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Hertford: Stephen Austin, 1850.. First edition thus, 8vo, iv, 13, (1), 127, (257) pp. Newspaper cutting concerning an 1876 Persian dictionary tipped onto the fly leaf, contemporary signature to the title and a lengthy manuscript note opposite , bookplate of the Library of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to paste down. Original gilt titled cloth, a very good copy. Professor of Hindustani at Haileybury College from 1845-59 and later Private Secretary at the India Office, Eastwick was a prolific writer and translated several major texts as well as compiling a number of guidebooks for the sub-continent. The text is entirely in Persian, with a vocabulary preceding it as well as a 13 page table of corrections from the previous edition, which appeared in 1827.

London: Michael Joseph, (1951).. First edition, 8vo, 237, (1) pp. 8 black and white photographic plates. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine a little browned, lacking a small piece to the top of the lower wrapper. Cross & Ravenscroft Hulme A48.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925.. First US edition. Small 8vo. 103, (1) pp. Publisher' blue cloth backed patterned boards, printed paper title labels to the spine and upper board, dust jacket broadly on the same design. A little light wear to the jacket edges plus some soiling to the white spine and lower panel, else very good. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme, A12b. The first British edition was published by the Hogarth Press the previous year.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1934.. First edition. 8vo. 316 pp. Publisher's green cloth, darker green lettering to the spine, dust jacket. Some edge wear to the jacket with a few small losses, a mild abrasion to the upper panel, slight mottling to the cloth but generally a very good clean copy. Cross & Ravenscroft Hulme, A.53, (a).

London: The Hogarth Press, 1928.. First edition. 8vo. 142, (2) pp. Publisher's black and brown patterned cloth, gilt lettered to the spine albeit this quite rubbed, ex libris Graysott & Hindhead Institute with their bookplate to the front pastedown, a private owner's inscription dated 1931 to the front free endpaper. 32 photographic plates. Binding rubbed and worn. Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme, A17a.

Paris: Truchy's French and English Library, 1829.. First edition, 8vo, 308 pp. A few spots and light marginal browning, light damp staining to the lower edge throughout. Contemporary maroon half morocco, marbled sides and edges, gilt decorated spine. Reprinted a number of times and eventually titled "The Art of Correspondence, English and French", this first edition is decidedly scarce; OCLC listing only 2 copies worldwide, in the Bibliothèque Nationale and at the University of Rochester.

London: Hutchinson, 1963.. First edition. 8vo. 128 pp. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by George on the first free endpaper "For Jean from Daniel (of whom she has almost made an optimist with love". A handful of black and white illustrations. A little light wear to the edges of the jacket, spotting to the verso of the jacket barely affecting its outer appearance, very good overall.

[Istanbul]: The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, 2009).. First edition. 4to. 125, (3) pp. Publisher's blind lettered black fine cloth, dust jacket. Numerous colour illustrations. Fine.

Portsmouth: Royal Sailors' Rest, January to December, 1939.. 4to. 192 pp. Original red pebbled cloth, white lettered to the upper cover. Numerous illustrations and advertisements throughout. Abrasion to the lower board, very good overall.

London: The Hampshire House Workshops... Hammersmith, 1915.. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 123, (5) pp. 12 wood engravings, all but one by Eric Gill, brief later inscription to paste down. Original canvas backed boards, a little rubbed, spine browned. Published by Pepler shortly before his move to Ditchling, and a Saint Dominic's Press book in all but name. Evan Gill 259.

Ditchling: Printed by Douglas Pepler, [1917].. Single sheet, 190 x 127 mm, printed in red and black. Press device by Gill. Some light foxing. Scarce. Taylor & Sewell A22a (ii).

(Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, 1929).. Small 8vo, (8) pp. Three wood engravings by Eric Gill and one by David Jones. Sewn as issued, faint browning to edges otherwise a fine copy. Taylor & Sewell A117b. Evan Gill 272.

[London]: Published by Mr. Everard Meynell; (Printed by Douglas Pepler, Ditchling), 1916.. 8vo, (8) pp, sewn as issued. One engraving plus the Press device by Eric Gill. Some minor soiling, near fine. Taylor & Sewell A7.

Ditchling & [London]: Pepler and Sewell, St. Dominic's Press, 1934.. Limited edition, no. 88 of 300 copies, 8vo, (32) pp. Cloth backed boards, top and outer edges sunned, d.w. browned with most of the spine lacking and what little is remaining with some repair. "Stories from the Brook, No. 1". Taylor & Sewell A234.

Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1921.. Limited edition, one of 240 copies, 8vo, (vi), 46 pp. Later inscription to fly leaf. Original wrappers, printed d.w. with mild loss to the spine ends. Taylor & Sewell A82e. Evan Gill 8.

Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, 1921.. Second edition. 8vo. (iv), 55, (1) pp. Original linen backed drab boards, printed spine label. 5 wood engravings by Desmond Chute plus the press device by Eric Gill. Slight wear to the label, very good overall. Taylor and Sewell, A73a.

Ditchling: Printed and Publisher by Douglas Pepler, 1918.. Limited edition, one of 400 copies, (ii), 21, (1, 4 advertisement) pp. Engraving by Gill in the advertisements at the end. Original printed wrappers, lacking the lower wrapper. Taylor & Sewell A28. Evan Gill 5. The price has not been corrected to the upper wrapper.

Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, (1928).. Limited edition, one of 480 copies, 8vo, (viii), 94, (2) pp. Wood engraving by David Jones to title page, small piece torn from the bottom corner of the fly leaf. Original cloth backed decorative boards with some browning. Taylor & Sewell A158.

Ditchling: Saint Dominic's Press, 1928.. Limited edition, no. 137 of 250 copies, 4to, (vi, 32) pp. Errata slip tipped in. Original linen boards, paper label on upper cover, a few marks otherwise very good. Taylor & Sewell A159.

Printed and Published by Douglas Pepler, Hampshire House, Hammersmith and Ditchling, Sussex, 1917.. Second edition, square 12mo, (iv), 21, (2, 1 advertisement) pp. 10 woodcuts - 8 by Ronald Seal and 2 by David Pepler, after the drawings made by Johnston, plus a woodcut colophon, sewn as issued in the original grey paper wrappers, a little worn on spine, further woodcut decoration on upper wrapper. Taylor and Sewell A3a.