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The Witch of Clatteringshaws. Joan AIKEN

The Witch of Clatteringshaws.

AIKEN, Joan (1924-2004).

London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 150 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Hess, priced at £10.99. A fine, as-new copy. The final book in the Wolves Chronicles, published posthumously. More

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Matilda. Roald DAHL, Quentin BLAKE

Matilda.

DAHL, Roald (1916-1990), [BLAKE, Quentin, illustrator].

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. A couple of tiny spots to edges, binding and wrapper very lightly handled..... More

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The Sixpence that Rolled Away. Louis MACNEICE, Edward BAWDEN

The Sixpence that Rolled Away.

MACNEICE, Louis (1907-1963), [BAWDEN, Edward, illustrator].

London: Faber and Faber, 1956. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.24. With five colour plates and six line drawn illustrations by Bawden. Publisher's colour illustrated paper covered boards, with the matching dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Some offsetting to endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Wear to extremities and some..... More

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Tom's Midnight Garden. Illustrated by Susan Einzig. A. Philippa PEARCE

Tom's Midnight Garden. Illustrated by Susan Einzig.

PEARCE, A Philippa (1920-2006).

London: Oxford University Press, 1958. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 229; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half green oasis morocco, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, gilt decoration, red title label, marbled sides, all edges gilt. Contents clean, exterior unmarked. A fine copy in..... More

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Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.

Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.

Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.

 

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