New York: Valentine & Sons Ltd., 1915. Softcover. [240 x 300mm]. No date, c. 1915. Multicolour illustrative cover printed on stiff card. Stapled spine. Light chipping to spine; rusted staples. Top right corner of front cover has been chipped off completely. Creases to covers. Two pages with small stains. Otherwise..... More
London: Dean & Son, 1860. Softcover. No date. c. 1860. In 48 volumes. 8 p. : ill. ; appx. 12 x 8 cm. Sewn spines. Volume 1 cover almost off otherwise in fine condition. Booklets are remarkably clean and tight, with just about no foxing or any signs of wear..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, Publishers, 1895. Softcover. No date, c. 1895. [220 x 110mm] 12p. Die-cut book with stapled spine. Illustrated on every page, with two full-page illustrations in colour and a two-page illustration in colour in the middle. Pages age-toned and the illustrations with a couple of light smudges..... More
Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske and Company, 1882. Henry Justice Ford and others. Hardcover. No date, c. 1882. 4to. (250 x 200 mm). [52p.] Pictorial paper boards and a green cloth spine. Heavy wear to the board edges, with scratched and soiled boards, rear board a bit discoloured, with creases and..... More
Madrid: S. Calleja. Madrid: S. Calleja. N.d., c. 1920. 10 various title. All same dimensions: [70 x 50mm]. Illustrated covers, stapled spines. Titles include: El Sastrecillo Listo, Poca Pupa, El Pescador Embutidos, Un Amigo Generoso, Los Cuatro Huerfanitos, Volver Juaja, El Companero Patafolica, El Olvido del Bien, El Corzo del..... More
New York: Valentine & Sons Ltd., 1915. Softcover. Oblong 4to. [240 x 300mm]. No date, c. 1915. Multicolour illustrative cover printed on card. Stapled spine. Chipping to spine, rusted staples. Slight discolouration to covers. Small tears to the edges of two pages, but otherwise a very good, clean copy. More
London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. Leicester : Winks and Son, Leicester. 1865. Softcover. 120 x 175 mm. No date, c. 1865. Yellow wraps, sewn spine, with illustrations to inside covers and an illustration for each letter except for 'X'. A fine copy. More
London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1882. First English Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, ix, 205 p.p. Blue cloth boards with gilt title on cover and spine. Illustrations throughout by W.J. Linton. Rubbing to the head and tail of spine and edges. All edges gilt. Small tear to front pastedown endpaper along..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. The Study Books series. Brown illustrated boards with black lettering, in the pictorial dust jacket. Near fine copy in a price clipped dust jacket with a few small nicks and some darkened spots. Illustrated history of money with pictures in black, white..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1923. Hardcover. 8vo. 350pp. Light green cloth with gilt lettering and designs stamped in blind to the front board and spine. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped, corner of spine head chipped, edges a little sunned. The book is clean throughout and the binding tight..... More
New York & London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Rosa C. Petherick. Hardcover. No date, c. 1910. Oblong 8vo. (190 x 124mm) Pictorial paper boards with a green cloth spine strip. Board edges rubbed, corners with heavy wear, hinges split but binding still sturdy, endpapers a little edge-worn, with one tear..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911. Rachel Ainslie Grant Duff. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. li, 172p. Publisher's green decorated cloth with gilt stamped borders and lettering to the front board and spine, and a colour image mounted to the front cover. Offsetting to the endpapers with the previous owner's name to the..... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1893. Walter Crane. Hardcover. 4to. (290 x 220 mm). Publisher's pale blue decorated cloth. Light wear to the cloth at the corners and spine ends, with a few small and light splashes to the upper front board. Clean throughout and the binding is tight and..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1935. Edna Cooke. Hardcover. 4to. Navy coloured cloth with gilt lettering and illustration mounted to the front cover. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down endpaper and a very small crack in the paper over the front hinge, but overall a nice, near fine copy in a...... More
The Chicken House, 2002. First English Translation. hardcover. Red boards with gilt lettered spine in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine jacket, not price clipped. Unread. Small in-text illustrations throughout. Signed by Cornelia Funke on half title. First edition, first printing. Fine. More
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London: The Girl's Own Paper Office, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. No date [1936]. 8vo. 224p., with frontis illustration in colour. Green cloth boards with blue lettering to the front board and spine. Sunning around the board edges and spine, with light foxing to the first and last few pages, with..... More
London: John Lane, 1902. Maxfield Parrish. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's decorated cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, illustrated endpapers. Neat Christmas gift inscription to half title. Captioned tissue guarded black and white illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. First edition with Parrish illustrations. Light..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1925. Kay Nielsen. Hardcover. [1925]. Second trade edition. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering and large illustration mounted to the front board. No dust jacket. Decorated endpapers. 12 tipped-in illustrations in colour and 10 in black and white. The binding is tight and square..... More
Great Britain: The Madriax Press, 2005. Matthe S. Armstrong. First Edition. hardcover. 2 volumes. Illustrated boards. Front board corners of volume 2 very lightly bumped otherwise like new, clean and tight copies. Both signed and dated with author's finger print in matching green ink. A loose print titled, "The Table..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1895. Henry Justice Ford. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, xii, 419p. Publisher's red cloth with gilt front board and spine. All edges gilt. Boards a little darkened, spine darkened, with a few stains and wear at the head and heel. There is also a small hole..... More
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. No date, c. 1890. Not paginated. 4to. [260 x 190 mm]. Lithographed paper boards with an illustration to the front board and a publisher's list to the rear board. Green cloth spine strip. Boards edge-worn, with light stains..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1930. Gertrude A. Kay. Hardcover. c. 1920. 8vo. Green cloth with mounted coloured illustration to the front board and gilt spine lettering, in the matching dust jacket. A few little bumps around the edges, ex libris ink stamped name of previous owner and purple pencil note to..... More
Tokyo, Japan: Holp Shuppan, 1981. Hardcover. Facsimilie Editions of Early English Children's Books from the Osborne Collection, Toronto Public Library. Various sizes. Box of thirty-five facsimile editions. Each in own slipcase; some slipcases have two books in one. All books and slipcases in great condition. [WITH] several additional titles listed..... More
Leningrad: OGIZ, 1934. Softcover. 15x20cm. Not paginated, [18pp.] Illustrated wraps with stitched spine, stitching renewed. Corner of rear cover and hinges repaired with archival document tape. Chip to top edge of front cover near the spine and large but faint stain throughout. Illustrated cover shows a poodle and the title..... More
London: Published by W.C. Bysh, 56 & 58, Albany Road, Old Kent Road, n.d. [ca. 1800], 1850. Soft Cover. 12 mo. c. 1850. 18 cm x 10.7 cm. Pp. 10, woodcut illustrations throughout, original illustrated green wrappers with "The English Alphabet" on rear cover, sewn binding. Spine worn, minor soiling..... More