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A FAMILIAR INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. Illustrated with copper-plates.
London: J. Wallis, 1800. 63 pages. Engraved frontispiece and four other hand-coloured engraved plates. Original paper-covered boards with a paper label to the upper panel. 97 x 62 mm. First edition. The spine has been overlaid with paper to strengthen it; else a very good copy. This title was one of eleven volumes
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A FARM YARD STORY.
Boston: L. Prang, 1865. A folding panorama of twelve hand-coloured lithographed panels with text beneath. Original pictorial printed card covers. 109 x 67 mm. A very good, clean copy. Scarce.
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A FATHER'S GIFT to his Children: Being a short view of the Evidences of the Christian Religion. Adapted to the Understandings of Young Persons, and Presented to his own Family, By a Layman. The Fourth Edition.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, No date [circa 1820]. 144 pages. Engraved frontispiece and separate engraved title. Bound in full red morocco, elaborately gilded with a design of vine leaves on both upper and lowers panels, and with further gilt decoration to the spine. All edges gilt. Silk marker. 12mo. Some light rubbing to the spine and to the edges of the binding; else a very handsome copy.
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A FEW OBERVATIONS ON THE IMPROPRIETY OF ADMITTING the Non-resident Freemen of Sandwich, to have a vote on any matters touching government or corporation. By Richard Emmerson, Jun.
Canterbury: Printed by Cowtan and Colegate, Kentish Chronicle Office, No Date [1816]. [2], [3], 4-15, [1 blank]pp. Original plain paper covers with contemporary manuscript name on front in ink. Small losses at the outer margins and corners to the paper covers. Pages a little curled at the corners and a light vertical crease through text and covers. Copious manuscript notes in ink. No spotting to the pages. We have been unable to locate another copy of this rare publication.Date from dedication.
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A few Sketches by the late Randolph Caldecott, with Compliments, Wishing you A Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.
[1886.]. Publisher unknown. [8] leaves printed on one side only with a series of sketches taken from Breton Folk. Original decorative wrappers with ribbon tie at spine. Oblong: 120 x 190 mm. Designed as a form of Christmas card, the senders have written their names on the front cover in a space designed expressly for that purpose. Some spotting throughout; else a very good copy of a rare Caldecott item. See Engen, page 98.
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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF JAPAN Illustrations by Sinji Takano. Distribution maps by Nobuyuki Monna.
New York.Kodansha International Ltd. 1990. ISBN 0-87011-746-7. Seventh printing. Tiny abrasion at heel of spine; else a fine copy.
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A FLAME FOR DOUBTING THOMAS.
London.Michael Joseph. 1954. Proof copy in printed wrappers, with printed Michael Joseph Ltd label to front wrapper giving publication dates and details etc. Covers dusty and faded in places; spine a little browned; else a good clean copy.
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A FLORAL FANTASY IN AN OLD ENGLISH GARDEN Set forth in Verses & coloured Designs by Walter Crane.
London: At the House of Harper and Brothers, 1899. [46] pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original pictorial cloth. Pictorial dust-wrapper. 272 x 196 mm. First edition. Lower outer corner slightly bumped; some faint browning to the binding; some loss to the wrapper [see images]; else an excellent copy with no loosening of the gutter-percha binding.
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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET. Poems and Pictures by Cicely Mary Barker.
London: Blackie & Son Limited, No date [circa 1950]. Twenty-four colour plates. Original decorative paper-covered boards with mounted pastedown. Original price-clipped dust-wrapper. Wrapper chipped at heel of spine, and with short tear at head & heel; else a very good copy.
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A FLOWER WEDDING Described by Two Wallflowers Decorated by Walter Crane.
London: Cassell & Company, 1905. 40 leaves, printed on one side only, each bearing text and coloured illustrations. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Quarto. 261 x 190 mm. First edition. The book was issued with the pages bifolded (joined at the fore-edge); however, the first four pages in this copy have been carefully opened. Free endpapers lightly browned; else a near fine copy.
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A FLOWER WEDDING Described by Two Wallflowers Decorated by Walter Crane.
London: Cassell & Company, 1905. 40 leaves, printed on one side only, each bearing text and coloured illustrations. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Quarto. 261 x 190 mm. First edition. Endpapers lightly browned; else a near fine copy.
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A folio leaf from Universus Terrarum Orbis
A folio leaf from Universus Terrarum Orbis, 1713, by Alphonse Lasor A Varea, showing a birds-eye view of the walled City of Canterbury. Image size: 8.8 x 13.2 cm's. A very good copy.
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A four page letter.
Dated 3rd July 1884 signed in full, addressed from Villa Ponent, Taunton, Sheffield to an unknown correspondent, concerning a request for permission to use excerpts from Juliana's and her mother's books for a children's reading book. She makes clear that her consent will be forthcoming upon receipt of a list, but suggests that her Father be contacted at Ecclesfield Vicarage, Sheffield, to obtain permission to include excerpts from her mother's book. Fine condition.
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A FRENCH ALPHABET.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, No date [C: 1945]. [48] pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Oblong: 18.6 x 22.8 cm’s. A fine copy in a like wrapper.
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A FRESH START.
London.Peter Davies. 1965. 220pp. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Original decorative stiff wrappers. Pictorial dust-wrapper. 'Feb. 1965,' written in biro on upper cover together with a name in pencil. Top edge a little dusty with a few spots; wrapper which is slightly oversize being intended for the cloth edition has some browing at the top edges of the inner flaps of the wrapper. Otherwise, an very good, clean copy.
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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. Illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair.)
London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd, No date [1925]. Illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates. Limited edition of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author, A. A. Milne. Original white pictorial buckram, gilt. Some light spotting to the endpapers and a few very minor marks occasionally, else an exceptionally clean copy.
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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN. Illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair.)
London. New York: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd. David McKay, No date [1925]. Illustrated with twelve mounted colour plates. Limited edition of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the author, A. A. Milne. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. This is the first American edition, as issued, with a UK title-page but with a David McKay binding. Bookplate on front pastedown; else a fine copy of the scarce American edition.
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A GAPING-WIDE-MOUTH WADDLING FROG. Price Six pence; or mounted on linen, One Shilling.
London: George Routledge & Sons, No date [circa 1876]. [8] leaves, the first and last mounted as pastedowns to the wrappers, each with an illustration in full colour with inset verse. Original pictorial series wrappers. 23.4 x 18.cm. Spine expertly restored; trimmed at all fore-edges, where once bound in a collection; else a very good/fine copy of a scarce title.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. Allen A-Dale. Paddy Carey. Ma Chere Amie. William Tell. Oh the Moment was Sad. The Cottage of the Moor.
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, No date [circa 1805]. 8 pages. Unstitched. Woodcut to title. Approximately 14.5 x 8.5 cm. A very good copy.
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A GARLAND OF NEW SONGS. Lovely Kitty …
Newcastle upon Tyne: J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh Market, No date [1805]. Softcover. 8 pages. Wood-engraving to front cover. Original self-wrappers. 15.4 x 10 cm. Single sheet, folded to form four leaves. Unstitched as issued. Little browned; else very good.
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