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First edition; 8vo; frontispiece and illustrations by Gordon Browne, minor spotting to endpapers; publisher's pictorial cloth, a very good copy.

First edition; 8vo; frontispiece and vignette illustrations by Gordon Browne, stain to p.81, some splitting at gatherings, but overall internally very good; publisher's dark blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front decoratively stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, some minor rolling and rubbing to spine, light rubbing, overall very good.

Large paper edition, number 101 or 150; 3 vols, 4to (240 x 175 mm), engraved frontispieces to each volume, further illustrations in text, title pages in red and black, spotting to preliminary and terminal pages, mostly to endpapers with only the the odd spot any further, corner crease to upper free endpapers of vol. ii, otherwise very good; mid-twentieth century half red morocco over cloth, one-line gilt panelled, top edge gilt, otherwise untrimmed, as published, small bookseller's label of H.V. Day to upper past-down of vol. i, slight dust-soiling to bindings, minor darkening of spines but all in all, very good indeed.

First edition; 8vo; bookplate to front free endpaper; publisher's boards, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, a fine copy.

First edition; 8vo; publisher's boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped to inner flap with publisher's price-sticker, a fine copy.

Number 212 of 250 specially bound copies signed by the illustrator; 4to; illustrations throughout by Hilary Knight, including double-page fold-out element, further photographic illustrations; publisher's cloth with onset colour illustration to upper cover, matching cloth slip-case, original laminate (opened).

Number 215 of 250 specially bound copies signed by the illustrator; 4to; illustrations throughout by Hilary Knight, pictorial endpapers; publisher's cloth with onset colour illustration to upper cover, matching cloth slip-case, original laminate (opened).

Number 150 of 300 specially bound copies signed by the illustrator; 4to; illustrations throughout by Hilary Knight, including double-page fold-out element, pictorial endpapers; publisher's cloth with onset colour illustration to upper cover, matching cloth slip-case, original laminate (opened).

First edition, first impression; 8vo; original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, green topstain, with the dust jacket. A very nice copy in the somewhat faded dust jacket as usual.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's green cloth, titles to spine gilt, green topstain, with the dust jacket. An exceptionally fresh copy in the dust jacket with a touch of tanning to the spine.