6. Peeps Into Fairyland Written and illustrated by Horace Knowles Knowles, Horace J.
Thornton Butterworth, 1924. First edition. Large 4to. Pale tan coloured cloth with gilt. Illustrations in gilt to the spine, with a gilt vignette to the upper cover. In the original white dustwrapper, with a colour plate reproduced on the upper panel, lettering and designs in black to the upper panel and spine, with original printed price of 15 shillings net to the front flap. Pictorial endpapers printed in brown, with individual designs for each endpaper. Six colour plates, with illustration and callig- raphy after Knowles to each of the remaining eighty-six pages. Newnes, 1924. First edition. 4to. Red cloth spine and pictorial paper covered boards. Upper cov- er illustration and colour frontis by Lola Onslow. Forty-seven drawings throughout by Horace Knowles. Large fold-out map executed by Knowles, designed by Blyton. 8. Christ Legends Translated from Swedish by Velma Swanston Howard Knowles, Horace J.; Lagerlöf, Selma 7. The Enid Blyton Book Of Fairies Knowles, Horace J.: Blyton, Enid Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, 1930. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with red lettering and vignettes. White dustwrapper printed in blue, with an illustration and lettering to the upper cover, vignettes and lettering to the spine and the publisher’s insignia to the lower cover. Printed price of 8s 6d. net to front flap. Black and white frontispiece, with the title page designed by Knowles. Eleven further full page black and white drawings to open each chapter, with twenty-seven further line drawings in the text. 9. Eager Heart A Christmas Mystery Play Knowles, Horace J.; Buckton, A.m. Elkins Mathews & Marrot Ltd., 1931. First edition illustrated by Knowles. 4to. Edition de Luxe, anno- tated by Knowles on the copyright page “Of fifty special signed copies this is no. 12”. Full white vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and upper cover. In the blue dustwrapper, printed in black with lettering and illustrations by Knowles to both panels and the spine, priced 21/- net on the front flap. Signed by Knowles and Alice Buckton. Pictorial endpapers with distinct double-page designs for each. Illustration and calligraphy after Knowles to every page.
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