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THE PIRATE TWINS.
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, No date. (1929.). 28 pages. Each illustrated with text beneath. Original pictorial boards. Original plain tissue dust-wrapper. Oblong quarto. Number 36 of a ‘Special signed edition 60 copies only.’ Signed by Nicholson in blue ink. First edition. Wrapper worn; else a virtually mint copy of one of the finest children's books of the twentieth century.
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The Playtime Book. Dean’s 2/6 Patent Rag Book Series 5. Number 254.
London: Dean’s Rag Book Co., Ltd, No date [1927-1938]. 16 pages. Illustrated in colour by Cheri Herouard. 275 x 195 mm. A fine copy of a from the Dean archive, with the original paper advert’ slip still loosely laid inside. See Cope Page 101.
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The Pleasant and Delightful HISTORY OF JACK AND THE GIANTS.
Nottingham: Printed for the Running Stationers, No date. Circa 1790-95. Part The First (and Part the Second). 12 pages each. Illustrated with a single woodcut to each title, and cuts throughout the text. 12mo. The two parts bound together in a plain black cloth binding with gilt lettering. Some restoration to blank margins; some foxing; else an excellent copy of this scarce two part chapbook.
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The Pleasant and Delightful HISTORY OF JACK and the GIANTS. Parts the First and second.
Nottingham: Printed for the Running Stationers, No date [circa 1800]. Each part 12 pages. Each with a word cut to the cover/title and cuts within the text. 12mo. Approx: 165 x 92 mm. An excellent set.
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THE PLEASANT TALE OF PUSS AND ROBIN; and their friends, Kitty and Bob. Told in Pictures by L. Frölich, and in Rhymes by Tom Hood.
London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1871. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 29[30], [1 ad'] pages. Illustrated in black & white. Original red pictorial boards, gilt. 4to. First edition. Little worn at head & heel of spine; covers very lightly soiled; small bookplate; else a very good copy.
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THE PLEASANT TALE OF PUSS AND ROBIN; and their friends, Kitty and Bob. Told in Pictures by L. Frölich, and in Rhymes by Tom Hood.
London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1871. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. 29[30], [1 ad'] pages. Illustrated in black & white. Original red pictorial boards, gilt. 4to. First edition. Little worn at head & heel of spine; covers very lightly soiled; inscription on blank recto of frontispiece. A very good copy.
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THE PLEASANT VERSE & PROSE COLd PICTURE STORY BOOK.
LONDON: No date [circa 1850. Salesman’s sample book for Thos. Dean and Son. THE PLEASANT VERSE & PROSE COLd PICTURE STORY BOOK. Edited by Mrs. C. Butler. Being series the third of the Cold Nursery Picture Every Day Book. London. Thos Dean & Son., Threadneedle Street. No date [circa 1850]. Hand-coloured frontispiece; hand-coloured pictorial title-page and two other full-page hand-coloured engravings; and two pages of text, being pages 8 & 21. Original blind-stamped green cloth, with a gilt title to the front board: The Pleasant Verse and Prose Story Book, and to the rear board: The Pleasant Story Book. 178 x 138 mm. Inscribed in ink on the front pastedown: ‘New Cold 1/6 Childrens Books Trade 13 at 12 at 1/1 4 different. A fine example.
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The Pleasing and Renowned History of Dick Whittington, Who was afterwards Lord Mayor of London: With the surprising Adventures of his Cat. Price One Penny.
Banbury: J. G. Rusher, No date [circa 1835]. 16 pages. Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece and 4 small woodcuts within the text. Original printed wrappers with woodcuts to both panels. There are also two small cuts to the recto of the frontispiece. A very nice copy. Necker 599 [58].
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THE PLEASING COMPANION, containing the Renowned History of Little Red Riding-Hood. A Tale. Price One Halfpenny
York: R. Burdekin, No date [circa 1820’s]. 16 pages, including self-wrappers. Illustrated with six woodcuts. Original printed wrappers. 8.3 x 5.7 cm. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy.
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THE PLEASING INSTRUCTER.
Derby: T(homas) Richardson, No date [circa 1830]. 12 pages., including wrappers. 83 x 53 mm. Illustrated with ten small woodcuts, and a cut to both upper and lower wraps. Spine expertly repaired; else a very good copy. No copies found in Copac.
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The Pleasing, Interesting, and Affecting History of Prince Lee Boo: with an account of the Pelew Islands. Embellished with elegant Copper-plates.
London: William Darton, Jun, 1816. Price One Shilling. 72 pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and three other full-page engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. 136 x 88 mm. First edition thus. Tiny blank corner missing from frontispiece; some offsetting to the title; spine a little worn; else a very good copy. Scarce. See H943. This was Marjorie Moon’s copy and bears who bookplate to the verso of the front wrapper.
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The Pleasing, Interesting, and Affecting History of Prince Lee Boo: with an account of the Pelew Islands. Embellished with elegant Copper-plates.
London: William Darton, Jun, 1816. Price One Shilling. 72 pages. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and three other full-page engraved plates. Original printed wrappers. 136 x 88 mm. First edition thus. Wrappers rubbed and worn; ownership name and address on recto of frontispiece; printed ownership name to head of wrapper and title; else a good plus copy. Scarce. See H943.
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THE POET & THE BROOK: a Tale of Transformations. Written by J. H. Ewing: depicted by R. Andre [William Roger Snow].
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, No date [circa 1883]. 32 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 16 x 18.3 cm. First edition. Sometime nicely re-backed in cloth, and the endpapers replaced; corners a little knocked; else a very good copy.
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The Poet & the Brook: A Tale of Transformations. Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Depicted by R. Andre [William Roger Snow].
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, No date [circa 1883-88]. 32 pages. Illustrated in colour chromolithography throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 155 x 180mm. Spine a worn with small loss to the head & heel; else a very good copy.
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THE POLITE ACADEMY; or, School of Behaviour for Young Gentlemen and Ladies. Intended as a Foundation for good Manners and polite Address, in Masters and Misses. Containing, I. The Beauty and Advantages of a genteel behaviour and agreeable Complaisance. II. Some Rules and Observations for moral Behaviour in young Ladies; very necessary to be inculcated while at the Boarding-School, in order to be practised when they come from it. III. Directions for good Manners, agreeable Behaviour, and polite Address, on the most common Occasions in Life. IV. Some Directions for an easy genteel Carriage in Walking, Saluting, making a Curtesy, Bow, and dancing the Minnet. V. Some Observations on the real Use and Advantages of Dancing, by Mr. Locke and the Chevalier De Ramsay; with a few very necessary Instructions by an eminent Master. Illustrated with twelve Copper Plates Cuts, beautifully engraved. The Fifth Edition.
London: R. Baldwin.... B. Collins, 1771. xxxvii+143 pages. Original Dutch flower boards. 117 x 83 mm. Re-backed in vellum with paper title label. Lacking one leaf of text: pages 46/7; else a very good copy of this popular courtesy manual first published in 1758. The title, contained the first publication in English of Beauty and the Beast. Scarce. Osborne 732. 3rd and 10th editions. Oppenheimer 2062/3, 1st and 3rd editions.
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THE POLITE LADY: or a course of female education. In a series of letters, from a Mother to her Daughter. The Second Edition Corrected.
London: Newbery and Carnan, 1769. xii, 276 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original sheep, recently re-backed. Ownership inscription on endpaper; small mark on title; else a very good copy. First published in 1760. See Roscoe J8(2). The Dedication reads: ‘To the Governesses of Ladies’ Boarding Schools in Great Britain and Ireland, the following letters upon female education are with the greatest deference and respect, inscribed by their most humble and obedient servant, the Editor.’
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THE POLITE LITTLE CHILDREN. By Mrs Cameron. A New Edition.
London: Houlston and Stoneman, No date [ circa late 1820's]. Softcover. 36 pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece; vignette on title, and 5 other wood-engraved plates. Original printed semi-stiff. 13.7 x 9.2 cm spine neatly taped with silk; else a very good copy. Mrs Cameron was the sister of Mrs Sherwood.
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The Pooh Calendar [ for 1932]. Verses by A. A. Milne. Decorations by E. H. Shepard.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1931. Title leaf followed by twelve other pictorial leaves, all printed on one rectos only, held together by yellow cord with two tassels. Few light spots on title; else a very good copy.
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The Popular Tale of BLUEBEARD, or Female Curiosity.
Devonport: Samuel and John keys, No date [circa 1840]. 12 pages. Illustrated with five woodcuts. Original printed blue wrappers, with a woodcut to the upper panel and another to the lower. 178 x 105 mm. A fine copy of a scarce provincial printing.
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THE POSTMAN’S BAG and other stories. Illustrated by Pettie, Alfred W. Cooper, W. Mactaggart, R. T. Ross, W. P Burton, and others.
Edinburgh: Alexander Strahan and Co. Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London, 1862. v, 194, [2 ad’s] pages. Illustrated with 16 full-page plates. Original cloth decorated in blind and with gilt titling. Octavo. First edition. One gather a little proud; spine. A little mellowed; else an excellent copy.
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