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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.

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.

Subscriber's edition, one of 100 copies on Imperial Japan Paper; 51 volumes, 8vo; illustrated with etched plates throughout in two states, both with captioned tissue-guards, handsome contemporary binding in full crushed morocco, spines gilt in compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering direct, all edges gilt, wide inner dentelles gilt, floral endpapers, fading to spine and rubbing to some spine extremities, a few mildly worn, otherwise a fine set.

3 vols, small 8vo; frontispiece portrait of the poet to vol. I, natural toning, a few spots to preliminary leaves of first two vols, otherwise near-fine; near-contemporary full green morocco by 'Wiseman', double gilt panelled, Bishopric armourial device to boards and 'heavenly keys' and Bishop's Mitre devices to spines, dentelles, all in gilt, all edges gilt, rubbed at extremities, boards a little patchy, otherwise very good.

First edition; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, photographic dust-jacket, rubbed and chippped on extremities, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, oterwise a fair copy and internally fine.

Early issue, 'two hundred and twenty-fifth thousand'; advertisements at front and end, one advertisment leaf loose, some browning/foxing to leaves at front and end; publisher's pictorial wrappers worn and soiled, some repair work to around spine but original printed backstrip present; together with a loose typed letter signed from Hume to a Mr O'Donnell dated 10th November 1905, both housed in a modern slip-case, reproducing the top and rear boards of the book.

First edition, signed presentation copy from the author, inscribed at the head of the first page of text; 8vo; advertisements at beginning and end, patterned endpapers, stitching pulled in places with some mild springing to gatherings; publisher's decorative cloth, marked and slightly bubbled; with another, near fine copy of the same.

First edition; 8vo; illustrations, 2pp. advertisements, minor staining to top-edge of text-block, occasional foxing and marginal thumb-marking; publisher's green cloth blocked in gilt with device stamped in blind to lower cover, top edge gilt, some minor bumping and edge-wear, overall very good.