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  • THE STORY OF THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
    THE STORY OF THE BABES IN THE WOOD.

    Newcastle-upon-Tyne: John Gilbert, (Succesor to John Ross,) Publisher, Royal Arcade, No date [circa1825]. 8 pages. Illustrated with 6 wood-engravings in a variety of styles and from a variety of souces,, Original yellow wrappers, with a wood engraving to the upper panel; alphabet to the lower. 15.5 x 9.5 cm. Name on first page and a small ink stain; else a very good copy. Scarce .

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  • THE STORY OF THE BLUE BIRD. Embellished with cuts. by [Madame d’Aulnoy.]
    [Madame d’Aulnoy.]
    THE STORY OF THE BLUE BIRD. Embellished with cuts.

    Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. [Price Fourpence.] No date [circa 1835]. 36 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with a wood-engraved pastedown frontispiece, wood-engraving on title, and seven wood-engravings within the text. Original printed wrappers with a vignette of a bird on the upper panel and a book list on the lower. 137 x 84 mm. Some corners a little worn; covers dust-soiled; name on title; else very good. ]

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  • BRADLEY, A. G.
    THE STORY OF THE CINQUE PORTS.

    Rye. Deacon' Printing and Publishing House. No date [1925]. 65 pages. Original printed wrappers. Octavo. First edition. Spine splitting; little worn at corners; bookplate; else a very good copy of quite a scarce title.

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  • The Story of the Countryside. by Thomas, F. G. Allan, R. Orwin, C. S. Fraser Darling, F.
    Thomas, F. G. Allan, R. Orwin, C. S. Fraser Darling, F.
    The Story of the Countryside.

    Oxford University Press & National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, 1943/44. Volumes 1 – 5 complete. Comprising. No. 1. The Village by F. G. Thomas. Illustrated by John Austen. 1943. No. 2. Market Town by John R. Allan. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards. 1943. No. 3. Farms & Fields by C.S. & C.S. Orwin. Illustrated by Thomas Hennel. 1944. The Farmyard by F. Fraser Darling. Illustrated with photographic reproductions. 1943. No. 5. The Care of Farm Animals by F. Fraser Darling. Illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe. 1944. All issued by the Oxford University Press & National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs. All in original pictorial card covers. A very good and clean set. £70. 00.

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  • THE STORY OF THE ELECTROTYPES USED TO ILLUSTRATE SIR JOHN TENNIEL'S DRAWINGS FOR ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS illustrated with twelve Tenniel drawings printed letterpress from electrotypes, created from the original wood engravings, cut by the Dalziel brothers c. 1860-1870. Compiled & Printed by Mark Arman at the Workshop Press…

    Thaxted, Essex: Workshop Press, 1996. No. 14 of 50 copies. Quarto. Unpaged. [24] pages. Bound in card wrappers overlaid with tan paper, the upper cover with letterpress title and an illustration of the white rabbit. As new.

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  • THE STORY OF THE FIERCE BAD RABBIT. by POTTER, Beatrix.
    POTTER, Beatrix.
    THE STORY OF THE FIERCE BAD RABBIT.

    London: Frederick Warne, 1906. A panorama, printed in colour, extending to 2492mm; folding into a decorative grey cloth wallet with a mounted image of the Fierce Bad Rabbit. 108 x 89 mm. First edition. First issue. Some cracking to internal joints; tab begining to weaken; else a very handsome copy - unusually so. This title was reissued in book form in 1916. Quinby No. 12.

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  • THE STORY OF THE FLUTE. by MACAULAY FITZGIBBON, H. M.A., SEN. MOD. (T.C.D.)
    MACAULAY FITZGIBBON, H. M.A., SEN. MOD. (T.C.D.)
    THE STORY OF THE FLUTE.

    London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd, 1914. [i-vi], vii-xvi, 1-291,[1]pp. 45 black & white illustrations including frontispiece, plus numerous musical examples with the text. Pictorial red cloth stamped in blind and gilt. t.e.g. Octavo. First edition. Bookplate. Spotting to fore-edges. Corners lightly bumped. Some wear to head and heel of spine. Some minor pencil annotation throughout text; else, a very good copy.

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  • THE STORY OF THE L.M.S. 1795-1895. With Maps and many Illustrations. Special Quarto Thick Paper Edition.] by HORNE, C. Sylvester.
    HORNE, C. Sylvester.
    THE STORY OF THE L.M.S. 1795-1895. With Maps and many Illustrations. Special Quarto Thick Paper Edition.]

    London: London Missionary Society, 1895. Hardback. [6], 444 pages. Bound in full back morocco, gilt. All edges gilt. 21.5 x 17.5 cm. Presentation inscription on the front endpaper: 'To Miss Bonsey With the good wishes of colleagues in the wok at Darby Street Mission. Alexander Sandison, President. J. Henry Kiddle. Hon. Sec.' A very nice copy, rarely found in what appears to be an issue specially commissioned for presentation.

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  • THE STORY OF THE LITTLE RED ENGINE. Pictures by Leslie Wood. by ROSS, Diana.
    ROSS, Diana.
    THE STORY OF THE LITTLE RED ENGINE. Pictures by Leslie Wood.

    London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1947. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour and in black & white. Oblong: 19 x 25 cm. Second reprint having been first published in 1945. Short tear in margin of last leaf; wrapper a little worn; light, shadowy foxing on endpapers; else a very good copy of this 1940's classic.

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  • THE STORY OF THE TEASING MONKEY. By the author of “Little Black Mingo,” “Pat and the Spider,” Etc. by [BANNERMAN, Helen.]
    [BANNERMAN, Helen.]
    THE STORY OF THE TEASING MONKEY. By the author of “Little Black Mingo,” “Pat and the Spider,” Etc.

    London: James Nisbet & Co., Limited, No date [1906]. 143[144] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour; the illustrations and text printed on one side of the page only. Original printed paper-covered boards with mounted pictorial pastedown. First edition. Tiny, superficial, rub on rear board, else a near fine copy of a particularly scarce title.

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  • THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS. C—J—del. Rob. Hart sc. by [NICOL, George.]
    [NICOL, George.]
    THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS. C—J—del. Rob. Hart sc.

    London: Porter and Wright, 60, Pall-Mall, 1837. [2], vi, 29 [30] pages; plus 11 full-page engraved plates. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong 8vo. 110 x 142 mm. First separate edition. Spine repaired; boards rather rubbed; small paper repair to the blank margin of the last plate; else a very good, clean copy. Rare first separate edition of this classic children's tale. The Osborne Collection has only the later edition of 1841, which combines the story with two others. The Story of the Three Bears was first recorded in narrative form and published by English author and poet Robert Southey, appearing in a volume of his writings, entitled The Doctor in 1837. The same year, George Nicol published this version…

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    London: Porter and Wright, 60, Pall-Mall, 1837. [2], vi, 29 [30] pages; plus 11 full-page engraved plates. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong 8vo. 110 x 142 mm. First separate edition. Spine repaired; boards rather rubbed; small paper repair to the blank margin of the last plate; else a very good, clean copy. Rare first separate edition of this classic children's tale. The Osborne Collection has only the later edition of 1841, which combines the story with two others. The Story of the Three Bears was first recorded in narrative form and published by English author and poet Robert Southey, appearing in a volume of his writings, entitled The Doctor in 1837. The same year, George Nicol published this version in rhyme based on Southey's prose tale, having obtained Southey's blessing to try and bring the story more exposure. Both versions tell of three bears and an old woman who trespasses upon their property. It wasn't until twelve years after the publication of Southey's tale that Joseph Cundall transformed the antagonist from an ugly old woman to a pretty little girl in his Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young Children published in 1849.

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  • THE STORY OF THE TREAURE SEEKERS. Being the adventures of the Bastable Children in search of a fortune. With illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer. by Nesbit, E.
    Nesbit, E.
    THE STORY OF THE TREAURE SEEKERS. Being the adventures of the Bastable Children in search of a fortune. With illustrations by Gordon Browne and Lewis Baumer.

    London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. xii, 296, [2], [10 ad's] pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen other full-page black & white plates. Original green pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. Octavo. First edition. Some patchy foxing at the start – mostly to the tissue guard to the frontispiece; gift inscription for 'Xmas 1899' to endpaper; else a lovely, bright, fresh copy.

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  • THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carove. By Sarah Austin. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B. by BOYLE, Eleanor Vere.
    BOYLE, Eleanor Vere.
    THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carove. By Sarah Austin. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B.

    London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868. Tinted sepia wood engraved frontispiece and fifteen wood and metal-relief colour plates printed by the Leighton Brothers. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 260 x 195 mm. All edges gilt. First edition. Re-cased; very occasional light browning; else a very good fresh copy.

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  • THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carove. By Sarah Austin. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B. by BOYLE, Eleanor Vere.
    BOYLE, Eleanor Vere.
    THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carove. By Sarah Austin. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B.

    London: Sampson Low, Son, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1879. Tinted sepia wood-engraved frontispiece and fifteen wood and metal-relief colour plates printed by the Leighton Brothers. Original brown pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. 26 x 19.2 cm. All edges gilt. First edition. Ownership name on endpaper, else an unusually fine copy.

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  • THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B [Eleanor Vere Boyle]. by AUSTIN, Sarah.
    AUSTIN, Sarah.
    THE STORY WITHOUT AN END. From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B [Eleanor Vere Boyle].

    New York: Scriber, Welford, and Co, 1868. vi, [2], 40 pages. Sepia wood-engraved frontispiece, printed title with vignette., 15 wood-and-metal-relief colour printed plates by the Leighton Brothers. 13 wood-engraved head & tail pieces. Original pictorial blue cloth with black and gilt decoration. All edges gilt. Binding worn at head & heel of spine, and corners worn and bumped; some marking here & there throughout; else a good copy of a scarce New York issue of the first edition..

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  • THE STRAD. A Monthly Journal for Professionals and Amateurs of all Stringed Instruments Played with the Bow. Volume XLIV
    THE STRAD. A Monthly Journal for Professionals and Amateurs of all Stringed Instruments Played with the Bow. Volume XLIV

    London: Publishing Office. Hardcover. Runs from and includes May 1933 to April 1935. 526 pages Illustrated. Publisher's blue clot, gilt. Tiny hole in title-page; spine slightly cocked; else a very good copy.

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  • SAINT-GEORGE, Henry.
    The Strad" Library. No. 111. THE BOW, Its history, manufacture and use. Illustrated by the author. Third edition.

    London. New YorkHorace Marshall & Son. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1922. xii, 107, [5] pp publisher's advertisements. Black & white photographic frontispiece with tissue guard. Further photographs and line drawings in text. Publisher's burgundy cloth with title in black with illustration on front board and spine. Some discolouration to a small section of front board with a little fading to edges and spine. Slight yellowing to free end-papers with faint spotting to half-title. A very good copy.

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  • THE STRAND MAGAZINE. Volume VII, January to June, 1894.
    THE STRAND MAGAZINE. Volume VII, January to June, 1894.

    London: George Newnes Ltd, 1894. Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt. 4to. A near fine copy, without inscription. This volume is heavy and will incur extra postage; please contact us directly for a quotation.

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  • THE STRANDING OF THE "DRUIDE". by MACFARLANE, G. M.
    MACFARLANE, G. M.
    THE STRANDING OF THE "DRUIDE".

    London: Phillips & Mowle, 1893. A[4 page] poem. Vignette of the brigantine, "Druide" to title/cover. Little creased, little marked, but an extremely scarce piece of ephemera, celebrating the rescue of the five man crew of the "Druide" off the coast of Margate in Kent in 1893.

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  • The Strange and Wonderful History and Prophecies of Mother Shipton.
    The Strange and Wonderful History and Prophecies of Mother Shipton.

    York: Printed by J. Kendrew, Collier-gate, York, 1800. 24 pages. Woodcut on title/front wrapper, and three woodcuts within the text plus a tailpiece. Maximum size: 187 x 95. A single sheet folded into twenty-four and mostly unopened; loosely laid into later wrappers. A very good copy of a scarce printing. ESTC does not record this printing.

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