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(COVENTRY, Francis). The History of Pompey the Little, or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. The Golden Cockerel Press, (Berkshire), 1926.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition thus, by this publisher and with illustrations by David Jones. Originally published in 1761. Tall octavo. Quarter white cloth gilt and brown paper-covered boards. Limited to 400 numbered. Owner's bookplate on front flyleaf, with moderate soiling and colophon leaf with a short creased tear, else a near fine copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Francis Coventry. The History of Pompey the Little, or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited edition hardback book (no dust jacket)titled THE HISTORY OF POMPEY THE LITTLE, or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. Published in a limited edition of 400 copies (#138) by The Golden Cockerel Press in 1926. Wood engravings by David Jones. Boards show moderate rubbing at edge - light foxing on endpapers. Bookseller since 1995 (ULG-2-L-middle) rareviewbooks Language: eng

Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.

Francis Coventry. The history of Pompey the Little; or, The life and adventures of a lap-dog.. Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.

Price: US$74.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [A satirical romance.] Limited edition of 400. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Bound in publisher's 1/4 cloth. Clean, unmarked pages. xvi, 225 p. illus. 24 cm. Many of the pages uncut at top. Minor wear to dj, in mylar.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Francis Coventry; Arundell Del Re [intro.]; David Jones [illus.]. The History of Pompey the Little; or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, UK, 1926.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Waltham Saint Lawrence, UK: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. First Thus; Limited Edition of 400 copies, this being #396. Octavo. 225 pp. Woodcut frontispiece. Restored illustrated dust jacket (details below). Cream and brown boards lettered in gilt. Dust jacket restored by prior owner in archival backing with fill-ins and coloring to previous extensive chipping and wear; extensive coloring along spine with a bit of a crude sheen as a result of backing; current wear/split along front fold, though jacket remains intact. Boards show light edgewear with a touch of soiling along top edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Francis Coventry. The History of Pompey the Little, or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. The Golden Cockerel Press, Berkshire, United Kingdom, 1926.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good copy. White cloth over brown boards. Copy #20 of 400 Cloth slightly soiled and darkened, paper darkening. Some pages are un-cut and will require careful separation, if desired.

Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.

Coventry, Francis. The History of Pompey the Little, or The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, England, 1926.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Brown paper over boards; Off-white cloth at spine; 225 pp.; BW frontispiece. English novelist Francis Coventry's best-known novel; Introduction by Arundell del Re; Hand-numbered, no. 181 of 400 copies in this edition. VG- (Some discoloration to cloth; Mnor wear to extremities of boards)

Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.

COVENTRY, Francis.. THE HISTORY OF POMPEY THE LITTLE: OR, THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A LAP-DOG.. Golden Cockerel Press,, Waltham Saint Lawrence,, 1926.

Price: US$91.01 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition Thus. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvi, 225. Original publisher's white buckram over brown papered boards, lettered gilt at the spine. Limited edition of 400 copies, this being no. 172. Slight rubbing to covers and white buckram very faintly tanned, otherwise sound, very good. Neat blind stamp on the first blank page. Decent copy.

Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom

DAVID JONES. Francis Coventry.. The History of Pompey the Little; or The Adventures of a Lap-Dog. With an introduction by Arundell del Re and illustrations by David Jones.. The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1926.

Price: US$97.51 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition thus, limited to 400 numbered copies (this being #398). 8vo. xvi, 225pp. Quarter cream buckram with paper sides, lettered in gold at the spine. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. With a splendid wood engraved frontispiece by David Jones who also contributes a handsome tailpiece. Top edge lightly spotted and dust soiled and the cloth a little darkened at the backstrip. A little wear and damp-marking to the base of the rear board, impacting the corners of the rear pastedown and free endpaper and resulting in a very light scattering of spotting to the lower corner of the final thirty text leaves, yet still a very good copy. No dust wrapper.

Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom