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R Whitworth, nd [1749] 1749. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 10 x 17.5 cm contemporary, full leather with five raised bands ad gilt stamped double line border to the front and rear, viii 132+ 48pp tables. The binding is firm but there is some loss to the spine tips and rubbing to the corners edges and boards. There is a split in the leather at the head of the front joint measuring 2cm and faint initials visible across the centre of the text block. The binding remains firm. Internally, there are notes on the endpapers and a tipped in note to the front paste down and another set of notes laid in at the rear. Internally there is some light marking but the book is well preserved considering its age. A means of dating significant dates according to the Julian calendar. 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.

Frederick Warne & Co., 1903 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Deluxe edition. 11 x 14 cm blue cloth with ornate gilt stamped decoration and small spade shaped pictorial onlay to font board. All edges gilt, pictorial endpapers (double page endpapers repeated twice, as called for for this edition), 85[1]pp printed on one side only. A very good copy with a little light rubbing to the corners and spine. Name in pencil to the half title page and very light finger marks to p.52 and p.62/63, otherwise it appears beautifully clean and fresh inside. This deluxe edition replaced the floral fabric deluxe edition. The title page is dated 1903 and Linder (p.423) notes: ' [the floral fabric pattern] edition was replaced in October 1904 by one having a gilt decorated cloth cover with gold lettering. Copies having the year 1903 on the front of the title page would have been bound from the first edition sheets.' We can find only one copy at the time of listing, with the 1903 dated title page, and in this… Read More

c.1910 1910. VG+. 292 x 216 mm. (11� x 8� in.), The first six sheets each contain four colour illustrations with pagination; the final sheet contains the last two illustrations, the frontispiece, and two small vignettes; final image with page number 84. Creased from folding with a little soiling along folds. Very uncommon 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.

VG+. A single proof sheet of the replacement colour illustrations for The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, replacing illustrations lost by the publisher. One quarter of the sheet has been excised. The illustrations are numbered as per the original 85 page format. According to Linder, Beatrix Potter recalled 'Some B Bunny's were temporarily mislaid and I supplied three or four new ones for fresh blocks, duplicates, very little to the originals.' He goes on to write: 'With the exception of the picture where "little Benjamin Bunny slid down into the road, and set off with a hop, skip and a jump", in which the figure of Benjamin Bunny was larger in the new picture, and also the drawing if the cat, whose tail had been shortened, the redrawn pictures were practically the same as the old ones. [Linder p147] A scarce item. 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.

pre 1910 1910. VG+. 7 proof sheets 292 x 216 mm. (11� x 8� in.). The first six contain four colour illustrations with pagination; the final sheet contains the last two illustrations, the frontispiece, and two small vignettes; final image with page number 84. "How Keld" present in illustration on p20 suggesting a pre 1910. Creased from folding, a little soiling along folds. Very uncommon. 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.

Frederick Warne, 2003. 1st Thus. Hardcover. NF/VG+. Centenary Edition book and book mark gift set. 10.9 x 14.5cm blue paper covered boards with pictorial image to the front and white titles to the front and spine. Blue and white decorative endpapers, 56pp with 28 full page colour illustrations including title page. With original unclipped dust jacket. The book comes with a silver plated book mark of Squirrel Nutkin and its original pale blue card box with silver vignette and title to the front. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket with just a tiny 2mm rub on the rear panel. In a very good + box with light marking and some rubbing to the corners and edges. A really nice and relatively difficult to find item. 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.

Saalfield, Publishing Col, nd (c1932) 1932. Softcover. VG+. BRUNDAGE, Frances. 29.3 x 21.5 cm Linentex stapled binding, unpaginated (16)pp with 6 colour illustrations and colour covers, and 16 blue line images. A very good plus book with light rubbing to the edges. 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.

Frederick Warne & Co, 1903. 1st Deluxe Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Trade Edition in deluxe binding, 11 x 14.2 cm. Original floral patterned cloth with white buckram onlays with gilt stamped titles. Pictorial endpapers with same image repeated four times 84[1]pp with 27 colour illustrations including frontispiece and black and white vignette title page, all printed on one side of the page only, as called for. [Linder pp138-140 Quinby 5A] Recased with unobtrusive repairs to spine tips. There is some fading to the spine. Internally there is a neat ownership name on the front free endpaper and occasional light marking with an old drip mark on the bottom of pp22-23 of 3.5 x 2.5 cm [image available]. All in all a good looking copy of this scarce deluxe edition one of only two of Potter's books for which the deluxe copies were covered in cloth from her grandfather's calico printing factory. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or… Read More

Selwyn & Blount Ltd, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 1st Edition, 16.7 x 21.7 blue paper covered boards with pictorial titles label to the front 61[1]pp with colour frontispiece and one double page image plus colour decorative title page and 34 illustrations within the text, 26 of them with colour. The spine is toned ands rubbed at the tips with minor loss and small splits of under 1cm in the joints at the head of the spine. There is a little rubbing and pushing to the corners and a 3mm ink spot in the top spine edge corner of the upper board and general handling wear. Internally there is a book plate to the front paste down and some toning to the endpapers but otherwise the book is clean. A very stylish 1920's edition. 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.

George G Harrap & Co Ltd, 1929. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. VG. TRERY, Phyllis A. Signed Limited Edition No. 113/200. 17.7 x 23.3 cm vellum backed boards with gilt stamped vignette to the front and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut 215(1)pp with 43 Art Deco style illustrations, 11 with colour by Phyllis A Terry. Signed and dated by the author in green ink on the title page. The book comes with the remains of its original slip case. A very good book with some toning and rubbing to the spine and boards and a little creasing to the foot of the spine. Internally the book clean and bright with only the occasional light mark. A very nice copy of this series of ten tales inspired by George Bernard Shaw's plays that he referred to as, 'Gwladys' Lambs'. 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.

John C Nimmo, 1884. Limited Edition. Half Leather Fine Binding (Hardcover). NF. Limited Edition No. 13 of 150 copies. 14.7 x 23 cm Bickers signed binding, half leather over marbled boards with gilt stamped boarders and titles to the spine. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Volume I, [ii] xxxix, 362[2]pp; Volume I,I [ii]vi, 430[2]pp; Volume II,I [x,] 304[2]pp; with 15 etchings and 3 photogravure. A near fine set beautifully bound with a couple of very light scratches to the boards. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of ghosting from some of the illustrations. A good looking early set with some excellent 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.

Humphrey Milford, nd (1930s) 1930. Hardcover. VG+. 7.3 x 8.5 cm pictorial card covers with titles to the front and spine, 76pp with black and white illustrations. 12 Teeny Weeny books listed on the endpapers. A very good plus copy with light rubbing to the edges and corners and a hint of sunning to the spine. Internally, there is no name, inscription or bookplate and the book is very clean with just some rubbing to one of the 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.

Humphrey Milford, nd (1930) 1930. Hardcover. VG. 7.3 x 8.5 cm pictorial card covers with titles to the front and spine, 76pp with black and white illustrations. 12 Teeny Weeny books listed on the endpapers. A very good minus copy with creasing to the spine, light rubbing to the edges and corners, a hint of sunning and some creasing to the spine and a 2.5 cm scratch to the rear board. Internally there is no name, inscription or bookplate and the book has occasional light spotting. 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.

Humphrey Milford, nd (1930s) 1930. Hardcover. VG. 7.3 x 8.5 cm pictorial card covers with titles to the front and spine, 76pp with black and white illustrations. 12 Teeny Weeny books listed on the endpapers. A very good plus copy with light rubbing to the edges and corners and a hint of sunning to the spine. Internally there is no name, inscription or bookplate and the book is very clean with a little rubbing to one of the 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.

William Heinemann Ltd, 1926. 1st Edition. NF. RACKHAM, Arthur. 1st Trade Edition. 18.5 x 24.4 cm grey boards with gilt stamped titles and vingette to the front and spine ix 185pp with 20 tipped in colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A near fine copy with just a hint of rubbing to the foot of the spine. Internally very clean with only a tiny inscription on the front pastedown. All the images are in fine condition, clean and bright and without damage. All in all a really lovely copy of this first trade edition. 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.

John Hamilton Limited, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG. BRADSHAW, Stanley Orton. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. No.70 in the Hamilton "Ace Series". 12 x 19cm, red cloth boards with black titles to the spine, 224pp, with 4 black and white plates. Original unclipped dust jacket priced at 3s 6d. The boards are in very good condition with a hint of rubbing at each fore edge corner, a little pushing & creasing to the spine ends and very light dust marking along the top edges. Internally, there is no name inscription or bookplate and the pages are generally very clean with only the occasional spot. The binding is very firm and square and has a few light spots on the fore edge of the text block. The dust jacket has some general age soiling, most noticeably to the rear panel. There is a little surface erosion, creasing and tiny chips along the bottom edge and a little rubbing to the bottom 3cm of the upper fore edge. A very presentable copy of this relatively scarce Ace Series book. Rainford… Read More

Horace Cox, 1894 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1st impression. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt stamped vignette to the front and titles to the front and spine. Inscribed by the author to 'Miss Barnett / With love from the author. / Xmas 1894.' Together with Mary Jaques family Church Services Book, 20 black and white photographs and Miss Barnett's autograph book c. 1905 which includes vers and illustrations from both Mary Jaques and Emma Hartley (a.k.a. "Didymusa", in Texan Ranch Life). The notes from a recent Texas A&M reprint say: J. Frank Dobie once claimed that 'the English write our best Western books:' and Jaques' account bears him out. Out of print for some ninety years, this collector's classic will delight and inform, entertain and amuse - a valuable resource on early Texas life, long sought by collectors and historians alike.' A very rare signed copy. Chipping to head and foot of spine, light rubbing to corners, two splits in the cloth at lower joint and a few white… Read More

Dunscombe , 1819 1819. 1st Edition. Half Leather Fine Binding (Hardcover). VG+. CRUIKSHANK, Isaak Robert. 13 x 21.8 cm half bound leather Bayntun signed binding with 5 raised bands and gilt titles in one compartment and decoration in the others, marbled endpapers. Volumes 1 & 2 running from No. 1 published Sat 10 July 1819 to No. 23 published on Sat 30 October, lacking Nos. 3,7, 15 and 22. With an index. Includes 16 full page illustrations of actors by Isaak Robert Cruikshank, 15 of which are hand coloured as follows; Mr Kean as Brutus; Miss Egerton as Madge Wildfire; Mr Kean as Omreah; Mr Liston as Figaro; Mr Yates as M. Grimacier; Mr Oxberry as Humphry Gull; Mr Knight as Blaise; Mrs Vining as Koran; Mrs Bunn as Elvira; Mr Young as King John (uncoloured); Mr Fitzwilliam as Dumbeidikes; Mr Fitzwilliam as Nicholas Blount; Mr Wilkinson as Hookey Walker; Mr Elliston as Duke Aranza; Miss Wilson as Mandane; Mr Harley as Leporello. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not… Read More

Little Brown and Company, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG. 1st Edition, 1st Printing with "T03/76" code to the copyright page. 13.7 x 21.4 cm blue backed, black paper covered boards with silver titles to the spine and blind stamped publisher's device to the upper board. Black endpapers 256[2]pp. In original unclipped dust jacket with $7.95 price. Clean boards with just a hint of shelf wear and a small bruise to the top corner of the upper board. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate. The dust jacket is a little toned on the spine and edges. With a touch of rubbing and some tiny closed tears along the top edge and larger ones of 1 and 1.2 cm on the rear panel with associated creasing and one of 1 cm on the bottom of the front panel. It is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) and presents well. All in all an excellent 1st Edition copy of the author's 1st novel and winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award for best first novel. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes… Read More

nd [1952] 1952. VG+. A mounted original pen, ink and watercolour drawing the mount measuring 51.4 x 40.7 cm and the illustration 36.5 x 24.2 cm with the page numbers and the words' NO TENT - distant caravans' written in the top margin. VG+ condition. This is a draft of an illustration for pages 14 and 15 in the book Three Jolly Clowns published by Collins in 1952. There is some yellowing to top margin of the illustration from the tape that attaches the illustration to the mount and a very little spotting to the edges of the mount itself but the image is clear and bright. 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.