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  • THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol's 983 & 984. by [MULOCK, Dinah Maria. (Mrs G. L. Craik.)]
    [MULOCK, Dinah Maria. (Mrs G. L. Craik.)]
    THE WOMAN'S KINGDOM. By the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman." Copyright edition. In two volumes. Vol's 983 & 984.

    Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1868. 310; 296 pages. Both half-titles present. Bound as one volume in quarter calf gilt over marbled boards. Spine a little rubbed at head & heel; some light browning; else a very good, clean copy.

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  • THE WOMBLES GO AROUND THE WORLD. Illustrations based on original film puppets designed by Ivor Wood and drawn by Margaret Gordon. by BERESFORD, Elizabeth.
    BERESFORD, Elizabeth.
    THE WOMBLES GO AROUND THE WORLD. Illustrations based on original film puppets designed by Ivor Wood and drawn by Margaret Gordon.

    London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1976. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Name of the children's writer and critic Margery Fisher to endpaper; short tear in front panel of wrapper, without loss; else a very good copy.

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  • SACKVILLE-WEST, V.
    THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY.

    London.Michael Joseph Ltd. 1944. 111pp. Black and white frontispiece and 64 further reproductions of photographs. Original green cloth binding, with red lettering and 'Women's Land Army' emblem in gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Small loss to head of wrapper, just affecting the S and A of Sackville, and smaller loss to heel of wrapper; else a very good copy.

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  • THE WONDER BOOK OF WONDERS. With eight colour plates and nearly 300 illustrations. Edited by Harry Golding. Ninth edition. by GOLDING, Harry.
    GOLDING, Harry.
    THE WONDER BOOK OF WONDERS. With eight colour plates and nearly 300 illustrations. Edited by Harry Golding. Ninth edition.

    London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, No date [circa 1934]. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 256 pages. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards showing a diver on the seabed; dust-wrapper with the same design. Dust-wrapper a little worn ;else an excellent copy.

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  • THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES & DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN LEMUEL GULLIVER. by (Swift, Jonathan.)
    (Swift, Jonathan.)
    THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES & DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN LEMUEL GULLIVER.

    London: Didier & Tebbett, 1808. 12 leaves, each printed on one side only. Title with engraved vignette, and eleven pages each bearing an engraved illustration with verse beneath. Lacking original wrappers, and rebound some point in the late twentieth century. First edition. A very good copy of a rare edition.

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  • The Wonderful life & Adventures of TOM THUMB. An English Fairy-story by Paul Britten Austin with Drawings by Mervyn Peake. by AUSTIN, Paul Britten.
    AUSTIN, Paul Britten.
    The Wonderful life & Adventures of TOM THUMB. An English Fairy-story by Paul Britten Austin with Drawings by Mervyn Peake.

    Stockholm: Radiotjänst, 1954/1955. Two volumes. Softbacks. 126; 134 pages. Illustrated throughout both volumes in black 7 white. The second volume contains a tipped-in miniature volume, entitled: The Terrible but True History of Blebb and Glugg. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. First editions. A fine set.

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  • THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. by [DEFOE, Daniel.]
    [DEFOE, Daniel.]
    THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE.

    York: T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1805. (Price One Penny.) [32] pages the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers; page 30 is a blank; page 31 bears a booklist. Pastedown wood-engraved frontispiece and 13 woodcuts within the text. Original printed wrappers with cuts to both panels. 85 x 60 mm. Covers rubbed and worn; else very good copy of a are chapbook. No copy on Library Hub or Worldcat, though both list another edition of this title by this publisher.

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  • THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THREE-FINGERED JACK, the terror of Jamaica. Giving an account of his persevering courage and gallant heroism in avenging the cause of his injured parents; with an account of his desperate conflict and death.
    THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THREE-FINGERED JACK, the terror of Jamaica. Giving an account of his persevering courage and gallant heroism in avenging the cause of his injured parents; with an account of his desperate conflict and death.

    Otley: William Walker, No date [circa 1860]. 12 pages. Original printed wrappers. 181 x 110 mm. Probably dis-bound from a collection to judge from pinholes in the spine. Covers dust-soiled; light wear to corners; else very good. One copy only on Library Hub.

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  • THURBER, James.
    THE WONDERFUL O. Illustrated by Marc Simont.

    London.Hamish Hamilton. 1958. 72pp. Illustrated in duotone throughout. Original boards. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Top edges a little foxed; wrapper is lightly browned at spine and top edges with light chipping and creasing to top edge of rear panel and one small tear to lower corner of front panel. A very good, internally clean copy.

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  • THE WONDERS OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS; Being an instructive and amusing sketch of London. Ornamented with numerous Engravings.
    THE WONDERS OF THE BRITISH METROPOLIS; Being an instructive and amusing sketch of London. Ornamented with numerous Engravings.

    London: Thomas Tegg, No date [circa 1820]. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, and seven other full-page wood-engravings, plus a two tail-pieces. Original semi-stiff wrappers with mounted engravings to both panels. Covers a little rubbed, else an excellent copy.

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  • TAYLOR, Joseph. Selected by.
    THE WONDERS OF THE HORSE, recorded in anecdotes, and interspersed with poetry.

    London: W. & T. Darton, 1808. 144 pages. Illustrated with six full-page engraved plates. Original quarter roan gilt. 137 x 85 mm. 12mo in sixes. First edition. Bookseller’s label to front pastedown; spine rubbed and cracking at bottom of front joint; a few blank corners lost; one manuscript erasure; some occasional water staining; else a good plus copy.

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  • DUDLEY, Mr. Bate.
    THE WOODMAN, a comic opera, in three acts; as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, with universal applause.

    London: T. Cadell, 1791. [viii], 94pp. Engraved pictorial half-title. Unbound as issued. Octavo. Third edition. Front and back pages a trifle grubby; some page turning to corners; fore-edges uncut also with some turning; ownership inscription on both front and back pages; else a good copy.

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  • GEIBEL.
    THE WOOING OF KING SIGURD, and the Ballad of the Page and the King's Daughter. Translated from Geibel by Ellen Cook. Illustrations by M. B. and M. IB., lithographed by M. I. Booth. Second edition.

    London.Bell and Daldy. 1864. Unpaged, but 18 leaves, plus five full-page illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt. Spine damaged but complete, covers soiled & worn; inscription on half-title; internally clean. A good copy.

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  • THE WORKADAY WOMAN by HUNT, Violet.
    HUNT, Violet.
    THE WORKADAY WOMAN

    London.T. Werner Laurie. No date [1906]. [viii], 301[302], 8pp. advertisements. Original green decorative cloth, gilt. Octavo. First edition. Head & heel of spine a trifle worn; the occasional spot of foxing; small patch of browning in the blank margin of the first page of text. Else a very good and bright copy of this scarce novel.

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  • THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Poet Laureate. by TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
    TENNYSON, Alfred Lord.
    THE WORKS OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Poet Laureate.

    London: Macmillan and Co, 1887. 640 pages. Bound in full calf with a nicely panelled spine with gilt decoration. Octavo. Some light foxing at start, else a very good copy.

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  • HILTON, Arthur Clement.
    THE WORKS OF ARTHUR CLEMENT HILTON (of Marlborough & Cambridge) Author of “The Light Green” together with his Life and Letters.

    Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes, 1904. ix, [3], 219 pages. Two illustrations. Original green cloth with black lettering and decoration. Octavo. Carte-de-visite of his grave mounted on blank recto of frontispiece. Notes on endpapers and a gift inscription on the half-title; bookplates; else very good. Has a chapter on Sandwich, Kent. Scarce.

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  • FIELDING, Henry.
    THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING. Edited by George Saintsbury. In twelve volumes. IIlustrated by George Cruickshank.

    London.The Navarre Society Ltd. No Date. [1926]. Comprising of: THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES a foundling. in six volumes. AMELIA in three volumes. THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ANDREWS and of his friend Mr Abraham Andrews. Written in imitation of the manner of Cervantes. in two volumes. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT. in one volume. [vi], [1], 2 - 229 pp. All volumes have black and white frontispieces with tissue guards and illustrated title-pages. Original bronze cloth, gilt. Original dust- wrappers with advertisements to rear. 8vo. Top edges gilt. Fore-edges uncut. Special edition of two thousand copies published for The Navarre Society. A couple of volumes a little cocked; the dust-wrappers with just a little darkening to the…

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    London.The Navarre Society Ltd. No Date. [1926]. Comprising of: THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES a foundling. in six volumes. AMELIA in three volumes. THE HISTORY OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ANDREWS and of his friend Mr Abraham Andrews. Written in imitation of the manner of Cervantes. in two volumes. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT. in one volume. [vi], [1], 2 - 229 pp. All volumes have black and white frontispieces with tissue guards and illustrated title-pages. Original bronze cloth, gilt. Original dust- wrappers with advertisements to rear. 8vo. Top edges gilt. Fore-edges uncut. Special edition of two thousand copies published for The Navarre Society. A couple of volumes a little cocked; the dust-wrappers with just a little darkening to the spines, and Vol' I of Amelia has a light mark to front panel; some light spotting to fore-edges; and all volumes have some browning to the endpapers. Vol' I has the small label of a bookseller on front - end paste-down. An excellent set.

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  • THE WORKS of Mr.Hogarth MORALIZED. by [TRUSLER, John].
    [TRUSLER, John].
    THE WORKS of Mr.Hogarth MORALIZED.

    London: John Trusler, No date, but circa 1770s. Price Bound One Pound Eighteen Shillings. [4], viii, 212, v index, [3 ad’s] pages. Engraved frontispiece of William Hogarth; engraved title, and a total of 77 other engravings. Bound in full calf gilt. Octavo. First edition, but a later issue, bound without the letterpress title found Iin the first and second printings. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good, clean copy. This was Trusler’s first work compiled especially for children.

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  • THE WORKS OF MR. JOHN DRYDEN. The Third Volume. Consisting of the Author's Original Poems and Translations. No first Publish'd together. by DRYDEN, John.
    DRYDEN, John.
    THE WORKS OF MR. JOHN DRYDEN. The Third Volume. Consisting of the Author's Original Poems and Translations. No first Publish'd together.

    London: Jacob Tonson, 1701. Consisting of title-page as above, printed in red and black, followed by another title-page: POEMS on Various Occasions; and Translations from several authors. By Mr. John Dryden. Now first publish'd together in one Volume. London, Jacob Tonson. [1701.] The date has been erased from the title-page. xv, [5], 232 pages. Followed by, FABLES Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with Original Poems. London. Jacob Tonson. 1700. Comprising of: half-title, title, [38], 648 pages [with usual faults in pagination]. Bound in contemporary panelled calf with label to spine reading, 'DRYDEN'S WORKS VOL III.' Small folio. First edition thus. Binding worn, with both inner and outer joints cracked, but firm; second…

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    London: Jacob Tonson, 1701. Consisting of title-page as above, printed in red and black, followed by another title-page: POEMS on Various Occasions; and Translations from several authors. By Mr. John Dryden. Now first publish'd together in one Volume. London, Jacob Tonson. [1701.] The date has been erased from the title-page. xv, [5], 232 pages. Followed by, FABLES Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with Original Poems. London. Jacob Tonson. 1700. Comprising of: half-title, title, [38], 648 pages [with usual faults in pagination]. Bound in contemporary panelled calf with label to spine reading, 'DRYDEN'S WORKS VOL III.' Small folio. First edition thus. Binding worn, with both inner and outer joints cracked, but firm; second title-page [Original Poems] strengthened from the blank verso at edges and with two small paper repairs; some browning; the occasional marginal tear; else a very good copy. This book is heavy and will incur extra postal charges. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote.

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  • THE WORKS OF SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE, BAR. Complete in four volumes Octavo. To which is prefixed, The Life and Character of the Author. A New Edition.

    London.J. Brotherton and W. Sewel. J. Whiston. C. Bathurst. J. and F. Rivington. T. Payne. W. Johnston. S. Crowder. B. White. L. Hawes and Co. C. Rivingto 1770. Vol I: [vii], xxviii, [29], 30-524pp. Vol II: [1], 2-568pp. Vol III: [5], 6-544pp. Vol IV: [i], ii, [3], 4-466pp + [87]pp index at rear. Original full calf, gilt, with twin labels in red and black, and elaborately decorated gilt panels. Octavos. Hinges of vols 1, 2, and 3 cracked and worn; front hinge of vol. 4 cracked and rear hinge just splitting at heel of spine; all 4 volumes have some loss of calf at head and heel of spines; each volume has a bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and neat previous owner's notes on front free endpapers and title-pages. All 4 volumes are internally clean and fresh. A good set.

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