(1941) British Birds on Lake, River and Stream; (1943) Fishes of Britain's Rivers and Lakes; (1943) The Poet's Corner; (1944) English Ballet; (1944) Children as Artists; (1945) The Leaves of Southwell; (1945) The Bayeux Tapestry; (1945) Poisonous Fungi; (1946) Flowers of Marsh and Stream; (1947) Russian Icons; (1947) English Book Illustration: 1800-1900; (1947) A Selection of Engravings on Wood by Thomas Bewick; (1948) British Military Uniforms; (1948) Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer; (1948) Ballooning; (1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre; (1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre; (1950) Greek Terracottas; (1952) A Book of Scripts; (1953) Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral; (1955) The Picture of Cricket; (1957) Monu

An attractive and highly illustrated collection of King Penguin Books, sixteen of which are first editions and five of which retain their original dust wrappers. A delightful collection of twenty-one "King Penguin" books, spanning a wide range of topics from natural history to art to sports. Collection comprised of: (1941) British Birds on Lake, River and Stream by Phyllis Barclay-Smith;(1943) Fishes of Britain's Rivers and Lakes by J. R. Norman - first edition;(1943) The Poet's Corner by Sir Max Beerbohm;(1944) English Ballet by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1944) Children as Artists by R. R. Tomlinson - first edition;(1945) The Leaves of Southwell by Nikolaus Pevsner - first edition;(1945) The Bayeux Tapestry by Eric Maclagan;(1945) Poisonous Fungi by John Ramsbottom - first edition;(1946) Flowers of Marsh and Stream by Iolo A. Williams;(1947) Russian Icons by David Talbot Rice - first edition;(1947) English Book Illustration: 1800-1900 by Philip James - first edition;(1947) A Selection of Engravings on Wood by Thomas Bewick by John Rayner - first edition;(1948) British Military Uniforms by James Laver - first edition;(1948) Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer by T. D. Barlow - first edition;(1948) Ballooning by C. H. Gibbs-Smith - first edition;(1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1948) Edward Gordon Craig: Designs for the Theatre by Janet Leeper - first edition;(1950) Greek Terracottas by T. B. L. Webster - first edition;(1952) A Book of Scripts by Alfred Fairbank;(1953) Medieval Carvings in Exeter Cathedral by C. J. P. Cave - first edition;(1955) The Picture of Cricket by John Arlott - first edition;(1957) Monumental Brasses by James Mann - first edition. Sixteen of twenty-one volumes are first editions. All works are bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper-backed boards. Greek Terracottas, A Book of Scripts, Medieval Carvings, The Picture of Cricket and Monumental Brasses are each accompanied by the original dust wrapper, Greek Terracottas being clipped and all remaining examples being unclipped. The Poet's Corner is illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four further plates; The Leaves of Southwell contains a frontispiece and thirty-two plates; The Bayeux Tapestry contains a frontispiece, eight colour plates, and over eighty further monochrome illustrations; English Book Illustration contains a frontispiece, followed by eight colour and eight monochrome plates; A Selection of Engravings features illustrated endpapers and thirty uninterrupted illustrations to the rear; British Military Uniforms contains twenty-four colour plates; Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer features 111 illustrations; Ballooning contains thirty-two plates in both colour and monochrome; both copies of Edward Gordon Craig contain a frontispiece and forty additional plates in colour and black and white; Greek Terracottas contains fifty-four plates; A Book of Scripts contains sixty-four plates; and Monumental Brasses contains thirty-two colour plates. All remaining works are illustrated with sixteen plates, a number of which are in colour. Further in-text examples can also be found throughout the collection. Collated, complete. All works are bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper-backed boards. Greek Terracottas, A Book of Scripts, Medieval Carvings and Monumental Brasses are each accompanied by the original dust wrapper, Greek Terracottas being clipped and all remaining examples being unclipped. Flowers of Marsh and Stream contains the discreet stationer's bookplate of W. L. Cameron to the front paste down. British Military Uniforms is signed by the previous owner to the front paste down. Monumental Brasses is signed by the previous owner to the front free endpaper. Externally, smart with light shelf wear across all volumes, including tearing and peeling, especially to the spine heads and tails. As can be expected, the boards are also a little marked and faded. Dust wrappers are very smart for t.…