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Stud bound, in burgundy boards, Bawden design on cream paper to both boards printed in black. Full page illustrated title page by Bawden, vignettes and borders throughout. A very good copy.

First edition, 3 works in one vol., 8vo; woodcut printer's device to titles, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, each work with errata at end, some browning mostly confined to margins, occasional spotting, bookplate and ownership markings to front pastedown, old ink initials to first title; 18th century calf, edge wear, spine rubbed, upper cover detached; collates as complete.

8vo, 89 pp., various blank leaves, 12 pp notes at end, contemporary sheep, worn, joints weak.

First edition; 4to (260 x 190 mm, 10 x 7 1/2 in); half-title signed by seven former Colditz prisoners of war, numerous colour and black & white portraits and illustrations; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering, boards slightly bowed, small chip to long side of upper one, otherwise a very good and internally fine.

Tenth edition; 8vo; 3 folding engraved plates, two with offsetting from folding, a few recent and older marginal repairs, numerous old pencil annotations. Rebound in twentieth century half black calf, marbled paper boards. Contents a little marked and toned, spine slightly faded, a very nice copy.

First US edition, first impression; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); presentation copy, signed on the title page, 'V.S. Naipual for Al Murray', cartographic endpapers, top edge stained; original burgundy cloth, author's initials blind stamped to upper board, title and floral detail gilt stamped to spine, slightly rubbed, with the dust jacket in a later state, a good copy.

First edition; 4to; frontispiece aquatint finished with exquisite hand-colouring, a further 41 illustrations, many full-page, captioned tissue-guards, modern Ex Libris to upper paste-down, the odd spot and blemish but mainly fine; contemporary full tan calf by Zaehnsdorf, gilt armorial device to covers, graduated panels and dentelles, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, a trifle rubbed and bumped at corners, else very good; iii, [blank], 203, [vii] pp.

First edition. 8vo., xxxiii, [7], 480, [8]pp., contemporary calf gilt, red morocco lettering piece, lightly rubbed, otherwise very good.

First London edition; 8vo; 8 lithographed plates, some foxing and oxidising, armorial bookplate to front pastedown; contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving contemporary spine, edge wear.

First edition; 8vo; 8 plates; some mild marginal toning, small patch of offsetting to two pages from a page marker, overall internally fine; publisher's blue cloth, printed dust-jacket, slightly toned at spine, a few small chips, but overall very good.