FIRST EDITION FINE BINDING. HALF RED LEATHER RAISED BANDS T.E.G. 17 COLOURED PLATES BY JOHN LEECH. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. A HANDSOME BOOK.
1ST EDITION. TWO VOLUMES. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH GILT. BOOKPLATE TO FIRST PASTE DOWN. VOLUME 1 HAS WEAK FRONT HINGE SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. COLOUR PLATES BY CECIL ALDIN.
FIRST EDITION ORIGINAL BLUE CLOTH DECORATION ON FRONT BOARD OF ROSES GILT TITLES TO BOARD AND SPINE TEG. WITH 81 COLOUR PLATES BY ALLINGHAM. A VERY GOOD COPY. SOME FOXING TO THE FEP AND OCCASIONALLY ELSEWHERE BUT NOT AFFECTING THE PLATES. NEAT INSCRIPTION TO FEP AND SLIGHT LOSS OF COLOUR TO SMALL PART OF BACK BOARD SMALL HOLE IN REAR END PLATE. PICTURE AVAILABLE.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. IN THIS BOOK GORDON BENINGFIELD RETURNS TO A FAVOURITE THEME WITH WHICH HE HAS ALREADY DELIGHTED HIS AUDIENCE IN THE BEST-SELLING TITLE `HARDY COUNTRY` AND `THE DARKLING THRUSH. HERE IS A PORTRAIT OF THE PART OF ENGLAND WHERE HE SET SO MANY OF HIS BEST-LOVED NOVELS SHORT STORIES AND POEMS.
TWO VOLUMES IN HARDBACK WITH SLIGHTLY GRUBBY AND WORN DUSTWRAPS. EASTERN EDITION: COVERING MORE THAN 1500 SPECIES OF BIRDS MAMMALS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS FISHES MOLLUSKS AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATES. THE WESTERN EDITION HAS 1800 SPECIES. CONTAINED IN A SLIPCASE. WESTERN EDITION ISBN NO. IS 0061817155.
Author:
COLLINS HENRY HILL JR. AND RANSOM JAY ELLIS (ASSEMBLED BY)
VERY GOOD COPY IN SILK BOARDS WITH SLIGHTLY DAMAGED SLIPCASE AND SLIGHTLY FADED SPINE. THE STORY OF HASSAN OF BAGDAD AND HOW HE CAME TO MAKE THE GOLDEN JOURNEY TO SAMARKLAND. INTRODUCTION BY BASIL DEAN. COSTUME DESIGNS BY PETER BUCKNELL.