Tree and Leaf by J.R.R. Tolkien
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1964. 92 p. 7½”/19 cm. First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket, spine faded. Owner’s sig. on front free endpaper.
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Includes the seminal essay “On Fairy Stories” and “Leaf by Niggle.” This is the first time these works were issued together.
Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy
London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. xi, 228 p. 8vo. first edition. 30 illustrations by the author. Dark green cloth. Hinges cracked. Two bookplates, bookseller’s sticker, newspaper clipping on front endpaper, some foxing. Webb Bibliography p. 33. Hardy’s first collection of poetry.
Whizz for Atomms: a Guide to Survival in the 20th Century for Felow Pupils by Geoffrey Willians and & Ronald Searle
London: Max Parrish, 1956. 104 p. 8vo. First edition, Excellent b&w illus. Black cloth. Dust jacket, a few very minor chips and tears, small stop to front.
Wind Without Rain by Selwyn Dewdney
Copp Clark, 1946. 1st Edition. 506 p. 8″/20 cm. 1st ed. Signed by author. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Dust jacket, darkened, thin scrape to back, wear to edges. Bookseller’s sticker to front free endpaper, owner’s sig. to front free endpaper. Small chips in bottom edge of cloth. Remains a clean copy, despite flaws.