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London, Jonathan Cape, the Life and Letters Series, 1931. First thus; Book VG, no DW., green cloth, sun faded on and near spine, faded gilt spine lettering, book plate on upper paste down, previous owner's name on FEP, frontispiece photograph of Aubrey Beardsley, 23 full page illustrations including drawings by Beardsley , Beerbohm, Walter Crane and William NIcholson and photographic portraits.... more information

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Edition de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1924. First edition; 155pp; slightly worn brown buckram, gilt title to spine which has an inch long split at the top; text in French; frontispiece and 73 black and white plates; 4to.... more information

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Payot et cie., Lausanne, 1920. Later edition; 307pp plus 1 p. adverts; quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt title to spine, top edge gilt; preface by Henry Bordeaux; frontispiece and seven further illustrations; elegant inscription in French dated 1928; text in French; pages browned at edges; 12mo.... more information

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Birmingham School of Printing a Department of the College of Arts and Crafts Margaret Street 1938 First edition; red cloth, gilt lettering and device to upper board, no dust wrapper; a beautifully produced book, illustrated in colour and black and white, wood cut illustrations, typography, advertisements, monochrome printing, etc; 4to... more information

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London, John Murray, 1995. Paperback first edition uncorrected proof copy as issued, fine.... more information

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Viking, Commercial Press Ltd., 1986. First edition in English; 262pp; red boards, gilt title, dust wrapper; lavishly illustrated, map of China; edited by Graham Hutt; near fine; folio.... more information

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Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1955. First edition. Book very good, red boards, black title to spine and title and illustration to front cover, spine edges shelf rubbed, pictorial dust wrapper rubbed at edges; colour frontispiece and five further full plates by Studio Stead; title vignette; 8vo.... more information

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John Hamilton, London, nd. The first four issues of this magazine being Summer, 1934, 128pp; Autumn 1934, 128pp; Winter 1935, 128pp; and Spring 1935,112pp. Book very good, grubby red boards, sunned spine with black title, generally faded, foxing to first few pages which tend to have browned edges, no dust wrapper; short stories about aviation seven of which by the editor; illustrated with line drawings and adverts; 8vo. Heavy book, please contact me directly.... more information

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A New Directions Book, New York, 1986. First US edition. Book and dust wrapper near fine, blue cloth, gilt title to spine; 8vo.... more information

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London, Chatto and Windus, 1997. First edition, book/DW fine, a comedy of love and deception in Paris made into a movie starring Kate Hudson and Leslie Caron.... more information

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Elkin Matthews and Marrot, London, 1927. Limited edition of 510 copies, this being no. 477; 47pp; mottled boards, gilt title, printed in Baskerville 11pt. on hand-made paper; the first appearance of this tale in separate book form; 12mo.... more information

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Printed for Thomas Tegg and others, London, 1824. In three volumes. New edition, corrected and revised. Full mid-brown diced calf, faded gilt decoration and title to spine, marbled edges; neat library stamp to prelim in each volume; rubbed and worn spines, volume 2 has a three inch dark mark to lower board, otherwise a very nice set; from the library of Peter Avery; 4to. Please press on "Ask Bookseller a Question" for further information and photographs. 8vo.... more information

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Faber and Faber, London, 1937. First edition; unpaginated; illustrated boards; poems and enchanting illustrations drawn on the stone; printed at the Baynard Press; a presentation card pasted onto front endpaper; 4to.... more information

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Collins, London, 1958. First edition; 95pp; illustrated boards, dust wrapper and endpapers; enchanting illustrations in colour and black and white to each page; 8vo.... more information

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Hutchinson, London, 1994. First edition. Book and dust wrapper fine, black boards, silver title; black and white photographs; the story of Maurice Girodias and the Olympia Press; 8vo.... more information

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Young Scott Books, New York, 1961. First edition. Book near fine, illustrated boards, mylar-protected dust wrapper good, damp patch and small tear to upper edge damp and longer tear to lower edge; sequel to "What Do You Say, Dear?"; oblong 8vo. (180 x 225mm).... more information

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New York, Modern Library, [1926] Faded red cloth, price-clipped dust wrapper; introduction by Padraic Colum; small 8vo.... more information

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Macdonald, London, 1962. First UK edition. Book near fine, red boards, gilt title to spine, illustrated dust wrapper illustrated by the author who also did the illustrations for the 12 volume set of Proust's "In Remembrance of..."; translated from the French by Edward Hyams; 12mo.... more information

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Oxford, Phaidon, 1977. First UK edition, 206pp., book fine, brown boards, gilt lettering, owner's name on FFEP, pictorial DW VG, 153 illustrations of which 16 in colour.... more information

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Barrie and Jenkins, London, 1984. First edition. 224pp. Book near fine brown boards, gilt title to spine dust wrapper; endpapers decorated with examples of signatures including Ellen Terry, Ruskin, Samuel Palmer, W. Holman-Hunt and many others; illustrated with black and white photographic portraits; 4to.... more information

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