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Numbers 1-8 (complete), 4to (27 x 20.5 cm); illustrations by Beardsley, Conder, Shannon, Rickets, Beerbohm, Sickert and others, advertisements, Christmas card loose (as issued); literary contributions from Yeats, Conrad, Shaw, and others, publisher's first state blue cloth gilt by Beardsley, tiny dent to spine vol. 2, else near-fine.

First edition; 4to; 'printed at the Chiswick Press...in Monotrype Bodoni on Arnold & Foster's Indian Toned Laid Hand Made Paper', the title-page decorated with a hitherto unpublished illustration by Beardsley, three ink corrections to p.viii of Preface, a few instances of interesting marginalia (one shown), otherwise internally very clean and bright, publisher's gilt plaid black cloth, edges untrimmed, as published, corners and spine ends bumped, otherwise very good indeed.

First edition, first printing; 8vo; illustrations and pictorial endpapers by E.H. Shepard, some inconspicuous staining to bottom edge of preliminaries, a very small nick to bottom edge of p. 19 and minor residue from a label removal to lower corner of upper endpaper; publisher's salmon pink cloth gilt, top edge gilt, small spot to extreme edge of upper board, fading to rear board, otherwise bright, pictorial dust-jacket, mild dust-soiling, spine toned, minor chipping to spine extremities and corners, otherwise a very good copy.

First edition; 8vo; light toning to leaves, faint spotting and offsetting to endpapers; publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, boards slightly sunned, slight rubbing to extremities, with the price-clipped dustjacket, some toning to spine and edges, light soiling to rear panel, otherwise a very good example.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; leaves toned, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's dark blue cloth, silver lettering to spine, slight rubbing to extremities, light offsetting to endpapers, with the unclipped dustjacket, slight loss to head of spine, minor creasing to edges, spine slightly darkened, some soiling to panels, overall a very good copy.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's black boards, gilt lettering to spine, green patterned endpapers, light spotting to top edge, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket by Richard Chopping, slight toning to flap edges, otherwise a near-fine copy.

First UK edition, first impression; 8vo; very occasional spotting, primarily to last few leaves, light age-toning; publisher's maroon cloth, red lettering to spine on white paper label, spine ends slightly bumped, light offsetting to endpapers, with the original dustjacket, slightly sunned, foot of spine chipped with loss, some edge-wear, repaired tear to rear panel, a very good example.

First deluxe editions, first impressions; 7 vols, 8vo (240 x 160 mm); publisher's cloth with mounted colour illustrations, author's facsimile signature in gilt, gilt edges, The Prisoner of Azkaban with slight bumping to upper outside corner, otherwise fine copies, the last four in the original publisher's cellophane wrapping.

First deluxe edition; 8vo (242 x 160 mm); publisher's red cloth gilt, upper cover with inset illustration, all edges gilt, a fine copy.

Eighty-Fifth Thousand'; 8vo (185 x 130 mm); 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, mild toning, the occasional mark or spot, otherwise very good; later blue morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover stamped with a gilt vignette of Alice holding the baby pig, lower cover with vignette of the Cheshire Cat, spine with gilt tools of other characters, gilt dentelles comprising tiny playing-card motifs of clubs and spades, cloth end leaves and all edges gilt; spine faded to a uniform green, rear upper corner mildly bumped, otherwise a very handsome, finely bound, early edition.