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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), [1889?]. Presumed first edition. 222pp +2 adverts. Illustrated. 1889 prize inscription on the foliage-patterned grey endpapers. Contents otherwise very clean and fresh and unmarked. Firm, in the original dark blue pictorial cloth. Gilt lettering bright, but the illustrations on front and spine are hard to make out - black not showing up against the dark blue. Cloth bubbling slightly towards base of lower board. Spine ends puckered. Very nice copy of a scarce book. VG+.

Price: £60.00

London: Faber and Faber, 1952. First edition. xvi, 424pp. A remarkable testimony. Light foxing to endpapers and ownership name at front. Light repair to rear hinge. Contents clean and unmarked. In the original cloth, rather rubbed and scuffed, with slight fraying at base of spine. Scarce. VG.

Price: £75.00

London: The Hogarth Press, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984. First editions. 350-400pp each. Contents of all volumes very fresh and clean and unmarked. In the original bindings of plum cloth, spines lettered in gilt, very bright and fresh, corners sharp, with trivial compression to some spine ends. In protected unclipped pictorial dustjackets by Duncan Grant. Slight knocks at heads of spines, and slight sunning to the spines of vols VI & V. Otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine in VG+ dust-jacket.
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Price: £340.00

Hutchinson, Random Century Group, London, 1991. First Edition. (xii), 370pp, illustrated. Contents very fresh and clean and unmarked. In original black cloth-textured binding, spine lettered in gilt. Clean, bright and firm, but with a small knock to base of spine and small string-pull indentations to top and leading edges of lower board: also, a severe string-pull to the bottom edge of the lower board, splitting the black surface material slightly. The unclipped pictorial dustjacket is slightly knocked at the top edge and has string-pull indentations which reflect those on the book, but is otherwise bright and clean. VG-/ VG. ISBN 0091748607

Price: £85.00

London: Hutchinson, 1996. First edition. 564pp, plus (8) pages of photographs. Contents very fresh, clean and unmarked, appears unread. In the original black cloth-textured binding lettered in gilt, clean, bright and firm: corners sharp, slight rounding to head of spine, very slight compression at base. In unclipped pictorial dust jacket, gilt lettering to front slightly rubbed, head of spine rounded, very slight knocking to edges: crisp, clean and bright. Very nice copy. Very Good+ in very good dust-jacket.

Price: £42.00

London: Harvill Press, 2005. First edition. (vi), 266pp. Contents fresh, clean and unmarked. In the original binding of smooth grey paper-covered boards, titled in black, very clean and sharp. In protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, very fresh and clean, perhaps slightly knocked at top edge. Fine in near fine dust-jacket.

Price: £22.00

London: Preface /Random House, 2008. First edition, first printing. (viii), 213pp, (i); illustrated with photographs, some in colour. Contents clean and unmarked, appears unread. In the original black textured binding with spine titled in gilt: clean and bright with minimal blunting to one corner. In protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, clean and fresh. Lovely copy. Near Fine in fine dust-jacket.

Price: £34.00