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  • Aragon, Éluard, Vercors. by ARAGON, Louis; ÉLUARD, Paul; BRULLER, Jean;
    ARAGON, Louis; ÉLUARD, Paul; BRULLER, Jean;
    Aragon, Éluard, Vercors.

    Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1946. First Edition. Softback covers. Preface by Emmanuel D'Astier de la Vigerie. Published by "Conseil National de la Résistance" on BFK de Rives paper. Edges of the covers are slightly age toned. 42 [1] pages.

    . Première édition. Couvertures souples. Précédés d'une préface par Emmanuel D'Astier de la Vigerie. Edité pour le "Conseil National de la Résistance" - BFK de Rives papier. Les bords des couvertures sont légèrement vieillis. 42 [1] pages.

    Book ID: 3935
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  • Babar at Home. by BRUNHOFF, Jean de
    BRUNHOFF, Jean de
    Babar at Home.

    London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1938. Publisher's quarter blue cloth and colour pictorial boards. Text in English. 39 [1] pp. 365 x 265 mm (14¼ x 10½ inches). In a good condition. Boards lightly rubbed / handled, and with some light scrapes (area of light pen scribble). Back board has some sun fading. Both head and tail of spine have been slightly bumped / appear restored. Some pages have been neatly repaired at the bottom (see photos).

    Book ID: 2723
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  • Signed
    Battles and Enchantments. by O'CONOR, Norreys Jephson
    O'CONOR, Norreys Jephson
    Battles and Enchantments. Retold from Ancient Irish Literature.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. Author signed, First Edition. In original blue cloth with gilt decoration to front board and title to spine. Original brown unclipped paper dust jacket. Dust jacket has some marks and is nicked to the head of the spine. Inside the book is clean, just basic shelf wear. Author signed dedication to FFEP. 168 pages. 200 x 145 mm (7¾ x 5¾ inches).

    Book ID: 2093
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  • Biography. by VAYENAS, Nasos; BURNS, Richard
    VAYENAS, Nasos; BURNS, Richard
    Biography.

    Cambridge: 1978. An attractive slim volume of poetry. Printed by the National Poetry Centre for Lobby Press. Green paper covers. Clean and without edgewear, but a touch of fading to the spine. Internally clean and tidy throughout. 19 poems by the Greek author Nasos Vayenas. 200 by 140mm (7¾ by 5½ inches).

    . Un petit volume de poésie attrayant. Imprimé par le Centre national de poésie pour Lobby Press. Couvertures en papier vert. Propre et sans usure des bords, mais avec une légère décoloration du dos. L'intérieur est propre et bien rangé. 19 poèmes de l'auteur grec Nasos Vayenas. 200 x 140 mm

    Book ID: 4173
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  • Cardboard Castle. by WREN, Percival Christopher
    WREN, Percival Christopher
    Cardboard Castle.

    Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First edition. No dust jacket. Orange boards faded to front and spine. Ex library, with a few stamps to front blank pages. Overall good reading copy. 311 pages. 195 x 130 mm (7¾ x 5 inches).
    P.C. Wren is best known for his work Beau Geste. This story involves a woman, who thought herself a widow because her husband was officially declared dead, remarrying only to meet her 'dead' husband alive many years later. The invention of a fictional South-American country called Boruela, and its wicked dictator, only add to a strange plot.

    Book ID: 3868
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  • Catalogue des Livres Rares et Précieux composant la Bibliothèque de M E -F -D Ruggieri by LABITTE, Adolphe Libraire
    LABITTE, Adolphe Libraire
    Catalogue des Livres Rares et Précieux composant la Bibliothèque de M E -F -D Ruggieri

    Mansfield Centre CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. First Edition Thus. Very nice copy of this limited edition facsimile. A copy of the 1873 original. The Ruggieri brothers were French pyrotechnic experts of the Eighteenth Century. The family assembled a collection of over 1500 books on the subject of festivals or fétes. Important as there is no standard bibliography of the subject. Here is the bibliography of this collection. Although a facsimile, this has additional author and title indexes making it more usable. Red cloth and black leather spine with gilt titles. In as new condition inside and out. xi, [i], 1-413 pages.Text in French throughout. 220 by 150mm (8¾ by 6 inches).

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    Mansfield Centre CT: Martino Fine Books, 1998. First Edition Thus. Very nice copy of this limited edition facsimile. A copy of the 1873 original. The Ruggieri brothers were French pyrotechnic experts of the Eighteenth Century. The family assembled a collection of over 1500 books on the subject of festivals or fétes. Important as there is no standard bibliography of the subject. Here is the bibliography of this collection. Although a facsimile, this has additional author and title indexes making it more usable. Red cloth and black leather spine with gilt titles. In as new condition inside and out. xi, [i], 1-413 pages.Text in French throughout. 220 by 150mm (8¾ by 6 inches).

    . Première édition. Très bel exemplaire de ce fac-similé en édition limitée. Une copie de l'original de 1873. Les frères Ruggieri étaient des experts français en pyrotechnie au dix-huitième siècle. La famille a rassemblé une collection de plus de 1500 livres sur le thème des fêtes. Cette collection est importante car il n'existe pas de bibliographie standard sur le sujet. Voici la bibliographie de cette collection. Bien qu'il s'agisse d'un fac-similé, celui-ci comporte des index supplémentaires des auteurs et des titres, ce qui le rend plus utilisable. Toile rouge et dos en cuir noir avec titres dorés. En état neuf à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur. xi, [i], 1-413 pages. Texte en français tout au long. 220 x 150 mm

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    Book ID: 4363
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  • Signed by the author - his own copy.
    Come to the War. by THOMAS, Leslie
    THOMAS, Leslie
    Come to the War.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. First American edition, first printing. Signed to the half-title by Thomas. In unclipped dust jacket, which states: Author of "The Virgin Soldiers." This was his fourth novel, and is set in Israel. Fine book in a a good dust jacket, with a small tear to the front of the dust jacket. This was the author's own copy. 254 pages. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches).

    Book ID: 2810
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  • Signed by the author
    Constance Trescot. by WEIR MITCHELL, S.
    WEIR MITCHELL, S.
    Constance Trescot.

    New York: The Century Co, 1905. Nice clean reprint edition of the novel. Signed by the author with a gift inscription to the Dutch novelist Van Der Poorten Schwartz (Maarten Maartens). Original blue cloth with gilt titles. A touch of handling / bumping to the covers only. Internally clean and tidy with a little foxing to the end papers. 384 pages. 200 by 140 mm (7¾ by 5½ inches).
    "In 1905, Mitchell seemed to take on the challenge of violence set by The Virginian, while teasing out the moral complications it avoided, in his novel Constance Trescot. This work takes a young married couple from New England to Missouri,here named 'the wilder West'. The husband, lawyer Hugh Trescot, is…

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    New York: The Century Co, 1905. Nice clean reprint edition of the novel. Signed by the author with a gift inscription to the Dutch novelist Van Der Poorten Schwartz (Maarten Maartens). Original blue cloth with gilt titles. A touch of handling / bumping to the covers only. Internally clean and tidy with a little foxing to the end papers. 384 pages. 200 by 140 mm (7¾ by 5½ inches).
    "In 1905, Mitchell seemed to take on the challenge of violence set by The Virginian, while teasing out the moral complications it avoided, in his novel Constance Trescot. This work takes a young married couple from New England to Missouri,here named 'the wilder West'. The husband, lawyer Hugh Trescot, is challenged to a duel by the creole villain Greyhurst. Trescot resists the challenge, debating issues of cowardice, violence and honor at some length. Ultimately, however Greyhurst shoots the unarmed Trescot, and he goes unpunished."- Christine Bold ; Constance vows to track down Greyhurst herself, at any cost.

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    Book ID: 2226
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  • Dombey and Son. by DICKENS, Charles
    DICKENS, Charles
    Dombey and Son. Dealings with the firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation.

    London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First issue / first edition. Bound in contemporary green half-calf over buckram boards. Gilt title on red morocco label, and gilt details to the spine and raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Complete. Rubbing to edges and light marking to boards. Small marking to p.1. where it and xvi have once been slightly stuck together. xvi, 624 [2]pp. 225 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches).

    Some first issue points: vignette title with Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; p.XV line 2 no quotation marks around 'the Party'; p.14 ten lines from bottom 'aint' with no apostrophe; p.26 line 11 'fidgetty'; p.284 lines 5 and 6 from bottom 'Delight'; p.324 last line 'Captain' correctly spelled;…

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    London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. First issue / first edition. Bound in contemporary green half-calf over buckram boards. Gilt title on red morocco label, and gilt details to the spine and raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Complete. Rubbing to edges and light marking to boards. Small marking to p.1. where it and xvi have once been slightly stuck together. xvi, 624 [2]pp. 225 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches).

    Some first issue points: vignette title with Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; p.XV line 2 no quotation marks around 'the Party'; p.14 ten lines from bottom 'aint' with no apostrophe; p.26 line 11 'fidgetty'; p.284 lines 5 and 6 from bottom 'Delight'; p.324 last line 'Captain' correctly spelled; and p.582 last line with no full stop.
    Some not: Errata has 8 lines; Captain spelled correctly on p.324.

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    Book ID: 2070
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  • Double Nought. by LE QUEUX, William
    LE QUEUX, William
    Double Nought.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1927. First Edition. Red cloth hardback, in original colour illustrated dust jacket. Dust jacket has one or two nicks to spine. Offsetting from dust jacket to FFEP. On the title page, Le Queux is described as 'The Master of Mystery'! Overall in good condition. 312 pages plus 8 pages of adverts to rear. 180 x 115 mm (7 x 4½ inches).

    Book ID: 3522
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  • Driftkopje verloofd. by CLÉMENT, Bertha
    CLÉMENT, Bertha
    Driftkopje verloofd. Naar het Duitsch. Met platen.

    Amsterdam: H.J.W. Becht, 1915. Beautiful Art Nouveau / Jugendstil cover design on cream percaline, by Cornelia van der Hart. Third edition of this 'story for girls'. With b/w illustrations by E.C. Leegstra, and text in Dutch. 274 pages. Boards are a little darkened. Previous owner's name in neat ink handwriting to from blank endpaper. A very good book. 235 x 15 mm (9¼ x 0½ inches).

    Book ID: 2654
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  • Ecce Homo. by NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm
    NIETZSCHE, Friedrich Wilhelm
    Ecce Homo. Vertaling van Ed. Coenraads. Met een Studie van Is. Querido.

    Amsterdam: Erven Martin G. Cohen, 1910. Scarce First Dutch edition of this work. Half vellum, half buckram. Boards slightly rubbed and a little darkened. Some spotting inside, but overall clean. Previous owner's signature and date to the title page. 140 pages plus index. 225 x 185 mm (8¾ x 7¼ inches). OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 63851019

    . Schaarse Nederlandse uitgave van dit werk. Half perkament, half buckram. Platen licht geschaafd en iets verdonkerd. Wat vlekken binnen, maar over het algemeen schoon. 140 pagina's plus index. 225 x 185 mm. OCLC Nummer/unieke identificatie 63851019

    Book ID: 4164
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  • English Little Magazines - No 12: Poetry London - Reprinted in Five Volumes by [ANON]
    [ANON]
    English Little Magazines - No 12: Poetry London - Reprinted in Five Volumes Edited By Tambimuttu. Series Edited By B.C.Bloomfield.

    London: Frank Cass and Co. Limited, 1970. A modern reprint of the entire run of this magazine, originally published between 1939 and 1951, and comprising 23 issues bound within five volumes. Poetry London contains poetry and artwork from lots of the avant-garde poets of the day. In a very good. Almost looks unread, but has some finger marks to closed page edges.
    Poems by Dylan Thomas, Paul Potts, Laurence Whistler, Louis Macniece, George Barker, Herbert Read, Rayner Heppenstall, Stephen Spender, Walter De La Mare, Dorian Cooke, Lawrence Durrell, Nicolas Moore, D.S Savage, Heinrich Rhys, Charles Madge, David Gascoyne, Clifford Dyment, Ruthven Todd, Idris Davies, Glyn Jones, Lynd Nathan, Maurice Carpenter, and H. G. Porteus, and many others.
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    London: Frank Cass and Co. Limited, 1970. A modern reprint of the entire run of this magazine, originally published between 1939 and 1951, and comprising 23 issues bound within five volumes. Poetry London contains poetry and artwork from lots of the avant-garde poets of the day. In a very good. Almost looks unread, but has some finger marks to closed page edges.
    Poems by Dylan Thomas, Paul Potts, Laurence Whistler, Louis Macniece, George Barker, Herbert Read, Rayner Heppenstall, Stephen Spender, Walter De La Mare, Dorian Cooke, Lawrence Durrell, Nicolas Moore, D.S Savage, Heinrich Rhys, Charles Madge, David Gascoyne, Clifford Dyment, Ruthven Todd, Idris Davies, Glyn Jones, Lynd Nathan, Maurice Carpenter, and H. G. Porteus, and many others.
    Bound in publisher's green cloth with black to spines. Gilt stamped titles to front boards and spines.

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    Book ID: 2310
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  • Expecting someone taller by HOLT, Tom.
    HOLT, Tom.
    Expecting someone taller

    London: Macmillan, 1987. First edition. A very nice copy of this book, Holt's third novel, and his first comic work. It is based on the mythology of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Clean and neat unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. Fractional handling to the bottom edge. The blue boards of the book itself are in good, clean condition, although there is a little rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards, and slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Book block is in excellent, clean condition. 218 pages. 21.5cm x 15 cm

    . Première édition. Très bel exemplaire de ce livre, le troisième roman de Holt et son premier ouvrage de bande dessinée. Il est basé sur la mythologie…

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    London: Macmillan, 1987. First edition. A very nice copy of this book, Holt's third novel, and his first comic work. It is based on the mythology of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Clean and neat unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. Fractional handling to the bottom edge. The blue boards of the book itself are in good, clean condition, although there is a little rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards, and slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. Book block is in excellent, clean condition. 218 pages. 21.5cm x 15 cm

    . Première édition. Très bel exemplaire de ce livre, le troisième roman de Holt et son premier ouvrage de bande dessinée. Il est basé sur la mythologie de Der Ring des Nibelungen de Wagner. La jaquette picturale est propre et soignée. Une petite manipulation sur le bord inférieur. Les planches bleues du livre sont en bon état, bien qu'il y ait un peu de frottement sur le bord inférieur des planches, et de légères bosses en haut et en bas de la colonne vertébrale. Le corps du livre est en excellent état. 218 pages. 21,5 cm x 15 cm

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    Book ID: 4273
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  • Fabelen uitgegeven door E. Bekker, Wed. A. Wolff en A. Deken. by BEKKER, Elizabeth, WOLFF, Wed. A. & DEKEN, A(gatha)
    BEKKER, Elizabeth, WOLFF, Wed. A. & DEKEN, A(gatha)
    Fabelen uitgegeven door E. Bekker, Wed. A. Wolff en A. Deken.

    S`Gravenhage: Isaac van Cleef, 1784. First Edition. Half leather binding with mottled boards. 42 engravings, comprising frontispiece - portrait medallions of the authors - by A. Cardon after W. Neering, title vignette by Cardon after J. Buys and 40 unsigned pictorial headpieces by Cardon and R. Vinkeles after Buys. Fables by La Fontaine, Lichtwer and many others translated and adapted by Bekker and Deken. Boards and leather are clean, with a little rubbing. The spine label is dulled with the gilt to the label missing. Internally in very good condition. The engraved headpieces mostly have their original tissue guards. Front board is a touch loose but still holding well. Previous owner's ex libris tipped into the inside board. xxxiv, 172 pp. 230 x 140 mm (9 x 5½ inches).

    Book ID: 3195
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  • Signed and limited edition
    'Fit to be Styled a Typographer' by MORAN, James
    MORAN, James
    'Fit to be Styled a Typographer' A History of the Society of Typographic Designers 1928-1978

    London: Eva Svensson / Westerham Press, 1978. First edition. Copy # 411 of a limited edition of 500 cloth bound copies, signed by the president of the society David Plumb. Gilt title to black label on front board and gilt title to spine. In its original dust jacket. With many colour illustrations. 65 pp. 275 x 195 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). In an excellent condition, looks almost unread. Dust jacket is price clipped, but otherwise in a fine condition.

    Book ID: 2054
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  • Fontes Melusinae. Ein Menschheitsmärchen. by KNODT, K. E.
    KNODT, K. E.
    Fontes Melusinae. Ein Menschheitsmärchen. Mit Bildern von G. Kampmann.

    Altenburg: Stephan Seibel Verlag, 1904. First edition. Green cloth hardback boards, with gold titles and design to front board. All page edges red. 76 pages; including five full-page illustrations, and several headers and designs by Gustav Kampmann. Text in German. All in very good, clean condition. 245 x 195 mm (9¾ x 7¾ inches).

    . Erste Ausgabe. Grüner Leineneinband, mit goldenen Titeln und Design auf der Vorderseite. Alle Seitenkanten rot. 76 Seiten, darunter fünf ganzseitige Abbildungen und mehrere Kopfzeilen und Entwürfe von Gustav Kampmann. Alles in sehr gutem, sauberem Zustand. 245 x 195 mm.

    Book ID: 4190
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  • Fragment of a Novel [Sanditon] by AUSTEN, Jane.
    AUSTEN, Jane.
    Fragment of a Novel [Sanditon] written by Jane Austen, January - March 1817. Now first printed from the manuscript.

    Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition of this partial novel, written just before Jane Austen's death. It tells the story of Charlotte Heywood, a young woman from the countryside, as she encounters the people of a sophisticated and cynical developing British seaside town called Sanditon. In grey hardback boards with pale cloth spine. Label to spine reads Sandition. Inscription to front FFEP. In good, cleran condition. 170 pages - plus notes regarding the manuscript. 180 x 125 mm (7 x 5 inches).

    Book ID: 4177
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  • Fungus the Bogeyman. Plop-Up Book. by BRIGGS, Raymond
    BRIGGS, Raymond
    Fungus the Bogeyman. Plop-Up Book.

    London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1982. First edition in this format. Hardback laminated colour illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Covers are clean with minimal handling. All but one of the pop-ups are working perfectly, and showing little sign of use. One end of a string of bats has become detached. This would be easy to repair. 275 x 200 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches).

    Fungus the Bogeyman is a character created by British artist Raymond Briggs. The story follows one day in the life of this fabulous character, a working class Bogeyman with the mundane job of scaring human beings. A fantastic pre-curser to the likes of Shrek!

    Book ID: 2717
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  • George Cruikshank's Omnibus. by CRUIKSHANK, George
    CRUIKSHANK, George
    George Cruikshank's Omnibus. Illustrated with one hundred engravings on Steel and Wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard, Esq.

    London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First edition. Hardback in quarter brown leather with buckram boards, with gilt title to spine. Complete. Boards are slightly rubbed. Internally the pages are darkened, and there is some foxing. Overall fair to good. 300 pages. 230 x 145 mm (9 x 5¾ inches).

    Book ID: 3942
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