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MACDONALD, GEORGE.
At the
Back of the North Wind.
Illustrations
by Arthur Hughes. 8vo, publisher’s pictor-
ial green cloth gilt, all edges gilt, spine tips
and corners bumped with minimal expo-
sure; hinges strengthened, contemporary
ownership inscription to front flyleaf,
Burn ticket to rear pastedown.
London: Strahan & Co., 1871
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
,
in variant green
cloth binding.With 13 page publisher’s adver-
tisements at end, and Burn binder’s ticket (as
in Sadlier examined copy). Uncommonly tight,
square copy. Sadleir 1474.
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LEAF, MUNRO and LAWSON,
ROBERT.
Wee Gillis.
Illustrated by
Lawson. 4to, publisher’s burlap covered
boards, paper cover and spine labels; origi-
nal printed card slipcase (slightly tanned
along margins, corner splits with mends).
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
,
ONE OF
525
COPIES
. The Thistle Edition, signed by the
author and illustrator.
NewYork:Viking, 1938
[300/400]
WITH
-
Another copy. 4to, original
1
/
4
cloth over
pictorial boards; dust jacket, rubbed with a few
small chips to corners, short closed tear to top of
front panel. First trade edition. NY, 1938.
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McCLOSKEY, ROBERT.
One
Morning in Maine.
Illustrated. Folio,
publisher’s cloth, corners bumped slightly;
pictorial dust jacket, spine panel and flap
folds tanned and rubbed, price-clipped;
internally clean.
FIRST EDITION
.
AUTHOR
’
S
CLIPPED SIGNATURE TIPPED TO TITLE
-
PAGE
.
Caldecott Honor Book.
NewYork:Viking, 1952
[400/600]
WITH
-
Homer Price. Illustrated by the author.
8vo, publisher’s cloth, light marginal staining;
dust jacket, price-clipped, age-toning, few small
chips. First edition. NY, 1943.
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