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London: Frederick Warne, 1868. First edition. xvi, 291, [12], illustrated. With original mauve endpapers: back of each endpaper and its adjacent page are tanned. Faded 1869 ownership name to front free endpaper, and small accidental ink mark to title page. Slight foxing at one or two openings, and the closed edges are tanned, but contents otherwise good. In the original binding of green pebble cloth over bevelled boards: front ruled in blind, with gilt foliage, bright; gilt title to the spine, which is darkened, with ends nicked and a small snag to the lower joint. Boards firm. A good copy. VG.

Price: £85.00

London: 'Health and Strength', n.d. [1907?]. First or early edition. [1] advert, [x], (7) -105, [9] adverts: plus many photographic plates, including a frontis portrait. Contents very clean. Some tanning to endpapers, and 1908 ownership name at front. In the original binding of olive cloth, ruled and titled in white. There is a blank recessed rectangle to the front which should contain an illustration. Firm and clean, with some scuffs to extremities. Very good early copy. Very Good.

Price: £48.00

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1933. First English edition. 234pp, illustrated with many photographs, followed by [54]pp of photo strips. Vividly evokes the joys of skiing. Front free endpaper creased, and with 1934 ownership name: prelims have faint impression of endpaper crease and faint browning to edges. Contents otherwise fresh and clean. Quarto, in the original binding of cloth ruled and titled in white, bright, firm and clean, with slight blunting of spine foot and one corner. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket: clean, slightly rubbed, front panel complete with minimal loss at corners, spine with quarter-inch chip to head, rear panel with creasing and large chip to the top edge. Near Fine in VG dust-jacket.
[Heavy Item]

Price: £140.00

London: Chatto & Windus, 1999. First edition. [x], 358pp. Title page signed by both Deakin and Holmes. On the half title is a 1999 gift inscription in another hand. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. In the original red cloth-textured binding titled in silver, clean, bright and firm, extremities slightly blunted. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket. This is clean and bright, with small bumps to the extremities, small nicks to the bottom corners, and very light knocks to top and bottom edges. Very nice copy. Very Good in very good dust-jacket.

Price: £220.00