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Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Publisher's black boards with gilt titles & blind stamped bullet holes to front board. Pictorial dustwrapper by Jan Pienkowski in the manner of the of trompe l'oeil style created by Richard Chopping for the Bond titles. A fine copy with no marks to boards. No marks to clean textblock edges. No inscriptions. The near fine/fine dustwrapper is complete & remarkably fresh and clean with none of the usual heavy toning to the diamond white lettering on wrapper spine. A few small rubs here & there to print. Original price of 16snet to front flap. A very clean copy. A dossier compiled by Amis on the most famous spy in the world.

Macmillan, 1894. Both volumes first editions, first printings. Blue boards with gilt titles & vignettes to boards. All edges gilt. Housed in an early 20th century felt lined blue gilt double decker Morocco slipcase with folding blue felt lined chemise within. A fine set. Clean and bright boards with very bright gilt indeed. A few light translucent marks only to boards. Very bright gilt titles & edges. Provenance - attractive heraldic bookplate of Walter Russell, Baron Brain of Eynsham (medical statesman, poet & outstanding physician who made important contributions to neurological knowledge besides writing the standard British textbook on the subject) to front endpaper of vol i. Quite unbelievably, none of the usual foxing to either volume & no inscriptions. No cracking to original black endpapers. A superb set of this cornerstone of children's literature. Classic children stories told by an adult. The best known are the "Mowgli" stories - an abandoned Indian boy brought… Leer más

Newnes, 1948. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. A near fine copy with clean boards. Some light spotting to topedge o/w clean and fresh. Internally very clean with no inscriptions. The very good dustwrapper has wear to extremities with a small nick at foot of spine & mild graze with small hole to rear panel. Original price of 7/6net to front flap. Very slight lightening to spine. A very good copy indeed. William and the Outlaws decide to form the Knights of the Square Table - "rightin wrongs" for a minor fee.