Modern Illustrated

Tenth impression, 8vo, publisher's blue cloth, devices to boards and titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt. With the dust jacket. A superb copy in the dust jacket with a couple of closed and unobtrusive tears.

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.

Limited edition, number 299 of 460 copies, signed by the artist; 4to (270 x 210 mm); 12 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, printed tissue guards, 17 uncoloured plates (as pubilshed) and illustrations within the text; publisher's pictorial vellum, gilt, top edge, others uncut, spine slightly darkened, a few minor, faint spots, otherwise a near-fine copy and exceptionally bright internally.

Limited edition, number 295 of 450 copies, from a total edition of 460, signed by the illustrator; 4to; 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, plus in-text black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue guards, text clean and bright; publisher's deluxe full vellum, stamped in gilt, gilt lettering to spine, corners slightly rubbed, top edge gilt, others uncut or unopened, pictorial endpapers, housed in original card slipcase, slightly toned and worn, overall a very good copy.

First US trade edition; 4to; 16 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac, including frontispiece, title within decorative border, decorative headpieces, gift inscription to front free endpaper dated 1925; publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt lettering to spine, corners slightly rubbed, with the pictorial dustjacket, slightly marked, some edge-wear, front cover chipped, otherwise a very good example.

Limited edition, number 494 of 575 copies of the English issue, from a total edition of 775, signed by the illustrator; large 8vo; 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, plus in-text black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham, text clean and bright; publisher's deluxe full vellum, stamped in gilt, gilt lettering and floral device to spine, spine ends and corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, others uncut, pictorial endpapers, housed in original card box; overall a very good copy.

Limited edition, number 529 of 550 copies, signed by the illustrator; 4to; 24 tipped in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, including frontispiece, captioned tissue guards, headpieces, tailpieces and full-page black and white illustrations also by Rackham throughout, text clean and bright; publisher's quarter vellum, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, gilt device to upper cover, light spotting to boards, top edge gilt, others uncut or unopened, blue pictorial endpapers, housed in a custom buff solander box; overall a very good example.

First edition, first printing; 8vo; illustrations and pictorial endpapers by E.H. Shepard; publisher's salmon pink cloth gilt, top edge gilt, light browning to endpapers, light bumping to spine ends and corners, pictorial dust-jacket, mild dust-soiling, minor chipping to head of spine and lower corner of upper panel, otherwise a near-fine copy.

First and limited deluxe American edition, number 41 of 100 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham; 4to (295 x 240 mm); illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece and a further 11 tipped-in colour plates, all with captioned tissue guards, numerous in-text black & white illustrations, the odd spot to first and last few leaves, else fine; publisher's deluxe full vellum binding, stamped in gilt; replacement silk ties; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, as published, illustrated endpapers, mild age discolouration and slight bowing to upper boards, otherwise very good indeed; (xvi), 147, (1) pp.

First editions, When We Were Very Young, first issue with p.ix not numbered; 8vo; illustrations by E.H. Shepard; comprising When We Were Very Young, neat ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, slight sunning to spine, jacket with light toning to spine and panels, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1 or 2 short tears with light creasing to head and foot, professional restoration to head of spine, extremities a little rubbed, 1924; Winnie-the-Pooh, map endpapers (very light browning), jacket with light toning to spine, neat and professional repairs and restorations to spine, corners and along upper fore-edge, repaired tear straying into upper panel, 1926; Now We Are Six, pictorial endpapers, spine slightly darkened, light toning to jacket spine and head of upper panel, spine with chip to foot, minor chipping to tip of spine and corners, some light surface soiling, short nick to head, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, pictorial endpapers (very light browning), jacket spine with light toning, minor chipping and light creasing to spine tips and corners, 1928; publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, top edge gilt, dust-jackets, a very good set; preserved in a custom-made slip-case.