The Pears Centenary Edition (5 items)

London, Pears nd [c. 1912].. 140pp. Square 8vo. Original green cloth, spine canted, some flecking and light marking to upper panel. Black and white plates and illustrations throughout. Foxing to endpapers and edges. A very good copy.

A & F Pears Ltd (nd). Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Hardback, Very nice blue pebbled/textured cloth with decorative black paneling to front with coloured vignette plate of a small boy in centre of front cover, with gilt lettering to spine and front. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped, rear top corner slightly rubbed at edge. Cover clean and smart. Some minor darkening and minor foxing to free endpapers. Inside pages all very clean and tight (bright semi-gloss type paper) Illustrated with 22 B&W illustrations from original drawings by L. Rossi

London: A. & F. Pears, (1912). 1st edition. Nice copy. small quarto. hardback in decorated cloth 140pp., b/w plates, Nice copy in green boards with a colour vignette tipped into front board & with bright gilt titles

London: A. & F. Pears, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 volumes. 8vo. [1912]. Red, blue, green, brown, and dark green cloth boards, gilt lettered front boards and spines, with oval mounted colour illustration to each board and outlined in a black stamped border. Each volume containing about thirty illustrations by Charles Green, with The Cricket on the Hearth containing twenty-two illustrations by L. Rossi, each volume introduced by Clement Shorter. Title-pages of 2-4 foxed, very clean throughout, with some nicking and rubbing to the cloth. Overall a very good set, housed in a green cloth slipcase.