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THE WELSH FAIRY BOOK. With one hundred Illustrations by Willy Pogany.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, No date, but probably the undated first edition of 1907. 312 pages. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous illustrations in black & white and with pictorial initial letters in red. School prize binding of calf gilt recently expertly and finely re-backed. Octavo. First edition. Prize label for 1922; the occasional small mark; else a very good copy.
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THE WELSH TRAVELLER; or the Unfortunate Welshman.
Preston: Printed at Sergeants Office, 1801. 24 pages. Illustrated with a woodcut on cover/title, and 6 woodcuts within the text. 17.5 x 10 cm. Disbound from a collection; loose; stitching hole at spine where once crudely repaired; some soiling; else a good copy. Scarce.
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"THE WEST GATE", Canterbury.
London: The Museum Galleries, 1926. An original etching by Tatton Winter, R.B.A. Never framed; still in publisher's original mount, with loosely laid in publisher's label. Visible image size within mount 25.6 X 29.6 cm. Please note that the price listed is subject to VAT.
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THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE WAR 1914-1918. A History of the 14th, The prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regt.) and of its special reserve, Territorial and Service Battns. In the Great War of 1914-1918.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, No date [1924. 1927]. Two volumes. Hardcovers. No wrappers. The deluxe issue in full art vellum, gilt. Octavo. Complete with all plates and maps etc. First editions. Bindings marked and worn, with some damping to the rear board of volume II; else very good clean copies, that look unread.
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THE WHITE CAT.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1973. Unpaged. Illustrated in colour. Original Pictorial glazed boards. Oblong: 194 x 255 mm. First edition. A near fine copy.
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THE WHITE CAT.
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [circa 1870]. 6 leaves of text, the first and last being pastedowns to the wrappers, each printed on one side only, plus 6 full-page colour illustrations printed by Kronheim and Co. Original printed colour wrappers. 26.8 x23.4 cm. Spine restored; small neat name on first page; showing signs of wear, but a very good, clean copy.
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THE WHITE CAT an old French fairy tale, retold by Robert D. San Souci. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
New York: Orchard Books, 1990. [32] pages. Illustrated in colour. Original boards. Original dust-wrapper. 4to. 286 x220 mm. First edition. First issue. A fine copy.
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THE WHITE CAT, Illustrated by P. Cruikshank. LA CHATTE BLANCHE, Dessins par P. Cruishank. In English and French prose.
London: Read & Co. Paris: H. Mandeville, No date. (Circa 1850’s.). 13 leaves, the last printed on the recto only, of alternating French and English text. With twelve half-page lithographic illustrations. Recent fine binding of half-calf, gilt over marbled boards, with label to the upper cover. First edition thus. Rare. Not in Necker. No copy in COPAC or Worldcat, though copies of a different version of the same title, also published by Read & Co., are to be found.
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THE WHITE FOXES OF GORFENLETCH Illustrated by D. J. Watkins-Pitchford.
London.Hollis & Carter. 1954. viii, [1], 2 - 149pp. Illustrated with 14 full-page plates and many illustrations within the text. Original cloth, gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. A little faded at head and heel of spine; dust-wrapper chipped and a little soiled; else a very good copy in a good price-clipped wrapper. Signed by the illustrator: 'D. J. Watkins-Pitchford 'BB'.' on the half-title.
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THE WHITE RAT AND HIS FIREMAN. Translated from the French by Ronald S. Kirkman. Illustrated by Francoise Estachy.
London: University of London Press Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. 144 pages. Octavo. First U.K. edition. Some spotting to wrapper; book slightly cocked; else a very good copy.
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THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD. Edited and Illustrated by Joyce Lankester Brisley.
London.University of London Press. 1950. 288pp. Illustrated in black & white throughout. Original cloth, gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition thus. Wrapper a little worn at head and heel of spine; else a very good copy. Presentation copy inscribed from the editor on front free endpaper: 'To my O.G. B. with love from J.L.B. Nov. 1950.'
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THE WIDOW'S BROOM.
Boston.Houghton Mifflin Company. 1992. First edition. A fine hardback copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by Allsburg on the title-page.
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THE WILD FLOWERS OF THE ALPHABET. A Poem for Children.
London: Ackermann and Co, 1858. [1] 2-31 [32] ll., 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates and 23 hand-coloured vignettes within the text. Original decorative cloth gilt. All edges gilt. First edition. Re-cased; paper browning as is often the case with the book; slight wear to some fore-edges; else a very good copy. -
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THE WILD HARP A Selection from Irish Poetry by Katharine Tynan. With decorations by C. M. Watts.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1913. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xxvi, 160 pages. Colour frontispiece and title. Original decorative green cloth, gilt. Top edge gilt. Blank endpaper; half-title. Last page, and rear endpaper spotted; inscription on half-title; else very good.
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THE WILD SWANS. And other Stories. Translated by H. W. Dulcken. Illustrated with ten pictures. The Hans Andersen Library for the Young.
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [circa 1870's]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 119, [5 ad's] pages. Colour frontispiece. Original decorative blue cloth, gilt. Fcap octavo. Ownership name: 'Royal Victoria Hospital' on front endpaper; else a very good copy.
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THE WILD TRIBES OF THE SOUDAN. An account of personal experiences and adventures during three winters spent in that country chiefly among the Base Tribe. Second edition. With an account of the routes from Wady Halfah to Berber, by the author; and a chapter on Khartoum and the Soudan by Sir Samuel Baker. With map and illustrations.
London: John Murray, 1884. xxxiv, 265, [1], [2 ad’s] pages. Folding coloured map at end. Original pictorial blue cloth. Octavo. Spine faded and worn at head and heel; else a very good copy.
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THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP. And other Stories. Translated by H. W. Dulcken. Illustrated with nineteen pictures. The Hans Andersen Library for the Young.
London: George Routledge and Sons, No date [circa 1870's]. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 119, [5 ad's] pages. Colour frontispiece. Original decorative red cloth, gilt. Fcap octavo. Ownership name: 'Royal Victoria Hospital' on front endpaper; else a very good copy.
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THE WILLIAM COMPANION. With David Shute and contributions from Kenneth C. Walter.
London: Macmillan, 1990. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Quarto. First edition. Spine of wrapper a little faded; else a fine copy.
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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS.
London: Methuen, 1971. 262 pages. Coloured illustrations throughout by Ernest Shepard. Original pictorial green morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf. 8vo. All edges gilt. In original pale green pictorial slipcase. First edition thus. Limited to 250 signed copies, this is number 112, signed by Shepard on the limitation page. Spine slightly darkened; else a fine copy.
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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. With a frontispiece by Graham Robertson.
London: Methuen and Co, 1908. First edition. An excellent clean copy finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full morocco with pictorial blocking to the upper cover. All edges gilded. Leather-edged slipcase.
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