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The Fisherman and His Soul, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Young King and the Star Child. Oscar Wilde. 1905-1906. Wilde, Oscar. The Fisherman and His Soul, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Young King and the Star Child. Mosher, Portland, Maine. 1905-1906. 12mo. Four tales in 3 volume set in individual, original floral design slipcases. Each book with original paper covers with title in black to front and spine, red letter device to front and printers black devise to verso. All books limited to 425 copies on Japon vellum. With armorial bookplate of Geoffrey Drew Wood on front pastedown. The books dedicated to Constance Mary Wilde consisting of the four tales. The Fisherman and his Soul, 1st edition, 1905, 88pp. The Birthday of the Infanta, 1st edition, 1905, 52pp. The Young King and The Star Child, 2nd edition, 1906, 80pp. Slip cases are age soiled with a few small repairs, covers of books age toned where not protected by slipcases. All pages in fine condition. A rare opportunity to acquire the complete set..		Click this link for more details
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Short Stories of Today and Yesterday. Ernest Bramah. 1929 Bramah, Ernest. Short Stories of Today and Yesterday. London, Harrap. 8vo, 1st edition. Maroon cloth, gilt titles to spine. Top edge coloured maroon. With protected unclipped dustwrapper. Pp288. In fine condition throughout.

Arasmanes or The Seeker. E Bulwer Lytton. Ca 1905 Bulwer Lytton, E. Arasmanes or The Seeker. London, Maclaren an Co. nd Ca 1905. 12mo. Marbled paper design slipcase. Paper covers with title in black to front and spine, red letter device to front and printers black devise to verso. With armorial bookplate of Geoffrey Drew Wood on front pastedown. Illustrated frontis. pp66. Slip cases is age soiled, covers age toned where not protected by slipcase. All pages in fine condition, the frontis print, strong and bright with good plate indent. A scarce book.		Click this link for more details
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Francois Villon, Student, Poet and House-breaker. Robert Louis Stevenson. 1906 Stevenson, Robert Louis. Francois Villon, Student, Poet and House-breaker. Mosher, Portland, Maine. 1906. 12mo. 3rd edition. Floral design slipcase. Paper covers with title in black to front and spine, red letter device to front and printers black devise to verso. Limited to 425 copies on Japon vellum. pp74. With armorial bookplate of Geoffrey Drew Wood on front pastedown. Slip cases is age soiled, covers age toned where not protected by slipcase. All pages in fine condition.		Click this link for more details
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The Portrait of Mr W.H. Oscar Wilde. 1904 Wilde, Oscar. The Portrait of Mr W.H.. Mosher, Portland, Maine. 1904. 12mo. 2nd edition. Floral design slipcase. Original paper covers with title in black to front and spine, red letter device to front and printers black devise to verso. Limited to 425 copies on Japon vellum. pp76. With armorial bookplate of Geoffrey Drew Wood on front pastedown. Slip cases is age soiled, covers age toned where not protected by slipcase. All pages in fine condition.		Click this link for more details
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In Sicily by Siegfried Sassoon, Illustrated by Stephen Tennant, 1930 Sassoon, Siegfried. In Sicily. Faber and Faber, London, 1930. Limited large paper edition no. 257 of 400, signed by author. All illustrations by Stephen Tennant. Octavo, green cloth, hardback. Ffep, colophon 1, half title, title, imprint Curwen press to verso, coloured full page print of lemons by Stephen Tennant, 1, publishers note Ariel Poem 27. Size approx 220mm x 145mm. Cover a little bumped at spine, all pages and illustrations in fine condition.		Click this link for more details
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The Plays of John Galsworthy, John Galsworthy, 1929 Galsworthy, John; The Plays of John Galsworthy. London. Duckworth. 1929. 8vo. Limited Edition printed on handmade paper. This No. 1157 of 1250 signed by the author. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine, TEG, other uncut. Armorial book plate front pastedown. PP1150. Free end papers tanned from boards. Binding and all pages in FINE condition.		Click this link for more details
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A Bibliography of the Writings of W. Somerset Maugham. F.T. Bason, 1931 Bason. T.F., : A Bibliography of the Writings of W. Somerset Maugham. London, Unicorn Press, 1931, 1st Edition, Limited to 950 copies. 8vo, Blue cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. Edges and spine a little sunned. Marbled endpapers. Pp78. Top edge gilt, all pages bright and clean. This edition "out of series" written in the hand of the author, together with an inscription to C.S. Evans (Heinemann Press) under the dedication to W. S. Maugham " and lastly to C.S. Evans/one of the gentlemen who stands/between me and success! / With the greetings of the author / and the compliments of The Unicorn Press. / J. Bason 1931." A pencil remark follows "x This is a reference to the fact / that I have found myself unable / to publish Mr Basons novels and stories / C S Evans". There is also a typed letter included dated June 13th 1949, signed by Dwye (Son of C.S. Evans and Director of Heinemann to 1973) to B. F. Oliver Esq of Kingswood. It reads " My dear o., / I thought you might like to / see this copy of the Bason's bibliography / of Maugham. You might like to base / the new book on it. Would you let me/have it back. / Ken McCormick of Doubledays is over here now and would like to have / an estimate for 1000 and 2000 folded / and collated sheets of Maughamiana. / He is seeing Maugham on July 2nd / and would like to have the figures before / then. / Yours/Dwye. (Maughamiana: The Writings of W. Somerset Maugham by Raymond Toole Stott went on to be published by both Heinemann and Doubleday in 1950). This book a very good reference source, with an interesting provenance.		Click this link for more details
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Night Flight, Antoine De Saint-Exupery, 1932. De Saint-Exupery, Antoine, Translated by Stuart Gilbert : Night Flight. London, Desmond Harmsworth, 1932, 8vo. Blue cloth, silver title to spine, which is sunned. Blue marbled end papers. PP208. Neat ownership inscription dated November 1932 of A. Dwye Evans, Director of Heinemann Publ. up to 1973. Pages a little age toned, otherwise bright, tight and clean. "Night Flight" was Antoine Saint Exupery's second novel. Night Flight is fiction, based on the author's experiences as a mail pilot in South America. The two main characters are Fabien, a pilot flying the Patagonia mail, and Riviere, his boss and the man responsible for the air mail service. Fabien's plane gets lost. Riviere continues to carry out his responsibilities in keeping the flow of mail moving, despite the loss. At another level, the book tries to look at ones duty and responsibility at and to work. It explores how people "keep going" facing all sorts of problems. This book brought Saint-Exupery his fame. A perfectionist, revising his manuscripts on the way to the printer. His obsession resulted in beautiful, poetic writing, and that shows even in translation.		Click this link for more details
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Soames and the Flag, John Galsworthy, 1930 Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.		Click this link for more details
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The Wide Net and Other Stories. Eurdora Welty. 1945 Welty, Eudora: The Wide Net and Other Stories. John Lane/Bodley Head 1945. PP 144. 19 x 12.6 cms. War Economy Standard. Green cloth, black titles to front and spine. Dustwrapper, unclipped, age toned to edges and spine. The reverse of the dustwrapper has printed the Bodley Head wrapper for Unlucky Farm by F.E. Mills Young. Contents clean, bright, Good condition.		Click this link for more details
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The Robber Bridegroom By Eudora Welty. 1944 Welty, Eudora.The Robber Bridegroom: London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1944. PP 196. 20x 13 cms. Green cloth, White title to spine and front. Illustrated throughout by James Holland, the end papers showing James Holland portrait sketches and the front board shows James Holland figures. Binding is age toned to edges and sunned on spine, the contents are a very clean, bright, good condition.		Click this link for more details
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When the Going was Good. Evelyn Waugh. 1946 Waugh. Evelyn,. When the Going Was Good. London, Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1946. 1st Edition. 8vo, no dustwrapper. Yellow cloth with blue titles to spine. Colour frontispiece and folding map in perfect condition. Binding shows some light discolouration to spine and top of boards. All pages bright and clean, probably unread.
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The Game and the Candle. Margaret Kennedy. 1928. Kennedy. Margaret, The Game and the Candle. Heinemann, London 1928. Limited Signed Edition, number 3 of 525 copies. 8vo. Cloth backed, marbled boards, gilt titles to spine. PP39, Westminster Press imprint to verso last page. Neat ownership inscription A.D. Evans March 1928 (Director at Heinemann up to 1973). Boards and little age toned to edges, all pages bright and clean. A very good copy.
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