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London. George Rutledge and Sons. 1887. Bound in cloth covered boards. Gilt titles to spine. t.e.g. Tall Folio (12" x 15.75"). The Large Paper Edition, limited to 800 numbered copies of which this is number 108 signed by the engraver and printer, Edmund Evans. With a preface by Austin Dobson. Illustrated throughout with full page colour plates by Caldecott and further duotone vignettes en texte. Covers well rubbed. Corners bumped. Shadow remnants of adhesive tape to several portions of spine. Evidence of repair to several tears of spine cloth. Ffep chipped. This copy lacks pages and plates: 185-188, 276-277, 343-344. All plates clean and crisp.

New York. Coward - McCain Inc. 1943. 12mo. 1st Edition. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.

New York. ThomasY. Crowell & Co. 1907. Pictorial cloth binding. Sm. 8vo. With 10 monochromatic illustrations by E.Warde Blaisdell. Very Good.

Los Angeles. Al Malaikah Temple. 1923. Art Deco pictorial wrappers. Oblong 8vo. Profusely illustrated with colour and duotone full page plates of early Southern California. A beautiful collection of 1920 era Southern California photographs. Some chipping to covers, else Near Fine.

London. Henry Colburn. 1841. Bound in original publisher's decoratively blind embossed brown cloth. Gilt ruled spine compartments. Gilt titles. 8vo (5.75" x 9"). Illustrated with engraved frontis'. Covers rubbed. Head and tail pieces chipped. Several small unobtrusive private library stamps to prelims. A crisp, tight, very serviceable set.

Boston. John P. Jewett and Company. 1854. Bound in original blind ruled and decorated brown cloth over boards. gilt decorations and titles to spine. 12mo. 5.0" x 7.5". The First Edition. Illustrated with a folding coloured map. Covers mildly sunned and soiled.Tailpiece worn. Map presents a 3.5" tear extending outward from gutter which has been neatly closed by tape repair to rear.Gutter edge of map marginally rolled.One signature slightly shaken, but very firm. A clean, crisp, bright Very Good copy.

Santa Barbara. Peregrine Smith, Inc. 1977. Square 8vo. First Edition. Hugely illustrated with monochrome plates. A Fine copy in a Very Good dustwrapper.

Waltham Saint Lawrence. The Golden Cockerel Press. 1926. Bound in half cloth and paper covered boards. Label to spine. 8vo. This edition is limited to 550 numbered copies of which this is number 210. Offset to prelims, some pages uncut. A Fine, pristine copy in chipped and foxed, original dustwrapper.`

New York. Arlington House. 1970. Bound in gilt titled purple cloth. In publishers original blue slipcase. Thick folio. First Edition. This copy inscribed and signed boldly in ink by Joan Crawford to table of contents page. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Some staining and adhesion abrasions to rear cover. Several page tips with tiny creases. The tops of several pages in the Dietrich section very mildly wrinkled. A Very Good copy in a somewhat frayed but Very Good slipcase.

Fort Collins. The Old Army Press. 1975. Bound in foil stamped cloth over boards. Original publishers slipcase with pictorial pastedown. 4to. The autographed edition, this copy one of only two hundred and fifty copies signed by the author. Illustrated with monochrome and duotone plates, drawings, etc. A Very Fine, pristine copy in a Fine slipcase.

Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press. 1985. Oblong 8vo. 1st Edition. Illustrated from photographs. Very Fine in Very Fine dustwrapper.

Boston P.P. Caproni and Brother 1911. Bound in titled green cloth over boards. Tall 4to.8" x 10.5". Catalogue for 1911. Profusely illustrated with monochrome plates dispalying the enormous inventory of the renowned Boston plasterworks. A facinating and huge collection of images displaying plaster cast sculptures, busts, frieze's, mouldings, cornices, etc. offered by the master plaster casting company of its time. Breathtaking variety of historical figures, historical scenes and design styles. Quite rare. General darkening and moderate soling to covers. Strip of ink to blank flyleaf.A Very Good, crisp and bright copy.

Chicago. Montgomery Ward Co. 1935. Imprinted pictorial wrappers. Thick Folio. Profusely and most nostalgically illustrated with images of every conceivable, consumer good produced in the entire United States of America. A vast treasure-house of reference material encased in an absolutely splendid binding. Many images in colour. Over 700 jam packed pages of Jazz Age consumables, a sublime entertainment. Small chip to front cover, spine a bit creased. A Very Good, bright, crisp copy.

Chicago. Montgomery Ward Co. 1935. Imprinted pictorial wrappers. Thick Folio. Profusely and most nostalgically illustrated with images of every conceivable, consumer good produced in the entire United States of America. A vast treasure-house of reference material encased in an absolutely splendid art-deco binding. Many images in colour. Over 700 jam packed pages of Depression era consumables, a sublime entertainment. Covers worn with various creasing. A Good, firm, internally bright copy.

Washington D.C. Office of Air Force History. 1987. Bound in gilt titled cloth covered boards. Thick 8vo. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with monochrome photographs. A Very Fine, pistine copy in a Fine Dustwrapper.

Edinburgh. John Grant. 1910. Bound in 1/2 pictorial red cloth and brown cloth covered boards. t.e.g. 4to. Illustrated throughout with stunning full page engravings by Ad. Lalauze. Covers somewhat darkened at top edges and very gently rubbed. A bit of rubbing and scuffing to spines. Corners bumped. A Very Good bright wonderfully illustrated set.

Ravelston. Private Libraries Association.(cockerel) n.d. Gilt titled blue cloth. 4to. The unlimited edition. Illustrated with monochrome plates and further drawings en texte. A Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper.

New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1896. Pictorial gilt decorated cloth. 8vo. 1st Edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontis by Lancelot Speed. Covers moderately soiled, gilt present but a bit dull, prelims. somewhat soiled, lacks rear endsheet. A tight, Very Good copy of this early Science Fiction classic.

London. W. & R. Chambers. 1863. 3/4 green morocco and marbled boards with gilt decorated spine compartments and gilt titled spines. 4tos. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Some light wear to edges, covers, hinges slightly scuffed, else Very Good. A clean and tight set.