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LADY FILMY FERN or The Voyage of the Window Box.
by BAWDEN, Edward (illustrator). Story by Thomas Hennell.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1980.. FIRST EDITION 1980, small oblong 4to, 220 x 275, 11 x 8½ inches, coloured pictorial boards, green endpapers. 18 wonderful coloured illustrations with facing text. No inscriptions, 6 very faint small pencil numbers, mostly erased at top of front endpapwer (see image) otherwise a Fine clean crisp copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped. The introduction describes how the book was created before the war, stored at the bottom of a well and then recovered. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45189
- Title
- LADY FILMY FERN or The Voyage of the Window Box.
- Author
- BAWDEN, Edward (illustrator). Story by Thomas Hennell.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1980.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Edward Bawden illustrated books fantasy children's books copies books by artist
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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