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Stunning illustrations and beautiful poetry🦋🦚 The Peacock Party - Alan Aldridge A sequel to The Butterfly Ball. A SIGNED UK first edition, first impression. No Wrapper as issued. The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. This copy has been FLAT SIGNED by Alan Aldridge (WITH A DOODLE OF A SPIDER) to the title page. An attractive copy. Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 1979 #illustratedbooks #signed #signedbooks #firstedition #firsteditionbooks #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CQME0FWHMk2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A Book Of Towers And Other Buildings Of Southern Europe - Sacheverell Sitwell With an introduction and brief descriptions by Sacheverell Sitwell. Illustrated by Richard Wyndham. A UK Limited Edition. One of 350 copies printed on hand-made paper. Original white half vellum binding, with the title in gilt on the spine. Publisher: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1928 #limitededition #limitededitionbooks #illustratedbooks #privatepress #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CQBxm5eLB6K/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A beautiful classic! The Wind In The Willows - Kenneth Grahame Seventh printing (2010) of the 2005 Folio Society edition. Illustrated both in black & white and in full colour by Charles van Sandwyk. Housed in a slipcase. Publisher: Folio Society, 2010 #illustratedbooks #slipcase #windinthewillows #foliosociety #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3egN0J5r7/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Life Mosaic - Francis Ridley Havergal Original brown cloth. With a frontispiece by the author, as well as twenty three full page illustrations at the rear. A UK third edition. Publisher: James Nisbet, 1879 #Illustratedbooks #privatepress #photography #thirdedition #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPyU2KwDxCO/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Eating With The Eyes - Harry Pearce Softcover- a paperback original. Still in its original shrink-wrap. A UK first edition. Publisher: Unit Editions, 2015 #firstedition #firsteditions #privatepress #illustratedbooks #photography #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtLSUKJ6g-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Some Unknown Drawings Of Aubrey Beardsley - R. A. Walker Thirty-two plates that include one in colour, facsimilies and photographs White buckram, gilt lettering to spine and front board. One of 500 numbered copies, SIGNED by Walker - this being copy number 309. Publisher: R A Walker, 1923 #illustratedbooks #privatepress #photography #signed #signedbooks #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlc7aOr4wb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Photography Week! The Non-Conformists - Martin Parr A SIGNED UK first edition, first impression. Publisher: Aperture, 2013 #photography #illustrated #privatepress #signed #signedbooks #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPi4K35F0ud/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Acrostics - Graham Ovenden Pictured in rhyme and colour by Graham Ovenden, with decorative borders by Brian Partridge. Introduction by Joanne Harris. A SIGNED UK Limited Edition. 240 copies of this title were produced. This copy is unique. It is un-numbered and has been rebound by the Ludlow bindery - black cloth boards with the paper cover design laid down onto the front and back board and two paper labels on the spine. The book is additionally housed in a matching slipcase. Publisher: Artists' Choice Editions, 2003 #signedbooks #limitededition #signed #slipcase #privatepress #illutratedbooks #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPgTTcWrSxT/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Conversation Pieces - Morris Cox From an edition of fifty copies printed and SIGNED by Morris Cox, this is one of eleven out-of-series copies - number 7. Contains fifteen black & white satirical prints, with captions in red. Original patterned linen boards with a printed spine label. Publisher: Gogmagog Press, 1962 #signed #signedbooks #privatepress #illustratedbooks #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPbJu2bLHHQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Stolen Smoke - Margaret Coel A handsome US limited edition - one of 10 presentation copies. SIGNED on limitation page by Margaret Cole, Marcia Muller and illustrator Phil Parks. Includes the Arapaho first commandment handwritten in the Arapaho language by the author. Publisher: A S A P, 2000 #signed #signedbooks #limitededitionbooks #privatepress #crime #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPYk8xjrdQx/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Surreal Times - John Buckland Wright The abstract engravings and wartime letters of John Buckland Wright. The third of four volumes issued by the press surveying Buckland Wright's work. A UK Limited edition. One of 210 copies (from 266 copies) bound in ochre quarter cloth over patterned paper boards - after a design by John Buckland Wright using his initials. With 16 wood-engraved illustrations and 12 tipped-in colour plates. Housed in a matching slipcase. Publisher: Fleece Press, 2000 #slipcase #privatepress #illustratedbooks #limitededition #limitededitions #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWAMJFM5S-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Private Press Week! Eternal - Alien Original purple decorated boards. Paper spine label. One of 55 copies, SIGNED by the author. Set in 12-point Caslon and printed on Czech Losin hand-made paper at the Whittington Press. Pen and wash portrait of 'Ricci' by Pat Coombs. All other drawings by the author. Copy number 55. Publisher: Whittington Press, 2017 #illustratedbooks #privatepress #signed #signedbooks #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPQ2likr6LW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Slade House - David Mitchell A SIGNED UK limited edition - number 559 of 1500 copies. Housed in a slipcase that is in fine, unfaded condition with a tiny bruise base spine corner. No wrapper as issued. Publisher: Sceptre, 2015 #signed #signedbooks #limitededition #limitededitionbooks #sceptre #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPORvDhr-M9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Cold Hand On My Shoulder - Basil Copper Deluxe, slipcased, Limited Edition. A SIGNED UK limited edition. 52 lettered copies issued - this copy SIGNED but not lettered. Publisher: Sarob Press, 2002 #signedbooks #signed #limitededition #limitededitionbooks #slipcase #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPLs8WZro95/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A Head Full Of Starlings - Bill Dring⁠ ⁠ One of 175 SIGNED copies - comprising 140 standard copies and 35 specials (hardcover, hand-coloured and slipcased). This is an out of series SPECIAL copy. Publisher's illustrated boards. Pictorial endpapers.⁠ ⁠ Publisher: Inky Parrot Press, 1986⁠ ⁠ #signedbooks #signed #illustratedbooks #slipcase #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CPJILCzjM0P/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Elegy On Dead Fashion - Edith Sitwell A SIGNED UK limited edition. Limited to 225 copies printed by the Westminster Press, of which 200 for sale. This is copy number 176. Original yellow boards. Illustrated in black & white by Thomas Lowinsky. Scarce in wrapper. Publisher: Duckworth, 1926 #signedbooks #signed #limitededition #limitededitionbooks #illustratedbooks #privatepress #books #rarebooks #booksofinstagram #beautifulbooks #bookstagram #bookclub #readersofinstagram #bookstoread https://www.instagram.com/p/CO5rY_5nWFA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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