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ILLUSTRATED WORKS
Burns (Robert) Songs and Ballads
Nora England (illus.), London, Hodder and Stoughton, circa-1930s, quarter bound in gilt tooled calf, 4to
A Book of Old Ballads
H.M. Brock (illus.), London, Hutchinson & Co., 1934, bound in textured brown cloth, 4to
Burne-Jones (Edward) The Little Holland House Album
North Berwick, The Dalrymple Press, 1981, no. 111 of 200 copies, 8vo
McLean, Ruari Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper
London, Gordon Fraser, 1983
The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais
Frank C. Pape (illus.), London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927, two volumes, no. 521 of 4,300 copies
Etc., with
Masefield (John) Selected Poems
London, William Heinemann, 1922, no. 214 of 500 copies on hand-made paper, signed by Masefield, 12mo
Variable condition, with most books marked/faded to covers and having wear to spines. Songs of the Savoyards and Tristan & Iseult both with foxing to pages (and particularly to page edges). Masefield with discoloured endpapers. Omar Khayyam with split text block, leaving central pages loose. Generally faded pages. Songs of Burns has been nicely rebound, though has light scuffing to spine and foxing to pages at points. One page with a taped repair; minor tears to page edges elsewhere. Book of Old Ballads with foxed/occasionally water-spotted pages. Covers and page edges generally worn and grubby. Book-Bindings in Paper is good generally, save for damage to dustjacket.
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