London: John Murray, 1879. Second edition, 13th thousand, 8vo, xvi, 693, (1), pp. 78 illustrations in the text, mild cracking to the upper hinge. Original dark green cloth, small patch of rubbing to the upper cover otherwise a very good copy. Freeman, 951.

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Lewes: Sussex Press, Printed and Sold by John Baxter, 1811. 4to, (vi, 1118, 188, 418, 4) pp, including the Apocrypha, and a Subscriber's List bound in at the end. Wood engraved title pages and 30 plates plus two maps hand coloured in outline, some light foxing at the beginning and.....

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[Vicenza: Michele Tramezino], 1543. 8vo, (ix), 180, (3) leaves. Woodcut to the title page and final page, early manuscript name inked out to the title page, some minor marginal soiling and marks, small piece torn from the lower corner of leaf A4, 19th century armorial bookplate to the rear paste.....

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London: John Murray, 1859. First edition. 8vo. (iii-x), 502, 28 pp, bound without the half title but with all the advertisement leaves barring the final two. Early 20th century green full morocco, spine with raised bands, twin gilt lettered red labels, marbled endpapers, bookplate of K.F. Russell to the front.....

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London: William Heinemann, (1928). 8vo, xiv, (iv), 1421, (1) pp. Faint creasing to the half title. Recent red half morocco, t.e.g., an attractive copy.

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London: Anthony Treherne & Co., 1904. First edition, 8vo, (xii), 283, (1) pp. 8 plates. Original gilt titled pictorial green cloth, some very minor rubbing otherwise a handsome copy.

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901, 1902. Two volumes, first editions thus, 8vp. Photographic frontispiece portraits of Carroll and Newell plus 40 plates in each volume, decorative borders to the text, contemporary owner's signature to the fly leaves, later bookplates of the publisher Walter Kahoe. Original gilt titled parchment, t.e.g......

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Stratford-upon-Avon: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press... and published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1928. Limited edition, no. 77 of 375 sets, eight volumes, 4to. Some coloured illustrations in the margins, red initial letters and decoration. Small mark to the fore edge of volume I, barely affecting the page edges. Original.....

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London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. First edition. Two volumes. xxviii, 338; viii, 319, (1) pp. Contemporary brown full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red labels, blindstamped decoration to the panels and an ornate border to the boards, marbled endpapers, prize bookplates from the Royal Masonic Institution.....

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London: Michael Joseph, (1960). First edition thus. 8vo. 493, (1) pp. Recent black full morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered to two panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, signed by the author on the title page. An excellent copy.

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London: John Murray, 1868. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xiv, 473, (1); x, 495, (1) pp. Contemporary half calf over dark blue cloth sides, all edges speckled red, a shadow on each of the front pastedowns showing faintly where a prior owner's bookplate has been removed. 43 illustrations in the.....

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New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. Limited edition, no. 278 of 924 copies from a total edition of 999, signed by Kent, two volumes, folio. 24 plates plus illustrations in the text. Original gilt titled cloth, some minor marks, slight browning to spines.

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