London: Macmillan and Co, 1876. 8vo. First edition, first issue. Original buff cloth printed in black with designs by Henry Holiday. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. With nine illustrations by Henry Holiday. Spine tanned with slight fraying to the cloth along the rear joint. Boards also lightly tanned. Blindstamp for.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1963. Crown 8vo. SALE PRICE. 4 volumes in cloth-covered slipcase. First impressions thus. Original various coloured cloths with a rectangular panel on each front cover blocked in gold with Joan Hassall's Nonesuch Cygnet device. Top edges stained in different colours. In clear acetate jackets. Illustrated respectively.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1963-8. 8vo. v11 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original various-coloured cloth, gilt. All but two in acetate or printed jackets. Top edges stained to match the cloth and/or the jacket. Illustrated by John Tenniel, Robert Micklewright, Charles Mozley, Margery Gill, Barry Driscoll, Susan Einzig, Edward Ardizzone.....