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London: Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers 1757. 4to. vi, [2], 294 pp. Full speckled brown calf with a red title label and gilt lines to the darkened spine. With frontis illustration of Giants Causeway as called for. Staining to endpapers from the binders glue, and some foxing throughout, mainly to earliest and final leaves. Front board cracked and slightly loose. Edgewear alongside chipping and some scratching to the leather. Bookplates and pencil inscription to front pastedown. The first issue title referred to 'Volume 1, Part 1', and although a second volume was suggested, it never appeared. Bookplates of Henry Hippisley Coxe of Ston Easton Park and geologist J. C. Thackray. . Good. Full Calf. First Edition, First Issue. 1757.

London: Ben Brown Fine Arts 2014. Small 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 47 pp. Tan hardback in colour illustrated jacket. In near fine condition, clean and bright. Catalogue for the 2014 exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts of Lebanese artist Nabil Nahas. Colour illustrated throughout. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2014.

Sainte-Étienne: 1935. Small 4to. [6], 806 pp. Paper covers. Illustrations throughout. Some rubbing to spine and edges and light spotting to extremities. A 1935 cataloge by France's first mail-order company, specialising in shotguns. . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1935.

London: Jonathan Cape 1991. 4to. First Edition. 48 pp.Colour illustrated boards in a colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Slight curling to jacket edge, and a few large tears to rear panel that have been well mended by cellotape. Boards clean, internally clean and bright. Colour illustrated throughout by Patrick Benson. This was Dahl's last book for children, and his last published work after his death in 1990. It's the only one of Dahl's children's books not to have been first published with Quentin Blake illustrations. . Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 1991.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1973. Large 8vo. Second impression. 150, [2] pp. Pictorial boards. Minor wear to extremities. Previous price sticker to rear board. Black and white illustrations throughout. 0048231061 . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. Second Impression. 1973.

London: Jonathan Cape 1982. Large 8vo. First Edition. 224 pp. Hardback with gilt lettering to spine in colour illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Minor creases and minimal marks to jacket. Boards clean and binding firm. Internally clean. Illustrated by Quentin Blake throughout in black & white. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1982.

London: Michael Joseph Ltd. 1960. 8vo. 255 pp,. Green cloth with pictorial dustjacket. Some sunning to the jacket spine and very faint coffee marks to the front cover. Some wear and splits to the edges, particularly the spine ends and rear corner with internal tape repairs. Spine sunned to a pale brown with marks to the boards and minor splits to the spine ends. Generally internally clean with occasional marks. With presentation inscription from Roald Dahl to the front endpaper dated November 1970. . Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1960.

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1983. 4to.Illustrated. 32 pp,. First Edition. Illustrated hardcover boards. Boards bright, with slight scratch to the front board and wear to the extremities. Binding firm and internally fresh and bright, with no ownership marks. Illustrated through out in black and white with 10 full page colour illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett. 0224020536 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1983.

London: Jonathan Cape 1988. 8vo.Illustrated. 240 pp. First edition. Publisher's red boards with gilt lettering to spine and in pictorial dustjacket. Jacket bright and price unclipped. Very slight wear to corners of the dustjacket. Minor bumps to the corners and mark to the rear board. Otherwise both in excellent, clean condition. Internally fresh, without any ownership names. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. A charming edition of a much loved book. 0224025724 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1988.

Middlesex, England: Viking (Penguin Books Ltd) 1986. 8vo.Illustrated. 64 pp., Red calf spine with black cloth boards. Minor marks to the boards. Slight spotting to the fore-edge but internally clean and bright and illustrated in blck & white throughout by Graham Dean. Unsigned or numbered, out of series copy of the Limited edition published in honour of Dahl's 70th Birthday. 0670815314 . Very Good. 1/4 Calf. Limited Edition. 1986.

London: Jonathan Cape 1975. 8vo.Illustrated. 208 pp. Salmon-coloured boards in pictorial dust jacket. Sunning to the jacket spine and minor creasing to the edges, not price clipped. Minor spotting to the internal flaps, and short split at base of front edge. Board clean with slight wear to the edge of the front board. Binding firm and internally fresh and bright. Jacket design and text illustrations by Jill Bennett. 0224012010 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1975.

Venezia: Palazzo delle Prigioni Circolo Artistico 1954. Large 8vo.Exhibition Catalogue. 16, + plates, pp. Original wraps in colour pictorial wrapper. Minor wear to covers. Internally clean. With eighteen full-page black & white illustrations. Text in Italian. . Very Good. Wraps. 1954.

Paris: Draeger 2005. 4to. 220 pp. Publisher's full red cloth with gilt decoration in gold pictorial dust jacket. Spotting to endpapers. B&w and colour photography throughout. Minimal wear. Near Fine to Fine condition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2005.

London: Printed for J. Taylor 1806. Small 4to. xii, 318, (13) pp. Half red morocco over red cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Internally clean. No foxing. Untrimmed copy in late Victorian half morocco. One of the early studies of Gothic architecture. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1806.

London: J. Murray 1816. Tall 8vo. pp. vii,[1], 418, 29 leaves of plates printed in red, as well as some engravings in the text. Bound in a recent quarter speckled calf, with marbled boards and he original all edges gilt. According to the author, "Of this volume three hundred copies only were printed. One hundred had been sold, when the remainder were destroyed in a fire." . Very Good. 1/4 Calf. 1816.

Herouville-Saint-Clair: Conseil General Seine-Maritime 1998. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 90 pp. Large format paperback. Bright and clean copy. Full-colour illustrations throughout. Published to accompany the exhibition in1998. Text in French language. 2902093365 . Near Fine. Paperback. 1998.

London: Faber and Faber 1966. 8vo. 142 pp. Publisher's cloth in dust wrapper. Old cellotape marks & owner's name sticker to front endpaper. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1966.

London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, Sold at the British Museum 1901. 4to. xxiii, 186, plus xxxv plates, pp. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine marked with slight bubbling to cloth. Claude Delaval Cobham's copy, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Together with the printed letter gifting the book to him, by the Trustees of the British Museum. In-text illustrations. Thirty-five full-page plates. . Very Good. Cloth. 1901.

London: T. Nelson and Sons 1872. 8vo. 308, 12 pp., Green, gilt decorated cloth binding, with all edges gilt. Some wear to the extremities with gilt bright. Minor lean to the spine and slight seperation to the front hinge. Internally clean, with prize bookplate of Madras College St Andrews, 1876, to the front pastedown. Title page and three plates chromo-lithographically printed. . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1872.

Cleveland: The Fine Editions Press 1946. 8vo. 415 pp,. Bound in red half calf over red cloth boards with gilt decorated spine. Loss to the head and tail of the spine and some fading. 1946 edition of the 1840 novel, based on the authors experience of life aboard a merchant ship for two years. . Good. Half Calf. 1946.