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    A Bear Called Paddington

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    A Bear Called Paddington By Michael Bond First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1958). Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper: "To Nina, with best wishes, Michael Bond". The dedicatee is Nina Froud who was a personal friend of the author and worked at his literary agency. The first book in the Paddington series where one of the most iconic and beloved British fictional characters first appeared, later going on to form the basis of several ongoing TV and successful film adaptations. Publisher's original red cloth with silver lettering to spine containing illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. A beautiful, fine and pristine book throughout, save for a touch of off-setting to endpapers. Appears unread. The original complete dust jacket is not price-clipped and is in unusually superior condition with a chip to spine head - not affecting any lettering - and a closed tear to top of upper panel fore-edge with a couple of tiny and inconspicuous nicks to the top edge of lower panel. A very rare inscribed presentation copy of a quality and with an association that are very seldom encountered.
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    A Charlie Brown Christmas

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    A Charlie Brown Christmas By Charles Schulz First edition, first impression. Original pictorial boards with maroon endpapers and paste-downs. A little rubbing to board edges, else near fine and free from names and inscriptions, in a very good and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of small nicks and shallow chips to edges with some rubbing in places and a crease running down the spine panel. A very good copy indeed. Rare in the dust jacket.
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    A Squash and a Squeeze

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    A Squash and a Squeeze By Julia Donaldson First edition, first impression. The author's first book which, due to the infrequency of its appearance in commerce, is likely to have had a very limited print run. It also marks the first collaboration between the author and illustrator, whose partnership would later go on to create 'The Gruffalo', 'Stick Man', 'Zog' and 'Room on the Broom' among many others. Original pictorial boards with pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. Slight toning to edges and very minor instances of rubbing to corners, else a fine and sharp example, free from any names or inscriptions. No jacket as issued.
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    Animal Farm

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    Animal Farm By George Orwell First Illustrated edition, first impression. Issued shortly before the releaase of the full-length cartoon film adaptation of the book and illustrated by the same illustrators that made the cartoons, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Original cloth with lettering and motif to spine and upper board in silver. A very good copy with some dustiness to top edge and a slight spine slant. Clean and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little rubbing and a few small nicks to edges with an associated crease to bottom edge of upper panel and a couple of creases to corners of upper flap and slight fading to spine panel, very good indeed otherwise.
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    Ginger & Pickles

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    Ginger & Pickles By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second printing with date to title and copyright page. Gift inscription to half-title. Some darkening and moderate soiling to boards with a little foxing to opening pages and split to bottom portion of upper panel hinge, but binding still nice and firm. Rubbed in places, but still a very good example.
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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J. K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Original blue cloth with pictorial on-lay to upper board featuring artwork by Cliff Wright. Green ribbon marker and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A minuscule knock half way down the edge of upper board, else a fantastic copy.
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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J.K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Signed by the cover artist, Cliff Wright to the upper board. Publisher's original blue cloth with gold edges, dark blue endpapers and paste-downs and light green ribbon marker with pictorial on-lays and lettering to upper board and spine in gilt. Contents lovely and clean and free from any marks names or inscriptions. There is a barely visible tear to fore-edge of half-title of approximately 5mm in length that has been neatly repaired, fine otherwise.
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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire By J.K. Rowling First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the dedication page: "To Laura and Kat, Who, I hear, are Harry fans - making me like them a lot! J K Rowling". Inscribed copies of this title are exceptionally rare and were usually given to people who were involved in arranging the signing events or had a personal connection with the author. Some fading to the spine of the book and top edge of upper board with tanning to edges and barely visible pencil impression to the front endpaper from a previous retailer. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little fading to spine and a couple of soft creases to spine ends, near fine otherwise.
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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix By J . K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Published simultaneously with the first trade edition in 2003. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'To Betty, Happy 70th!! With love from J. K. Rowling x'. Original burgundy cloth and endpapers with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt, gold page edges, ribbon marker and pictorial onlay to upper board featuring artwork by Jason Cockcroft. A beautiful, fine copy. Very rare signed or inscribed.
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone By J. K. Rowling First illustrated edition, first impression (Bloomsbury, 2016). Illustrated by Jim Kay and signed and inscribed by him to the title page: 'For Martin, Thank you for coming along! Best Wishes, Jim Kay'. The first ever illustrated edition. Rare inscribed. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt, pictorial endpapers and paste-downs with a red ribbon marker. A fine book with a very minor and inconspicuous knock to spine in a fine dust jacket.
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone By J. K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. One of 4,869 copies issued in the initial print run. Original red cloth and red endpapers. Lettering to spine in gilt. Gold edges and ribbon marker with pictorial on-lay to upper board featuring artwork by Thomas Taylor. An excellent, fine example.
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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban By J. K. Rowling First edition, first impression and second state with 'J. K. Rowling to copyright page, dropped text corrected on page 7 and no advertisements to rear. Original pictorial boards. Some toning to edges and a slight spine slant with a brief inscription to top of front endpaper and round price sticker to front paste-down, very good or better otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some fading to spine panel, else near fine.
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    He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown!

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    He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown! By Charles Schulz First edition, first impression. A little rubbing to spine ends and board corners. A little peripheral browning to paste-down and half-title, otherwise excellent.
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    It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown

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    It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown By Charles Schulz First edition, first impression. Tear to half-title with associated tape repair. Some rubbing to board edges, otherwise excellent. No jacket.
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    It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

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    It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown First edition, first impression. Some rubbing to spine ends and a little marginal browning to front and rear paste-downs, otherwise near fine. No jacket.
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    Just So Stories

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    Just So Stories By Rudyard Kipling First edition, first impression (Macmillan & Co, 1902). Some fading to spine with a bit of rubbing in places and some spotting to endpapers, contents very nice and clean otherwise. A very good example.
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    Keeping On Keeping On

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    Keeping On Keeping On By Alan Bennett First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author to the title page. The book will be wrapped with care and shipped securely to ensure safe delivery.
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    Matilda

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    Matilda By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression published by Jonathan Cape in 1988 and featuring illustrations by Quentin Blake. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A few marks to boards and edges with some rubbing to board edges and a few isolated superficial indentations, otherwise very good and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some of the usual fading to the spine panel, a little spotting to flaps and a small chip to top corner of lower panel, better than very good otherwise.
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    Michael Bond’s Book of Mice

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    Michael Bond's Book of Mice By Michael Bond First edition, first impression. Presentation copy. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper verso. A little rubbing to board edges and small area of fading to spine head, else very good or better and internally clean. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some slight fading to spine panel and a small area of loss to spine head, otherwise very good.
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    Now We Are Six

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    Now We Are Six By A. A. Milne First edition, first impression (Methuen & Co, 1927). Illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Publisher's original maroon cloth; top edge gilt. A hint of rubbing to spine tips; previous owner name and browning to half-title; contents nice and clean otherwise. Some browning to spine panel of dust jacket with some loss and small tear to spine head; a couple of small closed tears to lower panel with small stain to fore-edge; some general edge wear to top. A very good copy.
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    Paddington on Top

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    First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper: 'For Richard, All good wishes, Michael Bond'. Original red cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with very slight toning to edges, in a very good clipped and re-priced dust jacket with moderate wear to top edge and a couple of small tears. Rare signed or inscribed.
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    Rhyme Stew

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    Rhyme Stew By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper. Dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little knocking to corners with often-seen ghosting of the author's signature to front paste-down, near fine otherwise in a near fine dust jacket with some creasing to top edge of upper panel.
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    The Boy in the Dress

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    The Boy in the Dress By David Walliams First edition, first impression (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. The author's first book. A fine book in a near fine or better dust jacket with a just a touch of fading to the spine panel.
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    The Boy in the Dress

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    The Boy in the Dress By David Walliams First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'To Ronnie Merry Xmas David Walliams'. The author's first book with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Original pictorial boards. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a little fading to spine panel.
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    The Cat in the Hat

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    The Cat in the Hat By Dr. Seuss First UK edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1958). Originally published in the US the previous year. Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper verso: 'for the children of Battersea with Best Wishes... Dr Seuss'. Rare thus. Publisher's original turquoise pictorial boards. Rubbing to edges and to spine with some bumping to corners; very slight bowing to upper board; contents clean and free from names and inscriptions. A good copy of an edition that is rare to find bearing a unique inscription from the author.
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    The Giant Who Stole the World

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    The Giant Who Stole the World By John Cunliffe First edition, first impression with illustrations by Faith Jacques. Presentation copy. Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication. As well as being a Children's book author, John Cunliffe was known as a television presenter and was the creator of 'Postman Pat' and 'Rosie and Jim'. Original pictorial boards. A little rubbing in places to board edges, primarily to spine tips with some moderate damage to spine foot, otherwise very good indeed in a fine and unclipped dust jacket. Uncommon, especially so signed or inscribed by the author.
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    The Happy Prince and Other Stories

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    The Happy Prince and Other Stories By Oscar Wilde First edition with Robinson's illustrations (Duckworth, 1913). Purple cloth with lettering and decoration in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Featuring 12 colour plates mounted under captioned tissue guards - a few of which with one or two light creases - and a number of attractive line drawings. Some toning and spotting to edges and browning to front and rear endpapers. The covers are in very nice bright condition. A very good copy indeed, accompanied by remnants of the rare original dust jacket.
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    The Harry Potter Books: A Complete Set of First Adult Editions

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    The Harry Potter Books By J.K. Rowling A complete set of first adult editions, first impressions of The Harry Potter books, published between 2003-2007. The last three books in this edition from 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' onwards were published simultaneously with the first trade editions. All volumes bound in black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little toning to edges of vol five and a touch of pushing to spine ends of vol seven, else fine, in fine, or near fine, unclipped dust jackets with minor wear in places, primarily to spine head, of the final three titles. Rarely found as a complete set in such good condition.
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    The Last Battle

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    The Last Battle By C. S. Lewis First edition, first impression (The Bodley Head, 1956). Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Small area of sunning to spine head with an owner name and date to endpaper verso and some spotting to front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, otherwise contents clean throughout. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with some chipping to edges and a tear to top edge of upper panel. Foxing to lower panel, flaps and verso. A very good example.
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    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat

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    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat By Enid Blyton First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'Bryan, Love from Enid Blyton'. A rare inscribed example of the second book in the Five Find Outers series of children's mystery novels. Original green cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. Very good indeed with some fading to spine and top edges of boards and spotting to endpapers. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little rubbing in places with a few tears and shallow chips to edges.
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    The Second Jungle Book

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    The Second Jungle Book By Rudyard Kipling First edition, first impression. Illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling. Blue cloth with motifs and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. All edges gilt. Some occasional spotting to first 32 or so pages, primarily to preliminaries, otherwise clean and free from any names or inscriptions. A few light marks to cloth and a touch of the usual rubbing to spine ends. Gilt lettering and snake and spine motifs still beautifully preserved. A beautiful copy.
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    The Secret Seven: Complete Set

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    The Secret Seven By Enid Blyton A complete set of first editions, first impressions.'Puzzle for the Secret Seven' has been signed by the author to an adhesive label bearing her photograph affixed to the reverse of the front endpaper. All books and dust jackets are very good, or better than very good in some cases. 'The Secret Seven' has some spotting and dust jacket is price-clipped, as is the dust jacket of 'Good Work Secret Seven'. 'Well Done Secret Seven' and 'Fun for the Secret Seven' have gift inscriptions to the front paste-down and front endpaper verso respectively. The 'This Book Belongs to' label present on the half-title pages has been filled in in the cases of 'Secret Seven Mystery', 'Fun for the Secret Seven', and 'Puzzle for the Secret Seven'. 'Go Ahead Secret Seven' has an owner label to front endpaper and some brown tape reinforcement to edges of dust jacket verso. A very good set indeed. Rare in such good condition as a complete set with the additional appeal of the author's signature to one of the volumes.
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    The Sheep-Pig

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    The Sheep-Pig By Dick King-Smith First edition, first impression published by Gollancz in 1983. Illustrations and dust jacket art by Mary Rayner. Famously adapted to cinema in 1995 under the title 'Babe'. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a very good or better dust jacket with a couple of small tears to bottom edge and one very small nick to spine head. A lovely, bright example.
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    The Starlight Barking

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    The Starlight Barking By Dodie Smith First edition, first impression (Heinemann, 1967). Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front blank: 'To Cicely Courtneidge, from Dodie Smith "Dear Octopus", Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1967'. The inscription refers to Smith's play 'Dear Octopus', which was revived in 1967 for the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the comedy actors Dame Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hubert. Dodie Smith's married name, 'Mrs Beesley', Dodie Smith's married name is also written in ink in another hand to the front flap of the dust jacket. Additionally a postcard from the author is loosely inserted: 'Dearest Cis, Here is "The Starlight Barking" as a tiny first night present. It's also intended as a get well present to your dear poodle - I trust you'll be able to use Bill's line and say "The dog liked it". Bless you and thank you for your lovable, funny and altogether admirable performance as "Dora". Much love as ever, Dodie". 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial decorative endpapers. fine with just a little pushing to spine ends in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight edge-wear in places and a couple of spots to upper panel. A near fine example of the sequel to 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians'.
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    The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher

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    The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second impression (Frederick Warne & Co, 1906). A very good copy with some areas of unobtrusive rubbing to board surface and corners and a very small retailer sticker to bottom corner of rear paste-down. Some cracking to binding at page 30-31, but all pages still holding firm throughout. Contents very nice and clean and free from any previous owner names or inscriptions.
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    The Tale of Mr Tod

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    The Tale of Mr Tod By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second printing with date on title and copyright (Frederick Warne & Co, 1912). Some rubbing in places - mainly to corners - with a chip to spine head and abrasion to foot. A few instances of faint soiling to boards, and a few spots to edges and opening few pages, but otherwise very nice and clean internally and free from any names or inscriptions. A very good copy.
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    The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

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    The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin By Beatrix Potter First edition, later printing with 'Author of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' to title page (Frederick Warne & Co, 1903). 16mo, original dark grey boards with circular squirrel motif to upper cover, rebacked with later spine in black paper, hinges repaired and endpapers relaid, a little internal soiling and external rubbing, in black custom-made clamshell box.
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    The Twits

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    The Twits By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a gift inscription to front endpaper, in a near fine or better dust jacket with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel.
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    The Water-Babies

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    The Water-Babies By Charles Kingsley First edition, first issue (Macmillan & Co, 1863) with l'envoi leaf present, of which there were only believed to be around 200 copies. Housed in an attractive morocco drop-back box with raised bands, blue compartments, gilt lettering and marbled boards. Original green cloth. Spine re-backed using most of the original, only lacking the tips and a small square hole just below the centre. Occasional light foxing and a little rubbing to covers. Hinges neatly reinforced. Free from names and inscriptions. A very good example of a very rare book.
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