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New York: Robert M. McBride & Company 1922. 8vo. Limited Edition (no. 288 of 365), signed by the author. Maroon cloth with gilt device on front board. A mock genealogy of Cabell's fictional characters including Dom Manuel the Redeemer, linking them to real historical figures. Boards slightly marked and worn at spine ends and corners. Page edges rough and occasional foxing internally; incisive annotations in ink and pencil throughout; bookplate has been removed from ffep. . Good. Cloth. Limited Edition. 1922.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd. 1921. 8vo. First English Edition. xv, 288 pp. Green cloth with black lettering and decoration to boards and spine. Boards a little rubbed, and worn at spine ends. Page edges rough and occasional spotting throughout. Ink inscription dated July 1942 on ffep. . Good. Cloth. First English Edition. 1921.

Paris: Pagnerre, Editeur 1839 / 1840. 8vo. In 4 volumes. x, 546; 567; 574; 636 pp. Contemporary quarter dark blue calf over marbled boards. Gilt-ruled panels to spines with gilt title lettering. Marbled endpapers. Boards clean. Internally clean. Bindings firm. Text in French. . Very Good. Half Calf. 1839.

London: Harper Collins 2013. 8vo. xiv., 461, [2]. Illustrated throughout. Cover design by Robert Gillmor 9780007412471 . As New. Hard Cover. First Edition. 2013.

London: The Conrad Press Ltd. N.d. [1948]. Large 4to.Illustrated. Unpaginated. Tan full cloth with black cat decoration to front board and black lettering to spine. Minor marks and bumps to the boards. Slight wear to the hinges with spotting to the endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Colour illustrations throughout by Thomas Eckersley. Copac records only BL; OU; NLS & Trinity. Uncommon. . Very Good. Cloth. 1948.

Belgium: RENAISSANCE DU LIVRE 2003. 4to. The less common English Text version of this very popular regional cookery book. 2804608468 . Very Good. Hard Cover. First Edition in English. 2003.

London: Royal Academy of Arts 2005. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 494 pp., Illustrated throughout in colour. 1903973570 . Near Fine. Paperback. 2005.

London: Royal Academy of Arts 2005. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 494 pp., Illustrated throughout in colour. 1903973570 . Near Fine. Paperback. 2005.

New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill 1978. 4to. 282 pp. Hardback with gilt device to board and gilt lettering to spine. Minimal marking to spine; all in near fine condition. Illustrated with 14 colour plates and 135 halftone plates. Second volume of Cahill's prospective series 'A History of Later Chinese Painting, 1279-1950'. 0834801205 . Near Fine. Hard Cover. First Edition. 1976.

London: The South Bank Centre 1993. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 123 pp., Softcover. Boards clean and internally fresh and bright. Illustrated throughtout. 1853321184 . Near Fine. Softcover. 1993.

London: The Daily Telegraph 1914. 4to.Illustrated. 188 pp. Publisher's forest green suede binding (scarce) with silver stamped lettering and decoration to front board and spine. . Near Fine. Suede. 1914.

London: Allen Lane / The Penguin Press 1999. 8vo. In two volumes complete. Volume one was a revised volume, published to coincide with the first printing of volume two. Review copies with publisher's slips loosely laid in. xxiv, 648; xi, 896 pp. Hardbacks with dust jackets. Illustrations. No ownership names. Very clean copies. 9780713993851 . Near Fine. Hardback. 1999.

London: Jonathan Cape 1998. 8vo. 446 pp. Publisher's hardback in dust jacket. Illustrations. No ownership names. Internally very clean in bright dust jacket. 9780224050524 . Near Fine. Hardback. First UK Edition. 1998.

London: George Routledge & Sons N.d. [1878]. Large 8vo. Eight volumes in one. Quarter morocco over dark green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. All original wrappers bound in. Bookplate to first blank. Foxing throughout. Colour front wrappers and colour illustrations throughout. Publisher's lists to rear covers. All first editions (see adverts on rear wrappers). . Very Good. 1/4 Morocco. First Editions. 1878.

London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited 1891. Oblong 4to. This is copy no. 772 of an edition limited to 1,250 copies. Publisher's original gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Bevelled edges. All edges gilt. Some marks to boards. Internally clean. Contains text and illustrations to the original four books. Printed on one side only. Full-colour illustrations throughout by the author Randolph Caldecott. Colours bright. Binding firm. A VG copy. . Very Good. Cloth. Limited Numbered Edition. 1891.

Donington: Shaun Tyas 2003. Small 4to. viii, 177 pp. Green hardcover in pictorial jacket. Light foxing to top edge and minor scratching to panels, otherwise a near fine copy, internally as new. Frontispiece illustration of the artist as well as 109 high quality black-and-white illustrations, primarily from the author's collection. This volume celebrates the 150th anniversary of Maclaren's birth, looking at Maclaren's Arts and Crafts buildings in Stirling, London, Las Palmas in the Canary Islands and Fortingall in Perthshire. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2003.

New York: Curt Valentin 1944. 4to.Illustrated. First edition; Signed Limited edition. xix, 130 pp. Red cloth spine and pictorial cream card boards, in dustjacket. With 85 drawings by American artist and sclptor Alexander Calder. Copy number 11 of 60 signed copies on Sevir mould made paper (without the additional pen and ink drawing). Rubbing to spine and corners of binding alongside an inkstrain to the foot of the front board. Jacket edgeworn with some markings and torn at spine with tape to the inside. Edges rough with some occasional markings to leaves. Rare. . Very Good. Cloth Spine Card Boards. Signed Limited Edition. 1944.

London: Michael Joseph 1939. 8vo. 286 pp., First edition. Red cloth binding with dustjacket. Jacket edgeworn with some creasing. Slight mottling to the spine and boards. Binding firm with some spotting to the extremities. The book recounts the island in the year after the 'Butler Riots' and is unflinching in its descriptions of colonial power and the gap between the experience of rural Trinidadians and Tourists. It gives insight into the political networks of the time with one chapter detailing the work of local union leaders and their work with Sinn Fein. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1939.

Arcona: Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Di Pesaro / Il Lavoro Editoriale 2000. 4to. ITALIAN TEXT. 296 pp, illustrated in colour and b/w, some wear to dustwrapper 887663293x . Very Good. Hard Cover. 2000.

Brighton and Hove: 2006. Oblong 8vo.Exhibition Catalogue. 96 pp,. Paperback exhibition. Slight marks to covers. Exhibition catalogue for the exhibition Rex Whistler: The Triumph of Fancy a Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, 14 April -3 September 2006. . Very Good. Softcover. 2006.