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Hardcover, red cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spine; all in very good condition with slight forward lean, corners good, top spine end slightly crushed. Binding tight, pages all very clean, some foxing evident to text block edges and slightly shelf tanned. Previous owners name in pencil. Dust jacket unclipped, some tanning and foxing, tiny tear to top of rear and spine ends of jacket. Please contact us for Photos.

Translations by Atrhur Waley, author of 170 Chinese Poems. Bound in pale blue cloth, beige spine with black lettering. Cover, spine and corners all in good condition. Discreet fon label on ffep. Pages are all sound and in good condition.

Blue cloth binding over board with silver lettering to spine; Externally in excellent, with no bumping to head and tail of spine, no shelf wear to any edges but small amount of moisture staining to base of bottom edges with corresponding stain to inside of dust jacket. Dust Jacket in Near Fine condition designed by David Hardy. Sidgwick & Jackson price sticker to inside of dust jacket. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with minor foxing to text block edges.
A first edition collection of short stories by science fiction writer Clifford D. Simak, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Firm binding. Some evidence of wear to edges, bumping to corners and spine ends crushed. Gilt lettering has darkened over time and there is sunning to spine and edges. Visible marks to boards. Pages clean and intact, numerous B&W images and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing to page edges. No dust jacket. Please contact us for Photos.

Third edition, revised and re-written by E C Bousfield. Beautiful illustrations throughout in very good condition. Bound in green board with dark green spine in good condition. Corners and spine slightly bumped. Clear plastic adhesive cover. Discreet fon label on ffep.

Nice copy of The Stuffed Owl by Wyndham Lewis, D B and Lee, Charles. The book is illustrated with cartoons from the works of Max Beerbohm. Bound in grey printed board in good condition. Clear plastic adhesive cover. Pages in very good, clean condition. Discreet fon label on ffep.

Blue cloth covered board with bright gilt lettering and OUP emblem to spine; slight shelf wear to edges and corners; lower spine edge crushed; minor moisture spotting to front and lower rear edge with circular mark to rear cover. Pages clean with mild tanning and foxing; Previous owner's inscription in pencil to front free endpaper which is also separated from spine Some tanning to text block edges. Dust Jacket heavily tanned and stained, edge wear and tears, torn to spine creases one side has been sellotaped. Front fly leaf corner clipped but OUP 18/- price label attached.
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Elizabeth Withycombe worked at the Clarendon Press and helped to promote the early work of Edward Ardizzone and Iona and Peter Opie. She is best known as the compiler of The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names, first published by the Clarendon Press in 1945.