Category: Children's Literature

Childs' Own Book of Pictures and Stories

By: Anon

Price: £48.00

Publisher: New York, Leavitt & Allen : 1857

Seller ID: 096126

Book measures 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Collation, erratic pagination, 93 full page wood engravings. Bound in original publishers blue gilt and blind stamped cloth. Cloth rubbed on edges, with some abrasion wear, bottom hinge joint split, but binding solid, [ binding probably repaired many years ago ]. Generally binding in good firm condition. Internally, some light spotting or foxing throughout. Pages and plates in good condition. Overall a nice copy.
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Image for Satan's decoy, or the youth's faith in Christ : Shewing how a merchant's son, of the city of Bristol, was attacked in the fields as he went to Ringswood School, by a man in black clothes, whom he found out to be the Devil,

Satan's decoy, or the youth's faith in Christ : Shewing how a merchant's son, of the city of Bristol, was attacked in the fields as he went to Ringswood School, by a man in black clothes, whom he found out to be the Devil,

By: Anon

Price: £375.00

Publisher: Printed and sold at the printing-office in Bow church-yard, London : 1770

Seller ID: 099100

Book measures 17.5x11.cm. 8pp. Bound in a modern paper binding. Internally, smal short nicks or tears to page edges,period name/note. Generally pages in good condition. A good copy.
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The Little Grey Mouse: or, the Adventures of Rosabelle & Paridel. Ornamented with Numerous Wood-Engravings

By: Anon

Price: £575.00

Publisher: Wellington, Printed and sold by Houlston and Son : 1815

Seller ID: 012730

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good Plus

Book measures 14x9.cm. 70pp, 2pp booklist, engraved frontis, 12 illustrations within the text. Bound in original publishers printed softcover. Covers rubbed, some abrasion wear, some marking, wear loss on base of spine. Internally, pages in good clean condition. A good copy.
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Quality Street a Comedy in Four Acts

By: Barrie J. M.

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited : 1915

Seller ID: 097973

Binding: Publishers Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Collation, vi,197[1]pp, 18 tipped in coloured plates, with tissue guard, and other black and white illustrations. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering and design on top board. Slight lean on spine. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, nicked. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy.
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Quality Street a Comedy in Four Acts

By: Barrie J. M. [ with Letter from Barrie ]

Price: £450.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited : 1901

Seller ID: 096560

Condition: Very Good

With a 2 page hand written letter, signed by Barrie. Book measures 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Collation, vii,[2],197,[1],pp, 22 tipped in coloured plates. Bound by Bayntun, in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt tooling within compartments, top gilt edge, marble endpapers. Leather lightly rubbed on edges and corners, cloth has a light stain mark. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy.
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Selected Stories For the Instruction and Entertainment of Children from the French of M. Berquin

By: Berquin M. [ Arnaud ]

Price: £475.00

Publisher: London, Printed for J. Stockdale. J. Johnson, Etc : 1802

Seller ID: 097574

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Very Good Plus

Book measures 7 x 4 1/2 inches. Collation, xii,300pp, engraved frontis, and 3 engraved plates. Bound in modern antiquarian style full leather, raised bands, blind lines, red leather title label, full gilt edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, previous owners inscription dated 1809, occasional minor staining, browning to plates. Pages and plates in good condition. A very nice copy.
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Merry Songs for Little Voices [ Set to Music By Thomas Murby ]

By: Broderip Frances Freeling & Hood Thomas

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, Griffith And Farban : 1865

Seller ID: 097954

Binding: Publishers Gilt Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 8 1/2 x 7 inches. Unpaginated, 81,[4]pp, 40 text illustrations, a few coloured. Bound in original publishers green embossed cloth, with gilt design on top board. Cloth lightly rubbed, very minor wear. Binding in good clean bright condition. Internally, endpaper joints working loose, but contents holding, some childrens image stickers on front endpaper[ possibly period ]. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A nice copy.
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Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors

By: Clark Alan

Price: £95.00

Publisher: London, The British Library Publishing Division : 1998

Seller ID: 010331

ISBN-13: 9780712345217

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 25.5x18.cm. ix,[2],196pp, illustrated. Bound in original publishers black cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean and bright. A very nice copy.
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Velvet Paws and Shiny Eyes

By: Cole Carol Cassidy

Price: £120.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited : 1940

Seller ID: 096611

Condition: Near Very Good

Book measures 8 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches. Collation, 232 pages, complete with 6 stand up card models. Bound in original publishers illustrated hardback. Binding lightly rubbed, knocked on two edges. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, short tear and creased on spine. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, publishers file stamp on endpaper and title page. Pages and illustrations in very good clean condition. A very nice copy.
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The Cat's Festival

By: Cooper Frances Mary

Price: £450.00

Publisher: London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans : 1846

Seller ID: 097220

Book measures 7 x 4 1/4 inches. 16pp, 7 hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations. Bound in original publishers paper covers, title & bibliographical information printed on top cover. . Covers lightly rubbed on edges, small stain on top cover, repair on spine. Although the paper binding is delicate, it is holding and in good condition. Internally, period gift inscription on top edge of title page. Pages in good clean condition. A nice copy.
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The Beatrix Potter Collection of Lloyd Cotsen Published on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday

By: Cotsen Margit Sperling

Price: £85.00

Publisher: Cotsen Occasional Press : 2004

Seller ID: 011802

ISBN-13: 9780974516806

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good Plus

Book measures 36x29.cm. xvi,190pp, illustrated. Bound in original publishers red cloth, gilt lettering, image on top board. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, inscription in ink on half title page. Pages in very good clean condition. A very nice clean copy.
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The Birthday with Other Tales

By: Dagley Elizabeth Frances

Price: £175.00

Publisher: London, London: T. Griffiths, Wellington St., Strand. Sold by R. Jennings, Cheapside. . . and Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster Row, 1829. : 1829

Seller ID: 096778

Condition: Very Good

Book measures 6 1/2 x 4 inches. Collation, vi,[2],270pp, engraved frontis, engraved title, printed title. Bound in period quarter calf, marble boards, gilt lettering. Boards lightly rubbed on edges, with minor loss. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, gift inscription on top margin of title page, dated 1832. Pages in good clean condition. A very nice copy.
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The Girls' Friend a Home Story Paper for Readers of All Ages [ 25 Issues ]

By: Girls' Friend

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Great Britain, : 1908

Seller ID: 096933

Condition: Very Good

Girls' Friend Comic, 25 issues, from July 4th to December 26th, 1908. Bound in cloth binding. Book measures 14 3/4 x 11 inches. 423 pages, illustated throughout. Tanning to pages throughout. A couple of minor tears to margins. Pages in remarkable good clean condition. Rare comic.
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The Girls' Friend a Home Story Paper for Readers of All Ages [ 25 Issues ]

By: Girls' Friend

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Great Britain, : 1909

Seller ID: 096934

Condition: Very Good

Girls' Friend Comic, 25 issues, from January 2nd, to June 26th, 1909. Bound in cloth binding. Book measures 14 3/4 x 11 inches. 423 pages, illustated throughout. Tanning to pages throughout. A couple of minor tears to margins. Pages in remarkable good clean condition. Rare comic.
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The Girls' Friend a Home Story Paper for Readers of All Ages [ 25 Issues ]

By: Girls' Friend

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Great Britain, : 1910

Seller ID: 096935

Condition: Very Good

Girls' Friend Comic, 25 issues, from January 1st, to June 25th, 1910. Bound in cloth binding. Book measures 14 3/4 x 11 inches. 423 pages, illustated throughout. Tanning to pages throughout. A couple of minor tears to margins. Pages in remarkable good clean condition. Rare comic.
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The Girls' Friend a Home Story Paper for Readers of All Ages [ 25 Issues ]

By: Girls' Friend

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Great Britain, : 1909

Seller ID: 096936

Condition: Very Good

Girls' Friend Comic, 25 issues, from July 3rd, to December 25th, 1909. Bound in cloth binding. Book measures 14 3/4 x 11 inches. 431 pages, illustated throughout. Tanning to pages throughout. A couple of minor tears to margins. Pages in remarkable good clean condition. Rare comic.
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Marigold Garden, Pictures and Rhymes,

By: Greenaway Kate

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co : 1925

Seller ID: 004589

No date but 192030s.Bound in original linen backed pictorial boards, the binding is holding firm, with some light wear on edges. Internally, the text is complete in 56 pages, all pages illustrated, the contents are holding firm, no writing or marking, light browing to endpapers, otherwise pages in unusally good clean condition. Book measures 25x20cm.A44
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Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories

By: Grimm Brothers

Price: £1,050.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society : 2016

Seller ID: 012201

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near New

Limited to 980 numbered copies. Book measures 31.5x21.5.cm. 275pp, 12 tipped in plates. Bound in original publishers white cloth, with decorative spine and top board, top gilt edge, decorative endpapers. Binding in fine condition. Internally, pages clean and bright throughout. With the original 15pp printed pamphlet. House in Solander case. A virtually new copy.
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Uncle Remus or the Story of Mr. Fox and Brer Rabbit

By: Harris Joel Chandler

Price: £180.00

Publisher: Leicester & London, Raithby, Lawrence & Comany, Limited : 1915

Seller ID: 011623

Condition: Very Good

Collation, 111p,with 12 coloured plates by Harry Rowntree and 84 pen and ink pictures by Rene Bull. Book measures 12 1/2 x 10 inches.No date but circa 1915. Bound in original publishers decorative cloth. Cloth slight faded, some light staining on edges. Binding in very good condition. Dust jacket chipped along edges with some loss. Dust jacket in very good condition.Internally, pages and plates in very good clean condition.A very nice copy, rare in dust jacket
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Big Bird's Sesame Street Dictionary [ Complete in 8 Volumes ]

By: Hayward Linda

Price: £120.00

Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls : 1981

Seller ID: 097429

Complete set of 8 volumes. Books measure 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Bound in original publishers illustrated hardcovers. Bindings rubbed on edges, some abrasion wear with small sections of loss. Generally bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally, one free endpaper lacking torn. lacking section. Pages clean and bright throughout. A good set.
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Category: Children's Literature

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