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[5629] No author. Missel De Jeanne d'Arc: Paroissien Roman, Contenant Les Offices Des Dimanches et Des Fêtes De l'Année En Latin et En Français. Limoges Dalpayrat & Depelley, 1899. Small hard cover First Edition. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Decorative Leather-Bound. Private Press. Very Good ***French language*** 540 pages, illustrations on each page. Calendar at the beginning of the book begins in 1899, which should be the date of publication. Hardcover first edition full green leather boards decorated with floral motifs. Gold-edged pages. Exceedingly rare, this is a unique, collectible work.  $199.00


[5630] Carroll, Lewis. Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. ill. Frost, Arthur B.. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1919. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket. Lovely little number. Very minor fading to spine, otherwise tight and bright decorative red cloth boards.  $22.00


[5631] McSpadden, J. Walker. Stories from Wagner. George G. Harrap & Co., 1911. 1st Edition. Decorative Leather-Bound. Excellent Beautifully-kept real leather-bound. Green. Some fadin to spine. Unique, collectible.  $29.00


[5632] Carroll, Lewis. The Hunting of the Snark. ill. Holiday, Henry. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1908. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Excellent / No Jacket. Beautiful edition with decorative red boards. In fantastic condition. Photos available on request.  $99.00


[5633] Bannerman, Helen. The Story of Little Black Mingo. London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., . 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Hard Cover. Fair / No Jacket. Lovely little edition of this rarity - some considerable wear and tear to the spine and thus loosening of pages (though all are present).  $22.00


[5634] Beaumont, Francis & Fletcher, John & Pocock, Guy N. (Ed.). The Knight of the Burning Pestle. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1931. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Cloth. Good / No Jacket.  $10.00


[5635] Collodi, Charles. The Adventures of Pinocchio. ill. Watson, A. H.. London: Collins, 1957. Hard Cover. Excellent / Good. Introduced by Compton MacKenzie, this is a well-preserved copy, with protective wraps.  $10.00


[5636] Campbell, Thomas. The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. London: Edward Moxon, 1837. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Three-Quarter Leather. Fine / No Jacket. Magnificent, well preserved first edition of the collected poetical works. Elegant three-quarters brown leather with five raised bands and double gilt borders and gilt floral clusters in the compartments. Photo available on request.  $299.00


[5637] Collodi, Charles. Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet. ill. Folkard, Charles. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1940. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Great condition - some warping at front cover. Pages tight, bright. Delightful.  $49.00


[5638] Redgrave, Corin. Michael Redgrave: My Father. London: Richard Cohen Books, 1995. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent / Fine.  $10.00


[5639] Slessor, Kenneth. The War Dispatches of Kenneth Slessor: Official Australian Correspondent, 1940-1944. Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent / Very Good. ISBN: 0702220760.  $15.00


[5640] Carey, Gary. All the Stars in Heaven: The Story of Louis B. Mayer and M. G. M.. London: Robson Books, 1982. Hard Cover. Excellent / Very Good.  $10.00


[5641] Barrymore, Diana & Frank, Gerold. . New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good / No Jacket.  $15.00


[5642] Nye, Robert. Falstaff. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. 1st Edition. Cloth. Excellent / No Jacket.  $15.00


[5643] De Groen, Frances. Xavier Herbert: A Biography. Queensland, Australia: Univ of Queensland Pr, 1998. ISBN: 0702230219.  $18.00


[5644] Quirk, Lawrence J.. Norma: The Story of Norma Shearer. Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent / Very Good. ISBN: 0312017987.  $69.00


[5645] Godden, Rumer. A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep. MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1987. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent / Fine. ISBN: 0333422805.  $15.00


[5646] Loy, Myrna & Kotsilibas-Davis. Myrna Loy: Being and Becoming. London: Bloomsbury, 1987. Hard Cover. Excellent / Very Good. ISBN: 0747500843.  $59.00


[5647] Whitelaw, Billie. Billie Whitelaw...Who He?: An Autobiography. Agincourt, ON, Canada: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent / Fine. ISBN: 0340606207.  $10.00


[5648] Higham, Charles. Merchant of Dreams: Louis B. Mayer, M.G.M., and the Secret Hollywood. E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1993. Hard Cover. Excellent / Very Good. ISBN: 1556113455.  $18.00


[5649] Matthews, T. S.. Great Tom: Notes towards the Definition of T. S. Eliot. Harper & Row, 1974. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0060128380.  $10.00


[5650] Godden, Rumer. Four Dolls. ill. Baynes, Pauline. London: MacMillan Children's Books, 1983. Very Good / No Jacket.  $10.00


[5651] Woodford, Peggy. Schubert: His Life and Times. Midas Books, 1978. 1st Edition. Excellent / Very Good. Some foxing to d/j.  $12.00


[5652] Morley, Sheridan & Kobal, John (Ed.). Ingrid Bergman. Pavilion Books, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. As New ISBN: 0907516904.  $15.00


[5653] Ispirescu, Petre. Tales and Stories. ill. Murray Childrens Books. Very Good Some foxing, no d/j. Rare.  $15.00


[5654] Stokes, Sewell & Maugham, W. Somerset (Int.). Without Veils: The Intimate Biography of Gladys Cooper. London: Peter Davies, 1953. 1st Edition. Very Good / No Jacket.  $10.00


[5655] Plowden, Alison. Marriage With My Kingdom: The Courtships of Queen Elizabeth I. London: Book Club Associates, 1977. 1st Edition. Excellent / Very Good.  $13.00


[5656] Plowden, Alison. The Young Elizabeth: The First 25 Years of Elizabeth I. Readers Union, 1972. Hard Cover. Excellent / Very Good.  $10.00


[5657] Okri, Ben. Dangerous Love. Phoenix House, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good  $15.00


[5658] Mayes, Frances. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy. New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. As New ISBN: 0767900383.  $10.00


[5659] Kelly, Linda. The Kemble Era: John Philip Kemble, Sarah Siddons and the London Stage. The Bodley Head, 1980. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent / Fine.  $10.00


[5660] Fraser, Antonia. Mary Queen of Scots. London: Book Club Associates, 1972. Excellent / Fine.  $10.00


[5661] Drummond, John. Speaking of Diaghilev. Faber and Faber, 1997. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent / Very Good. ISBN: 0571178642.  $15.00


[5662] O'Brian, Patrick. Post Captain. HarperCollins, 2002. Excellent ISBN: 0006499163.  $10.00


[5663] Reilly, Graham (Ed.). My First Love & Turning Points. Albert Park, Victoria: Julie Morgan Marketing, 1995. 1st Edition. Excellent ISBN: 0646255169.  $5.00


[5664] Shercliff, Jose. Jane Avril of the Moulin Rouge. ill. Toulouse-Lautrec. Jarrolds, 1952. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good.  $10.00


[5665] Goldblatt, Howard (Ed.). Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today's China. New York: Grove Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Excellent ISBN: 0802134491.  $12.00


[5666] Wong, Jan. Red China Blues. Random House Australia, 1997. Excellent ISBN: 0868246921.  $15.00

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