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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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THE SCIENCE OF BOTANY according to the System of Linnaeus. By Madlle de Cely.
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THE SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY; or, Repository of Useful and Polite Literature: comprising Astronomy, Geography, Mythology, Ancient History, Modern History, and Chronology. In six volumes.
London: Printed for J. Wallis, Sen… J. Wallis, Jun.; and J. Harris, 1806. Six volumes, bound as three, each with an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full calf, gilt. Bindings: 13 x 8.3 cm. Off-setting from frontispieces; bindings a little rubbed; inscription on front endpaper of volume I reads, '3 vols: 1£/8s. Charles Hunt junr, bought these volumes at Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire: August 21: 1810.' A very good set. Moon 810. This was originally offered jointly by Wallis and Harris in a wooden box, each volume bound in quarter roan.
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THE SEA-SHORE FAIRIES. Illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant.
London: The Modern Art Society Ltd, No date. 42 pages. Illustrated with 6 mounted colour plates and numerous line drawings. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 158 x 115 mm. Original pictorial dust-wrapper. Light wear and dust-soiling to wrapper; a former owner has finely hand-coloured the first two of the line drawings; else a very good copy.
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THE SECRET SHOEMAKERS and other stories. Freely adapted by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. From Kinder un Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm.
London: Abelard-Schuman, 1966. 96 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original boards; original dust-wrapper. First U. K. edition. A fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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The Secret Shoemakers and other stories. Freely adapted by James Reeves illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. From Kinder un Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm.
London New York Toronto: Abelard-Schuman, 1966. First U.K. edition. 96 pages. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original yellow boards; original unprice-clipped pictorial dust-wrapper. A fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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THE SELECTOR: Being a New and Chaste Collection of Visions, Tales, and Allegories, calculated for the amusement and instruction of the rising generation.
London: E. Newbery, 1797. iv, 223 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Bound in recent full sheep; black gilt label to the spine and gilt banding. 12mo. First edition. Small blank corner missing from margin of frontispiece; else a very good copy. Roscoe J333.
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THE SERVANT’S FRIEND, an Exemplary Tale designed to enforce the religious instructions given at Sunday and other Charity Schools, by pointing out the practical application of them in a state of service. A New edition. By Mrs. Trimmer.
London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814. 118, [2 ad’s] pages. Original quarter sheep over paper-covered boards. 12mo. First published in 1786, this work remained in print for many decades. Spine cracked; else very good. years.
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THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM.
Devonport: S[amuel] and J[ohn] Keys, No date [circa 1830/40]. 12 pages. Illustrated with two woodcuts. Original wrappers with woodcut on upper panel, and ad's on lower. 17.8 x 10.6 cm. A very good copy.
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THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. Price Sixpence.
No imprint, or date, but London, circa 1830's. 16 pages, but printed on one side only; the title and the 7 printed pages, bearing hand-coloured and engravings. Original pictorial wrappers, the lower listing 28 titles in the series. 16 x 10 cm.
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THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. St. George of England. St. Denis of France. St. Andrew of Scotland. St. James of Spain. St. Patrick of Ireland. St. Anthony of Italy. St. David of Wales.
London: John Harris, No date [circa 1830]. 48 pages. Illustrated with four plates, each bearing two hand-coloured engravings. Original printed wrappers. 176 x 105 mm. Spine repaired; covers a little rubbed and dust-soiled; else a very good copy. A quite uncommon title in Harris’s ‘Cabinet.’ See Moon 413(2).
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THE SEVERAL STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE, from the Cradle to the Tomb. With appropriate Engravings.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. [Price Sixpence.] 35, [1 blank] pages Illustrated with a wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and 16 other wood-engravings. Original printed wrappers with woodcuts to both panels. 140 x 90 mm. Wrappers worn and rubbed; some occasional marking, else a very good copy of a scarce title. Copac lists two copies only.
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THE SHELLS OF MARGATE, RAMSGATE, & BROADSTAIRS, with figures of nearly all the species. Price One Shilling.
Published by R. C. Osborne, Margate. Sackett & Fuller, Ramsgate. Fowler, Ramsgate. Barnes, Broadstairs, No date [circa 1840]. 28 [1] pages. Illustrated with 35 engravings within the text. Original wrappers. 133 x 105 mm. Price crossed through on cover, with a reduced price of 6d in ink on cover/title; couple of inconsequential doodles on wrapper/title; one manuscript amendment to text; else a very good copy of a rare Conchology book designed for children. One copy only located in the Natural History Museum Library.
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THE SHOES OF FORTUNE, and Other Tales. By Hans Christian Anderson. With four drawings by Otto Speckter, and other illustrations.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1847 (that is, December 1846). [vi]+168 pages. Illustrated with tinted lithographic frontispiece and three other lithographs by Otto Speckter, additional to pagination; and, many wood engraved pictorial initials and tailpieces. Original publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt. 12mo. First English edition. Front endpaper cracked and with evidence of repair; some occasional light marking; else an excellent copy. Includes the original printings in English of ‘The Fir Tree’, ‘The Snow Queen’,and ‘The Red Shoes’. The ten stories are followed by a chapter on ‘The Emperor Frederic Barbarossa’, by the translator Charles Boner.
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THE SIAMESE TALES: Being A Collection of Stories Told to the Mandarin Sam-Sib, For the Purpose of Engaging His Mind in the Love of Truth and Virtue. With an Historical Account of the Kingdom of Siam. To which is added the principal maxims of the Talpoins. Translated from the Siamese...
London: Vernor & Hood, 1796. 196, [1 ad’. + 1 ad’ for E. Newbery] pages. Engraved frontispiece. Full plain sheep gilt. First Edition. Head and heel of spine worn; lacks front free endpaper; else a very good copy. Subsequent editions were printed by E. Newbery. Roscoe J43.
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THE SIEGE OF TROY; Or, The History of the Trojan Wars. Containing The Birth, Life, glorious Actions, and Death of Hercules of Greece. The Valiant Deeds of the famous Hector, Prince of Troy. The Rape of Fair Helen of Greece; and the last Destruction of Troy, by the Stratagem of the Wooden Horse. And lastly, The Arrival of Brute in Britain, the conquering Albion and his Giants, and the building of Troy Novant, now London.
Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church-Yard, London. No date [ circa 1780]. 24 pages. Illustrated with 3 woodcuts. 12mo. Repaired at spine. Quite rare. ESTC records only two copies of this printing. ]
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THE SILVER PENNY, for the Amusement and Instruction of Good Children.
York: J. Kendrew, No date [circa 1830]. [32] pages the first and last being blanks pasted to the wrappers. Illustrated with a pastedown frontispiece and 24 woodcuts illustrating the letters of the alphabet, plus one tail-piece. Original wrappers with two cuts to the upper panel and one to the lower. 100 x 63 mm. A fine copy.
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