author's presentation copy, inscribed on flyleaf 'To the garden Friend whom I have never seen! From E.V.B., Christmas 1895', b & w illusts. and decs. to text, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. parchment wrappers retained in later green morocco gilt, rubbed, plus Sylvana's Letters to an Unknown Friend, by E.V.B., 1900, b & w illusts. from photos., t.e.g., remainder rough?trimmed, contemp. tree calf, gilt dec. spine, 8vo, and two others (5)
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Crane (Walter). Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest. Engraved & Printed by Duncan C. Dallas, Dallastype Press, 1893, eight window?mounted b & w illusts., printed on tissue, loosely contained in orig. two?tone cloth book?box, lettered and blocked in gilt, a little soiled and minor wear to extrems., 4to Limited edition 123/600, signed by Walter Crane and Duncan Dallas. (1)
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Housman (Laurence, illust.). Prunella, or Love in a Dutch Garden, by Granville Barker, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911, frontis., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, 4to, together with Crane (Walter, illust.), Red Riding Hood's Picture Book, Walter Crane's Picture Books Volume IV [reissue], pub. John Lane, 1898, col. illusts. throughout, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed, 4to, plus 2 others by Housman (4)
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Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Peer Gynt, A Dramatic Poem by Henrik Ibsen, 1st ed., 1936, twelve col. plts., each with printed tissue guards, b & w illusts., dec. endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, together with The Allies' Fairy Book..., 1st ed., [1916], twelve col. plts. with tissue guards, b & w illusts. to text, orig. cloth, arkened to spine, 8vo, with A Dish of Apples, by Eden Phillpotts, 1st ed., [1921],three tipped?in col. plts. and b & w illusts. to text, orig. dec. cloth, small 4to, plus two others illustrated by Rackham (5)
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Rackham (Arthur, illust.). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1st ed., [1915], col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, pict. endpapers, orig. pict. cloth, sl. rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with 'A Dish of Apples' in the orig. cloth, lacking front endpaper, plus Brooke (L. Leslie), The Three Little Pigs and Tom Thumb, The Golden Goose and the Three Bears, A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book, numbers 1 & 2, all later reprints, Warne, c.1930s, num. colour plts., orig. pict. d.j's, some marks and discolouration, 4to (6)
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Robinson (W. Heath). Railway Ribaldry, Being 96 Pages of Railway Humour, 1st ed., pub. G.W.R., 1935, num. b & w illusts., orig. pict. stiff wrappers, rubbed, together with another copy of the same book, 4to, plus Dulac (Edmund, illust.), Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross, [1915], mounted col. plts., b & w illusts., some light spotting, orig. cloth in sl. chipped d.j., 4to, and one other (4)
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Searle (Ronald, illust.). The Feale Approach, with Masciline Sidelights by Ronald Searle, 1st ed., 1949, numerous b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly torn d.j., 8vo, together with Back to the Slaughterhouse and Other Ugly Moments, 1st ed., 1951, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, with The Terror of St.Trinian's, 1st ed., 1952, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slighlt frayed d.j., 8vo, and with It Must be True "It was all in the Papers", 1st ed., 1952, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus sixty?six others illustrated by Ronald Searle published between 1949?89, including Slightly Foxed? but still Desirable, Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book Collecting, col. illusts., orig. boards in d.j., small folio (70)
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The Yellow Book. An Illustrated Quarterly, vols. 1?13, [all published], April, 1894?April 1897, b & w illusts., orig. yellow cloth blocked in black with designs by Aubrey Beardsley, small 4to An exceptional set, in clean condition (six volumes still retaining their original plain paper dust jackets). (13)
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Wain (Louis). Fun and Frolic Painting Book, Father Tuck's Patent Paintbox series, n.d., c. 1910, 28pp., num. col. and b & w illusts., some col. by juvenile hand, orig. glazed pict. boards, a little soiled, small slim folio (lacks paintbrush), together with Happy Times, by Louis Wain, Father Tuck's Indestructable Board series, n.d., c. 1910, six full?page col. illusts., orig. linen?backed glazed pict. boards, a little soiled and minor wear to extrems., small slim 4to, plus Daddy Cat, Illustrated by Louis Wain, pub. Blackie & Son Ltd., [1914], 36pp., col. illusts. throughout, finger soiling and a few marginal tears, orig. linen?backed boards, pict. panel to upper cover, soiled and a little worn, slim 8vo (3)
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Wain (Louis, et al.). The Hurdy Gurdy, A Book for the Little Folks' Playtime, Nister, c.1895, addn. title illust. by Wain, chromo plts. and b&w illusts. to text, some illusts. to text coloured in a juvenile hand, orig. cloth?backed pict. boards, rubbed, some edge wear, 4to, together with 5 others, childrens (6)
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Carrick (Malcolm b. 1945). The Millers Tale, original illustration from 'The Wise Men of Gotham', c. 1970s, orig. watercolour, unsigned, with another orig. drawing from the same work 'The Cuckoo' (apparently not used), plus two other orig. illustrations by the same artist from another work, each approx. 24 x 38 cm., framed and glazed With a first edition of the book 'The Wise Men of Gotham', 1973, signed by Carrick. (5)
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London. Original c.1950s hand?painted book entitled 'A First Visit to London written & Illustrated by Muriel Broderick', with eight gouache and black ink over pencil drawings showing a boy and girl enjoying the sights, with captions written in pencil, some pages blank, contained in hand?pained board covers, approx. 18 x 23.5 cm Probably an unfinished mock?up for a book that the author had hoped to get published. (1)
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Mozley (Charles b.1915). Collection of twenty?nine original preparatory book illustrations, c.1960's, pen & ink, pencil & charcoal drawings on paper, some heightened with white, majority laid down on card, includes images of Vulcan, Athena, Hercules, Isis & Horus, Perseus, Poseidon, Cupid & Psyche etc., dimensions approx. 120 x 140mm to 215 x 140mm, contained in modern plastic ring binder Charles Mozley was born in Sheffield. He studied at Sheffield School of Art and at the Royal College of Art (1933?37). He taught anatomy and life drawing at Camberwell School of Art (1938?39) before army service in WWII. He illustrated many books, dust jackets, theatre & film posters. He was also responsible for several murals for the Festival of Britain in 1951. (1)
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Flint (W. Russell, illust.). The Book of Tobit and the History of Susanna, reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha with an introduction by Dr. Montague R. James, Haymarket Press, 1929, eight tipped?in col. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. full vellum gilt with ties, slim 4to Limited edition 8/100. (1)
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Parker (Agnes Miller, illust.). A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman, 1st ed., pub. George G. Harrap, 1940, wood eng. vignette illusts., t.e.g., contemp. qtr. morocco gilt, together with a duplicate copy bound in orig. cloth with torn d.j., both 8vo, together with Tunnicliffe (C.F., illust.), The Seasons & The Fisherman, A Book for Children Written by F. Fraser Darling, pub. Cambridge University Press, 1941, b & w illusts., occ. scattered spotting, orig. printed boards with cloth spine strip, slim 4to, with Foster (Marcia Lane, illust.), The Headswoman by Kenneth Grahame, 1st illust. ed., 1921, col. plts. and b & w illusts., orig. qtr. cloth, slim 8vo, and Gill (Eric), Twenty?Five Nudes Engraved by Eric Gill, 1st ed., 1938, orig. cloth gilt, slim 8vo, and Peake (Mervyn, illust.), The Adventures of the Young Soldier in Search of the Better World by C.E.M. Joad, 1st ed., 1943, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus two others (8)
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Parker (Agnes Miller, illust.). Wood Engravings from the Fables of Esope. The Story of a Remarkable Book by Ian Rogerson, together with Wood Engravings from XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk?Tales. John Sampson and The Gypsies of Wales, by Ian Rogerson, together 2 vols., Gregynog Press, 1996?97, b&w wood eng. plts., printed from the original blocks on Japanese vellum, partly untrimmed, orig. matching cloth?backed patterned boards, in matching slipcases, folio Limited edition 69/200 & 72/200 respectively. Handsomely produced reprints of two of Agnes Miller Parker's finest private press works. (2)
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Martin (Frank (born 1921)). A series of eleven woodcut illustrations to The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night, pub. Folio Society, 1958, b&w woodcuts, each signed in pencil, approx. 17.5 x 10.5 cm and similar, together with eleven ex?libris by Frank Martin, all for Gordon Smith, all featuring female nudes, mostly signed in pencil, approx. 16.5 x 10 cm and smaller, incl. one or two duplicates, plus eight other various erotic bookplates by Elly de Koster, Paolo Rovegno, Jacques Rasdolsky, etc, all contained in modern plastic album (1)
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Disney (Walt). Mickey Mouse Annual, pub. Dean & Son, [1930], four col. plts. (complete) and b&w illusts. throughout, owner ink inscription to front free endpaper, orig. col. pictorial boards showing Mickey drawing in a book with a quill, some minor edge wear but generally in bright condition, 4to A very good copy of the first ever Mickey Mouse annual. (1)
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Milne (A.A.). Now We are Six, 1st ed., 1927 (2 copies), b & w illusts. by Ernest H. Shepard, orig. printed endpapers, contemp. inscription to half?title of one copy, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, spines slightly faded, 8vo, together with The House at Pooh Corner, 1st ed., 1928, b & w illusts. by Shepard, orig. printed endpapers (a little browned and with signature to f.f.e), t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, faded, 8vo, with Toad of Toad Hall, A Play from Kenneth Grahame's Book 'The Wind in the Willows', 1st ed., 1929, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, with The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, 1st ed., 1930, b & w illusts. by Shepard, contemp. inscription to f.f.e., orig. gilt dec. cloth in slightly worn d.j., sq. 8vo, with Behind the Lines, 1st ed., 1940, orig. qtr. cloth in slightly frayed d.j., 8vo, plus 1934 reprints of When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We are Six and The House at Pooh Corner, all orig. cloth in d.j.s., a little worn and darkened to spines, 8vo (10)
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O'Neill (Rose). The Kewpies, Their Book, 1st ed., New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1913, illustrated throughout in orange and black, some minor marks, pictorial endpapers, orig. boards with large colour illust. mounted to front cover, rubbed and marked, a little faded to top edge, spine partially defective, 4to, together with Cox (Palmer), The Brownies: Their Book, 1st ed., pub. T. Fisher Unwin, 1887, b&w illusts. throughout, later orange endpapers, orig. pictorial boards, recased with orig. spine laid down, rubbed and marked, 4to, plus Fyleman (Rose), The Katy Kruse Dolly Book, 1st ed., pub. George Harrap, 1927, col. plts. of dolls in tableaux vivants, orig. cloth backed boards with mounted colour illusts. to upper cover, some minor marks, oblong 4to (3)
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Pop?ups. Puss in Boots, illust. Kathleen Hale, A Peepshow Book, 1951, col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth?backed col. pictorial boards with ties, gift inscription to lower cover, 12mo, and Cinderella Panorama Book, Six Magnificent Scenes, pub. Collins, c.1940, col. illusts. throughout, first panoramic scene repaired, orig. col. pict. boards, rubbed and marked, some edge wear, 4to (2)
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Horovitz (Michael). The Wolverhampton Wanderer, An Epic of Britannia in Twelve Books With a Resurrection and a Life, for Poetry United, pub. Latimer, 1971, illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in rubbed and sl. marked d.j. with cover design by Peter Blake, 4to Limited edition 74/100, signed by "the author and the artists and the photographers who have contributed to the book", including Adrian Henri, Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Feliks Topolski, David Hockney, Jeff Nutall and many others. (1)
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Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1894; The Second Jungle Book, 1895; Soldier Tales, 1896; Captains Courageous, 1897, all 1st eds., pub. Macmillan, illusts. to each, cut?down upper cover of d.j. (probably from slightly later edition) tipped?in to half?title or first blank of each, a.e.g., all orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, sl. rubbed, spines to third and fourth vols. a little marked and faded, 8vo (4)
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Le Carré (John). The Russia House, London limited Editions, 1989, orig. qtr. cloth in glassine wrapper, together with Burton (Miles), Situation Vacant, 1st ed., Crime Club, 1946, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed and frayed d.j., and Macinnes (Colin), To the Victors the Spoils, 1st ed., 1950, orig. cloth in VG d.j., plus MacColl (Ewan), Uranium 235. A Documentary Play in Eleven Episodes, [1948], orig. cloth?backed pictorial boards, 8vo, and De La Mare (Walter), A Child's Day. A Book of Rhymes, New York, n.d., c.1916, twenty?four mounted b & w photo. illusts., signed and dated to half title in ink 'Walter de la Mare December 1916', orig. linen?backed boards with pictorial panel to upper cover, 8vo, plus others including Robert Van Gulik first editions, Andrew Lang, etc. ()11)
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Pratchett (Terry). The Carpet People, 1st ed., Gerrards Cross, Colin Smythe, 1971, b&w illusts. by the author, a few minor marks to edges, orig. cloth in price?clipped d.j. with 'duraseal' d.j. protector (as issued), a few light marks to the protector, 8vo Author's first book, with his signature to title. (1)
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Steinbeck (John). The Grapes of Wrath, 1st English ed., 1939, Book Society bookplate (designed by Robert Gibbings) to front pastedown, orig. blue cloth, a little rubbed on joints and to extrems., one or two minor surface marks, in frayed and chipped d.j., with minor loss to extrems., slight stain along spine (mainly visible to verso only), 8vo (1)
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