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Vancouver, BC: Simply Read Books, 2002.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Dust Jacket. First Printing of this new illustrated edition. Quarto, original red boards with black cloth spine, pictorial endpapers. 149 pp. Illustrated throughout with full-page colour plates and black & white drawings in the text by Ghiuselev. The book is the correct first printing, and the jacket is the first state with no award stickers. Promotional bookplate laid in. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Iassen Ghiuselev (born 1964) is an award winning Bulgarian illustrator of many classic stories. His illustrations are surreal and amazing, making this one of the most approachable editions of this great children's classic.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. , [1976].. Revised Second Edition. Hardcover. Reprint of the Second Edition, Revised, first issued as such in 1972. Large octavo, original greyish-brown cloth, top page edges dyed reddish-brown, gold lettering on spine and a small gold mouse stamped on front panel. 336 pp., Appendix. Lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black & white reproductions of her paintings and drawings. Fading to top edge stain, a near fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. A nice, attractive copy. ¶ With over 300 reproductions in colour and monochrome.

London: George Newnes Limited. , No Date [1920's].. Quarto, original blue cloth stamped in black and gold. [22] pp, tipped-in colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 65 additional black & white plates tipped onto heavy paper stock with tissue guards. With a biographical introduction by Sir J.G. Linton, R.I. A near fine, bright copy.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1948.. Illustrated Edition. Quarter morocco . Fine. Second Printing, 1948. Octavo. Finely bound in quarter brown morocco over cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and with blind ruling and gilt lettering. Decorative floral endpapers.Top edge gilt. 255 pp, decorated title page, 12 illustrations, 11 tailpieces and decorated endpapers all by Hassall. Fine condition. ¶ The first impression of this edition of CRANFORD was published in 1940, and most of it was destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed during the Blitz - making this the earliest 'available' printing of the Hassall Illustrated edition.

Chicago: H.S. Stone & Company. , 1901.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial light green cloth stamped in gold and dark green, top edges gilt. 141 pp. The first edition of the author's first book. Minor bruising to spine tips; a fine, bright copy. ¶ A beautiful American Arts & Crafts style publisher's binding, with decorative initials at chapter openings and floral ornament on back cover designed by Will Bradley.

London: The Idler, 158, Strand, 1901. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this magazine, Edited and with numerous contributions by Sime. pp i-iv, [382] - 472, v-vi, 473-474, vii-viii, 475-476, xi-xii; complete with all advertisements and illustrations.. Sime contributes seven black & white illustrations: "___?" (p. 382, fauns gathering in a forest, full-page); "Amabel" (p. 416, full-page); "Unhand me, my Lord" (p. 419, full-page); "What a Sight met the Eyes of the Aged Peer!" (p. 421, ½ page); (these three for 'Amabel; Or, Only an Upper Housemaid', Anon); "The Strange Woman" (p. 423, full-page); "There was an Old Woman of Tappington Moor" (p. 439, full-page); "The Down Express" (p. 452, full-page); plus numerous other smaller illustrations and designs throughout the text. Sime was Editor of THE IDLER September 1900 - January 1901. Faint creases to covers, minor browning, a very good to near fine copy, unrestored and in lovely condition with a… Read More

London: The Idler, 158, Strand, 1900. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this magazine, Edited and with numerous contributions by Sime. pp i-iv, [382] - 472, v-vi, 473-474, vii-viii, 475-476, xi-xii; complete with all advertisements and illustrations (although the front cover advertises. Sime contributes six full page black & white illustrations: "In Faery Lands Forlorn (p. 7); "Thimble-Rig" (p. 27); "(Untitled)" (p. 30); "At Elsinore" (p. 33); "Well, I'm Sorry I Spoke, said the Crow" (p. 41); "The Raven" (p. 87); plus numerous other smaller illustrations and designs throughout the text. It is our understanding that while Sime was already contributing numerous illustrations to THE IDLER, he purchased the magazine and become its Editor in 1901 and this is the first issue done under his Editorship, which ran from September 1900 - January 1901. Faint creases to covers, minor browning, a very good to near fine copy, unrestored and in lovely condition with… Read More

London: The Idler, 158, Strand, 1900. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this magazine, Edited and with numerous contributions by Sime. pp i-iv, [i] - iv [Index February -July 1900, with separate title page for binding]; [97-98], 99-184, v-vi, 185-186, vii-viii, 187-188, ix-xii; complete with all advertisements and illustrations (although the front cover offers "A Coloured Plate is Given to idlers With This Number, and there is no colour plate present. Sime contributes twelve black & white illustrations: "Enter the Demon King (p.100, ¾ page); "Enter Fairy Queen" (p. 101, ½ page); "Several Beauteous Females are Discovered" (p. 102, ½ page) (these first three illustrating Conrad Weguelen's 'The Demon Laundry'); "Chateaurien" (p 104, full-page); "Sea Song" (p. 117, full-page); "The Centaur" (p. 152, full-page); "Mr. Julian Cross as 'Mr. Cattermole'" (p. 155, ½ page); "Miss Elizabeth Kirby as 'Edith Marshland'" (p. 156, ½ page); "Mr. Whitworth Jones… Read More

Pinner, UK: Private Libraries Association, 1985. First Edition, Deluxe Issue.. Quarter Leather. Fine in slipcase. Royal octavo, Quarter black morocco, grey cloth boards. Patterned endpapers. Top edge gilt. No. 47 of 110 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by Joan Hassall. pp lxiii, 161, [7] plates,numerous reproductions of Hassall's wood-engravings throughout with an additional seven plates printed from the wood at the Cuckoo Press bound in at the rear. Inserted in a pocket at the end of the book is a miniature pamphlet titled "The Plain Facts by a Plain but Amiable Cat" (Garland Chapbook No. 1); signed by Joan Hassall who did the cover illustration. Fine in fine slipcase.

London: The Idler, 158, Strand, 1900. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Single issue of this magazine. pp i-iv, 397-486, v-vi, 487-8, vii-viii, 489-90, ix-xii; complete with all advertisements and illustrations. Includes Sidney Sime's A LEGEND, a full page black & white illustration on p. 439, plus numerous other smaller illustrations and designs throughout the text. Sime contributed numerous illustrations to THE IDLER at this time, he was soon to purchase the magazine and become its Editor (we believe that Sime was Editor from September 1900 - January 1901). Faint pencil name on front panel, minor browning, a very good to near fine copy, unrestored and in lovely condition with a complete, unchipped spine. Rare in the original wrappers. ¶ Sidney Sime is an almost legendary name in the world of illustration. He grew from poverty and obscurity to become ‘the Greatest Living Imaginative Artist’. Sime is mostly remembered for his fantastic artwork, especially his… Read More

London: London: Constable & Company, [1924].. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Printing of this New Illustrated Edition. Tall octavo, original navy blue cloth titled in gilt on spine panel & decorated in gilt on upper cover. [128] pp. Colour frontispiece and 15 additional full-page colour plates by Fraser. University of Nevada gift label (now deaccessioned) on inner front cover, otherwise a fine bright copy. ¶ A new edition of this classic collection of children's rhymes, with lovely colour decorations by Fraser.

London: Published by Seeley & Company, Essex Street, Strand, 1889. First Edition with These Illustrations.. Folio, original royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 124 pp., Title-page printed in red and black, the text is set in Caslon type and printed on hand-made paper. With 12 full-page photogravure plates finely reproduced after etchings by Palmer. Neat ink inscription on front free endpaper, dated December, 1888 (showing that publication was in late 1888, not 1889 as stated on the title leaf). Corners lightly bruised, light wear to cloth at spine head, a very good, sound copy, clean and attractive. With a Preface by A.H. Palmer. The text following Warton's edition, but omiting Warton's notes. Samuel Palmer RWS, Honourable Fellow of the Society of Painter-Etchers (1805-1881) was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker, and a key figure in Romanticism in Britain, producing visionary pastoral paintings. Palmer's illustrations for Milton's poems are beautifully executed.

London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Dust Jacket. Octavo, original black cloth titled and with a small decoration in gilt on spine and front panel. 38 pp + [82] pp plates. Small booksellers label on front paste-down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ¶ Contains a long essay by Ruari plus the bibliography "Books Containing Illustrations by Joan Hassall".