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Penguin C8 from the Illustrated Classics series which was designed so as to showcase the art of wood-engraving. 1st Edition, published 1938.
Herman Melville's Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual. It is definitely not a typical novel, nor is it merely a travel book focused on the Marquesas Islands. Rather, it is a hybrid work, resembling an embellished ethnographic study of a particular area within Polynesia, based on journal notes but augmented by the author's vibrant imagination.
Condition grading: Good. Minor wear and creases to spine. Light foxing to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition of Penguin Special S90, published 1941.
Wartime publication designed to encourage greater food production and preservation on the Home Front.
Condition grading: Excellent Minus. Some foxing to right edge of front cover. Bright covers. Minor wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
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King Penguin K26. Penguin 1st Edition, published 1946.
A Book of Toys is a gloriously eccentric little confection that has children as its main audience but also, I suspect, has one eye to adult readers at the same time. The book is presented as a sort of chronological survey of children’s toys from around the world starting as far back as 3000BC and coming through to the 20th century.
Author: Gwen White
Colour plates: Gwen White
Contents: 16 colour plates
Cover Design: by Gwen White
Pages: 64pp
Condition grading: Very Good. Minor bumping wear to spine ends. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
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