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THE TALE OF JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, No date [1918]. 85 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original grey boards with mounted shaped pastedown to the upper panel. First edition; first printing. Slight touch of wear and rubbing to spine ends; inscription for Christmas 1919 on half-title. A very good, clean, copy. The second printing of Johnny Town-mouse was issued in May 1919, by which time Warne had become a limited company, and all their books had ‘Ltd’ added to the imprint on the title-pages
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THE TALE OF LOHENGRIN Knight of the Swan after the Drama of Richard Wagner By C. W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany.
London: G. G. Harrap, No date [1913]. Unpaged. Eight mounted colour plates; numerous other illustrations throughout, many in colour. Original cloth gilt. 4to. First edition. A very good copy.
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THE TALE OF MR. TOOTLEOO.
London: The Nonesuch Press, No date [1925]. [90] pages, including 22 full-page colour plates. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 195 x 266mm. First edition. Spine a little worn at heel; couple of marks on front endpaper; else a very good copy.
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THE TALE OF MR. TOOTLEOO.
New York: Harper & Brothers, No date [circa 1925 - 27]. Second impression, but the first U.S. edition. [90] pages, including twenty-two full-page colour plates. Original pictorial paper-covered boards; original pictorial dust-wrapper. Oblong: 200 x 265 mm. Little worn and bumped t head & heel of spine; else a fine copy in the scarce dust-wrapper. First published in the U.K. in 1925.
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THE TALE OF MR. TOOTLEOO.
London: The Nonesuch Press, No date [1925]. [90] pages, including 22 full-page colour plates. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. Oblong: 195 x 266 mm. First edition. Lacks wrapper; spine a little worn at head & heel; else a very good copy.
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THE TALE OF MRS TITTLEMOUSE together with additional drawings from the Linder Bequest.
London: Decimus Publishing Ltd, 1979. Facsimile of the original manuscript published in a limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 379. Original morocco gilt, pictorial slipcase. A fine copy.
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THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT.
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THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1913. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper. First edition. First or second issue (identical). This copy bound in burgundy paper-covered boards with decoration and lettering in white, with a pictorial mounted pastedown. Boards a little spoiled and faded, with a small water-stain on the spine; else a very nice copy without inscriptions.
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THE TALE OF PIGLING BLAND.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1913. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. First edition. First or second issue (identical). This copy bound in green paper-covered boards with decoration and lettering in burgundy, with a pictorial mounted pastedown. Few spots on the recto of the frontispiece; else a fine copy in a tatty and chipped, but original printed wrapper. [The wrapper lists The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes [1911] as the last title in Series I, and Pigling Bland and Mr. Tod as the 'New Style' titles in Series II.]
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THE TALE OF SQUIRREL NUTKIN.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1903. 86 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original grey boards with mounted circular pastedown. First edition, first or second issue which are believed to be identical. Head and heel of spine restored where once chipped; gift inscription dated 1905 on half-title; else a very good, clean copy.
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THE TALE OF THE FLOPSY BUNNIES.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. 86 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original grey boards with mounted shaped pastedown to the upper panel. First edition; first or second printing which are identical. Slight touch of wear to spine ends; gift inscription for Christmas 1909 on free endpaper. A very good, clean, copy. .
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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1911. 85 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original green boards with mounted shaped pastedown to the upper panel. First edition; first or second printing which are identical. A very good, clean, copy with no inscriptions or marks, etc.
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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES.
London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1911. 85 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original brown boards with mounted pictoirial pastedown. First edition. First or second printings. (Believed to be identical.) A very nice copy.
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THE TALKING CLOCK And other Rhymes for Children.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, No date [inscribed 1889]. [16] pages including pastedown covers. Illustrated with 6 chromo-litho's, including one on title, Original pictorial card covers secured with string as issued. 12.8 x 12.3 cm. Covers just a little marked; tiny dent in rear cover; else very good.
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THE TEDDY BEARS IN HOT WATER. Rhymes by Robert D. Towne, Editor of Judge. Pictures by J. R. Bray. Cover design and Decorations by C. A. Sieber.
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co, Circa 1907. [16] pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. 17.8 x 14 cm. Head & heel of spine chipped; ownership name and address on title; else a very good, slight wear at lower fore-edge; else a clean copy.
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THE TEST FLIGHT OF SKY ROBIN. Story by Doris Garn. Picture by George Zaffo. A Rainbow Playbook.
Cleveland. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. [20] pages of text and colour illustrations, including four moveable pictures operated by levers and slides. Original spiral bound boards. First edition. Little rubbed and worn at spine and edges, but all moveable images are in excellent working order.
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THE THREE BASKETS; or, how Henry, Richard, and Charles were occupied while Papa was away. By Mrs. Burden.
London: Dean and Munday, Threadneedle Street, No date [inscribed 1840]. 62 pages. Illustrated with 7 hand-coloured engraved full-page plates. Original printed wrappers. 152 x 121 mm. Some loss of paper from the spine; lower wrapper a little dust-soiled; else very good.
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THE THREE BASKETS; or, how Henry, Richard, and Charles were occupied while Papa was away. By Mrs. Burden.
London: Thomas Dean & Co. Threadneedle-Street, No date [inscribed 1851]. 62 pages. Illustrated with 5 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates. Original blind-stamped cloth gilt. 153 x 123 mm. Binding a little rubbed and worn; gift inscription on fee endpaper; the very occasional mark; else very good. Earlier editions of this title have seven plates, so it may be that this copy is incomplete though there is no evidence to suggest any loss of plates.
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THE THREE BEARS. Aunt Mavor’s Everlasting Toy Books. Price One Shilling Each.
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, No date [circa 1870’s]. 8 leaves, mounted on linen and printed on one side only, the first and last pasted to the wrappers as issued, each bearing text and a hand-coloured engraving by Edmund Evans. Original pictorial wrappers. 235 x 168 mm. Spine expertly repaired; one small corner missing with the loss of the word ‘they’; one leaf cropped at bottom age with the loss of part of the letters (sense remains clear); else a very good copy of a charming edition. No copies found on Library Hub.
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THE THREE BEARS. Hurst's Limp Cloth Books No. 11.
New York: Hurst & Company, No date [ inscribed 1913]. [14] pages, including outer covers. Illustrated throughout in colour. 21.8 x 20 cm. A fine copy.
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