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THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD AND MERTON. Abridged from the original. [Price Two Shillings.]
London: John Wallis, No date [inscribed 1796, but circa 1790]. 173 pages. Engraved frontispiece, and five other full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, sometime re-backed and re-cornered. 144 x 90 mm. First edition thus. Crossed out ownership name on front free endpaper, else very good.
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THE HISTORY OF SANDFORD & MERTON, abridged from the original. For the Amusement and Instruction of Juvenile Minds. Embellished with elegant Plates.
London: Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1813. 107 pages. Illustrated with 6 full-page engraved plates. Recent quarter sheep over paper-covered boards. 144 x 93mm. Some incidental water-staining to margins of plates; else a very good copy. Darton G263(4).
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THE HISTORY OF THE BRAZIER; or, Reciprocal Gratitude. To which is added, The Shipwreck.
Derby: Printed by and for Henry Mozley, Brook-Street, No date [watermarked 1807]. Price Sixpence. 72 pages. Wood-engraved vignette on poem frontispiece, and twenty-five wood-engravings within the text. Original printed boards. 132 x 83 mm. Spine worn with loss of paper; else a very good copy.
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THE HISTORY OF THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD.
London: Thomas Richardson and Son. Price Threepence, No date [circa 1840]. 32 pages. Engraved frontispiece of two scenes; vignette on title; 9 small woodcuts within the text. Original green wrappers. 13.5 x 9 cm. Spine expertly restored; else fine.
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THE HISTORY OF THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD. Or, Murder Revenged.
London: Printed and Sold at the Printing-Office in Bow-Church-Yard, London, No date [circa 1860, but could be earlier]. 24 pages. Illustrated with woodcut on title and six woodcuts within the text. 160 x 90 mm. A very good copy. Not found in ESTC.
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THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
London: Griffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris…, No date [circa 1865-70]. [Sixteen] leaves mounted on linen, each bearing a hand-coloured engraving with verse beneath. Original Pastedown printed wrappers. 173 x 111mm. Some rubbing to spine, else a fine copy of an edition first published by John Harris.
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THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. A Diverting Story.
London: John Harris, No date [watermarked 1824]. [18] unnumbered leaves, printed on one side only; recto of last leaf blank; verso bear a booklist of 52 items, of which this title is number 4. Hand-coloured title-page vignette and 16 hand-coloured engravings with text beneath. Original printed buff wrappers the a repeat of the title-page vignette to upper cover. 18 x 11 cm. Contained in a half calf, gilt folding case. Moon 362(3). First published in 1820. Small split at base of spine; ownership name of Sophia Stevens on blank verso of front cover; small stain at the base of one leaf. A very good copy.
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THE HISTORY OF THE KING AND THE COBLER. Part the First. No date [inscribed 1791, but probably earlier].
Printed and Sold in London: No imprint, 1790. 24 pages. Illustrated with 15 woodcuts. 12mo. Together with; THE HISTORY OF THE KING AND THE COBLER. Part the Second. Printed and Sold in London. No date [circa 1790 or earlier]. 24 pages. Illustrated with 9 woodcuts. 12mo. Some ink ownership scribble; spine of part two rather clumsily repaired; else a very good set.
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THE HISTORY OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTY; For the Amusement of Juvenile Readers. Embellished by Numerous Engravings. Otley. Price One Penny.
W. Walker, No date [circa 1830]. Curiously paged, the wrappers being included within the paging, so [32] pages. Illustrated throughout with wood-engravings. Engravings to bother wrappers. 9 x 5.8 cm. A near fine copy.
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THE HISTORY OF THE TWELVE CAESARS, First Emperors of Rome: namely, I. Julius Caesar. II. Augustus. III. Tiberius. IV. Caligula. V. Claudius. VI. Nero. VII. Galba. VIII. Otho. IX. Vitellius. X. Vespasian. XI. Titus., and XII. Domitian. Being an Account of the most remarkable Transactions, Revolutions, and Events, both in Peace and War, which happened during their Reigns. With a poem, and the Pictures of every Emperor. Collected from the most Authentick Historians, both Ancient and Modern. By Edward leigh, Esq.
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, 1784. 148 pages. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and twelve other wood-engraved portraits. Recent full sheep gilt. 126 x 83 mm. Frontis’ and title water-stained at foot of page; running title trimmed in places; some light browning; else a very good copy of a very popular little book first issued under the editorship of Edward Leigh in 1728. This edition, we strongly suspect, was intended for children.
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THE HISTORY OF THE WHITE CAT. With Three Copperplates. A New edition. Price Six-pence.
London: Tabart and Co, at the Juvenile and School Library, 1808. 36 pages. Illustrated with three hand-coloured engraved plates after W. M. Craig, Original printed buff wrappers. 121 x 82 mm. Covers a little dust-soiled; corners a little worn; else a very good copy of a work first issued by Tabart in 1804. This title is a translation of ‘La Chatte Blanche.’ See Moon 27(3). Rare.
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THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB.
Banbury: J. G. Rusher, No date [circa 1830/40]. [16] pages. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. Unstitched and uncut, unfolding to a single sheet printed on both sides. 100 x 68 mm. A fine copy.
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THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB.
Devonport: S[amuel] and J[ohn] Keys, No date [circa 1830/40]. 8 pages. Illustrated with woodcuts. Original wrappers with woodcut on upper panel, and ad's on lower. 17.8 x 10.6 cm. Small tear in blank margin of rear wrapper; short split at base of spine; else very good.
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THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB.
London: Thomas Richardson and Son. Price Threepence, No date [circa 1840]. 32 pages. Engraved frontispiece of two scenes; vignette on title; 8 small woodcuts within the text. Original green wrappers. 13.4 x 9 cm. Spine expertly restored; else fine.
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THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB. Price Three-Pence.
Derby: Thomas Richardson, No date [circa 1840]. 31 pages. Engraved frontispiece of two scenes; vignette on title; 8 small woodcuts within the text. Original pale yellow wrappers. 13.8 x 9 cm. Spine expertly restored, some light spotting to last few pages, small chip missing from bottom of page 11/12; else fine.
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THE HISTORY OF TOMMY AND HARRY.
York: J. Kendrew, No date [circa 1830]. 32 pages including the outer wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and 6 woodcuts within the text. Original printed yellow wrappers. 9.9 x 6.3 cm. A very good copy.
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THE HISTORY OF TOMMY AND HARRY.
York: J. Kendrew, No date [circa1830’s]. 32 pages the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and six other woodcuts and a tailpiece. Original printed wrappers. 103 x 64mm. A very good copy. [14021]
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THE HISTORY OF TOMMY AND HARRY.
York: J. Kendrew, No date [circa 1830]. 32 pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the printed wrappers as issued. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece, a vignette on title, and 6 woodcuts in the text. 102 x 65 mm. A very good copy of this chapbook.
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THE HISTORY OF TOMMY PLAYLOVE AND JACKY LOVEBOOK. Wherein is shown the superiority of virtue over vice, However dignified by Birth and Fortune. Embellished with elegant cuts.
£300. 00.
Glasgow: J. Lumsden and Son, 1819. 51 pages. Woodcut frontispiece and 12 circular woodcuts within the text. Original blue wrappers with mounted printed label to the upper cover. Slight rubbing to covers, else a fine copy. This title was first published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1783. Roscoe and Brimmell 130.
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THE HISTORY OF TOMMY PLAYLOVE AND JACKY LOVEBOOK. Wherein is shown the superiority of virtue over vice, however dignified by birth or fortune. Written by a friend. Adorned with cuts.
London: J. Harris, 1807. 125, [2 ad’s] pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 15 wood-engravings within the text. Bound in late 19th century morocco gilt. 120 x 84mm. First edition. The frontispiece has been cut down to the border and mounted on a new leaf; the last ad’ has also been mounted; little dust-soiled; the date on the title has been over-written; spine a little rubbed; else a very good copy of a scarce title. Originally published by Newbery. Moon 403.
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