JONKERS RARE BOOKS
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164. GRAHAME, Kenneth DREAM DAYS Bodley Head, 1930. First edition illustrated by E.H. Shepard. Number 102 of 275 deluxe copies, printed on rag paper and signed by both Gra- hame and Shepard. Original quarter vellum over marbled boards, original slipcase. A fine copy. [44006] £450 Grahame’s early collection of children’s stories, which includes The Reluctant Dragon. Originally published in 1899, it was reissued with Shepard’s illustrations, shortly before his immensely successful rendering of The Wind in the Willows. 165. IWASAKI, Chihiro MOMOKO AND THE PRETTY BIRD Bodley Head, 1972. First edition in English. Illustrated throughout in colour by Iwasaki. A near fine copy in a very good, price-clipped, dust - wrapper. [43290] £95 The third Momoko book.
166 . IWASAKI, Chihiro MOMOKO’S BIRTHDAY Bodley Head, 1973. First edition in English. 4to. Illustrated throughout in colour by Iwasaki. A very good copy in a very good, price-clipped, dustwrapper. A little dusty. [43291] £95 The fourth Momoko book. 167. JEFFERIES, Richard WOOD MAGIC A Fable Cassell, Pet- ter, Galpin & Co., 1881. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration stamped in black. Brown chalked endpapers. No adverts A superb, fine copy, bright and crisp with perfect hinges. [44096] £300 One of approximately 500 copies. This book introduces the character of Bevis, a young boy who enters a magical woodland, where animals and other natural elements, such as the river and the wind, all have tales to tell and truths to reveal. 168. JEFFERIES, Richard BEVIS The Story of a Boy Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. First edition. Three volumes. Carter’s primary bind- ing in brown cloth blocked in back and gilt. A fine set, cloth exceptionally bright and clean with just a hint of pushing to the spine ends. Hinges in vol II and rear hinge in vol III starting, but sound. Inter- nally fresh. [44097] £1,250 The author’s best know work and one of the classic boys’ stories.
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