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    Lot 551

    ROBERTSON, W. Graham. A Masque of Morning. London & New York: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. for John Lane, 1904. 4° (257 X 208mm.). Coloured plates by Robertson (occasional light spotting). Original decorated cloth (spine slightly faded and spotted). FIRST EDITION; Godl, Frankincense, and Myrrh. And other pageants for a baby girl. London & New York: William Clowes & Sons for John Lane, 1907. 4° (258 x 207mm.). Coloured plates by Robertson (occasional light spotting). Original blue decorated cloth, laminated dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. - BONE, Gertrude. Children's Children... with drawings by Muirhead Bone. London: Ballantyne & Co. for Duckworth & Co., 1908. 4° (262 x 202mm.). Plates by M.Bone. Original parchment-covered boards, t.e.g. (laminated with sticky-back plastic). FIRST EDITION. Number 164 of 215 copies signed by the artist. - [BARHAM, Richard]. The Jackdaw of Rheims. London: G.W.Jones for Gay & Hancock, 1913. 2° (335 x 255mm.). Mounted coloured plates, illustrations, all by Charles Folkard. Original vellum, upper cover blocked in gilt, t.e.g. Number 63 of 100 copies sugned by the artist. - RICHARDS, Ceri (illustrator). The Magic Horse from the Arabian Nights. London: Cambridge University Press for Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1930. 2° (292 x 213mm.). Coloured title vignette, illustrations and plates by Richards. Original black roan. One of 495 copies. (5)

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    GBP 330

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    GBP 300 - GBP 500

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    ROBERTSON, W. Graham. A Masque of Morning. London & New York: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. for John Lane, 1904. 4° (257 X 208mm.). Coloured plates by Robertson (occasional light spotting). Original decorated cloth (spine slightly faded and spotted). FIRST EDITION; Godl, Frankincense, and Myrrh. And other pageants for a baby girl. London & New York: William Clowes & Sons for John Lane, 1907. 4° (258 x 207mm.). Coloured plates by Robertson (occasional light spotting). Original blue decorated cloth, laminated dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. - BONE, Gertrude. Children's Children... with drawings by Muirhead Bone. London: Ballantyne & Co. for Duckworth & Co., 1908. 4° (262 x 202mm.). Plates by M.Bone. Original parchment-covered boards, t.e.g. (laminated with sticky-back plastic). FIRST EDITION. Number 164 of 215 copies signed by the artist. - [BARHAM, Richard]. The Jackdaw of Rheims. London: G.W.Jones for Gay & Hancock, 1913. 2° (335 x 255mm.). Mounted coloured plates, illustrations, all by Charles Folkard. Original vellum, upper cover blocked in gilt, t.e.g. Number 63 of 100 copies sugned by the artist. - RICHARDS, Ceri (illustrator). The Magic Horse from the Arabian Nights. London: Cambridge University Press for Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1930. 2° (292 x 213mm.). Coloured title vignette, illustrations and plates by Richards. Original black roan. One of 495 copies. (5)

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