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18738vo., handsomely bound in contemporary calf, sides diced within a double gilt fillet border stopped at corners with a gilt rosette and enclosing in corners the Harrow 'crossed arrows' tool in gilt, back gilt extra with five raised bands, compartments tooled alternately to a geometric 'key' design and the 'crossed arrows' tool within a filigree frame, edges of boards gauffred in gilt, doublures tooled in blind, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, A FINE EXAMPLE OF AN EXTENDED HARROW PRIZE BINDING with the School's engraved prize armorial bookplate of the period, inscribed to Bertram Hunt in the name of Henry Butler and dated 1875.
19208vo., [Second Edition?], with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black and 3 coloured plates; publisher's splendid pictorial binding of ribbed green cloth blocked in gilt and colours, pictorial back gilt, bevelled boards, green endpapers, lower hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean copy. Avery's popular tale of school life was first published in 1906. In this edition, probably the second, E.H. Shepard adds characteristic verve to the illustrations. Scarce in this condition.
19818vo., First Edition, with 10 plates on 7, full-page plan and pedigrees in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
19168vo., with a portrait frontispiece and 3 plates; cloth gilt, gilt back, uncut, a very good copy.
1930Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with full-page photographs in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. 'Recognized by the Ministry of Education' has been added to the title in manuscript. With a few neat manuscript amendments to prices. A rear pocket (which may have been for ephemeral material) is present but empty. A rare survival.
19388vo., First Edition, with 34 plates containing 155 photographs, illustrations, plans and diagrams; original terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, upper board very lightly age-marked, backstrip lightly frayed (without material loss) at head and tail, two corners mildly bruised else a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate removed from front paste-down, small stamp on front free endpaper, and single neat annotation on title. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
18894to., with a frontispiece, 3 plates and 22 illustrations in the text; original cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, obverse of frontispiece and rear blank preliminary browned, upper corners just slightly bruised else an EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT, FINE COPY. The definitive history of the period 1551-1888.
19258vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and a plate in monochrome; original beige pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and black, gilt edges, a remarkably crisp, clean copy. With a prize bookplate on front paste-down. Scarce.
19028vo., with a frontispiece and plates; original pictorial cloth, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Scarce, especially in this condition
19114to., LARGE PAPER, on laid paper, with 8 plates and 2 plans (one folding); plum buckram, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, expertly recased, covers lightly age-faded else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 36). With the embossed armorial bookplate of Ivory King on front paste-down, and two relevant half-tone plates loosely inserted. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM TEN SCHOLARS OF No. 3 DORMITORY TO I.H.A. KING
19328vo., First Edition, with 12 plates, neat contemporary signature on title; cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly frayed at head and tail else a good, clean copy.
19498vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, text browning at edges, neat inscription on dedication; decorative cloth blocked in silver, backstrip lettered in silver, one corner lightly bruised else a very good, tight copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-soiled and with minor loss at lower edge of front panel. The bibliography of this school tale is confused. The author is given variously as W.E. Eastways (dustwrapper and title) and W.W. Eastways (series catalogue on dustwrapper rear panel). BLPC gives the latter and records two editions, neither of which matches the present copy. Here the pagination matches the first edition of 1949, though the imprint is Children's Press (not Collins). A scarce survival in this condition.
19718vo., cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper very lightly sunned at backstrip. Dedicated to the Bishop of Calcutta, this children's classic was first published in 1858. This modern re-issue is set from A&C Black's complete edition of 1898.
19278vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 2 plates; small label scar on front free endpaper; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed (without material loss) at extremities and a little age-soiled on (predominantly white) rear panel. With coloured prize bookplate, and the trade ticket of Goulden of Canterbury, on front paste-down. Very scarce in this condition.
19428vo., with a frontispiece; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped pictorial dustwrapper, the latter frayed at extremities and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Milne's popular girls' school adventure was first published in 1934. BL gives 1942 for the second edition. Uncommon in this condition.
19288vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece by Brock, endpapers and half-title lightly foxed; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in white and black, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. With coloured illustration from dustwrapper mounted on front free endpaper. Scarce.
19538vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece; original cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped but worjk and partially defective dustwrapper. With a coloured prize bookplate on front free endpaper. Sequel to 'Madge's Sister'.
1947Folio, First Edition, with 121 fine full-page plates; ivory boards, blue cloth corners and back, a very good, clean copy.
1904Sm. 4to., First Edition, with title-vignette, free endpapers lightly browned; original green cloth, upper board elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green top, upper hinge cracked else a bright, clean copy. Very scarce.
19648vo., First Edition, with illustrated title-spread, illustrations in the text and endpapers maps; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19248vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates, small corner clipped from front free endpaper, free endpapers lightly browned; buff pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a very good, clean copy.
19258vo., with a frontispiece, this and title lightly spotted; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With prize bookplate on front free endpaper. Nice copy of this later issue, without the four plates by Copping present in the first edition of 1900.
19528vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece, fore-edges lightly spotted; original blue boards, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately age-browned and with one of two short closed tears. With prize bookplate in gilt and colours on front paste-down. Dustwrapper artwork by Serge Drigin. Judd's classic tale was first published in 1928.
19208vo., Fourth Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 full-page illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpaper; attractive pictorial green cloth patterned and lettered in yellow and black, backstrip lettered in black, a remarkably bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Extremely scarce in the dustwrapper. Lizzie Tiddeman's classic homily was first published in 1897.
2001Roy. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, and very numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions throughout (many full-page); blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Extensive and profusely illustrated catalogue of the major exhibition held at MMA (March to May) and the National Gallery London (June to September) 2001.
