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First edition thus; 4to (280 x 230 mm); fifty mounted coloured plates with captioned tissue-guards including tipped-in frontispiece (lacking one tissue-guard to illustration opposite p. 38), a further seven black & white plates and 12 black & white illustrations within text, neat gift inscription to blank second front, free endpaper, slight toning to margins of text leaves, else very good; publisher's green cloth gilt, faded and worn, more so to the spine, mild mottling to endpapers, printed dust-jacket, spine darkened, lightly dust-soiled and chipped with losses to spine extremities but otherwise sound.
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First American edition, first printing, author's presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's black cloth, titles to spine gilt, rose device to spine in pink, with the dust jacket. A very nice copy in the dust jacket.
£375 -
Reprint, author's presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. A very nice copy in the dust jacket.
£150 -
First edition, first impression; 8vo, (22.5 x 14.7 cm); 4 black-and-white illustrations (including frontispiece), half-title, scattered light foxing; publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, unclipped pictorial dustjacket designed by Jack Matthew, some wear and losses to dustjacket, overall a good copy; [vii], 202pp.
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Reprint, author's presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's green cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. A very nice copy in the lightly frayed dust jacket.
£200 -
First edition, first impression; 8vo; 16 black-and-white illustrations, half-title designed by Rex Whistler, scattered light foxing, foredge and lower edge untrimmed; publisher's red cloth within brown paper wrapper, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, unclipped pictorial dustjacket designed by Rex Whistler, dustjacket worn at edges and marked, corners a little scuffed, overall a very good copy; [12], 288pp.
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First edition, first impression; 8vo, (20.3 x 14 cm); half-title, scattered light foxing; publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, unclipped pictorial dustjacket, some wear to boards, dustjacket worn and marked, overall a very good copy; [8], 285pp.
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First US edition, first impression; 8vo, (24 x 16.5 cm); half-title, pastedowns slightly browned, otherwise internally clean; publisher's black cloth, author's blindstamped signature to front, gilt lettering to spine with rose device, unclipped pictorial dustjacket, dustjacket slightly worn and marked, otherwise a very good copy; [xxxviii], 290pp.
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First edition, first impression; 8vo, (22.3 x 14.5 cm); half-title, some light spotting to prelims; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, unclipped dustjacket designed by Keith Vaughan, some mild wear and spotting to dustjacket but otherwise in very good condition; [xxxii], 208pp.
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First US edition; 8vo, (24.5 x 16.5 cm); half-title, some light spotting to prelims; publisher's black decorated cloth, blue lettering to spine, boards slightly marked, corners rubbed, overall a good copy; [10], 113, [5]pp.
£20