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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 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.
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 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 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 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 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 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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THE WINTER VACATION; or, holidays in the Country. Intended for the amusement of children.
London: Printed for Harvey and Darton, 1821. 71 pages. Engraved frontispiece and five other full-page engraved plates. Original marbled boards recently re-backed in green gilt roan. 142 x 95 mm. Ownership name on endpaper; boards rubbed and corners worn; else a very good copy of a title first published in 1818. See Darton G1051(2).
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THE WINTER’S NIGHT; or, The Admiral, The Farmer, and The Old Marine, A Tale, in Rhyme. For Children. With Five Etchings. Price Two Shillings.
Taunton: J. W. Marriott, 1815. 30 pages. Illustrated with four etchings and one lithograph. Recent quarter sheep over marbled boards.. 136 x 110 mm. First edition. Two of the etchings a little ragged in margins where once loose, but a very good copy of a rare book.
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THE WISDOM OF CROP THE CONJURER. Exemplified in several Characters of good and bad Boys, with an impartial Account of the celebrated Tom Trot, who rode before all the Boys in the Kingdom till he arrived at the Top of the Hill called Learning. Written for the Imitation of those who love themselves. Adorned with Cuts. Price Two-pence.
Wellington: F. Houlston and Son, No date. [Circa 1820.]. 32 pages, including pastedown wrappers. Wood-engraved frontispiece and twelve woodcuts within the text. Original wrappers with cuts to both, that on the lower showing a pedlar, entitled ‘A Jew.’ 19.6 x 6.6 cm. A fine copy of a scarce title.
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THE WISDOM OF CROP THE CONJURER. Exemplified in several Characters of good and bad Boys, with an impartial Account of the celebrated Tom Trot, who rode before all the Boys in the Kingdom till he arrived at the Top of the Hill called Learning. Written for the Imitation of those who love themselves. Adorned with Cuts.
Wellington: F. Houlston and Son. Price Two-pence, No date. [Circa 1820.]. 32pp., including pastedown wrappers. Wood-engraved frontispiece and twelve woodcuts within the text. Original wrappers with cuts to both, that on the lower showing a pedlar, entitled ‘A Jew.’ A fine copy of a scarce title.
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THE WISDOM OF CROP THE CONJURER. Exemplified in several Characters of good and bad Boys, with an impartial Account of the clebrated Tom Trot, who rode before all the Boys in the Kingdom till he arrived at the Top of the Hill called Learning. Written for the Imitation of those who love themselves. Adorned with Cuts.
Wellington: F. Houlston and Son. Price Two-pence, No date. [Circa 1820.]. 32pp., including pastedown wrappers. Wood-engraved frontispiece and twelve woodcuts within the text. Original wrappers with cuts to both, that on the lower showing a pedlar, entitled ‘A Jew.’ A fine copy of a scarce title.
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THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
London.Griffin & Farran. Not dated. [Inscribed 1881 but could be earlier.]. [vi], 26pp, ornately chromolithographed throughout in approximately six colours, heightened with gold. The first page after the title has a mounted and shaped albumen religious photograph. Original purple cloth gilt with title set in white circle. All edges gilt. Octavo. Spine a little faded, but gilt remaining bright; inscription for Christmas 1881, with a later ownership signature. A handsome copy.
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The Witches. Illustrations by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. Hardcover. Pictorial unprice-clipped dust-wrapper. Octavo. First edition. Toning to the fore-edges as usual; short tear (5mm) at fold of front wrapper (not noticeable); two small tape marks on the blank verso of the wrapper; else a fine copy.
More details Price: £140.00