Lot 19 , Bates, H.E. - Through The Woods ... with 73 engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker, 1st edition,

Bates, H.E. - Through The Woods ... with 73 engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker, 1st edition, gilt lettered cloth and dust wrapper, 4to, 1936, author's inscription (1937) to his parents; another copy - rebound green morocco with 42 varieties of wood samples mounted on covers; Bates, H.E. - Down The River with 83 engravings on wood by Agnes Miller Parker, 1st edition, gilt lettered cloth and dust wrapper, 4to, 1937, with 2 other editions of this title and a copy of My Uncle Silas, 1st edition, 1939, illus. Ardizzone
Estimate £120-160

Through The Woods - few dust wrappers with small tears (including alternating spine lettering loss); 'wood copy' - proof / uncorrected - 2 samples very slight damaged
River - light dustwrapper spine loss and cloth spotted; others are variant, dust wrapper for 5/- issue, a US dust wrapper edition (not seen be Eads), Silas - 1st edition - dust wrapper lightly marked and stained and edge nicks, heavy spotting especially at end).


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Sold for £340