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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-01-16. Paperback. Used: Good.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015-01-16. Paperback. Used:Good.

Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915. Hardcover. Good. .

London, U.K.: Sportsman's Press, 1985. Book. Illus. by Armour, G.D.. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1985 1st Sportsman's Press edn, 136pp in VG cond, clean unmarked pages, firmly bound, NOT ex-library. Downsides: jacket is nicked around the edges and corners with a small (<1") tear; book has very light foxing on the top edge and a fusty aroma. Posting from UK within 1 business day of order receipt to UK only or overseas surcharge where applicable..

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1967. dj w/chipping, unclipped price; owner's insc; blue w/gilt spine titles; 212 clean, unmarked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by B/W Illus. 12 vo.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. Book. Fair to Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo. 144 pp, red ink stain to frnt brd, black ink stain to rear brd, faded spine with gilt tiling, gilt titling to frnt brd, contemp inscrip, top edge cut, pages slightly browned but contents clean and tight, a good copy of this childrens story book..

Tiverton, Essex: Halsgrove. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Facsimile. Hardcover. 1841142611 . 152 p. 21 cm. Third facsimile edition of the 1925 Macmillan illustrated edition. Sound and square binding in red, cloth-covered boards. Minor corner wear. Spine ends slightly crinkled. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has a bit of crinkling at spine ends and corners. One corner crease to the front flap. Lightly rubbed. Not price clipped. Originally published in 1897, this is a classic children's story of the life of an Exmoor stag and the landscape and wildlife around him. Halsgrove Country Classics .

The Sportsmans Press., 1985. pp.136 with colour and b/w. illus. 8vo. A nr. fine hardback in fine dw. The classic children's story of an Exmoor red stag, complemented by G.D. Armour's paintings.

London/New York: Macmillan/St Martin's Press, 1967. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Margery Gill. 1st in this illustrated edition. dj (price clipped) a little rubbed at spine tips & corners, a few short tears on top back edge, pictures & jacket illustrations by MARGERY GILL, presentation plate on flyleaf, vg. 8vo, 212pp. This minor classic was first published in 1897.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1905 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Frontospiece. Good to Very Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original dark green full leather on flexible board. A story in praise of wild animals. However, either the child will have to be an advanced reader or the teacher an advanced performer in order to make sense of the mother rabbit's Devon accent. Troubling , too, is the snobbery of the mother red-deer, who teaches her fawn that he is superior to the trout, with whom he must never associate. Perhaps the best use of the book is as a Social Studies assignment in Junior High or High School. Rear hinge is cracked full-length. 212 pp..

Macmillan, 1920 Frontispiece; Leather-Bound Hardback: full red limp calf, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt; Binding rubbed especially on head of top board and spine, school prize bookplate to front free end-paper, vg.

Published by Halsgrove, 2003. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Armour, G.D.. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The classic Exmoor story for all ages. Third facsimile edition. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 152 pages. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.

Macmillan, 1925. First Illustrated Edition. Hard Back. Very Good. 8vo, x, 144pp. 12 colour plates, 12 b&w gravure plates. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt design to the front board, top edge gilt. Very good clean copy white pages

London: Macmillan and Co., 1925. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 7". G.D. Armour. The first illustrated edition of J. W. Fortescue's fictional work, revolving around the life of a red deer and his family. A charming fictional story about life of a red deer and his family.Written by J.W. Fortescue, a British military historian by trade, and originally published in 1897.The first illustrated edition of this work, containing twelve full page illustrated plates in colour, and twelve illustrated plates in gravure, all by G.D. Armour. Collated and complete. Containing a previous owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper, dated 1931.  In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt design to the front board. Externally, very smart, with just light shelf wear and a small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free-endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed

Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1935. One of 250 copies. 11 illustrations by Dorothy Burroughes printed in colour at the head of each chapter, text printed in red and black. Sm. folio, original reddish brown cloth. Spine rubbed and a little crinkled, few small marks to covers but a pretty good copy.||Fortescue’s book was a very interesting choice of text. It was written for the author’s 9 year old nephew and tells the story of a Red Deer on Exmoor from the aniimal’s point of view. The precursor to another famous Exmoor animal book, Williamson’s Tarka the Otter. Burroughes spent some time in Exmoor researching the background to her illustrations.|Harrop: History of the Gregynog Press, 35

[Gregynog]: The Gregynog Press, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. [Gregynog], The Gregynog Press, 1935 (first thus). Crown quarto, [viii], 127 pages printed in red and black on Batchelor hand-made paper with a woodcut device and 11 colour illustrations by Dorothy Burroughes. Original brick-red cloth, lettered and stamped in gilt, over heavy bevel-edged boards; leading and bottom edges uncut; cloth very lightly marked; four openings foxed; an excellent copy. Number 180 of 300 copies. 'The Gregynog Press, Montgomeryshire, was one of many artistic activities due to the enlightened philanthropy of two sisters, Miss Gwendoline Davies, C.H., and Miss Margaret Davies, LL.D.. The standard of craftsmanship which was quickly achieved made it comparable with leading private presses in England and Germany' (Thomas Jones: 'The Gregynog Press', 1954; see page 36 for details of the present title). The original prospectus (a bifolium reprinting the two-colour title page and a specimen page of text with a colour… Read More

Newtown: Gregynog Press, 1935. One of 250 copies. 11 illustrations by Dorothy Burroughes printed in colour at the head of each chapter, text printed in red and black. Sm. folio, bound by Kate Holland in full rust brown morocco with onlays representing a forest of citron and light green morocco on the spine and obth sides with gilt ruled highlights to one side of the lengths of green morocco, thre is a charming touch with the tail of a deer in gilt amongst the trees on the front cover, implying the deer is hiding in the forest, edges tinted yellow, yellow painted endpapers by the binder, housed in the original rust- brown and brown cloth velvet lined solander box with blind lettering along the entire length of the spine. In superb condition.||Fortescue’s book was a very interesting choice of text. It was written for the author’s 9 year old nephew and tells the story of a Red Deer on Exmoor from the aniimal’s point of view. The precursor to another famous Exmoor animal book, Williamson’s Tarka… Read More