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Instructive Rambles in London and Adjacent Villages. Designed to Amuse the Mind and Improve the Understanding of Youth

By: Helme Elizabeth

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green: 1825

Seller ID: 001760

Binding: Half Calf

Collation,frontispiece+xii+286pp, plus 24 page catalogue. Bound in contemporary quarter calf, marbel boards. Calf/boards lightly rubbed, with some minor wear loss on edges, short crack on bottom hinge joints. Binding in very good condition, with strong hinge joints. Internally, no loose pages, contemporary inscription on endpaper, a few pages with light browning, pages in very good clean condition. A very good clean copy, in a very good contemporary binding.Book measures 11x18cms.A45
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The Sesame Street Library with Jim Henson's Muppets [ Complete Set in 15 Volumes ]

By: Henson Jim

Price: £180.00

Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls: 1978

Seller ID: 097430

Complete in 15 volumes. Books measure 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Bound in original publishers illustrated hardcover. Bindings lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear loss, mostly on top of spines, dust marking. Generally all bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally, scribbling on one endpape. Pages in good clean condition throughout. A nice set.
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Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy

By: James Grace

Price: £175.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co Limited: 1912

Seller ID: 010926

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 21.5x14.5cm. Collation, xi + 281pp + catalogue + 16 full page colour illustrations. Bound in original publishers cloth with gilt design on top board and gilt title lettering on spine. Cloth very lightly rubbed. Binding in good clean bright condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed on edges, a few short closed tears. Jacket in good clean condition.. Internally, neat gift inscrition dated 1912 on half title, rear hinge paper joints split, but content firm. Pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy, in a rare dust jacket.
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Tales from the Arabian Nights

By: Lorimer E. O. [ Introduction By ]

Price: £85.00

Publisher: London, Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press: 1932

Seller ID: 010013

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 24x18.cm. 335pp,12 tipped in plates, illustrated endpapers. Bound in original publishers decorative cloth. Cloth lightly faded, slight rippling, slightly faded. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy.
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Two Stories (Childermas and Mr. & Mrs. Johnson)

By: Mark Jan

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Inky Parrot Press: 1984

Seller ID: 097659

Condition: Very Good

Limited to 225 copies, signed by Mark & King. Bound in original publishers illustrated hardcover. Light tanning to boards, [ not sure if the tanning is part of the design ]. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice copy.
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The Royal Road To Spelling and Reading; An Illustrated Spelling-book, in which all the Peculiarities of English Spelling and Pronounciation are Explained on the "Step by Step" Principle.

By: Marks Edward N.

Price: £200.00

Publisher: London ; Edinburgh ; New York :, T. Nelson and Sons [1867]: 1867

Seller ID: 097448

Binding: Publishers Gilt Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 9 x 6 1/2 inches. Collation, xiv,186pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers blind stamped cloth, with gilt design on spine, metal/brass? medal insert into top board, coloured endpapers. Cloth very lightly rubbed on edges, medal stained. Binding in very good condition. Internally, gift inscription in ink dated 1868 on blank free endpaper, ink seeping throughout to frontspiece. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice clean copy, in original publishers binding.
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John Harris's Books for Youth 1801-1843: With the Supplement Published in 1983: Checklist

By: Moon Marjorie

Price: £95.00

Publisher: Great Britain, St Pauls Bibliographies: 1987

Seller ID: 096678

ISBN: 090679546x

Condition: Very Good Plus

Book measures 10 x 7 1/2 inches. 185+18 pages, illustrated. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy.
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New Zealand Fairyland: a Story of the Caves

By: Moore Mrs Ambrose E.

Price: £180.00

Publisher: Auckland, The Brett Printing: 1909

Seller ID: 097947

Book measures 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. 58 pages, 6 full page illustrations, plus some text illustrations. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt design and lettering on top baord. Cloth lightly rubbed. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, contents holding, but becoming loose. Pages in very good clean condition. A very good clean copy.
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

By: Omar Khayyam ( Translated By Edward Fitzgerald )

Price: £180.00

Publisher: London & Glasgow, Collins Clear Type Press: 1920

Seller ID: 009533

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Very Good Plus

Collation, 56 pages, 4 full page tipped in plates, each page with decorative boarder, ( by Charles Robinson ). Book measures 11 x 8 inches. Bound in original publishers gilt soft leather, elaborate gilt design on top board, full gilt edges. Very minor wear on corners, very slight rippling on top board. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages and illustrations in very good clean bright condition throughout. A very nice clean copy, in a very attractive leather gilt binding.
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Plays and Games for Little Folks

By: Pollard Josephine

Price: £75.00

Publisher: New York, McLoughlin: 1889

Seller ID: 004608

Collation, 128pp, coloured text illustrations. Bound in original decorative linen backed boards, boards rubbed on edges/corners, some crease lines, but generally a very attractive binding. Internally, some spotting and dust marking to endpaper, pages/illustrations in very good clean condition. A very attractive copy. Book measures 27x22cm. Weight 1kg.A70
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Bill the Minder [ Limited Edition. Leather Bound ]

By: Robinson W. Heath

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited: 1982

Seller ID: 098934

Binding: Leather

Condition: Fine

Limited to 250 copies. Book measures 25x19.cm. Collation, xiv, [2],254,[2]pp, 16 coloured plates, text illustrations. Bound in blue crushed leather with gilt design on spine and top board, gilt lettering, full gilt edges, blue endpapers. Binding in fine condition. Internally, pages clean and bright throughout. Housed in publishers slipcase. A fine near new copy.
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Baby's Animal Book Large Coloured Pages of Favourite Animals

By: Rowlandson, G. D. ?

Price: £125.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne and Co: 1900

Seller ID: 097538

No date, circa 1900. Book measures 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. 14 coloured lithographic ? plates. Lacking both covers. One plate worn on edges, others in good clean condition. Being sold as a collection of plates.
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Black Beauty the Autobiography of a Horse

By: Sewell Anna

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, Boots.: 1930

Seller ID: 096925

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 10 x 7 1/2 inches. viii,291pp, 18 tipped in plates, by Aldin. Spine rebacked in blue leather, retaining the original boards, raised bands, gilt lines, gilt design on top board. Boards lightly rubbed, some light marking. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, some occasional minor spotting. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A nice attractive copy.
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The Lady of the Manor [ Inscribed By Mrs Sherwood ]

By: Sherwood Mrs [ Mary Martha ]

Price: £525.00

Publisher: London, Houlston and Stoneman: 1845

Seller ID: 097573

Condition: Very Good

Inscribed on verso of title page in volume 1 '' Emily Jane Budd from her ever affectionate M. M. Sherwod, July 3rd , 1849 ''. It seems as if Emily Jane Budd (1841-1927), was the sister of Dr Herbert Goldingham Budd (1843-1902), of Worcester, and aunt of Herbert Hayward Budd, also a doctor who worked with leprosy patients in Robben Island, South Africa. She would have been 9 when MM Sherwood (also of Worcester) gave her this children's book. Three volumes only, volumes 1,2 & 3, mixed editions, volume 1 & 3 fifth edition, printed 1845, volume 2 fourth edition, printed 1841. Bound in uniform peri...
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The Painted Garden

By: Streatfeild Noel

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, Collins: 1949

Seller ID: 096252

Condition: Very Good

First edition, first impression. Book measures 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches. 320pp. Bound in original publishers red cloth. Small minor stain mark on bottom board. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, small nick, short closed tear, lightly dust marked. Jacket in very good condition. Internally, last page has some light crease marking. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice clean copy.
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Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

By: Swift Jonathan

Price: £125.00

Publisher: London, The Temple Press: 1937

Seller ID: 099666

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good Plus

Book measures 23.5x17.cm. xiii,291pp, 12 coloured plates. Bound in original publishers red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, black lettering on top board. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, a couple of very minor nicks, some dust marking. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice clean copy.
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A Present for an Apprentice to Which is Added, Franklin's Way to Wealth

By: Tegg Thomas

Price: £85.00

Publisher: London, Printed for Thomas Tegg & Son: 1838

Seller ID: 096769

Condition: Very Good Plus

Book measures 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. xvi,400pp, 1pp booklist, engraved frontis,engraved title, printed title. Bookplate '' To William Winn on his being bound Apprentice to George Gordon Citizen & Spectacle Maker of London ''. Bound in original publishers blind stamp and gilt cloth. Binding in very good clean bright condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice copy.
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Illustrating Alice: An International Selection of Illustrated Editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

By: Vaizey Marina and Others

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Oxford, Artist's Choice Editions: 2013

Seller ID: 099821

Condition: As New

Limited to 500 copies. Book measures 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. 201 pages, extensively illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers orange cloth. Dust jacket illustrated. As new, unused.
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The Children's Picture Fable Book Containing One Hundred and Sixty Fables

By: Weir Harrison [ Illustrator ]

Price: £85.00

Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Son, & Co: 1860

Seller ID: 097379

Book measures 6 3/4 x 5 inches. Collation, viii,278pp, illustrated with full page plates. Bound in period or early half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands, gilt tooling, leather title label, full marble edges. Binding rubbed on edges and corners, some wear loss, colour faded. Generally, binding showing signs of wear, but in good firm condition. Internally, 2 long inscriptions, one dated December 1859, some general dirt or grubbiness to pages, two pages have 3 or 4 tears, but without loss of text. Pages in good condition. A good copy.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

By: Wiggin Kate Douglas

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company: 1903

Seller ID: 010315

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 19x13.5.cm. x,327pp. First edition, later issue. Bound in original publishers decorative cloth. Cloth very lightly rubbed, slightly faded, lean on spine. Binding in good clean condition. Internally, gift inscription on free endpaper, dated 1903. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean copy.
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