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  Arthur Rackham, illustrator. Bonser A. E., Sidney Woolf & E. S. Buchheim. The Land of Enchantment.
London. Cassell and Company. 1907. First Edition. original brown cloth pictorially decorated in gilt, corners edges and spine slightly rubbed, gilt lettered spine, pp. 144, title in red and black, illustrated with 37 plates by Arthur Rackham, most full page, apart for the slight wear and fading to binding, a very good copy of a very scarce illustrated children's rare book.
* Five stories by three authors which originally appeared in Little Folks magazine between 1896 and 1902. U.S. $800
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  Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt. My Brother Theodore Roosevelt.
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1921.8vo., First Edition, original gilt lettered dark blue cloth, spine gilt, pp.viii + 365, illustrated with 10 full page plates including tissue guarded frontispiece, bookplate on front paste-down, a fine copy. U.S.$235
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 Robinson, John Robert. The Last Earls of Barrymore 1769-1824.
London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1894. 8vo., First Edition, original pictorial blue and yellow cloth, soiled, top edge gilt, black endpapers, illustrated with 5 tissue guarded full page plates, pp.xiv + 272 + pp.2 of adverts, a few spots to prelims otherwise a very good copy.
U.S. $215
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 Sackville-West, Vita. Collected Poems.
London. The Hogarth Press. 1933. First Edition, 8vo., original orange cloth in a chipped, torn and darkened d/w, fep browned, pp. x + 325, contents clean, a good copy. U.S.$165
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 Sadleir, Michael. Excursions in Victorian Bibliography.
London. Chaundy & Co. 1922. First Edition. 8vo., original blue cloth, corner tips and edges slightly faded, d/w chipped at head & tail spine, pp. 240, top edge gilt, errata slip tipped in at dedication page, a near fine copy in a very good d/w. U.S. $255
* Subject material includes:- Anthony Trollope / Benjamin Disraeli / Frederick Marryat / Wilkie Collins / Charles Read / G. J. Whyte Melville / Mrs Gaskell and Herman Melville.
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 Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems.
London. J.M. Dent and Sons. 1936. First Edition. small 4to., original grey boards, spine slightly darkened, pp. vii + 47, spotting to endpapers only, contents clean, a very good copy. U.S.$300
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 Updike, John. Couples.
Andre Deutsch, 1968. First U.S.A. edition, 8vo; original green cloth in a price clipped pictorial d/w with a few small repaired tears and a stain to head of d/w spine but not noticeable , a good copy. U.S. $110
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Updike, John. Rabbit is Rich.
Andre Deutsch. London. 1982. 8vo., First Edition, original cloth in d/w, a very good copy. U.S.$85
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Updike, John. Rabbit at Rest.
Andre Deutsch. London. 1990. 8vo., First Edition. original cloth in d/w, some light browning to edges but still very good. U.S.$70
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 Van Der Post, Laurens. A Bar of Shadow.
London. The Hogarth Press. 1954. 8vo., First Edition, original cloth backed patterned boards, gilt spine, d/w chipped and rubbed at corners and edges and p/c, pp. 59, contents fine. U.S.$85
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Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest.
Little, Brown and Company Boston 1996. 8vo., First Edition, original two tone blue boards in d/w, pp. 1079, a fine copy. U.S.$120
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  Waller, Horace. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa.
From eighteen hundred and sixty-five to his death. continued by a narrative of his last moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants Chuma and Susi. With portraits, maps, and illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. 1875. 8vo., First Edition,original pictorial tooled light blue cloth with bevelled edges, light wear to corners and edges, and some small brown stain spots to top edge of cover, pp.541 + 4pp publishers adverts, illustrated with 21 tissue guarded full page plates, 25 smaller illustrations, plus 2 maps ( one large folding in pocket at rear), bookplate on front paste0down, a very good copy. U.S.$725
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 Ward, Eric. A Book of Make-Up.
London/New York. Samuel French, Ltd.1930. 8vo., First Edition, original pictorial decorated cloth backed boards, light wear and some slight soiling mainly to lower cover, pp. 98, illustrated with numerous full page colour & b/w plates, inscription, date and a few marks to ffep, a good copy. U.S. $90
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 Waugh, Evelyn. The War Trilogy:
Men at Arms, Officers and Gentlemen, Unconditional Surrender. London. Chapman & Hall. 1952/55/61. First Editions. 8vo., 3 volumes, original boards in d/w's, small chips, some soiling to lower covers and vol.1 has a tear to lower cover, minor spotting to edges and endpapers of Men at Arms otherwise a good copy. U.S.$495
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Waugh, Evelyn. Unconditional Surrender.
The conclusion of Men at Arms and Officers and Gentlemen. Chapman and Hall London 1961. 8vo., First Edition, original blue cloth in a pictorial d/w, half inch stain to upper d/w joint some small chips and some soiling to lower cover, contents clean. U.S.$135
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Weare, Patricia Lee. A Collection of Australian Wildflower Illustrations.
A Kevin Weldon Production, N.S.W. Australia. 4to, First Edition, original patterned red cloth with pictorial onlay on upper cover, patterned endpapers, pp. 263, profusely illustrated with full page colour plates, apart from light soiling to binding, a fine copy. U.S.$245
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Wilson, Angus. The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot.
London, Secker & Warburg, 1958. First Edition, 8vo; original brown cloth front cover with crease down centre, pictorial d/w, pp. 430, ink writing on d/w front inner flap " recommended by The Book Society" apart from slight damage to upper cover a good clean copy. U.S.$110
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Woolf, Michael Angelo. Sketches of Lowly Life in a Great City.
G P Putnam's Sons New York 1899. Oblong folio, First Edition, dark blue cloth backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled mainly on lower cover, vignette title page and captioned illustrations on every page, pp.185, internally a very good clean copy. U.S.$257
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Woolf, Virginia. Flush.
A Biography. Harcourt, Brace and Company. New York. 1933. 8vo., First American Edition, original brown cloth, pictorial endpapers, pp. 185, bookplate, illustrated with 3 full page photo-plates, some browning to ffep's and title, a good firm copy. U.S.$120
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