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— Mark Twain

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1948. [Illustrated Fairy Tales] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 864 [4]. With 212 illustrations by Scharl, including many in colour. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to a black label, and further gilt decoration to spine. Publisher's..... More
London: Boxer Books, 2013. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.173. With colour scraperboard illustrations by the author to every page. Publisher's purple glossy illustrated paper covered boards, with red illustrated endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. An anthology of classic..... More