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The River at Green Knowe. Illustrated by Peter Boston.
London: Faber and Faber, 1959. 144 pages. Illustrated in black & white. Original blue cloth; original pictorial dust-wrapper. First edition. Octavo. This looks to be an ex-library book, as, although there are no stamps or inscriptions, the front endpaper has been replaced, the book has evidence of tape removal, and the jacket, though not price-clipped and entirely without damage, has possibly has tape skilfully removed from the very bottom edge. Cloth on very bottom edge worn; else a good copy, however, in a very good wrapper, of a scarce title.
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THE ROBIN'S CHRISTMAS EVE. Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books.
London: Frederick Warne & Co, No date[circa 1880]. [6] leaves of text, printed on one side only& [6] chromo-lithographed full colour leaves of illustrations printed on one side only; the first and last pasted to the inside of the wrappers as issued. 27 x 23 cm. Spine expertly repaired; ownership inscription to the margin of front cover; a very good copy.
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THE ROBIN'S YULE SONG. Extracted from Chamber's Popular Rhymes of Scotland. Illustrated by W.F.F. Second edition.
London: Griffin and Farran, No date [1859]. Hardcover. 15 leaves printed on one side only, of which 6 are full-page lithographs. Original decorative paper-covered boards. Oblong: 22 x 27.5 cm. Inscribed on front endpaper: 'Julian Margaret Maitland Warrender. – from her affect'te Aunt Julian. Dec. 27th 1859.' Some browning, particularly so on the first two leaves; spine expertly restored; else a very good copy.
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THE ROCKY ISLAND, and other Parables.
London: James Burns, 1840. iv, 171, [1 ad'], 6 ad's pages. Illustrated with four plates. Original cloth gilt. 15.3 x 9.6 cm. First edition. Borders of the plates foxed; inscription on pastedown; else a very good copy of a scarce title.
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THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING.
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1908. Original cloth gilt with mounted pictorial pastedown. First Edition (second issue.) Bookplate of the noted collector of cat books, Marianne Gourary to blank verso of front endpaper. A fine copy and the best we have handled. The first issue was issued in October 1908; the second December 1908. The first has the words: ‘All rights reserved’ at the foot of the title. This was omitted in the second printing.
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THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING.
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1908. Original cloth gilt with mounted pictorial pastedown. First Edition - first issue. Contemporary inscription on verso of frontispiece. The occasional odd mark. Spine very slightly faded with some light wear to head and heel. Else a very nice copy. The first issue was issued in October 1908; the second December 1908. The first has the words: ‘All rights reserved’ at the foot of the title. This was omitted in the second printing.
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THE ROSE’S BREAKFAST. Illustrated with elegant and appropriate engravings.
London: J. Harris, 1808. 32 pages. Illustrated with eight full-page engravings. Lacks original wrappers, but bound in marbled paper with a copy of the title page mounted to the front wrapper. 1288 x 104 mm. The last two engravings have been trimmed and neatly mounted on new leaves. A scarce title. See Moon 729.
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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS.
London: D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd, No date [inscribed 1950]. 125 pages. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and many black & white illustrations throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Cover shows a robot with a rapier in hand. 4to. 'Belongs to' box completed; light rubbing to extremities; else a very good copy.
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THE ROYAL ABC with handsome large letters, and thirteen coloured engravings. Price Six-pence.
London: Dean and Munday, Threadneedle Street; and A. K. Newman, & Co. Leadenhall-Street, No date [prior to 1843]. [32] pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers. Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, hand-coloured letters to the title, and thirteen hand-coloured engravings. Original printed wrappers. 145 x 112 mm. Trifle worn at edges and head and heel of spine; else fine. One of the most attractive alphabets we have ever handled. Rare. No copy located in either Library Hub or Worldcat.
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THE ROYAL ALPHABET OF KINGS AND QUEENS.
London: Joseph Cundall, Hailes’ Juvenile Library, 1843. [28, 2 ad’s pages.] Illustrated with 24 hand-coloured wood-engravings of monarchs. Original pictorial cloth gilt. All edges gilt. First edition. Ownership inscriptions to front pastedown; small bookplate; boards a little worn at extremities; some occasional light marking; else a very good copy. McLean Page 47. Probably the second edition of 1843, rather than the first of 1841, though this is not certain.
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THE ROYAL FABULIST; A Choice Collection of Entertaing Fables. Intended as a present for all those Good Girls and Boys who behave according to the following Rules: That is Do as they are bid, Come when they are called, and Shut the Door after them.
Edinburgh: G. Ross. [Price One Penny.]. 20 pages, including wrappers. Illustrated with wood-eNo date [circa 1815]. Engraved frontispiece on verso of front wrapper, and 15 woodcuts throughout. Original wrappers. Spine expertly repaired; little tired; else a very good copy of a rare chapbook. WorldCat lists two copies only, one in the British Library, the other in the Morgan Library. Both copies are dated 1815.
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THE ROYAL FABULIST; A Choice Collection of Entertaining Fables. Intended as a present for all those Good Girls and Boys who behave according to th[Price One Penny.] e following Rules: That is Do as they are bid, Come when they are called, and Shut the Door after them.
Edinburgh: G. Ross, No date [circa 1815]. 20 pages, including wrappers. Illustrated with wood-engraved frontispiece on verso of front wrapper, and 15 woodcuts throughout. Original wrappers. Spine expertly repaired; little tired; else a very good copy of a rare chapbook. WorldCat lists two copies only, one in the British Library, the other in the Morgan Library. Both copies are dated 1815.
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THE ROYAL GENEALOGICAL PASTIME OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND from Egbert to George the 3rd. Published Novr 30 1791 by E. Newbery… & John Wallis.
London: E. Newbery... John Wallis, 1791. Hand-coloured engraved sheet, cut in to 12 sections and mounted on linen. Original slipcase with mounted engraved label. Slipcase worn, with a split to one side and some loss of paper; two child ownership names on the blank verso; a few light marks, and one small manuscript amendment to the rules; else a very good copy of an early table game. Whitehouse page 25.
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THE RUBY RING; or, The Transformations. Second Edition.
London: N. Hailes, 1820. 64 pages. Illustrated with 8 finely hand-coloured engraved plates. Original quarter green roan, gilt. 13.2x10.8cm. Small piece missing from head of spine; some bumping of corners and rubbing of boards; inscription on endpaper; else an excellent copy, very attractively illustrated. Osborne 649 (first edition of 1815); Oppenheimer 1547 which notes that Gumuchian records a second edition of 1816. The author’s second endeavour ‘ to convey instruction and amusement, by putting a popular story into poetical dress’. The Ring of Amurath, an Oriental tale, is the source.
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THE RUPERT BOOK.
London. Pedigree Books, 1998. Facsimile of 1948 edition. Original pictorial boards. Pictorial slipcase. Quarto. Collector's limited edition, number 07334. As new condition.
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THE RUPERT BOOK Authentic 1941 Facsimile Edition.
Exeter: Pedigree Books, 1993. Slight wear to bottom from edge of slipcase; else fine, the book never have been removed from the slipcase and the seal still unbroken.
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THE SAD END OF ERICA’S BLACKAMOOR.
London: Edward Arnold, 1903. 40 pages. Illustrated in black & white. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong : 257 x 355 mm. First edition. Board edges a little rubbed, else a very good, clean copy.
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THE SAD FATE OF POOR ROBIN.
New York: John McLoughlin, 1856. [16] pages, the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers as issued. Illustrated with 7 full-page and one part page hand-coloured engravings. Original pictorial wrappers. 260 x 168 mm. Inscribed in pencil at the head of the first printed page, ‘Martha G. Whitney Dec. 25 1856.’ A fine copy of the first McLoughlin edition.
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The Saga of Noggin the Nog. Nogmania.
London: Kaye and Ward, 1977. Large softcover. First edition. A near fine copy.
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THE SCARECROW AND HIS SERVANT. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
London: Doubleday, 2004. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. First issue. Signed by the author on the title-page. A fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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