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  • TODD, Barbara Euphan.
    WORZEL GUMMIDGE AT THE CIRCUS. Illustrated by Jill Crockford.

    London.Evans Brothers Limited. 1956. [8], 9-188pp. 8 black & white illustrations including frontispiece. Original boards gilt. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Endpapers and fore-edges a trifle spotted and a touch browned; wrapper is just a little chipped at edges and lightly soiled on the rear panel; else a very good copy.

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  • TODD, Barbara Euphan.
    WORZEL GUMMIDGE or The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook. Illustrated by Elizabeth Alldridge.

    London.Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd. 1936. 208pp. Original red cloth with black lettering. Octavo. First edition. Binding rubbed and faded at spine; a touch of wear to heel of spine; some dampstaining to boards; light spotting to fore-edges; previous owners note to front free endpaper; else a very good copy.

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  • TODD, Barbara Euphan.
    WORZEL GUMMIDGE or The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook. Illustrated by Elizabeth Alldridge.

    London.Burns Oates & Washbourne Ltd. 1936. 208pp. Original red cloth with black lettering. Octavo. First edition. Binding rubbed and faded at spine; few small spots on last page; else a better than usual copy of this classic, with no inscriptions etc.

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  • [Writing Sheet.] THE GRAND CONFEDERATION at PARIS on the 12th of JULY 1790 – HELD in the CHAMP DE MARS.

    London: Robt Sayer, 1790. A hand-coloured engraved writing sheet showing scenes from the Fete held in the Champs De Mars to celebrate the French Revolution and the Constitutional Monarchy. The sheet has been filled out by one W. Hart on December 20th 1794, presumably to take home to his parents at the Christmas holiday as evidence of his educational progress. The sheet has 8 hand-coloured engraved vignettes. It measures: 450 x 345 mm. It has some damage – tears and splits – and requires conservation, but is rare example. [14199] £600. 00.

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  • CAGE, John.
    WRITING THROUGH FINNEGANS WAKE.

    Tulsa. University of Tulsa, 1978. Original printed white card wrappers. Published as Special Supplement to Volume 15 of the James Joyce Quarterly and as Number 16 in the University of Tulsa's Monograph Series. A fine copy.

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  • SLATTER, Enid.
    XANTHUS Travels of Discovery in Turkey. Original illustrations by Charles Fellows and George Scharf junior.

    London.The Rubicon Press. 1994. Paperback issue. A fine copy.

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  • SAN LAZZARO.
    XXe SIECLE. New Series. No. 17 Christmas 1961. The Great Adventure of Modern Art.

    LondonA. Zwemmer Ltd. 1961. Original pictorial wrappers designed by Chagall. Contains an original coloured lithograph by Appel. Slight wear to head and heel of spine; 1 inch tear to front cover at head of spine which was taped at some time to strengthen; edges of back cover a trifle faded; else a very good copy.From the Library of Joyce Reeves.

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  • SAN LAZZARO, G.
    XXe SIECLE No. 15 Christmas 1960. The Revolution of Colour.

    New York.Tudor Publishing Company. 1960. Original pictorial boards. Contains an original coloured lithograph by Joan Miró. Very slight bump at head of spine; couple of spots on endpapers; else a near fine copy. This copy belonged to Joyce Reeves, the translator of Twentieth Century, and bears her signature on the front endpaper.

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  • SAN LAZZARO.
    XXe SIECLE. No. 27. Décembre 1966. Centenaire de Kandinsky.

    LondonA. Zwemmer. 1966. Original pictorial boards. Quarto. First edition. Contains two original woodcuts by Kandinsky. Slight bumping to head and heel of spine; touch of wear to top corner of rear board; couple of spots on endpapers; else a near fine copy.

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  • SAN LAZZARO.
    XXe SIECLE. Nouvelle Série. No. 38 Juin 1972. Panorama 72*.

    Paris.XXe Siècle. 1972. Original pictorial boards. Contains original lithographs by Masson and Sutherland. Text in French. Touch of wear to head and heel of spine and corners; short tears on either edge of head of spine and to heel at rear board; else a very good copy.

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  • SAN LAZZARO, G. Di. Edited by.
    XXe SIECLE. Nouvelle Série - XXII Année - No. 15 (Noel 1960.) LA RÉVOLUTION IN COULEUR.

    Paris: XXe Siecle, 1960. Original full-colour lithograph by Manessier. Original semi-stiff wrappers bearing a design by Miró. Base of spine just a trifle bumped; the very tip of the top outer corner of the first few pages a touch creased; else a very good copy.

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  • YARMOUTH NOTES. 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich Mercury. by PALMER, Frederick Danby.
    PALMER, Frederick Danby.
    YARMOUTH NOTES. 1830-1872. Collated from the File of the Norwich Mercury.

    Great Yarmouth: J. Buckle, 1889. Hardcover. 358 pages. Mounted photographic frontispiece of the author with his signature below. Original red cloth gilt. Octavo. First edition. Later name on front endpaper; spine and binding a little mellowed; else a very good copy.

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  • YE BOOKE of OLDEN TIME BALLADES & NURSERY RHYMES. Music by Joseph S. Moorat. Paul Woodroffe Designing it. by MOORAT, Joseph S.
    MOORAT, Joseph S.
    YE BOOKE of OLDEN TIME BALLADES & NURSERY RHYMES. Music by Joseph S. Moorat. Paul Woodroffe Designing it.

    No imprint or date, but London, circa 1895. [47] pages of music and Illustrations. Original Quarter binding of brown cloth with cream paper over boards. Both covers with title, illustrator and composer printed in green and yellow on silk. Yellow silk register. Yellow patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. Oblong: 275 x 338 mm. First edition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some wear to silk, with slight loss. Else a very good copy of a very scarce book.

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  • ROSS, Charles Henry.
    Ye Comical Rhymes of Ancient Times Dug up into Jokes For Small Folks By C.H.R.

    London: Dean and Son, 11 Ludgate Hill, No date [1873]. [46 pages, printed on one side only. Illustrated in red, and black & white. Bound with 3 other titles by Ross, including a book of limericks [48] pages, printed on one side only. Bound without title. Illustrated in red, black & white; Ye Booke of Pictures Painted by Ancient People to veritable historic rhymes Rung out by ye Chimes of ye Bells of Bow Steeple. [Dean and Son. 1864.] [48] pages, printed on one side only. Illustrated in red, black & white; and a book of verse, bound without title. [48] pages, printed on one side only. The illustrations being principally in grisaille with the figures in black silhouette.…

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    London: Dean and Son, 11 Ludgate Hill, No date [1873]. [46 pages, printed on one side only. Illustrated in red, and black & white. Bound with 3 other titles by Ross, including a book of limericks [48] pages, printed on one side only. Bound without title. Illustrated in red, black & white; Ye Booke of Pictures Painted by Ancient People to veritable historic rhymes Rung out by ye Chimes of ye Bells of Bow Steeple. [Dean and Son. 1864.] [48] pages, printed on one side only. Illustrated in red, black & white; and a book of verse, bound without title. [48] pages, printed on one side only. The illustrations being principally in grisaille with the figures in black silhouette. Bound in late 19th century half black sheep gilt over blue cloth. Octavo. One leaf has a short tear to the fore-edge (without loss); binding rubbed and with light stains to the cloth; else a very good, clean, group. Scarce.

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  • Ye Interestynge Stories of CINDERELLA and ye lyttel Glass Slyppere. by [DAVIS, Francis.]
    [DAVIS, Francis.]
    Ye Interestynge Stories of CINDERELLA and ye lyttel Glass Slyppere.

    Edinburgh: W. P. Nimmo, No date [circa 1870]. The Royal Illuminated Legends Gorgeously Illuminated, after the Mediaeval manner, in Colours and Gold, by Marcus Ward, Illuminator to the Queen. [10] leaves, printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued, of which two bear music composed by Hobson Carroll, two bear text, and six bear full-colour illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. Oblong: 188 x 278 mm. Short tear in blank margin of one text leaf; spine expertly repaired; gift inscription in pencil for Xmas 1871 in the blank margin of page one; else a very good copy.

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  • BLANCH, Willima Harnett.
    YE PARISH OF CAMERWELL. A brief account of the Parish of Camberwell, its History and Antiquities.

    London.E. W. Allen. 1875. xvi, 486, [2], cviii, 6pp. Illustrated. Original green decorative cloth, gilt. Large octavo. All edges gilt. First edition. Recased with new endpapers and the original spine laid down. Boards a little rubbed; but a good solid working copy.

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  • HENSLOW, T. Geoffrey W.
    YE SUNDIAL BOOKE. Foreword by Beverley Nichols.

    London.W. & G. Foyle Ltd. 1935. [ii], ix, [x], 1-422pp. 3 black & white plates and numerous black & white illustrations throughout. Original cloth gilt. Octavo. Some light spotting to fore-edges and margins of pages v, 10 and 15; else a very good, tight copy.

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  • PORTEOUS, Geoff.
    YESTERDAY'S TOWN: DARTFORD. From Country Town to Industrial Borough.

    Buckingham. Barracuda Books Limited, 1981. Hardback in unclipped dust-wrapper. Number 344 of an unspecified limited edition, signed and dated by the author. A near fine copy in a like wrapper.

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  • YINKA-TU THE YAK. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. by LIDE, Alice Alison.
    LIDE, Alice Alison.
    YINKA-TU THE YAK. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.

    New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 63 pages. Illustrated in colour. Original pictorial paper-covered boards.; pictorial dust-wrapper. 4to. First edition. Small rub on endpaper from price sticker on wrapper; some very light wear to wrapper and boards; else an excellent copy.

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  • YOGA AND WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY. A Comparison. by COSTER, Geraldine.
    COSTER, Geraldine.
    YOGA AND WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY. A Comparison.

    London: Oxford University Press, 1935. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. Small octavo. Spine faded and a little cocked; name on front endpaper and some pencilled math's calculations. A good reading copy.

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