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William Heineman, nd (1913) 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-. 1st Edition, later printing. 15.2 x 20.7 cm grey cloth with sampler design and titles to the front and spine. Top edge blue, pictorial endpapers, as called for in a first edtition. (xi) 160pp, Blue printed title page, 13 full page colour plates with captioned tissue guards 2 with small tears on the bottom edge and numerous black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Part of the cloth over the rear joint has worn through to create a 6.5 cm split and the spine tips and corners are a little rubbed. All four corners have been rubbed and a little pushed. Internally, there are ink initials to the front pastedown and splitting to the endpapers although the binding remains firm and square. There is some spotting and occasional finger marks. 2 tissue-guardswith small tears on the bottom edge. Full of witty and charming illustrations, this is one of Rackham's best illustrated books. It is now protected in a removable rigid plastic…
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Mother Goose The Old Nursery Rhymes
by RACKHAM, Arthur
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The King Must Die
by RENAULT, Mary
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Longmans, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st Edition, 1st Printing 12.8 x 20.2 cm navy boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, v [i] 373 [1]pp with original unclipped jacket priced at 16/-net. There is a little light marking to the boards with a hint of pushing to the corners and spine tips. There is slight creasing to the spine that appears to be the result in part of a manufacturing fault. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just very occasional light marking. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is lightly dust marked and some creasing to the spine tips, and corners with a couple of very tiny closed tears of 2mm or less. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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The Hanging Woman ~ Signed by Author
by RHODE, John
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Dodd Mead & Company, 1931. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 1st US Edition 13.2 x 19.2 cm Yellow cloth with green stamped vignette to the front and black titles to the front and spine. 'Red Badge Detective' endpapers, [viii] 307[1]pp with original unclipped jacket priced at $2.00. The author has signed the book on the blank following the front free endpaper, "With best wishes from the author/ John Rhode/June '32". The boards are bright with some dust staining and toning to the spine. There is a little pushing to the spine tips, three of the four corners are creased and there is a 2cm split in the cloth at the top of the lower joint. Internally there is some toning to a section of the endpapers where the dust jacket does not reach and a little spotting, mainly to the uncut edges but occasionally extending onto the text pages. The author's signature is very clear. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) has small losses at the spine tips and corners.…
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The Speaking Cat
by RHODES, Thomas
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N. Merridew at the Herald and Advertiser Office, Cross-Cheaping, 1809. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1st Edition. 14.1 x23 cm. Modern paper covered boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine, 16 (2)pp. The boards are in fine condition as are the new endpapers which have a small bookplate from the collection of Jean Feisenberger on the front pastedown. The uncut pages are a little dust stained and marked with a 3cm brown stain on the bottom corner of page 5/6 and to a lesser extent on page 7/8 following. There is a 2cm closed tear to the fore edge of p7, a couple of smaller tears and a few tiny creases to the lower corners. A rare item not found on JISC. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Melodie In Mineur [Voyage in the Dark]
by RHYS, Jean [translated by Édouard de Néve]
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Uitgeverij de Steenuil, nd [1935] 1935. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG++/VG-. 1st Dutch Edition. 13.5 x 20 cm blue and cream cloth with gilt stamped titles to the front and spine, 224pp. With original unclipped dust jacket. The boards have been well protected by the dust jacket and are clean and bright and the binding firm. Internally without name, inscription or bookplate. There is some spotting to the edge of the text block and a little light spotting to the first few and last few pages. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) presents very well. There is light dust marking to the rear panel and a 1cm chip on the top corner of the front panel. There are also three small tears on the rear panel varying between 0.5 and 1.2 cm. A lovely book. Translated by her husband, the text differs to the original edition and here Rhys's first-person narrative has been changed into a third-person account. Henriëtte Van Eyk would carry out further Dutch translation of Voyage…
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Washi Tour, Japan 1995
by RICHARDSON, Maureen
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Richardson, Romilly Brilley, 1995. Limited Edition. Softcover. NF. Limited Edition No. 25 of 90. 15 x 22.5 cm landscape green kozo fiber paper wraps with a label to the front cover. French fold pages 25[2]pp with 5 illusrations including a full page map of the tour, with 10 samples tipped in. The books is contained within a brown card folder with Japanese paper closure. A lovely copy. The book itself has been well protected by the card cover and is in near fine condition. The cover. The brown folder is a little creased at the spine tips and has additional punch holes on the front flap. All in all a lovely record of a tour Richardson made of the workshops of 12 paper makers and a couple of related crafts people on the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Allons Enfants de la Patrie!
by RICHPIN, Jean
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Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, nd(1920) 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 27.5 x34 cm white faux leather bevelled boards, with blue red and gilt stamped vignette and titles to the front and blue titles to the spine. Uncut edges and red, white and blue marbled endpapers, 145(8)pp with 33 historical poems covering the period from St Genevieve to the end of World War I. Each poem has a black and white decorative title page and is accompanied by a full page colour illustration by JOB. A touch of scuffing to the bevelled edges, spine tips and corners, predominantly on the bottom edge of the front board, and a little light dust marking commensurate with age. Internally there is a gift inscription dated 1922 on the blank following the front free endpaper and there are very occasional light marks on a couple of pages. All in all a beautifully illustrated volume. Please note this is a large volume and additional postage may well be required. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do…
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Peter Rabbit A Story With Music For Piano
by RICHTER, Ada
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Theodore Presser Co., nd(1946) 1946. Softcover. VG. 28.6 x 23 cm colour pictorial soft covers, stapled bindng, 24pp with 11 black and white illustrations and 9 songs with music. Very good with 8 pages poorly opened along the bottom edge. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Leaves of Glass
by RIDLEY, Philip
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Methuen Drama, 2007. 1st Edition. Softcover. VG-. 1st Edition. 13 x 19.6 paperback, 97 [1]pp. Signed by author and cast of the original production in the Soho Theatre: Maxine Peake, Ben Wishaw, Ruth Sheen and Trystan Gravelle. Clean covers but with an obvious scratch on the front and some lighter ones on the rear. Internally, apart from the signatures there is just a note of when the book was signed 'April/May 2007 + Post Show talk May 21st'. Some excellent theatrical autographs. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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The Schlieffen Plan: Critique Of A Myth
by RITTER, Gerhard
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Oswald Wolff (Publishers) Limited, 1958. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG. 1st UK Edition. Blue cloth with gilt stamped titles to the spine 195pp. Together with original price clipped dust jacket and scarce publisher's wrap around band. Tucked inside is a typewritten letter from the author asking his British publisher to send copies of the book to three academics in Cambridge and London A very good plus book that has been well protected by its dust jacket and has only a hint of shelf wear to the bottom corners and spine tips. Internally there is a little toning and spotting to the half of the front and rear free endpapers not covered by the dust jacket but otherwise the book is clean and bright and without marks or inscriptions. The dust jacket is very good, complete with only a hint of rubbing to the spine tips and corners and a little toning to the spine and a little fading to the spine area of the wrap around band. The rear panel is a little spotted and has an area of toning along the top…
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Pinkie and the Fairies
by ROBERTSON, W. Graham
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William Heinemann, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Edition. 13 x 18.3 cm grey cloth with black and pink stamped decoration to the front and black titles to the front and spine xii 146 [2] with decorative title page 6 black and white full page woodcut illustrations and black and white headers to each Act. A lovely copy with some beautiful illustrations. There is a touch of rubbing to the spine tips, edges and corners. Internally, there is no name inscription or bookplate and just a little uniform toning to the free endpapers and one or two very light finger marks. The play was first produced at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1908 when it stared Ellen Terry. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Francois 1er
by ROBIDA, Albert & TOUDOUZE, George Gustave
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Boivin & Cie, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1st Edition, 30 x 37.2 cm grey cloth with gilt titles to the spine and highly decorative coloured illustration on the front cover with black titles silver and gilt decoration. All edges gilt, blue-grey endpapers, 80+(2) Table des Gravures with 38 full page chromolithographic illustrations including 2 double page images. There is just a little rubbing to the spine tips, with a small 4mm hole in the cloth at the head of the spine and a touch of bumping to the corners and edges and some light marking mainly to the rear cover. The binding is firm and internally it is is in very good condition being without name, inscription or bookplate and with just a hint of toning to the edges of the text pages. Please note this is a large volume and additional postage may well be required. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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The Black Cat Book
by ROBINSON, Charles and COPELAND, Walter
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Blackie, [1905] 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-. 1st Edition 18 x 25 cm khaki paper covered boards with titles and illustration in black, white and red to the front cover. Unpaginated [48] rhymes illustrated with silhouette images of cats on every page, some enhanced with red decoration. There is some loss of paper to the spine and a 1.5 x 3.5 cm loss of surface paper to the spine edge on the lower board at the head of the spine. However the binding remains firm. Internally there is a gift inscription dated 1905 on the inside of the front board. There is the occasional very light handling mark and some ghosting from the images but otherwise the book is clean. A difficult to find 1st Edition of this humorous collection of 20 rhymes with Robinson's charming illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Beauty's Punishment
by ROQUELAURE, A N (RICE< Anne)
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Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1987. F/F. 1st UK Edition, 1st Impression. 12 x 20.5 cm black boards with gilt titles to the spine together with publisher's original unclipped dust jacket showing £11.95 at the foot of the front flap. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author to the front free endpaper. The boards are in fine condition with firm, sharp and square corners and no shelf wear. The titles are very bright and fresh and the spine ends are firm. The binding is very firm and square with slight toning to the edges of the text block due to paper quality. The book appears unread. Internally, there is no name, inscription or bookplate. The dust jacket is in fine condition and is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown). A superb copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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The Kingdom of the Pearl
by ROSENTHAL, Leonard
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Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. NF. Limited Edition, 1st Thus. 19.3 x 26.5 cm black leather with gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine. Blue silk endpapers, [xii] 150 [10]pp with 10 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards and a ribbon book mark. A near fine book with just a hint of shelf wear. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The tipped in plates are all in fine condition. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Dame Wiggins of Lee and her Seven Wonderful Cats, A Humorous Tale. By a Lady of Ninety
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George Allen, 1885. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG+. GREENAWAY, Kate. 1st Thus, Deluxe Large Paper Edition one of a limited edition of 400. 17.7 x 22.5 cm maroon cloth with blind stamped line borders and gilt stamped vignette and titles to the front. Uncut edges iv, [4], 20, [1] pp. Twenty-two woodcuts, pp. 3,4,8, and 9 by Kate Greenaway. A lovely copy with only a couple of small marks light marks and a little rubbing to the spine tips, corners and edges. Internally clean and bright with a number of pages unopened, neat ownership name to the half title and a little toning to the verso of the free endpapers. There is a faint pencil note about the book to the verso of the front free endpaper and one or two very faint handling marks within the text. Originally published in 1823, this is a facsimile reprint with four additional verses and illustrations by Ruskin and Greenaway respectively. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or…
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Men, Martians and Machines
by RUSSELL, Eric Frank
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Dennis Dobson , 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 12.5 x 19cm. Publisher's original dusky rose coloured boards with gilt titles to the spine, 191pp, together with original dust jacket priced at 9s 6d. Noting a light dust mark near the top of the upper joint, the boards are in fine condition with no shelf-wear. The spine titles are beautifully bright and fresh. All fore edge corners are firm, sharp and square. The binding is very tight and square, such that the book appears unread. There is a little tab of paper, 2 x 5mm, at the bottom fore edge of p125/126 that extends out from the text block, where it has not been cut properly in production. Internally, there is age related acid migration toning to the endpapers and a light vertical band of it on the pastedowns. There is no name, inscription or bookplate and the pages are beautifully clean with no spots, marks or blemishes. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable plastic cover (not shown in…
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The Ring of Nenuphar
by RUTLEY, C Bernard
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George Newnes Ltd, 1943. VG++/VG. 1st Edition. 12.5 x 19cm blue cloth boards with black stamped titles to the front and spine, 214 [2]pp with original unclipped jacket priced at 5/- net. The boards have been well protected by its jacket and are clean and bright with just a hint of pushing to the spine tips. Internally, there is a gift inscription dated 1944 on the front free endpaper but otherwise the pages are very clean with just the merest hint of spotting to the edge of the text block. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown) and presents very well. It is surprisingly clean and bright with a little chipping at the head of the spine and corners, a small 4mm tear on the lower rear joint and a 1cm tear with associated creasing at the lower corner on the front panel. There is also a little creasing along the top edge of the front panel. All in all an excellent and scarce 1st Edition copy of this, the first in Rutley's Honor Lang trilogy, an adventure series…
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