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ANDÄCHTIGS BETTBÜCHLEIN. Colligirt Durch Johan[n] Jeep.
Ulm: Jona Saum, 1631. 128 pages. Bound with; Luther, Martin. GEISTLICHE LIEDER UND PSALMEN. LUT[HERS], D. M[artin] unnd anderer from[m]en Christen. Ulm. Jona Saum. 1631. 124 [2 Register] pages. Bound in recent full calf. All edges gilt. Page size: 37 x 22. Binding: 44 x 28 mm. Inscription ion on endpaper; else very good. These would appear to be the earliest printings of these titles.
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BIJOU, LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
London: Harper Bros, 1848. 106 [5 ad’s] pages. Hand coloured engraved frontispiece. Original decorative roan gilt. All edges gilt. 48 x 31 mm. Contemporary inscription on endpaper. A very good copy. Welsh. 1278.
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CATS IN CHARGE.
San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer Press, 1989. Unpaged. Illustrated throughout. Number 28 of a limited edition of 125 copies, signed by both the author and the designer on the colophon. Original full decorative calf gilt binding. All edges gilt. Oblong: 59 x 80 mm. A fine copy.
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Dame Wiggins of Lee and her seven wonderful cats.
York: The Circle Press, 1992. [26] pages. Frontispiece and twenty illustrations, including four by Kate Greenaway. Pictorial white sheep. All edges gilt. 67 x 47 mm. Eighty-five individually numbered copies of a special edition are bound in white lamb. This is numbered 15. A fine copy.
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Dame Wiggins of Lee and her seven wonderful cats.
York: The Circle Press, 1992. [26] pages. Frontispiece and twenty illustrations, including four by Kate Greenaway. Pictorial green calf. All edges gilt. 67 x 47 mm. A fine copy.
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DEWDROPS.
London: Religious Tract Society, No date [Circa 1830’s]. Seventh edition. Red leather wallet binding. Oblong: 35 x 51 mm. Inscription on endpaper; light wear edges; else a very good clean copy.
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GREYFRIARS BOBBY.
Wigtown: The Gleniffer Press, 2001. Number 113 of a limited edition of 260 copies. Bound in full black sheep, gilt. 23 x 18 mm [15/16 x 11/16 inches]. A mint copy in the original polythene envelope with printed slip.
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Little Birdie in the Sky. Retold by Roger De Muth.
Cazenovia, New York: 1992. A miniature panorama of 12 panels, 11 of which are coloured illustrations with running text beneath, fold. The last panel bears the hand-numbered edition: 176 of 800 and the signature of the author/illustrator.
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No.5.-Royal Series. THE PRNCESS ALICE’S POCKET DIARY AND ALMANACK, for the year 1866.
London: Kent and Co, [1865.]. Miniature Diary and almanac in folding leather binding secured with a leather tongue. 68 x 32 mm. Faded inscription on end paper; one date marked with a cross; else unused and fine.
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PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO.
Londini: Pickering, 1821. Engraved frontispiece, [4] 283, [1] pages. Contemporary full vellum, gilt, black spine label; red endpapers; all edges gilt. Binding size: 84 x 50 mm [31/4" x 2"]. Complete with tipped-in corrigenda at end. Vellum little expanded at head & heel of spine; else very good copy. See Bondy page 87.
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PUNKY DUNK & THE SPOTTED PUP. By an Unknown Author & Illustrator.
San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer Press, 1998. [26] pages. Illustrated with 10 mounted colour plates. Number 10 of a limited edition of 20 copies, initialled by Juniper Von Phitzer. Original cloth with a mounted circular pastedown to the upper panel. 63 x 69 mm. A fine copy.
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SAN FRANCISCO CATS. Nine Lives with Whiskers.
San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer Press, 1991. 123, [2] pages. Some illustrations hand-tinted as issued. Number 15 of a limited edition of 135 copies, signed by both the author and the designer on the colophon. Original full decorative leather gilt binding. All edges gilt. Oblong: 59 x 79 mm. A fine copy.
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SUN CAT.
San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer Press, 1986. [32] pages. Illustrated with two double-page pop-ups. Original pictorial white calf. Oblong: 60 x 72 mm. Number 127 of a limited edition of 150 copies signed by both the author and the designer on the colophon. A fine copy.
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THE CROSS.
Wigtown: The Gleniffer Press, 2000. Number 101 of 260 copies. Original white cloth gilt. 51 x 39 mm [2 x 1 ½ inches]. A mint copy with the original printed slip, contained in the original polythene envelope.
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THE HOLY BIBLE The New Testament. The Millennium Miniature Edition. Authorized King James Version. Printed by Authority.
Wigtown: The Gleniffer Press. No. 176 of a limited edition of 2000 copies. Original black sheep gilt. 65 x 43 mm [2 9/16 x 1 ¾ inches]. A mint copy, with the original printed slip, contained in the original box with printed label.
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THE LOADED DOG.
Newton Stewart, Galloway, Scotland: The Gleniffer Press, 1997. 36 pages. Cream Novalite leather covers gilt. 30 x 16 mm. Complete with small descriptive leaflet with tiny bookmark. Number 5 of a limited edition of 219 copies. Mint.
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VICTORIA the Good Queen and Empress.
London: Gardner, Darton & Co, 1897. 96 pages. Illustrated with 14 black & white plates. Original white art vellum, with black gilt labels to the spine and upper panel. All edges gilt. 78 x 65 mm. Original blue cardboard box with paper title label to the lid. Inscribed in front endpaper, ‘Millicent from Mother June 21st 1897.’ Box worn and splitting at edges; else a fine copy.
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