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Rene Bull The Russian Ballet, Capt. W E Johns Biggles, Samuel Johnson. |
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Capt Johns Biggles First Editions plus Gertrude Jekyll Rare Books. |
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Travel History Rare Books. Capt Johns Biggles First Editions plus Gertrude Jekyll Rare Books. |
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 Jekyll, Gertrude. Wood and Garden.
Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur, with illustrations from photographs by the author. London. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1899. First Edition, 8vo., original gilt lettered blue cloth slightly marked, spine faded, tissue guarded frontispiece and numerous full page photographic plates, pp. xvi + 286, neat name on ffep, apart from some light " yellowing" to endpapers contents clean, a good firm copy. U.S. $150
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Johnson, A. E. The Russian Ballet with illustrations by Rene Bull
Published: Houghton Mifflin Company Boston & New York. 1913
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Rebound
Price: U.S.$550
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4to, First Edition, Sometime rebound in white cloth, the title and Russian coat of arms cut from original binding and mounted on upper cover and spine, new endpapers, top edge gilt, pp. 240, illustrated by Rene Bull with 12 full page colour plates including tissue guarded frontispiece plate, plus colour vignette chapter headings, full page black & white plates and numerous text illustrations, title page in red & black, 3 colour silk page ribbons, the whole on thicker quality art paper, a few small marks to covers, name and date(1920) on front free endpaper, 1 or 2 finger marks otherwise contents crisp bright and clean, a very good copy.
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Johnson, Samuel Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A Tale.
Published: London: Printed for E. and S. Harding, Pall Mall, by Ritchie. 1796
Edition: A New Edition.
Binding: Contemporary Full Calf
Price: U.S.$275
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8vo., A New Edition, with engravings, contemporary full calf worn, with double gilt tooled linear borders, spine gilt tooled with tudor roses in compartments, with a green morocco title label, marbled endpapers, pp. 236, plus 2 pages of publisher's adverts, illustrated with 4 engraved plates ( 3 with tissue guards ), tissue guards foxed, & some random light spotting, previous owners name and dated 1801 on front free endpaper, bookplate, lower fore-edge corners of 1st 3 leaves torn off but not affecting text, a good tight copy in its original binding.
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  Johns, Capt. W. E. Biggles Works it Out.
Hodder & Stoughton 1951. 8vo., First Edition, original red cloth in a price clipped worn and chipped d/w reinforced with tape on inside edges, illustrated by Leslie Stead with full page plates and line drawings in text, foxing mainly to edges and prelims, a fair copy. U.S.$150
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  Johns, Capt. W. E. Biggles Gets His Men.
London, Hodder & Stoughton 1950. 8vo., First Edition, original blue cloth in a pictorial d/w with head & tail spine chips and half inch tear to top edge and marked on lower d/w cover, illustrated by Leslie Stead with full page black & white plates, pp. 189, light browning to endpapers and edges otherwise a good clean copy. U.S.$175
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  Johns, Capt. W. E. Biggles and The Poor Rich Boy.
Brockhampton Press, Leicester 1961. 8vo., First Edition, original brown cloth in a soiled pictorial d/w with a few small chips, illustrated by Leslie Stead with color frontis. and black white chapter heading drawings, pp. 182, top edge dusty but contents clean, a good copy.
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 Johns, Capt. W. E. Gimlet off the Map.
The Brockhampton Press Ltd. 1951. 8vo., First Edition, original light grey cloth in a priced clipped pictorial d/w with slight wear, foxing to first & last few pages, a good copy. U.S. $145
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Jolly, Elizabeth. Palomino.
Melbourne House, London. 1980. 8vo., First Edition of the authors first book & signed by her on title. Original bright green cloth in pictorial d/w, pp. 260, a mint copy. U.S.$185
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   Jones, Francis Arthur.
Thomas Alva Edison Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life.
New York. Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1908. 8vo., original green cloth gilt tooled and lettered. Spine gilt, top edge gilt, pp xii+362, including index, illustrated with a tissue guarded frontispiece plus 28 pages of full page plates. bookplate on front paste-down. A fine copy. U.S.$195
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