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25. aUden, W.H. a certain World. a commonplace Book. Faber and Faber. 1971.
£128
8vo. original cloth and wrapper; wrapper just a little darkened on spine otherwise a very good copy indeed.
First uK edition.
26. aUdUBon, John James. original Water-colour Paintings for Birds of america. reproduced in colour for the first time from the collection at the new York historical society. introduction by Marshall B. Davidson. Michael Joseph Ltd, and The Connoisseur.. 1966.
£200
Folio, 2 vols., original cloth lettered in gilt on spine; 431 colour plates. a fine set in marbled paper-covered slipcase.
First uK edition. “With this publication virtually the entire series of paintings created by John James audubon for The Birds of America is reproduced for the first time in full colour and with the accuracy made possible by modern photographic techniques”.
27. aUlt, lena & norman (author and illustrator). the Podgy Book of tales. London; E. Grant Richards. [1907].
£198
small square, and thick, 8vo. original dark green cloth pictorially blocked to spine and both boards in red, white and bright green pictorial green endpapers; pp. [xvi], 17-223 + [4]; with 16 very pretty coloured plates and a host of black and white drawings in the text, some double-page; a very fresh copy of a scarce book; externally very clean with some flaking to white blocking to spine and just very minor rubbing to lower board; internally exceptionally good with a little speckling to endpapers.
First edition. a collection of six children’s stories presented in a chunky format with delightful plates. the stories include “the tale of the calico cat”; “the tale of the china Dog” and “the tale of noah’s ark”. Only 7 copies listed on OCLC/WorldCat.
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28. “B.B.” [WatKins-PitCHFord, denys] (editor and illustrator). the Wind in the Wood. London, Hollis & Carter Ltd. 1952.
£398
royal 8vo. original blue cloth lettered in silver, preserved in pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [x] + 142; 12 coloured plates printed in subtle lithographed colours together with 18 silhouettes and line drawings; a crisp, clean copy with some slight mottled sun-lightening through dustwrapper at spine; internally fine bar a few minor fox speckles to endpapers; the dustwrapper in unusually clean and complete state, with some rubbing to spine, several tiny nicks at head and tail and a few short closed tears to upper edge.
First edition of this collection of fairy tales and children’s stories drawn from various sources by Watkins-Pitchford. this is the companion volume to Meeting Hill and includes the fairy stories “the tinder Box”, “the ugly Duckling”, “hop-o’-my-thumb” and Kenneth grahame’s tale “the reluctant Dragon”.
29. BaGnold, enid. “national Velvet”. New York. William Morrow. 1935.
£148
8vo. original cloth with dust wrapper. With illustrations by laurian Jones. Wrapper a little chipped and worn, slightly sunned to the spine and with a little occasional spotting.
First us edition. the story was made famous by the film, national Velvet, starring the young elizabeth taylor as Velvet.
30. Ballard, J.G. empire of the sun. Victor Gollancz. 1984.£98
8vo. original black boards; slight marginal embrowning to the poor paper as usual, otherwise a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.
First edition. steven spielberg directed the 1987 film, which starred christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda richardson, and nigel havers. the film tells the story of Jamie “Jim” graham, a young boy who goes from living in a wealthy British family in shanghai, to becoming a prisoner of war in lunghua civilian assembly center, a Japanese internment camp, during World War ii.
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