ALDISS, BRIAN W

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine- 1cm gouge with loss, moderate hcafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1968

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LEWIS, C S

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red & white light card covers, red lettering to spine, 64pp, VG (light rubbing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate foxing to eps and page edges, small bookseller stamp to verso of front cover) in d/w, VG (slight rubbing to covers, light foxing and soiling to covers, moderate tanning to spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1949

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TITUS, EVE & GALDONE, PAUL (Pictures)

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers, 32pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine with some loss to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sporadic moderate foxing/soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1957

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature picture books Anatole illustrated French English translations

TITUS, EVE & GALDONE, PAUL (Pictures)

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 32pp, illus, VG (light bruising & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, page block loosened but still attached, occasional spots of foxing/tanning throughout- quite minor) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing with some moderate chafing & surface loss also)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1961

KEYWORDS: UK modern first editions children's literature picture books Anatole illustrated French English translations

LENNON, JOHN & FREEMAN, ROBERT (Cover Photo)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 93pp, illus, VG (light chafing & peeling to spine & boards with minor tanning also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & to pages throughout, prev. ownership markings to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1965

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BEARD, JO ANN

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 79pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Serpent's Tail 2023

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BRUCE, LEO

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling/fading to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1951

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EDMOND, MURRAY

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 200 COPIES, octavo, brown stapled light card covers (in teal jacket) black lettering to covers, 80pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Compound Press 2019

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BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, blue heavy boards, red gilt lettering to white buckram spine, ix + 99pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence 1978

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RAINA, RAHUL

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, super octavo, light card covers, red & coloured lettering to spine, printed eps, 292pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2021

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JAQUES, NATHALIE et al (Ed)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#62/100), appears to be mis-bound but is the legitimate presentation of the concept/book, sm octavo, grey light card covers, red lettering to covers, 94pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: GLORIA 2018

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SENDAK, MAURICE

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 48pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy chafing & scuffing to spine with some minor loss to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1969

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THOMAS, ROY & SIMON, PHILIP R (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 530pp + illus terminals, illus, VG+ (light creasing & culring to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Books 2008

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FRAME, JANET

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 219 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, VG (damp stain to front board and spine, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate foxing to page edges and eps, prev owners sign in ink to fep); in d/w, G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate creasing and chipping to edges & extrems with sm open tears to spine extrems and flap hinges, moderate tanning and foxing).

PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1961

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SLAUGHTER, TRACEY

FIRST EDITION. 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024

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TURNER, LILIAN & JOHNSON, A J (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (G+) a very tatty copy - lacks ffep with heavy cracking to some gutters- binding loose; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D (c.1900s?)

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TURNER, LILIAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1922

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TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY)

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) some pages may be detached; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1927

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TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY) & MACFARLANE, J (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D

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TURNER, LILIAN (THOMPSON, Mrs F LINDSAY) & MACFARLANE, J (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D

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